Cricket 1885

JAN. 29,1885. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S Punctually at that time the English went into the field, quickly followed by Walters and Smith, the not-outs of Saturday. Buckets of sawdust were required to get a footing at first, and of course the ground was all in favour of batting. Still the Vic­ torians did not take advantage of the chance, and played the same careful game as on Saturday. 20 runs were made in forty minutes, when Walters was induced to have a go at Attewell, and was stumped for a useful 32. Smith added three more, when Peel bowled him. (Eight for 141.) M'llwraith and Morris were now together, but the Utter only made three, before he was taken at cover-slip. Morris is a black man, and appears to ha a good all-round cricketer, being a fine field, good change bowler, and on hard wickets a difficult bat to get out. Shrewsbury ended the innings by a good left-handed catch at point, the total being 146. England, with 30 in hand, again com­ menced with Shrewsbury and Sootton. This was. a great mistake, as such men as Ulyett, Bates, and Flowers should have been sent in to make runs with all speed before the wicket had dried enough to bite. The consequence was that instead of having perhaps 100 runs up at the end of seventy- five minutes’ play, only 40 had been made. Then, with the wicket kicking dreadfully, the big hitters were almost powerless, and soon became victims to the treachery of the ground. The run-getting was very even Between the two batsmen, and with the score at 40, the bowling, which had been started by Trumble and Bruce, was changed, Bobertson then took the ball from Bruce at 31, and from him Scotton was neatly taken at point. Ulyett followed, hut the ground was now fast getting very baked, and the sun had come out brilliantly. This, as usual, made no difference to the Yorkshire- man, who commenced with a tremendous on-drive from Trumble for 4, followed by another big hit, which being splendidly fielded only produced 2. Soon after Shrews­ bury also hit Trumble to the on for 4, and M ’Shane was tried. Ulyett then drove Bobertson hard for a single, but the next ball bowled Shrewsbury, who had played well for 26. Barnes and Ulyett coutinued to score under great difficulties, and 80 was posted. Then Ulyett, who had been missed from a lofty off-drive just before, was caught at mid-off from Bruce, who had just relieved M’Shane. Flowers, who was a candidate for a pair of spectacles, made a fluky single, when he was clean bowled by Bobertson, who was now breaking about in the most extraordinary manner. Bates made a couple, when he was well stumped. Read was not long in making 10, when he also fell a victim to the wicket-keeper. Briggs added 5, before he was taken at short mid-on, and after making 6, Attewell was caught from a skier at mid-off, making eight wickets for 130. Barnes all this time had been playing a cool, cautious game, scoring at every opportunity. Of course, on such a wicket, he had some narrow escapes, but kept up his sticks with great skill, getting in front of them on many occasions, when beaten by some big breaking ball. It bsing six o’clock, the stumps were drawn, the Englishmen being 186 to the goo1, with two wickets to fall. F ourth D ay , N ov , 18. The wicket had change! as if by magic, through the influence of a fine night and bright sunny morning. To the surpise, and, I might say, consternation, of the English team, the wicket rolled down hard and good, and doubts were entertained about the result. Good bowling, backed up by such fielding as, perhaps, an English team never exhibited in Australia before, however, caused the match, as the sequel will show, to end in an easy win for England, Flowers was the lion of the afternoon, taking eight wickets for 31 runs, and this, too, on a true hard wicket. The Victorian batsmen played a tame game, hardly ever attempting to hit, even when a loose ball was bowled. Not a 4 was scored during the innings, and some idea of the tedious play can be formed when I state that it took three hours and a half to make 88 runs. Upon resuming play, Barnes and Peel quickly added 19 to the total, when the former was run out in attempting a third run for a leg hit of Peel’s. Hunter was quickly caught and bowled, and the venture ended for 150, This set the Victorians 207 runs to win, and many thought they would get the required runs. Even the players themselves were confident of making a very close fight of it. The innings was commenced at five minutes to one, and at lunch time two good batsmen had fallen for 13 runs, one of them the crack, Horan, who was well taken at point. The other wicket fell through a magnificent piece of fielding by Briggs, which resulted in the running out of M’llwraith. Ulyett and Peel started the bowling, but Peel was soon shunted for Flowers. On resuming the game after luncheon three more wickets fell quickly. A splendid catch by Peel at short mid-on sent back Trinnick. Walters was clean bowled by Flowers the second ball he received, and Bruce, after making 5, was caught at point. Five for 25. Trumble and Robertson by sure defence slowly raised