Cricket 1914

22 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J a n u a r y , 1914. resource while all the rest failed, and was always on top of the bowling. Hobbs made 66 in two hours, slow for him, and Douglas 70* in three. The captain drove well, and hit eleven 4*s. In the hour left for play after the declaration Taylor and Dudley Pearse put up 69 unparted ; but the former was twice missed. Nicol was not a t his best behind the wicket, and his poor display lost him a chance of representing South Africa in the first test. Cox bowled capitally. N a t a l . First Innings. C. O. C. Pearse b Relf .. .. 3 H. VV. Taylor, not out .. .. 83 D. K. Pearse, c and b Relf .. 6 R. H. Blake, c Smith, b Woolley 9 A. D. Nourse, c Relf, b Woolley .. 2 J. Beningfield, c Relf, b Booth .. o K. O. Siedle, b Woolley .. .. o C. P. Carter, b Woolley .. L. R. Tuckett, lbw, b Woolley J. L. Cox, c Booth, b Rhodes D. J. Nicol, c Relf, b Woolley Extra Total 14 6 124 Second Innings.— H. W. Taylor, not out, 42 ; D. K. Pearse, not out, 27— total (no wicket), 69. M.C.C. T e a m . Relf (A. E.), c Siedle, b Cox .. 10 M. C.Bird, c Tuckett, b Cox .. 19 Extras .. .. .. 23 Total (for 7 w., dec.) .. 219 Hobbs, b Cox .. .. .. 66 Rhodes, lbw, b Nourse .. .. 14 Mead (C. P.), b Cox .. .. 2 Hon. L. H. Tennyson, b Cox .. o J. W. H. T. Douglas, not out .. 70 Woolley, (F. E.), c Nicol, b Tuckett 15 Booth, Smith, and Strudwick did not bat. M.C.C. B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . First innings : Relf, 17-5-42-2 ; Douglas, 7-2-22-0 ; Woolley, 15-1-41-6 ; Booth 4_2,-i3-i ; Rhodes, 1-0-5-1. Second innings (no complete record available) : Relf, o for 25 ; Booth, o for 21 ; Bird, o for 23. N a t a l B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Cox, 31-12-59-5 ; Nourse, 19-2-69-1 ; Carter, 11-4-23-0 ; Tuckett, 11-3-27-1; Seidle, 9-1-18-0. S outh A fr ica . First Innings. H. W. Taylor, c Strudwick, b Douglas .. 109 G. P. D. Hartigan, c Strudwick, b Barnes .. o P. A. M. Hands, c Barnes, b Booth .. 3 A. D. Nourse, b Douglas .. .. .. 19 P. T. Lewis, c Woolley, b Barnes .. .. o A. H. C. Cooper, b Bames .. .. .. 6 L. G. Tapscott, b Bames .. .. .. 4 T. A. Ward, c Woolley, b Booth .. .. 9 H. V. Baumgartner, lbw, b Woolley .. 16 J. Blanckenberg, not out .. .. .. 6 J. L. Cox, b Bames .. .. .. .. 1 B 6, lb i, nb 2 .. .. .. 9 Total .. .. .. 182 Second Innings, lbw, b Bames c Hobbs, b Woolley lbw, b Relf.. hw, b Bames c Woolley, b Bames c Strudwick, b Bames c Relf, b W oolley.. c Rhodes, b Bames b Relf not out c and b Relf B 6, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 Total 13 14 46 E n g lan d . 18 52 41 M. C. Bird, c Ward, b Nourse Booth, run out Barnes, run out Strudwick, not o u t.. B 25, lb 2, w 2 Total 61 14 Hobbs, b Baumgartner Rhodes, c Tapscott, b Cox Relf (A. E.), c Baumgartner, b Cox Hon. L. H. Tennyson, lbw, b Nourse Mead (C. P.), c and b Blanckenberg J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Baum­ gartner .. .. .. .. 