Cricket 1884

142 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. M A t 22, 1884. T H E F O U R T H A U S T R A L IA N T E AM IN E N G L A N D . AUSTRALIANS v. OXFORD YERSITY. UNI- Tbe Oxford University Eleven deserve the warmest congratulations on a brilliant performance in this match at Oxford on Thursday last and two following days. After the decisive success of the Australians over Lord Sheffield’s Eleven early in the week the probabilities of their defeat at Oxford were regarded as of the smallest. Through­ out the game, though, the Oxonians showed to decided advantage, and indeed at every point they proved themselves to be the better side. The match was played on the Christ Church Ground, and though the wicket there is never a very easy one some good cricket was shown. Nicholls did an extraordinary perfoimance in the first in­ nings of the Australians. He caught no less than five of the ten wickets at shor slip, and four of these from the fast bowling of Whitby. Four Oxford wickets were down for 25 when Page joined O’Brien, and the stand made by these two batsmen was the feature of the innings, 93 runs were scored while they were together and their joint contribution was within eight runs of the Australian aggregate from the bat. Too much praise cannot be awarded to O’Brien for his fine score of 92. His hit­ ting was particularly clean and well-timed, and for a first appearance against the Aus­ tralian bowlers it was a great perform­ ance. Page and Key also showed good cricket. When the University went in a second time they wanted 108 to win, and it was regarded as anybody’s game. Three good wickets were down for 24, and the result seemed to be very doubtful. Kemp then joined Hine-Haycock, and the latter played with unwearying patience while his captain hit vigorously. These two batsmen knocked off the remaining runs, and amidst the greatest excitement the match was won for Oxford with seven wickets to -spare. Of the 86 runs got while he was in Kemp con­ tributed as many as 63, and he scored 25 in the last quarter-of-an-hour. He was very lucky in placing the ball at times, but his hitting was very clean and he deserves all the credit of an exceptional performance. In the first innings of the Australians Whitby’s fast bowling realised eight wickets at a cost of 82 runs. Midwinter’s second score of 45 was the more meritorious as he was suffering very much from an injury to his right thumb. All round the cricket shown by the University was excellent. Kemp’s management of his team was most judicious. Score and analysis :— T h e A u s t r a l ia n s . First Innings. A. C. Bannerman, c Hine- Haycock, b Whitby .. .. { P. S. McDonnell, c Nicholls, b W h it b y ..........................5 W. L. Murdoch, c Nicholls, b W h itb y ..........................11 G. Giffen, c Nicholls, b Pago 14 G. J. Bonnor, c Nicholls, b Whitby .......................... 2 J. McC. Blackham, b Whitby 20 W.Midwinter,cGrant-Asher, b W h it b y ..........................20 H. Scott,c Nicholls,b Whitby 10 G. E. Palmer, b Page .. .. 8 H. F. Boyle, b Whitby .. 6 F. R. Spofforth, not out .. 6 B 11, lb 4 ...................15 Total .148 Second Innings. c Nicholls, b Bas­ tard .. .. 0 BtKemp,b Nicholls 86 b Bastard .. .. 0 c Cobb, b Bastard 9 c Nicholls, b Page 11 c and b Bastard.. 18 c Brain, b Whitby 45 c Kemp, b Whitby 21 c O’Brien, b Puge 7 not out.................. 8 c Key, b Bastard 8 B 9, 1b 1 .. 