Cricket 1886

CBICKET; A \,i3EKL? BECOED OF THE GAME. JULY 1,1886. which will commend them to some of the festive spirits at Oxford and Cambridge. The chorus runs thusly :— Hurrah for the spin of the lively round ball! For the boundary hit, or the “ timber yards ” fall! The stentorian cheers of the men of the shires, And the goodly array of our broad-shouldered squires! Hurrah for that nice little picnicing party! The ladies so winsome, the oldsters so hearty T h e following are the principal batting averages in matches for and against the nine principal Counties, Universities, M.C.C., and in other important matches up to Saturday last.:— Cmplted Innings. Runs. Highest Score. Aver. Scotton ... ... 11 .. 429 ... 110* . . 39 W. G. Grace ... 17 ... 652 ... 148 . . 38.6 S. W. Scott ... 14 .. 504 ... 94* . . 36 G. M. Kemp ... 13 .. 464 ... 125 . . 35.9 W. W. Read ... 18 .. 553 ... 114 . . 30.13 Spillman ... ... 12 .. 371 ... 87 . . 30.11 M. C. Kemp ... 10 .. 292 ... 175 . . 29.2 Hall ... 12 .. 349 ... 91 . . 29.1 W. E. Roller ... 12- .. 333 65 . . 28.7 J. G. Walker ... 18 .. 508 ... 73 . . 28.4 Shrewsbury ... 10 .. 261 ... 56 . . 26.1 G. G. Hearne ... 15 .. 371 ... 75 . . 24.11 J. A. Turner ... 14 .. 341 ... 174 . . 24.5 Peel ... 13 .. 313 ... 75 . . 24.1 Flowers ... ... 10 .. 233 ... 93 . . 23.3^ H. W. Bainbridge 12 .. 279 ... 58* . . 23.3* M. Read ... ... 15 .. 347 ... 83 . . *3.2 C. D. Buxton ... 13 .. 294 ... 63 . . 22.8 Chatterton ... 10 .. 225 ... 97 . . 22.5 G. F. Vernon ... 18 .. 377 ... 77 . . 20.17 F. Sugg ... ... 11 .. 230 ... 62 . . 20.10 Gunn ... 11 .. 228 ... 83 . . 20.8 Diver ... 15 .. 307 ... 94 . . 20.7 II. V. Page ... 10 .. 201 ... 52 . . 20.1 A m atch between an Eleven of Surrey and Eighteen Young Players of the County will be played at the Oval on the 12th and 13th inst. The Secretary of the Surrey County Cricket Club will be glad to receive the names (ad­ dressed to Kennington Oval) of any young amateurs or professionals duly recommended. THE FIFTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN ENGLAND. Middlesex score was passed with only one wicket down. A separation was not effected until the total was 272, when Scott was given out 1-b-w. The captain had made 123, his highest score in England—a splendid dis­ play of cricket. After this wickets fell fast, and excellent fielding enabled Middlesex to get.their opponents out for 354, the last seven wickets having only added- 82—quite an un­ expected collapse. ’ Giffen played admirable cricket for his 77. Jones, Scott, and he contributed 276 of 339 from the bat. When Middlesex went in again Messrs. Scott and Webbe batted very well, and the pair added 107 for the second wicket. Mr. Webbe was caught at 129, but the rest did little, with the exception of Mr. Vernon, who hit brilliantly for 37, the last eight wickets only adding 88 . The Australians seemed to have an easy task when they went in after luncheon on Saturday with only 123 to win. The score was 100 with only three wickets down, and the result then seemed a certainty for the Austra­ lians. As in their first innings though, after the retirement of the third batsman things went in favour of Middlesex, and when Blackham, the last batsman, came in to join Pope eight were still wanted to win. The former quickly added six, and two leg-byes gave the Austra­ lians the victory with one wicket to spare, after a singularly exciting finish. Burton and West bowled remarkably well at the close. The former took six wickets for 56 runs, and in the match altogether fourteen wickets for 192, a very creditable performance. Palmer’s bowling on the third day proved very effective, his seven wickets costing 84 runs. Evans also deserves a word of praise for his bowling in the first innings of Middlesex. Though put on very late he took five wickets for only 35 runs. M id d l e s e x . THIRTEENTH MATCH.