Cricket 1914

A p r il , 19 14 . THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 73 The M.C.C. Team in South Africa. STATISTICS OF THE TOUR. Matches played, 22 ; won, 12 ; drawn, 9 ; lost, 1. Eleven-a-side matches, 18 ; won, 9 ; drawn, 8 ; lost, 1. Odds matches, 4 ; won, 1 : drawn, 1. The wins were over South Africa (four times), the Border, Cape Province, Griqualand West, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Grahams­ town XVIII, and South-Western Districts XV (twice.) The drawn games were with South Africa, the Border, Transvaal '(two), XI of the Transvaal, Western Province (two), and Northern Natal XV. The loss was to Natal at Durban. In the 18 eleven-a-side games the M.C.C. Team aggregated 7475 runs for the loss of 208 wickets—average 35-9 per wicket. Their opponents aggregated 5849 runs for 308 wickets—average 18*9. The batting averages, both of the M.C.C. Team and of their opponents, follow. The bowling figures cannot be given in full at present. Many analyses have been defective, and some have not come through at all. We hope to be able to give these figures in a later issue. BATTING AVERAGES IN THE ELEVEN-A-SIDE MATCHES. INNS. N.O. RUNS. AVER. H.S. Hobbs (J. B .) ............................ 22 2 1489 74*45 170 J. W. H. T. Douglas................. 21 5 827 51-68 119 Hearne (J. W).............................. 16 1 695 46*33 136 Mead (C. P.)................................ 19 o 745 39*21 145 Rhodes (W.)................................ 24 3 731 34*80 152 Booth (M. W .)............................ 14 4 291 29*10 57 M. C. Bird.................................... 21 2 551 29*00 200 Woolley (F. E.) ........................ 23 1 595 27*04 116 Smith (E. J.).............................. 8 2 146 24*33 36 Hon. L. H. Tennyson................. 24_ o 498 20-75 66 Relf (A. E .) ................................ 21 2 310 16-31 63 Strudwick (H.)............................ 13 4 86 9-55 27 Barnes (S. F .) ............................ 14 7 49 7-00 20* Robert Relf (14*) and W. Creese (2) each played in one innings. In the four matches against odds—at Robertson, Oudtshoorn, Grahamstown, and Ladysmith—the team batted in one innings only in each game. The scores made were : Hobbs, 107 ; Woolley, 39*, 37 , 34 *, and 33 ; Relf, 106, 65*. 17, and 5 ; Mead, 84, 78, and 25 ; Rhodes, 70, 64, and 20 ; Tennyson, 105, 33, 23, and 4 ; Bird, 61, 12, and o ; Barnes, 26 ; Hearne, 46 and 3 ; Douglas, 18 and 5* ; Booth, 16*, 11*, 11, and 5 ; Smith, 8. Strudwick did not bat in any of these games. I. D. Difford, the manager, batted once and was o* : Harrison played in one game, but had no innings. It scarcely seems worth while to give a separate table of averages for all matches, as these games v. odds were few in number and of little importance. SOUTH AFRICAN BATTING AVERAGES AGAINST THE M.C.C. (E leven - a - side M atches only .) M. INNS. N.O. RUNS. AVER. H.S. H. W. Taylor...................... 7 14 2 824 68-66 109 J. W. Zulch................. ........ 5 10 o 369 36-90 82 P. T. Lewis............................ 4 7 o 252 36 00 151 I- J. Tancred........................ 3 6 o 200 33*33 68 M. J. Commaille..................... 2 3 o 85 28*33 52 R. Beaumont........................ 4 8 o 221 27-62 65 P. A. M. Hands..................... 7 13 o 332 25-53 83 D. J. Meintjes....................... 