Cricket 1886

OCT. 28,1886. CEICKET: A WEEKLY RECOBD OF THE GAME. 451 Leaving Boston at 6.30 by sleeping car train, we arrived at Baltimore about 10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20. In the afternoon we went a long drive through the park and round by the cricket ground, which is some seven miles from the city. The ground is a very pretty one, and there we had perhapd the best wicket during the tour. SIXTH MATCH.—v. EIGHTEEN OF BALTIMORE. Roller was unfortunately unable to play in this match. Sanders lost the toss, but Balti­ more with somewhat doubtful policy put us in first. Haycock and Bainbridge as usual went in first. Haycock made 15 before lie was bowled. Key. and Bainbridge then kopt pos­ session of the wickets till lunch time, when the score stood at 147. Key was twice missed by Whitelock early in hi3 innings, but profiting by his escape, he began to play fine cricket, scoring at a inuoh greater rate than his com­ panion. Lunch somewhat changed the aspect of the game. Bainbridge was easily taken at short leg for a very patient innings of 49. Turner made 13 and then fell a victim to Brune, but Buckland and Cobb were unsuccessful. Almost immediately on Fortescue joining Key a misunderstanding caused the latter to be run out when within 4 of his century. F.ortesoue and Cottrell made some stand, till the Parson retired with 25 to liis credit, being caught and bowled. Rotherham hit exceed­ ingly well for his 25, while Cottrell was easily caught at short leg, and Welman magnificently taken in the same place. The innings closed for. 257, so far our highest on tlie tour. Bruno, a medium-paced left-hand bowler, was respon­ sible for 4 wickets, but he was rather expensive. In the half hour that remained Baltimore lost 3 wickets for 19. On resuming on Tues­ day morning Rotherham and Buckland bowled with great effect. Smith, who was in the Clifton Eleven of 1874, batted very well for his 25, while of the others Brune alone reached double figures. With a deficit of 175 Balti­ more went in again. Buckland having hurt liis knee did not bowl. Wickets at first fell quickly, but McLane late in the innings with Whitelock made a good stand, McLane show­ ing very promising form. Their total reached 117, leaving Us victorious by 58 runs in an innings. G e n t l e m e n o f E n g l a n d . IT. W . "painbridge, Inglehart, b hrune 49 T . R. H ine-H aycock, b J. N. S teele............15 K. J. K ey, ruu ou t ... 96 .1r A. T urner, b Hrune 13 E . H. B uckland, b Prune............................. 0 A . It. C obb, b Sm ith 3 Rev. a . T . F ortescue, c M araton, b Old- h»m C. E. C ottrell, c liid gley. b S teele 20 H. lioth erh a m , c S. T . Steele, b J. N. S teele ....................25 F . T. W elm an, c W . O. W hitelock, b Brune ................... 2 E. J. Sanders, n ot ou t ............................. 0 B 5,1 b 3, w 1 ... 9 *,.257 E ig h t e e n o e B a l t im o r e scored 82 (T u n siall Sm ith 25) and 117(A llan M cl.ane 26). B OW LIN t* AN * LYSIS. G e n t l e m e n o p E n g l a n d . B . W; R . W. B . M. R. W . Shiith .... 150 6 73 1 S. T . Steele 24 4 5 0 Brune ... 209 14 97 4 W h itelock 4 0 4 0 J, Steele ... 8) 5 39 3 G lenn ... 24 0 9 0 O ldham ... 80 10 16 1 L ip pin cott 8 0 5 0 XVIII. o f B a l t im o r e . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. B. M.R . W . B. M.It. W. R otherham ... 132 18 347 ... ... 44 6 11 1 H ine-H aycock 4 0 12 .............. 113 10 37 7 B uck land ... 120 13 42 7 In the secon d in nings:—C ottrell... 84 8 27 6; T urner ... 16 2 9 1 ; K ey............ 10 2 11 0; Bainfcridge 24 2 8 2. In the evening we were entertained at dinner by our opponents at the Merchants’ Club. A most enjoyable evening was spent, and we wound up after many songs with Auld Lang Syne, at 12 p.m* The next day we had a second innings for the benefit of the spectators. Bainbridge played very fine cricket for 75, while Rother­ ham scored 96 in a little over an hour and a quarter, his hitting being nothing short of marvellous. Buckland meanwhile played steadily for 54. Our total was 279 for six wickets. About five o’clock we went off to Philadelphia. SEVENTH MATCH.