Cricket 1882

48 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JUNE 1, 1882. B roxbourne . F. Browne, st Oelrichs, b P a rr..................................0 J. Hodson, st Oelrichs, b P arr..................................10 R. Stevens, c Kettlewell, b W. Noakes ..................13 W. Stevens, b Kettlewell.. 10 F. Newsam, b Parr .. .. 2 T. Gardiner, st II. Wil­ liams, b Parr ..................32 H. C ildecott, b Kettlewell 4 II. Stevens, run ou t.. .. 1 E. Master, c Kerr, b Parr . 9 A. Randall, b Parr .. .. 1 R. Bradfield, not ou t.. .. 6 H. Lawrence, b Kettlewell 4 B 4 ,1-b 5, w 2 .. ..1 1 T o ta l..................103 AUSTRALIANS v. SURREY. Great preparations had been made by the Surrey Committee for this match, fixed for May 25 and two following days at Kennington Oval. The sen­ sational scoring of Massie and Murdoch in the three previous contests had helped to give additional interest to the first appearance of the Australians on a London ground, and every provision had been made for a large gathering. The o’.d stand on the south side of the Pavilion had been roofed in to furnish a permanent protection from wet—a desi­ deratum long wished for by the habituts of the Oval—and a new uncovered stand, capable of hold­ ing eight hundred, erected in front of the racquet- court. With fine weather an immense crowd might have been counted on for the first afternoon, as the 25th was the off day at Epsom between the Derby and the Oaks, Unfortunately, though, the bad luck which has recently attended the Surrey management in most of their principal matches was again conspicuous, and the heavy rain of the first morning ruined the match in every way. Until luncheon time it was doubtful whether there would bo any play, but the rain cleared off about two o’clock, and soon after three a start was made. Objection was taken by the Australian captain to the action of the authorities in covering the wicket, of course before the toss took place, and a new one had to be improvised. Murdoch was quite within his right in doing this, but as the only object of the tarpaulin is to reduce the advantage given to the side winning the to3s on a bad wicket, and the Australians would have had just the same .chance o f profiting by the protection as their opponents, it is difficult to understand the precise nature of the objection, more especially as there is nothing against such a procedure. The change may fairly be said to have had a most prejudicial effect on the game, and the cricket throughout suffered very materially. Surrey went in first, and made the best use of the advantage they had in the ground, scoring a very respectable total of 170. The ill luck which attends Mr. Lucas in Surrey cricket followed him again, but Messrs. W. W. Read, Shuter, and Roller all played very fair cricket, and Jones again proved himself a useful bat, though lie was favoured a little by fortune. Spofforth’s bowling was again very expensive, to the extent of G3 runs for one wicket, and Boyle was the one who did the mischief, taking seven wickets for 52. It was generally considered that Surrey had hardly got enough runs, but the wicket as it dried played very queerly, and the ball required most careful watching. More than one chance was missed by Jones in the slips, and had a chance Horan gave to that fieldsman only been accepted, in all proba­ bility the Australians would have had to follow on. As it was the opportunity was lost, and the follow on was saved by 10 runs, a failure which, perhaps, entirely altered the result of the game. Jones’s bowling was exceptionally fine; he had the satis­ faction of clean bowling Murdoch, and throughout his precision was remarkable. In all he delivered 201 balls for 31 runs anil five wickets, and four of these were bowled. With an advantage of 70 runs on the first innings, Surrey had a good chance of a win, but they threw it away entirely, and their bowling on the second afternoon was a very poor display. A splendid catch off his own bowling by Boyle dismissed Mr. Lucas, and then came° the collapse. Maurice Read, who went in first wicket down, played steadily and well, but there was no one to stop with him, and he was the last man out, the innings only lasting an hour and ten minutes.’ The wicket, though still a little treacherous, was improving, and there was small excuse for the very moderate exhibition of batting by the county. Boyle and Garrett were unchanged, and the latter took six wickets for 30 runs. The Australians had 119 runs to win, and as the ground was getting easier, the prospects were entirely in their favour. At the end of the second day they had got 98 for the loss of two of their best bats, Murdoch and Ban- nerman. It seemed then that about twenty minutes would suffice to settle the matter, but Jones bowled so well again that it took them forty-five minutes and cost them two more good wickets before the 21 runs were got to enable them to win by six wickets. Surrey made a good fight, but their chances were spoiled by their bad fielding on the second day, and the general looseness in this department towards the finish of Friday was inexcusable. Jones’s bowl­ ing was the feature of the game, and his per­ formances at the end of last year and in this match stamp him as the best professional fast bowler in the South. S urrey . First Innings. Mr. A. P. Lucas, b Boyle .. .. 12 Abel, b Spofforth..........................11 M. Read, c Palmer, b Boyle .. 15 Mr. W. W. Read, c McDonnell, b Boyle......................................... 49 Mr. J. Shuter, c Palmer, b Boyle 27 Mr. W. Lindsay, c Boyle, b Palmer .................................. Mr. W. E. Roller, c Palmer, b B o y le .......................................... Jones, c Palmer, b Boyle .. Dible, c Murdoch, b Boyle.. .. II. C. Blaker, c Boothby, b W. Burnett ..................0 J. H. C. Nicolls, b W. B u rn ett..........................11 F. S. Ireland, c Streatfield, b W. Burnett..................37 P. A. Newton,b Streatfield. 16 W. J. Harris, c Oakley, b Streatfield ..................0 G. W. Burton, b W. B u rn e tt..........................4 W. P. Godfrey, c Oakley, b W. Burnett ..................0 S. Christopherson, not out 21 F. Christopherson, c A. Burnett, b W. Burnett.. 4 G. O. Jacob, b W. Burnett. 9 F. W. Prior, b W. Burnett. 2 B 1 ,1-b 2, w 1 .. . . 4 Total .111 Second Innings, c and b Boyle .. .. 0 c Spofforth, bBoyle.. 3 c and b Boyle .. .. 17 b Garrett ............... 10 b Garrett ................. 3 0 c McDonnell, b Boyle . Pooley, c Jones, b Garrett . Barratt, not out 0 0 B 2 ,1-b 2 ....................................... 4 Total .......................... 170 b Garrett ..................2 o Spofforth, b Garrett 0 c McDonnell, b Gar­ rett ......................... 4 b G a r re tt................. 0 not out......................... 6 B 1 ,1-b 1 .. .. 2 Total .. 48 A ustralians . First Innings. T. W . Garrett, b Barratt .. .. 0 S. P. Jones, o Roller, b Barratt.. 13 W. L. Murdoch, b Jones .. .. 28 A. C. Bannerman, run ou t.. .. 4 T. Horan, c Barratt, b Jones .. 20 P. 8. McDonnell, b Jones .. .. 4 H. H. Massie, c Lindsay, b Barratt..........................................3 G. Giffen, not out..........................11 G. E. Palmer, c Shuter, b Barratt..........................................0 F. R. Spofforth, b Jones .. .. 5 H. F. Boyle, b J o n e s ..................1 B 6, 1-b 5 ..................................11 Second Innings. b Jones ..................0 b Lucas ..................28 b Jones ..................33 b Barratt ..................35 not out. not ou t.. Total..................................100 Total ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. S urrey . First Innings. O.M. R.W. 22 5 63 1 5 50 1 Spofforth .. Palmer Boyle.................. 32 18 52 7 ..119 Second Innings. O. M. R.W. Garrett 4.1 3 1 1 19 12 16 4 16 10 30 9 A ustralians . First Innings. Jones.. Barratt Lucas O. M. R.W. 50.1 37 31 5 45 20 53 5 3 5 Second Innings. O. M. R.W .................. 28 20 1.9 2 4 .......................... 22.3 6 45 0 Roller .. Dible .. W . Read. 7 0 35 4 2 7 5 3 5 1 1 0 BLACKHEATH MORDEN v. CHARLTON PARK. Played at Blackheath on May 27, and won by tho Morden. Mr. S. Christopherson took seven of the Charlton wickets for 21 runs in 18 overs 11 maidens, and played a very useful not out inuings of 24. C harlton P ark . W. M‘Canlis, c Jacob, b S. Christopherson .. .. 22 B. Craig, b S. Christopher­ son .................................. 