3 4 o 97 24-25 87 R. H. Randell........................ 2 4 o 96 24-00 71 W. V Ling............................ 2 4 o 93 23-25 63 A. D. Nourse........................ 7 13 o 289 22-23 59 S. G. Fuller............................ 2 4 o 88 22-00 72 F. L. de S. Le Roux ......... 4 8 o 173 21-62 69 J. M. Blanckenberg............... 8 15 6 189 21-00 59 C. Johnson............................ 3 5 o 97 19 40 51 D. Taylor.............................. 3 6 o 116 19 33 36 H. W. Chapman..................... 2 4 1 50 16*66 17 A. E. Cook............................ 2 4 1 46 *15-33 28 R. R. Luyt............................ 2 3 o 46 15*33 21 C. J. Newberry..................... 7 13 1 181 15*08 42 G. P. D. Hartigan................. 4 8 o 117 14*62 51 T. A. Ward............................ 7 14 o 198 14*14 40 C. P. Carter............................... 4 7 1 77 12-83 45 D. K. Pearse........................ 2 4 1 37 12-33 27* E. B. Lundie.......................... 3 4 1 33 11-oo 29 R. H. M. Hands..................... 4 7 o 71 10*14 24 H. V. Baumgartner............... 2 4 o 40 io-oo 16 A. H. C. Cooper..................... 3 6 o 58 9-66 29 L. R. Tuckett........................ 3 5 2 26 8-66 14 G. Cross.................................. 3 6 1 38 7-60 23 C. D. Dixon........................... 4 6 1 28 5-60 27 J. L. Cox................................ 5 8 2 23 3*83 12* The following played in two matches without reaching a double­ figure average (the figures against their names are their actual scores) : E. A. Budgen, 3, 1, and o ; G. Hearne, 26, 1, and o ; W. H. Mars, 3, 1*, and 1* ; A. Morrell, 1*, 1*, and 1 ; D. J. Nicol, o and o ; W. H. Short, 5, 5, and o* ; H. B. Strieker, 2 and o : M. J. Susskind, 12, o, and o; L. E. Tapscott, 7, 7, 7, and 7; L. G. Tapstott, 6, 5, 4 and 1. Fifty-four players appeared in one match each. Of these, F. D. Conry (53) was the only man who played an innings of 50 or more. Others who made 20 or over in an innings were : Beauchamp (24 and 3) ; A. V. C. Bisset (27 and 25); P. A. Eland (29 and 13) ; F. E. Goddard (24 and o) ; J. E. Jewell (25 and 2); C. Lamb (21) ; N. V. Lindsay (21 and 6); N. O. Norton (23 and 14); R. Oosthuizen (23 and 1) : F. W. Porter (27 and 2) ; E. Raaff (33 and o ); J. M. Stevtler (36 and 16); E. Style (38 and 1); and N. V. Tapscott (22 and 3). CENTURIES FOR THE M.C.C. TEAM. I n E l e v e n - a - s id e M a t c h e s . M. C. Bird, 200, v. Orange Free State, at Bloemfontein. J. W\ H. T. Douglas, 119, v. South Africa, at Durban (first match). J. W. H. T. Douglas, 102*, v. Border, at East London. Hearne (J. W.), 136, v. Transvaal, at Johannesburg (second match). Hearne (J. W.), 108, v. Orange Free State, at Bloemfontein. Hobbs (J. B.), 170, v. Cape Province, at Port Elizabeth. Hobbs (J. B.), 141, v. Griqualand West, at Kimberley. Hobbs (J. B.), 137, v. Eleven of Transvaal, at Vogelfontein. Hobbs (J. B.),131*, v. Transvaal, at Johannesburg (second match). Hobbs (J. B.), 102, v. Transvaal, at Johannesburg (first match). Mead (C. P.), 145, v. Transvaal, at Pretoria. Mead (C. P.), 117, v. South Africa, at Port Elizabeth. Mead (C. P.), 102, v. South Africa, at Johannesburg (first match). Rhodes (W.), 152, v. South Africa, at Johannesburg (first match). Woolley (F. E.), 116, v. Transvaal, at Johannesburg (first match). I n O d d s M a t c h e s . Hobbs (J. B.), 107, v. South-Western