Cricket 1885

12 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J a n .29, 1885. (Continuedfrom Page 7.) THE SIXTH MATCH: ENGLISH TEAM v. XVIII. OF THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. After meeting with every kindness from the good folks of Windsor, on Friday, Nov. 28, the team journeyed to Parramatta (some twenty miles nearer the capital of New South Wales) to play a match against Eighteen of the County of Cumberland, which in 1881 had defeated the English Eleven by five wickets. A strong team had been got to­ gether, and tbe ground on being examined looked beautiful. Insufficient rolling,though, soon told its tale, and long before night the ground had cut up badly, the batsmen get­ ting some nasty knocks. The weather was very warm, and there was a fair attendance, including a large number of ladies. The local men won the toss, and of course elected to bat. Though on a batsman’s wicket, they were, however, all out for the small score of 85, Peel and Attewell bowling throughout the innings. At first it looked as if the eleven would have a day out, the batsmen playing carefully and well. Soon, though, wickets began to fall rapidly, and, as they term it in Australia, King Rot was firmly established, the only redeeming fea­ ture being a slogging 24 by Boon, and a smart dozen by Butler. Hunter kept wicket exceedingly well, and the fielding of the eleven was all that could be desired. As usual, Scotton and Shrewsbury started the English innings, the bowlers being Maybury and Docker. When the score had reached 19, Shrewsbury was dismissed for half-a- dozen by a regular sparkler. Ulyett and Scotton increased the score to 46, when Scotton was taken at the wicket for 16. Barnes was wonderfully well taken in the slips, Bates caught at mid-off, and Flowers at short mid-on. (Five for 52.) Read, who was missed at slip before scoring, then, with Ulyett played up well on the kicking wicket. Maybury in particular was very nasty, and keeping the ball short the batsmen were knocked about considerably on the hands and body. Both men made some splendid hits, two or three clean out of bounds, and at the end of the day’s play had raifed the score to 120, Ulyett (not out 56) and Read (not out 34), both playing far better than they have done before in Australia, except in the case of Ulyett’s 100 at Adelaide—his first innings. It will be seen Maybury was instrumental in disposing of the five bats­ men out, and he certainly was very puzzling at times; working sharply across the wicket, and being a fast bowler he was difficult to follow. The heavy rain on Saturday morning (November 29) ceased just before noon, and on arriving at Parramatta it had cleared nicely. At one o’clock Ulyett and Read, the not outs of the previous day, went to the wickets. Ulyett added 1 to his score, when he was bowled, and Briggs, after making 3, was very smartly taken at slip. Soon after Read was finely caught at slip, and Peel assisted Attewell to raise the score to 165, when he had to leave. Hunter, after a fine drive for 4, lost Attewell, who was caught at cover-point for a well played 21. The innings closed for 173. Maybury took nine wickets for 81 runs. The Eighteen commenced their second innings hopefully, as 50 was on the telegraph board for three wickets. Docker hit with great freedom, causing Barnes to go on in place of Attewell, who had commenced the bowling with Peel. When Docker had made 43 he was caught, and then it became a procession from the Pavilion back to it, wicket after wicket fall­ ing, till the venture closed for 96, This only left the Englishmen nine to win, and these Shrewsbury and Attewell attempted to knock off quickly. When, however, the score was a tie Shrewsbury was caught from a bum­ per, and Scotton joining Attewell, the latter made the winning hit, giving the eleven the victory by nine wickets. The principal feature of the game was the very fine bowling of May­ bury, who took the first nine wickets of the Eleven at a small cost. There was a moderate attendance, the wet morning, no doubt, keeping many away. Score— E ngland . First Innings. J. Briggs, c J. Docker, b Maybury .. .. R. Pe#l, c T. Docker, b Maybury .. W. Attewell, c Brodie, b J. Docker .. .. ! J. Hunter, not out .. E x tr a s .................. Total ..173 A. Shrewsbury, b May­ bury ........................6 W. Scotton, c Neale, b M aybu ry...............16 G. Ulyett, b Maybury.. 57 W. Barnes, c Ryder, b M aybu ry............... 3 W. Bates, c T. Docker, b Maybury .. .. 0 W. Flowers, c Schartz- koff, b Maybury .. 0 J. M. Read, c Ryder, b M aybu ry...............41 In the Second Innings Attewell scored (not out) Shrewsbury, c Maybury, b J. Docker, 4, Scotton (uot out) 0—Total (for one wicket) 9. E ighteen of C umberland . First Innings. Second Innings. Thompson, c Briggs, b Peel 1 c Read, b Peel .. 2 T. Docker, c Ulyttt, b Atte­ well ................................. 10 cScotton,bBarncs 1 Nagle b Attewell..................7 c Bates, b Peel .. 0 Walford,c Hunter, bAttewell 0 c Shrewsbury, b P e e l..................0 Baird, c Barnes, b Attewell 2 c Hunter, b Peel 0 Bennett, c Barnes, b Peel .. 