—v. GENTLEMEN OF PHILADELPHIA. T hursday , S eptem ber 23 rd . This match had been looked forward to with much interest, and great keenness was shown by the spectators, who numbered about 5,000 on tho second and third days. In no other town had tho spectators exceeded 800. The day was blazing hot, and tbe wicket looked excellent. Newhall beat Roller in tho toss: s® punctually at 10.30 Scott and Patterson (who has scored very largely this season) took their places at tho wicket, being opposed by Roller (pavilion end) and Rotherham. Both batsmen played with confidence, and runs came freely from Rotherham, so at 31 Cottrell took his place. Still the score advanced, and at 45 Buck­ land relieved Cottrell. This ohange brought about a separation, as a catch at the wicket disposed of Scott, 48— 1— 18. Morgan,.the American Barlow, took bis place; Cottrell here took the ball from Roller, but Buckland again had success on his side, as ho bowled Patterson off his body. He had made 32 by clean hard play: his style is very ugly, but he watches the ball very well. R. S. Newhall, the opposing captain, who came in, gavo avery difficult clianco to Haycock in tho outfield, which was not accepted. The escape availed him but little, as after one or two brilliant strokes he was caught at the wicket. Brockie came in, and soon after the luncheon bell rang. When the game was resumed at 1.45, for a time matters went badly for the Philadelphians. Brockie returned the ball to Buckland, and at 97 Morgan played on. Buckland had so far got all the wickets. C. A. Newhall and Clark made a stand, so Turner took the ball from Cottrell. In his second over he clean bowled Clark, and at 130 C. A. Newhall suffered the same fate. At 139 W. Scott was bowled, and Ralston caught and bowled. Brewster and Brown, the last pair, infused somo life into the game; they ran many sharp runs, and each man hit freely. At 168, however, Cottrell clean bowled Brown, Brewster being not out fifteen. Turner and Bainbridge began our innings, W. Scott and Brockie being the bowlers. Runs came freely, so C. A. Newhall went on. Turner played the latters second ball on, 1 for 22. Key joined Bainbridge, who without alteration of the figures was easily caught at point off W. Scott. Roller was next on the list, and as Key twice pulled Scott to the on-boundary, at 41 Patterson took his place. Roller cut Newhall for 4, but then the play steadied down a bit. The score advanced to 65 without further disaster. Second day. Play was resumed at 10.20, Key and Roller, the not outs,being opposed by Brown (slow left liand^ and C. A. Newhall. Dew had fallen very heavily on the wicket and play was consequently slow, 9 runs being tho result of 30 minutes’ play. At 84 ClarK took charge of the upper wicket. Key immediately drove the new bowler to the off boundary,' while liis partner twice dispatched Brown in a similar direction. At 11.40 100 appeared. As the score rose, Clark gave up the ball to C. A. Newhall, but the twoSurrey batsmen continued to score. At 110 Scott bowled at the lower end. This was the signal for quick scoring, boundary hits being the order; Roller here continually evoked applause by his brilliant cutting off Newhall. Clark and Brown resumed, but without effect, as the Philadel­ phians’ total was passed at 12.15. The end was not far off, as at 181 a very fine catch by Clark at point causedRoller’s retirement. He had scored much faster than Key, and had played a faultless innings of 75, his cutting being particularly admired. Haycock camo in but was again unlucky, as Brown bowled him off his pads at 207. Buckland played a few overs, and Key completed his century amid much applause. He was missed at short slip by Newhall just previous to this. At 219 lunch was announced. On resuming Key only added a couple, when he was caught by Scott at extra cover off a very bad stroke. His 109 was a fine freely hit innings, and except the for one chancewhen his score was 89, was faultless. 