Cricket 1883

6 CEICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. FEB 16, 1883. ENGLAND v. VICTORIA. On Friday, November 17, this match, the first of a series of eleven a-side matches, was com­ menced at Melbourne in beautiful weather, and on a most perfect wicket. The number of spec­ tators at the commencement of play was not large, but it considerably increased during the afternoon, when there were between 5,000 and 6,000 present. At noon punctually the English captain, having won the toss, elected to go in, and the Victorian eleven were led into the field by their captain, W. H. Cooper. G. B. Studd and Barlow opened the attack, the Victorian bowling being entrusted to their captain (slow right) and Edwards (medium right). Barlow opened his account by cutting Cooper neatly past point, but before ten runs had been totalled G. B. Studd was bowled off his legs by Cooper. Bates having joined Barlow, commenced at once to score, treating Cooper very severely, and as runs were coming at a great pace, the Victorian captain gave up the leather to Bruce (left-hand medium). Edwards, who had been bowling very well, could not make the ball do very much owing to the wickot being so perfect. Still runs came at a great jDace, the Y'orkshireman punish ing all very severely, his driving being particu­ larly clean and well timed. As a wicket could not be obtained, M‘Shane (fast left) relieved Edwards, and this should have had the desired effect, as Bates, running in to a slow ball of M ‘Shane’s, was missed being stumped by Turner. This mistake did not cause the Victorians mueh trouble, as a few overs later the Yorkshireman was well taken at slip by Swift, very low down. Bates had made 48 by excellent cricket. C. T. Studd now became Barlow’s partner, and the latter batted in his usual steady style. Here a double change took place, Cooper relieving Scott, who had bowled but a few over3, and Cogan replacing M‘Shane. Shortly after this the Cambridge batsman had a very narrow escape of being run out, but the decision was given in his favour. The fielding of the Victorians at this time was very much improved, but at the commencement it had been rather loose. The score still continued to rise rather rapidly, as C. T. Studd was batting qilite in his usual form, and it was not until 140 was hoisted that the desired separation came, Cooper bowling Barlow, who had played a very steady 44. A. G. Steel now joined the Cambridge captain, but was not destined to stay long, as, running in to one of Cooper’s, he was clean bowled, ''having scored 2. A t this period the English had a run of ill luck, as Read, who had just joined Studd, played on the first ball he received from Edwards, who had taken charge of the leather, vice Logan, and Barnes, the next comer, was caught and bowled by Cooper without giving much trouble. The Victorians, delighted with their successes, now played in really a most determined manner, but, Tylecote having joined C. T. Studd, another stand was made. Both batsmen played in good form, which caused another double change, Bruce and M‘Shane going on in the places oi Edwards and Cooper. This should have proved effective, as TylecOte was missed at point by Kelly, and shortly afterwards M ‘Shane, whoj had been bowling well, beat the Cantab, who; had made 56 by perfect cricket. Leslie now1 joined Tylecote, and the scoring was particularly rapid, both batsmen making the most use of bad balls. Having raised the total to the second “ century,” Tylecote was easily stumped by Turner, off Cooper, who had relieved Bruce near the Pavilion end. The outgoing batsman had played a good innings of 37. Vernon now joined) Leslie, who was playing in splendid form^ M‘Shane was relieved by Logan, and Edwards took the ball from Cooper. When the score had been raised to 250, Scott was commissioned tq try his hand again, and he shortly afterwards bowled Vernon with a really good ball, thd Middlesex amateur having played a fairly goocj innings of 17. Morley now joined Leslie, but was soon bowled by Bruce, who had resumed bowling at the lower wicket. The English innings closed for 273—a very creditable per­ formance, considering the little practice they had had. Leslie carried out his bat for a most brilliant innings of 51. Of the Victorian bowlers M‘Shane and Cooper were most successful. Morley .being taken ill after his innings, was unable to field. After the usual interval, Swift and Scott opened the batting for the Colonials, being opposed to the bowling of A. G. Steel and Barnes. Soon after the commencement Scott was badly run out, the ball being well returned from extra cover point by G. B. Studd. Edwards, who now joined Swift, had only scored 3 when he was out “ 1b w ” to Steel, and when time was called no other wicket had fallen. On Saturday, tho 18th, this match was resumed at noon, in perfect cricketing weather. Morley was still unable to field, so a substitute was found. Barlow and Steel opened the attack against the overnight not outs, Swift and Rosser, who had scored 8 and 4 respectively. Shortly after the commencement, the score having been raised to 16, Swift was well taken off Steel by Barnes in the slips. This was a most disastrous be­ ginning for tlio Victorians, as three of their best wickets had fallen for 16 runs, when Turner joined Rosser. Though several changes of bowling were tried, the score had been carried to 40 when the English captain deputed Read to bowl underhand slows. These were evidently adverse to the taste of the Colonial cricketing public, although after having been no-balled, the Surrey amateur clean bowled Turner, who had scored 25 by good cricket. After the usual interval for lunch, Baker joined Rosser, to oppose the bowling of Read and Barnes. The fielding of tho English team was all round very good, G. B. Sfcudd particularly distinguishing himself at extra­ cover-point. Baker shortly afterwards was well taken at the wicket off Read, and Rosser, who had shown really good form, also fell a victim to the underhand in a