Cricket 1883

FEB. 16, 1883. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 11 Barnes was now joined by G. F. Vernon, who began to make things very lively, scoring three 4’s in two overs from Powell. After two or three minor contributions stumps were drawn for the day, and the enormous score of 442 had been made by the English for eight wickets, Barnes being (not out) 6 and Vernon (not out) 13. On Monday, December 4th, the match was resumed; Evans and Turner bowled and about twenty-five minutes sufficed to bring tha English innings to a close. When the Nottingham pro­ fessional had added six runs, he waswell caught and bowled by Evans. Turner soon succeeded in bowling Vernon, who had made 24 in good form. This brought the innings to a close, tho Englishmen having made 4C1. The New South Wales team commenced their second innings on the wicket selected by their captain, and Davis and Geary were sent in to face the bowling of Steel and Morley. Thirty-seven had been telegraphed for no wicket when the interval for luncheon took place. On resuming the bowling was entrusted to Read and Barlow, and runs came very slowly. When 50 was up Bates relieved Barlow, and Geary shortly after this was caught by Tylecote at the wicket off the underhand bowler, trying to hit a ball to square- leg. The outgoing batsman had scored 22 by patient cricket. (One for 54.) Moses now joined Davis, but was not at home with the lobs, and should have been stumped by. Tylecote after making a single. As no wicket fell C. T. Studd replaced Read, and from his first delivery Moses was well taken] by Vernon at mid-off. (Two for 60.) Davis here gave a very difficult chance to Vernon, in the same place, off-Bates, but the fieldsman failed to hold it. Allen having joined Davis, play for some time was particularly slow, neither batsman being able to get the English bowling away. Morley now relieved Bates, but did not bowl up to his English form, as his pitch was very short, and he consequently proved rather expensive. Steel went on in the place of Studd, and in Morley’s next over Davis should have been caught by Barlow at point. At length Allen, who had [been batting in good form, was well caught and bowled by A. G. Steel. (Three for 86.) Hiddleston followed, but failed to score, as, owing to a good piece of fielding by Vernon he was run out. (Four for 86). Powell now joined Davis, and as Morley could not be successful, Barnes took his place ; Powell brought up the hundred amid great applause, and several changes were required before the batsmen could be separated. At last Barlow was tried, and he soon clean bowled Davis. The outgoing batsman, though slightly lucky at times,had made 85 byexcellent cricket,his defence being particularly noticeable. (Five for 145.) At this stage of the game a complete change came over the rest of the batsmen who lent little aid. The last]five wickets only added 20 runs, and the innings closed for 165, Powell carrying out his bat for 32—a very good display of cricket. The English thus won their second even con­ test by an innings and 126 runs. Full score and bowling analysis :— N ew S outh W ales . First Innings. Second Innings. A. Geary, run out.................... 6 c Tylecote b Read .. 22 J. Davis st Tylecote b Steel 18 b Barlow ............... 85 H. Moses, c Bates b Steel .. 21 c Vernon, b C. T. Studd 2 R. C. Allen, c Tylecote, b S t e e l..................................... 6 c and b C.T. Studd .. 9 H. Hiddleston, c Tylecote, b C. T. Studd............................ 8 runout............................0 T. Powell, b Barlow .. .. 22 not out......................... 32 P. Marr, c Barnes, b Steel .. 34 bBarlo»v ., .. .. 0 C. Turner b Bates.. . .. 4 c Steel, b C. T.Studd 2 E. Evans, c Tylecote b Steel 10 run out ................. 2 W . S. Wearne, c Steel, b C. c G. B. Studd b C. T. T. Studd ............................ 6 Studd ..................1 J. J. C. Callacher, not out .. 11 b Barlow ................. 