Cricket 1914

42 THE WORLD OB' CRICKET. F e b r u a r y , 19 14 . D u r b a n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is Davison, 2 for 18 and o for 24 ; Collins, o for 20 (first inns.) ; Tuckett, 5 for 33 and 3 for 20 ; Tunmer, o for 16 and 1 for 7 ; Chap­ man, 3 for 24 and 4 for 9 ; Rayner, 1 for 10 (second inns.). N o r t h e r n D is t r ic t s B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Sewell, 3 for 66 ; L. Taylor, 3 for 53 ; D. Taylor, 1 for 32 ; Purcell, 1 for 15 ; Stevenson, o for 43 ; Berry, o for 11. M A R ITZBU RG v. N O R TH ERN D ISTR IC T S O F N A TA L A t Maritzburg, December 27. Robinson again kept wicket finely, only 6 byes being debited to him, and his stumping of Blake being a very neat piece of work. D. K . Pearse drove very finely, and his brother Ormerod hit hard, as did King, while Blake and Worthington also showed good form. The Northern team had 100 up before their second wicket fell, but in the event only just escaped defeat, Samuelson's googlies being effective. M a r it z b u r g . J. N. King, b D.Taylor .. 41 C. O. C. Pearse,not out .. 61 T. Worthington,not out .. 33 Extras .. .. 16 R. H. Blake, st Robinson, b Stevenson .. .. 40 S. V. Samuelson, b L. Taylor 26 D. K. Pearse, c D. Taylor, b Stevenson .. .. .. 87 S. F. Harrison, b Stevenson 6 R. O. Arbuckle, c Robinson, b Stevenson .. .. 5 Total (for 6 wkts., dec.) 315 O. Berriman, G. C. Anderson, andj. D. Dales did not bat. N o r t h e r n D is t r ic t s . Rev. C. D. Robinson, c Ar­ buckle, b Sainuelson .. 39 V. Sparks, c Blake, b Samuelson . . .. 34 G. Tatham, b Harrison .. 23 D. Taylor, b Harrison .. 19 C. Sewell, c D. K. Pearse, b Samuelson .. .. 5 R. S. Berry, c Harrison, b Arbuckle .. .. .. 18 H. S. Higgins, b Samuelson . 1 A. Stevenson, b King .. 8 L. Taylor, c Dales, b Samuel­ son .. .. .. 12 W. Harris, not out .. 4 W. Lens, not out .. .. 2 Extras .. .. 36 Total (for 9 wkts.) .. 209 N o r t h e r n D is t r ic t s B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Stevenson. 4 for 70 ; L. Taylor, 1 for 36 ; D. Taylor, 1 for 56 ; four others bowled, but failed to get a wicket. M a r it z b u r g B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Samuelson, 5 for 46 ; Harrison, 2 for 5 ; Arbuckle, 1 for 6 ; King, a for 17. The M.C.C. Team in South Africa. TH IR TE EN TH MATCH v. TRAN SVAA L . A t Pretoria, January 9, 10, and 12. Barnes was given a rest in this match. The Transvaal side lacked Beaumont, Newberry, Tancred, and Zulch, but included A. E. Cook, of whom high hopes were entertained a few years ago, F. Le Roux, •one of the best all-rounders in the sub-continent, and two English public school men in Moses and Susskind. Le Roux played an excellent innings of the steady order, and Meintjes put in some brilliant hitting, but the total was only a moderate ■one. The first three English wickets fell for 25 runs, and so well did Le Roux and Lundie bowl at the outset that five of the first six overs were maidens. Seventy-five minutes were taken in reaching 50. Mead was missed at 18 and Douglas at 50 ; these two added 189 for the fourth wicket. Douglas batted hours, Mead nearly 4 hours. The latter hit 25 fours, and his innings was a capital display- Booth and Smith added 63 for -the last wicket. Rain on the Monday caused the match to tfizzle out in an unsatisfactory draw. T r a n s v a a l . First Innings. A. E. Cook, c Rhodes, b Booth F. Le Roux, c Bird, b Hearne A. H. C. Cooper, c Douglas, b Booth E. C. Moses, c and b Woolley M. J. Susskind, c Relf, b Woolley .. b. ». D. J. Meintjes, c Bird, b Woolley 87 Total S e c o n d I n n in g s . — F. Le Roux, lbw, b Relf, 4 ; A. E. Cook, not out, 8 ; A . H. C. Cooper, b Relf, 8 ; E. C. Moses, not out, o ; extra, 1— total (for 2 wickets), 21. Le T e a m . M. C. Bird, st Berry, b Roux Woolley (F. E.), b Dixon .. Booth, not out Smith (E. J.), c Lundie, b Le Roux Extras .. Total 10 27 36 M.C.C. Hobbs, b Le Roux ., .. 