—v. MIDDLESEX The Australian team were only just able to pull through in this match at Lord’s, on Saturday afternoon. The Middlesex eleven are to be heartily congratulated on the ex­ cellent fight they made, particularly as at luncheon time on the second day such a close finish seemed to be quite hopeless. Spofforth, though it was thought his finger might have recovered sufficiently to allow him to play, did not take his place in-the-Australian team, and Bonnor, who is suffering from a sprained ankle, and Mcllwraith stood out, making way for Palmer, who reappeared after an absence of a few weeks, and R. J. Pope, a young Australian who showed good cricket for Edin­ burgh University last summer. Middlesex winning the toss were in till close on four o’clock on Thursday for 259. The chief feature of the innings was the stand of Mr. Walker and Spillman for the fourth wicket. These two batsman while they were together added 84 by excellent cricket. Mr. Walker's 67 were got without a chance, and Spillman, though he gave two chances, was~two hours at the wicket for a fine score of 87. When the first day closed Jones and Scott had made 96 for the Australians with no wicket down, and the total had beenra sedto 155on Tuesday before Jones, who had plaved in his best style, was bowled. Scott and Giffen made another stand, and the First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. E, Stoddart,lbw, b Palmer ........................ 3 b Palmer .......... 16 Mr. A. J. Webbe, c Jones, b Calmer ......... .......... 13 c Scott,b Palmer 61 Mr. S. W. Scott, c Black­ ham, b Garrett .......... 29 c Jarvis (sub.), b Giffen ......... 6S Mr. J. G. Walker, b Evans 67 b P a lm er......... 0 Spillman, c ajid b Evans... 87 st Blackham, b Palmer ......... 6 Mr. T. C. O'Brien, c Evans, b Oarrett ........................ 16 b Palmer ......... 0 Mr. G. B. Studd, b Evans 1 st Blackham, b Palmer ......... 3 Mr. G. F. Vernon, c Bruce, b Palmer ........................ 23 cGiffen,bP»lmer 37 West, b Evans ................. 2 c Pope, b Giffen 0 Burton, b Evans................ 5 c Bruce, b Giffen 1 Mr. J. Robertson, not out 2 not out .......... 4 B 3, lb 7, n-b 1 .......... 11 B 14, lb 7 ... 21 Total ...259 Total ...217 BOWLING ANALYSIS. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Giffen........ 19 7 33 0 ............ 51 20 89 3 Palmer ... 43 19 72 3 ............ 48.1 21 84 7 Garrett ... 23 3 03 2 ............ 7 3 13 0 Bruce........ 3 1 5 0 Trumble ... 20 7 35 0 ............ 4 1 5 0 Jones........ 3 2 4 0 Evans........ 36 18 36 5 ............ 9 6 5 0 Trumble bowled a no-ball. A u str alia n s . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Burton ...72.2 24 136 8 ............ 32 13 566 Robertson... 65 28 88 2 ............ 19 7 40 0 West ........ as 17 62 0 ............ 13 7 25 3 Webbe ... 14 5 29 0 Stoddart ... 3 1 11 0 Scott ....... 9 5 7 0 O’Brien ... 1 0 6 0 Robertson bowled a no-ball. On the second evening of the match the Australian team were entertained to dinner in the dining room at Lord’s, by the Committee of the Marylebone Club, the President, Lord Lyttelton, in the chair. Later on they were present at the Colonial reception by the Lord Mayor, at the Guildhall. A u str alia n s . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. S. P. Jones, c Webbe, b Burton ...........................76 c Webbe, b Bur­ ton 22 Mr. H. J. H. Scott, 1b w, b Robertson.........................123 st Spillman, b Burton ..... 