Cricket 1914

J a n u a r y , 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 23 E L EV EN TH MATCH v. SOUTH AFRICA. A t the Wanderers’ Ground, Johannesburg, December 26, 27, and 29, and 30. Several changes were made in the South African side, and on paper at least the team was the stronger for the inclusion of Zulch, Beaumont, Tancred, and Newberry, for Tapscott, Lewis, Cooper, and Baumgartner, though it may be doubted whether the inclusion of Tancred was good policy, seeing the necessity th at existed for the building up of a young, new side. Taylor was not displaced from the captaincy, how­ ever, so th at the mistake, if such it was, was not carried as far as some people had expected. The changes gave Transvaal a representation of five, Natal of three, Western Province of two, and Border of one. Dixon and C. O. C. Pearse were the men omitted. Hearne was still absent from the English team, and, Booth not being quite fit, both Smith and Strudwick played. Again South Africa failed. In a day’s play shortened by rain, Hartigan was the only man to do himself justice— but perhaps Ward may be coupled with him, for though Ward only made 19 he helped Hartigan to add 80 for the seventh wicket after 6 had fallen for 77. On the second day the Englishmen were on top of the bowling from the outset. Relf and Rhodes started, and 141 were made in under 2 hours before the Sussex man left for 63 (twelve 4’s). Hobbs missed a full pitch when he had reached 23 ; but Mead stayed with Rhodes to add 136 more before drawing of stumps. In all they added 152 before the Yorkshireman was out for exactly that number, made in 310 minutes. He was slow at times, and the crowd jeered him ; but it was a great innings. Twenty-one fours were included. Something like a slump followed his departure. From 333 for 3 the record went to 354 for 4, 373 for 5, 374 for 6, 376 for 7, and for 8, 395 for 9, and all out 403— 70 runs for the last seven wickets. Blanckenberg and Newberry bowled really well ; in fact the former’s bowling throughout the innings was of high class, and in the Cape Town youth South Africa has a man of great promise. Mead, hitherto not a conspicuous figure' in test matches, was in something over 3^ hours for his capital 102, which included 12 fours. Going in a second time, South Africa gave their best performance of the rubber thus far. Zulch and Taylor put up 70 in very fair time for the first wicket ; and after the fourth had fallen at 106 Nourse and Hands added 71 unparted before call of time. B ut the last morning saw a sad falling away. No one could play Barnes. Hands was out with the total unaltered, Nourse at 194, and the last four wickets only added 37. Following his 8 for 56 in the first innings, Barnes’s 9 for 103 constituted a test match record, one scarcely likely ever to be beaten. England won by an innings and 12 runs. S outh A fr ica . First Innings. H. W. Taylor, b Bames J. W. Zulch, c Woolley, b Bames .. P• A. M. Hands, c Rhodes, b Bames R. Beaumont, c Strudwick, b Bames A. D. Nourse, b Bames L- J. Tancred, st Strudwick, b Bames G. P. D. Hartigan, c Smith, b Rhodes T. A. Ward, b Woolley C. J. Newberry, st Strudwick, b Bames J. M. Blanckenberg, not out J. L. Cox, c Strudwick, b Bames B 10, lb 4, nb 1 Total Second Innings. .. 29 c Rhodes, b Bames . 40 .. 14 c Relf, b Bames .. • 34 0 c Rhodes, b Bames . 40 0 c Strudwick, b Relf 5 .. 17 c Strudwick, b Bames . • 56 • • x3 b Bames .. 20 •• 51 lbw, b Bames 2 b Bames 0 1 st Strudwick, b Bames . 5 0 not out 12 0 b Bames 16 B 9, lb 6, nb 2 . 1 7 . . 160 Total . 231 Woolley, (F. E.) b Newberry M. C. Bird, c Ward, b Newberry.. Smith (E. J.), lbw, b Cox Strudwick, c Cox, b Blanfikenberg Bames, not out B 22, w 1 ............................ Total Relf (A. E.), b Blanckenberg .. 63 Rhodes, c and b Blanckenberg .. 152 Hobbs, lbw, b Newberry .. .. 23 Mead (C. P.), c Beaumont, b Blanckenberg .. .. .. 102 Hon. L. H. Tennyson, lbw, b Cox 13 n ' Douglas, c Taylor, b Blanckenberg .. .. .. 3Total.. .. .. 403 E nglish B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . Douglas, 2-0-11-o and 6-0-27-0; Bames, 26-5-9-56-8 and 38-4-7-103-9; Relf, 14-1-34-0 and 9-3-19-1 ; Woolley, 3-1-5-1 and 21-5-45-0 ; Rhodes, 13-5-23-1 and 9-2-20-0; Bird (first innings only), 4-1-15-0. S outh A fr ican B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Cox, 30-8-74-2 ; Nourse, 21-2-62-0; Blanckenberg, 38-13-83-5 ; Newberry, 26-2-93-3 : Hartigan, 5-0-24-0 ; Taylor 6-0-17-0 ; Hands, 8-0-27-0 ; Beaumont, i—0—0. Cox bowled a wide. T h e P u b l i c S c h o o l C r i c k e t Y e a r B o o k , edited by Mr. A. W. Lane-Joynt, is in course of preparation, and ought to be sure of a hearty welcome. Such an annual has long been needed. TW E LFTH MATCH v. SOUTH AFRICA . A t the Wanderers’ Ground, Johannesburg, January 1, 2, 3, and 5. Tancred and Cox