Cricket 1885

MAE. 26,1885. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 39 good condition, considering the amount of rain that had fallen, and it was hoped that the bowling would not take hold. It did, however, with a vengeance, and the New South Wales men had a fine picnic in trying to negotiate Peel, who was very difficult. Attewell also bowled well. The only double­ figure scorer was Garrett, who was in a long time for 13. On following on Jone3 played in his best style. The wicket that the English team played on was chosen by tho captain of New South Wales, and having been swept and rolled, played fairly well. The rule on the Sydney Association ground is to have two wickets, each side to have the choice of them, that is the New South Wales men could pick which they like on going in a second time, and tho Englishmen the same. S econd D ay , J an . 26.' The game was commenced punctually at twelve o’clock, C. Bannerman and Nunn, the two not out men, taking their places at the wickets to the bowling of Peel and Atte­ well. Misfortunes soon began, as after Attewell had sent a maiden down to Nunn, the second ball delivered by Peel proved fatal to Bannerman, caught at cover-slip. Pope came next, but scoring was very diffi­ cult, and with the score at 30 Hunter stumped Nunn. After being joined by Hiddleston, Pope hit Attewell to the on for 4, but was then splendidly caught by Hunter at the wicket. Evans, who followed, was caught from a bumper at point. (Six for 36). Hiddleston was then taken at slip. Seven for 38 was the inausphious score as Garrett appeared. The New South Wales supporters were hoping almost against hope of saving the follow on, but at 45 Powell was clean bowled by Peel, and Downes served the same directly afterwards. O’Hanlon stayed a long time with Garrett, and the score was 00 when Peel sent Garrett away, bowled oil his legs. On following on Garrett and Jones were the pioneers, whilst Peel and Attewell changed ends. A strong south breeze had now sprung up, and Attewell not caring to bowl against it, the plucky little Yorkshire left-hander tried his hand, but without sue cess. 13 runs had been made, all by Jones, when Garrett pulled Attewell on. Banner­ man was next, just as it was evident that a Southerly burster was approaching. Slight rain began to fall, and the ball was getting slippery. As Jones score.l freely from Peel, Bates bowled, and the total was 42 when the heavy rain burst over the scene in such force that in a few minutes there were pools of water on the ground, preventing any more play for the day. Upwards of 10,000 spectators were on the ground, and a miserable day, too, with a dark sky and threatening rain at any moment. What there would have been on a beautiful day no one could tell, but the ground authorities say 25,000 at least. It was singularly unfortunate for the English­ men that the weather should have broken just then, after so many weeks of hot, fine weather experienced in Sydney. The rains all over New South Wales are tremendous, there being floods in many parts. At Coota- mundra eight inches of rain fell in twenty- f^ar hours, flooding the whole district, and, washing part of the main line away on the railway from Sydney to Melbourne, caused a frightful accident, in which several have been killed and seventy injured. Joseph Thomp -1 son, the Australian leviathan bookmaker, I who was in England during last summer, was amongst the severely injured. T hird D a y , J an . 27. On Tuesday very little change took place in the weather, except that a southerly gale blew all day. All interest in the match appeared gone, and, with the unfavourable state of the weather, a poor attendance was the result, only about 1,000 being present. At twelve o’clock Bannerman and Jones took up their positions, Bates bowling against the wind and Peel with it. From the second ball of Bates’ second over New South Wales received a heavy blow, as Jones was finely caught by Barnes at slip with out having added to his overnight score. Pope, who followed, was in great luck, being missed by Bates from his own bowling, and again at cover-point by Briggs before he scored—both easy chances. Even then he could not break his egg, as he was beautifully caught at long-on by Scotton from a hard drive—this was a gem of catch, the ball being hit with the wind, and Scotton just managed to reach it at full speed. Marr quickly made 7, when he was caught at slip from Bates. Evans soon rattled up 9, when Flowers, who had gone on instead of Peel, clean bowled him. (Five for 76.) A shower now stopped play till afterluncheon. O’Hanlon and Bannerman then raised the score to 98, and confidence was expressed that the one innings defeat would be averted. A double change of bowling, though, here took place, Ulyett for Bates, and Peel for Attewell, and