First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

NATAL v M.C.C. Played at Lord’s, Durban, February 7, 9, 10, 1914. Natal won by four wickets. M.C.C. 1 M.C.Bird b Cox 4 c Arbuthnot b Carter 27 2 W.Rhodes b Carter 7 c Nourse b Carter 28 3 J.W.Hearne lbw b Tuckett 12 c Tuckett b Chapman 8 4 C.P.Mead lbw b Carter 19 b Easterbrook 29 5 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Tuckett 24 lbw b Easterbrook 33 6 L.H.Tennyson b Tuckett 35 (7) lbw b Carter 19 7 F.E.Woolley lbw b Carter 23 (6) b Chapman 20 8 A.E.Relf b Cox 4 c Arbuthnot b Carter 4 9 M.W.Booth lbw b Cox 0 lbw b Carter 22 10 †E.J.Smith b Carter 1 b Carter 15 11 S.F.Barnes not out 0 not out 1 Extras 3 29 —— —— 132 235 FoW (1): 1-5 (1), 2-25, 3-27, 4-52, 5-103, 6-110, 7-120, 8-120, 9-123, 10-132 FoW (2): 1-43 (2), 2-66 (3), 3-78 (1), 4-120 (4), 5-154 (5), 6-171 (6), 7-178 (8), 8-207 (7), 9-232 (10), 10-235 (9) NATAL 1 H.W.Chapman c Smith b Relf 11 b Douglas 6 2 *H.W.Taylor c Mead b Bird 91 c Woolley b Hearne 100 3 D.K.Pearse c Woolley b Barnes 0 c Douglas b Booth 4 4 A.W.Nourse c Woolley b Relf 3 c Tennyson b Woolley 59 5 D.Taylor lbw b Barnes 8 b Barnes 23 6 E.Arbuthnot c Rhodes b Barnes 7 (7) not out 3 7 C.P.Carter c Rhodes b Relf 8 (6) c Woolley b Barnes 0 8 J.W.Easterbrook c and b Barnes 2 9 †D.J.Nicol c Douglas b Barnes 0 10 L.R.Tuckett c Bird b Relf 6 (8) not out 6 11 J.L.Cox not out 0 Extras 17 15 —— —— 153 (6 wickets) 216 FoW (1): 1-26 (1), 2-35 (3), 3-46 (4), 4-63 (5), 5-122 (6), 6-145 (2), 7-147 (7), 8-147 (8), 9-153 (9), 10-153 (10) FoW (2): 1-8 (2), 2-26 (3), 3-172 (1), 4-184 (4), 5-184 (6), 6-209 (5) Natal Bowling O M R W O M R W Nourse 7 1 14 0 10 2 26 0 Cox 17 4 29 3 18 3 43 0 Tuckett 16 3 26 3 9 1 17 0 H.W.Taylor 1 0 1 0 Carter 22.5 8 36 4 (4) 26.2 6 58 6 Chapman 5 0 13 0 (5) 12 0 34 2 Easterbrook 5 0 10 0 (6) 8 1 28 2 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Barnes 23 11 44 5 1nb 17 4 70 2 2nb Relf 17.5 2 59 4 9 2 28 0 Woolley 3 0 6 0 13 4 24 1 Douglas 1 0 3 0 8 2 27 1 Hearne 4 0 15 0 9 0 37 1 Bird 1 0 9 1 2 0 9 0 Booth (7) 7 3 6 1 Umpires: H.J.Eaton and J.Steele. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: Natal (1) 95-4 (H.W.Taylor 58*, Arbuthnot 4*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (2) 210-8 (Booth 13*, Smith 2*). H.W.Taylor’s 100 took 165 minutes. 43