Cricket 1884

a u g . 14,1884. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 351 G lo u c e ste r sh ir e . E.M.Grace.c M’Donnell b Midwinter .. .. 24 W . R. Gilbert, b Boyle 57 J. H. Brain, b Mid­ winter....................... 3 W. G. Grace, not out.. 116 F. Townsend, b Scott 40 W. W. F. Pullen, b Palmer .................3 Painter,b Giffen.. .. 15 First Innings. H.V. Page, 1 b w, b Blackham .. .. ‘ F. A. Curteis, b Palmer J. A. Bush,lbw , b Midwinter .. .. Woof, c Palmer,bMid- winter ................ B 4,1 b4 .. .. Total................301 M. Grace scored, b Giffen* In the Second Innings E 15 Brain, lbw , b Boyle, 108, W. G. Grace (not cut) 27' Pullen (not out) 63; b 8,1 b 4—Total, 239. BOWLING ANALYSIS. G lo u c e s t e r s h ir e . First Inning i. Second Innings, 0. M. R.W. O. M. R.W. Giffen .. .. 23 5 69 1 .. .. 24 8 54 1 Palmer .. .. 21 5 61 2 Spofforth ..1 2 3 42 0 Boyle . . . . 29 4 49 1 .. .. 25 5 73 1 Midwinter .. 31.3 18 41 4 . . . . 9 1 29 0 Scott . . . . 7 0 23 1 .. .. 15 3 37 0 Blackham .. 3 0 8 1Murdoch 5 0 25 0 A u stralian s . O. M. R.W. [ 0. M. R.W. W.G.Grace 53 24 93 2 Page . . 8 1 31 1 Woof .. 63 50 83 6 Townsend 9 1 3L 1 Curteis ..1 6 8 31 0 , E.M.Grace 4 2 27 0 Gilbert . . 7 1 13 0 | ^ Gilbert bowled two wides. ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. After three days of truly extraordinary cricket, tbe third of the three representa­ tive matches between England and Australia ended yesterday at Kennington Oval in a drawn game. From first to last the contest was full of sensational incident, and it is gratifying to be able to record that the play was throughout quite of the high quality to be expected from the character of the fixture. Particular interest was attached to this last meeting, as it was certain that the Austra­ lians having lost one of the two previous matches, would try their utmost to make honours equal in the last encounter of the season. Fully alive to the necessity of placing the very best eleven in the field the Surrey Committee had selected the team to represent England with great care. The only difference in their choice with that of the Marylebone executive was in the sub­ stitution of Barnes for Mr. Christopherson, though another change had to be made owing to the absence of Mr. A. P. Lucas, who in consequence of the illness of his father had to give up his place to Scotton. The English eleven was quite a representa­ tive one, and despite that luck was against them throughout they fully upheld the repu­ tation of the old country. In losing the toss they were of course placed at the greatest disadvantage, and during the whole course of the game fortune was against them. The wicket was perfect, and after all the hard work of the three days it was playing well at the finish. Under the circumstances either side winning the toss would have made a big score, and tho Australians were credited with a performance, we believe, without a parallel. On only two previous occasions in England have three hundreds been made in the same innings in an important fixture, but on none, have three been recorded on the same day, and Mur­ doch, McDonnell and Scott are thus en­ titled to the distinction of a feat hitherto unregistered. Each batsman played in his own style grand cricket. McDonnell’s hit­ ting was most brilliant, and Scott played very fine cricket, though he was missed in the long field when he had made sixty. Murdoch’s 211 was the highest score made in a first-class match in England since his 286, not out, against Sussex at Brighton in 1882. It was, in every way, a wonderful display of batting, quite up to his best standard. He was missed at the wicket when he had got 46, and again at third man by Barlow when he had 171, each time from Ulyett’s bowling. With these exceptions, his batting was without a flaw and his timing throughout was, indeed, re­ markable, with hardly a mistako. He was at the wickets altogether for a little over eight hours, and he was in while 479 runs were got. The huge innings of the Australians was brought to a close in an eccentric fashion. Mr. Alfred Lyttelton went on with lobs when the score was 532 for six wickets, and Mr. Grace took the wicket. This change caused great amusement, but it proved very effective, and Mr. Lyttelton took all the last four wickets for only eight run3. Tho Australian innings ultimately closed for 551, and as it lasted nearly nine and a half hours the scoring was at the rate of 58 runs an hour. It was a noteworthy feature in the English outing that every one of the eleven tried their hands with the ball. The Eng­ lishmen went on to bat at three minutes past five o’clock on Tuesday, and the last wicket did not fall until a quarter past five o’clock on Wednesday for 346. The chief features were the extraordinary de­ fence of Scotton, and the brilliant hitting of Mr. W. W. Read. Scotton went in first and was ninth out with the total at 332. He was batting altogether for five hours and three-quarters, and his patience was invaluable to his side. He never made a mistake that we saw, and his innings was for defensive cricket in every way extraordinary—a