similar manner, having scored 22. Bruce now became Kelly’s partner, and, after having given a very hot chance to Barnes at mid-on, was clean bowled by Read—making seven wickets down for 75 runs. The prospects of the Victorians now saving the follow-on were almost hopeless, but when M ‘Shane joined Kelly, both batsmen played a very plucky game, and tried hard to turn the tide by running a number of short runs. As is often the case, though, this was carried to too great an extent, and Kelly was cleverly thrown out by Alexander from cover-point. The last two wickets gave little trouble, and the innings closed for 104—a really small total on so good a wicket. Being 69 to the bad the Victorians had, of course, to follow on, and after the usual interval Scott and Kelly were sent in. A good start was made, as Kelly at once began to score much faster than his companion, though just after he appeared he was well taken by Leslie at1 long-slip off Barlow. Scott, who was run out in the first innings, was really playing good cricket, but he soon lost Edwards, who was clean bowled. (Two for 37). Swift then became Scott’s partner, and the scoring became much slower, the fielding of the Englishmen at this period being very good. C. T. Studd relieved Steel, and though Swift did not seem at all at home with him, by steady cricket the score was raised to 50, when the English captain deputed Barnes to take the leather. This change proved effective, as he clean bowled Scott in his second over, the outgoing batsman having made 26 by good cricket—his style of plav wras really excel­ lent. Rosser now arrived, but did not give the fieldsmen very much trouble, as, after scoring 11 he was bowled by Steel off his pad. Turneij commenced hitting in a most vigorous style, and shortly after his arrival gave a very difficult! chance to Bates, which was not accepted. Tjienj Swift, in playing back at a very slow ball from! Steel, hit his wicket, and was forced to retire, hav­ ing made 17 by resolute hitting. This made room for Baker, but he soon fell a victim to Bates; and Steel, who was bowling in his best form, displaced Turner’s leg stump. Bruce now joined M‘Shane, and carried the total to 121, when stumps were drawn for the day. On Monday, the 20tli, play was not resumed until half-past two, owing to frequent rain. The bowling of the English eleven was entrusted to Steel and Bates, but the batsmen played in amost determined manner to avert a single innings’ defeat, till having raised the score to 130, M"Shane was well taken by Alexander, who was still fielding as a sub­ stitute for Morley at mid-on. Cooper now followed Bruce, and played excellent cricket, his hitting on the off-side being particularly clean and hard. The English captain, seeing that there was a probability of the Victorians saving a single innings’ defeat, Studd was de­ puted to take the leather, but still the score rose quickly, chiefly by Bruce’s efforts. With only 4 runs to save the innings, Barlow went on at the lower wicket, and, having scored the 4 runs required, Cooper was caught at the wicket by Tylecote, off Barlow. Logan now joined Bruce, who had really played a most plucky innings, He was at last very well caught at extra mid- off by G. B. Studd off C. T., having made 40runs by excellent cricket. His innings was more praiseworthy, as he made runs at a time when they were very much required. After the usual interval, G .jB. Studd andBarlow went in to make the 1 run required, but neither batsman got a hit, as the first ball from M‘Shane went for 4 byes. Thus the Englishmen won tho first match (eleven a-side) in Australia by ten wickets. During the afternoon a single­ wicket match was played between Five English­ men and Seven Victorians. Score : - E ngland . E. F. S. Tylecote, 'fit Turner, b Cooper .. i G. F. Vernon, b Scott .. . Morley, b Bruce .. .. B 10,1b 2 .. : Barlow, b Cooper .. .. 44 G. B. Studd, b Cooper.. 1 Bates, c Swift, b M‘Shane ....................48 C. T. Studd, b M‘Shane 56 A. G. Steel, b Cooper .. 2 W .W .Read, b Edwards 1 Total . . ..273 Barnes, c and b Cooper 1 C. F. H. Leslie, not out 51 In the second innings Barlow scored (not out) 0, G. B Studd (not out) 0 ; byes, 4.—Total (no wickets down) 4. V ictoria . First Innings. J. Swift, c Barnes, b Steel .. 8 H. Scott, run out ....................0 J. D. Edwards, 1 b w ,b Steel 8 J. Rosser, c Tylecote, b Read.. 22 E. Turner, b R e a d ....................25 F. Baker, c Tylecote, b Read .. 5 T. J. D. Kelly, run out .. .. 20 W . Bruce, b Read ....................2 P. G. M'Shane, b Bates .. W. H. Cooper, b Steel Logan, not o u t .................... B 1, l-b 1, n b 1 .. .. T o t a l.............................104 Second Innings, h w, b Steel .. .. 18 b Barnes .. .. .. 2f5 b Barlow.................2 b S t e e l................11 b Steel ....................17 b Bates .................... 5 c Leslie, b Barlow.. 14 c G. B. Studd, b C. S tu d d ................40 c sub.,b Bates.. .. 15 c Tylecote, b Barlow 8 not o u t ................. 0 B10, l-b 3 .. .. 13 Total.. ..169 ENGLisk E leven . B. M. R.W . B. M. R.W . W .H . Cooper 140 9 39 5 Scott .. 44 4 21 1 Edwards .. 112 12 39 1 M'Shane 100 12 37 2 Bruce .. .. 62 1 42 1 Logan .. 48 2 33 0 V ictoria . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R.W . B. M. R.W . A. G. Steel ..104 15 153 ...................... 81 4 54 3 Barnes .. .. 70 4 320 ...................... 48 4 29 .1 Bates .. .. 65 8 141 ....................... 80 10 27 2 W .W . Read.. 48 3 284 ...................... 16 0 6 0 C. T. S tu d d .. 44 6 6 0 ...................... 93 16 19 1 Barlow . . . . 44 8 6 0 ....................... 61 7 31 3 SINGLE-WICKET MATCH. V ictoria (7). Vint, b Bates....................0 Edwards, c Tylecote, b B a te s .............................0 Kelly, notout....................20 E ngland (5). Bates, b Bruce .. .. 2 C. T. Studd,b Bruce .. 7 A. G. Steel, c Swift, b. Kelly .. .._ .. .. 27 Barnes, c Swift! ‘b Kelly 1 E. F. S. Tylecote, c Alexander, b Kelly .. 3 Total 40 Total (2 wkts.) 20