Cricket 1914

■58 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a r ch , 19 14 . M.C.C. T e a m . First Innings. Hobbs, c Strieker, b Le Roux Rhodes, b Le Roux.. . * Hearne (J. W.), c Strieker, b Newberry J. W. H. T. Douglas, c New­ berry, b Strieker M. C. Bird, b Lundie Woolley (F. E.), lbw, b Lundie Relf (A. E.), lbw, b Lundie.. 62 136 2 47 48 5 Hon. L. H. Tennyson, c Newberry, b Meintjes .. 25 Booth, not out .. .. 32 Barnes, c Ward, b Newberry 1 $trudwick, b Lundie .. 4 Extras .. .. .. 14 Total .. .. 386 S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Hobbs, not out, 131 ; Rhodes, not out, 76 ; •extras, 4— total (for no wicket— declared), 211. T r a n s v a a l . First Innings. Second Innings. J. W. Zulch, c Bird, b Booth 62 b Heame 18 A. E. Cook, c Relf, b Barnes 7 c Woolley, b Booth.. 28 T . A. Ward, c and b Rhodes 9 c Bird, b Rhodes 37 1-'. Le Roux, b Booth 66 b Tennyson 3 i L. J. Tancred, c and b Woolley . . 56 C. j. Newberry, b Douglas.. 42 not out 0 R. Beaumont, lbw, b Heame 65 c Bird, b Rhodes 3 i D. J. Meintjes, lbw, b Barnes 10 c Hobbs, b Rhodes .. 0 H. B. Strieker, c Heame, b Barnes 0 E. B. Lundies, c Rhodes, b Barnes 3 •C. D. Dixon, not out 1 Extras 26 Total 347 Total (for 6 w .).. 145 Detailed analysis of this match has not yet come to hand. We hope to be able to give it in our next issue. E IGH TEEN TH MATCH v. NORTH ERN N A TA L XV . A t Ladysmith, February 4 and 5. This was, of course, one of the minor matches of the tour, and had it been played out the M.C.C. side must have won easily. Relf and Tennyson hit up centuries for them, and Booth and Rhodes bowled effectively. On the part of the local side, which was captained by the old •Cantab, the Rev. C. D. Robinson, the great feature of the game •was the fine innings of 81 played by D. Taylor, which took him into the Natal side in the next match, and eventually into the South African eleven. Rain on the second day caused the game to be drawn. N o r t h e r n N a t a l XV. First Innings. Rev. C. D. Robinson, c Relf, b Woolley V. Sparks, lbw, b Relf F. Greaves, c Rhodes, b Booth •G. Tatham, run out D. Taylor, lbw, b Booth R. S. Berry, c Douglas, b Relf .. K. K. Mowat, b Woolley C. Sewell, run out T. Berry, b Booth E. Sparks, c Mead, b Booth H. S. Higgins, c Relf, b Booth R. G. Crockett, st Smith, b Rhodes C. H. Mulcahy, c Booth, b Rhodes L. Taylor, c Hobbs, b Rhodes G. E. Ellison, not out Extras 32 6 3 5 10 1 7 6 Second Innings. b Hobbs .. .. 13 b Hobbs .. .. 6 c Tennyson, bBooth 2 b Rhodes .. .. 7 c Hobbs, b Hearne .. 81 c Relf, b Rhodes .. 8 b Hearne .. .. 1 b Rhodes .. .. 6 not out .. . 8 not out .. .. 4 Total 94 M.C.C. T e a m . b Smith (E. J .), c & b Ellison 8 . 106 J. W. H. T* Douglas, not out 5 5 Extras b 21 . 105 Total (for 4 wkts., dec.) ---- • 39 289 achievement. Samuelson, the Maritzburg googly bowler, could not play, and his absence and that of Beningfield let in D. Taylor and Arbuthnot, who had played two good innings in the game between Maritzburg and Durban a little earlier. Hobbs was given a rest. Nobody really got going in the tourists’ first innings though Douglas stayed over 100 minutes for 24, and Tennyson hit up 35 of the 51 put on in partnership with his captain. When Natal batted Herbert Taylor fairly carried the side on his shoulders. Chapman, out at 26, was the only other man to reach double figures. Taylor made 91, reaching his 50 out of 82, and being out at 145. It was not a chanceless display, for Barnes missed him at second slip and Bird (a difficult chance) in the country ; but it was a very fine one. He was caught by Mead— a great catch— off perhaps the worst ball he received. The rest could do nothing with Barnes and Relf, though young Arbuthnot put in a stolid hour’s batting, divided between two days, for 7. Natal had a lead of 21, which was wiped off before the first English wicket fell. But again no