10 Total ..168 O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First Inuings. K. J. Key, b Scott .. 30 B. E. Nicholls, not out 16 H. O.Whitby,cBonnor, b Boyle .................. 10 E.W.Bastard,b Palmer 0 B 3,1 b 2..................5 Total .. ..209 T. R. Iline-Haycock, c Boyle, b Spofforth .. 0 M. C. Kemp, run ou t.. 13 A. R. Cobb, b Palmer.. 0 J. H. Brain, c Giffen, b Spofforth.................. 8 T. C. O’Brien, b Boyle 92 H. V. Page, b Palmer 33 A.Grant-Asher, run out 2 In the Second Innings, Hine-Haycock scored (not out) 25, Kemp (not out) 63, Cobb, c sub., b Boyl», 6 , O’Brien, b Spofforth, 13, Page, c Palmer, b Boyle, 1; b 1 ,1 b 1 —Total, 110 . BOWLING ANALYSIS. A u str a lia n s . First Innings. ____ Second Innings. Bastard Whitby Page .. O. M. R. W. 25 12 87 0 41 14 82 8 16 10 14 2 Spofforth Palmer . Boyle Giffen . Scott . First Innings. O. M. 80 Nicholls , O x f o r d . O. M. R.W. 28 12 44 25 8 55 19 13 16 21 7 43 Second Innings. 50 2 84.1 11 59 8 27 14 5 O. ..2 8 .. 11.1 M. R.W . 11 45 1 4 22 0 14 82 2 0 9 0 SURREY v. AUSTRALIANS. As some compensation for their Satur­ day’s defeat the Australian team inflicted a decisive defeat on a strong eleven of Surrey at the Oval on Tuesday last. Henderson, who has not been in very good health lately, was an absentee from the County eleven, and Mr. P. H. Morton, who is entitled to play under the family home qualification, made his first appearance in the team in this match. The wicket was not so easy as most of those provided last year on the Surrey ground, and Spoffortb, who bowled much faster than usual, and was evidently bent on keeping very short, at times bumped con­ siderably. Surrey did well at the outset in getting rid of six cf the best Australian wickets for only 82 runs. Scott, who came in .sixth wicket down, too, ought to have been easily run out when he had got a single, but Wood failed to take the ball wildly thrown in. This mistake cost Surrey dear, as 72 runs were added before Midwinter left, and Scott added seventy to the score. His first appearance in London was a successful one. His 71 was a capital display of plucky and sound batting, and his runs were got when they were much wanted. The County began well, thanks to Abel and Mr. Shuter, and 68 runs were up with only one batsman out. After this Spofiorth’s bowling seemed to unnerve the Surrey batBmen, and no one made any stand, Abel and Mr. Shuter con­ tributing 63 out of 87 from the bat. In the follow-on fix wickets were down for eighty, and it seemed as if the Australians might win in an innings. A useful stand by Messrs. Bowden and Morton, however, put a better complexion on the game, and the former’s thirty-two was a plucky and in every way praiseworthy score, the result of really good cricket. The Australians lost two of their best batsmen in making the 48 wanted to win, and Surrey were consequently beaten by eight wickets. Over eighteen thousand spectators were present during the two days, A u stralian s . First Innings. A. C. Bannerman, b Barratt ..................4 P. S. M’Donnell, c Diver, b Jones.. .. 87 W.L.Murdoch,bBarratt 0 G. Giffen, b Barratt .. 19 J. M’C. Blackham, c Diver, b Jones.. .. 12 G. J. Bonnor, c Abel, b Barratt.................. 4 W. Midwinter, c Abel, b M orton..................26 H. J. H. Scott, c Rol­ ler, b Abel..................71 G. E. Palmer,b Abel.. 16 H. F. Boyle, b Barratt 0 F. R. Spofforth, not ont 0 B 5,1 b 1 .. .. 6 In the Second Innings, Giffen scored (not out) 7 Scott (aot out) 9, Bannerman, b Jones, 24, M’Donnell and b Abel, 8 .