Cricket 1885

A t a t t « , « * . CfelCKEt; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN AUSTRAL IA . Continued from Page 43. E nslish T eam . [B y O ne of th e T e am .] Reproduced from the Sporting Life, by special permission. THE TWENTY-FOURTH MATCH. ENGLISH TEAM v. TWENTY-TWO OF MAITLAND. The twenty-fourth match was begun at Maitland, N.S.W., on February 14th. The wicket was a turf one, and at first played well, but after a couple of hours began to break up. The Twenty-two, who won the toss, made a good start, but after five batsmen had fallen for 36 the wickets went with great rapidity, and nineteen were down for 66. Then a gigantic cornstalk, of the Bonnor type, made 22 in five hits, and the total reached 93. Peel and Attewell bowled throughout. Shrewsbury and Scotton started the batting for the Englishmen. Scottou had only scored 2 when he was bowled off his legs. Ulyett, who followed, was clean bowled the first ball he received, and Barnes soon saw the departure of Shrews bury, who was caught and bowled. Bates came next, but a good “ yorker ” settled him before he had scored. Briggs looked like staying, but a bumpy one was too much for the little man, who could not get away from it, and was caught at point. Barnes was next clean bowled for 26, the only double figure on his side. Flowers and Read stayed a bit, but the bowling and fielding were very smart just now, and scoring was difficult. A shooter next beat Flowers, and Attewell made no sign. Read soon after received his dismissal and Hunter was out “ leg before,” a bad decision, the innings closing at six o’clock for 67. Thi3 is the first time the team has been got rid of under 100 runs, and the Maitland people are very proud of their champions. The day was a perfect one for cricket, and the game was witnessed by about 1,200 spectators, who became very enthu­ siastic on the rapid fall of the English wickets. Sunday, Feb. 15th, was a very sultry day, and many of the Eleven spent half their time in the river. At eight o’clock on Monday morning rain began to fall, and did not cease till two p.m. At three o’clock a start was made, but the ground was rather sloppy. Attewell and Peel bowled, and thir­ teen wickets had fallen for 50 runs by four o’clock, when it was considered policy to try Ulyett and Briggs, to stop the rapid downfall of wickets, as at this stage of the game it seemed possible to lose, while it was hardly on the cards to win. Consequently runs came anyhow, Ulyett at times giving a, few underhand s’ows. The hundred was just reached when rain again interfered, and after waiting nearly half an hour the stumps and match were drawn. A large attendance was expected, and judging by those present (about 700) in such wretched weather, no doubt the company would have been large had fine weather prevailed. Score and analysis of English bowling A. Shrewsbury, e and b Lindeman .. .. 9 W . Scotton, b Love- grove.................. .. 2 G. Ulyett, b Lovegrove 0 W. Barnes, b Lovegrove 26 W. Bates, b Lindeman 0 J. Briggs, c Brinker, b Lovegrove..................6 W . Flowers, b Linde­ man ..........................8 rjihe Twenty-two score; ^*fc$TW^IN J. M. Read, c Moore, b Lindeman .. . - 8 W. Attewell, b Mannell 0 R. Peel, not out .. .. 2 J. Hunter, 1 b w, b Lovegrove .. . • 2 Extras ..................4 Total 67 fourteen wickets. ALYSre. T wenty - two . First Innings. Second Innings, B R. M. W. P e e l ................... 170 51 28 Attewell .. .. 168 38 27 B. R. M. W. Ulyett.. Briggs 128 27 19 124 21 22 40 28 3 36 16 5 THE TWENTY-FIFTH MATCH. into his wicket. Ulyetfc hit the second ball he received—a very bad on e— straight into the hands of square leg, who held it, and “ Happy Jack” returned grinning to the tent, having a pair of spectacles attached to his name. Briggs was soon after bowled for a lively 36. Scotton and Shrewsbury played out time, being respectively 9 and 12 not out, and the total 118 for eight wickets. The day was again very hot, and quite 2,000 spectators must have been on the ground. Score and bowling analysis :— E nglish T eam . Second Innings. First Innings. A.Shre*vsbury,c Burke,b Mackay ..................32 W. Scotton, run out .. 49 G. Ulyett, c Maguire, b Mackay ..................0 W. Barnes, b Anderson 3 W . Bates, b Anderson 3 J. Brigg3, b Mackay .. 22 W . Flowers, 1 b w, b not out . not out . c Hooker, b Parr.. .. 0 b P a r r ..........................8 b Anderson..................86 Mackay J. M. Road, run out .. W. Attewell, c Mackay, b M’ A lpin.................. R. Peel, not out .. J. Hunter, c Horne, b Mather .................. Extras.................. c Shaw, b Mackay b Power ................ c Parr, b Mackay c M’Intyre, b Power . 3 b M’A’p i n ..................12 Total ..141 Total..................118 T wenty - two of S ingleton . Anderson, b Ulyett .. 4 Freeman, c Hunter, b A ttew ell..................3 Gould, c Attewell, b Flowers ..................10 ENGLISH TEAM v. TWENTY-TWO OF SINGLETON. Heavy rain fell all night at Maitland, and as it looked like continuing, floods were expected. Soon after eight o’clock on Tues­ day morning (February 17th), though, it began to clear, and the day turned cut fairly fine. The next match on the programme was against Twenty-two of Singleton, a town about an hour’s journey by rail from Maitland, more inland. The English team arrived there on the morning of the match, and were received in the most cordial manner by the cricketers and public of the district, being welcomed in bumpers of champagne. On reaching the ground it was found to be in a very wet state, though the cocoa matting made the pitch all right, and the wicket played admirably. Scotton and Shrewsbury opened the batting for the English team, who had won the toss. The bowling of the local team at starting was very poor, but the batsmen were not of the class to take full advantage of this, and should have been out more than once. At the interval, after eighty minutes’ play, 40 only had been scored. After lunch the total advanced to 58, when Shrewsbury in hitting to leg skied the ball and was caught at short-leg for a patient 32. From the first ball sent down to him Ulyett was caught at long-on, and Barnes and Bates only made 3 each before they were both clean bowled. Briggs, who had two easy lives before he scored, quickly rattled T E T E N T Y - S I X T H MA T CII up 22, and the next comer, Flowers, was Mackay, c Shrewsbury, bPeel.......................... Parr, b Attewell.. Mather, b Attewell .. Hooker, st Hunter, b P e e l.......................... Fawcett, c Hunter, b Attewe 1 .................. Budden, b Attewell .. M'Alpin, b Peel .. M'Intyre, b Peel Loder, b Attewell Jones, c Peel, b Attewell 1 Power,c Peel ,b Attewell 13 Horne, c Hunter, b A ttew ell..................4 Shaw, b Attewell.. .. 0 Bourke, b Flowers Fitzgerald, hw, bAtte­ well .......................... Brooker, not out Stewart, run out.. .. Robinson, c Barnes, b F lo w e rs .................. M‘Guire, b Attewell .. Extras.................. Total 5 10 4 03 91 BOWLING ANALYSIS. T wenty - two . Peel.. . Attewell. B. R. M. W. 128 28 14 4 208 49 19 12 i Ulyett Flowers B. E. M.W. 44 2 9 1 33 9 2 3 The team left the same evening for New­ castle, the trip down by boat being a smooth one, though a dense fog delayed their arrival till nearly seven a.m., instead of at four a.m., on the following day. sent back leg before. Read was run out from a clever piece of fielding, and Attewell well caught at point. Scotton was then run out for a rare defensive innings of 49, and after Peel had made a dozen, the innings closed for 141. On the local team going in Attewell and Peel found out their weak spots, and at ENGLISH TEAM v. COMBINED TRALIA. F irst D a Y, F e b . 20. AUS- The contest between the English eleveii a,nd a combined team picked from Victoria, the drawing of the stumps seven were out for INew South Wales, and SouthAustralia, which 20 runs. The day was awfully hot after noon, had been anticipated for some time with OnWednesday, Feb. 18, the locals played up ' considerable interest in Sydney, as being a with more spirit, and succeded in making the j test match, was commenced on Friday, Feb- respectable score of 91. On the Englishmen iruary 20. Spofforth. who has from the first going in for their second innings, the list j condemned the conduct of Murdoch’s team was turned upside down, Hunter and Peel j towards the Englishmen, had weeks ago being first. Peel was quickly taken in the ,promised to take part in this match, and slips, but Attewcll and Hunter raised the ithree other members of the late Australian score to 30, when Hunter was bowled eleven—Bonnor, Scott, and Bannerman— in trying to pull a short straight one to leg. Read was clean bowled for nothing, and Flowers well caught at long off. Briggs, as usual, was soon busy. After Attewell had made 33 in very good form he was caught in the long field. Bates should have been next, but as he was unwell, Barnes also came to their senses at last. The com­ bined team (a very strong one) was made up of Spoflorth, Evans, Garrett, Jones, Massie, A. Bannerman, and Bonnor from New South Wales ; Horan, Trumble, and Scott from Victoria ; and Jarvis from South Australia. The eleven was considered in appeared, and after making 8 played one Sydney a stronger one than Murdoch’s late