Cricket 1914

So THE WORLD OF CRICKET. A p r il , 1914. The Score Book. The M.C.C. Team in South Africa. TWENTY-FIRST MATCH, v. SOUTH AFRICA. At Port Elizabeth, February 27 and 28, March 2 and 3. This was a disappointing game. After the good fight the home side had put up at Durban, and the evidence they had given of improved form, it was hoped that they would at least run England hard in the final test. But they were beaten quite easily. Zulch, R. H. M. Hands, and E. B. Lundie were played instead of Le Roux, Chapman, and Cox, changes which were thought to strengthen the team ; and England lacked Barnes. Taylor won the toss, and himself batted nearly two hours for 42, his form not being up to his usual standard. Nourse took 100 minutes to make 26. P. A. M. Hands was the outstanding figure of the innings, making his 83 in 105 minutes without a chance, and hitting 2 sixes and 10 fours. Douglas caused a collapse at the end of the innings, and all were out for 193, the last four wickets only adding 26. At call of time England were 48 for 1—Hobbs out. On the second day Mead batted 3J hours for 117—somewhat slow, and with only 8 fours included, but without a chance, and with some powerful driving. Woolley, who made 54 in very attractive style, helped him to add 104 for the fifth wicket, and Douglas hit six fours in his 30. He and Mead put on 79 together. Booth and Relf on the Monday added 50 for the tenth wicket. South Africa’s second innings opened well, although the scoring was on the slow side. Zulch and Taylor sent up 129 before they were parted, but the remaining nine wickets only added 99, and Philip Hands made 44 of these. Eleven runs were required for victory, and Hobbs made these while Rhodes looked on. S outh A f r ic a . First Innings. H. W. Taylor, c Strudwick, b Woolley J. 'W. Zulch, c Strudwick, b Booth .. D. Taylor, b Relf A. D. Nourse, b Hearne P. A. M. Hands, c Bird, b Douglas . . R. H. M. Hands, st Strudwick, b Woolley . C. J. Newberry, b Woolley T. A. Ward, c Bird, b Douglas C. P. Carter, c Bird, b Douglas J. M. Blanckenberg, b Douglas E. B. Lundie, not out B 2, lb 2, nb 1 Total Second Innings, c Rhodes, b Bird .. .. 87 c Rhodes, b Booth .. 60 b Bird .. .. .. 1 c Relf, b Bird .. .. o c Woolley, b Booth .. 49 st Strudwick, b Douglas .. 7 c Hearne, b Relf .. .. 1 c Woolley, b Booth .. 1 b Booth .. .. .. 5 not out .. .. .. 6 c Strudwick, b Relf .. 1 B 6, lb 3, nb 1 10 Total .. .. 228 E n g l a n d . First Innings. Hobbs, c Nourse, b Lundie .. 33 * Rhodes, b Carter .. .. .. 27 Strudwick, b Carter . . . . 3 Hearne (J. W.), c H. W. Taylor, b Blanckenberg .. .. .. 32 Mead (C. P.), c & b Blanckenberg.. 117 Woolley (F. E.), lbw, b Newberry 54 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Blancken­ berg, b Lundie .. .. 30 S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Hobbs, not out, 11 wicket), 11. Hon. L. H. Tennyson, Ibw, b Lundie 23 M. C. Bird, run out .. . . 4 Booth, b Lundie .. .. 32 Relf (A. E.), not out .. .. 23 B 20, lb 6, nb 7 .. .. 33 Rhodes, not out, o— total (for no E n g lish B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Relf, 11-5-26-1 and 23-1-11-29-2 ; Booth, 18-3-43-1 and 24-5-49-4 ; Woolley, 22-4-71-3 and 5-72-23-0 ; Hearne, 9-2-34-1 and 12-4-30-0; Douglas, 5-4-2-14-4 and 9-1-34-1 ; second innings only— Bird, 11-1-38-3; Tennyson, 1-0-1-0 ; Rhodes, 10-4-14-0. S o u t h A fr ic a n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Lundie, 46*3-9-101-4 and i- i- o - 6 - o; first innings only — Nourse, 9-1-31-o ; Carter, 41-9-111-2; Blanckenberg, 34-7-101-2 ;f Newberry, 14-2-34-1 ; second innings only— H. W. Taylor, 1-0-5-0. In the first innings Blanckenberg bowled 4 nb, Lundie 2, Newberry 1. the umpire could not see, and he stayed on. His score included 9 fours. Smith hit out, and the last wicket added 23 very quickly. For the home side Commaille’s was the best, as well as the biggest innings. He opened with great care, but afterwards showed much confidence, and made his runs in 95 minutes. Lewis played excellent cricket for 32, and Bisset and Blanckenberg made the best stand of the innings (50) for the seventh wicket. Hearne bowled remarkably well, and did nearly all the damage. At call of time the M.C.C. had 74 for 1 on the board, Hobbs and Tennyson having sent up 53 before a wicket fell. The score was taken to 177 for 4 next morning, Smith playing very briskly, and making 35 of the 53 added with Rhodes after the fourth wicket fell. Western Province had 3J hours to play, and 289 to get for victory. Winning was patently impossible ; and when Rail, Commaille, and Philip Hands were all out with only 15 on the board defeat seemed almost certain. But from this point a sturdy resistance was made. Bisset and Luyt added 32, and took 50 minutes to make them in, which mattered more ; then Bisset and Lewis stayed together for 80 minutes to add 61, the former batting 118 minutes in all for his excellent defensive innings of 