CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 234, 11 February 1911, Page 7

CRICKET

TONCOPORUTU v. URUTI. (From Our Own Correspondent). This match was played at Uruti on Thursday aftenyoon. Though the visitors made a poor stand in the tirst innings, they made up for it later on and won the match by eight wickets and four runs. Following are'the scores: Uruti.—First Innings: W. Oxenham, 1) Eggleston, 0; G. Mallett, b Clifton, 2 : R. Aroa, b Clifton, 4; W. Oxenham, b Eggleston, 14; T. Bishop, not out, 20; (..'. Smith, t> W. O'Donnell, 3; W. Hawke, c Eggleston, b Bradshaw, 4; ft. Kirton, b Bradshaw, 0; P. Lett, c Hutchins, b Clifton, 1; C. McKay, b Bradshaw, 0; R. Fraser, b W. O'Donnell, 2; extras, 17; total, 07. Second innings: G. Mallett, b Eggleston, 0; R. Aroa, b Eggleston, 4; McKay, run out, 0; Hawke, run out, 2; Fraser ( b Clifton, 0; Lett, e W. O'Donnell, b Bradshaw, 1; Kirton, not out, 1; extras, 3; total for six wickets, 11.

Tongaporutu.—First innings: J. Walsh, b Aroa, 1; Clifton, c Hawke, b G. Mallet, 0; Eggleston, b G. Mallett, 0; C. Bradshaw, run out, 3; W. v -onnell, c Aroa, b G. Mallett, 1; Ayrton, c Kirton, b G. Mallett, 7; H. Hutchins, c Aroa, b G. Mallett, 2; L. O'Donnell, not out, 13; J. O'Donnell, c and b Bishop, 5; F. Bellshaw, b Fraser, 1; W. Hutchins, c Aroa, b Bishop, 0; extras, 0; total, 39. Second innings: L. O'Donnell, not out, 22; W. O'Donnell, not out, 9; Ayrton, b Mallett, 6; Eggleston, c Kirton, b Mallet, 0; extras, 6; total for two wickets, 43.

Thc following will play for United Service against Law on the Sports Ground this afternoon:—Mackay, Wood, Bowles, Bain, Dinniss, Ingram, Girling, Osborne, Bocock, H'oby, Sullivan; emergencies, Brabant and Reid. The following will play for Law against United Service in the Recreation Sports Ground to-day:—Lash, Hill, Greatbach, Lawry, Elliott, Bewley, R. Quilliam, West, Clapham, Harding, and Newell.

Victor Trumper has scored 965 runs at an average of 80.41 per innings in firstclass cricket this season. He has made runs as freely against the South Africans as the Australians, and he has probably never played finer cricket, thougn he has at times earlier in his career been more glittering, but not more scientific, and not quite so sound and dependable on such occasions.

Dr. H. V. Hordern has taken 44 wickets at an average cost of 12.60 runs per wicket in the first-class matches of the season. These figures are far superior to those of any other bowler in Australian first-class cricket this season, R, O. Schwarz's 37 having cost 22 runs eaen. Indeed, Hordern's figures are phenomenal. In the match against the South Africans at Brisbane he captured two for 54 and three for 71, and it is said that half-a-dozen catches were missed oft' nis bowling.

As far as we have seen this season, Dr Hordern is a truer exponent of "googlie" bowling, as introduced by B. J. T. Bosanquet, than any of the South Africans, save G. A. Faulkner (says the Sydney Referee). He differs fromß. 0. Schwar'z in the fact that he turns them from the leg as well as the off. More than one cricketer of note, in discussing his bowling, while acknowledging that he had baffled the Victorians throughout both innings, said he would like to see the Sydney batsman facing V. Trumper and W. Bardsley. Well, give him an interState fielding side: and he would, I feel sure, bowl well against even this redoubtable pair. But were it not so. it would need to be borne in mind that there arc not many Trumpers and Bardsleys among the world's batsmen; and if you had an eleven of their quality in one international team, contests for "the ashes" would be death to the bowlers on these wickets'.

Thus a Sydney writer:—"Macartney declares that he was never in better form in his life, and that his failure in the tests has been due to a run of bad hick. This may be so; but it would not assist the Australian team in the remaining tests were his bad luck to continue. There is no doubt that leading cricketers, now and again, do experience a run of bad luek, but when it continues over a series of matches, the claims of players who are knocking at the door for inclusion must be considered."

Sherwell, the captain of the South African team, has had a very interesting career. Horn at Ipsingo,' some dozen miles from Duvban, along the south coast of Xatal, he went to the Berea Academy to school, and there learned and loved the game of cricket as a boy. When twelve years old he was taken to Johannesburg, his father being a civil engineer. With all the advantages of cricket in Johannesburg, and having a father.who was very fond o. the game, Percy Sherwell made much progrcs, and when lie went to Bedford County School his cricket developed to such an extent that he became captain of the school eleven, and while at school he was captain also of the Rugby fifteen. From Bedford the South African captain went to the Camborne School of Mines, and in addition to doing big things for the school, he represented Cornwall at both cricket and Rugby football. As a lawn tennis player. Sherwell has won special honors in England and in Johannesburg, and at one time wa.s the best centre forward in hockey in the Transvaal. And since all his successes he has gone in for golf. Sherwell is about the most popular man in South Africa. He is (says an exchange), "always the same, and genuine."

Interviewed oh the subject of triangular tests, Harry Trott, the ex-internation-al Victorian, said:—Next year in England should produce some'of the finest cricket ever played. Three great teams will be fighting for the cricket supremacy of the world. South Africa will be a good side in England in 1912. The experience they have gained during this tour will be of inestimable value to them. What the Africans want, and what they must have, to make them a champion side in England is a good fast bowler. With this addition to even the present team I am quite satisfied that thevcould beat the best side that Euilaim could put in the field. So much for Australia's and South Africa's chance against England on present form. I fancy they can both beat her, and if Australia cannot strengthen its bowling by 1912, it is quite on the cards that this country will have to play second fiddle to South Africa in the triangular contests.