Cricket 1885

20 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. f e b . 26,1885. THE ENGL ISH CRICKETERS IN AUSTRALIA. [B y O ne op the T eam .] "Reproduced from the Sporting Life, by special permission. T H E N I N T H MAT CH . ENGLISH TEAM v. TWENTY-TWO OF MARYBOROUGH AND DISTRICT. The English team, after their triumph over the Australian eleven, left Adelaide for Melbourne on the evening of December 17- and arrived there at noon December 19, The passage being a rough one, nearly all were ill, and the Australians who jour­ neyed in the same boat were very sea sick. On arriving at Melbourne we met G. F. Hearne, from Lord’s, and Henderson, of Surrey, who had arrived in Melbourne on December 14, in a sailing vessel, having been seventy-two days sailing from Ply­ mouth. During our absence of twelve days we found, to our great regret, that the jolly landlord of the Old White Hart, Mr. Harry Edwards, was dead and buried. The Old White Hart has been the liead-quartcrs of all professionals in Melbourne from Mr. W. G-. Grace’s team to the present time, and once having had a taste of Mr. Edwards’ hospitality, very little fear of wanting a change foi the better was likely to be enter­ tained. Through being a thorough business man, he had accumulated a large fortune. The writer of these notes has more than once received a splendid present from him on leaving the shores of Australia, and all who knew him mourn his loss. The same evening the team, accompanied by G. F. Hearne and Henderson, left for Maryborough (a mining town about 110 miles from Melbourne) by rail, arriving soon after midnight. On Saturday, December 20, they commenced a match against Twenty- two of the District on a very rough bit of ground, laid down in the centre with a com­ bination of chalk and cement, which for a time plays well, but which on this occasion, having been kicked about into holas in many places by football matches, played very funnily indeed. The same eleven played as against the Australians. Shrewsbury, win­ ning the toss, went to the wickets, with Scotton, as usual. Four runs only had been made when a shooter scattered Scotton’s wicket. Ulyett, v, ho followed, soon made a fine drive clean over the boundary for 5, but after making 11 pulled one on. (Two for 20.) Barnes, after playing a couple of overs, was clean bowled. (Three for 20.) Bates quickly hit up 7, when he was exceedingly well caught at long on. Flowers was not at home, and playing forward at a short one was clean bowled. (Five for 45.) Read was caught from a bumper. (Six for 57.) Briggs came next, and soon after the inter­ val took place. On resuming, Briggs hit away merrily, twice sending the ball clean out of bounds for 5, and also making a fine leg hit for 4. The score had reached 97, when Shrewsbury was well caught at long on for a very patient 36, played with his usual cau­ tion on a bad wicket. Attewell, who fol­ lowed, was caught at mid-off. Pee! joined Briggs, who, in hitting at a short ball to leg, was caught at short-slip for a dashing 31. Hunter hit a ball clean over tbe chains, and soon after was caught at silly point, the innings closing for 116. On the Twenty-two going in eight wickets fell for 17 runs. Then Lacey, a left-hander, by good hitting knocked up o 0 , including a 6 , a 5, and two 4’s, and at the drawing of the stumps, thirteen wickets had fallen for 58 runs. T h e day w as gloriou sly fine, and 1,500 spectators w ere on the ground. S un day was spen t quietly in M aryborough. On th e follow in g day, D ecem ber 22, at ten m inutes past eleven, the T w en ty-tw o c o n ­ tinued th eir innings, and th e rem ain ing eight w ick ets fell fo r 14 runs, A ttew ell clean bow ling six of th em . S cotton and Shrew s­ bury began th e secon d in n in gs of the E leven . A snick fo r 3 by Shrew sbury w as his o n ly effort, as h e was then clea n bow led . U lyett, w h o cam e n ext, after m aking a tre­ m en dou s straight drive for six w as very badly ru n ou t b y S cotton . B arnes follow ed, and began playin g a fa st gam e, several 4’s com in g in q u ick su ccession , till at 35 he lost S cotto n — caught at p o in t. B ates h it aw ay in his u su al style, an d after rapidly m aking 14 w as cau gh t in th e usual p la ce— lo n g on. F low ers had on ly got 3, w hen sh ort m id -on secured him . R ead qu ick ly m ade 11 b y tw o 4’s an d three singles, and w as caught at silly p oin t. B riggs then com m en ced b y h ittin g a 5, an d qu ick ly follow ed w ith a cou ple o f 4’s, m ak in g 19 in ten m in utes. B arnes w as then cau gh t in the lo n g field fo r 36. A ttew ell, P eel, an d H u n ter d id v e ry little, a n d the in n in gs closed fo r 112. A ll the m en, w ith th e excep tion o f S cotton , p layed a fast gam e, the w ick et b ein g very pecu liar. Indeed 112 w as a big in n in gs on such a w icket again st tw en ty-tw o, all o f w hom co u ld field an d catch w ell— supported, too, b y v e ry straigh t b ow lin g . 157 runs were n ow w anted b y th e T w en ty-tw o to w in, w ith on ly tw o hou rs' play left, it h avin g been agreed to draw stum ps at five o ’clock , to allow th e E leven to catch th e train for S andhurst. Bates and F low ers rap id ly g ot rid o f eigh t batsm en, w hen a h eavy show er drove th e players to shelter fo r tw en ty m in utes. A ttew ell and P eel th e n took up the bow lin g, but th e loss o f tim e through the show er ju st saved the T w en ty-tw o from defeat, seventeen w ick ets bein g dow n for 79 runs, w h en “ T im e !” was called . Score an d a n a ly s is :— E ngland . First Innings. Second Innings. Shrewsbury, c Madder, b R y a ll..................................87 b Madder .. .. 