Cricket 1884

176 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, ju n e m s s * . T H E F O U R TH A U S T R A L IA N T E AM IN E N G L A N D . GENTLEMEN OP ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIANS. The Australian eleven deserve every credit for the plucky fight they made in the first of the two fixtures arranged with the Gentlemen of England. The game begun at Lord’s on Thursday and finished on Saturday was watched throughout with the greatest interest, and on each day there was a large attendance. The spectators,'too were most impartial, and the Australian eleven had every reason to be satisfied with the reception they met with. The Colonial players have not had the best of luck up to the present, and they were singularly un­ fortunate early in the game in the accident which happened to Spofforth. The match had only been in progress an hour when Mr. Read drove one hard back which hit that bowler on the right arm with such force that ho was only able to finish the over by rolling the three remaining balls along the ground. Sp severe was the blow that he was unable to take any further part in the game, and in consequence the Australians had not only to bat with only ten men, but were placed at an immense disadvantage in losing their best bowler. Indeed, the wicket had worn so by the third day, particularly at one end, that Spofforth’s bowling would in all probability have proved very effective, and it is just possible that it might have altered the result. On the other hand it might be argued that the Gentlemen were also un. lucky in not being able to make any great use of the bowling of Mr. W. G. Grace, who had been so successful against the Austra­ lians for M.C.C. and Ground a week before. It was thought that the Hon, A. Lyttleton and Mr. A. P. Lucas would have been able to help the Gentlemen, but neither could take his place in the eleven. The fixture between Oxford University and Lancashire also pre­ vented Mr. T. C. O’Brien from playing, but on the whole the eleven which represented the Gentlemen was a strong one. The luck which used to attend the Australian captain in the toss again forsook him, and Lord Harris selected Mr. W. G. Grace to accom­ pany him to the wickets. Spofforth and Boyle commenced the bowling for the Aus- trdlians, and the score was 52 with one bats­ man (Mr. W. G. Grace) out when the acci­ dent to Spofforth took place. The stand of the innings was made by Messrs. Yernon and Ridley, who raised the score from 144 for five to 238 for six wickets. The latter, who did not leave till the ninth wicket, was in while 179 runs were made, and both Mr. Vernon and he hit freely. The best cricket though was certainly that of Mr. Steel, and until he was beaten by Palmer he had not made anything.like a mistake. The batting of the Australians in their first innings was again very .disappointing, and the only re­ deeming feature was the stand made by Blackbam and Bonnor, who put on 75 runs while they were together. Following on in a minority of 142 the Colonists made a bad start and four of the best wickets were down for 75. Six batsmen had gone' and 7 were still required to save the innings when Blackham joined Scott. Their partnership1 produced 34 runs, and the Australians were 27 on when the seventh batsman (Blackham)1 retired. With only Palmer and Boyle left the game seemed almost over. Palmer, though, batted in far better style than he has previously shown in England, and during his stay with Scott the whole aspect of the game was altered. Both batsmen played pluckily and with confidence, and 96 were added before Palmer was caught at point for a very well-bit 47. Scott carried out his bat for 82, an innings worthy of the highest praise. He went in with five wickets down for 105 when the game seemed really lost and while he was in 164 runs were got, of which he contributed exactly one- half. Considering the circumstances his performance was indeed a brilliant one, and his two innings against Surrey and -the Gentlemen are feats of which he has good reason to be proud. With 128 to win the Gentlemen when play ceased on Friday night had lost one batsman (Mr. C. T. Studd) for 17. When play was resumed on Satur­ day they wanted lll'to win with nine wickets to fall. The game then presented such an interesting appearance that there was again a large attendance, and the finish proved to be very exciting. Palmer and Boyle shared the bowling, and the out cricket of the Australians was so good that Mr. Grace, Lord Harris, and Messrs. Read, Ridley, and Vernon were all dismissed for an addition of 66 runs. With six wickets down for 83 the game had turned entirely in favour of the Australians, and with 45 runs still to win and four wickets to fall the game became very exciting. The interest centred mainly in the help Mr. Diver would be able to give Mr. Steel, and though the former put his first ball up riskily on the on-side he after­ wards played very confidently and the result was ioon put at rest. In fourteen overs 46 runs were made and the Gentlemen won amidst great excitement by four wickets. Mr. Steel again showed very fine cricket, and Mr. Diver deserves the highest praise for his plucky play at the crisis. Considering that they had the worst of the wicket, and that they had to play a up-hill game without their best bowler, the Australian team merit the warmest congratulations on an excellent per­ formance. Score and analysis— G KNTI.T'.M KX, Rrst Innings. W. G. Grace, c Boyle, b Spofforth ,. .. . . . . 