Cricket 1885

EB .26,1885. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 21 hit a 6, two 5’s, and three 4’s, and Barnes a 4, three 3’s, and two 2’s, for his not out 20. There were only about 800 spectators, on account of the match being fixed at a very bad time, just before the Christmas holi- The match was continued on Wednesday, December 24, in glorious weather, and some sensational play took place, runs being made all day at the rate of over 100 an hour. Ulyett and Barnes took up their positions at five minutes past twelve, and Ulyett was soon busy, four 4’s quickly coming from him, two leg hits and two straight drives. After a few singles from either batsman, Ulyett made a huge drive for 5. Soon after this, though, he played on and retired for a dashing innings of 75 (three for 155), 104 having been added since the departure of Shrewsbury in just the hour. Ulyett’s score included a 6, four 5’s, and eight 4’s. Bates, who came next, started steadily, but this was soon changed into some of the finest hitting and fastest scoring ever seen. All the bowlers were served alike, and it was not until the total had reached 316 that Bates was disposed of for 107 by a catch close to the boundary. His score consisted of nine 5’s, nine 4’s, two 3’s, 2’s, and singles. This was one of the grandest hit innings possible to conceive, his first mis­ hit and his last being when he had scored 85. Some idea of the pace of scoring can be gathered when I state that he made his 107 in an hour and twelve minutes, with eighteen men in the field. Flowers next joined Barnes, who had all this time been playing a fine game, and runs were rattled up very fast, although not quite at the rate at which Bates had scored. At 388 Barnes played on, having passed Bates by two runs. His score of 109, which included thirteen 4’s, occupied two hours and three quarters. Briggs and Flowers hit the now worn-out bowling all over the place, till at last the latter was stamped for 92, which included five 5’s and eight 4’s. Attewell and Briggs continued to hit, and when the stumps were drawn at half-past five Briggs was not out 98, Attewell not out 37, the total 576 for six wickets. Briggs hit six 5’s and eight 4’s, and Attewell seven 4’s. This is the biggest score ever made by an English team in Australia, either against odds or eleven a- side, and taking into consideration that the wicket was far from perfect on the second day, it must be accounted a great performance, as several of the bowlers, till so completed collared, were of good average class. B endigo , A. Mackay, b Peel .. 10 J. Harry, o Ulyett, b P e e l ..........................9 G. Mackay, c Hunter, b Peel..........................0 Beswick,run out.. .. 22 Pearce, c Peel, b Barnes 11 Findlay, b Teel .. .. 0 R.Bruce,c Shrewsbury, b Barnes . . . . .. 1 Youldon, b Peel .. .. 6 W.Harry,c and bBarnes 0 W. Bruce, c Ulyett, b Barnes ..................0 Clarke, c and b Barnes 19 Houston, b Barnes .. 0 Robin, c Ulyett, b Barnes ..................0 Heffernan, run out .. 0 Connelly, c Ulyett, b P e e l..........................5 Parker, b Barnes .. 0 Allsop, not out .. .. 0 Osborne, o Flowers, b B arnes..................0 Total Scotton, c A. Mackay, b R. Bruce .. .. 17 Shrewsbury, c W. Harry, b R. Bruce .. 80 Ulyett, b W. Harry .. 75 Barnes, b Clarke.. ..109 Bates, c Pearce, b J. Harry ' ..................107 E nglish E leven , Flowers, st Youldon, b J. H a rry ..................! Biigg?, not out .. .. ! AUewell, not out .. ! B 7,1 b 3, w 1 Total ..576 BOWLING ANALYSIS. B endigo . B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Peel.. .. 184 21 57 5 |Barnes .. 102 17 15 9 Attewell.. 80 11 10 0 THE ELEVENTH MATCH. ENGLISH TEAM v. XXII. OP BAL- LAEAT. The match against twenty-two of the Ballarat Club was commenced on Boxing Day in splendid cricketing weather, and on a perfect batsman’s wicket. The Englishmen winning the toss, of course elected to bat, Scotton and Shrewsbury opening the ball. The first three-quarters of an hour had only realised 18 runs, when Scotton was smartly caught at point for 10. Ulyett came next, but was not in form, and after getting a baker’s dozen flukily, was caught from a bad hit. (Twofor36.) Barnes joined his fellow county man, and at lunch time the score was 54. On resuming, Shrewsbury was clean bowled for a patient 27, and Bates, who fol­ lowed, after a single, was caught at deep short-leg at the second attempt from a hard hit. Flowers was not at home, and was bowled round his legs by a breaking ball in attempting to hit to leg. (Five for 65.) Read and Barnes put a different complexion on the game. Bead hit freely, and caused several changes in the bowling, and the score had reached 120 before he was bowled by a “ yorker” for a capital 33. Briggs added a dozen when he was out ‘ ‘ leg before.” (Seven for 140.) Attewell hit freely, while Barnes, amongst other good strokes, made one clean out of the ground to square leg for 6 and another for 4. With the score at 193, Attewell was caught at square leg for a useful 26. Peel and Barnes played out time, the total being 220 for eight wickets— Peel 15 and Barnes 80, The company num­ bered about 5,000, including many ladies. On the following day, in cold, cloudy, and