Cricket 1885

76 CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, a p b il[ 2 3 , ises. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN AUSTRAL IA . Continued from Page 5i. [By O ne of th e T eam .] Reproduced from the Sporting Life, by special permission. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MATCH. ENGLISH TEAM v. TWENTY-TWO OF NARRABRI AND DISTRICT. The day after the exciting finish at Sydney the English team left for a couple of matches in the Northern district, going by steamer to Newcastle, and thence by rail a distance of 250 miles from Newcastle to Narrabri, where the first match was played. Narrabri is a very hot plaee, situated on the plains, the ride to it in places being marked by some very nice scenery. A fine reception awaited us, a band and a troop of horsemen meeting us at the railway station to escort us to the town, a distance of two miles, where the mayor welcomed us to Narrabri in bumpers of champagne. The match was started at eleven o'clock, arrangements being made to stop from one till three, owing to the excessive heat of the midday sun. The pitch was a matting one, over a loose dusty soil, and played very well. Shrewsbury and Ulyett opened the English innings, four byes being run from the first over. The third ball of the next delivery from the same end, however, sent Shrews­ bury’s off-stump flying, the captain having failed to trouble the scorers. Scotton followed, and runs came fast; Ulyett trying the catching capabilities of the Narrabri men with three hot drives, though theywere all too hard for them to hold. At length the locals succeeded in securing him from a lofty drive at long-off. (Two for 44.) Barnes, who came next, was caught at extra slip the first ball he received. Bates, as usual, soon became busy, and two spanking on hits for 5 each, in addition to a straight drive for four, were included in his 24. Briggs also was very lively, finishing his innings of 23 by hitting two 4’s and a 5 in one over. Scotton all this time had been playing his usual slow, defensive game. His time, though, had now come, as he was clean bowled in playing forward at a short one. Flowers made 4, when he was bowled. Read and Attewell raised the score to 151, when Read was smartly caught at silly point. Peel rattled up 17 quickly, including a big drive for 6 . Hunter was soon caught, Attewell being not out 34, the highest fcore on his side. The innings closed for 187, aud the stumps were drawn for the day. The attendance numbered about 1,000. The weather seemed to take all the life out of tbe Englishmen, the heat being 105 in the shade. Veiy little can be said about the second day’s play. The Twenty-two only showed moderate form with the bat, and were all got out twice during the afternoon. Attewell and Peel bowled throughout the first innings, and Flowers and Bates the second. Only two or three of the locals showed any form, an 1the Eleven won by an innings and 42 runs.' The heat was again very trying. There were about 800 spectators. The score appeared in last number of C ricket (April 16th, p. 54). In the evening a banquet in honour of the visit of the first English team to Narrabri was given by the committee of management, and a very pleasant time was passed. Altogether with the exception of the great heat, the team enjoyed themselves very much at Nar­ rabri. Mr. James Mosely, an old Rugby boy (in the time of Tommy Wills, the famous Victorian player of some fifteen year ago), did his utmost to make everything pass pleasantly. Some of the team were enter­ tained at his house at Tibbereenah, three miles out of Narrabri, while a couple who missed the train on Sunday morning spent a very pleasant day with him, having some cricket in the afternoon with some coloured workmen on the station of Mr. Mosely, who trains them to bowl or throw at him or any of his visitors. Another novelty was a fight­ ing kangaroo, which causes great amuse­ ment by sparring with the black fellows. A great change came over the weather on Sunday. After some heavy rain the ther­ mometer dropped 40 degrees, and fires were necessary for bodily comfort. THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MATCH. ENGLISH TEAM v. TWENTY-TWO OF NEW ENGLAND. After a long, tedious journey of over four­ teen hours the team reached Armidale at eight o’clock p.m., and found the weather very cold. Armidale is oyer 3,000ft. above the level of the sea, and in the very hottest of weather it is always cool at night. The district is called New England, the climate being very similar to the old country. The game was commenced on Monday, March 2nd, sweaters and coats being required to keep us warm for the first time for months. The twenty-two first went to the wickets, but could not reach the hundred, Peel and Attewell