21 Lord Harris, b Palmer .. 81 W. W. Read, b Giffen .. ..8 1 C. T. Studd, b Palmer.. .. 0 A. G. Stoel, b Palmer .. .. 44 A, W..Ridley, c and b Giffen 68 G. F. Vernon, c M’Donnell, b Giffen ..........................68 E, J. Diver, b Palmer .. .. 4 J. Robertson, b Palmer .. 1 J. A. Bush, b Palmer .. .. 6 S. Christopherson, not out 0 B 8,1 b 5 .. ..................18 Total ................,277 A u stralian s . Second Innings, c Blackham, b Palmer ..2 0 b Palmer .. .. 4 c Boyle, b Giffen 27 c and b Palmor .. 1 not out..................35 b Giffen .. .. 1 c Scott, b Palmer 8 not out..................22 B 14, lb 2 .. 16 Total *.129 First Innings. A. C. Bannerman, c Robert­ son, b Christopherson .. P. S. M’Donnell, c Read, b S tu d d ......................... W. L. Murdoch, c Ridley, b Christopherson................... G. Giffen, c Steel, b Studd.. W. Midwinter, c Bush, b Christopherson.................. J. Me C. Blackham, 1 b w, b Ridley.................................. 42 G. J. Bonnor,c Bush,b Studd 44 H. J. H. Scott, not out .. 7 G. E. Palmer, b Studd .. 8 Second Innings. cR ead,b Studd.. 17 b Cliristophcrson 1 b Steel.. b Robertson .. 18 .. 24 H. F. Boyle, run out .. F. R. Spofforth, absent B 1,1 b 2 .................. Total . 3 ,. 0 . 3 .135 5 b Christopherson 88 1b w, b Steel .. 22 run out .. .. 9 not out.................82 c Grace, b Robei t- s o n ..................47 runout..................o absent .................. 0 B 10,1b 1 .. 11 Total ..269 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G e n tle m e n . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W. O. M. R.W. Spofforth .. 20 7 29 1 Boyle . . . . 26 7 52 0 . . . . 12 2 29 0 Palm er.. .. 34 12 82 6 .. .. 34 10 59 .4 Midwinter .. 10 1 80 0 Giffen . . . . 81 9 71 3 . . . . 22 12 25 2 A u stralian s . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W. O. M. R.W. Stndd .. .. 82.312 61 4 .. .. 48 18 69 1 Ridley . . . . 14 8 17 1 . . . . 7 2 15 0 Christopherson 18 5 27 3 . . . . 25 9 42 2 Grace . . . . 2 0 7 0 . . . . 4 1 14 0 Robertson .. 6 0 20 0 ,. ..28.110 51 2 Steel 84 8 67 2 AUSTRALIANS v. DERBYSHIRE. The Australians gained a re ry easy victory over Derbyshire in this match, played at Derby on Monday and Tuesday. Spoiforth’s arm had recovered sufficiently from the in­ jury received at Lord’s on Thursday, for him to appear in the eleven, and his bowling mainly contributed to the decisive triumph of the Colonists. The wicket was not a good one,and the Australians profited considerably by winning the toss. Still, their score of 273 was a creditable one, and Palmer foljowed up his Friday’s success at Lord’s, with a very well played 57 not out. Sugg hit finely in the first innings of the County, but except Mr. Docker, no one made a long stand in the second, and Derbyshire was beaten by an innings and 40 runs. Blackham, whose hand is very bad, and Coopy stood, out 0f the Australian team, and Murdoch took wicket. Spofforth took twelve wickets for 83 runs, a great performance, though the wicket was all in his favour. A u stralian s . P. S. M’Donnell, c Sugg, b Chatterton.. 36 A- C. Bannerman,c and b Chatterton .. .. 46 W. L. Murdoch, c My­ croft, b Cropper .. 6 G. Giffen, c Sugg, b Chatterton .. .. 14 H. J. H. Scott,c Smith, b Cropper..................25 W. Midwinter, c Sugg, b Cropper..................17 G. J. Bonnor, c Platts, b Walk«r .. .. .. 25 G. E. Palmer, not out 57 G. Alexander,b Walker 1 F. R. Spofforth, c Docker, b Chat­ terton .. .. ..1 9 H. F. Boyle, c My­ croft, b Platts «v .. 15 Extras .. .. . .1 2 Total .278 D e r b y sh H ih . _FirstJInning8._ Second Innings.' Mr. R. P.. Smith, c Banner­ man, b Spofforth .. .. 23 Platts, b P a lm e r..................1 Foster, c Giffen, b Spofforth 2 Mr. L. C. Docker, c and b B o y le ..................................6 Sugg, c Giffen, b Spofforth 52 Chatterton, c Midwinter, b G iffen..................................1 Cropper, not o u t ..................8 Mr. G. G. Walker, st Mur­ doch, b Spoflorth .. Shacklock, c Boyle, b Spof­ forth .................................. Marlow, b Spofforth .. ,. T. Mycroft, c Alexander, b Spofforth c Boyle, b Giffen 1 c Boyle, b Giffen 0 c Bannerman, b Giffen .. ..1 1 T>ot ou t.. .. .. 34 c Scott, b Spof­ forth.. 0 b Spofforth .. .. 7 c M’Donnell,. b Spofforth;.. 13 1 b Spofforth. c and b Giffen .. 20 st Murdoch, b Giffen .. ..1 1 B 1 0 ,11>6 .. .. ..1 6 Total .................. 106 BOWLING ANALYSIS. b Spofforth.. B 24,1 b 1 tsO 25 Total ...127 A u stralian s . 0. M. R.W.O. R.M.W. Walker .. 20 4 51 2 I Chatterton 81 13 .66 4 Marlow .. 18 7 32 0 Docker .. 2 1 1 0 Shacklock J3 3 33 0 Platts .. 1.1 0 2 1 Cropper.. 49 16 76 3 1 D e r b y s h ir e . . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W.O. M.RiW* Spofforth ..27.212 81 7 .. .. 25 9 52 5 Palmer i. ». 10 3 31 1 Boyle . . . . 11 4 22 1 ,,, . Giffen .. .. 6 2 6 1 .. .. 24* 10 50 5