1 Rhodes, c Lundie, b Le Roux 1 Hearne (J. W.),f c Lundie, b Dixon ... .. .. 12 Mead (C. P.), c Meintjes, b Dixon .. .. .. 145 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Lundie, b Le Roux .. .. 73 Hon. L. H. Tennyson, c Moses, b Dixon .. .. 14 Relf (A. E.), c Dixon, b Le Roux .. .. .. o M.C.C. B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Relf, 13-2-35-0 and 6-0-13-2 ; Booth, 15-1-54-2 and 4-1-4-0 first innings only, Hearne, 13-1-59-3 ; Rhodes, 4-0-4-0 ; Woolley 16-5-45-4 ; Douglas, 5-0-14-0 ; second innings only, Bird, 1-0-3-0. T r a n s v a a l B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Le Roux, 23-4-64-6 ; Lundie, 21-7-52-0 ; Elworthy, 11-0-58-0 ; Dixon, 22-3-81-4 ; Meintjes, 6-0-24-0 ; Cooper, 11-2-40-0. 330 FOURTEENTH MATCH v. E L E V EN OF TH E T R A N S V A A L . A t Vogelfontein, January 14 and 15. Played while the strike troubles were at their height, this match aroused little interest. The home side, though not a represfentative Transvaal team, was a good one, and an interesting figure in it was J. G. Milton (son of Sir W. H. Milton, in the old days one of South Africa’s best players), the Rugger international. Hobbs made his 137 in a trifle over 2} hours, hitting a six and 18 fours. Sixteen fours were included in Hearne’s 96. A declaration wras made a t the tea interval on the second day, but owing to a thunderstorm no further play took place. S. D. Tross, b Relf .. .. 14 B. V. Morkel, c Tennvson, b Relf .......................... o H. B. Strieker, c Relf, b Booth .. .. .. 2 D. J. Meintjes, c Strudwick, b Booth .. .. .. o C. J. Newberry, c Mead, b Woolley .. .. 27 L. J. Tancred, c Strudwick, b Woolley .. .. 68 J. B. Perring, c Relf, b Woolley J. Lawrence, b Bird C. Lamb, c & b Rhodes J. G. Milton, st Strudwick, b Rhodes A. W. Redick, not out Extras Total 10 15 21 6 o 7 170 M.C.C. T e a m . 14 14 Total (for 4 wkts., dec.).. 350 Hobbs, c Newberry, b Tan- Booth, not out cred .. .. .. 137Extras M. C. Bird, run ou t.. .. 13 Hearne (J. W.), b Milton .. 96 Relf (A. E.), not out .. 55 Hon. L. H. Tennyson, c Strieker, b Newberry .. 21 Rhodes, Mead, Woolley, J. W. H. T. Douglas, and Strudwick did not bat. M.C.C. B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Relf, 2 for 30 ; Booth 2 for 41 ; Woolley, 3 for 42 ; Hearne, 0 for 41 ; Rhodes, 2 for 7 ; Bird, 1 for 2. Full details not to hand, and no analysis of Transvaal bowling as yet available. A. V. Berry, c Bird, b Hearne 7 E. B. Lundie, run out .. 29 F. W. Cooper, b Hearne .. o C. D. Dixon, c Douglas, b Woolley .. .. .. o F. W. Elworthy, not out .. 4 Extras .. ». .. 12 F IFT EEN TH MATCH v. GR IQUALAND W EST. A t Kimberley, January 17 and 19. This was the first occasion on which Griqualand W est had ever met an English side on even terms. Ten of the home eleven, a young side, were said to be local men by birth and rearing. The three Tapscotts and Ling were the most conspicuous members of the side. On the first day play did not begin till 2.30, in scorching heat. After Bird’s early dismissal Hobbs and Hearne added 225 for the second wicket in quick time. The Middlesex man’s 81 included 11 fours. Hobbs, who had some luck, being thrice missed, nevertheless played a brilliant innings, hitting 5 sixes and 15 fours. Of the rest only Mead did much. The Kimberley men made a very poor show against Barnes and Relf in their first attem p t; following on, they fared better, and Ling shaped in distinctly good form, but they never looked like averting defeat, and in the event the tourists won by an innings and 101 runs. M.C.C. T e a m . 245 Hobbs, c L. G. Tapscott, b Whitehead.. .. . .. M. C. Bird, run out Hearne (J. W.), b Whitehead Mead (C. P.), run out Smith (E. J.), b Ling Hon. L. H. Tennyson, c Rhodes, b Raaff Relf (A. E.), c Rigal, b Raaff 141 1 81 49 16 13 Woolley (F. E.), b Whitehead 16 Booth, lbw, b Rhodes .. 4 J. W. H. T. Douglas, not out 1 Barnes, lbw, b Whitehead.. o Extras .. .. .. 24 Total 346