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Rhodesian first-class cricket in 1931/32Captain: 'Hamish' Campbell-RodgerThis was a remarkable season for Rhodesian cricket in the Currie Cup. South Africa's leading players were touring Australia and New Zealand, but Rhodesia also had their losses, including Crisp, O'Reilly and Symington. Included in the Rhodesian team was Jackie Grant, a recent West Indian captain. Other interesting newcomers were James `Scotty' Adamson, a left-arm spinner, and pace bowler Michael Quinn, brother of the South African Test player, who both had a superb first, and only, first-class season. `Hamish' Campbell-Rodger captained the side aggressively. The tournament was centralised in Johannesburg, making it much easier for the Rhodesians than would have been the case had they been required to travel all over South Africa. Under a modern system of scoring, Rhodesia would almost certainly have won the competition, as they won four matches outright, more than any other team, in the two days allocated to each match. However, the system awarded two points equally for an outright win and a win on first innings only, which allowed Western Province to win the Cup after only one outright victory. On the other hand, Rhodesia did not play either Western Province or Natal. Their convincing victory over Orange Free State was their first in any first-class match; although losing to Transvaal, they reeled off three further victories, including a thrilling one-wicket against Griqualand West. In this match, the last pair, newcomers Quinn and Adamson, scrambled 29 runs together to become the first provincial team in South Africa to score over 300 to win a match. Campbell-Rodger himself was the leading batsman, with 385 runs at an average of 48.12, followed by Arthur Pattison, previously an Eastern Province player (291 runs at 36.37) and Hayward (239 at 34.14); Robinson, Grant, Thompson and Tomlinson also averaged over 20. Quinn headed the bowling, with 24 wickets at 12.20, followed by Tomlinson (23 at 16.69) and Adamson (21 at 17.71); Campbell-Rodger also averaged under 20. CURRIE CUP TABLE, 1931/32 Double Single Innings Innings Played Won Lost Won Lost Drawn Points Western Province 5 1 - 3 - 1 9 Transvaal 5 3 - 1 1 - 8 RHODESIA 5 4 1 - - - 8 Natal 5 2 1 - 1 1 5 Orange Free State 5 1 3 1 - - 4 Border 5 1 2 1 1 - 4 Griqualand West 5 1 4 - - - 2 Eastern Province 5 - 2 - 3 - 0 At Pirates (Johannesburg); 21, 22 December. RHODESIA 277 (A H Pattison 128, H D Moll 45; A B Machin 3/50, L de Villiers 6/56) and 230 (A H Pattison 48, V L Robinson 42, J C Campbell-Rodger 58; L de Villiers 6/52). ORANGE FREE STATE 124 (C W Travers 39*; M L Quinn 5/23, J Adamson 3/34) and 174 (C J Kaplan 32; D S Tomlinson 5/55). Rhodesia won by 209 runs. At Houghton (Johannesburg); 23, 24 December. RHODESIA 272 (G C Grant 40, C J R Hayward 86, J C Campbell-Rodger 108; E P Nupen 7/77) and 188 (C J R Hayward 35, A Hyde 39, J C Campbell-Rodger 49; J A Cochran 3/60, E P Nupen 6/25). TRANSVAAL 376 (D I E Anderson 63, M J Susskind 64, R H Catterall 91, T W T Baines 37, E P Nupen 31; M L Quinn 4/60) and 85/1 (M J Susskind 60*). Transvaal won by nine wickets. At Pirates (Johannesburg); 26, 28 December. BORDER 108 (M L Quinn 5/25, Tomlinson 3/35) and 121 (A L Wilkins 31; J Adamson 4/19). RHODESIA 151 (V L Robinson 59; W L Kidson 3/23, C Closenberg 3/34, A L Wilkins 3/28) and 80/4 (V L Robinson 32, G C Grant 33; K Muzzell 3/35). Rhodesia won by six wickets. At Wanderers (Johannesburg); 29, 30 December. GRIQUALAND WEST 126 (D G Helfrich 36; M L Quinn 3/31, J Adamson 5/38) and 285 (G E Bock 78, J H Glover 48; J C Campbell-Rodger 3/41). RHODESIA 107 (C J R Hayward 45*; J P McNally 7/35) and 307/9 (J D Thompson 47, G C Grant 68, A H Pattison 65, J C Campbell-Rodger 35). Rhodesia won by one wicket. At Wanderers (Johannesburg); 1, 2 January. EASTERN PROVINCE 222 (C M S Gardner 30, T C Whitlock 32, W Marais 45; J C Campbell-Rodger 3/47, D S Tomlinson 3/36) and 134 (H D Freakes 41, R A Mardon 38, C D Finlayson 32; D S Tomlinson 4/19). RHODESIA 437 (D S Tomlinson 109, C J R Hayward 65, J C Campbell-Rodger 105, V L Robinson 34). Rhodesia won by an innings and 81 runs. It is intended in the future to produce full scorecards and also much more information about all cricket played in Rhodesia during this season. At present, the next entry in this section is for 1935/36 |
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