Cricket 1885

124 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. may u , mss . abandoned. The attendance was only moderate, about 2,000 being present. E n g l ish T e a m . Phillips, Barnes, Giffen ...............76 Scotton, b Quilty .. 81 Ulyett, c G. Giffen, b Quilty ................8 Shrewsbury, c Jarvis b Waldron.............. 41 Bates.c Quilty, bGiffen 68 Read, st Jarvis, b Giffen ...............87 Briggs, c Blinman, b Giffen ..................81 Flowers, b Kemp .. 6 Attewell, b Giffen .. 28 Peel, c Quilty, b Giffen 2 Hunter, not out .. .. 1 E x t r a s .................. 6 Total ..867 F if t e e n o f A o s t h a l ia . Good, c Barnes', b Waldron, c Shrews­ A ttew e ll.................. 0 bury, b Peel .. .. l l Lyons, c Shrewsbury, Rundell, b Peel .. .. 12 b Peel .................. 80 Gooden, o Peel, b F lo w e rs .................. O. Giffen, st Hurter, b 7 P e e l .......................... 5 Kemp, c Hunter, b Jarvis, c Shrewsbury, F lo w e rs .................. 8 b Attewell .. 6 Pbillips.cBarnes,bPeel 8 W. Giffen, c Flowers, b Musgrove, c Briggs, b Attewell .. v. .. 9 P t e l .................................... 8 Blinman, b Flowers .. 29 Quilty, not out .. 2 King, c Barnes, b Peel 0 10 Richards, c Shrews— bury, b Peel .. 1 Total .. ..141 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E n g l is h T e a h . B. R. M.W. Musgrove 80 84 5 G. Giffen 394 127 41 Bundell.. 84 17 11 0 Quilty .. 212 96 19 2 Kemp 88 27 8 1 King .. Phillips.. Lyons .. Waldron B. R. 16 8 64 20 66 25 M.W. 1 5 6 4 F if t e e n o f A u s t r a l ia . B. B. M. W. I B B. M. W. Peel .. 288 60 41 8 Flowers 108 20 15 8 Attewell 176 51 21 8 | This match finished the tour, and the same evening at halt-past eight all were on board the “ Potosi,” bound for England. The journey home commenced auspiciously. W e left the Adelaide water at half-past nine p.m. on April 6, and had fine calm weather to Cape Lemoin. At the Cape (so much dreaded by sea-sick passengers) only a small Bwell prevailed, and a few days after we ran into the south-east trades. Sports and amusements of all kinds were now arranged, in which the English cricketers of course took a conspicuous part. Theathletio sports extended over three days. Maurice Eead won the steeple chase and high jump. Ulyett won the cock fight. Briggs, Scotton, Peel, and Lillywhite also won prizes, the rest being divided between the other passsengers and the officers of the ship. On Saturday evening, April 25, a Christy minstrel enter­ tainment was given, in which Scotton, Peel, Hunter, Briggs, Flowers, Bates, and Read appeared. Each of them, with the exception of Flowers, sang a solo, and altogether a very pleasant time was spent, although the heat was very great for the exertion required for the sports. Cape Guardifin was reached at eleven o’clock on Sunday night, and Aden early on Tuesday morning. After a short stay of about four hours, in whioh time a little coal was taken in, we started for Suez, which we reached late on Saturday night, and entered theCanal at half-past nine o’clock on Sunday morning, reaching Ismalia by dusk, where we made fast for the night, many going on shore for a few hours. At daybreak a start was made for Port Said, which we reached just before three p.m. Through the race for veterans over forty, a match, for £10 a-side, was made, Lillywhite’s opponent being backed to run him 150 yards at Port Said. Quickly landing, a good hard piece of ground was measured out, and the competitors soon toed the scratch. Lilly white was favourite at 6 and 7 to 4 on and won easily from start to finish. After the excitement of the race, two or three hours were spent in hunting out the best cigar shops and other wares which can be bought cheaper iu Eastern towns than in London. At eight p.m., having taken 700 tons of coal in, we steamed into the Mediterranean in the same favour­ able weather experienced from the start. On Wednesday the island of Crete or Can- dia was passed, the high mountains being covered with snow. Splendid weather con­ tinuing, the coast of Italy was sighted on the afternoon of Thursday, and long before dark Mount Etna, which was smoking con­ siderably. The straits of Messina were entered and passed before midnight, the lights of the town of Messina presenting a very pretty sight, as did some of the places on the Italian side. On Friday morning— a glorious one—Vesuvius was seen throw­ ing out smoke, and the anchor was dropped in the Bay of Naples at one o’clock. Those who were coming overland went on shore with the mails, but through a long delay at the Customs the train was missed, and a day lost, which was spent in looking round Naples. The “ Potosi ” left tbe same afternoon for Plymouth. The overland contingent left Naples at three p.m. on Saturday. A large crowd had already assembled round the station to welcome the King, who was to arrive at half-past four to open some new waterworks. Naples was very full, innumerable flags flying in all parts of the city. Rome was reached at 9.20, leaving immediately for London, via Genoa, Turin, Modane,Macon, Paris, Calais, and Dover. Turin was reached at 1.45 p.m. on Sunday, Modane at 5 (French time). The scenery before entering and after leaving Mont Cenis Tunnel