Cricket 1885

APRIL 10, 1885, CRICKET j A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 53 4, but a good catch at slip then ended his career. Trumble partnered Horan, and the hundred soon appeared. Shortly afterwards 110 was shown on the telegraph board ; then a grand square-leg hit by Horan from Flowers, which pitched dean amongst the pavilion spectators, caused that bowler to retire in favour of Bates, who immediately bowled Horan off his legs. (Five for 116.) Massie, who followed, evidently meant mis­ chief. He hit Attewell to the off for 4, and Trumble also waking up, runs for a time came very freely. Almost every ball was hit by Massie hard enough for 4, but the field was placed well round the fences, and many 4’s were stopped, no less than four men being placed deep to the off—his favourite hit. At length he dashed in at one of Bates’s, missed it, and was bowled, greatly to the relief of the Englishmen and their supporters. Trumble soon followed, being well caught at long-ou by Ulyett for 32. In the meantime Peel had relieved Attewell, and a splendid catch by the former from his own bowling sent back Jarvis. The end now came quickly, as Evans was bowled by Bates, and Spofforth magnificently taken with one hand by Attewell at mid-off from a terrific drive. This was a fitting finish to one of the finest day’s fielding by an English team ever seen at Sydney. The innings closed for 165. To wipe off the 214 required to win, Shrewsbury and Scotton were first sent to the wickets, the Englishmen batting on the same pitch as the Colonials had used, which had been playing far from well all day. However, it was considered better than the other, which Spofforth had badly roughed up when it was in a wet state. The “ demon ” opened with a maiden to Scotton but Garrett was not so fortunate, as Shrewsbury hit him to leg for 4, repeating the operation the next over. Two very nasty knocks were now administered to Scotton by the “ demon” with successive balls, and some delay was caused. Soon after this Spofforth, who was bowling fast, shot down Scotton’s leg stump with a ripper. Ulyett, who followed, cut Spofforth finely for 4. Then a great disaster took place. Shrewsbury hit a ball to Banner­ man, calling Ulyett for the run; Bannerman threw down the wicket, before Ulyett could reach the crease. The over-eagerness of Shrewsbury thus lost one of the most Uanger- ous batsmen on our side. Barnes and Shrewsbury played out time, the score being 29 for two wickets. F o u k th D ay , F e b . 24. A grand up-hill game was to-day played by the English team. Barnes was quickly out, and when Shrewsbury and Briggs had gone, five of the best batsmen had gone for 61, Bates here raised the hopes of his side by rattling up 31, the sixth wicket going at 92. Then came the sensational part of the day’s play. Bead and Flowers got together, and hit the bowling to all parts of the field, so that before they were parted they raised the score to 194—or within 20 of the required number. Then Spofforth bowled Read, and Attewell W33 very foolishly run out, which probably cost the Englishmen the match. Peel was cleverly snapped at the wicket at 199. On Hunter going in the wildest excitement was shown, every hit being cheered. A bumper, however, from Spofforth was too much for Flowers, who could not keep it down, and he was caught at point, when only six runs were required to make a tie of it. The English team met with tremendous applanse for their splendid fight when things looked so hopeless, Read and Flowers in particular coming in for much well-merited praise. The Australian bowling was good, Spofforth up to lunch-time being dead on, though he caught it very hot afterwards, as his analysis will show. The combined team were fairly demoralised when Read and Flowers had col­ laredthem,Evans alone keeping his headclear. Spofforth sent down a maiden to Shrews­ bury, but Barnes was not so fortunate, as he was caught at the wicket by Jarvis from Trumble. (Three for 29.) Bates, who came next, sent the first ball he received for a brace, while Shrewsbury hit the “ demon ” to square leg for 4, and again for 2. Bates next hit a no-ball from Spofforth for 4, and cut him for 2 from the next delivery. Trumble then sent down a wide, which went for 3, and 50 appeared. Horan now bowled in place of Trumble, and the demon soon after this sent Shrewsbury’s stumps flying. (Four for 59.) His 24 were got by first-class play. Briggs, who followed, received an undeniable one from Spofforth—(five for 61)—and Flowers now joined Bates. Bates hit Horan for a single, and Flowers cut him for a quartette. Soon after Bates cracked Spofforth clean over the northern fence for 5—a splendid straight drive—following this up by sending Horan to leg for 4. This brought the score to 85, and Trumble again tried at his old end. Bates hit Spoft'orth for 8, but was soon caught at the wicket from the demon. (Six for 92.) Read, who joined Flowers, soon spanked Spofforth to leg for 4. This brought up 100, and luncheon now took place. On resuming runs came at a furious rate. Read hit Trumble to leg for 3, and Spofforth for 4. (110 up.) The same batsman again got on to the demon, driving him for 4. Again lie