Cricket 1884

582 CRICKET; A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. a u g . 28,1884, THE FOURTH AU STRAL IAN TEAM . AUSTRALIANS v. NOTTINGHAM- SHIRE. The Nottinghamshire eleven have every reason to be satisfied with the result of their second fixture of the season with the Austra­ lians, concluded on the Trent Bridge Ground on Saturday last, a brilliant conclusion to a most successful season. After three full days of exceptionally fine all-round cricket, the match was drawn, Notts requiring 119 to win, with nine wickets to fall, so ithat, on paper, they had, certainly, rather the be«t of the game. The Australians had the advan­ tage of winning the toss, but they began badly, and five of the best wickets were down for 94. Blackham, though, as in the previous match played such capital cricket, that the Nottingham bowling was at last fairly mastered, and Spofforth’s vigorous hitting at the finish enabled the Australians to reach a very creditable total of 265. Three of the best Nottingham wickets were down for 90, but Flowers and Gunn hit so well that the total was raised to 165 before they were parted, and at the end of the second day the score was 218 for the loss of only four wickets. Gunn, who was then not out 54, added 14 on the third morning, having played very fine cricket for his 68. After this Palmer and Giffen had things all their own way, and as Shaw was unable to bat owing to an injured hand, the innings closed with the fall of the ninth wicket for 273, or eight runs ahead. When they went in again the Not­ tingham team bowled -so well and fielded so closely that McDonnell was the, highest scorer on the Australian side,;with 28 in a total of 141. With j ust over half an hour to bat Notts, with 133 to win, commenced their second innings, and when play ceased fifteen had been made for the loss of one wicket. A ustralians . First Inniogs. Second Innings. P. S. McDonnell, c Gnnn, b Attewell ........................4 b Wright .. .. A. C. Bannerman, c Scotton, b Attewell........................10 c Selby, b Barnes 13 W. L. Murdoch, c Sherwin, b Attewell................ .. 89 c Shrewsbury, b Wright ..' .. H. J. H. Scott, c Shaw, b B a r n e s ..........................17 c. Sab.,, b Wright 2 G. Giffen, b Shaw................80 b tflowers .. . . 2 5 G. J. Bonnor, o Shaw, b <• Attewell ........................9 cS«lby,b Attewell 25 J. McC. Blackham, b Wright 51 c Shrewsbury, b Wright .. . . 1 6 W. Midwinter, c Sherwin, b Barnes...............................25 c Shrewsbury, b ▲ttewell .. ... 11 G. E. Palmer, 1b w, b Atte­ well ...............................23 c Sherwin, b Atte­ well .. .. .. 6 F. R. Spofforth, b Flowers.. 54 b Flowers .. .. 1 W. H. Cooper, not out .. .0notout.. .. .. B 1,1 b 2 .. .. -.. 3 B 6, 1b 3 .. BOWLING ANALYSIS. N o ttin g h a m s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cooper.. M 19 7 88 0 Giffen .. ... 51.1 22 86 5 .. .. 10 7 4 0 Spofforth .. 27 15 82 1 .. . . 3 2 1 1 Midwinter .. 12 r> 19 0 Palmer.. .. 29 7 67 3 .. .. 7 4 10 0 Scott .. .. 3 0 10 0 Bonnor.. .. 3 1 3 0 A u str a lia n s , First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. w. O. M. R. W. Wright .. '57 82 60 1 .. .. 45 21 58 4 Attewell .. 74.3 42 83 5 ., .. 28.816 31 8 Shaw .. .. 85.3 21 89 1 Barnes.. .. 85 15 51 2 .. .. 29 20 19 1 Flowers 22 11 29 1 .. .. 12 6 24 2 Total.. ,. ..265 N o ttin g h am sh ire . Total . .141 Scotton, c Blackham, b Giffen........................20 Shrewsbury, c Cooper, b Giffen .» ... .. 6 Barnea, b Palmer .. 86 Flowers, c Palmer, b Spofforth.................69 Gunn, b Giffen .. .. 68 Selby, 1b w, b Palmer 87 Attewell, o Murdoch, b Giffen................ .. 9 In the Second Innings Scotton scored (not ont) 1, Shrewsbury (not out) 1, Wright, c Midwinter, b Spof­ forth, 18—Total, 15. Wright, notout.. .. Mr. J. A. D xon, b Palmer .. .. Sherwin, c Bonnor, .h Giffen .................8 Shaw, absent (hurt).. B 13, lb 5 .. .. 18 Total.. ..278 AUSTRALIANS v. CAMBRIDGE PAST AND PRESENT. The Australians avenged their defeat by the eleven representing Past and Present Cantabs at Portsmouth in 1882 by their easy victory at Brighton yesterday. The Cambridge team only included one membe of this year’s eleven—Mr. J. E. K . Studdr the captain. Great pains had been taken to collect the full strength of the University} but Mr. Q, T. Studd was still too ill to play, and had he been present, and in practice, jhe would have materially strengthened the •side. Still the eleven was a fairly repre­ sentative one, and on the form shown by several of its members it ought to have ren­ dered a good account of itself. The iwicket, though, did not play as well as those usually provided on the Sussex County ground, and it was throughout decidedly in favour of the bowlers. Not one of the four innings