119 Woolley (F. E.), c Cooper, b Hartigan 31 E n glish B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Bames, 19-4-1-57-5 and 25-11-48-5 ; Booth (first innings), 10-0-38-2 ; Woolley, 7-0-24-1 and 9-3-16-2 ; Relf, 5-2-9-o and 16-2-3-31-3 ; Douglas, 8-2-19-2 and 2-1-2-0 ; Rhodes (first innings), 7-0-26-0. S outh A fr ican B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Cox, 43-9-123-2 ; Nourse, 29-7-74-2 : Hartigan, 18-5-72-1; Baumgartner 27'4-3~99-2 ; Blanckenberg, 21-5-46-1 ; Taylor, 6-3-7-0. N INTH MATCH v. SOUTH AFR ICA . A t Durban, December 13, 15, 16, and 17. Three Natalians (Taylor, Nourse, and Cox), three from the .Western Province (Hands, Lewis, and Blanckenberg), three from the Transvaal {Cooper, Ward, and Baumgartner), with Hartigan from the Border, and Lancelot Tapscott from Griqualand West, made ■up the home side. Ormerod Peares (Natal) and Budgen (W.P.) were the men omitted. Hearne could not play for England owing to influenza, and Smith was left out. The first innings of South Africa was very like the first of Natal. While others failed, Taylor played magnificent cricket. He just failed to carry his bat this time, being last out after batting about 200 minutes. The cares of captaincy sat lightly upon him ; Barnes was no bogey to him ; the failure of man after man of whom much was hoped— Hartigan, Hands, Lewis, Cooper, Tapscott— left him cool and unflurried. This young man is a great cricketer, with temperament as well as executive ability. The only stands were 40 for the fourth wicket and 31 for the ninth, Nourse and Baumgartner being T aylor’s assistants in them. Before time, the light bad towards the close, England had 94 up for 2, Hobbs reaching his 50 in 75 minutes. Tennyson, missed by Hartigan overnight, helped him to add 96 in all before th ey were parted n ext morning. The Surrey crack made his 82 out of 136 in 115 minutes— one 6, seven 4’s, no chance. But Hartigan’s was not the only mistake ; South African writers compute at least a dozen chances missed, and at times the fielding was wretched— a bad fault in a young side with nothing to give aw ay at best. Douglas took root. Mead and he added 63, Woolley and he 65, Bird (favoured of fortune) and he 115 ; and the Essex man reached his century after batting 3^ hours. Bird made his 62 in about half that time. On the Monday— Dingaan's Day, a public holiday— less than an hour’s play was possible owing to rain. Douglas was out for 119— 4^ hours, 14 fours— and the last three wickets fell at 448, 448 and 450. Taylor and Hands scored 18 without loss before rain closured. On the last day there was a wretched slump. Taylor left early, and thereafter only Nourse could stay long. The big man batted n o minutes for his 46, and made some good powerful hits ; but even he did not fancy Barnes. The last three wickets fell to successive balls, and England won b y an innings and 157 runs. A South African critic who watched the whole game says that Lewis, Tapscott, and Cooper were very unconvincing ; th at Baumgartner bowled very badly, and on his form in the game is certainly inferior to Carter ; th at the fielding bucked up tremendously on the third day, Taylor, Cox, and Blancken­ berg being especially conspicuous ; that Douglas’s innings was real test match cricket, not a mere stonewalling exhibition, his drives along the carpet being g r e a t; and th at Cox had hard luck, for he had taken 2 for 21 when the epidemic of missed catches began, and thereafter was thrown off his form b y the wretched fielding. Attendances were good, and the match yielded a substantial profit. TEN TH MATCH v. TRAN SVAA L . A t the Wanderers’ Ground, Johannesburg, December 