was grand, it being a beautiful, clear day, and this alone w'as well worth ten times the trouble of the overland journey. Macon was reached at 2 and Paris at 10.20 on Mon­ day morning, which left some hours for a look round the French capital. At 7.45 the train left Paris for Dover, arriving there at 1.20, and the boat reached Dover at 3.30, the passage being a smooth one. At half-past six we arrived at Victoria, all well. The overland party were Barnes, Ulyett, Lillywhite, Flowers, Scotton, and Attewell, the remaining six being due at Plymouth to-morrow (Friday) The six already arrived went to Mr Challis’s, Royal Hotel, Rupert-street, Lei- cester-square, to breakfast, after which they started for their respective homes, all very well pleased with the trip overland, with the exception of the drawback of being igno rant of either the Italian or French lan guages. Barnes, it will be seen, is at the top of the tree in eleven a-side matches, both with bat and ball. His average of 43 is a very fine one, more particularly so when taking into consideration that four out of his thirteen innings were played on very difficult wickets. His bowling on several occasions was extremely difficult to negotiate. He has also the highest average against odds, with a fraction over 30. He bowled very little in the minor matches. Altogether he has done splendidly, fully atoning for his comparative failure with the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s team in 1882-8o Shrewsbury treads close on the heels of Barnes i i first-class matches with the grand average of 40. His play was very consistent througho Melbourne, however, was the scene ot his greatest triumphs, his average on that g ound being over 90. In the odd matches he did not do so well, never seeming at home on the matting wickets, but his general average of over 23 for forty-one completed innings speaks for itself. He also took point splendidly throughout. Bates comes third in eleven a-side matches, with an average of 30. In the early part he was not in his best form, but later on he played some rare dashing innings, hardly ever failing to leave his mark, especially on the Sydney ground. He also got the fine average of 23 in matches against odds, his innings of 107 against Eighteen of Sandhurst being made by tremendous hitting in one hour and twelve minutes. His 111 against Twenty-two of Moss Vale was also a big per­ formance. In bowling he is next to Barnes in first-class matches, with an average of a little over 14 runs per wicket, and he al­ together was a very valuable man. Briggs comes next, bat a big drop will be noticed, the average falling from 30 to 19. Briggs was singularly unfortunate on the Sydney ground, having six innings for les3 than ten runs, but at Melbourne he shone like a meteor, his 121 against the combined team being made by daring, brilliant hitting; his batting against odds was always good, as his average of 25 will prove. Altogether, his general average of 23.11 fc r thirty-six completed innings is very encouraging, and the little man has cause to be proud of it, I need hardly say his fielding was magnificent throughout the trip. Scotton is next in eleven a-side matches, with an average of 17. He did not score heavily, except against Murdoch’s team at Adelaide, when he defied the bowling all day. The Victorian left-hander, Bruce, was the means of his downfall on several occa­ sions. He did not appear to ever under­ stand him. Against odds, he comes out with the good average of 22, his innings of 123 at Moss Vale occupying eight hours. Generally taking the long-field, he made some capital catches. Maurice Read comes next, with an average of over 16. He was out of all form at first, but played in fine style the last month, his 56 and 47 in the two combined matches at Sydney being made by some beautiful hit­ ting. He also played some dashing innings against odds, and his general average of nearly 18 must be considered very good. In the field he was immense—a suie catch, quick to get to the ball, with a sharp, true return, which gained him the admiration of the general public. He did not bowl except on one occasion. Flowers comes seventh with an average of 14.6. Like Eead he failed considerably at first to keep up his reputation, but improved later on, and his innings of 56 in the close contest at Sydney was the means of nearly pulling the match out of the fire. In bowl­ ing he has been very successful at times,eight wickets for 31 runs against Victoria being his best performance, and it must be con­ sidered a very big thing, as it was on a per­ fect wicket. Against odds he has taken 105 wickets for a little over 6 runs each. Hunter, with an average of 13.5, must be considered to have done well, as on almost every occasion he was sent in last. He came out of his shell at Melbourne with 39 not out against the combined team, when he and Briggs added 98 in just the hour. At the wicket he has done some brilliant things, and, I think, improved considerably with con­ stant practice, and never flinched, always standing up to Ulyett with great pluck without a long-stop. Attewell averages 12. He did not score heavily on any occasion, but several times made some useful stands. His bowling was