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Rhodesian first-class cricket in 1929/30Captain: Aidan CampbellAt the urging of Algy Frames and others, Rhodesia finally re-entered the Currie Cup competition. The main difficulties had been, and still were, distance, finance, difficulty of players obtaining leave from their everyday jobs, and lack of confidence. South African teams were also often unwilling to oblige by making the long trek northwards, so four of the five matches were played on tour, with only Transvaal, once again, providing Rhodesia with opposition at home. Jack Hayward, at the age of 19, was the most successful batsman, with 318 runs (av 31.80). Next were `Symie' Symington, in his first season (268 at 29.78) and Arnold Hyde (279 at 27.90). Bill Wood, with 19 wickets at 18.89, was the most successful bowler, followed by Henry `Pat' O'Reilly (20 at 24.80) and Stewart Sim (15 at 26.66). In the final match the future South African Test bowler Bob Crisp made his first-class debut, and took the wickets of the first three Transvaal batsmen. The team itself lost all matches outright, their inexperience proving too much for them, but the learning experience was considerable. Their first match, against Griqualand West, was remarkable: Griquas lost their first three wickets for just three runs, all extras, but dropped catches allowed them to recover to 602, with Xenophon Balaskas recording a double-century. Rhodesia fought hard right to the end, with Sim and O'Reilly in the second innings putting on 106 together for the tenth wicket. But the odds against them were too great, and all their matches were lost convincingly.
CURRIE CUP TABLE, 1929/30
Double Single Possible
Innings Innings Points Percentage
Played Won Lost
Transvaal 5 4 - - 1 21 25 84.00
Natal 6 4 - 1 1 24 30 80.00
Griqualand West 7 5 2 - - 25 35 71.42
Western Province 6 3 2 1 - 18 30 60.00
Eastern Province 6 2 4 - - 10 30 33.33
Border 6 2 4 - - 10 30 33.33
Orange Free State 7 2 5 - - 10 35 28.57
Rhodesia 5 - 5 - - 0 25 0.00
At Kimberley; 9, 10, 11 January. GRIQUALAND WEST 602 (F Nicholson 50, C D McKay 85, X C Balaskas 206, R Henderson 62, J P McNally 61, J L Daly 70; H J O'Reilly 6/166) and 43/1. RHODESIA 334 (J D Thompson 34, A Hyde 80, R N Tomlinson 35, W Wood 49; J L Daly 3/69) and 307 (C J R Hayward 34, T P Symington 84, A Campbell 37, E S Sim 61, H J O'Reilly 37*; X C Balaskas 3/64). Griqualand West won by nine wickets. At Bloemfontein; 13, 14, 15 January. ORANGE FREE STATE 225 (M G Francis 55, S J Barry 51, P Withers 62; H J O'Reilly 3/58, E F Dollar 3/40) and 325 (C J Kaplan 45, M G Francis 38, J C Newton 67, C W Travers 38, P Withers 38, B A I Hill 33; W Wood 5/67, E S Sim 3/48). RHODESIA 156 (C J R Hayward 56; A G C Reid 4/45, F S Campling 3/21) and 210 (C J R Hayward 86, F H Morgan 31; B A I Hill 4/33, F S Campling 4/75). Orange Free State won by 184 runs. At Kingwilliamstown; 17, 18, 20 January. BORDER 155 (C C Warner 39, F Goldschmidt 50; H J O'Reilly 3/28, J W Willing 3/50) and 189 (L E Miles 66, D Phillips 39; H J O'Reilly 5/44, W Wood 3/52). RHODESIA 122 (T P Symington 34; D Phillips 6/16, J M Whitehead 3/37) and 60 (K Muzzell 5/14, J M Whitehead 4/13). Border won by 162 runs. At Port Elizabeth; 23, 24, 25 January. EASTERN PROVINCE 295 (R A Mardon 45, S L White 30, H B Cameron 67, H E Pagden 80; W Wood 3/58, E S Sim 4/50) and 289/7 dec (R A Mardon 75, J H van den Berg 43, H E Pagden 91*; E S Sim 4/76). RHODESIA 158 (C J R Hayward 73; W Boltman 5/53) and 260 (A Hyde 51, W Wood 45, T P Symington 44, F H Morgan 36; E Q Davies 4/36). Eastern Province won by 166 runs. At Queens Ground, Bulawayo; 29, 30, 31 March. TRANSVAAL 417 (S H Curnow 44, H W Taylor 139, W B F Foley 153, G Parker 35; R J Crisp 3/88, W Wood 4/38). RHODESIA 194 (A Hyde 60, W J Lee 30; S W Brissenden 4/34, J A Cochran 3/34) and 212 (W A Napier 38, A Hyde 55, C J R Hayward 32; K E Bull 3/44, C E Cawse 3/47). Transvaal won by an innings and 11 runs. It is intended in the future to produce the full scorecards and also much more information on cricket in Rhodesia during this season. At present, the next entry in this section is for 1930/31 |
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