Cricket 1883

CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. MARCH 10, 1883. nTHE SEVENTH ENGL ISH TEAM IN AUSTRAL IA . Continued from page 15. B y O ne O f th e T ea & ENGLISH ELEVEN v. EIGHTEEN OF NORTHERN' TASMANIA. The Eleven left Melbourne on Friday, January 5, at ten a.m. for Tasmania in the s.s. Flinders, and arrived at Launceston the following morn­ ing, at half-past eight, after a very rough passage This match was commenced at Launceston on Monday, January 8, in beautiful weather, and before a large number of spectators, owing to n general holiday being given in the tow» account of the fixture. The ground is very prettily situa­ ted, and the wickets were good, though not so fast as the Englishmen had been used to play on in Australia. The home team having won the toss, elected to go in, the captain sending Douglas and Martin to face the bowling of Steel and Bates. Douglas who scored more rapidly than his partner, gave Bligh a very difficult chance at point, which he was unable to hold. At 17 Martin was well taken at point, and the next three batsmen gave so little trouble that the fourth wicket was down for 24. Stubbs then joined Douglas, who was playing fairly good oricket. When the score was raised to 30, 0. T. Studd took the ball from Steel, and shortly afterwards Stubbs was well stumped by Tylecote off Bates. (35, 5,2.) W . Martin took the place of Stubbs, and when the score had been raised to 44 the adjournment for luncheon was made. After the usual interval, the bowling was entrusted to C. T. Studd and Barnes, and Douglas was caught by Bead in the long-field, having made 29 by free cricket (47, 6, 29.) H. Watson, the captain of the eighteen, scored 17, and Hobkirk 12, but no one else got double figures, and the innings closed for 144. Barnes took six wickets for 25 runs. Praise is due to Mr. Tylecote, who kept wicket inhis best form. The Englishmen commenced their innings at half-past four. The English captain and C. T. Studd opened the defence, being opposed to the bowling of Kendall and Mansfield. The former, who bowls left-hand medium with break, should have accompanied the first Australian Eleven to England, but owing to some unfortunate circumstance was prevented. He bowled the first over, and with his third delivery should have caught and bowled th» English captain, but failed to hold the ball. This gave the Tasmanians some trouble. At 26 B. Sams relieved Mansfield, but at 40 he gave way to his brother. As the latter failed Mansfield tried again, and shortly afterwards a round of applause greeted the downfall of the English captain, who was clean bowled by Kendall after scoring 34 in good form. (57, 1, 34.) Barlow joined Studd, and the score advanced steadily to 89, when the latter was missed byOldmeadow. Pennefather now replaced Kendall, who had bowled from the commencement of the innings, and the two batsmen played out time. The only change was that Oldmeadow replaced Pennefather at five minutes to time, and when stumps were drawn, the Englishmen had lost one wicket for 98, Studd being (not oat) 43 and Barlow (not out) 17. The play was resumed on the following morning in beautiful weather to the bowling of Mansfield and Pennefather. At 100, Kendall relieved Mansfield,but the bowling was not effec­ tive, and the score soon reached 120, when Ken­ dall changed ends, Mansfield again trying his hand. This latter change had the desired effect, as [Kendall, in his second over, clean bowled Barlow, who had played a very patient innings of 26. (126, 2, 26.) Barnes, who came next, soon commenced scoring, and at 137 L. Sams relieved Mansfield. C. T. Studd here hit Sams splendidly out of the ground for 6, and the sc5re wa3 150 when R. Sams relieved his aFromthe porting L{fct brother. Still the batsmen continued to score, till at 169 Barnes was taken at the wicket by Martin off Sams, having scored 15. (167, 3,15.) After Read had filled the vacancy, Oldmeadow was tried in the place of Sams, and at 182 Read was well taken at long leg by Archer off Ken­ dall. (182,4, 9.) Bates then joined Studd who was playing in his best form. Kendall had bowled exceedingly well up to this period, and was doing a good deal with the ball ptMia here was unfortunately v 1" •*v®avmg only 1 more to make t ;- - century,” through somemis- ur.