25; and, with 6 down for 131, Lewis and Blanckenberg put on 39 before the former was dismissed for a splendid 59—a real fighting innings. The last man, Minaar, came in at the finish with only an over to go, and made a fine on-drive to the ropes off the last ball of the match. Thus Western Province saved the game. M.C.C. T e a m . First Innings. Hobbs, c Budgen, b Blanckenberg Rhodes, b Blanckenberg Hearne (J. W.), Ibw, b Minaar Mead (C. P.), c Lewis, b Minaar J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Blanckenberg, b Minaar Woolley (F. E.), hit wkt, b Minaar Booth, b Budgen Hon. L. H. Tennyson, c Minaar, b Budgen .. Relf (A. E.), c P. A. M. Hands, b Blanckenberg Smith {£• J-), not out Strudwick, c Budgen, b Blanckenberg Extras Total First Innings. R. Rail, c Rhodes, b Booth M. J. Commaille, c Woolley, b Hearne P. A. M. Hands, c Hobbs, b Booth .. R. R. Luyt, c Hobbs, b Hearne P. T. Lewis, b Heame R. H. M. Hands, b Hearne A. V. C. Bisset, c Rhodes, b Hearne J. M. Blanckenberg, c Smith, b Hearne E. A. Budgen, c Relf, b Rhodes W. H. Short, b Hearne C. Minaar, not out Extras Total W e s t e r n P r o v in c e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Minaar, 43 - I 3 - 95-4 and 17-3-74-1 ; Short, 15-3-S7-0 and 8-0-27-0; Blanc­ kenberg, 30-4-3-102-4 and 16-1-59-2 ; Bugden, 19-4-58-2 and 7-1-12-1. Minaar bowled 4, Blanckenberg 3, Short 2 nb, first innings. M.C.C. B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Booth, 17-3-65-2 and 7-1-16-2 ; Relf, 6-5-4-0 and 10-5-8-1 ; Hearne, 23-2-3-78-7 and 19-5-48-1 ; Rhodes, 10-1-30-1 and 23-8-51-4; Woolley, 3 0-9 0 and 2 0 8 0, second innings only; Tennyson, 3-0-14-0; Douglas 6-2-8-1 ; Hobbs, 1-0-4-0. Booth bowled 3, Rhodes 1 nb, first innings. Hearne 4 nb, second. Second Innings. 40 c Lewis, b Blanckenberg 29 25 not out 35 20 15 93 16 c R. H M. Hands, b Minaar 25 27 c Short, b Budgen 6 9 c Minaar, b Blanckenberg 42 £ 7 34 35 6 30 Extras 5 322 Total (for 4 wkts., dec.) 177 ROVINCE. Second Innings. 8 c Hobbs, b Booth 5 52 c Rhodes, b Relf 3 24 c Strudwick, b Booth 0 7 c Hearne, b Rhodes 18 32 b Hearne 59 8 c Relf, b Douglas 14 27 c sub, b Rhodes 25 22 c Douglas, b Rhodes 29 1 hit wkt; b Rhodes 0 5 not out 0 0 not out 4 24 Extras 21 210 Total (for 9 wkts.) .. 178 TWENTY-SECOND MATCH, v. WESTERN PROVINCE. At Newlands, Cape Town, March 7, 9, and 10. The bold front which Western Province had shown in the opening match gave this game an interest which it might otherwise have lacked. F. D. Conrv, who had captained them, was kept out of the team by a family bereave­ ment, and G. Hearne had to stand down through an injury to his foot. They were replaced by A. V. C. Bisset, who took over the leader­ ship, and R. Rail. Except that Minaar played in place of Mars, these were the only changes from the Western Province side in the first match. The first day’s play saw the M.C.C. put up a score—297 for 8—which made defeat unlikely. Hobbs and Rhodes made 56 for the first wicket ; but the fourth fell at 109. The fifth—Douglas and Woolley—added 69, and of these the Kent man’s share was only 16 ! Douglas, driving with great power, showed that he was not always as slow as some people make him out (and as he is on occasion). Booth helped him to add 64 for the sixth wicket. On Monday Douglas was out without adding to his score of 93, for which he had batted 170 minutes in all, relapsing into inactivity at times after some fast scoring. He ought to have been caught at 15, and was said to have hit his wicket at 38, but NEWS FROM ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. The Victoria (B.C.) Daily Times of February 26 says : “ To the imposing list of international clashes arranged for this year will possibly be added a cricket match between England and the United States. Properly staged, New York cricketers believe that such a match would draw a big crowd. The Giants and the White Sox recently made a great hit in Australia, thousands flocking to see them play, knowing that even if they were disappointed in the great American pastime they would at least get their money’s worth in the cricket match that was thrown in. The New York idea is to give a good baseball game, say at the polo grounds, the same day the international cricket match is held, and it is felt that, after the great reception he received in Australia, McGraw would be only too glad to help to make a success of a visit of an English cricket eleven. McGraw and Mathewson bowling would certainly make a great hit with the New York fans. Word has just been received from the other side that England is seriously thinking of sending over a representative eleven this year.” New York cricketers may stage themselves properly or improperly ; McGraw (whoever he is) may stretch his condescension to its utmost limits; but that England is seriously thinking of sending over a representative cricket team to play a one-day match as a baseball side-show—well, we don't think !