Districts XV, at Robertson. Relf (A. E.), 106, v. Northern Natal XV, at Ladysmith. Hon. L. H. Tennyson, 105, v. Northern Natal XV, at Ladysmith. CENTURIES AGAINST THE M.C.C. TEAM. I n E l e v e n - a - s id e M a t c h e s . P. T. Lewis, 151, for Western Province, at Cape Town (first match). H. W. Taylor, 109, for South Africa, at Durban (first match-).. H. W. Taylor, 100, for Natal, at Durban. No century was made for any of the odds teams opposing the M.C.C. STATISTICS OF THE TEST MATCH RUBBER. England won 4 matches of the 5, and one was drawn. A t Durban, Dec. 13, 15, 16, and 17 — E n g l a n d , 450 ; S o u t h A f r ic a , 182 and h i . England won by an innings and 157 runs. A t Johannesburg, Dec. 26, 27, 29, and 30 — E n g l a n d , 403 ; S o u t h A f r ic a , 160 and 231. England won by an innings and 12 runs. A t Johannesburg, Jan. 1, 2, 3, and 5 — E n g l a n d , 238 and 308 ; S o u t h A f r ic a , 151 and 304. England won by 91 runs. A t Durban, Feb. 14, 16, 17, and 18 — E n g l a n d , 163 and 154 for 5 ; S o u t h A f r ic a , 170 and 305 for 9, dec. Drawn. A t Port Elizabeth, Feb. 27 and 28, Mar. 2 and 3— E n g l a n d , 411 and 11 for o; S o u t h A f r ic a , 193 and 228. England won by 10 wickets. E n g l a n d totalled 2138 runs for 65 wickets, average 32*8. S o u t h A f r ic a totalled 2035 runs for 99 wickets, average 20*5. ENGLISH BATTING AVERAGES. M. INNS. N.O. RUNS. Hobbs (J. B.).................. .. 5 8 1 443 Mead (C. P.)............................ 5 7 o 378 Rhodes (W.)............................. 5 8 1 289 J. W. H. T. Douglas............ 5 7 o 266 Relf (A. E.)............................ 5 6 1 123 Woolley (F. E.)...................... 5 7 1 i 3 8 Booth (M. W .)........................ 2 2 o 46 M. C. Bird................................ 5 6 1 95 Hearne (J. W .)........................ 3 5 1 69 Hon. L. H. Tennyson............ 5 7 o 116 Strudwick (H.)........................ 5 6 2 28 Barnes (S. F.)........................ 4 5 2 9 Smith (E. J.) played in one match, one innings, AVER. 63-28 54-00 41-28 38-00 24-60 23-00 23-00 19-00 17*25 16-57 7-00 3-00 scoring 9 H.S. 93-1 1 1 7 I 152 119 63 54 32 61 32 52 14 5 SOUTH AFRICAN BATTING AVERAGES. M. INNS. N.O. RUNS AVER. U.S. H. W. Tavlor (N.)................. 5 10 o 508 50-80 109 J. W. Zulch (T .)................... 3 6 o 239 39-83 82 P. A. M. Hands (W.)........... 5 10 o 281 28-10 83 J. M. Blanckenberg (W .).... 5 10 6 104 26-00 59 C. P. Carter (N.)................... 2 4 1 69 23-00 45 A. D. Nourse (N.)................. 5 10 o 225 22-50 56 D. Taylor (N.)...................... 2 4 o 85 21-25 36 G. P. D. Hartigan (B.)......... 3 6 o 84 14-00 51 T. A. Ward (T.)..................... 5 10 o 105 10-50 40 C. J. Newberry (T.)............. 4 8 o 62 7*75 16 J. L. Cox (N.)...................... 3 6 1 17 3-40 12* R. Beaumont (T.)................. 2 4 o 11 2*75 6 Played in one match each :—H. V. Baumgartner (T.), 16 and 3 ; H. W. Chapman (N.), 17 and 16*; A. H. C. Cooper (T.), 6 and o; C. D. Dixon (T.), o and o ; R. H. M. Hands (W.), 7 and o ; F. I., de S. Le Roux (T.), 1 and o ; P. T. Lewis (W.), o and o ; E. B. Lundie (T.), 1 and o* : L. J. Tancred (T.), 20 and 13 ; L. G. Tapscott (G.), 4 and 1 ; L. R. Tuckett (N.), o* and o. N o t e . —B= Border, G. = Griqualand West, N . = Natal, T.=Trans- vaal, W. = Western Province.