Cricket 1884

FEB. 28,1884. CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 19 PUBLIC SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES v. THE CRICKET CLUB. Played at Shanghai on October 20. C bicket C lub . H. E. Fulford,'not out 21 A. E. Reynell, b Leach 7 A. Shewan, lbw,b Dun- 0 m a n ............................. 1 R. McGregor, o Gore Booth, b Dunman.. 1 J. Valentine, b Leaoh 2 B 2,1 b 2..................4 H. R. Hearn, c Ezekiel b Dunman ........... A. Anderson, st Dun­ man, b Leach.. .. A. Burrows, c Button- jee, b Leach .. C. H. Hutchings, b Leach .................. H. H. Taylor, c sub, b Leach .................. F. Anderson, b Tottie Total P ublic S chools and U niversities . W. Dunman, c Hut­ chings, b MoGregor 7 E. H. Gore Booth, c HutchiDgs, b Ful­ ford .......................... 11 A. J. Leach, not ou t.. 47 E. S. Perrott, b Ful­ ford .......................... 0 G. T. How, b Fulford 0 B. Ruttonjee and ■ W. H. Tottie, c A. An­ derson, b Fulford .. 5 C. Cole, b A. Anderson 11 E. S. Ezekiel, o Bur­ rows, b Fulford .. 5 C. Inchbald, not out 0 B 3,1 b 1, w 2 .. 6 Total .. ... 92 J. Easton to bat. H.M.S. CURA.COA AND VISITORS v. SHANGHAI CRICKET CLUB. Played at Shanghai on October 27- The last match of the season, and resulting in a draw on the first innings. G. T Veitch took seven wickets for 28 runs. CURACOA AND VISITORS. G. R. Johnston (V.), c Tottie, b Veitch .. 15 T. G. Newbold (R.N.), c Latham, b Veitch 24 C. J. Doring (R.N.), b Fulford .. .. ..1 0 M. N. Brownlow(V.), o Ezekiel, b Veitch .. 8 R. L. Head (V.), b Ful­ ford ........................ 11 Lord Dursley (R.N.), run o u t ................ 10 C. W. Ashby (R.N.), b Fulford .............. 11 J. Owens (R.N.), o & b Veitch .................. W. G. Stewart (R.N.), c Fulford, b Veitch W. Hewetson (R.N.), c Ezekiel, b Veitch P. Walter (R.N.), not out .......................... B 3,1 b 1, w 1 Total.................97 C ricket C lub . Anderson, not out 2 B 10, w 1..................II J. Latham, b Owens .. W. H. Tottie, b Owens W. Dunman, notou t.. H. H. Taylor, c and b Johnson .................. H. E. Bulford, A. Anderson, G. T. Veitch, H. R Hearn, and J. S. Ezekiel to bat. Total .. 48 V ol . II. of C ricket , including all numbers published during 1883, is now ready ; 462 pages, handsomely bound in cloth, price 7/6. It contains Portraits and Biographies of 22 of the most famous Cricketers of the Day; Articles by the best writers on the Game; chatty notes on the most interesting events of the year; Cricket past and present. “ Ought to be in the library of every cricketer.” W ill W hittam , the S core -C ard P rinter ’ s “ M odern C ricket and other M anly S ports .” The second year’s issue of this remarkable Sixpenny Annual. T he book w ill, as last year, be sold by M r. W hittam , his num erous men and boys, on the various cricket grounds during the forthcom iD g season, and m ay also be obtained from John H ey wood, Man­ chester, and W right & Co. (Cricket Press), L o n d o n ; from the A uthor him self, 38, Bram- all Lane, Sheffield, from Mr. G. T. Groves, Journalist, W alkley, Sheffield (the Editor), and at all Bookstalls, Sporting Outfitters, and Stationers. The book is entirely different from all tho other Cricket Annuals, contain­ in g not statistics only, but funny stories, ra cy poem s, short p ith ily w ritten articles, & c., on various m atters connected w ith the gam e during the past and previous seasons. There w ere no few er than one hundred and three press notices last year all extrem ely com plim entary.—A dvt . C R IC K E T IN A U S T R A L IA . MELBOURNE CLUB v. ST. KILDA, Played on December 6 on the Melbourne ground. The home team won the toss and kept the visitors in the field all day. Score : M.C.C. Alexander, c Fletcher, b Duncan..................83 Bonnor, c Fletoher, b Armytage..................46 Blackham, o Duncan, b Scott ..................91 Palmer, o Dunoan, b Scott..........................23 Lawler, b Scott .. .. 83 M‘Ilwraith, not out . .114 Ryall, c Armytage, b D u n o a n ..................19 Sutherland, not out .. 2 Total ..461 SOUTH MELBOURNE v. BENDIGO UNITED. Played at South Melbourne on Christmas Day. Harry played a fine innings for 101, only giving three chances. The bowling of South Melbourne, owing to the absence of several of the best men, was only weak:— B endigo J. Beswiek, b Trumble 16 J. Harry, o and b Min- c h in .......................... 101 A. Maokay, b Trumble 81 W. Campbell, b Trum­ ble ..........................28 W. Beswick, b Minchin 0 G. Maekay, b Minchin 17 J. Willis, o Trumble, b M in oh in..................29 S outh M elbourne . U nited . A. Orr, b Minchin .. 9 J. Cordeney, st Wind- ley, b Minchin .. 0 W. T. Osborne, b J o h n so n ..................17 J. Mitche 1, not out .. 0 Sundries.................. 12 Total J. W. Trumble, b Campbell.................. 7 A. W. Hogg, not out.. 72 C, A. Johnson, b Os­ borne.......................... 0 H. W. Shepherd, lbw, b Beswick.................. 