^atanding with Bates, having played an excellent, though not faultless, innings of 99. (195, 5, 99.) Tylecote now joined the York­ shire professional, who had commenced hitting with great vigour when the time came to retire for lunch. On play being resumed the bowling was entrusted to Kendall and Pennefather, and when 217 was telegraphed Bates was well taken by Stubbs in the long-field, having knocked up 25 in quick time. (217, 6, 25.) Steel joined the Kentish wicket-keeper, and when 230 was telegraphed, Mansfield relieved Pennefather. Kendall still occupied the other end, but runs came, till at 247 Kendall clean bowled Tylecote. (247, 7, 16.) G. B. Studd joined his Cambridge companion, and at 260 Oldmeadow again re­ placed Mansfield. This had the desired effect, as G. B. Studd, after scoring 8, was caught at the wicket by Martin. (270, 8, 8.) Vernon came next, but failed to score, being caught at point by Croft off the same bowler. Cobbett, who kindly offered to take Leslie’s place, as the lat­ ter was unwell, also failed to score, being bowled by Oldmeadow in the first over he received. Thus the innings closed for 270 at a quarter- past three, Steel carrying out his bat for a well-played 30. Afword of praise is due to Ken­ dall for the excellent way in which he played up during the innings. His bowling was very good though his wickets were rather expensive. Oldmeadow’s analysis is also good. The Eighteen commenced their second in­ nings in a minority of 156 runs. Martin and Arthur first facing the bowling of Barnes. Stubbs played well for his sixteen, but the batsmen generally could do nothing with the bowling of Mr. Steel and Bates, and they were all out for 81, thus leaving the English Eleven the victors by an innings and 75 runs. Steel’s analysis is particularly good; he obtained 10 wickets for 33 runs. N orthern T asmania . First Innings. Second Innings. J. Martin, c Bligh, b Bates .. 5 c Read, b Barlow .. 1 O. G.Douglas,cRead, b C.Studd 29 e Tylecote, b Steel.. 16 J. Mansfield,cRead, b Bates.. 0 st Tylecote, b Steel 14 G. H. Arthur, st Tylecote, b Steel...............................................l b Barnes...0 . A. Lucas, b Steel.................... 2 st Tylecote, b Steel 2 W . Stubbs, st Tylecote, b Bates .....................................2 c and b Bates.. .. 16 W . Martin, c G. B. Studd, b B a rn e s.....................................9 c Bligh, b Bates .. 1 G. R. Lawrence, b Barnes .. 0 b Steel ...... 8 H. Watson, b Barlow .. . . 1 7 c Bates, b Steel .. 0 T. Archer st Tylecote, b C. T. cRead, b Bates .. 8 Studd ..................................... 5 F. C. Hobkirk, b Barlow.. .. 12 b Steel ....................5 VV. Croft, run o u t ..................1 run o u t ..................... 0 T. Kendall, c and b Barnes .. 3 run o u t .....................4 P. G. Oldmeadow, c Barlow, b Barnes ..................................... 8 b Steel ......... 1 R. Sams, st Tylecote, b Barnes .....................................7 st Tylecote, b Steel 2 G. Pennefather, not out.. .. 5 c Tylecote, b Steel.. 2 L. Sams, c G. B. Studd, b Barnes ...................................1 not o u t ..................... 0 R. Cameron, c C. T. Studd, b Steel..............................................0 c Barnes, b Steel .. 0 B 6 , l-b 1 .............................7 B, &c.............. 6 Total .. .114 Total.. .. 81 E nglish E leven . Hon. Ivo Bligb, b A. G. Steel, not out 80 Kendall .................... Hi G. B. Studd, c Martin, b C. T. Studd, run out .. 99 Oldmeadow.................... 8 Barlow, b Kendall.. .. 2(5 G. F. Vernon, c Croft, b Barnes, c J. Martin, b Oldmeadow.................... 0 R. Sams .................... 