Cricket 1886

422 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. PT. 16,1886. TH E F IF TH A U S T R A L IA N TEAM IN EN G LAND . S outh op E ngland . F irst Innings. S econ d Innings. THIRTY-FIFTH MATCH.—v. SOUTH OF ENGLAND. After having the best of the play in the first hands the Anstralian team had to put up with another undecided game, the sixth draw in succession, in this match played on the County Ground at Brighton on Thursday last and two follcftving days. Messrs. Spofforth and Bonnor were still too lame to play for the Australians, while on the other hand the South was a little stronger than in the previous match at Graves­ end, Messrs. W. G. Grace and Newham, Abel andH. Phillips being substitutedfor Mr. Patter­ son, Frank Hearne, Bowley and Wood. The Australians, who won the toss, were in all Thursday, scoring 209 for the loss of nine wickets. Rain fell early in the day, but not sufficiently to cause any material interruption. The chief feature of the cricket was the excel­ lent batting of Mr. Giffen, decidedly the best exhibition on the Australian side. He was at the wickets three hours in the attainment of 52, which was without a blemish of any kind. Later on Mr. Jarvis hit vigorously, ultimately carrying out his bat for a useful 51. George Hearne, who was not tried till the very close, took the last three wickets in thirty-three balls at a cost of only nine runs. Heavy rain prevented the real commencement of the English innings till after four o’clock on Friday afternoon, and when play ceased for the day 90 had been made for the loss of four of the best batsmen on the side, Mr. W. G. Grace, Mr. W. Read, Abel and Maurice Read. The wicket when play was resumed on Saturday was at the outset difficult, and the last six wickets only added 46, of which 36 were contributed by Hide and Lohmann. Being in a minority of 83 a follow-on was necessitated, and so good a start was made lay Mr. Grace and Abel that 63 runs had been got before a wicket fell. Mr. Read, though the wicket was still far from easy when he first went in, was in his very best form, but no one for a time stopped long with him, and six batsmen were out for 140. Humphreys, who then became Mr. Read's partner, lioweVer, lent him very valuable assistance, and indeed the two scored very fast. So quickly did runs come that 105 were £*ot in seventy minutes, and when play ceased they were, still in, Mr. Read having scored 102, and Humphreys 38. Their stand had quite altered the aspect of affairs, and at the finish the South were 162 runs on with four wickets to fall. The draw was very creditable to chem. Mr. Read’s 102, his first score of three figures against the present Australian team, was a brilliant display of free cricket. He hit all round with great vigour, and it is noteworthy that his score, which included fifteen fours and seven threes, contained only six singles. A ustralians . D r. W . G . G race, c Jarvis, b P a lm e r .............................31 R . A bel, c E vans, b G arrett 20 Mr. W . W . R ead, c E vans, b G arrett ............................. 0 M r. W . N ew ham , b G iffen 16 M . R ead, c B lackham , b P alm er .............................17 J. H ide, b G iffen....................20 G . G . Hearne, c Jarvis, b G arrett ............................. c T rum ble, B ruce b Bruce n ot out b G iffen . 26 ...102 ... 15 W . H um phreys, c and b G arrett ............................. 0 G . L oh m an n , run ou t ... 16 J. W ootton , b G iffen ... 3 H. P hillips, n ot o u t ............ 5 b G iffen. ............ c B lackham , b G a r r e t t ............ c Jarvis, b G ar­ rett ... 4 ............ M r. S.P. Jones, c Abel, b L oh m an n ............ 0 M r. G. E. P alm er, c A bel, b L oh m an n ... 7 M r. G. tjiffen, lbw , b L oh m an n ..........* ... 52 M r. H . J. H . S cott, b J. H ide .................... 13 M r. W , B ruce, c P h il­ lips, b L oh m an n ... 4 M r. J. W . T rum ble, c M . Read, b W o o tto n 34 M r. J. M 'H w raith, b ^Humphreys ............21 T otal ...136 n ot ou t ............ B 12, lb 4, n b 1 1 T o 'a l ...245 O. W ootton... 54 L ohm ann. B O W L IN G A N A L Y SIS. A ustralians . M. R . W . O. M . R.W H um phreys 22 G ra ce ... H ide... . . 21 13 18 1 |H earne ... 8.1 5 9 3 S outh op E ngland , F irst Innings. Seeond Innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R . W . G a rre tt. ...5 1 25 63 4 ............ 29 11 41 2 Evans . . ... 18 JO 20 0 P alm er . . ... 18 6 27 2 ............ 32 11 59 0 G iffen . . ... 18.3 7 26 3 ............ 29 Jones ... 9 9 3 60 24 2 0 B ru ce ... 31 17 36 2 B lackh am 3 1 5 0 S cott ... 2 0 3 0 G iffen b ow led a no-ball. THIRTY-SIXTH MATCH.—v. AN ENG­ LAND XI. M r . J. A. M urdoch ’ s T estimonial M atch . Mr. A . H . Jarvis, not out .............................51 Mr. J. M ’C. B lack­ ham , c M . R ead, b G. G . H earne ... 11 Mr. T . W . G arrett, c A bel.bG .G .H earne 0 Mr. E . E vans, c L oh ­ m ann, b H ea rn e... B 16, lb 1 T otal . 