this produced great effect. O’ Hanion, after show ing good form, ran himself out, and soon after Bannerman, who had played a capital defensive game for 37, fell in the same way. Ulyett quickly finished the rest by getting Nunn leg before, and clean bowling Powell and Middleton. The innings closed for 108, and the Englishmen thus won by an innings and 37 runs. With luck, the Colonials might have made a much closer thing of It, but the English side was the stronger at all points, and in addition had the whole of the luck right through. The one great fault with the Colonials, was the utter absence of dash in their batting. They allowed themselves to be stuck up in a ridiculous fashion, when a few vigorous strokes might have soon puzzled the bowlers. BOWLING ANALYSIS. E nglish T eam . Downes , Evans Garrett O. M. 18 11 40.1 17 , 17 9 R. W. 26 0 67 4 29 1 Jones Marr M. 11 0 R. W. 54 5 25 0 E nglish T eam . A. Shrewsbury (capt.), M. Read, o Garrett, b b Jones .................. 8 Evans .................. 18 W. Scotton, b Jones .. 14 W. Attewell, e Downes, G. Ulyett, c Nunn, b b E v a u s .................. 27 Garrett .................. 11 R.Peel, c Marr.b Evans 11 W. Barnes, c Hunter, J. Hunter, not out .. 0 b Jones .................. 33 E x tr a s .................. 4 W. Bates, b Evans .. J. Briggs, b Jones 68 1 Total .. ..205 W . Flower?, b Jones.. 10 N ew S outh W ales . First Inninge. O. M. R. W. Second Innings. Peel Attewell 50.1 27 50 87 22 Bates 38 Flowers 18 Ulyett 8 Bates bowled a wide. O. M. 36 23 R. W . 33 0 Tho details of the three matches which follow, are taken from Colonial papers. THE TWENTY-FIRST MATCH. N ew S outh W alks . First Innings. Second Innings. S. P. Jones, c Briggs, b Atte­ well ................................. 1 c Barnes, b Bates 32 C.Bannerman, c Read, b Peel 7 run out .. 37 P. Marr, b P e e l .................. 8 c Barnea, b Batea 7 Nunn, st Hunter, b Peel .. 9 1 b w, b Ulyett .. 0 R. Pope, c Hunter, b Attewell 7 c Scotton, b Bates 0 H. H. Hiddleston, c Barnes, b P e e l................................. 2 b Ulyett .. 0 E. Evans, c Shrewsbury, b Attewell .......................... 0 b Flowers .. .. 9 Powell, b Peel .................. g b Ulyett .. .. 4 T. W. Garrett, b Peel.. .. 13 b Attewell .. .. 0 A. Downes, b Peel .. 0 0 J. O’Hanlon, not out .. ., 4 6 E x t r a s .......................... 4 Extras .. 13 Total .................. CO Total.. ..108 ENGLISH TEAM v. TWENTY-TWO OE QUEENSLAND. After a very enthusiastic reception on their arrival at Brisbane, the English team commenced there, on Jan. 31, the first of three matches arranged in the Colony of Queensland. The weather was fine and cool, and there was a fair attendance. The match was played on a matting wicket, which answered very well. The Twenty-Two, who made a very fair stand, were all out for 113 runs. Cunningham and Ramsay played well, the former batting in a most spirited manner, and never giving a chance. Strick­ land, who made 18, Byrne 16, and Sheridan 12, also acquitted themselves well. Peel and Flowers bowled admirably, but Uivelt con’d not stand on the concrete wicket. Hunter's wicket-keeping was very good. The match was resumed to-day, the weather being fine and cool. Monday, Feb. 2, being a public holiday, there was a large attendance, fully five thousand of the elite of Brisbane being present. Great enthusiasm was shown when four of the best English wickets, those of Scotton, Shrewsbury, Ulyett and Bates, were dismissed for 20 runs, the fall of each Englishman being greeted with cheers. Barnes and Briggs then got together, and made a stand, bringing the score from 20 to 77 before the little Lancashire man retired for a spirited innings. Barnes kept up his wicket till almost the close of the day, when he, too, made a mistake, and jumping out to one from Wearne, was very smartly stumped. The remainder of the team made a poor display, the last few wickets offering but little opposition. Wearne bowled splen­ didly, with a good break and an excellent length. He puzzled the Englishmen more than any other bowler. The fielding of Queensland was excellent, and some smart catches were made. The one-sided aspect of the match mili­ tated against the attendance on the following day, and not more than 500 spectators were present. The batting of the Twenty-two in their second innings was most feeble, Byrne being the only one to offer a bold front. The Englishmen won by nine wickets. Flowers bowled in the most puzzling fashion, and Peel was also very destructive. Had Bates not missed Byrne in the long-field, the Twenty-two could not have scored much more than 30 runs. The conduct of the Twenty-two in playing beyond the time appointed for drawing the stumps, in order (o finish the game, was favourably commented (Continued on Page 43.) Next issue of Cricket April 16.