drove Spofforth for 4, Flowers cutting Trum­ ble for a similar number, whilst from Spof- forth’s next over Read drove him twice for 4—both very fine hits. Garrett now went on at Spofforth’s end, and “ the demon” tried at the other. From Garrett’s second over 9 runs were made, and a cut for 4 by Read from Spofforth sent up 150 on the telegraph board. The excitement now began, the Australian bowling being fairly collared. Evans went on in place of Spofforth, and soon after Jones for Garrett. The score, though, advanced at a rare rate, so that at 176 Spofforth tried at his old end. Flowers hit him splendidly to the off for 4, and though Horan went on for Evans, 190 soon appeared. Four more were added, and then the separa­ tion came. Read tried to get a slow straight one from Spofforth round to leg, missed it, and was bowled for a beautifully-hit innings of 56. Attewell was immediately run out, and Peel caught by Jarvis (9 for 199). Hunter snicked Trumble for a brace, while Flowers got one from Spofforth and Hunter a couple. The spectators were now in the wildest state of excitement, and watched every ball closely. Three tingles from Trumble followed before Flowers was caught at point from “ the demon,’’ and theEnglishmen forthefirst time were beaten, the match ending in a victory forthecombinedteambyonly 6 runs,after one of the finest contests ever played at Sydney. C ombined A ustralia . First Innings. Second Innings. A. Bannerman, c Peel, b Flowers .......................13 c Shrewsbury, b Ulyett .. .. 16* S. Jones, st Hunter, b Flowers .. .. . . . . 28 b Attewell■■ .. 22 T.Horan, c Hunter,bAttewell 7 b Bates .. .. 36 H. Scott, cUlyett,b Attewell 5 cBarnes,bAttewell4 G. J. Bonnor, c Barnes, b Flowers .......................18 b Ulyett *• .. 29 W. Trnmble, c Read, b Atte­ well ...............................IS c Ulyett, b Bates 32 H. H. Massie, o Scotton, b Flowers .................. .. 2 b Bates .. .. 21 A. H. Jarvis, b Attewell .. 0 c and b Peel .. 2 F. R. Spofforth, st Hunter, b F lo w e rs ........................ 3 c Attewell,b Bates 0 T. W. Garrett, not out .. 51 not out....................0 E. Evans, o Hunter, bUlyett 33 b Bates.. .. ... 1 B 3,1 b 5 ..........................8 B 1, l b l .. 2 Total ,. ,. —181 Total ..-1 6 5 E ngland . First Innings. W. Scotton, c Jarvis, b Horan 22 A. Shrewsbury, c and b Spof­ forth ..................................18 G. Ulyett,'b Spofforth.. .. 2 W . Barnes, st Jarvis, b Spof­ forth .. ..........................0 W. Bates, c Evans, b Horan 12 J. Briggs, c Scott, b Horan., 8 W. Flowers, c Jarvis, b Spof­ forth ................................24 J. M. Read, c Evans, b Horan 4 W. Attewell, b Horan .. .. 14 R. Peel, not o u t ..................8 J, Hunter, b Horan .. .. 18 B 8,1 b 8 ,n b 2 .. ..1 3 Second Innings, b Spofforth .. .. 2 b Spofforth.. .. 24 run out..................4 cJarvis,bTrumble 5 c Jarvis, b Spof­ forth ..................31 b Spofforth.. .. 1 c Evans, b Spof­ forth. . .. ..5 6 b Spofforth.. .. 56 run out..................0 cJarvis,bTrurable 8 not out..................5 B 7,lb9,nbl,w 3 20 Total. .133 Total ..207 BOWLING ANALYSIS. A ustralia . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. w Attewell.. . . 284 47 53 4 .. .. 282 36 54 2 Ulyett .. . . 50 8 17 1 .. .. 156 25 42 a Flowers.. . . 184 24 40 5 .. .. 80 14 19 0 Bates .. . . 2 4 2 6 0 .. .. 80 10 24 6 . 128 13 51 0 .. .. 80 10 24 1 E ngland . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Spofforth . 192 23 54 4 .. .. 193 22 90 0 Horan .. . . 149 22 40 6 .. . . 3 6 4 23 0 Garrett .. . . 2 4 2 17 0 .. . , 6 1 8 31 0 Evans .. . . 1 6 1 9 0 . . . . 1 6 1 8 0 Trumble .. 104 13 26 Jones .. 12 0 9 0 Spofforth bowled two no-balls and Garrett one no ball, and Trumble three wide balls. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MATCH, ENGLISH TEAM v. TWENTY-TWO OF NARRABRI. The English Cricketers played their 27th match in Australia against Twenty-two of Narrabrion February 27 & 28. The journey to Narrabri was a tiring affair, the railway travelling being very hot. On arrival a fine reception awaited the team, and a band and numerous horsemen escorted them into the town, a distance of two miles, where the Mayor welcomed the visitors to Narrabri, and drank their health in bumpers of champagne. Lillywhite responded. Mr. Moseley met the team, at a junction 100 miles from here, with a box of splendid grapes. The weather was very hot during the play, and about 1,000 spectators were present. The Eleven won the toss, and went in first. Scotton was in a long time for his 25 ; Ulyett hit hard, but was lucky in being missed three times from hard hits. Bates also hit freely, scoring two 5’s, while Attewell played very well. Peel hit a sixer. The bowling and fielding of the Twenty-two was good. Scores:— E nglish E leven , Shrewsbury, b Brown 0 Ulyett, c Ellesley, b Lillym a n ..................28 Scotton, b Liilyman .. 26 Barnes, c Lillyman, b Taylor ..................0 Bates, o Ellesley, b Lillym an..................21 Briggs, c Mackay, b Brown ..................23 Flowers, b Brown ,, 4 Read, c Fawcett, Brown .. Attewell,not out.. Peel, c Ellesley, Mackay .. Hunter, c Brown, Lillyman .. .. Sundries Total .. 15 81 17 2 14