4 Mr. G. Giffen, c Studd, b Burton.............................. 77 b Burton .....52 Mr. A. H. Jarvis, c Stod­ dart, b Burton... ........... 6 c Spillman, b Burton ...19 Mr. W. Bruce, c Walker, b Burton............................... 3 c Burton,b West 1 Mr. J. W. Trumble, c and b Burton ......................... 3 c Webbe, b Bur­ ton ................. 4 Mr. E. Evans, lb w , b Robertson......... ... ... 3 c Walker,b West 1 Mr. J. M’C. Blackham, c and b B u rto n ................. 0 not out .......... 6 Mr. T. W. Garrett, c SCott, b Burton ......... ............ 29 c Spillman, b W est................ 7 Mr. G. E.Palmer, c We'jbe, b Burton ..........- *.......... 8 c Robertson, b Burton ......... 5 Mr. R. J. Pope, not out ... 11 not out .......... 0 B 9, lb 5, n-b 1 ..........15 L b.................. 2 Total ...354 Total ...123 F O U R T E EN TH MATCH . — v. LORD M A R CH ’S X I. C. H oward ’ s B enefit . The Australians had an easy victory in this match, commenced on Monday on the ground of the Priory Park Club at Chichester, winning early on Tuesday afternoon by eight wickets. Although several of the leading Counties were engaged a fairly strong side had been collected by Lord March, and under favourable condi­ tions Howard, the popular little Sussex cricketer for whom the fixture was arranged, would have had a successful benefit. As it was the ground, owing apparently to over- watering, did not play as the Priory Park wickets usually do, and on the second day the bowlers had things SO mtrch their own way, that the game was completed at an unexpect­ edly early period, a serious disappointment for Howard. Spofforth’s finger had recovered sufficiently to allow him to take his place again in the Australian team, and as Black- ham and Bonnor both stood out, M cllwraith was introduced to complete the eleven. The chief features of the first day’s cricket were the good batting of Jesse Hide, and the bowling of Spofforth, who took six wickets for 72 runs.* The Australians lost five of their best batsmen for 55, but thanks to some creditable batting by Garrett, Evans, and Trumble, were able to head their opponents by 33 runs. On the second day the wicket, particularly at one end, played very badly, and Lord March’s X I. who at lunch time had scored 48 for the loss of three batsmen, were all dismissed for 63. None of the batsmen could do anything with Giffen’s bowling helped by the wicket, and Mr. Patterson and H ide contributed 37 of 52 from the bat. A fter luncheon Giffen’ s figures were extraordinary— 6 overs, 4 maidens,2 runs, and 5 wickets. W ootton’s bowling on the other side deserves special notice. L ord M arch ’ s XI. First Innings. Second Innings. Cropper, b Palmer ......... 12 b Giffen ............ 2 Mr. IT. M. Lucas, b Spof­ forth .............................. 9 lbw, h Spofforth 0 J. Hide, c Brucc, b Giffen 46 b Giffen .........11 Fean, b Spofforth ......... 1 b Giffen ............ 1 Chattorton, c Scott, b Spofforth....................... 4 b Giffen ............ 2 Mr. M.C. Kemp, c Jones, b Spofforth ................ 21 b Giffen ... 0 Mr. W. H. Patterson, c Spofforth, b Giffen......... 18 c Trumble, b Spofforth ... 26 Mr. G. F. Vernon, c Spof­ forth, b iffen................ 5 c Spofforth, b fiiffen ........... 7 Humphreys,b Spofforth... 6 c Bruce,b Giffen 1 Mr. G. G. alker, c Bruce, b Spofforth ................ 6 run out ............ 2 Wootton, notout ......... 1 notout ............ 0 B 9, lb 2 ....................... 11 B10, l b l ...11 Total ................ 140 Total ... 63