0 B 4, w 1, n-b 1 .. .. C B 7,1 b 2, n-b 1 10 T o t a l................152 Total.. ..165 E ngland . Barlow, b Evans .. .. 80 G. B. Studd, b Wearne 6 C. H. F. Leslie c Moses b Evans C. T. Studd, b Marr Bates, c and b Evans W. W . Read, c and E van s.................... A. G. Steel, b Evans .144 . 23 . 50 b . 46 . 52 E. F. S. Tylecote, b Powell.............................26 Barnes, c and b Evans 12 G. F. Vernon, b Turner 24 Morley, not out .. .. 2 B .............................16 Total ..4f>l BOWLING ANALYSIS. E ngland . O. M. R.W . Evans ..340 33 146 6 Geary .. Wearne ..5 6 1 52 1 Allen .. Turner ..180 16 76 1 Powell.. Marr .. ..116 15 46 1 Moses .. N ew S outh W ales . First Innings. O. M. R.W. Morley .. .. 80 10 32 0 Barlow .. ..216 34 41 Steel .. ..112 7 32 C. T. Studd.. 89 12 19 Barnes .. .. 8 1 3 Bates .. .. 56 7 -19 Read Studd bowled a wide and Steel no ball. O. M. R.W. ..7 6 7 45 ..5 6 1 32 ..5 2 5 32 1 . . 8 16 Second Innings. O. M. R.W . . . . 68 10 15 8 1 .............104 19 18 8 5 .................... 92 13 26 1 2 .................... 80 9 28 8 0 .................... 28 3 12 0 1 .................... 128 7 81 0 92 10 25 0 ENGLISH ELEVEN v. EIGHTEEN OP MAITLAND. The Eleven left Sydney on the evening of December 5th at eleven o’clock by the steamer Morpeth, for Newcastle, and arrived athalf-past six the following morning. Thence they pro­ ceeded by rail to Maitland to commence the above contest. The weather was very uninviting, and as it rained very hard, it was impossible to commence play until half-past one, and then on a wicket which -was as bad and dangerous as possible. The cricket consequently was not at all enjoyable, as it was decidedly dangerous to stand up to any deliveries above medium pace. Fortunately, about three o’clock, it commenced to rain so heavily that it was decided to discon­ tinue play for the day. Very little progress had then been made in the match, as only two English wickets had fallen—namely, Barnes and Barlow, with 25 and 24 respectively to their credit, Leslie being (not out) 3. The match was resumed shortly after eleven o’clock on the following morning, the wickets still being very dangerous. Leslie (not out 3) was joined by C. T. Studd, but they were not in partnership long, as the Oxford batsman mis­ judged a run, and was run out, having added 3 to his overnight score. Shortly after this another disaster happed, to the English team, as C. T. Studd was caught at mid-on by Laurie off Cronin without scoring. A. G. Steel now joined W. W. Bead, and having driven M’Alpine splendidly over the railings for 5, was well taken a few overs later at sharp short-leg by Falls off the same bowler. Vernon now joined Bead, the latter, having scored 12, was caught at extra third man off Mather, who had relieved Cronin. Bates now came in, but did not give much trouble, as he was bowled by Bignell, who had replaced M’Alpine, after scor­ ing 1. The English captain, Tylecote, then joined Vernon, and the wicket, owing to a very heavy Bhower which had taken place, became less dangerous. This enabled tlie batsmen to play their usual cricket, and runs began to come a little faster until Vernon was caught by Mathers off Bignell, having scored 21. Alexander hit well for 24 and finally the English innings closed for 155, Tvlecote carrying out his bat for 16. The Eighteen commenced their innings at half-past two, and it was but a poor display of batting, none but M’Alpine showing any pluck, in withstanding the deliveries of Bates and Steel, All were out in a little less than an hour and a half for the small total of 49, Steel taking 8 wickets for 25 runs, and Bates 6 wickets for 7 runs. Being 106 runs behind, the Eighteen had to follow on, and there was just time for the Englishmen to secure a single innings victory. They had only ahout an hour and fifty minutes to despatch their opponents again, but owing to the good bowling of Steel and Studd, this was accomplished, the former taking 6 wickets for 37, and the latter 7 wickets for 30 runs. Onus and Hermann for the Eighteen played fairly good cricket for their respective scores—20 and 15. The wicket during both these innings was very difficult, and Steel and Studd were unplayable. Alexander played for Mr. G. B. Studd, who had caught a feevere cold. Barlow, c and b Howe.. 24 Barnes, c Pullen, b M’A lp in e ....................25 0. F. H. Leslie, run out 6 C. T. Studd, c Laurie, b Cronin..............................0 W . W . Read, c Moore, b Mather............................ 