Cricket 1884

DEC. 25,1884. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 495 TH E EN G L ISH C R IC K E T E R S IN A U S T R A L IA . [Fnou our own C orrespondent ,] Adelaide, South Australia, November 3, 1884. The eighth team of English cricketers that has visited Australia arrived at Port Adelaide early on the morning of Wednes­ day, October 29, in the best of health and spirits, after a pleasant voyage. The men went up to Adelaide (seven miles from the Port) by first train. At II o’clock the Mayor of the city, in the presence of a number of citizens, formally welcomed the team to Australia, hoping the trip through the Colonies would he a pleasant one. In the afternoon a good practice of three hours was indulged in, so no time was lost before getting into trim. On the following day both in the morning and afternoon the men were on the Oval hard at work. And they needed it all after the voyage, for they only had two clear days on shore before the first match began. THE FIRST MATCH was started on Friday, October 31, on the Adelaide Oval, against a South Australian Fifteen, in the presence of about 2,000 spectators. The day was cold and windy, necessitating coats in the field. A. H. Jarvis (who was in England with the second Australian team) was captain of the local players. The wicket was in splendid condi­ tion, in fact when Ulyett first saw it he remarked “ it was too good altogether; if we only get in first—you know!” Fortunately for South Australia the Englishmen did not secure the choice, Shaw losing his maiden toss. At 23 minutes to 2 o’clock Attewell started the bowling, Peel being his assistant at the other end. The batsmen began care­ fully and had hit up 25 when the first wicket, Chittleborough’s, fell to Peel, l.b.w. The second was down for 58, the third for 58, the fourth for 72, and the fifth for 124. This was considered satisfactory, and a Jong score was anticipated. However, Flowers relieved Attewell of the ball and the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th wickets fell with the score at 150. When stumps were drawn for the day the score stood at 163 for 10 wickets. Flowers’ figures at this time read 128 balls, 27 runs, 17 maidens, 6 wickets, and he certainly troubled the batsmen more than any of the other bowlers. Attewell, at the start, sent down 13 maidens in succession, and was very difficult to score from. The fielding of the English team was excellent all round, Briggs, Attewell and Shrewsbury especially drawing rounds of applause from the spectators for their splendid work. Of the batsmen Walter Giffen (a brother of George) and Jarvis played most brilliantly for 29 and 25 respectively, and for style were head and shoulders above their colleagues. J. Bridson was highest scorer (41), but bis performance was of a second class character. The second day, Saturday, Nov. 1, was fine and warm, the attendance much larger (about 5,000), the wicket faster, and conse­ quently the game livelier. The remaining four wickets added 54 to the previous day’s score, making the total 217. McKenzie, who was not out, played a capital innings for 24, and was ably assisted by L. W. Evan with 21. The English fielding was again magni­ ficent. Indeed, all through the innings not a chance was missed, not even at the wickets. This fact alone speaks volumes for the quality of the fielding. At a quarter to 3 o’clock Scotton and Shrewsbury opened the English batting. With three on the board Scotton played on. Ulyett succeeded, and for three hours Shrewsbury and he kept the field fully occupied. At 2 minutes to 6 “ happy Jack” had scored the first century of the tour by as splendid a display as it is possible to imagine, a grand performance indeed, discounted, though, by one chance at 69. While Ulyett was playing with dash and vigour, his companion was the very essence of patience, and at time had scored 52, the total with sundries being 162 for one wicket. On the third day (Monday) at 2.40 p.m., play was resumed. After Shrewsbury had played a maiden Ulyett was bowled by Caterer, in hitting across at a straight one —the very first ball he received. 2 for 162. Flowers succeeded, but in the following over Shrewsbury was clean bowled with the addition of only 2 to the score. Maurice Bead came next and two overs later Flowers had his off bail removed. 4 for 170. Barnes came in only to see Read lift a ball between the wickets softly into the bowler’s hands. 5 for 170, the number of spectators visiuly increasing. Briggs and Barnes raised the score to 196, when the former was caught in the long field. 6 for 200. Attewell stayed until 210 was the total, when he let a straight one pass, Barnes at this time was playing splendid cricket, and was the only batsman who did much with the bowling. At length he was well caught at the wickets by Jarvis for an excellently made 37. 