showery weather, the game was continued. A start was made at a quarter to twelve, and fifteen minutes proved sufficient to finish the innings. Peel was caught at square leg for 18, and Hunter bowled for a couple, Barnes taking out his bat for a praiseworthy 85. The bowling and fielding of the Twenty-two proved far too good, and their number should have been reduced to sixteen or eighteen at most. Worrall bowled in fine form. On the Twenty-two going in the first bats­ man quickly fell. OnWorrall and Musgrove gettingtogether, though, the English bowling was severely put to the test. Barnes should have caught Worrall at slip when he had scored six, and Peel missed an easy chance from his own bowlmg, letting off Musgrove when he had only made 8, At lunch time the score reached 70, Peel and Attewell, who had startedthe bowling, having been changed for Ulyett and Flowers. On resuming after luncheon time, Bates missed Musgrove from Flowers at long-on—a very easy chance. Runs continuing to come at a brisk pace, Peel again took the ball from Ulyett and Bates also relieved Flowers. Briggs next missed Musgrove at cover point, the sun shining full in his face being the only ex­ cuse for the mistake. Peel being punished severely, for the first time in the colonies Briggs was called on to bowl, and right well he bowled for the rest of the day against a strong wind. At last the parting came, Worrall being well caught by Read in the long field for 67. (Two for 155.) As many as 151 runs had been made during tTio part-' neraoip. ‘ Musgrove continued to score ?apT3iy, until a shout from the spectators announced that he had reached the 100. After increasing his score to 109 he was caught at the wicket from Peel, who had just relieved Bates. After this wickets fell rapidly, and at the drawing of the stumps at half-past five, fourteen wickets had fallen for 234. The match was left drawn. The delight of the spectators was boundless as their cham­ pions passed the English total, and great regret was expressed that only two days were allowed for playing a match on such perfect wickets as Ballarat is famous for. There were about 3,000 spectators on the ground, the threatening state of the weather no doubt keeping many away, although, ex­ cept a few drops, no rain fell. Score, &c. A ll -E ngland E leven . Briggs, 1b w,b Worrall 12 Attewell, c Bain, b Bryant ..................26 Barnes, not out .. .. 85 Peel, c Sevior .. .. 17 Hunter, b Worrall .. 2 '/\y .. .. 1 Scotton, c Angevin, b Worrall ..................10 Ulyett, c Jackson, b W o r r a ll.................. 13 Shrewsbury, b Boddy- combe ..................27 Bates, c Martyr, b Bod- dycom be..................1 Flowers, b Worrall .. 2 Read, b Jackson.. .. 33 Total T wenty - two or B allarat . Pobj -y, h w, b Attewell 2 Worrall,c Read,b Bates 67 Musgrove, c Hunter, b P e e l ..........................109 Jackson, b Briggs .. 3 R. Bell, run out .. .. 2 Bradley, c Scotton, b Bates..........................0 R. Boyce, b Peel.. .. 14 M ’Gregor, c Hunter, b P e e l ..........................0 Coulsell, b Briggs .. 9 3 Bryant, b Pet 1 .. Antcliffe, c Scotton, b P e e l.......................0 Boddycombe, c and b P e e l.......................0 Martyr, c and b Briggs IB Dunn, c Briggs, b Peel 4 Bowes, not out .. .. 2 Sevior, not out . • .. 0 E x t r a s ...............6 Total ..234 BOWLING ANALYSIS. A ll -E ngland E leven . B. R. M. W Worrall .. 290 70 38 6 Pobjoy .. 120 36 13 0 Figgis .. 140 43 13 0 Bowes .. 48 13 7 0 Boddycombe 116 34 11 2 Jackson .. Wilkinson Taylor .. Bryant .. B. R. M. W. 24 11 2 1 16 3 2 O 16 3 3 0 24 15 1 0 Worrall bowled one wide ball. T wenty - two . B.R. M. W. Peel .. .. 176 65 14 7 Flowers Attewell .* 84 20 11 1 Bates Ulyett .. 81 43 8 0 Briggs B. R. M. W. 84 28 9 0 66 39 2 2 148 24 19 3 THE TWELFTH MATCH. ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN v. TWENTY- TWO OF BENALLA. The team left the same evening for Mel­ bourne, spending the Sunday in that city. A very heavy dust-storm raged for a couple of hours about the middle of the day, otherwise the weather was enjoyable, no rain falling. The Eleven left Melbourne on Monday morning, December 29, at a quarter-past six for Benalla, a small township about 120 miles on the North­ eastern line towards Sydney. Barnes and Peel remained in Melbourne for a well- merited rest, Shaw and Henderson, of Surrey, taking their places. The Twenty- two, picked from the towns and clubs of the district, was a strong one, more especially in bowling. The local men winning the toss, went in to bat, AtteweH and Flowers bowling. The wicket at starting was pretty good, but soon cut up, and after luncheon till the end of the match was quite dan­ gerous to play on. The Twenty-two ap­ peared used to this sort of thing, and got rid of the rising balls in a wonderful man­ ner. At luncheon time eight wickets had fallen for 49. After this nearly all of the batsmen did a little, and the innings did not come to a close until the rather big score of 163 had been made, Pleasants, who made 48, playing exceptionally well. The English bowling was far from good, being generally of a bad length. Shrewsbury and Scotton, as usual, went in for the Eleven. After making 6 Shrewsbury was caught at long-