one could make many runs, or make runs at all quickly, Carter bowling particularly well. Rhodes stayed over 80 minutes for a modest 28, and Douglas 72 minutes for 33. The innings closed on the third morning for 235, made in dogged style ; and Natal faced the task of getting 215 for victory. Chapman left at 8 and Dudley Pearse at 27, and local hopes fell. But Nourse’s association with Herbert Taylor revived them. The score rose steadily, and the big man brought up the 100 by pulling Woolley for 6. The partnership added 100 in 96 minutes, and still the two went on. Taylor took 12, 10, and 12 runs again off overs from Barnes. Nourse had been batting over two hours when he reached 50, and Taylor, who had been at 17 when he came in, was then 96. The young captain’s hundred came after 165 minutes’ batting, but directly afterwards he was caught in the slips. He and Nourse had put on 145. A t 184 Nourse left for 59, the result of just on 2 1 hours at wickets, and it was recognised that Natal might lose after all. Carter also went at 184 ; but Arbuthnot kept up his end while Dan Taylor scored, and when the latter left at 209 the match was practically won. Natal won by 4 wickets, and though the chief credit belonged to Herbert Taylor and Carter there was not a man on the side who did not do something to help, for two or three who failed as batsman were conspicuous for excellent fielding. M.C.C. T e a m . First Innings. M. C. Bird, b Cox .. .. 4 Rhodes, b Carter .. .. .. 7 Heame (J. W.), lbw, b Tuckett .. 12 Mead (C. P.), lbw, b Carter .. 19 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Tuckett .. 24 Hon. L. H. Tennyson, b Tuckett .. 35 Woolley (F. E.), lbw, b Carter .. 23 Relf (A. E.), b C o x .......................... 4 Booth, lbw, b Cox Second Innings, c Arbuthnot, b Carter c Nourse, b Carter .. c Tuckett, b Chapman b Easterbrook lbw, b Easterbrook .. lbw, b Carter b Chapman c Arbuthnot. b Carter lbw, b Carter 27 28 8 29 33 19 20 4 22 Extras .. 5 Total (for 8 wkts.) 141 Relf (A. E.), c Taylor, Greaves Booth, lbw, b Greaves Hon. L. H. Tennyson, - Greaves Woolley (F. E.), not out M. C. Bird, Hobbs, Mead (C. P), Hearne (J. W.), and Rhodes did not bat. Smith (E. j.), b Carter 1 b Carter 15 Barnes, not out 0 not out 1 Extras 3 Extras 29 Total 132 Total 235 N a t a l . First Innings. Second Innings. H. W T. Chapman, c Smith, b Relf .. 11 b Douglas 6 H. W. Taylor, c Mead, b Bird 9 i c Woolley, b Heame 100 D. K. Pearse, c Woolley, b Barnes 0 c Douglas, b Booth .. 4 A. D. Nourse, c Woolley, b Relf .. 3 c Tennyson, b Woolley 59 D. Taylor, lbw, b Barnes 8 b Barnes 23 E. Arbuthnot, c Rhodes, b Barnes 7 not out 3 C. P. Carter, c Rhodes, b Relf 8 c Woolley, b B arnes.. 0 J. W. Easterbrook, c & b Barnes .. 2 D. J. Nicol, c Douglas, b Barnes .. 0 L. R. Tuckett, c Bird, b Relf 6 not out 6 J. L. Cox, not out 0 Extras 1 7 Extras 15 Total 153 Total (for 6 wkts.) 216 N IN E TEEN TH MATCH v. NATAL. A t Durban, February 7, 9 and 10. In the m atch the tourists sustained theii one defeat ; and however much it may be dis­ counted by some critics on the grounds that relaxation from the test match strain caused the Englishmen to play below their true form, N atal’s victory must be regarded as a very creditable N a t a l B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Cox, 17-4-29-3 and 18-3-43-0; Nourse, 7-1-14-0 and 10-2-26-0 ; Tuckett, 16-3-26-3 and 9-1-17-0 ; H. W. Taylor (first inns.), 1-0-1-0 ; Carter, 22*5-8-36-4 and 26*2-6-58-6; Chapman, 5-0-13-0 and 12-0-34-2 ; Easterbrook, 5-0-10-0 and 8-1-28-2. M.C.C. B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Barnes, 23-11-44-5 and 17-4-70-2 ; Relf, 17*5-2-59-4 and 9-2-28-0 ; Woolley, 3-0-6-0 and 13-4-24-1 ; Douglas, 1-0-3-0 and 8-2-27-1 ; Hearne, 4-0-15-0 and 9-0-37-1 ; Bird, 1-0-9-1 and 2-0-9-0 ; Booth (second inns.), 7-3-6-1. Barnes bowled 1 nb in first, 2 in second innings.