Cricket 1914

M arch , 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 59 TW EN T IE TH MATCH v. SOUTH AFR ICA . At Durban, February 14, 16, 17, and 18. Zulch and Beau mont sent back word, the first named differing with the authori ties as to the monetary value of his services, it is said, and this let in Dan Taylor and Chapman. On the first day play was interfered with by rain, and only 162 (for 8 wickets) were scored.* Dan Taylor played a capital innings of 36, and P. A. M. Hands showed excellent form for his 51, which included 2 sixes. These two added 39 after 4 had fallen for 45, and Chapman helped Hands to add 51 for the seventh wicket. Barnes again did most of the destruction. England started well after the South African innings had closed for 170 on the second morning, Hobbs and Rhodes (chiefly Hobbs) sending up 92 before a wicket f e ll; but after that there was a decided slump before Carter, and only Mead stayed any length of time. In the event England were 7 behind on the first innings. Hobbs made his capital 64 in 97 minutes, and he and Rhodes were out a t the same total. Before time South Africa had put up 32 for one, the brothers Taylor being in possession together. More rain had fallen in the night. Relf was absent from the field owing to a strained elbow. The brothers took the score to 84 (69 for the wicket) in 90 minutes before they were parted, and then came a long stand by the cap tain and Nourse, who added 97. Just before reaching his 50 Taylor had put fifteen successive singles on the book, and in all he batted 3^ hours for his very solid 93. The tea interval spoiled his chance of a century ; he was out fifth ball after the resump tion. Carter drove well, and his 45 were real good value. The rest made some runs, too, and before lunch Taylor was able to declare, sending in England to get 313 to win. Again Hobbs and Rhodes made an excellent start, and, though victory never looked likely, their partnership put defeat out of the question. The score had reached 133 when Hobbs had to leave, only 3 short of his century. He had batted 135 minutes, and had hit a six and 7 fours. Rhodes was out at 141, and three more wickets quickly fell before bad light and rain put an end to the match. S o u t h A f r ic a . First Innings. H. W. Taylor, c Strudwick, b Barnes T. A. Ward, b Barnes D. Taylor, c Rhodes, b Barnes .. A. D. Nourse, b Barnes F. Le Roux, b Barnes P. A. M. Hands, st Strudwick, b Rhodes C. J. Newberry, b Rhodes J. M. Blanckenberg, c Douglas, b Rhodes H. W. Chapman, b Barnes C. P. Carter, not out J. L. Cox, c Strudwick, b Barnes .. Extras Cricket in Ceylon. 16 5 36 9 4 1 7 19 4 Second Innings. Ibw, b Barnes b Barnes c Strudwick b Barnes c Tennyson, b Rhodes c & b Barnes c Rhodes, b Barnes .. c Bird, b Barnes D IK O Y A v. D IMBULA. A t Darawella, February 6 and 7. Dimbula and Dikoya, who- have been meeting for many years past, number in their ranks nearly all the crack players in Ceylon outside the capital, and their matches are among the principal cricket events of the year in the island. Dimbula are generally the stronger side ; and in this game they amply avenged the defeat sustained at Darawella last year. J. Horsfall and A. L. Gibson put up a good stand for the fifth wicket of the visitors, the former hitting very power fully, and the latter playing most stylish cricket. Vidler alone could do anything in Dikoya's first ; and when they followed on the old Oxonian again showed up well. Ware batted with inex haustible patience for 4 hours for his 49. C. M. Horsfall’s bowling was one of the features of the match, and M. H. Grant-Peterkin and Cameron did well with the ball for the losers. Dimbula won by 9 wickets. D im b u l a . First Innings. G. D. Brown, c Scott b Grant- Peterkin .. .. 