CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 205, 18 January 1913, Page 7

CRICKET.

THURSDAY Ki..TL'RIiS. The following arc the -ec-ond-round fixtures tor the Thursday competition: January 2:! —Inglewood A v. Urenui, at Urenui; Inglewood 13 v. Waitara, at Inglewood. January 30—Xew Plymouth v. Inglewood A, at Xew Plymouth; Urenui

v. Waitara, at Waitara. February (i—New Plymouth v. Urenui, at New Plymouth; Waitara v.-Now Plymouth 'High School, at High

School Ground. February 13—Inglewood A. v. New Plymouth High School, at Inglewood;

Inglewood B. v. Urenui, at Urenui. February 20—New Plymouth v. Inglewood B, at New Plymouth; Urenui v. New Plymouth High School, at

Urenui. February 27—New Plymouth v. High School, at Sports Ground: I-nglewood A v. Waitara, at Inglewood.

The following is tlie Law team to play the United Service Cricket Club in tko Recreation Grounds to-day:—Bewley, Greatbatch. Elliott, Anderson. R. B. Read. Quilliam, Johnson. Shepherd, Brokenshire, Lash and another. An interesting account of <i chat with the famous South African player, A. E. Yo"ler. is contained in the latest copy of Cricket". Tn 1007 Voglcr was termed the createst bowler playing cricket in cither hemisphere by R. E. Foster. He is now 34 years of ago, and he did not take to cricket until he was about "23. He was induced to do so bv P. B. Field, his brother-in-law, who taught him how to bowl. Voglor says:—'-I played one season in junior cricket with the Greyvillo team, and we won both cups. Then the club—it is the same with which Dave Nourse and Joe Cox made their reputations—was promoted to senior cricket." Before taking to cricket Voglej- was a ■ very keen yachtsman. The bay at Dur- , ban, where he lived, is a very fine one, and he won several races. His first season in senior cricket was in 1902-3. He played for 15 of Natal against the Australian team. 111 the following season he represented Natal against Transvaal ' at Johannesburg and got seveii wickets for about 90. They were so keen on getting him to Pretoria that a billet was found for him at his trade of joiner and cabinet-maker. It was through the "googly" bowler R. A. Sehwarz that Vogler was appointed to the ground staff at Lord's. He returned home in the winter and played in all the tests against P. F. Warner's team in 1905-6. "We won four out of five, and that ( gave a real move to cricket in South 'Africa." Though it was as a bowler that Vogler was mostly mentioned, he has made scores of 245 not out and 247 not out. In one match against Griqualaiid West he took six wickets for 12, and tile whole 10 for 26. AVith the fourth Soiith African team in England he took 133 ; wickets and made over 800 runs. In 1009-10 he played in eight matches against the English team in South Africa, including five tests, and he adds: "I suppose it isn't too much to say that Faulkner and I had almost all the bowling to do for South Africa."

Warren Bardsley was the last member of the late Australian eleven to return home. He states that, despite what had been said to the contrary, the Au? tralian team was a good one. •• The season had been phenomenally wet, and this had militated against good play on the part of the visitors. If they had won the toss in the last test they would have brought the ashes from England. Had the weather been anything like fine the triangular contests would ha've been a huge success. He did not wish to infer, however, that the Australians were the best side, as there was no doubt but that the Englishmen were a very powerful combination. As a matter of fact, he thought that.the South Africans were a better side than the Australians. Bardsley refused to say anything with regard to the trouble amongst the members of the Australian eleven. So far as he knew they were a happy familythroughout the English tour. He denied that any ill-temper had been shown 011 the field in England, and stated that the man who made that statement 1 was a lunatic.