8 for 222 was then the state of the game. The remaining men raised the total to 239 when the end came. The local bowling was a wonderful improve­ ment upon that of Saturday. On this day 9 of the English team fell for 77 runs, although the wicket remained almost as good as at the start of the game. The game after all extended over five days, and proved more interesting at the finish than was at first anticipated. Tha second innings of either side need little comment. The wicket played truly throughout, and was highly spoken of by the Englishmen. Walter Giffen again played a grand innings, and in this match certainly upheld the reputation of the family. J. E. Gooden was the only one besides to make any stand, and his innings although tedious was most useful to his side. The English fielding was again first class, Briggs especially being brilliant at cover point. With 123 to win the professionals began their second innings. Five wickets had fallen for 80 at the call of time on the fourth day, Scotton being in an hour and a half for 27. Barnes played the best cricket of the day until he was 1b w in trying to hit a ball out of the ground. On the fifth day Read and Attewell were got rid of almost immediately, and then the game became interesting. However, Briggs and Peel steadily carried the score on, and won without the loss of another wicket. When 100 had been posted Peel lifted a ball into long leg's hands, and soon afterwards Briggs gave Jarvis an easy chance at the wickets. Had these catches been taken it is difficult to say what the result of the game would have been. The South Austra­ lian bowling immensely improved in the second innings, but the fielding was again bad. Taking into consideration the fact that the professional batsmen were all out of form the result must have been very satisfactory to them. T h e F if t e e n . First Innings. H. C, Chittleborough, 1b w, b P e e l..................................10 TV, Giffen, c and b Attewell 29 A. H. Jarvis, b Ulyett.. .. 25 J. Noel, b Attewcll .. .. 0 Second Inninga. b Attewell .. .. 5 st Hunter, b Peel 48 c Bates (sub.) b Flowers .. .. 4 c Briggs, b Atte­ well ..................2 J. Bridson, c Shrewsbury, b Fl-vweis .......................... 41 b Altewcll .. ..1 2 J, E. Gooden, c Briggs, b Flowers ..........................26 b P e e l.....................29 J. Good, c Hunter, b Flowers 0 o Flowers, b Atte- T. 0. Richards, b Flowers.. 2 T.8. O’Halloran, st Hunter, b F low ers.................. ,. 4 W. Knill, c Shaw, b Flowers 2 J. U. Rundell, b A’ tewell .. 21 L. W . Evan, c Hunter, b Attewell ..........................21 W . Jones, 1b w, b Floweru 6 J. M’Kenzie, not out .. ..2 4 T.A. Caterer, c Shaw,b Ulyett 1 Byes, &c....................5 well b Attewell c Barnes, b Peel.. 4 c and b Attewell 10 st Hnnter, b Peel 8 c Hun er, b Peel 5 c B iggs, b Peel.. 6 b Attewell .. .. 1 not out..................0 Total ..................217 E n g lish E le v e n . Total ..144 First Innings, A. Shrewsbury, b Rundell.. 52 W. Scotton, b Caterer .. 2 G. Ulyett, b Caterer .. ..100 Flowers, b Rundeli .. .. 1 M. Read, c and b Rundell.. 0 Barnes, c Jarvis, b Rundell 87 Briggs, c Evan, b Rundell.. 12 Attewell, b Caterer .. .. 5 Peel, n otou t..........................17 Shaw, c Richard?, b Rundell 1 Hunter, c Jarvis, b Caterer 0 By< s, &c........................... 12 Second Innings. 0 Knill, b Caterer 6 b N oel..................27 b Caterer .. .. 1 c Gooden, b Noel 9 c M’Kenzie, b Noel 3 1b w, b Noel .. 28 not out..................31 b Caterer .. .. 0 not out..................6 B 7, lb 5, n b 1 13 To‘al .239 Total ..124 BOWLING ANALYSIS. T h e F if t e e n . First Innings. Attewell Peel Flowers.. Ulyett .. Barnes .. B. M. R. W. 252 40 53 4 . 116 9 45 1 . 192 26 54 7 , 83 11 28 2 . 120 16 82 0 Second Innings. B. M. R.W. . .. 312 61 61 7 . ..2 1 4 23 52 6 . .. 96 11 311 T h e E le v e n . First Innings. Caterer .. Rundell.. Jones Noel Bridson .. Richards B. M. R. W. 228 29 64 4 168 19 50 6 0 Second Inning*. .. 160 17 52 9 40 4 4 B. M. 160 17 108 15 40 0 , 92 11 R.W. 45 3 27 0 15 0 24 4 O’Halloran .. 32 8 14 0 Caterer bowled one no*ball. On the day after the finish of the above the Englishmen began their SECOND MATCH, on Thursday, November 6th, on the Ken­ sington Oval (about 3 miles from Adelaide) against a Junior Eighteen of South Australia, assisted by Jarvis. The game was uninteresting throughout, and was not attended by many spectators. The profes­ sionals went in first, and did all they possibly could to get run out. Three managed it successfully. Jarvis was in good form with the bat, and was ably as­ sisted by young Hayward, a St. Peter’s College boy. The rest did nothing to speak of. The game lasted three days (Nov. 6, 7, and 8), and resulted in a draw. On the third day the Englishmen were batting the whole time, and had a good day’s practice at the expense of the juniors. Ulyett was unable to play in this game owing to an injury to his leg sustained in the first match. It will be noticed that, excluding Sunday, our visitors played eight days con­ secutively, The Englishmen sailed for Mel­ bourne to-night at the conclusion of the match. The pecuniary result of the two Next issue o f Cricket Jan. 29-