Cricket 1884

338 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF . THE GAME. AUG. 7, 1884. T H E F O U R T H A U S T R A L I A N T E A M . AUSTRALIANS v. PLAYERS OF ENG­ LAND. The refusal of the Nottinghamshire Com­ mittee to spare any of their eleven from their match with Gloucestershire, weakened the Players so much that this return match, played at the Oval on Thursday and Friday, was robbed of much of its interest. The re­ tention of Barlow by the Lancashire execu­ tive for so unimportant a fixture as theirs with Cheshire, made the English Eleven still weaker,and the play consequently was ex­ pected to bo so one-sided that there was little enthusiasm at any period of the game. The wicket, at the outset, was slow from the re­ cent rains, and Spofforth’s bowling was, as it always i3 when the ground helps him in any way, extraordinarily effective. Emmett won the toss for the Players and elected to take the innings, though it was a little diffi­ cult to decide under the circumstances. Ulyett played very well for his 22, but with the exception of Hearne’s carefully got 12, the batting was generally fluky, and Spof­ forth, who took eight wickets for 62 runs, was played with no confidence. Except for Bonnor’s brilliant hitting there was little worthy of note in the Australian innings. Bonnor has rarely been seen to better advan­ tage. He scored 68 out of 76 while he was in, and he was only run out by a fine piece of fielding by Briggs. Some of his hits were exceptionally fine. Thrice in one over he sent Emmett on to the pavilion—once into the committee-room—and a little later he made a grand hit off Hide, which went right over the pavilion on to the roof of the tavern. Though they were only 41 to the bad on the first hands, the Players, despite that tbe wicket was getting faster, made such a poor show that it looked as if they would be beaten in an innings. The eighth wicket fell for 42, but Peate helped Ulyett, who had again played very good cricket, by his vigorous hitting, and these two scored 52 out of 66 from the bat. The Australians were left with only 28 to win, and just as two o’clock arrived, Bonnor was bowled with the sccre at 17. It was gene­ rally thought that as there were only eleven left to win, the game would be com­ pleted before lunch. The bell rang, though, and this gave rise to a very disorderly scene. The Players remained in the field, but Emmett’s application to the Australian captain for the continuance of the game being met with a negative, there was no other course for them but to retire. For some time, a certain section of the crowd remained in fiont of the pavilion behaving in a very disorderly manner. When the bell rang for a renewal at half past two, their attitude became still more hostile, and the middle of the ground was not only occu­ pied, but the stumps sent flying. At last, after the arrival of a reinforcement of police, and on Murdoch and McDonnell proceeding to the wickets, the crowd gradually cleared away from the centre, and the game was resumed at half-past three. The eleven runs wanted were quickly got, and the match ended in favour of the Australians by nine wickets. The two batsmen were loudly cheered at the finish, and there was no sign of renewal of the disturbance. Spofforth’s bowling and Bonnor’s hitting were the principal features in the decisive triumph of the Australians. Altogether, Spofforth took fourteen wickets^for 96 runs, an average of less than seven. PLAYERS. First Innings. Hall, c Murdoch, b Boyle .. 10 Ulyett, c Bonnor, b Spof­ forth ............................... 22 Read, e McDonnell, b Spof­ forth .. ........................7 Bates, b Spofforth .. .. 2 Briggs, c Palmer, b Boyle .. 7 J. Hide, b Spofforth .. .. 3 G. G. Hearne, b Spofforth.. 12 Humphreys, b Spofforth .. 18 Emmett, b Spofforth .. .. 8 Seoond Innings, b Spofforth.. .. 4 c Bannerman, b Spofforth.. .. 33 Peate, b Spofforth Hunter, not out .. B ................. run out .. b Midwinter b Midwinter c Palmer, b Mid­ winter .. b Spofforth .. .. b Spofforth.. c Bonnor, b Spof­ forth .. b Spofforth.. not out................ 0 B .................5 Total ..107 Total 71 A u str a lia n s , First Innings. W. Midwinter, b Hide J. M. Blackham, lb w , b Peate ................. G. E. Palmer, b Peate F. R. Spofforth, b Hide H. F. Boyle, not out.. B 4, lb 3, w l .. A. C. Bannerman, b Peate....................... 0 P. S. M’Donnell, st Hunter,bHumphreys 26 W.L.Murdoeh, b Ulyett 19 G. Giffen, at Hunter, b Peate........................12 H.J.H.Scott, stHunter, b Peate ................ 