32 R. E. Martin, c Grant-Peter kin, b Cameron J. Horsfall, c Ware, b Grant- Peterkin C. M. Horsfall, b Cameron .. C. B. Rubie, b Grant-Peter kin A. L. Gibson, c Scott, b Daniell 33 69 3 63 W. G. Beauchamp, c Forbes, b Cameron P. Healing, c & b Grant- Peterkin H. G. Yates, c Ware, b Grant- Peterkin F. C. Smith, b Cameron A. S. Parmenter, not out Extras 23 Total .. 274 S e c o n d I n n in g s .— G . D . Brown, not out, 2 7 ; R. E. Martin, b Vidler, 15 ; J. Horsfall, not out, 15 ; extras, 9— total (for one wicket), 66 . D ik o y a . 93 1 36 45 8 16 c Tennyson, b Barnes 13 not out .. .. 16 b Douglas .. .. 45 not out .. .. 12 Extras .. 20 Total 170 Total (for 9 wkts., dec.) 305 First Innings. Second Innings. L. A. Wright, c Brown, b C. M. Horsfall 8 c Parmenter, b Martin 15 E. Ware, c Yates, b C. M. Horsfall 14 c Healing, b Martin 59 G. F. Morse, c Healing, b C. M. Hors fall ................................................... 4 c Rubie, b Martin O’ J. L. S. Vidler, c Parmenter, b Martin 58 c Rubie, b C. M. Hors fall .......................... 49 Capt. H. V. Greer, c Martin, b C. M. c C. M. Horsfall, b J. Horsfall 0 Horsfall 44 J. D. Forbes, c Beauchamp, b Gibson 4 c C. M. Horsfall, b Martin 5 R. C. Scott, c Martin, b C. M. Horsfall 0 b Martin 2 M. H. Grant-Peterkin, c & b Gibson 0 c Rubie, b Martin 2 H. B. Daniell, b C. M. Horsfall 0 c & b C. M. Horsfall .. 26 S. Johnson, Ibw, b Parmenter 5 b Parmenter 18 V. Cameron, not out 0 not out 6 Extras 3 Extras 20 Total 9 i Total .. 248 E n g l a n d . First Innings. Hobbs, c Nourse, b Blanckenberg .. 6^ Rhodes, lbw, b Carter .. 22 Hearne (J. W.), c Newberry, b Carter 2 Mead (C. P.), c Newberry, b Blanck- 31 enberg Hon. L. H. Tennyson, c & b New berry . . . . .. .. ] J. W. H. T. Douglas, c & b Carter .. c vVoolley (F. E.), c Hands, b New berry M. C. Bird, b Carter Relf (A. E.), b Carter Bames, not out Strudwick, b Carter Extras Second Innings. *4 b Blanckenberg .. 97 lbw, b Carter .. 35 2 not out .. .. 8 c Blanckenberg, b New berry .. .. 1 1 b Blanckenberg .. o o lbw, b Blanckenberg.. 7 9 not out .. .. o Extras Total D ik o y a B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Vidler, 18-4-58-0 and 10-4-22-1 ; Daniell, 7-1-42-1 and 7-0-24-0 ; Grant-Peterkin, 21-6-88-5 and 6-3-10-0; Cameron, 14-2-60-4 and 1—o—1—o ; Johnson (first innings), 1-0-6-0. D im b u l a B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Gibson, 14-3-33-2 and 9-4-5-0 ; C. M. Horsfall, 16-2-39-6 and 26-6-76-2 ; Parmenter, 4-2-7-1 and 17-2-41-1 ; Martin, 2-0-9-1 and 21-1-71-6; second innings only— J. Horsfall, 9-3-25-1 ; Smith, 3-1-10—o. Cricket in New Zealand. .. 163 Total (for 5 wkts.) 154 E n g l a n d B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Bames, 29*5-7-56-7 and 32-10-88-7; Woollev, 10-3-27-0 and 13-2-26-0; Relf (first inns.), 8-3-15-0; Rhodes. 14-5-33-3 and 26-6-53-1 ; Douglas, 7-0-31-0 and 14-1-51-1 ; Heame (second inns.), 11-0-46-0; Bird (second inns.), 6-1-21-0. S o u t h A f r ic a n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Le Roux, 6-1-19-0 and 3-2-5-0 ; Cox, 10-1-30-0 and 13-6-18-0 ; varter, 28-8—50-6 and 29-12-27-1 ; Blanckenberg, 20-4-35-2 and * 5 - 4 — 43“ 3 5 Newberry, 11-4-18-2 and 10-4-22-1 ; Nourse (second |nns.), 6-0-13-0; Chapman (second inns.), 4-0-20-0. Blackenberg bowled one nb in first innings. SOUTHLAND v. WELLINGTON . A t Invercargill, January 6 and 7. This was the first match ever played between the two provinces. Southland aspires to rank as a major province, and has this season fixed up games with Canterbury and Wellington, as well as with Otago, who are old opponents. The game, played on a slow wicket, was drawn. Wagstaffe, the Wellington stumper, emerged quite unexpectedly into the limelight as a batsman, playing a really good, free innings of 60 ; and Doig and Kavanagh for South land, and Saunders and Grimmett for the visitors, bowled well. OPEN DATES. L. a n d N.W .R. (Hon. Sec., E. E. Stocking, G.M.O., Euston Station, N.W ., have open W hit Monday (away) and June 20- (away).