Cricket 1885

JAN. 29.1885. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 13 exactly six o’clock, so that the English­ men won by eight wickets. In the evening a concert was given in honour of the English Eleven. After this the local cricketers entertained them at supper, and altogether the trip to Grafton was a very enjoyable one, always barring the sea trip. Score, &a , :— C larence R iver D istrict . First Innings. F. Halliday, b Flowers .. 12 T. M’Millan, c Shrewsbury, b P e e l................................5 D. Ferguson, b Peel .. .. 0 S. Eggins, b Flowers .. .. 1 W. Want, b P e e l................5 J. Laing, c Read, b Flowers 7 W. Evans, b P e e l................, 0 J. Myers, st Hunter, b Peel 5 S. Corcoran, b Flowtrs .. 11 E. Hattersley, c Shrewsbury, b F lo w e rs........................3 T. Lord, st Hunter, b Peel 2 W . Payne, c Floweu, b Peel 0 H. Downes, run out .. .. 1 G. Carter, c Shrewsbury, b Flowers ........................0 J. Stuart, run out..................5 G. Tombs, b Flowers .. .. 1 G.D’ Arney, c Read,bFlowers 10 F. Drinkwator, b Peel.. .. 1 W . Lowe, b P e e l..................6 G. Allison, b P eel..................0 F. Michael, c Barnes, b Peel 0 D. M’Farlane, not o u t.. .. 2 Extras ..........................10 Total ..................87 Second Innings, c Bffrnes, b Bate3 10 c Shaw, b Bates.. 17 c Shaw, b Bates.. 1 cUlyett, bFlowers 0 e Ulyett, b Barnes 17 c Peel, b Flowers 19 c and b Flowers.. 1 c Peel, b Flowers 6 b Flowers . . . .. 15 b P e e l..................0 b P e e l..................7 b P e e l..................0 c Shaw, b Flowers 12 c Briggs, b Peel.. 8 b Flowers .. .. 2 b P e e l..................5 b Bates..................0 b P e e l..................0 run out..................2 c Briggs, bFlowers 0 notou t..................0 c Peel, b Flowors 1 Extras .. .. 11 Total.. ..184 E nglish T eam . First Innings. J. Briggs, o Carter, b Want..........................! R. Peel, b Myers A. Shaw, not out J. Hunter, c Halliday, b Myers E xtras..................4 Total ..121 A.Shrewsbury,cD’Arney, b D ow nes..................0 W. Scotton, b Want .. 13 G. Uly^tt, o Corcoran, b Eggins ..................12 W. Barnes, c D’Arney, b Want ................9 W.Bates, c and b Myers 43 W . Flowers, b Want .. 0 J. M. Read, o and b Laing........................7 In the Second Innings Ulyett scored (not out) 56 Flowers, c and b Want, 19, Scotton, c Lowe, b Laing 16,Shrewsbury (not out) 8 ; b 1—Total 100, BOWLING ANALYSIS. T wenty - two . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R.W . Peel..................... 136 15 35 11 .. .. 137 12 56 6 Flow ers.. .. 131 14 42 8 .. .. 96 12 19 9 Bates 81 1 23 4 Barnes 40 2 19 1 E nglish T eam . B. K . R.W .I B. M. R. W Eggina .. 80 6 31 1 iStewart ..2 8 1 11 0* Downes ..3 2 116 1 Laing ..2 8 1 £0 1 Waut .. .. 88 533 4 Myers .. 82 5 6 3 On the morning of Dec. 3 at eight o’clock we left Grafton in a steam launch, and ran clown the river about forty miles, where the Ocean steamer was waiting for us. A very amusing incident occurred on the trip down the river. Ulyett, with several others in the fore part of the launch, including a young doctor going to Sydney, had been having some fun, and, it being very hot, the Yorlc- shireman had taken off his coat, when all at once he went overboard with a big splash. The little boat was going about twelve miles an hour, and all on board—not in the know —were much frightened, and the shouting of “ Cut away the life buoy ! ” mingled with the laughter of those in the fun, can be better imagined than described. All eye3 were on the lost oue, who had been left some distance behind, but when they be­ held him smilingly swimming after the boat, all apprehension for his safety ceased, and the amusement became general. The boat stopped, and the Sheffielder was soon along­ side and on board again, cooler and more comfortable, perhaps, than any of his fellow voyagers. Of course Ulyett was the hero of the voyage after this, and the joke was kept up that the doctor had wilfully pushed him overboard. One thing Ulyett had forgotten, though when told of it afterwards he con­ fessed he would have dispensed with his lark had he known that at times large sharks were in the Clarence river. This was the second immersion Ulyett had had, as two Sundays before, in having a sail down the harbour, he accidentally fell overboard. This also only ended in a good ducking, though the danger from sharks was much greater then, as the harbour is full of them. With­ out any more adventures we reached the Ocean steamer, and arrived at Sydney at nine o’clock on Thursday evening, after a fairly good passage. The people of Sydney were anxious about our welfare on Wednes­ day, as it blew a fearful hurricane all day, filling the whole town with dust. They were, indeed, afraid that our little coaster could not weather it, but, fortunately, it did not reach so far north, and the only dis­ agreeable part we experienced was the heavy swell on Thursday as we neared Sydney. The team, with the exception of Shaw, left Sydney for Melbourne by the express, on the afternoon of Dec. 5 ; and leaving Sydney at five p.m., we arrived in Melbourne at noon the next day. On Sunday, December 7, a heavy thunder storm passed over Mel­ bourne about midday, flooding all the lower parts of the