were replaced in the South African side by C. D. Dixon (Transvaal) and L. R. Tuckett (Natal), with an evident view to strengthen the bowling. Neither of the new men did much in this line, however, and neither made a run. South Africa showed up well on the first day, play in which was shortened by bad light towards the finish. Hobbs and Rhodes made a capital start, sending up the 100 in about 70 minutes before the latter left, and Hearne (available for the first time since the Port Elizabeth match) and the Surrey man took the score to 158. But four were out for 163, Hobbs having made a characteristically brilliant 92 in 128 minutes. Tennyson and Douglas stayed together till 201 ; but then Taylor and Nourse had a spell of success, four more wickets going down with only 9 runs added ; and the eventual total was quite a moderate one. When play was stopped Taylor and Zulch had put up 12 unparted. The second day saw a collapse. Ward, sent in first wicket down, helped Zulch to add 43, and there was another brief stand when Hands and Newberry added 31 for the seventh w ick et; but in general Hearne was too good for the batsmen. When England batted again Rhodes left at 4 ; but Hobbs and Mead added 79 in less than an hour. A t call of time the score wras 117 for 3. On the Saturday Mead and Douglas took it to 177, having added in all 93 for the fourth wicket. Mead batted very finely for 145 minutes, and hit 13 fours. Woolley and Douglas added 52 for the sixth wicket. Douglas hit a five and 10 fours ; he had a life at 29, but other­ wise batted capitally. Relf (missed second ball) and Bird added 42 for the eighth wicket. The last three wickets fell at 304, 304, and 308, and the Africanders were left to get 396 for victory. In apparently hopeless case they showed the best cricket yet seen from them. Taylor and Zulch fairly mastered the bowling, and scored at a good pace by really magnificent play. The 100 went up in 85 minutes, and at the close the score was 124 for o. On the Monday nearly everything depended upon whether these two got going again. They did not. Taylor failed to show his true form, and after some slow play was out at 153. He had batted 2J hours in all, and had hit 7 fours. Hands went at 162, and Zulch’s departure at 167 marked the beginning of the end. The Transvaaler had batted 3 hours for his really excellent 82, hitting 10 fours. Three wrickets— those of Beaumont, Nourse, and Hartigan— fell in quick succession after lunch, and 223 wrere still wanted with only four men to be dismissed. Newberry and Ward played up pluckily, and added 44 in 40 minutes. The former then left, and there fol­ lowed a stand which raised the spectators' enthusiasm. Favoured by some luck, Ward and Blanckenberg added 78, and victory began to look possible, if scarcely likely. But the wicket-keeper, after n o minutes' batting for his 40, fell to Strudwick’s vigilance ; Dixon could make no stay, and Douglas bowled Blanckenberg at 304. The Western Province man had played pluckily and well, his cutting being especially good. England won by 91 runs, and thus secured the rubber. E n g la n d . First Innings. Hobbs, c Ward, b Dixon Rhodes, lbw, b Taylor Heame (J. W.), c and b Dixon Mead (C. P.), b Blanckenberg Hon, L. H. Tennyson, b Nourse J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Ward, b Blanckenberg Woolley (F. E.), lbw, b Taylor Relf (A. E.), lbw, b Nourse M. C. Bird, st Ward, b Taylor Bames, b Blanckenberg Strudwick, not out B 4, lb 7 Total .. .. .. .. 238 S outh A fr ica . First Innings. H. W. Taylor, c Woolley, b Relf .. .. 14 J. VV. Zulch, c and b Hearae .. .. 38 T. A. Ward b Heame ............................ 15 R. Beaumont, c Rhodes, b Heame .. .. 6 A. D. Nourse, b Heame .. .. .. 1 P. A. M. Hands, hw, b Hearae .. .. 26 G. P. D. Hartigan, b Bames .. .. 18 C. J. Newberry, c Heame, b Rhodes .. 15 C. D. Dixon, c Rhodes, b Barnes .. .. o L. R. Tuckett, b Bames ............................ o J. M. Blanckenberg, not out .. .. .. 4 B 4, lb 9, nb 1 .. .. 14 92 Second Innings, c Nourse, b Dixon 41 35 c Ward, b T aylor.. 0 27 lbw, b Newberry 0 0 c Tuckett, b Newberry .. 86 21 c Beaumont, b Nourse .. 6 30 b Newberry 77 7 st Ward, b Newberry 37 0 b Blanckenberg 25 1 not out 20 5 b Blanckenberg 0 9 c Tuckett, b Blanckenberg 0 11 B 10, lb 5, w 1 .. 16 Total 308 Second Innings, c Tennyson, b Relf c and b Relf c Strudwick, b Douglas b Bames c Strudwick, b Bames c Tennyson, b Bames c Douglas, b Banies b Bames b Heame not out .. .. .. o b Douglas .. 59 B 17, lb 8, nb 2 .-. 27 13 Total .. 151 Total 304 S outh A frican B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Nourse, 9-1-22-2 and 13-4-36-1 ; Dixon, 19-2-62-2 and 21-4-56-1 ; Blancken­ berg, 22-1-4-54-3 and 21-3-7-66-3 ; Tuckett, 10-1-45-0 and 10-3-24-0 ; Newberry 10-1-29-0 and 22-2-72-4 ; Taylor, 10-5-15-3 and 6-1-38-1.