Cricket 1884

JULY 3,1884. CRICKET; A ‘WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. * 255 and at 118 another disaster befel the Gentler men, Mr. Steel being easily caught and bowled. Five wickets were then down s.for 118, and although Lord Harris batted very carefully the .play of the later batsmen was so very tame that the end soon came. Messrs. Ridley and Diver were botfi caught, and then, in grand style, Blackham stumped Lord Harris, and Messrs. Roller and Christo­ pherson, thus bringing an extraordinary match to a remarkable close. Despite the hard usage it had had during the three dajte the wicket, though rather bare at the finish, played well to the last, and there was nothing in the ground to account for the collapse of tbe last wickets of the Gentlemen. The Australian team were lustily cheered at the close by the spectators, and they thoroughly deserved their enthusiastic re­ ception. The match was throughout singu­ larly exciting, but the Australians again proved themselves the better men at the finish. Their success was the resnlb cf excellent fielding, fine bowling, and incom­ parable wicket keeping. Spofforth bowled with remarkable judgment at the finish, varying his pace and pitch with singular skill. Boyle, too, deserves every praiso for his bowling, and the fielding of tho whole team was very smart. Blackham fairly out­ did himself at the finish, and the way in which ho stumped the three last batsmen was brilliant in the extreme. Midwinter scored 60 not out and 47 not out, and to his batting,Spofforth’s bowling and Blackham’s wicket-keeping the victory of the Australians was mainly due. Mr. Christopherson took eleven Australian wickets for 134 runs—a capital performance. Mr. Welman’g wicket- keeping was really first-class. A ustralians . BOWLING ANALYSIS. A ustralians . First Innings. O. Studd .. .. 86 Christopherson 46 Ridley Roller Steel Grace 15 R. W. 66 1 78 8 19 0 18 0 20 0 24 Second Innings. O. 20.S 11 21 27 M. R. W. Christopherson bowled a wide. Spofforth Palmer.. Giffen .. Boyle .. G entlem en . First Innings. 0 . M. 39.2 12 32 9 36 18 21 9 E. W. 91 4 . 63 1 . 60 4 . 28 0 . Second Innings. 0. M. 35 13 . 12 4 10 2 . 18.3 9 R. VV. 63 ? 25 0 16 0 19 3 OF A ustralians . First Innings. A. C. Bannerman, b Christo- phorson ..........................3 P. S.McDonnell, b Christo­ pherson ..........................15 W. L. Murdoch, c Harris, b Christopherson..................31 G. Giffen, st Welman, b S tu d d ..................................2 G. E. Palrnor, c Welman, b Christopherson..................1 H. J. H. Scott, b Christo­ pherson ..........................16 G. J. Bonnor, c Welman, b Christopherson..................0 J. M ’C. Blackham, 1 b w, b G ra ce ..................................69 W. Midwinter, not out .. 60 F. R., Spofforth, c Roller, b Christopherson....................... 7 H. F. Boyle, c and b Christo­ pherson ..............................21 B 3,1 b 1 ........................4 Second Iunings. c Grace, b Chris jo - pherson .. . v 43 c Studd, b Christo- pherson .. .. 9 Bt Welman, b Grace .. . . 2 9 b Christophorson 8 1 b w, b Roller .. 0 c Grace, b Roller 11 b Steel..................80 b Steel..................21 not out..................47 c Studd, b Grace 1 c Steel, b Studd 11 B 3, w 1 .. .. 4 Total .. . .229 G entlemen . First Innings. W - G. Graco, c Bannerman, b G iffen ................................. 107 C. T. Studd, b Palmer .. .. 10 A. P. Luca*?, b Giffen .. .. 13 W. W. Read, b Spofforth .. 