city, the rain and hail being very severe. On Monday, at four p.m , we left for Adelaide in the steamer Adelaide, a new and splendidly fitted up boat. Boyle, Blackham, Scott, and M’Donnell, of the Aus­ tralian eleven, had gone over a week before. Bonnor, Cooper, Bannerman, Palmer, Alex­ ander, Midwinter, and Murdoch were fellow passengers. All went well with us till noon on Tuesday, December 9, when a rapid fall of the barometer indicated bad weather, and at two o’clock we ran into a heavy thunder­ storm, or a succession of storms. The lightning was very vivid, and the thunder loud and continuous, while the rain and hail descended in torrents for four hours, beating the sea down quite flat. In the evening it cleared, but before midnight a south-west gale blew, and til) our arrival in Port Adelaide, about eleven a.m. on Decem­ ber 10, the bad sailors had a rough time of it. Bates and Briggs were very bad : poor little Briggs, indeed, so ill that on his arrival in Adelaide, he had to go to bed. Scotton was sea sick for the first time, and Banner­ man, Midwinter, and Palmer of the Colonials were also very bad. In the afternoon both teams practised, with the exception of Brings and llead for the English, and Giffen, who is suffering from a severe cold, for the Colonials. On Thursday—the wind still continuing to blow a gile—all practised in the morning. Heavy showers, however, had caused the ground to play falsely, and little good was done, the weather being very cold and uncomfortable. THE EIGHTH MATCH. ENGLISH TEAM v. MURDOCH’S AUS­ TRALIAN TEAM. On Friday, December 12, for the first time in the history of cricket in South Aus­ tralia, a first-class eleven a-pide match was begun on the Adelaide Oval. Several attempts have been made on former occa­ sions, when English elevens have been in the Colonies to arrange such a match. These have always ended in failure, the authorities in Adelaide generally proposing that the visiting teams should run the risk of success or failure, which has regularly been declined, through the great doubt existing whether the population of Adelaide and its surroundings would be great enough for such an attendance as would pay the heavy expenses incurred from a long journey, and loss of much valu­ able time. Through the energy of the secre­ tary of the association, however, on this occasion the whole risk was taken by them, they having guaranteed the English and Colonial elevens £450 each, and one-third each of the profits (if any) after all expenses have been paid. The day was a grand one for cricket, and the wicket quite a marvel of perfection. The ground had been greatly improved by raising sloping mounds for the convenience of spectators, and the grand stand was crowded principally by ladies, who took the liveliest interest in the progress of the game. His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Lady Robinson and suite, arrived on the ground early in the afternoon, and stayed till neaily the close of the day’s play. The Australians had to dispense with the services of SpofFoith through the death of a relation, and Midwinter’s place was taken by Alexander, Cooper doing duty for Spofforth. The Australians objected to any of the Englishmen standing umpire in this match, and this, too, at the last moment, when it was impossible to get competent men from either Melbourne or Sydney, all here agreeing that two men could not be found fit to stand in so important a match. As usual, Murdoch, though, carried his point, saying it was as fair for one as the other ; although Shrews­ bury wisely pointed out to him that his side did not wish to run the chance of the luck of the bad decisions of two impotent um­ pires. The Colonials were the first to sufie-, as Bannerman was badly given out “ leg before.” The Englishmen’s turn, however, came with Blackham, who was out “ leg before ” to Barnes, and actually given out ; though, on the batsman demurring, the umpire reversed his decision ! This was a bad blow for the Britishers, as BJackham who at the time had only made 10 runs, afterwards, with M ‘Donnell, made a long stand. M ‘Donnell played a magnificent in­ nings of 124, his hitting being very hard all round, and his fast-footed “ blind” hits on the off side showing up brilliantly, through his hitting them clean and well, thanks to the superb wicket. It will be seen that he and Blackham made no less than 190 out of 234 runs made from the bat. The remainder of the batsmen cut up very badly, but in justice to Giffen I might mention he was far from well. Bates was much the most suc­ cessful bowler, although Peel probably bowled best. The fielding was certainly at one period of the day disgraceful, three easy chances of runs out being ridiculously thrown away with both batsmen at one end, the ball on each occasion being wildly thrown in. Barnes missed M‘Donnell at long-off when he had scored 79, but later in the afternoon this was somewhat atoned for by two beautiful catches —one by Attewell at slip, and another by Read at forward cover-point, the last being a superb one-handed catch from a hard drive of Bonnor’s. Briggs, who was hardly fit to play, being still unwell, did not shine at cover-point in his usual manner. Hunter kept wicket fairly well. The luck of Murdoch was in the ascendant, Next issueof Cricket Feb. 26.