performance of which he has thoroughly good reason to be proud. Mr. Read’s 117 was as remarkable,though in quite a different style. He played all the Australian bowling with the greatest confi­ dence, and his batting was distinctly the feature of the innings. He was only in two hours-and-a-quarter and everyone will be pleased that he so completely justified his place in the representative eleven of Eng­ land by such a masterly display of free batting. There was only an hour left when England, in a minority of 205 runs, followed on and when the bell rang 85 had been made for the loss of two wickets: The English­ men when play ceased were 120 behind with eight wickets to fall. The game was, of course, drawn in favo ir of Australia and everyone will congratulate them on a wonderful show. On the other hand, considering tho long score made by their opponents the performance of the English eleven was a fine one, and it will le eminently satisfactory to supporters of the game in this country that they acquitted themselves with such credit. In all 982 runs wefe scored for twenty-two wickets. E n g la n d . First Innings. Dr. W. G. Grace, run out ...........................19 Scotton, c Scott, b Giffen.. .. . . 9 0 Barnes, c Midwinter,,b Spofforth .. .. . . 1 9 Shrewsbury, c Black­ ham, b Midwinter .. 10 Mr. A. G. Steel, lb w , b Palm er.................3 1 Ulyett, c Bannerman, b Palm er...................10 Barlow, c Murdoch, b Palmer .............. 0 Lord Harris, 1 b w, b Palmer ..............14 Hon. A. Lyttelton, b Spofforth...............8 Mr. W. W. Read, b Boyle....................117 Peato, not out .. .. 4 B 8,1 b 7, w 6, nb3 24 Total .346 In the Second Innings Shrewsbury sco-ed, c Scott, b Giffen, 37, Barlow (not out), 21, Lord Harris (not out), 6, Hon. A. Lyttelton, b Boylo, 17 ; extras 4—Total 85. BOWLING ANALYSIS. A u str a lia . 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Peate .. 63 25 99 2 Read .. 7 0 36 0 Ulyett .. 56 24 96 1 Scotton .. 5 1 20 0 Steel .. 31 7 71 0 Harris .. 5 1 15 0 Barnes .. 52 25 81 2 Lyttelton 12 5 19 4 Barlow .. 50 22 72 0 Shrewsbury 3 2 2 0 Grace .. 24 14 23 1 E n gland . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bonner.. .. 13 4 33 0 Palmer.. .. 54 19 90 4 .. .. 2 1 2 0 Spofforth .. 58 31 81 2 .. .. 6 2 14 0 Boyle .. .. 13 7 24 1 . . . . 8 1 & 1 Midwinter .. 31 16 41 1 .. .. 3 0 15 0 Giffen .. 23 13 36 1 . . . . 7 1 18 1 Scott .. 3 0 17 1 A u str a lia . A. C. Bannerman, c Retd, b Peate .. .. 4 P. S. M’Donnell, c Ulyett, b Peato .. 103 W. L. Murdoch, c Peate, b Barnes . .211 H. J. H. Scott, c Lyttelton,b Barnes. .102 G. Giffen, c Steel, b Ulyett....................... 32 G. J. Bonnor, c Read, b Grace....................... Palmer bowled 1 and Bonner 5 wides, and Palmer, Spofforth, and Giffen 1no ball oach. HORNSEY v. JUNIOR MIDDLESEX. Played at Hornsey on August 9. H o rn sey . W. Groves, c Boden, b B. A. Clarke, c Pugh, Henry ................ 3 b H e n r y ................. 7 H. D. Littlewood, b H. Bourne, b Henry 0 Henry ................. 2 E. V . Littlewood, b R. H. King, c Boden, b Henry ................ 3 Henry ................. 43 A. G.Thoma3, b Henry 3 W. P. Harrison, b T. A. NicaolIs,not out 0 GillarJ ................. 21 B 17,1 b 4, w 1 .. 22 A. W. Hirst, b Henry 31 E. Paige, c Tomlinson, b H e n r y ................ 0 J unior M id d l e s e x . J. Gillard, c T.Nicholls, b Groves................ 0 W. Couchman, not out 42 R. Pack, c Paige, b Groves .. .. .. 4 W. Midwinter, cGraca, b Lyttelton .. .. 80 J. M’C. Blackham, lbw, b Lyttelton .. .. 31 G. E. Palme-, not out 8 F. R. Spofforth, b Lyttelton.................4 H. F. Boyle, c Harris, b Lyttelton .. .. 1 B 7, lb 10 . . . . 1 7 J. B. Palmer, b Paige 43 J. M. Pugh, not out.. 5 B 3,1 b 4, w 2 .. 9 Total................ 103 F. Henry, A. Boden, W. W. Clark, E. Tomlinson, C. L. King, and E. F. Nicholls did not bat. WINCHMORE HILL v. UPPER CLAPTON. Played at Winchmore Hill on August 10. W in ch m o re H il l . First Innings. Second Innings. F. P. Francis, c sub, b Shackel ...................0 b W. Scott .. .. 25 W. H. Phillips, bShackel 3 b W. Sco;t .. .. 7 L. Phillip*, b Shackel .. b Mott ..................6 A. Scrivener, b S. W. Scott ...................... 4 b Mott ..................6 J. Allen, b Shackel .. ..10 r u n o u t .................. 3 A. Walker, b Shackel .. 6 b Mott .. .. .. 2 J, Waters, c Shackel, b S. W. Scott...................... 3 not out .. .. .. 9 C. Warner, b Shackel .. 0 b Mott ................1 E. Sewell, b Shackel .. 1 not o u t ................... 0 R. Pratt, b S. W. Scott.. 0 J. Martin, not out .. .. 0 B 3,1 b 2 .........................5 B 5, w 1 .. .. 6 Total .................71 Total U ppe r C lapton . C. S. Simpson, b 65 Total .551 R. W. Thorpe, b Waters ................ 0 E. A. Johnson, 1b w, b Francis ................ 2 S. W. Scott, b Francis 10 C. Shackel, c Phillips, b Franei*................ 2 G. Hartley, not out .. 11 W. A. W. Scott, b Waters .................0 Waters .................2 E. Mott, b Waters .. 0 G. Meredith, b Waters 3 S. Satow, b Waters .. 0 J. Litchfield, b Waters 0 B 1,1 b 3 .. .. 4 Total .j .. . . 8 1