25 A. G. Steel, c Palmer, b Spoffoi t h .......................... Lord Harris, st Blackham, b Spofforth .. .. .. .. 85 A. W . Ridley, b Giffen.. .. 0 E. J. Diver, c Scott, b Spof­ forth ................................. 20 W . E . Roller, not out .. .. 6 S. Christopherson, c Spof­ forth, b G iffe n ..................0 Total.. ..219 Second Innings. c Scott, b Spof­ forth..................89 o Giffen, b Spof­ forth.................. b Boyle..................21 b Spofforth.. 24 c and b Spofforth ! st Blaokham, Boyle .. c Scott, b Spof forth.................. b AUSTRALIANS v. PLAYERS ENGLAND. The Australian team followed up their success against the Gentlemen at the Oval on Saturday with a still more decisive victory over an eleven of the Players at Sheffield yesterday. Barnes, Flowers, and Shrews­ bury, it is stated, refused to accept the terms of ten pounds offered by theYorkshire and accepted by the other players, and in their absence the English eleven was cer­ tainly not a representative one. Still tlio play throughout was interesting, and the Australians deserve every credit for tho ex­ cellence of tlioir all-round cricket. The Players, who won the toss, chiefly through the fine batting of Ulyett and Barlow made an excellent stand, but the later batsmen did little against Spofforth’s bowling and the last seven wickets only added 72 runs. The Australians, with seven wickets down for 96 seemed to be in some danger of a follow-on. Bonner and Palmer, however, made a deter­ mined stand, and mainly through their partnership of 78 runs the Australians were only 41 behind at the end of an innings. When the Players went in a second time Hall played good cricket, but no one else except Barlow did much against the bowling of SpofForth and Boyle and the total only reached 131. With 176 to win the Austra­ lians again made a bad start, and with four such batsmen as McDonnell, Murdoch,Giffen, and Midwinter out for 25 the Players seemed to have a good chance. Bonnor, however, again came to the rescue of his side and with Bannerman offered a stubborn resistance. Bannerman was twice missed by Peate from successive returns at the very commencement of the innings, and a little later he was badly let off by Bates at short slip from Peate. At luncheon time the score was 65 for four wickets, and despite frequent bowling changes the runs were got without the fall of another wicket. Both batsmen had con­ siderable luck, but still their performance was a fine one. They raisedthe scorefrom 25 to 178, thus adding 153while they were partners. Spofforth’s bowling had again much to do with the Australian suscess. In the match he took thirteen wickets for 123 runs. The attendance was very large, amounting during the thres days to over 60,000. P laters . First Innings. Bates, b P a lm e r............ 11 Barlow, b Palmer............47 Ulyett,b Spofforth . . 7 8 First Innings. P. S. McDonnell, c Peate, b U lyett..............................1 A. C. Bannerman, b Peate .. 0 W. L. Murdoch, b Peate .. 25 G. Giffen, st Sherwin, b Em­ mett .................................. 31 W. Midwinter, c Peate, b Emmett ..........................3 J. McC. Blackliara, c Briggs, b Peate..................................9 G. J. Bonnor, c Hall, b Em­ mett ..................................70 H. J. n Scott, c Ulyett, b Emmett .. .................. 3 G. E. Palmer, not o u t .. .. 23 F. R. Spofforth, c Read, b Barlow..................................4 H. F. Boyle, b Emmett .. 