the score to 61, and they were together nearly two hours, all the efforts of the bowlers to make them hit being of no avail. At length Robertson was induced to step out to one of Peel’s, and was stumped, M’Shane made 7, before Flowers bowled him, and when Trumble was sent back by Flowers, eight wickets were down for 78. The field­ ing all this time had been grand, Briggs, Ulyett, Read, and Attewell getting the largest share of it. Lewis played steadily for some time, but after making 7 was beaten by Flowers. Morris was last, but, after making a couple, saw Flowers scatter his partner’s wicket, and as the innings closed for 88, the Englishmen were left winners by 118 runs. The weather was magnificent, and there were about 2,000 spectators present, who appeared to relish the success of the strangers. All the luck of the best of the ground went with the Colonials, but they were not quite good enough, even with all this advantage, to win against the English team, who were just at this time getting into form. E ngland . First Innings, Second Innings. Shrewsbury, st Lewis, b Robertson..........................80 b Robertson .. 26 Scotton, b B ru ce..................0 c Bruce, b Robert­ son ..................19 Ulyett, c Trinnick. b Bruce 7 cM’Shane, bBruce 21 Flowers, c Morris, b Bruce.. 0 b Robertson .. 1 Bates, c Smith, b Robertson 6 st Lewis, b Bruce 2 Read, b Robertson .. .. 8 st Lewis, bRobert- son .. .. .. 10 Barnes, b Trumble .. ..6 1 runout...................46 Briggs, c Lewis, b Tramble 83 c Bruce, b Horan 5 Attewell, c and b Brace .. 0 c M’llwraith, b Horan .. .. 6 Peel, b T ru m b le................6 not out...................9 Hunter, not o u t ................1 c and b Robertson 1 Extras ................................5 Extras.. .. 4 Total...........................202 Total.. ..150 V ictoria . First Innings. Second linings. Bruce, b Ulyett .7 c Shrewsbury, b Flowers .. .. 5 Trinnick, b Barnes .. .. 5 c Peel, b Flowers 0 Horan, b Peel.......................37 c Shrewsbury, b Flowers .. .. 5 Lewis, b U ly e t t ..................0 b Flowers .. .. 7 Trumble, b P e e l .................. 20 b Flowers .. ..1 8 Walters, st Hunter, b Atte­ well ..................................82 b Flowers .. .. 0 M’ Shane,cBarnes, bAttewell 21 b blowers .. .. 7 Smith, b Peel..........................18 b Flowers .. .. 8 M’ llwraith, c Shrewsbury, b Peel ..................................2 runout.................... 0 Morris, c Peel, b Attewell .. 3 not out................ 2 Robertson, not out .. .. 0 st Hunter, b Peel 33 Extras ......................... 1 Extras .. .. 8 Total............................146 Total.. .. 83 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E ngland . First Innings. Second Innings. B. R. M .W . B. R. M.W. Bruce. . . . 192 88 15 4 . . . . 88 42 6 2 Trumble .. 101 37 9 3 . . . . 88 22 18 0 Horan .. 12 08 0 . . . . 20 11 1 2 Morris .. . 24 12 0 0 . . . . 28 13 1 0 M’Shane .. 72 24 9 0 . . . . 28 11 2 0 Robertson.. 72 86 9 3 . . . . 137 46 13 5 V ictoria . First Innings. Second Inning*. 'B. R. M .W . B. R. M .W . Attewell .. 204 32 85 3 .. .. 72 11 13 0 Peel .. .. 239 46 31 4 .. .. 120 24 16 1 Ulyett.. .. 110 40 11 2 .. .. 88 10 16 0 Barnes .. 80 14 13 1 .. .. 68 4 14 0 B ates.. .. 92 13 16 0Flowers 179 31 26 8 Barnes bowled a no-ball. The English taam left Melbourne at five o’clock on the afternoon of November 19, arriving at Albury at eleven the same even­ ing. Changing carriages there for a sleeping car, the journey was resumed at a quarter to twelve, and Sydney reached soon after noon the next day. On arriving at the terminus, it was evident that a grand recep­ tion awaited us, hundreds of people, including many of the leading cricketers and cricket supporters, being there to welcome the English Eleven to New South Wales. The team were driven in a four-in- hand drag to their quarters, the Metropolitan Hotel, where nearly all the members of the New South Wales Cricket Association had assembled to meet them. The health and success of the English Eleven was drunk with great enthusiasm in bumpers of cham­ pagne. Shaw responded. Lillywhite pro­ posed the toast of the New South Wales Association, thanking them for their genuine and kind support since they had arrived in Australia. Mr. P. B. Walker (president of the Association), in responding, said they intended to uphold and do every­ thing in their power to make the trip not only a pleasant, but a profitable one for all. Bannerman was asked to play but refused— for what reason he did not explain, although he was on the ground with nothing to do. A few of the men went to the ground for a little practice in the afternoon. THE FOURTH MATCH. ENGLISH TEAM v. NEW SOUTH WALES. F irst D a y, N ov. 21. In beautiful weather and on a splendid wicket, the match against Eleven of New South Wales was commenced. The absence of Bannerman, Murdoch, and Spofforth was, of course, a hard blow for the New South Wales men, but Spofforth’s absence was unavoidable, as he had not arrived from England. Even with the loss of these three men New South Wales can put a strong team into the field. Massie, who Next issue of Cricket Feb. 26-