12 A. G. Steel, c Falls, b M’A lp in e ....................9 G. F. Vernon, c. Mather, b Bignell ....................21 E ighteen op Laurie run o u t ............................ A. Bignell, e Yernon, b Barlow J. Moore, c Alexander, b Steel J. Bignell, st Tylecote, b Steel Smith, c Bates, b Steel.. .. Onus, c Bates, b Steel .. Mathers, e Tylecote, b Steel.. M’Alpine, c Studd, b Bates.. Sefton, st Tylecote, b Steel.. Falls, run o u t ............................. Sevier, c Vernon, b Steel Griffiths, b S t e e l.................... Furness, c Alexander, b Bates Cronin, b Bates............................. Pullen, c Alexander, b Bates.. Hermann, c Vernon, b Bates Waters, c Bates, b Steel Howe not out............................. Bates, b Bignell .. .. 1 Alexander, c Pullen, b M’A lp in e ................21 E. F. S. Tylecote, not out ..........................16 Morley, c Bignell, b Cronin...........................3 B 6 , w 5, n-b 3 .. 14 Total 155 B M aitland . 1 c and b C. T. Studd 5 0 st Tylecote, b Steel 4 3 c Barnes, b Bates .. 6 1 st Tylecote, b Steel 0 0 st Tylecote by Steel 12 6 e Barlow, b C. T. Studd.................... 20 1 c Vernon, b Steel .. 0 15 b Steel ....................0 4 b C. T. Studd .. . . 4 0 st Tylecote, b Bates 0 7 b C .T . Studd.. .. 12 2 c Vernon, by C. T. S tu d d ....................2 0 not o u t .................... 2 0 bC . T. Studd.. .. 0 0 b Read ....................0 0 run o u t .................... 15 0 by C. T. Studd .. 0 0 c Barnes, b A. G Steel .. . . . . 1 9 B 5,1 b 3 .. 8 T o t a l.................... ..4 9 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E ngland . Total 91 B. M .R . W . B. M. R. W A. Bignell .. 84 4 40 2 Cronin .. 51 4 15 2 M’Alpine .. 124 9 44 3 Mathers 34 2 12 1 Howe .. 48 2 18 1 Waters .. 12 0 12 0 M aitland .— F irst I nnings . Barlow .. .. 24 3 8 1 Bates 69 10 7 6 Steel .. 9 14 25 8 S econd I nnings . Steel .. 83 7 37 6 C. T. Studd .. C8 7 30 4- Bates .. 36 5 10 2 Read 24 4 6 ENGLISH ELEVEN v. EIGHTEEN OF NEWCASTLE AND DISTRICT. Journeying from Maitland by the 7 p.m. excursion special, Mr. Bligh and his comrades arrived at Newcastle shortly after 8 o?clock on the night of December 7th. During the evening the leading cricketers of the town formally welcomed the English team to Newcastle, drink- their health in bumpers of champagne. A pleasant social hour was spent, during which some happy speeches were made by the visitors and their entertainers. The match was commenced at Newcastle on Friday, December 8, in the presence of about 1,000 spectators, including a goodly number of the fair sex. The ground is not large, but a good wicket had, under the supervision of the committee of the Newcastle C.C., been pre­ pared, and they were certainly rewarded for the trouble they had taken, as the ground played extremely well, though the outfielding was decidedly rough. The Hon. Ivo Bligh, having sufficiently recovered from the injury he received to his hand on board the Peshawur, took part in this match. The Newcastle captain having won the toss, of course elected to go in. It was soon [evident that the ild Cantab, A. G. Steel, was much too good for second-rate batsmen, as they were all at a loss to know what to do with the particularly slow curly ball that he bowled so well. Eight of the Eighteen, which, on the whole, was a decidedly good one, fell to his credit for runs. With