Cricket 1884

264 CEICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, j u l y io , laai. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. As was generally expected the Players beat the Gentlemen in the first of the two matches of the season, at the Oval on Satur­ day, with nine wickets to spare. In the absence of Lord Harris, Hon. A. Lyttelton, Messrs. A. G. Steel, C. T. Studd, and Christopherson, the Gentlemen were only poorly represented, and this robbed the game of much of its interest, especially as the Players were a very strong side. The Pro­ fessionals won the toss, but the only feature of their batting on the first day was the very fine cricket of Ulyett. His play was much steadier than usual and there was really not what could be called an actual chance in his score of 134. The batting of the Amateurs was on the whole disappointing. Mr. W. G. Grace’s second innings was up to his best form and Mr. Shuter’s first score of thirty- two was thoroughly well got. Messrs. O’Brien, Lucas, and Hine-Haycock all showed to advantage when they went in a second time, but, generally, the play was un­ exciting. In the second innings the three Surrey batsmen (Messrs. Shuter, Read, and Diver) were all dismissed the first ball they received. Barlow in this innings got Messrs. Grace, Shuter, and Read, with successive balls—the “ hat trick.” P l a y e r s . First Innings. Barnes, b Whitby .. 14 Ulyett, o Robertson, b Lucas.............................184 Barlow, b Whitby .. 26 Shrewsbury, c Robert­ son, b Whitby .. 25 Hall, c Hine-Haycock,b Page .. .. . . . . 27 Flowers, c Welman, b Whitby ......................14 In the Seconl Innings Barnes scored (not out) 10, Shrewsbury, b Whitby, 6, Bates (not out) 25; 1 b 1— Total, 48. G e n tle m e n . Bates, c Diver,b Lucas 5 Briggs, b Grace .. .. 15 Read, not out .. .. II Pilling, run o u t .. .. 8 Peate,c Hine-Haycock, b G r a c e .................. 8 B 12,1 b 10 .. .. 22 Total ..299 First Innings. 82 J. Shuter, c and b Ulyett T. R. Hine-Haycock, b U lyett..................................10 A. P. Lucas, b Peate .. .. 18 E. J. Diver, b Peate .. .. 0 T. C. O’Brien, c Ulyett, b P e a te ..................................15 W . G. Grace, not out .. .. 85 W . W. Read, b Barlow .. 11 H. V. Page.c Read,b Flowers 5 F. T. Welman, c Pilling, b Flowers c Ulyett, b Bates 5 J. Robertson, c Ulyett, b B a te s ..................................11 H. O. Whitby, b Peate.. .. 1 B ..................................10 Second Innings, c Pilling,b Barlow 0 not out.................. 22 c Pilling,b Barnes 87 c Peate, b Bates.. 0 o Read, b Barnes 42 c Ulye* t, b Barlow c Pilling.b Barlow 0 b Barnes .. .. l b Peate.................. Total .148 c Pilling, b Peate 18 c Read, b Barlow 1 B 2,1b 6 .. 8 Total ..198 BOWLING ANALYSIS. P la y e r s . First Innings. Whitby .. Page Grace .. Robertson Lucas .. O. M. R.W. 44 16 96 4 86 17 56 1 84.816 49 2 21 8 42 0 20 6 84 2 Second Innings. O. M. R.W. 15 1 14 0 9 0 8 0 6 0 G e n tle m e n . First Innings. Peate .. Ulyett .. Barnes .. Barlow .. Flowers.. O. M. R.W . 50.12o 55 5 27 12 89 2 2 5 6 Second Innings. O . M . R.W . 6 15 14 5 23 16 Briggs Bates 85 17 18 5 20 11 80 15.8 9 23 7 2 22 2 1 5 16 5 25 P laying for Linden against Maismore, at Honor Oak on June 28, J. A. Williams bowled seven overs (five maidens) for two runs and seven wickets—-all clean bowled. SOUTH HANTS v. SPRING HILL, SOUTHAMPTON. Played at Spring Hill on June 30. S outh H an ts . First Innings. Second Innings. F.T. Griffin, c Thompson, b F. Randall..................11 b Priestley •• •• 10 A.H.Hodgson, c Priestley, b F. Randall..................15 b Serjeant .. •• 0 C. D. Fowler, b Sillence .. l b Sillence .................7 G. Day, c Sillence, b Priestley..........................5 cAldridge,b Serjeant 9 F.N.Harvey, c F. Randall, b Priestley ..................11 b Serjeant .. .. 1 C. T, Penny, b Priestley.. 4 b Priestley .. .. 0 H. L. Ames, b Hay .. . . 8 0 b Serjeant .. .. 0 A.M .Hodgson,bPriestley 0 notout .................. 1 A. Ivimey, run out .. .. 2 b Serjeant .. .. 18 A. Freeman, b Priestley .. 8 b Serjeant .. .. 0 E. R. Forster, not out .. 0 c Serjeant,bRandall 3 Extras..........................9 Extras.......................6 Total. .. .. 91 Total S pb in o H il l . First Innings. .. 50 H. W . Randall,run out 0 8.'Priestley,o Griffin, b Harvey .................. 1 S.Thomp8on, b Harvey 6 C. T. F. Hay, not out 2 E x t r a s .................11 H. Serjeant, o and b Harvey ..................6 E. T. Vint, b Fowler.. 15 H.P.Sparkes, cForster, b H arvey ................ 0 H. E. Aldridge, c Free­ man,b H arvey.. .. 1 T. Sillence, b Fowler.. 0 F. J. Randall, b Fowler 0 Dr. Kelly, b Harvey .. 