bowling very well, Shrewsbury and Ulyett opened the ball for England. Ulyett was in rare form and made some spanking hits. He made 39 out of 44, when a “ yorker ” bowled him. Scotton, with Shrewsbury, played out time. The attend­ ance was a poor one, not more than 800 spectators being present. On Tuesday, the 3rd of March, in lovely weather, exactly like that of a fine English day in June, the game was continued. The overnight total of 60 was increased to 77, when Shrewsbury was very well caught and bowled for 25. Barnes made 7, when he played on. Scotton immediately afterwards was caught at slip, having been in a long time for 20. Bates was soon Imsy, hitting up 50 in about an hour. His innings included some magnificent drives, and he was caught over the bowler’s head from a rare low hard hit. Flowers, after making 13, was run out, Attewell caught at point, Peel at slip, Maurice Read was then run out, after playing well for 20 , and the innings closed for 183. Briggs did not bat owing to a fall from a liorse in the mofBTng wbein going ouf for a ride. Tlio liorse biiclced, analie was shot off with great force over his head. Luckily, no bones were broken, but he was cut about the face con­ siderably, and very much shaken. Those who saw the accident think it was very lucky his neck wasn’t broken. On the Twenty-two again going in to bat they showed greatly improved form, and ran up a total of 139 for seventeen wickets, several of them playing in capital style. Bates and Flowers opened the attack, but gave way to Ulyett and Peel later on, Ulyett bowling exceedingly well. The match was drawn. There were about 1,200 spectators. Score:— T wenty - two of N ew E ngland . First Innings. Second Innings. Moore, c Hunter, b Peel . . 5 b Ulyett . 37 Marsb, c Shrewsbury, b Peel 6 c Shrewsbury, b Bates . 0 Adams, b Attewell . . 5 run out . 24 1 0 b Ulyett . 7 36 run out . 1 Holden, 1 b w, b Peel . . 1 b Ulyett . . . 9 Parker, b Peel .................. 11 cAttewell,bFlowers 0 Tooher, b Peel .................. 0 b Ulyett . 6 Wisdom, c Peel, b Attewell 1 1 1 b Ulyett . . . 12 Brown, b Attewell .. 3 c Hunter, b Peel . 10 Blixland, c Attewell,b Peel 5 0 0 not out . 3 Hamilton, run out . . . . 0 run out . 0 Marsh, b Attewell.................. 0 c Shrewsbury, b Peel . . Johnston, b P e e l.................. 0 b Ulyott . 0 M’Ginnity, 1b w, b Attewell 0 . 0 3 run out . 4 Bird, c Briggs, b Attewell . . 5 Taylor, 1b w, b Atlewell 2 Keys, c Shrewsbury, b Attewell .......................... 0 Extras .................. 6 Extras . 14 T o t a l.................. 91 Total .139 E nglish T eam . Shrewsbury, c and b Attewell, c Tooher, b Wilton .. .. 26 Wis d o m ..................2 Ulyett, b Wisdom 39 Peel, c Small, b Scotton, c Johnson, ’b W isd o m ..................0 Small.................. ,, 20 Hunter, not out .. .. 3 Barnes, b Willan.. .. 7 Briggs, absent .. .. 0 Bates, c Godby, b Willan .. 50 — Flowers, runout.. 13 Total .. ..183 Read, run out 20 BOWLING ANALYSIS. T wenty - two . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R.W. B. M. R.W. Peel .. 188 23 47 12 Flowers.. 9i) 9 36 1 Attewell 184 20 38 8 Ulyett .. 124 16 25 6 Bates .. 60 8 38 1 Peel.. .. 88 10 27 6 THE TWENTY-NINTH MATCH. ENGLISH ELEVEN v. JUNIOR CRICKET ASSOCIATION. The team left Armidale at ten o’clock on Wednesday morning, March 4, for New­ castle, a distance of 260 miles by rail, and leaving Newcastle by boat at eleven o’clock, arrived at Sydney at four a.m., Thursday, March 5. A match was commenced the same day against eighteen selected from tho Junior Cricket Association, to celebrate the opening of a new ground at Ashfield, a populous suburb of Sydney, about six miles out by rail or tram. Everything was in an unfinished state, the buildings not yet being erected, though altogether here they have the “ making ” of a first-class ground. Al­ though in the future a turf wicket will be provided, on this occasion it was found necessary to make a concrete wicket, over which the matting was stretched ; the pitch played well. Through the accident to Briggs, Lillywhite for the first time donned flannels. Briggs, who is fast recovering from his fall, would even then have been fit to play, but unfortunately he had so severely sprained his wrist that it was very doubtful if he would be thoroughly fit again in Australia. The Juniors won the toss, and elected to bat. They made a very bad start against Peel and Attewell, ten of them being out for 27 runs. After this, though, matters mended, and chiefly owing to the 24 of Spurway, and 26 by Tindale made by capital play, the innings reached exactly 100. Shrewsbury and Scotton first represented England, and, although Shrewsbury should have been caught at cover-point, no wicket fell, 9 runs being made when “ Time !” was called.