232—5 t —109. Buckland, who had made 19, was next very finely taken by Brewster at forward short-leg, Cobb and Fortescue showed good form, but at length Cobb got under a ball from Brown and was taken at slip. Cottrell, the new comer, did not survive long. Rotherham and Fortescue made another stand, bringing on Scott again. Rotherham’s hitting was here very fine; he landed Scott out of the ground, while the Parson made two fine drives off the other bowler. Tho third hundred was recorded at 3.45. At 307 Fortescue was caught at slip—his 31 was a very good innings. Welman whipped in, but only had time to score 7, when Rother­ ham was captured by the wicket-keeper. The total reached 323, leaving us a majority of 0.55. Against this formidable score Philadelphia started as before with J. Scott and Patterson, Rotherham and Buckland having charge of the attack. A good start was made, 32 runs being recorded before Cobb threw Patterson out from short-leg. He had made 19. C. A. New­ hall came in,and seemedbent onplaying the day out by wasting time for supposed movements behind the bowler’s arm. Ho, however, was thwarted, as six minutes before the close hewas bowled by Hine-Haycock. W. Scott joined his brother, but although Bainbridge was given a trial no wicket fell, a wide being the only item. Stumps were then drawn for tho day. Third day. Tho brothers Scott continued batting at 10.30. Cottrell and Buckland were the bowlers. Only 8 runs had been recorded when a good catch by Buckland off his own bowling sent J. A. Scott back. He had played very finely for 31. The wicket began to show signs of wear, Buckland bumping very awkwardly. At 79 Roller effected a clever catch which brought about tho .downfall of W. Scott. R. S. Newhall came in, but had not scored when Morgan was caught by Wel­ man. Clark, the newcomer, was clean bowled without scoring, and Brockie made 1, when he, too, fell a victim to Buckland. Ralston came to the rescue, and lie and Newhall made a long stand. Both batsmen began to hit, clearly the only game, as tlie wicket was wear­ ing very badly. Turner took the ball, but the run-getting could not be checked. Ralston here drove Buckland over the ropes. Roller relieved Turner, and in his first over Ralston was out to a well-judged catch by Cottrell at long-off. Eight for 138. Ralston had played very well for 32, his hitting was exceedingly clean. Newhall did not long survive Ralston, as a magnificent catch at mid-off by Sanders, fielding for Turner, got rid of liini. Brown did not score but was easily taken at mid-on. The innings terminated for 139, leaving us victorious by an innings and 17 runs. Too much praise cannot be given to Buckland,who in all took 12 wickets for 105 runs. The wicket helped him in the second innings, but considering how fast the ball travelled it i3 a performance he may well be proud of. G e n t l e m e n o f P h il a d e l p h ia . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. J. A. S cott, c W elm an, b B u c k la n d .................... ... 18 c and b B u ck ­ land ..................... 31 G. S. P atterson, b B u ck­ land ...................................... 32 run ou t ............ 19 W . C. M organ, jun., b B uckland ... ..................... 27 c W elm an, b B uckland 3 R . S. N ew hall, c W elm an, b B uckland .................... 11 c Saunders, b R oller ............ 25 W . B rockie, jun., c and b B u c k la n d ............................. 0 b B uckland 1 E. VV. Clark, jun., b T urner 9 b B uckland 0 C. A. N ew hall, h T urn er ... 18 b H in e-H aycock 15 W . S cott, b R oth erh am ... 6 c R oller, b B u ck­ land ..................,. 5 F . W. R alston , jun., c and b B u ck la n d ..................... 7 c C ottrell, b R oller' ............ 32 F. E. BroW ster, n ot ou t ... 15 n o to u t ........... 1 H . I. B row n , b C ottrell ... 9 c Saunders, b B uckland 0 B 8, lb 8 ... ... 16 B 2 ,lb 2 , w 2, n b l 7 Total ........ w.168 T o t a l... ] L39 ( Continued on page 454). Next Issue November 2 5