5 In the Second Innings, Serjeant soored, b Fowler, 38 Vint,b Penny, 14, Sillence, b Harvey, 5, F.Randall (not out) 25, H. Randall (not out) 10 j extras 11—Total 08. Total 47 T H E FOURTH A U S T R A L I A N T E AM . AUSTRALIANS v. AN ELEVEN OF ENGLAND. On Saturday afternoon rain, in all proba­ bility, saved the Australians from a severe defeat in this match, begun at Huddersfield on Thursday. The English eleven were, on paper, by no means a strong batting side, and their success only furnished another illustration of the uncertainty of the game. Winning the toss, they went in first, and two wickets were down for 24 runs. After this, though, some extraordinary cricket was witnessed, and Scotton, Mr. E. T. Hirst, Attewell, and Grimshaw were so thoroughly at home with the Australian bowling that the innings did not close until after luncheon time on Friday. The three last named bats­ men all hit freely, but the chief credit of the English performance was due to Scotton. He went in first on Thursday, and was in the whole of that day and an hour and a quarter on Friday. He was batting alto­ gether for six hours, and during his long innings he never gave a chance. As a masterly display of defensive cricket against good bowling, his score on this occasion has never been surpassed. His 134 ties with that of Mr. A. G. Steel for M.C.C., as the highest individual score against the present Austra­ lian team, and the English total of 453 is, with the exception of the 481 made by M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s in May, the highest ever recorded in this country against an Australian team. McDonnell hit hard when the Australians went in, and he scored 46 out of the 67 got for the first wicket At the end of the second day 135 had been made for the loss of four wickets, and there seemed only slight chance of the completion of the game. On Saturday, though, things went altogether against the Australians, and in about an hour the last six wickets fell for an addition of forty runs. Being 278 behind they had, of course, to follow on, and five wickets fell for only 38 runs. Scott and Midwinter, however, offered a stubborn resis­ tance, and a stoppage of three-quarters of an hour from rain was also of advantage to the side. Ultimately the game was drawn, the Australians still wanting 154 rdns to save the innings, with only three wickets to fall. Blackham stood out of this match, and Alexander filled the vacancy. Attewell’s bowling was one of the best features of the game. In the two innings of the Austra­ lians he took ten wickets for 71 runs. On a wicket like that at Huddersfield this was a great performance. E n gland E leven . Lockwood, c Banner­ man, b Spofforth .. 8 Seotton, b Palmer ..184 Hon. M. B. Hawke, e Bannerman, b Spof­ forth ........................6 Mr. E. T. Hint, e Gif­ fen, b Spofforth .. 71 Attewell,1'c and bGiffen 84 Peel, e Bannerman, b Giffen., •• .. 0 A u stralian s . First Innings. P. S. McDonnell, e Lock, wood, b Emmett •. .. 46 Grimshaw, c sub b Alexander . • •« .. 77 Emmett, c Bonnor, b Palmer .. ,, .« W. Wright, not out .. Harrison, b Alexander Hunter, c Boyle, b Pal­ mer ........................10 B 27, lb 18.. . . 40 Total. ..453 Second Innings, b C Lookwood, Attewell .. A. C. BannermaUf 0 Hunter, b Attewell .. .. .. .. W. L. Murdooh, o Grimshaw, b Wright .. .. .. . . 1 2 b Attewell 13 b P e e l.................4 • ^ G. Giffen, e and bAttewell.. 8i b Attewell .. .. 3 G. J. Bonnor, b Peel .. .. 5 c Emmett, b Peel 2 W. Midwinter, b Attewell .. 11 notout.............82 H. J. H. Scott, c and b Atte­ well ..............................17 c Attewell, b Em­ mett .. .. 50 G. E. Palmer, b Attewell .. G. Alexander, o Harrison, b Peel ............................... F. R. Spofforth, o Hunter, b Attewell ........................ H. F. Boyle, not o u t ........... B 3,1 b 1, w 2 .. .. Total . 0 1 b w, b Attewell 5 1 8 notout.................2 , 0 6 B 4, w 2.. .. 6 175 Total ..184 BOWLING ANALYSIS, E n g lan d E le v e n . O. M. R. W. Spofforth.. 48 O. M. R.W. Alexander .. 18 7 24 2 15 103 3 Palmer .. 41.3 14 83 3 Scott .. .. 6 3 9 0 Boyle .. 35 12 51 0 McDonnell 5 2 7 0 Midwinter.. 4 2 12 0 Bonnor .. 10 2 81 0 Giffen .. 40 10 93 2 A u str a lia n s . Firit Innings. Seoond Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Harrison.. .. 17 7 35 0 . . . . 9 5 10 0 Attewell.. .. 38.2 34 89 6 .. .. 89 27 32 4 Emmett.. .. 22 13 29 1 .. .. 14 9 14 1 Wright . . . . 19 9 88 1 . . . . 8 4 8 0 Peel................ 25 15 28 2 .. .. 40 16 54 2 Emmett and Wright each bowled a wide, Peel bowled two wides. ‘B il l y ’ W hittam , the S core-C ard P r in t e r ’s “ M odern C rick e t and o th e r M anly S p orts.’* The second year’s issue of this remarkable Sixpenny Annual is now published, the book being sold by M r. W hittam , his num erous men and boys, on the various cricket grounds during the season, and m ay also be ob­ tained from John H eyw ood, M anches­ ter, and W right & Co. (Cricket Press), L on d on ; from the A uthor 38, B ram all L ane, Sheffield; from Mr. G. 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