8 M. A. Streatfield, b God­ frey ..................................15 W. F. B. Oakley, c Blaker, b F. Christopherson .. 13 G. Tucker, b S. Christo­ pherson ..........................0 A. Burnett, c Harris, b S. Christopherson .. ., 1 C. W. Sampson, b S. Chris­ topherson .........................0 W. Burnett, c Harris, b F. Christopherson.. .. 6 F. W. Holton, b S. Chris­ topherson ................. 8 W. H. Boothby, not out .. 0 S. R. Sargent, b S. Christo- p h e rso n .........................0 B 3,1-b 2 ................. 5 FINCHLEY UNITED v. HOLLOWAY UNITED. The Finchley United commenced their series of matches at Tufnell Park on Tuesday, the 25th of May, and scored an easy victory by one innings and 33 runs. H olloway U nited . First Innings. RichardR, b A b s o lo n ..................11 Dray, c Stedman, b Absolon .. 34 Hill, b M elhuish..........................6 Lomax, b Melhuish ..................8 Blacker, b M elh u ish ..................0 Rosser, c and b Melhuish .. .. 0 Dr. Fox, not o u t ..........................15 Holtaway, c Dunston, b Absolon 3 Sanders, c Gilbert, b Absolon.. 2 Masterman, c Gilbert, b Mel­ huish ..........................................0 , b Absolon..........................0 Extras ..................................9 Second Innings, c Dunston, b Stedman 0 b Stedm an..................8 b Stedman..................1 absent............................0 absent notou t.. .. .. .. run ou t................. c Goodwin, b Stedman c Goodwin b Stedman b Stedm an.................. 2 st Goodwin,b Stedman ft E xtras..................1 Total. Total .. .. : F inchley U nited . C. Absolon, c Richards, b Lomax ..........................6 J. J. Stedman, c Blacker, b Richards..........................15 W. Gilbert; b Dray .. .. 44 .T. O. Smout, b Blacker .. 22 C. Saunders,b Richards.. 19 H. Melhuish, run out .. 3 G. Goodwin, c Dray, b Richards..........................20 S. T. Homewood, c Richards, b Dray .. .. 0 H. R. Oxley, not out .. 5 J.Messenger.b Richards.. 0 J. Dunston, b Richards .. 3 E xtras..........................9 T o ta l..................146 Total 73 WOOLWICH v. KENSINGTON PABK. Played at Woolwich, on Wednesday, May 24. Won by B.M.A. by 230 runs. \V6 olwich . H. Ross, c Chamier, b Adair.................................. G. H. P. Street, run out .. J.Gifford,c Bonham-Carter, b C u rrie..........................27 A. H. Browne, c Bonham- Carter, b Milles .. .. 48 F. E. Street, c Adair, b Currie ..........................7 W .F. Thompson,not ou t.. 24 W. Toomer, c Bonham- Carter, b Milles .. .. 0 G. Palmer, b Milles .. .. 10 E. C. Saunders, cBuckle, b Milles ..........................0 C. F. Wade, b Milles .. 0 F. W. French, b Milles .. 0 L-b ..........................3 Total .135 K ensington P ark . W. W. Cookson, c and b B r o w n e ..........................2J H. R. Adair, c French, b B r o w n e ..........................1 A. C. Currie, c Gifford, b B r o w n e ...............................7 J. Haggard, c Toomer, b Gifford ...........................163 S. J. Chamier, b Ross .. 55 A. Bonham - Carter, run out .....................................41 H. Kennedy, c Toomer, b P a lm e r ..........................13 A. D. Young, 1 b w, b P a lm e r ..........................23 C. R. Buckle, c and b B ro w n e ..........................9 L. G. Milles, b Palmer .. 7 C. A. Leahy, not out .. 0 B 9 ,1-b 3, w 6 .. .. 15 T o t a l..................365 JUNIOR SOUTHGATE v. BROOKFIELD. Played at Southgate, May 20. B rookfield . J. Webster, c C. J.Sharp, b F r a n cis ..........................3 H. Jacksou, b Cobbold .. 2 H. Harris, b Francis.. .. 43 M. Lea, c W. D. White, b Francis ..........................0 G. Wheeler, c & b Francis . 13 A. Glover, b Francis .. .. 0 E. Lea, c C. J. Sharp, b F r a n c is .......................... C. Cook, b Francis A. Goodser, b Clifton R. S. Glover, b Clifton .. T. Quartley, not out.. E xtras..........................12 T o t a l ..................96 J unior S outhgate . B. W. Sharp, b M. Lea .. 2 W. J. Seward, b Wheeler . 23 W. H. Clifton, b Wheeler . 0 W. D. White, run out .. 35 T, P. Francis, b Wheeler .. 2 E. C. Saunders, not out .. 5 C. J. Sharp, not o u t.. .. 17 E xtras..........................16 Total .10