Cricket 1913

J an . 18, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 19 Greyville v. Wanderers II. was, however, the most interesting match of the three, for everyone admitted that the promoted club had done capitally on the first Saturday in keeping the cracks down to a lead of 25-117 (A. D. Nourse 44) to 92 (H. J. Wood 42). H. Wood had 4 for 39 for Wanderers, Nourse 7 for 32, Joe Cox 3 for 39 for Greyville. On the second day Greyville made 126 1 for 4 (Nourse 38*, F. W. Holmes 28, L. Field 27), and declared, leaving Wanderers II. to get 152 in about half as many minutes— if they could. But, of course, they co \ln’t. Within an hour the whole side was dismissed foi 44. No one could do anything with Nourse, who >k 8 wickets for 8 runs (15 for 40 in the match !). Joe Cox hit the only six of the game in Greyville’s second innings. In the Maritzburg Senior League Standard ran up 241 for 6, declared, v. Maritzburg (C. Payne 46, Dudley Pearse 41*, E . McMillan 41, E . Arbuthnot 34, E. B. Morris 28, S. Hamson 24) ; the match has still to be finished, however, so I will leave it for the present. Durban, December 14, 1912. As I left the Maritzburg League game incomplete in m y last, I will deal first with that. Standard won easily enough, the Marit^burg C.C.’s team only making 148. G. H. Cook (36) and R. H. Lazarus (30) were chief scorers. L. Randles took 4 for 38, S. E . Harrison \ 3 for 26. I omitted to say in my last that V. Pearse had p retty good figures— 4 for 36— in the Standard’s innings. Greyville, Zingari, and Queen’s Park won their games last S a tu rd a y ; but there was a time when the leading club looked like going under to the Casuals, who put up the decent total of 163 (M. C. Jacobs 41, J. Bening- field 29, C. C. A cutt 29, V. Deane 23), both Nourse and Cox proving ineffective for once. J. Davison had 4 for 22. When Nourse was run out for 12 the Casuals had rosy dreams of victory ; but Joe Cox came to the rescue, knocking up 46 (a six included) ; F. W. Holmes (30), H. Morley (30), L. Field (22), and A. C. K ing (21), all gave him good su p po rt; and the total reached 210 in the end. L. V. Collins had 4 for 47. The feature of the Queen's Park v. Wanderers’ game was Herbert Taylor’s splendid century— the first in senior cricket here this season. He made his runs in 125 minutes, gave only one chance (mishitting in attempt­ ing a hook), and had four 6’s and ten 4’s in his total. It was an innings of which anyone might have been proud. J. P. Howden (26), P. C. Lilburn (21), and C. P latt (61) all helped him well, the second wicket adding 67, the third 61, and the fourth 76. When P latt was out the innings was declared— 291 for 6. The Wanderers’ star bowlers, J. W. Easterbrook and C. A. Smith, gave away over 100 runs between them, and neither took a wicket. Percy W h yte’s fielding was again of a very high order. The Wanderers played up very pluckily on the following Saturday, but could not avert defeat. To their total of 253 H. A. Hawkins contributed 73, J. W. Easterbrook 41, and his brother, E . H., and Ken. Thomson 22 each. Taylor took 4 wickets for 64 ; he has come on in bowling as well as in batting of late. I am afraid Wanderers II. are rather outclassed in the Senior League. They have conceded three points each to Greyville and the Casuals, and narrowly escaped doing ditto to the Zingari. Zingari batted first and totalled 169 (E. Janion 51, K . Logan 40, H. Rach­ mann 29). Then the new club’s eleven were skittled out for 22 ! Kenneth Logan took 5 for 9, Claude Carter 4 for 13. The second innings of the erstwhile juniors did something to restore their reputation, however. H. J. Wood (52) and E . W. Granger (47) put up 93 for | the first wicket, and, though 3 were down for 103 and 4 ! for 125, R. J. Dove (29) and Harry Wood (21) also batted pluckily, and the total was taken to 186 for 9 ! before the end came. Carter had 7 for 42 this time— i 11 for 55 in the match. The annual Intertown match (Durban v. Maritzburg) was begun at Lord’s to-day, and will be resumed on | Monday (Dingaan’s Day). Durban ought to win ; j at the call of time they led b y 185 runs with all their wickets in hand in their second knock. Nourse (75 and 7 for 61) and Taylor (not out 64 in the second innings) both distinguished themselves. A ll four of the Natal cricketers lately in England figure on the Durban side, while the most interesting personality among the opposition is that of Ormerod Pearse, also an international. Dudley Pearse is also on the side ; but three or four of the C ity’s best could not come. On Monday the Natal team to play against Transvaal at Johannesburg will be chosen, as also the team to represent Durban v. Northern Districts at Ladysmith. The games will run concurrently, and so the younger players will have a chance in the minor one. The selectors should have no d ifficu lty; we have plenty of talent in Natal just now. F r e d e r ic k S e t a y . — ........ - ■■- --- In the Australian Capitals. A d e l a id e (F ir s t -G r a d e M a t c h e s o f O c t o b e r 19 a n d N o v e m b e r 2). (These matches were postponed from October 26 to November 2 on account of the interstate game, and on November 2 rain prevented any play.) N o r th A d e l a id e v . U n iv e r s it y . — N .A ., 238 for 8 -N . Claxton 60,* D. R. A . Gehrs 47). University : no innings. G l e n e l g v. P o r t A d e l a id e . — Glenelg, 225 for 9 (F. T. Hack 82, K . H. Quist 52, J. N . Crawford 34). Port Adelaide : no innings. E a s t T o r r e n s v. A d e l a id e . — E . Torrens, 139 (H. Sando 82). Adelaide, 69 for 2 (G. S. Down 43*). S t u r t v. W e s t T o r r e n s . — Sturt, 255 for 4 (S. Leak 108,* W. J. Munday 43, W. A. Hewer 41,* P. W. Zschorn 32). W . Torrens: no innings. B r is b a n e (F ir s t -G r a d e M a t c h e s o f O c t o b e r 19 a n d 26). (No play at all on October 26, owing to heavy rain). W o o l l o o n g a b b a v. W o o l l o o n g a b b a II.— The former won— 212 for 5 (W . Rowe 80) to 90. W . Rowe !took 5 for 53.