20, 22, and 23. Of the array of cracks who played for the Transvaal eight years ago— Jim Sinclair— dead and gone, poor fellow— Maitland Hathorn, Percy Sherwell, fair-haired “ Bill ” Shalders, R. O. Schwarz, Gordon White, and the rest— Louis Tancred seems the sole cricket survivor. He captained the side in this game, and made 23 of the first 29. Susskind, the Cantab, stayed w ith Zulch while 47 were added for the second wicket. Zulch was out at 93 for a very sound innings, and thereafter only Beaumont could do anything with the bowling. He made 62 in 90 minutes, 11 fours included, and showed plainly that Barnes can be hit. In the 50 minutes left for play Hobbs, at his brilliant best, and Rhodes sent up 95 unparted. Rhodes was out at 99 on the Monday ; Hobbs left at 164 for a splendid 102 (125 minutes, 1 five, 15 fours) ; and 5 were down for 187. Then A lbert Relf (whose brother Robert was playing, Strud­ wick taking a rest) and Woolley added 98, and Bird and Woolley put on 90 for the seventh wicket. Woolley made his runs at the rate of one a minute, gave no chance, and hit a six and 18 fours. Bird hit a dozen four in his 67, but was missed at 37. Albert Relf batted 100 minutes for his 52, and had some luck. The innings was declared, and before time the home side lost 3 for 40. Beaumont, though not up to his first innings level, was again top scorer on the last day ; Ward batted stolidly for 105 minutes, he and Newberry adding 47 together, the best stand of the innings. Newberry and Dixon both hit out well, the latter’s 27 including 6 fours. M.C.C. won by an innings and 29 runs. T r a n sv a a l . First Innings. Second Innings. J. W. Zulch, c Woolley, b Rhodes .. .. 47 Ibw, b Bames .. .. 3 L. J. Tancred, st Smith, b Rhodes .. .. 23 b Douglas .. .. .. 20 M. J. Susskind, c Hobbs, b Rhodes .. .. r2 c Douglas, b Bames .. o R. Beaumont, c Woolley, b Bames .. 62 b Relf (A. E.) .. .. 52 F. Le Roux, run out . . .. ,. .. o c and b Bames . . .. 2 A. H. C. Cooper, c Mead, b Bames .. .. 9 lbw, b Douglas .. .. 6 T. A. Ward, b Bames .. .. 12 c Mead, b Woolley .. 35 C. J. Newberry, b Woolley .. .. 17 c Smith, b Woolley .. 31 C. D. Dixon, c Relf (R. R.), b Relf (A. E.) .. o b W o olley...........................27 H. V. Baumgartner, b Bames .. .. 5 c Relf (R. R.), b W oolley.. 16 O. W. Tomlinson, not out .. .. .. 8 not out .. .. .. 1 Extras .. .. .. .. 7 Extras .. .. 3 Total .. .. .. 202 Total .. 196 M.C.C. T e am . Relf (A. E.), c Tancred, b Newberry 34 M. C. Bird, c Cooper, b Le Roux ..57 Relf (R. R.), not out .. .. 14 Extras .. .. 15 Total (for 8 w., dec.) 427 Hobbs, c Beaumont, b Baum­ gartner .. .. .. .. 102 Rhodes, c Newberry, b Le Roux 31 Mead (C. P.), c Cooper, b Newberry 23 Hon. L. H. Tennyson, c and b Dixon 16 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Newberry 9 Woolley (F. E.), c Baumgartner, b Dixon .. .. .. .. 116 Smith (E. J.) and Barnes did not bat M.C.C. B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Barnes, 28-2-11-78-4 and 13-6-31-3 ; Relf, 10-1-26-0 and 16-2-54-1 ; Woolley, 6-0-17-1 and 11-2-34-4 ; Rhodes, 19-5-59-3 and 7-0-30-0; Douglas, 7-1-15-0 and 14-2-44-2. T r an sv a al B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Le Roux, 17-2-66-2 ; Baumgartner, 17-1-93-1 ; Newberry, 26-3-109-3 ; Tomlin­ son 6-0-47-0 ; Dixon, 26-3-92-2 ; Cooper, 1-0-5-0.