9 Total .. ..151 G. J. Bonnor, run out 68 In the Second Innings M’Donnell scored (not out) 9, Murdoch (not out) 6 , Bounor, b Peate, 12; l b l Total 28. BOWLING ANALYSIS. P la y e r s . First Innings. O. M. R.W. Spofforth .. 38.112 62 8 Boyle .. .. 29 16 33 2 Paimer . . . . 9 6 7 0 Second Innings. O. M. R.W. , .. 22 10 31 6 Midwinter 17 3 0 A u str a lia n s . First Innings. 0, M. R.W. .. .. 31 11 14 12 5 0 93 5 Peate Emmett Ulyctt .. Humphreys Hide 8 29 5 17 55 5 0 1 25 1 17 2 Second Innings. O. M. R.W. . .. 7 4 10 1 7 1 17 0 T H E C A N T E R B U R Y W E E K . KENT v. AUSTRALIANS. The Kent eleven deserve to be heartily congratulated on their victory over the Aus­ tralians, in the opening match of the Canter­ bury week, concluded yesterday. On the first day they had all the worst of the play, and when stump; were drawn the Australians were only 33 behind with six wickets to go down. McDonnell’s brilliant hitting had contributed mainly to the favourable position then occupied by theAu&tralians,and he scored 80 of the 136 got by very fine batting. On the second morning A. Hearne, younger brother of G. G. and F. Hearne, did a re­ markable performance with the b^ll, getting five of the last six wickets at a cost of only thirty-six runs. When Kent went in again Messrs. Mackinnon and Kemp made 42 for the first wicket, and Lord Harris anl Frank played very fine cricket, adding 89 runs while they were together. The remaining bats­ men could do little with Palmer’s bowling, and the innings closed for 213, Pa’mer taking seven wickets for 74 runs. The Aus­ tralians were left with 206 to win, and when play ceased on the second night six of their best wickets had fallen for 83 runs. As many as 123 runs were still wanting when the game was resumed yesterday, but although Banner­ man increased his score by twenty, neither Blackham, Palmer, Spofforth nor Boyle could do anything with the Kentish bowling. Only 26 runs were added, and the County thus gained a most creditable victory by 96 runs. The result was received with great enthusiasm, and Lord Harris was carried round the field in triumph. K en t . First Innings. Mr. F. A. Mackinnon, c Palmer, b Spofforth .. 28 F. Hearne, c Palmer, b Spofforth .................7 G. G. Hearne, b Palmer.. 27 Lord Harris, b Spofforth 2 Mr. W. H. Patterson, b Giffen ........................19 Mr. C. Wilson, h w, b Giffen ....................... 37 Mr. M. C. Kemp, not out 11 Mr. S. Christopherson, b P alm er........................1 Wootton, b Palmer.. .. 0 A. llearne, c Bonnor, b Giffen ........................5 Mr. F. Lipscomb, b Pal­ mer ...............................4 B 20,1 b 8 .................28 Secand Innings, b Palmer................ c Bannerman, b B o y le ................... 45 b Spofforth .. .. 0 b Palmer................... 60 c Spofforth, b Pal* mcr ..................... 8 b Palmer................. 3 b Palmor................ 21 c Bonnor, b Midwin­ ter....................... ... b Palmer................ ..... b Palmer.................2 not o u t ................. 0 B 15, lb 7 ..2 2 Total .169 Total.. 213 A u stralian s , First Innings. P. S. McDonnell, c F. Hearne, b A. Hearne .. 80 G. J. Bonnor, b Wootton 5 W. L. Murdoch, c Harris, b Wootton .................21 G. Giffen, 0 G. G. Hearne, b Wootton .................5 A. C. Bannerman, run out 18 H J. H. Scott, c Harris, b A. Hearno.................19 W. Midwinter, b Wootton 12 J. Me C. Blackham, st Kemp, b A. Hearne .. 6 G. E. Palmer. cF. Hearne, b A. Hearne.................0 F. R. Spofforth, c Kemp, b A. Hearne................ 0 H. F. Boyle, not out .. 4 Extras........................4 Second Innings, b Lipscomb .. ..1 9 c Patterson, b A. Hearno................ 9 c Harris, b A. Hoarne................. 4 c Kemp, b Lipscomb 0 not o u t ................. 35 c Harris, b Christo­ pherson .. ..2 2 b Wootton .. .. 8 b Woolton .. .. 0 b Christopherson .. 2 c and b Christopher- Total .177 son b Woo}ton Ext 1 as Total ..109 BOWLING ANALY3I3. K e n t. First Innings. O. M. R.W. Second Innings. O. M. R.W. Spofforth .. 39 23 Midwinter ..1 2 3 Palmer.. ..3 8 3 20 Giffen .. ..1 2 6 45 3 28 0 52 4 16 3 . 16 3 . 16 7 . 36*216 . 18 6 Boyle.. 10 3 F9 1 13 1 74 7 A u s tr a lia n s . First Inning*. O. M, R.W. Lipscomb . . 1 6 1 41 0 Wootton .. 36 12 72 4 Christopherson14 4 24 0 A. Hearno .. 21*1 10 33 5 Socond Innings. O. M. R.W. . .. 13 2 40 2 . .. 22-313 21 3 . .. 19 15 12 3 . .. 16 9 30 2