Cricket 1882

MAY 25, 1882. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4. AUSTRALIANS v. ORLEANS. On Monday and Tuesday last the Australian cricketers played their third match in England in the grounds of the Orleans Club at Twickenham. They were opposed on this occasion by a strong eleven, composed of nine amateurs, with Barlow and Pilling, and as their opponents were all round a more formidable team than either of the two they had previously defeated with such ease, particular interest was attached to the meeting. As Blackham and Bannerman were both a little out of health they stood down to make way for McDonnell and Bonnor, the latter of whom made his first appearance as a member of the present team. The presence of such cricketers as the Brothers Grace, Messrs. A. P. Lucas, A. G. Steel, and Webbe on the Orleans side led to the belief that the Australians would for the first time since their arrival meet with their match, and so it proved. The Orleans captain was very lucky in winning the toss, and the privilege of bat­ ting first on the wicket provided gave the Club a decided advantage. The Englishmen began badly, as E. M. Grace (who went in first with W. G.) was caught in the long field from the sixth ball delivered. The Australian bowliug was commenced by Palmer and Garrett, and in Blackham’s absence the wicket was taken by the captain, Murdoch. Despite this unpromising opening the match was productive of some excellent cricket all round. W. G. Grace, despite his recent illness, hit with vigour, more freely than hitherto. At first Webbe was not quite at his ease, but when he settled down his batting was quite up to his best, and while in with Lucas he put on as many as 77 runs. Messrs. Schultz and Thornton, whose names are rarely absent from the list of an Orleans team, by good hitting both upheld the reputation'of the Club, though the latter had a lucky escape when he had only made three. Good catches by Bonnor in the slips dismissed both the Lancastrians, A. G. Steel and Barlow, and generally the fielding was very close and true. Some good cricket was shown by the amateurs already mentioned, but the Club would have fared badly had it not been for the brilliant display of A. P. Lucas. His unwearying defence at the outset helped mainly to break the Australian bowling, and his innings of 87 not out, following as it has so closely on his first score of 145 for Mr. Thornton’s eleven against Cambridge, must be accounted an extraordinary performance ; barring a difficult chance to McDonnell at short slip soon after his arrival, there was nothing like a flaw in his batting. For nearly four hours and a-half he was combating all the best of the Colonial bowling, and his masterly style was never seen to greater advantage. The Australian fielding as we have stated was all round very good, but, excepting that of Palmer, the bowling had no great sting in it. Spofforth was again a failure, and Murdoch at the wicket was certainly not a success The light on the Orleans ground towards evening is not of the test, owing to the numerous trees, and the Australians had distinctly the worst of the luck in going in so late. Massie, the fast scorer of the team, was “ yorked ” out by Rotherham before he could get a hit, and in fifty minutes the Australians had lost four of their best wickets, inoluding Murdoch’s, for only fifty-three runs. So far the play was all against the Australians, and the rain during the night helped the bowling of W. G. Grace and Steel so much onJTuesday morning, that they got rid of the remaining wickets without difficulty. Forty minutes, indeed, saw the six wickets fall for an addition of only twenty-two runs, and the Colonial team, who, in their two previous matches had secured as many as 1,069 runs for twenty-one wickets, were all dismissed for seventy-five. W. G. Grace and Steel, bowled with great success, the former especially, and the fielding all round was excellent. On the second morning W. G. delivered 37 balls for 15 runs and four wickets; Steel, 40 balls for 6 runs and twd wickets. With 196 to save the innings, andfour hours anda half still left for play, there was