3 Sootton, b M’Leod .. .. 1 e Lacey, b Madder 11 Ulyett, b M’Leod..................11 runout.................... 7 Barnes, b M’Leod .. .. 0 « Areher, b Ryall 36 Bates, c W rra'l, b M’Leod 7 cFrilay, b Madder 14 Flowers, b R y a ll.................. 8 c Hilton, b Madder 3 Bead, c M’Leod, b Cousens 4 c J. Madder, b Frilay .. ..1 1 Briggs, c Kitto, b M’Leod .. 81 b Cousens .. .. 19 Attewell,c Hilton, bR yal!.. 1 cJ.Madder, b Ryall 1 Peel, not out..........................4 c Dallar, b Ryall 7 Hunter, c J. Madder, b Ryall 7 n otou t..................0 B .. ........................ 5 Total ..................116 Total.. ..112 M auybobocgh . First InningB. Second Innings, Whalley, b Attewell .. .. S o Ulyett, b Bates 1 S. Casey, st Hunter, b Atte­ well ..................................1 run out.......................3 Williams, st Hunter, b Peel 2 c Barnes, b Bates 0 Lacey, c Hunter, b Peel .. 80 c Shrewsbury, b Read..................6 Kitto, c Bates, b Attewell.. 2 b Flowers .. .. 3 Worrall, run o u t ................0 c Peel, b Flowers 0 Kelly, run out .................2 eHunter, bFlowers 1 Ryall, b Attewell................ 0 b Attewell .. .. 0 AUday, c Shrewsbury, b Attewell ........................0 bPeel .. .. ,, 1 Hilton, c Barnes, b Peel .. 4 b P e e l....................6 J. Madder, b Peel................2 b Attewell ., .,1 6 Frilay, b Attewell................0 b Attewell .. .. 7 M ’Leod, c Read, b Peel .. 5 b P e e l....................1 R. Logan, b Attewell .. .. 2 c Ulyett, b Flowers 4 Cossticfe, b Attewell .. .. 2 c Flowers, b Peel 0 Archer, b Attewell .. .. 0 b P e e l ....................2 Cousens b Attewell .. ,. 5 st Hunter, b Peel 20 C. Madder, b Attewell.. .. 4 notout.................... 0 Dallar, b Attewell ., .. 1 Poynton, not out................1 Cambridge, b Attewell .. 0 Galagher, b Attewell .. .. 0 K x t ja s ..........................6 Extras .. Total ..................72 Total.. BOWLING ANALYSIS. M aryborough . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Peel .. 164 24 39 5 .. .. 66 10 9 6 Attewell. 165 25 27 14 . . . . 64 5 26 3 Flowers 76 11 20 4 B ates.. 72 11 16 3 THE TENTH MATCH. ENGLISH TEAM v. EIGHTEEN OF BENDIGO AND DISTRICT. Leaving Maryborough at six o’clock, we arrived at Sandhurst soon after ten, where the Mayor cordially welcomed us in bumpers of champagne. The weather for the time of year is such as hardly the oldest Colonist can remember, wet and cold having lasted continuously for many weeks. On arriving at Sandhurst a large fire was burning in the dining room, and all were glad to get round it, so bitterly cold was the evening. Many good cricketers hail from this district, Midwinter and Boyle among others having started their career from here. The first day, December 23, was favourable for cricket, and on a good wicket tbe local men commenced batting, Peel and Attewell starting the English bowling. A couple of 4’s were quickly got from Peel by Harry, but the same batsman, in attempting a third, was well caught by Ulyett at mid-off. G. Mackay, who followed, was smartly caught at the wicket at the same total, 13. The next man, Beswick, scored fast, chiefly from Peel, till after m aking 22 by vigorous play, he ran himself out. (Three for 37.) At luncheon time, five wickets were down for 52, Peel having taken them all except the run out. On resuming, Barnes bowled instead of Attewell, and a perfect “ rot ” began. From the second ball a catch at slip dismissed Pearce. Then began a pro­ cession to and from the wickets, the only redeeming feature being the steady play and good defence of Clark. There were no less than ten “ duck’s eggs.” and the innings closed for 82. The fielding of the eleven was brilliant, and Barnes bowled wonder­ fully well, taking nine wickets for 15 runs. Peel also was very effective. Attewell was straight, but very plain, and did not take a wicket. Scotton and Shrewsbury began batting for the eleven, and both played dreadfully slow cricket, till Shrewsbury hit a couple of 4’s. Again for an hour the play was dreadful for thb spectators, one hour and twenty minutes being occupied in making 38. At last Scotton was caught at point for 17, made by the most tedious cricket. (One for 47.) Ulyett was next, but soon lost Shrewsbury, caught at mid-off for 30. Barnes then joined Ulyett, and the scoring was a caution. Ulyett commenced with four singles, all hard drives. Barnes opened his account with a lofty hit to square- leg, from which he should have been caught. Ulyett then made a two to leg and a grand drive for 4, in one over, the next over adding two 4’s in succession—both fine drives. A hit for three by Barnes followed; then Ulyett made another magnificent drive clean over the chains for 5. From the first ball of the next over he repeated this—another rare hit. Barnes in rapid succession made 2 , 3, a 2 , and a 4, and finally Ulyett finished the day’s play by hitting a ball clean out of the ground—straight drive, a mighty hit— two wickets being down for 114 runs. The contrast between the play can be inagined when the first 38 runs took 80 minutes and _ 25 minutes only were occupied in making the . 79 last 64. Ulyett, who was not out 44, had Next issue of Cricket March 26.