Cricket 1914

J a n u a r y , 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 21 C a p e P r ovin ce B o w lers ’ A n a ly sis . Tapscott, 6-0-17-0; Mars, 37-10-108-4; Norton, 24 5-6-79-3; Blanckenburg, 21-3-81-2; Cross, 6-0-31-0; Ling, 6-0-31-0; Porter, 4-0-12-0. M .C.C. B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . Barnes, 18-3-34-2 and i2’i-4-25-7; Relf, 11-3-26-0 and 12-4-35-3; Rhodes (first innings), 15-2-54-4; Douglas (first innings), 8 4-2-26-4. F IFTH MATCH v. GRAHAMSTOWN AND COLLEGES XV. A t Grahamstown, November 26 and 27. Grahamstown is one of the chief educational centres of South Africa, and many famous cricketers have been educated at one or another of its schools. The X V contained a good sprinkling of schoolboys, and one of them, Chapman (Kingswood College) was top scorer in the first innings with 35. Barnes and Bird were very effective with the ball. Rhodes and Mead added 97 for the second wicket of M.C.C., after the first had fallen at 63 ; Mead and Relf put on 60 for the third, and Relf and Woolley 78 for the fifth. The chief scorers in the second innings of the local men were Graham (St. Andrew’s College) with 33, and Heath (2 sixes) with 27. Barnes followed up his success at Port Elizabeth. Grahamstown fielded with only eleven men, by the way. M.C.C. (who played Harrison of Surrey, engaged at Port Elizabeth, instead of Hobbs) won by an innings and 33 runs. G rah am stow n First Innings. White, c Relf, b Bames Mackay, st Strudwick, b Relf Barry, b Bames Lawrance, c Bird, b Bames Stirk, st Strudwick, b Bames Bayes, b Bames Graham, c Strudwick, b Booth Chapman, c Strudwick, b Woolley .. Hoskin, b Bird Wallace, b Bird Kotze, c Rhodes, b Woolley Walters, b Woolley Muir, b Bird Crouch, b Bird Heath, not out Extras an d C o lle g e s . Second Innings, o c Woolley, b Rhodes ..o lbw, b Relf 0 c Woolley, b Bames ..6 b Relf 1 b Bames 2 st Strudwick, b Rhodes 12 c Woolley, b Bames 35 b Bames 25 b Rhodes 6 b Woolley o c Rhodes, b Bames o st Strudwick, b Bames o not out 10 c Bird, b Barnes .. 4 lbw, b Bames 11 Extras Total Hon. L. H. Tennyson, b Bayes . Rhodes, b Crouch Mead (C. P.), run out Relf (A. E.), not out M. C. Bird, c and b Heath Total M.C.C. T eam . • 33 . 64 . 84 64 J. W. H. T. Douglas, Harrison, Barnes, and Strudwick did not bat. G rah am stow n B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . Crouch, 14-3-50-1 ; Muir, 15-0-59-0; Heath, 12-3-35-1 ; Bayes, 14-0-56-1; Walters, 6-0-25-0; Hoskin, 5-1-17-0 ; White, 6-0-39-1 ; Wallace, 5-0-17-0. M.C.C. B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Bames, 5 for 13 and 8 for 35 ; Relf, 1 for 12 and 2 for 24 ; Booth, 1 for 29 (first innings) ; Woolley, 3 for 38 and 1 for 21 ; Bird, 4 for 9 and o for 18 ; Rftodes, 3 for 59 (second innings) ; Tennyson, o for 5 (second innings) ; Mead, o for 6 (second innings). SIX TH MATCH v. TH E BORDER . A t East London, November 29, December 1 and 2. The Border team lacked Norton, one of its best all-round players, and included several men quite unknown to fame. In a short first day's play the tourists made 179 for 5, Hobbs showing to most advantage. On the Monday Douglas (19* at the start) took his score to 102, made in hours. He gave no chance ; there were only six fours among his hits and as many as 39 singles. Both helped him to put on 128 for the eighth wicket. As soon as the captain had reached his century, he declared the innings closed. Before time five Border wickets were down for 49. Only Hartigan, who batted well as long as he stayed, and Phillips, who tried to kick leg-byes off Barnes (they did not teach him that at Southampton, one fancies) distinguished themselves at a l l ; and Phillips would have been better without such distinction as he earned. On the third day Johnson (a capital wicket-keeper) batted really well, scoring at a good pace by means chiefly of crisp cutting. In the follow-on Oosthuizen was top scorer with a well-hit 23. Catches went begging in both innings ; but the M.C.C. won by an innings and 132 runs for all that. M.C.C. Hobbs, run out .. .. .. 57 j Rhodes, lbw, b Cross .. .. 20 Mead (C. P.), b Cross .. o Relf (A. E.), c Phillips, b Hartigan 34 Hon. L. H. Tennyson, b Hartigan 8 J- W. H. T. Douglas, not out .. 102 Woolley (F. E.), c Roberts, b Total (for 8 w., dec.) .. 356 H artigan ......................................... 35 Strudwick did not bat. T eam . M. C. Bird, b Hartigan .. Booth, c Morrell, b Cross .. Bames, not out Extras 3 57 T he B o rd er . First Innings. Second Innings. G. P. D. Hartigan, b Bird • • 25 c Relf, b Booth 8 H. W. Phillips, c Woolley, b Bames 3 c Rhodes, b Bames 0 G. Cross, c Hobbs, b Bames 1 c Bird, b Barnes .. 