17 ...219 Thanks to glorious weather and three days of good cricket, this fixture, arranged as a testimonial to Mr. J. A. Murdoch, who has acted for the last sixteen years as Assistant Secretary to the Marylebone Club, and con­ cluded yesterday at Lord’s, proved a complete success. The approaching departure of Shaw and Shrewsbury’s Team of English cricketers to Australia prevented the presence of several of the leading professionals, and in addition many prominent amateurs were absent. Still considering everything, Mr. W. G. Grace was able to put a strong eleven into tire field, the only weakness being in the bowling, which might have been considerably strengthened. Mr. Grace won the toss, and the Australians had another day’s outing, the score at the finish on Monday showing 302 for the loss of eight wickets. The captain was again in his best form, and his 74 was a worthy addition to a series of brilliant performances against the present Australian team. He was fifth out at 141, and during his stay of a little over two hours at the wickets there wa-s nothing to find fault with in his play in any way. Excepting Mr. Read all the other bats­ men got double figures, though the best stands of the day were those of Read and Abel for the sixth, and of Mr. Radcliffe and George Hearne on the fall of the seventh wicket. The two Surrey players added 75 during their partner­ ship, while Mr. Radcliffe, who scored 57 out of 78 by good free cricket, and Hearne put on two more. On Tuesday morning the innings was soon finished off, for an addition of seven­ teen runs, Palmer and Giffen each getting a wicket. The Australians made an excellent start when they went in, Messrs. Jones and Palmer putting on 75 before the latter fell to a most brilliant catch by Scotton at long-off. Mr. Jones did not shape well just at first, but soon settled down, and his play after the first few overs was of the very best kind He was bat­ ting altogether just under three hours. Mr. Jarvis, who ought to have been easily caught at short slip when he had made only four runs, hit away in fine style, and at the end of the day was not put, with sixty-three to his credit. Yesterday Mr. Jarvis raised his score to 84 before he was bowled, and with his retirement the innings closed for 296, the last two wickets having added 28 runs. Barring his chance directly after he went in, Mr. Jarvis’ score was an exceptionally good display of free hitting. With 23 in hand the Englishmen entered on their second innings at 12.40, and when the luncheon interval arrived the score was sixty with three batsmen—Barnes, Mr. Grace, and Scotton—out. On resuming Palmer continued to bowl with great success, and he had a hand in the dismissal of all the first seven wickets, catching one, and getting the other six from his own bowling. Mr. Read and Abel both played capital cricket, but no one else got twenty runs, and the innings closed for 196. In the short time that remained the Austra­ lians lost two wickets for 13 runs, so that at the finish they were left with 207 runs to win and eight wickets to fall. On the first day 5,451 paid at the gate, on Tuesday 6,963, and yesterday 3,499, so that the match was financially, every one will be gratified to learn, a great success. E ngland . F irst Innings. Mr. W . G. G race, c Bruce, b Oarrett .............................74 b P alm er M r. C. I. T hornton, b G iffe n ........... • ......................16 S cotton , b G arrett ............21 M r. W . W . R ead, c B lack- ham , b G arrett ............ Barnes, c B lackham , b P alm er .............................14 A bel, c Scott, b G iffen ... 29 R ead, b Giffen ............ ... 41 M r. O. G. R adcliffe, c S cott, b B r u ce ....................57 G . G. H earne, b P alm er ... 22 W ood , c P alm er, b G iffen 14 S ccon d Innings. b P alm er ... ; Palm er, G arrett ... 0 b P alm er , 29 , 37 c G iffen,b P alm er 7 . 52 . 18 W ootton , n ot ou t B 20,1 b 9, w 2 T otal 0 n o t out b P alm er b P alm er ... ... 11 c S cott, b Trum ble.... ,.. 9 c T rum ble, b G a r r e t t ............11 c Palm er, b Jarvis ............ 3 B 8,1 b 4 , w l 13 T otal...196 A ustralians . F irst Innings. Mr. W . Bruce, b A bel 10 M r. J. M ’llw raith, b M. R e a d ....................35 M r.J.M ’C .B lackham , b M. R ea d ........... 0 Mr. T . W . G arrett, b B arnes ...• ............13 M r.E. E v a n s,n ot out 7 B 6,1 b 3 ............ 9 M r. S. P . Jones, 1 Barnes .........................67 Mr. G. E. P alm er, o S cotton, b G race ... 44 M r. G. G iffen, c H earne, 1) G race ... M r. H .J . H. S cott, c R adcliffe, b G race Mr. J. W . T rum ble, b B arn es ........................15 M r. A. H. Jarvis, b T o ta l ... .;.296 Barnes ........................84 In the Second Innings Mr. S. P. Jones scored c T hornton, b G race 0, Mr. G. E. Palm er, b W . Read:*, Mr. G . G iffen (not out) 5, Mr. H . J .H .S co tt (n ot out) 3 ; 1b 2—T o ta l 13. B O W L IN G A N A L Y SIS. E ngland . First Innings. S econ d innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R .W . G iffen ... 55 23 69 4 ............ 28 13 39 0 P alm er ... 40 9 84 2 ............ 59 24 69 6 B ruce ... 18 4 30 1 ............ 9 5 12 0 n arrett ... 42 17 50 3 ............ 8 2 24 2 EvaDs ... 6 2 18 0 Jones... ... 17 8 30 0 T rum ble ... 8 4 7 0 ............ 20 J arvis 5 12 30 1 2 9 1 B ru ce b ow led tw o and Jones on e wid A u str a l ia n s . F irst Innings. S econ d Innings. M. R .W . 0 1 1 O. M. R ; W. 0. G race... . 43 11 92 3 ... ... 7 B arnes 4U.1 23 43 4 H earne .. 29 16 22 0 . „ Wootton .. 19 12 61 0 M. R ead .. 23 14 L>-2 2 A b el .......... 10 2 27 1. Ra«dcliffe „ 9 2 20 0 W . W . R ead 6 2 10 1