2 cPeel, b Barnes.. 0 Duffy, b P eel..........................1 b Barnes .. .. 0 Brodie, c and b Attewell .. 0 c Briggs, b Barnes 6 Spurway, b P e e l ..................5 c Read, b Peel .. 20 Boon, c Briggs, b Attewell.. 24 c Flowers, b Peel 0 J. Docker, c Briggs, b P eel.. 0 c Rfad, b Barnes 43 Schartzkoff, c Read, b Atte­ well ..................................7 c Scotton, b Peel 9 Rj der, st Hunter, b Peel .. 0 cScotton,bBarnes 2 Maybury, c Bates, b Peel .. 7 b P e e l..................1 Rutter, run out ..................12 b Barnes .. .. 4 Shackleton, b Peel .. .. 2 notout..................0 Neale, st Hunter, b Peel .. 2 c Pee}, b Barnes.. 0 Little, run out ..................0 c Ulyett, b Peel.. 0 Extras ..........................3 Extras.. .. 8 Total ..................85 Total .. 96 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E nglish T eam , Maybnry J. Docker Ryder •. Attewell.. Peel.. .. B. M. R.W . 288 28 81 9 212 31 47 1 44 3 11 0 82 Brodie .. Spnrway .. T. Docker.. 20 B. M. R. W* 1 8 0 3 2 14 T he E ighteen . B. M. R. W . 140 28 20 7 , 155 11 62 9 Barnes M. R. W. 2 24 0 13 87 9 8 27 8 The team journeyed tack to Sydney at the conclusion of the match, and at nine o’clock the same evening left by steamer for Grafton. After a good smooth passage we arrived at the mouth of the Clarence Kiver at daybreak on Monday (December 1) and entering it about twelve miles were met in a steam launch by the authorities from Grafton, and taken up the river to that town, a distance of fifty miles. The Clarence River is the finest in Australia, large steamers being able to come up as far as Grafton. It is a fine, broad, noble stream. The principal industry or produce of this district is sugar, the hanks on either side being cultivated with sugar cane nearly all the way from the mouth of the river. THE SEVENTH MATCH. ENGLISH TEAM v. XXII. OF CLARENCE RIVER DISTRICT. This game was commenced on Dec. 1 on the racecourse. The rough turf had been carefully shaved off with a spade, and cocoa matting stretched tightly over it. This i* the usual way in Australia up country, where the grounds are in sUvh a rough state that it would be next to impossible to play unless it was done, and generally the pitch plays moderately true. The XXII. having won the toss elected to bat, and some of them showed more than average merit, notably Halliday and Corcoran, who played in excellent form. They were not disposed of till 87 Appeared on the telegraph-board. Peel and Elowers bowled throughout, Peel being most successful. Shrewsbury and Scotton commenced the English innings, which started disastrously, Shrewsbury being caught at extra third man the third ball he received. One for 0. Ul.yett next appeared, and, as usual with him, began to force the run-getting, while Scotton also was in hitting humour. The bowlers, who were all of one sort, were, though fast, straight, and very short. As a consequence the ball bumped at times in a very nasty manner, and Ulyett receiving o'ie of these after making a dozen, was taken in the slips, whilst soon after Scotton *.as clean bowled for 13. Barnes and Bates raised the score to 46, when Barnes got one of the bumpers, and was caught at point. Flowers had notice to quit the first ball—clean bowled. Read and Bates made a bit of a stand, but with the score at 69 Read was caught and bowled from a very hard drive. Briggs and Bates quickly altered things, Bates twice hitting Laing clean over the chains for very fine hits, both straight drives. Briggs also hit freely, till at length Bates, in playing forward, was easily caught and bowled. His 43 was a dashing innings, al­ though he should have twice been caught, once from a big drive in the long field, and again at cover-point from a bad hit. Peel was bowled, middle stump, without troubling the scorers, and Shaw followed, only to lose Briggs, who was now taken at square-leg from a full pitch for 27—the soundest innings of the day. Hunter added 4, when he was caught at cover-point, the innings closing for 121. The stumps were then drawn for the day. The attendance was very poor, not more than 400 being present. The weather was delightfully fine, and very cool for this district. S econd D ay . On Dec. 2 the game was renewed at twelve o’clock. The weather was splendid, and the attendance nearly 2,000, a public holiday being declared. With 34 to the bad, the XXII. hit away with great freedom, and at lunch-time had made 74 for the loss of eight wickets. After luncheon several of them batted in good form, and they scored rapid­ ly till they had totalled 133, though the English bowling was far from being up to the mark. The eleven had just two hours to make the 100 required to win, and the local men fancied they had a slight chance of gaining a victory. Ulyett aud Flowers, who went in first, however, began to hit, and soon their hopes fell to zero as the tens continued to go up. Flowers, ia making 19, made three fours. Scotton and Ulyett then carried the score to 80, when Scotton was caught at square-leg for a patient 16. Shrewsbury and Ulyett finished the match, Ulyett making the winning hit at Next issue of Cricket Feb. 26-