1 Extras ..................9 Second Innings. c Emmett, b Peate 6 not out..................48 st Sherwin, b Peate .. .. 3 c and b Peate .. 0 c Read, b Peate .. 6 .. 95 E xtras.. .. 20 Total .. ..189 Total ..178 BOWLING ANALYSIS. P layers . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 48 16 84 2 . 45.2 23 80 6 . 12 3 29 2 . 8 4 8 0 . 7 3 11 0 Palmer bowled one wid Spofforth a no ball. A ustralians . First Innii gs. O. M. R. W . 29 8 72 3 .. 5 2 7 1 .. 19 12 28 1 .. 42.2 5 41 5 .. 14 10 17 0 .. 4 1 11 0 .. 1 0 4 Palmer . Spofforth Giffen Boyle Bonnor . Pcate .. Ulyett .. Barlow .. Emmett Hearno.. Bates .. Read Second Innings. O. M. R. W. . . 7 1 14 0 .. 25.3 19 43 7 Bonnor two wides, and 15 .. 35 15 46 Second InniDgs. O. M. R. W. 19 56 19 38 1 11 9 25 1 2 40 35 4 17 5 5 7 11 Briggs.. 8.2 2 10 0 Emmett bowled two wides. MB. J. W . HOBBS' v. PENSHURST. Played at Selhurst on Jane 28. P enshurst . F. T. Wclman, ran out li 11, lb 5 .. Total. c Boyle, b Spof­ forth .................. st Blackham, b Spofforth.. bt Blacl.ham, b Boyle .. .. 2 not out.. . . . . 4 B 12,1 b 1 .. 13 Total ..141 Hall, c Boyle, b Spofforth .. 16 M. Read, b Giffen.................. 31 Briggs, b Spofforth .. .. 13 G. G. Hearne, b Spofforth .. 3 GrimBhaw, b Giffen .......... 0 Emmett, not out .. .. ..1 1 Pea*;e, b Spofforth..................2 Sherwin, b Spoffortfh .. .. 2 Extras .................. 18 Total •.230 Second Innings, b Spofforth, • ., 6 c Palmer, b Boylo 28 c Midwinter, b Boyle .. .. 0 c Bonnor, b Spof­ forth ..................51 b Spofforth .. .. 0 c Banuermar, b Boyle .. . . 1 2 b Spofforth.. .. 1 c sub, b Spofforth 6 c Boyle, b Spof­ forth ..................3 b Spofforth not out..................6 Extras .. .. 16 Total ..134 First Innings. Second Innings. Ingram, b Bowley .. 27 c Bowley, b Gorman 14 Day, c A. Thomson, b G orm an.......................... 0 0 Sturgess, b Gorman 0 2 H. Duke, b Bowley .. 13 4 W . Duke, b Bowley.. .. 2 0 Crouch, c R. Thomson, b 18 c and b Bowley 17 J. Draper, b Bowley.. .. 3 2 Pooock, b Hooker Nye, b B ow ley.................. 2 b Gorman .. 2 2 5 Doubell, not out .. .. 2 3 Martin, b Bowley .. 2 6 12 Extras .. 8 Total .................. 83 Total .. 63 J. W. H obbs ’. Brown, c Crouch, b D a y .......................... Wheeler, c Day, b In­ gram .......................... Bowley, b Ingram Ayres, b W . Duke Adams, b Nye .. Hooker, c H. Duke, b N y e .......................... Woolett, c Day, b In­ gram .......................... R. Thomson, c Crouch, b In g ra m ..................5 Burke, b H. Duke .. 0 A. Thomson, c H. Duke, b Ingram .. 1 Gorman, not out .. 1L E x tr a s ................ 6 T o t a l.............. 100 HORNSEY v. CLAPTON. Played at Clapton on June 28. H ornsey . G. H. Swinstcad, b Parrott ..................58 R. H. King, c Taylor, b J. II. Douglas .. 33 F.Swinstead,b Asser.. 16 H. M. CollarJ, b J. H. D o u y U s ..................17 H.Iio id b J.H.D .ug’ as 39 S. A. Walker, c Lowe, b J. B. Manson .. .. 0 E. A. C jx , b Man :on .. 51 C lapton . C.M. Tebbatt, run out 4 , a . L. Dou* Jas, b F. J. H. Douglas, b G. jSwim tea ............................5 Swinstcad .. •. 0 i Parrott, b G. Swin- I Total..................,1 0 stead .. . . . . •• 1 ! J. ll. instead, b Par­ rott ............................. 2) W. Harrison, e Cam­ bridge, b A. L. Doug* las ............................. 27 G. P. Cox, b Manson.. 0 A. W. Litt'ewocd, not out ............................. It B 6,1 b 2, w 6 . . 1 4 Total....................289