quite the chance that the Australians might be beaten, and this prospect gave additional interest to the play. Murdoch and Massie again began the Australian batting, and but for the former the Englishmen might have pulled through. Again, as at the Oval in 1880, the Colonial captain showed how bravely he can play an uphill game, and on this occasion, as then, he was entirely instrumental in saving his side. To say more in praise of his score of 107 not out than that it was got in his very best style is impossible. Pilling allowed an easy chance of running him out when he had only got eight to escape, but with the excep­ tion of one uppish hit in front of the wickets, he never made anything like a mistake, and his cool­ ness and judgment at a critical time were as remarkable as ever. Under the circumstances his display was an extraordinary one. He was in four hours and a half, playing some of the very best English amateur bowling without a fault, and it is hardly too much to say that he bids fair, during the present season, to gain fresh honours as a batsman. Indeed, it may fairly be claimed that he has now no equal in this department, either in England or the Colonies. The appended score will show that the match, which was limited to two days, was left drawn, after some very interesting cricket, altogether in favour of the Club. O rleans C lub . Mr. W. G. Grace, b Palmer 34 Mr. E. M. Grace, c Horan, b Garrett......................... 0 Mr. A. P. Lucas, not out.. 87 Barlow, c Bonnor, b Gar­ rett ................................. 12 Mr. A. G. Steel, c Bonnor, b Garrett..........................0 Mr. A. J. Webbe, c and b Boyle................................ 45 A ustralians . First Innings W. L. Murdoch, c E. M. Grace, b Steel ................................. 17 Mr. S. S. Schultz, b Palmer 3 Mr. G .F. Vernon, b Palmer 3 Mr. C. I. Thornton, c Horan, b Palmer .. .. 25 Mr. H. Rotherham, b Palmer ...............................6 Pilling, c Boyle, b Palmer 0 B 18,1-b 5, n-b 2 .. 25 T o ta l..................271 Second Innings. H. H. Massie, b Rotherham .. 0 T. Horan, 1-b-w, b Steel .. .. 1 P. S. McDonnell, c Schultz, b W. G. G r a c e ..........................25 b Barlow . G. Giffen, st Pilling, b Steel .. 24 b Steel . S. P. Jones, b W. G. Grace .. 4 b Barlow . T. W. Garrett, 1-b-w, b W. G. G. J. Bonnor, b Steel .. .. 0 G. E. Palmer, b W. G. Grace .. 0 F. R. Spofforth, not out .. .. 0 H. F. Boyle, b W. G. Grace .. 0 not o u t ...........................107 c Pilling, b Barlow .. 14 b Rotherham.....................20 b Steel .......................6 b W. G. C, race .. .. 6 c Rotherham, b Steel .. 5 c Barlow, b Steel .. .. 2 not o u t ....................... 0 B 6, 1-b 1................7 ......................... IK 5 Total ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. 240 First Innings. A ustralians . O . Steel .. . . 2 2 Rotherham .. 8 W. G. Grace ..131 Second Innings. Palmer . Garrett . Spofforth O . 58.2 53 27 M. R.W. O. M. R.W. 10 62 6 ! Steel .. . . 5 9 24 91 4 1 22 1 jRotherham .. 26 12 42 1 4 27 5 W. G. Grace .. 38 18 67 1 I Barlow .. .. 24 14 23 8 i Lucas .. .. 7 5 4 0 i E. M. Grace .. 8 1 6 0 O rleans C lub . M. R.W. O. M. R.W. Boyle •. . . 1 1 0 80 1 Giffen . . . . 9 4 15 0 PRIYOrp/irtvFIXTaKESvKO^vTJlKvWKKK^ 25 At Oval, Australians v. Surrey „ „ Lord’s, M.C.C. & G. v Kent ,t „ Oxford, M.C.C. & G. v. Oxford University „ „ Manchester, Lancashire v. Derbyshire „ „ Brighton, Brighton College v. Brighton Club , Caeltenhara, College v. Gloucester , Putney (Half Moon), St. George’s Hospital v. Kia^’s College Hospital, First Round Inter-Hospitat Cap. 26 „ Cambridge, Assyrians v. Jesus College „ „ Chatham, Royal Engineers v. R.M.A. „ ., Rossall, School v. Loretto School 27 „ Bradfield, College v. M.C.C. & G. „ „ Blackheath, Blackheath Morden v. Charlton Park „ ,, Beckenham, Incogniti v. Beckenham „ ,, Wandsworth, Spencer v. South Wimbledon „ „ Bedford, Stoics v. Bedford Grammar School „ „ Croydon, Croydon v. Pallingswick „ „ Cheltenham, College v. St. John’s College, Oxforl „ ,. Crystal Palace, Will of Wisps v. Crystal Palace , „ Esher, Esher v. Free Foresters „ ,, Richmond, Richmond