Cricket 1913

18 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 18, 1913. give the result of the O .F.S. v. Transvaal match.* The score stands thus at p resen t: T r a n s v a a l , 223 (A. V . B erry 57, F. W. Cooper 52, M. J. Susskind 46, A. V. Redich 29) ; O .F.S., 115 (N. V. L indsay 47, J. E . Jewell 22, Capt. H. S. Poyn tz 13), and 77 for 4 (J. G. van Schalkwyk 29, P. H . Bell 23). For O .F .S., H. Hill had 4 for 20, Poyntz 3 for 37, Lind­ say 2 for 43, Compton 1 for 18. For Transvaal, F . W . Cooper 4 for 14, D. J. Meintjes 4 for 29, R . A . Thompson 2 for 34. The Transvaal Cricket Union stand firm in their policy of encouraging the young blood. In pursuance o f this policy, they left aside the older hands, such as S. J. Snooke, L. J. Tancred, and S. J. Pegler. No fewer than eight of the team playing at Bloemfontein are quite new to representative cricket'— H. J. G. Bennett, A . V. Berry, A . H. Cooper, F . W. Cooper, R. A . Hand, A . V . Redich, J. H. Rutherford, and T . Stranger to wit. It is true th at two of these took the places of H. V. Baum ­ gartner and D . C. Jackson (formerly of Western Province) who were unable to go. D . J. Meintjes played in one of the trial games last year ; the other two not new to first-class cricket are R . A . Thompson, who skippers the side, and Manfred Susskind. Though the last-named | has been consistent in League matches thus far—-22, 29, 30, 26 and 10 are his scores— it could hardly be on his form here he was selected. However, it was just as well he went in, for he and Berry stopped what looked like a rot. Three wickets had fallen for 23 ; but these two added 94 together. Then again men came and went, and 8 were out for 151. Cooper, the Pretoria all- rounder, and Redich added 68 for the ninth wicket. They were favoured by fortune and the fieldsmen’ s fumbling ; but their stand was simply invaluable. The Free State began quite well. The first three w ickets produced eighty odd. A fter that, however, F. W. Cooper and Meintjes carried all before them. Neville Lindsay, who was top scorer, formerly represented the Transvaal. Following on, the home side did much better. The best batsmen were held back, so that 4 for I 77 is really better than its looks, and the visitors may be hard put to it to win. I understand the not-out man, P . H. Bell, played several times for Gloucestershire in 1911 and 1912. Van Schalkw yk’s useful innings will please m a n y ; this youngster is highly thought of as an j all-round player in the Free State. We shall need a stronger team to meet Western Pro­ vince at Newlands on Boxing Day. Transvaal and West­ ern Province are old opponents in the Currie Cup, first meeting in 1892, and playing each other ten times in all the tournament. Transvaal have won six matches, their rivals four. Western Province won at Kimberley in 1892, thanks largely to Frank Hearne (102) and V. A. van der Byl (61*). Transvaal turned the tables— -a surprise victory, this, for W .P . had George Lohmann to help them— a t Durban in 1895. J. H. Sinclair’s 7 for 40 in the last innings of the game pulled the Rand men through. In 1897-8, at Johannesburg, the southerners won. Mur­ ra y Bisset played a fine century innings, and his side * Transvaal won b y one wicket.— E d ito r . reached 3.08 after 6 wickets had fallen for 120. A. E. Cooper (father of A. H., who is playing at Bloemfontein) had 8 for 80 in this innings. A t Cape Town a year later Western Province again won, G. A. Rowe (8) and J. Middleton (12) taking all the Transvaal wickets. There was a long interval before the next match, an interval due to the War. Then at Port Elizabeth in 1902-3 Transvaal (Sinclair, 136) won b y 7 w ickets— the first of a sequence of four wins, continued at Johan­ nesburg in 1903-4 (when Louis Tancred made 83 and 102 and Sinclair took 13 wickets for 124), the margin then being 324 runs ; at Cape Town in 1904-5, Transvaal (Sinclair 10 for 96) winning b y 165 runs ; and at Johan­ nesburg in 1906-7, where victory rested with the home team (G. A. Faulkner, 95) b y an innings and 139 runs. The turn of the tide came in 1908-9 at Newlands, when Western Province (J. J. Kotze 10 for 110) won a sensa­ tional game b y 6 runs, and regained the cup after an interval of six years. A t Durban in March, 1911, how­ ever, they went under again b y 10 wickets, Tancred making 160 and B. H. Floquet 87 for the winners. C y p h e r . .......... —SUSP'S♦ ■......■ Cricket in Natal. Durban, November 30, 1912. Senior League matches concluding here last Saturday were not lacking in the element of sensation. The one hitherto unbeaten team, Escombes, went down to Zingari, who had not previously scored a p o in t; Wan­ derers I. beat Casuals b y a single run on the first innings; and Greyville put Wanderers II. through the mill, annexed the full possible points for the second time this season, and went to the head of the table. George Cox bowled well for Escombes ; but the other side’s left-hander, its skipper, Claude Carter, outdid him. Zingari, batting first, made 132, Kenneth Logan top scorer w ith 48, only H. Rachmann (20) besides him doing anything'inuch. Cox took 6 for 51. Escombes could only make i n — Basil Siedle 44, G. Macfarlane 22, Karl Siedle 20. Carter’s analysis was 7 for 44. Zingari’s second innings was very like the first, the total (129) being only three runs less, and again two batsmen (H. Rachmann 38, F. T. Janion 34) making most of the runs. Cox was less effective this tim e ; but G. M. Foster and G. Macfarlane each had three wickets cheaply. There was not a great deal hanging to the play, however, as an outright victory was scarcely possible for either side, and the game ended w ith E s­ combes 27 for 1 in their second innings. Casuals made 198 v. Wanderers, P. de Gersigny again prominent with 85, and J. Beningfield scoring 32. J. W. Easterbrook took 5 for 61. Wanderers looked in the cart when their seventh wicket fell at 102 ; bu t the brothers Easterbrook (J. W. 48, E . H. 39), played up splendidly, and added over 80 runs. In the event, as already mentioned, their side just managed to get one run ahead. In the Casuals’ second C. C. A cu tt ran up 68* out of 162 for 3. E . Saville took the 3 that fell for 46, and with 3 for 18 in the first had good figures for the match.