completed reached the second 'hundred, and the highest contribution was •Bannerman’s second score of 44. Mr. Ford, iwho has been absent from first-class cricket ;for some time, not only bowled, but batted well, and his stand with Mr. Morton at the close of the first innings was ;the only noteworthy feature of the Cambridge batting* Mr Morton bowled ‘with great effect in the second innings of the Australians, and his figures—34 overs for 55 runs,and five wickets—were extremely creditable. The Australians won by 142 runs, an easy victory, for which they were greatly indebted to Spofforth’s bowling. In the match he took thirteen wickets for 85 runs, an exceptionally fine performance, ithougli the ground was, as already remarked, all against the bat. A u stralian s . Second Innings, c Boiler, b Morton 20 C a m b r id g e P ast and P r e se n t . First Innings. P. S. McDonnell, b Ford.. 22 A, ’C. Bannerman, c All­ cock, bFerd .. .. .. 7 W. L. Murdoch, c Ford, b Allcock .. .. .. 7 H. J. -H. Scott, c Lyttel­ ton,b Morton................ 25 G.Giffer’ l c H. B. Steel, b Ford 81 G. J. Bonnor, b Ford .. 5 J. Mo C. B?ackham, c A. G. Steel, b Ford .... W. Midwinter, c A. G. Steol, b. Ford.. ... .. 0 GrE. Palmer, run out .. 28 F. R. Spofforth, run out.. 42 H. F. Boyle, not out.. . • 4 B 10,1 b 2, w 1 .. .. 13 c Lyttelton, b Mor­ ton .................44 b Morton.. .. .. 0 c Lacey,b Morton.. 17 c Lyttelton, b R oller................ 8 c and b A . G. Steel 36 Total,, .190 8 b R oller.................7 e Studd, b A. G. S te e l.................16 b Morton.................0 c sub, b A. G. Steel 12 not o u t .................10 B 7,lbl,w l,nbl 10 Total .. ••18 q First Innings. Hon.,A. Lyttelton,b Giffen 4 Mr. A. P. Lucas, b Spof­ forth ...............................0 Mr. A. G. Steel, c Boyle, b Giffen ........................10 Mr. F. E. Lacey, b Spof­ forth.............. . .. .. 5 Mr. H. Whitfeld, b Spof­ forth....................... .. 2 1 Mr. H. B. Steel, c Banner­ man, b Spofforth .. .. 1 Mr. W. E. Roller, c Mu'. doch, b Spofforth .. .. 2 Mr. J.E.K.Studd, runout 14 Mr. A. F. J. Ford, c Black­ ham, b Boyle................ 34 not out Mr. C, H. Allcock, c Black­ ham, b Spofforth .. .. 0 Mr. P. H. Morton, not out 89 B 1,1 b 3, n b 1.. .. 5 Second Innings, b Giffen .. ,. .. 9 c Boyle, b Spofforth 3 1b w, b Spofforth.. 4 c Boyle, b Giffen .. 5 c Boyle, b Spofforth 6 b Spofforth .. . . 8 b Spofforth .. .. 2 c Palmer, b Spof­ forth ................ 12 b Spofforth .. .. 14 c Blackham,b Giffen 8 B 9, lb 4, n b 1 14 Total............... ..135 Total .. BOWLING ANALYSIS. A u stralian s . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Ford .. Allcock A. G. Steel Morton Roller .. Lyttelton 16.2 16 64 6 H. Steel 1 24 10 84 1 .... 5 2 16 0 13 6 26 0 . . . . 12 4 80 8 .18 5 30 1 . . . . 34 20 55 5 .25 14 21 0 . . . . 18 2 56 2 . 2 1 2 0 . . . . 5 2 13 0 Allcock and Morton bowled ono wide each, and H. Steel a no-ball. C a m b r id g e . First Innings. 0, M. R. W. Spofforth.. 38 10 52 6 Giffen .. 26 6 52 2 Palmer .. 9 2 18 0 Boyle .. 2.2 0 8 1 Spofforth bowled a no-ball. Second Innings. 0. M, R.W# .. 55 2' 15 83 7 .. 25Ki 9 46 3 <> GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. SURREY. After some of the most extraordinary run-getting recorded daring a month -of exceptional scoring this return match ended at Clifton, yesterday in a drawn game, with the completion of only one innings to each side. Surrey, who won the toss, were not dismissed until half-past- twelve o’clock on Tuesday, by which time they had reached a total of 464 runs. Messrs. Read and Shuter put on 189 runs while they were together by brilliant hitting, and the first day closed with only six wicket3 down for 412. These runs were got in four hours and fifty minutes’ play, so that the Surrey team scored at the rate of eighty runs an hour. Gloucestershire began their innings at one o’clock on Tuesdayafter slig rain, and the second wicket fell at 26. After this, though, the Surrey bowling was completely mastered, Messrs W. G. Grace and Brain, and later, Painter and Mr. Page, scorcd at such a rate that in their four hours of actual play on Tuesday Gloucestershire totalled 375 for five wickets—extraordinary scoring—showing an average of over 93 runs in the hour. Yesterday Painter and Mr. Page again hit freely, and nineteen rur.s were got in the first ten minutes. Rain stopped [play at 1.15 till 4.5, and with the close of the Gloucestershire innings for 484 the game was abandoned. In all 948 runs had been scored,for 20 wickets, an average of nearly 47J for each batsman. It is very rarely indeed that four batsmen score a hundred in a first-class match, and the brilliant hitting of Messrs, Read, Shuter, and Brain, and Painter, has certainly not been equalled during the 1 season.