v. Surrey Club & G. „ „ Surbiton, M.C.C. & G. v. Surbiton „ „ Sittingbourne, Bickley Park v. Gore Court „ „ Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells v. Revellers ,, „ Upton, Upton Park v. Tottonham „ „ Willesden Green, Law Club v. Old Haileyburians ., „ Wormwood Scrubbs, Kensington Park v. R.M.C. ., „ Woking, Nondescripts v. Send Holme 29 „ Lord's, Under 30 v. Over 30, for Cricketers’ Funl Beneib „ „ Cambridge, University v. Australians ,, „ Brighton, Sussex v. Hampshire „ „ Nottingham, Notts v. Surrey „ „ Oxford, Gentlemen of England v. Oxford University „ „ Manchester, Lancashire Colts’ Match „ „ Derby, Derbyshire Colts’ Match „ „ Bickley, Eton Ramblers v. Bickley Park „ „ Brentwood, Essex v. Incogniti „ ,, Brixton, Brixton v. Crichton „ „ Bromley, Clapham v. Bromley „ „ Chatham, Royal Engineers v. Civil Service „ „ Clapton, Clapton v. Highbury „ „ Chippenham Park, Assyrians v. Park „ „ Chelmsford, Stoics v. Chelmsford „ „ Mickleham, Greville v. Mickleham „ „ Mailing, Law Club v. Town Mailing „ „ Oxford, Jesus College v. Revellers „ „ Richmond, Surrey Club and Ground v. Twenty-Two Colts of Richmond „ „ Reigate, Reigate Priory v. City Ramblers „ „ Richmond, Richmond v. King’s College Hospital „ ., Uppingham, M.C.C. and Ground v. Uppingham School „ „ Wormwood Scrubbs, Nondescripts v. Kensington Park „ „ Reigate Hill, Reigate v. T. Richardson’s Eleven 33 „ Oval, Surrey Colts v. Farnham District „ „ Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Australians „ „ Brighton, Snss^xv. Hampshire „ „ Nottingham, Notts v. Surrey „ ,, Manchester, Lancashire Colts’ Match „ „ Birkenhead, Birkenhead Park v. Notts Castle „ „ Barwick, Farsley Britannia v. Barwick in Elmet „ „ Chatham, Royal Engineers v. Civil Service „ „ Derby, Derbyshite Colts’ Match " „ „ Brentwood, Essex v. Incogniti „ „ Cambridge, St. John’s (2) v. Clare (2) „ „ Cheltenham, College v. Exeter College, Oxforl „ „ Oxford, Revellers v. University College „ „ Putney (Half Moon), St. Bartholomew's v. M illies 3X Hospital (First round Inter-Hospital Cup) 31 „ Becksnham, Blackheath Morden v. Beckenham ,, „ New Cross, Stoics v. Royal Naval School „ „ Pallingswick, M.C.C. and Ground v. Pallingswi ?,k Club „ „ Wormwood Scrubbs, Richmmd v. KemingSon Park 28 99 21 72 12 30 Spofforth and Palmer each bowled a no-ball. R.M.A. v. R.N. COLLEGE, GREENWICH. Played at Woolwich, May 20, and won by the R.M.A. by 265 runs on the first innings. R.N.C. First Innings. Second Innings. W. Gleed, b Buckle .......20 b Milles.. .. .. .. 4 W. Maitland Dougall, b Milles .. 3 b Miles .. .................5 O. B. Martyn, c Bonham Carter, b Milles ..................................0 c B.vthell, b Ada ir .. 21 Meredyth, c Buckle, b Milles .. 8 b Milles........................... 1 Hunt, b Milles ..........................0 not o u t...............................9 Tufnell, b M illes................. .. 0 b Milles...........................6 Callaghan, c Bonham Carter, b M illes.........................................1 c Adair, b Currie .. 1 A. Cox, h w, b M ille s ..................7 A. Cox, Trowbridge, Trowbridge, not o u t ..................7 Barton, T. 0 ‘ Coan >r Barton, lb w, b Buckle..................4 T. O’Connor, b Buckle..................1 did not bat Extras . ..........................4 Extras .. .. 40 Total..................................55 R . M . A . Total , 51 W. W. Cookson, b Barton 46 A. D. Young, b Barton .. 4 A, C. Currie, run ou t.. .. 24 J. Haggard, b O'Connor .. 64 H. Bonham Carter, c Cox, b Meredyth ..................0 S. J. Chamier, b Barton .. 11 W . J, Bythell, b Martyn .. 66 H. R. Adai r, st Gleed, I? B a r t o n ..........................33 C. R. Buckle, b O Connor.. 11 H. Kennedy,c Dougall, b O’Connor..........................16 L. G. W. Milles, not outj.. 0 E x tra s..........................40 T o t a l . . 820 NOTICE. Owing to the pressure of scores we have been compelled to leave over a few until next week. We propose, as occasion requires , to publish a supplement to meet the increasing demand on our space. SURREY v. AUSTRALIA. SU R R E Y CLUB HOUSE KENN IN G TO N OVAL. 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