11 R. Oosthuizen, c and b Rhodes 1 b Booth • • 23 R. H. Randell, b Bann s 8 c Woolley, b Booth 5 L. Miles, c Relf, b Woolley . • 7 c Tennyson, b Booth 7 S. G. Fuller, b Barnes c Woolley, b Bird • • 15 C. Johnson, b Douglas • • 5 i c Rhodes, b Bird .. .. 19 W. Roberts, lbw, b Douglas 8 c Woolley, b Bird 3 A. Morrell, c Woolley, b Douglas 1 not out 1 R. Cheshire, not out .. 1 c Relf, b Booth 2 Extras 15 Extras .. 9 Total . . I2Z Total .. 103 B o rd er B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Cheshire, 7-1-28-0 ; Morrell. 16-3-34-0 ; Oosthuizen, 19-3-50-0 ; Cross, 39-8-93-* 3 ; Hartigan, 39-12-84-4 ; Roberts, 13-3-34-0 ; Phillips, 4-0-13-0. M.C.C. B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . Bames, 20-8-36-4 and 15-8-21-2; Relf (first innings), 5-2-13-0; Rhodes, 12-3-28-1 and 6-2-13-0; Bird, 6-2-10-1 and 9-0-26-3; Woolley, 6-1-9-1 and 2-0-10-0 ; Douglas (first innings), 7-2-10-3 ; Booth (second innings), 13-4-24-5. 7 15 3 3 9 14 33 15 4 176 Woolley (F. E.), cHeath, bWhite 37 Booth, not out .. .. .. 16 Extras .. .. .. 23 Total (for 5 w., dec.) .. 321 SEVEN TH MATCH v. TH E BORDER . A t K ing Williamstown, December 3 and 4. Hartigan could not spare time to play, and Norton was again absent. Barnes took a rest, and Creese, the baggage man, played for the tourists. The first day was an unpleasant one, with a very high wind and some showers. Tennyson's hitting was its chief feature. On the second day M.C.C. gained a lead of 78, Style and Beauchamp alone doing much for the Border ; and after that the proceedings were scarcely taken seriously— a fact to which strong objection was taken by the local press. Woolley slashed up 71 in 37 minutes, and Tennyson hit three 6's and four 4’s in his 43. WThen, after a declaration, the Border batted again, Douglas put on Strudwick and Tennyson to bowl, and Fuller (quite a veteran) and Randell hit up 50 in under 20 minutes. The bowling was then changed, Relf and Woolley going on ; but the first wicket did not fall until 114. Randell made 71 (two 5’s, ten 4’s) in 70 minutes, and Fuller 72 (one 6, eight 4's) in 90. The result was a draw. M.C.C. T eam . First Innings. Hobbs, c McDonogh, b Cross.. .. 10 Rhodes, b McDonogh .. .. .. .. 38 Hon. L. H. Tennyson, c McDonogh, b Morrell 66 Mead (C. P.), run out .. .. .. 26 M. C. Bird, c Sprenger, b Style Bame«, b Morrell Strudwick, c Style, b Morrell Second Innings. b Cross .. .. .. 29 b Sprenger .. .. .. 43 Woolley (F. E.), c and b McDonogh Relf (A. E.), lbw, b Morrell J. W. H. T. Douglas, not out 17 notout o not out 11 c Gordon, b Style 13 run out .. 163 72 3 2 5 I 159 B o rd er B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Cross, 17-0-49-1 and 10-1-43-1 ; Morrell, 14-6-43-4 and 6-2-19-0 ; Gordon, 6-1-31-0 and 1—o—1—o ; McDonogh, 17-3-58-2 and 2-0-17-0; Style, 3 1-1-3-2 and 12-1-68-2 ; Sprenger (second innings), 1-0-6-1. M.C.C. B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . Relf, 21-7-48-2 and 8-0-31-0; Woolley, 21-5-43-3 and 5-1-15-0 ; Rhodes, 8-4-14-1 and 7-0-27-4 ; Bird (first innings), 3-3-0-0 ; Douglas (first innings). 5-4-2-12-3; Tennyson (second innings), 4-1-23-0; Strudwick (second innings),. 3-0-27-0 ; Mead (second innings), 8-1-35-2 ; Bames (second innings), 1-1-0-0. Extras 20 Extras .. Total .. 204 Total (for 4 w., dec.) T he B o rd er . First Innings. Second Innings. M. Davies, b Woolley R. H. Randell, b Relf c Douglas, b Rhodes G. Cross, c Strudwick, b Relf 1 not out E. Style, b Douglas .. 38 c Woolley, b Mead A. W. Sprenger, c Relf, b Woolley .. .. 6 c Tennyson, b Mead S. G. Fuller, mn out 1 c Tennyson, b Rhodes C. Johnson, c Relf, b Woolley .. 1 7 J. Beauchamp, c Hobbs, b Douglas .. 24 c Woolley, b Rhodes P. McDonogh, b Douglas • • 13 not out K. Gordon, c Hobbs, b Rhodes 4 c and b Rhodes A. Morrell, not out 1 Extras 9 Extras .. Total Total (for 6 w .).. EIGHTH MATCH v. NATAL. A t Pietermaritzburg, December 8, 9, and 10. Natal, the Currie Cup holders, with Herbert Taylor as leader, and half a dozen or more other men in the team likely to be considered for the test games, wer expected to put up a good fight. They did not include Samuelson, the googly bowler, and the only local men playing were the two Pearses and Blake. Rain spoiled the first day, only a quarter of an hour’s play being possible, and on the second the watery element again interfered, so that the third began with Natal 96 for 7, Taylor 70*. The total was carried to 124. Taylor’s was a great innings. He played right through, gave no chance, showed freedom and