6 A. Windley, not ou t.. 7 Sundries..................4 Total .. ..9 6 EAST MELBOURNE v. BENDIGO UNITED, Played at Melbourne on December 22. B.U.C.C. First Innings. Second Innings. Harry, b Palmer .. . 14 not out .. .. 30 J. Beswick, h w, b Boyle.. .. 21 o Lewis, b Mid­ winter .. ,. 0 Walters, 1b w, b Boyle .. .. 3 A. Mackay, b Palmer .. 1 W. Campbell, b Boyle .. .. 5 b Palmer.. .. 13 S. Maokay, b Palmer .. 0 st Lewis, b Pal­ mer .. .. 19 W. Beswick, c Blackham, b 0 b Midwinter .. 7 J. Tully, b Palmer .. 0 b Scott .. ..1 7 Willis, not o u t.................. 4 b Midwinter .. 0 Osborne, b Beyle .. , , 0 Orr, c Midwinter, b Boyle .. 3 Extras .................. Extras.. .. 8 T o t a l.................. .. 58 Total .. 94 E ast M elbourne . Orr, b H. Scott, Campbell.................. 16 W. Midwinter, c Bes­ wick, b Campbell .. 1 T. Horan, c Orr, b Maekay . * .. ..2 4 P. Lewis, b Campbell 13 G. Palmer, c Walters, b Mackay.................. 6 H. Boyle, c Beswick, b Campbell..................2 G. Gordon, c Harry, b Campbell..................11 J. Blackham, 1 b w, b B e s w ick ..................16 C. Allee, st Harry, b Campbell..................24 J. Healey, not out .. 2 W . R. Robertson, ab­ sent .......................... 0 E x t r a s ...................4 Total .118 S t. Ivo and t h e A s h e s.— A correct, true, particular, and humorous history of the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s Campaign in Australia, with eleven, comic illustratious, full page. Post free, Is. Id. To be had of W. R. Wright, Office of C r ic k e t , 17, Paternoster Square, London, E.0.— A d v t, TH E IN T E R -C O L O N IA L M ATCH . A far oloser match than wag expectel was the result of the thirty-first meeting between the colonies of Yictoria and New South Wales, on the ground of the Melbourne Club last Christmas-tide. The high scoring; of the Victorian batsmen during the season led the public, to believe that New South Wales had not an outside chance, and as Spofforth and Massie were both unable to represent the latter their prospects certainly seemed very gloomy. The match was played on Bee. 26, 27, 28, 29, and 31, and proved to he a very close thing, Victoria only winning after all by three wickets. The following comments on the game are from the pen of “ Felix,” in the Australasian :— In the first innings of New South Wales, the prominent feature, of course, was the magnificent display of Murdoch for 158. He played the strict game from start to finish, and unmistakeably showed that he has lost none of his form. His style is as graceful as ever, and his cutting and driving powers were never shown to greater advantage, while his defence is as strong, and his patience as untiring, as anybody could wish. It had, as we all know, been publicly stated that Murdoch had considerably fallen off in his play, but those who thought so have now, I daresay, altered their views on this point. Boyle had a possible chance before the Cootamundra crack had reached 60, and this is the only mistake that can be urged against his very clever exhibition of scientific cricket. Murdoch was backed up by no fewer than seven double-figure contributors, and the chief of these were Garrett and Jones with 64 and 52 respectively. The former played a capital game, and though he was missed once or twice he well merited the applause he received, His cutting was neat and clean, his defence A 1, and his hitting powers were first-rate. Jones played a fine defensive innings for 52, and he made no mistakes. Evans was seen at his best for the major portion of his 33, and Allen 27, Nunn 24, and Moses 18 contributed their respective scores by sterling cricket. In the second innings of Sydney, when the wear and tear caused by the compilation of 832 runs had told upon the wicket, the Vic­ torian bowlers managed to get some work on the ball, and it became quite evident before many runs had been scored that the total would be much smaller than that of the first innings. Still everybody felt prepared to give the Sydney men 250 or thereabouts, and the surprise was general when Midwinter and Palmer caused the whole team to disappear for a total of 143. A. Bannerman batted in his usually correct and careful style for 34; Marr contributed his 29 by freo and genuine cricket; Nunn played a sterling game for 24, and Murdoch showed his best form for 22. As to the first innings of Victoria, it cannot be doubted that the turning point occurred 'during the partnership of Horan and Scott. Four wickets had fallen for 148 when these two became associated, and grave concern was depicted on the faces of the supporters of Victoria at this stage of the game. Horan and Scott, however, played the game right up to the handle, and, despite every effort of the opposing forces, despite the mysterious sotto voce suggestions of little Alick to his captain, the two Jolimont batsmen main­ tained their positions until the score stood at 309. This partnership, during which 161 runs were made, clearly saved Victoria, and accounted for the splendid record of 352 for five wickets at the close of the third day’s Next Issue of CRICKET will be published Thursday. March 27.