15 M. Cobbett, b Old­ W . W . Read, c T. Archer, meadow .................... 0 b K en d a ll.................... 9 B ............................. 8 Bates, c StubLB, b Ken— dall ............................. ‘25 Total................ m E. P. S. Tylecote, b Kendall .................... 10 ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. TASMANrA. First Innings. Second Innings. B. R. M .W. B. li. M .W . •Steel .. .. 102 80 8 8 ....... 12083 Bates .. .. 88 15 22 3 ........ 10414 C.Studd ..• ■ 4 0 23 2 2 ..................... 44 12 . / ? Barnes.. .. 116 25 16 6 .. .. o I , Barlow.. .. 60 14 7 " ■ — • ••^ 4 ENGLAND. B. R. M.W. B. R. M.W. Kendall.. .. 310 101 36 5 L. Sams . 40 21 2 0 Mansfiell .. 148 49 12 0 Pennefather 72 41 2 0 R. Sams .. 52 80 1 1 Oldmeadow 52 17 4 3 ENGLISH ELEVEN V. EIGHTEEN OF SOUTHERN TASMANIA. This two days contest was commenced on Jan. 8th, on the ground of the Hobart Club. The wicket was all in favour of the bowlers, and it was evident that long scoring would not be the order of the day. During the afternoon there was a fair number of spectators, and the ladies’ reserve was full. The proceedings were en­ livened by the performance of the band of H.M.S. Nelson, which was lying in the harbour, the Commodore having been so kind as to grant the free use of it to the Hobart O.C. during the match. The home captain (J. G. Davies) having won the toss, elected to bat, going to the wickets withG. Arthur, the English bowling being entrusted to Steel and Morley (who had not taken part in any match since Castlemaine). As Davies hit freely, at 27 Bates relieved the amateur. Barnes also replaced Morley, and from the Nottingham player’s second delivery Davies was stumped by Tylecote, having made 23 out of 27—a rather lucky innings. Butler joined Arthur, but in the Yorkshireinan’s fifth over Arthur was clean bowled for 8. (31, 2, 8.) Arthur’s place was taken by Chapman, and when 4 runs were added to the score Butler was very badly run out. (35, 3, 1.) Gatehouse having joined Chapman, Steel relieved Barnes, who had bowled well, and the new comer was taken in the Blips by Barlow off Bates. This over of the Yorkshireman’s was very successful, as his third delivery clean bowled Maxwell, who had taken the place of Gatehouse. (4 and 5 for 37.) E. Butler, who w ill be remembered as playing for the South against the North at Prince’s some years ago, having joined Chap­ man, the score was carried to 44, when the new comer was stumped by Tylecote off Steel. (44, 6, 4.) Boddam joined Chapman, who cut Steel for 3, and hit the Yorkshireman in the same direction for 2, bringing up So on the telegraph board. At 52 Boddam was stumped by Tylecote off Steel. (52, 7, 3.) Macleod became asso­ ciated with Chapman, but when he had made 3 he was bowled by the amateur. (58, 8, 3). Stuart came next, and after scoring 4 was bowled by Bates. (63, 9, 4.) Brownell and Chapman were now together, but the former was soon bowled by Steel. (64, 10, 1.) Bayly came next, at 74 Chapman, who had played good cricket for 19, was run out, Morley having just relieved Bates, Two runs later Morley clean bowled Bayly, who had a short but merry time at the wicket. (76, 12, 10.) The innings then came rapidly to a close, as the remaining 5 wickets only scored 6 runs, the total being 82 —a total decidedly less than was expected by their partisans. Precisely at three o’clock the Englishmen commenced their innings. Hon. Ivo Bligh and Barlow faced the bowling of Bayly (very fast right hand) and Kendall (medium left). Bayly opened with a maiden. The English captain drove Kendall for 4 to the off, and two or three maidens followed, until a round of applause greeted the downfall of the wicket, Barlow being caught and bowled by Ketdalloff a full pitch. (6, 1, 1.) Leslie joined Bligh, but was unfortunate, as he was given out “ lb w ” to Kendall. Steel joined Bligh with the score at 8, and the result of half an hour’s play was only 10 runs. The scoring was still very slow, and at 27 Steel should have been stumped