—Total, 48. S u r r e y . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. E. J. Diver, b Giffen .. 0 c Bonnor, b Spof­ forth..................25 Abel, c Murdoch, b Spofforth 85 c Murdoch, b Spofforth.. .. 12 Mr. J. Shuter, run out .. 28 o Blackham, b Spofforth.. .. 0 Mr. W. W. Read, c Black­ ham, b B o y le .................. 6 c Bonnor, b Boyle 7 M. Read, c Palmer, b Boyle 0 c Murdoch, b Spofforth.. .. 28 Mr. W. E. Roller, c Bonnor, c Blackham, b Total ..195 b Boyle Mr. M. P. Bowden, c Spof­ forth, b B o y le .................. Jones, not out .................. Mr. P. H. Morton, c Mid­ winter, b Spofforth .. Wood, b Spofforth .. .. Barratt, b Spofforth .. B9, l b l .................... 0 Spofforfch.. 8 c and b Palmer .. 82 6 c Bonnor, b Boyle 3 1 not out................ .1 9 0 c Bannerman, b Palmer .. .. 5 8 b Palmer .. .. 0 10 B 8 , lb 4 .. 7 T o t a l ..................97 Total.. .144 BOWLING ANALYSIS. A u str a lia n s . First Innings. Barratt Jones.. Morton Roller Abel .. M. Read O. 47 8 8 8.1 2 2 0 First Giffen .. Palmer .. Spofforth .. Boyle.. .. M. R. W. 16 93 5 . 25 54 2 . 4 23 1 . 11 0 3 2 . 5 0 S u r r e y . Innings. O. M. R. W. 10 8 25 1 . 13 4 24 0 . 15.2 6 23 4 . 12 7 15 4 . Second Innings. O. M. R.W . 19 0 8 1 13 0 8 1 Second Innings. O.M. R. W. .. 2 0 6 0 .. 4.3 1 10 8 . 81 9 72 5 . 24 10 49 2 YORKSHIRE ELEVEN v. TWENTY- THREE COLTS AND CAPTAIN. Some very creditable cricket was shown in this match at Sheffield on Monday and Tuesday. Baker, Pullan, and Wardall batted well for the Colts. Shelton took three wickets of the eleven for seventeen runs. The game was drawn, the Colts having a lead of 72 runs on the one innings played. Score:— Y o rk sh ire C o lts . A. Atkinson (Boston Spa), b HarriBon T. Wardall (Eston Junction), b Peel.. W. Nicholson (Mexborough), b Harrison .. G. R. Baker (Malton), c Hunter, b Harrison G. Slinn (Sheffield), b H arrison.................. J. Baines (Scarborough), c Peel, b Peate .. W. Coverdale (Pickering), b Harrison.. .. W. Hurst (Woodlesford), c Emmett, b Poate C. Smitn (Calverley), runout.......................... W. Priestley (Bowling Old Lane), b Peate.. W. Cuttle (Sheffield), b Harrison '.. ., ” g S. Sykes (Heckmondwike), b Peate .. .. ** q W. Mackrell (Leeds), c Bates, b Peate .. ** iq J. Summer (Heckmondwike), c Hunter, b Bates 12 W. Betts, jun. (Sheffield), c Skilbeck* b Bates .. 11 E. Whipp (Barnoldswick), c Hunter, b Bates !! 13 G. Pullan (Guisley), c Bates, b Peate.. .. a*; T. Bell (Bingley), b Harrison ..................] * 4 J. Shilton (Horbury Junction), b Harrison 0 H. Spencer (Leeds), c Hunter, b Peel.. .. " 9 D. Lister (Keighley), c Hall, b Emmett .. ]) 0 A. Ward (Rothwell), st Hunter, b Peel .. 0 J. H. Penny (Guisley), c Bates, b Harrison ! .* 9 H. E. Pearson (captain), not o u t.................. \ . 4 Byes, &c. .......................................... [[2 0 , 0 , 29 , 7 48 2 5 1 16 , 0 0 Total .................. . Y o rk sh ire E l e v e n . Ulyett, c Spencer, b Penny ..................27 Lee, c Atkinson, b Cuttle ..................5 Hall, c Pullan, b Hurst 87 Skilbeek, b Pullan .. 13 Lockwood, b Shilton.. 11 Bates, st Smith, b Baines ..................27 Peel,b Shilton .. ..1 7 Emmett, c Hurst, Shilton .. Peate, b Slinn .. Hunter, not o u t.. Harrison, c Baker, Slinn.................. Byos, &c .. Total .. 246 b .. 7 .. 7 .. 10 b .. 6 .. 7 ..174 F or Cuckney v. Ollerton on May 17, W. Fletcher took three wickets with successive balls.