Cricket 1886

pEB. 25, 1886. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. 21 Healey, of the East Melbourne Club, was selected to fill the eleventh place in the team. Watsford and Lewis, two East Melbourne players, opened proceedings for the Victorians to the bowling of Bruce and Palmer. The batting calls for but little comment. Lewis played very well for his score of 20, and his first partner also made 10 in good style. Edwards, who had not previously played in a good metropolitan match this season, too, compiled 25 in a very careful manner, display­ ing considerable defence. Houston, on the other hand, played with great dash, and lost but few opportunities of scoring, his 27 runs being put together by correct cricket. With the exception of M‘Shane, who scored 13, no other member of the team reached double figures, and the innings closed for 135. The feature of the innings was undoubtedly the wicket-keeping of Jarvis, who never appeared to greater advantage than on the present occasion. He took olf and leg balls with equal ease, and was instrumental in the downfall of no less than six out of the ten wickets, stump­ ing four batsmen and catching two. Such a performance is in itself somewhat unique in the annals of cricket. Palmer bowled with great effect, taking no less than eight of the ten wickets, though Jarvis helped him in the dismissal of five of them. The Australian teamentered upon their inn­ ings during the afternoon, and at call of time had two wickets down for 69, Bruce and Horan contributing but 1 and 2 respectively, while Soott and M'llwraith. who maintained their form of the previous inter-colonial match, were not out, with 26 and 40. Trumble’s bowling for Victoria was exceptionally good, and, as will be seen by the analysis, is really worthy of record. He bowled 120 balls, or 30 overs, 25 of which were maidens, and though he secured but one wicket, only 7 runs were made off him. This, on such a perfect, fast wicket, in hot dry weather, spoke volumes for the accuracy of his pitch and the straightness of his trundling. The match was continued on Jan. 2, and as the weather continued fine the wicket was all in favour of the batsmen. M'llwraith and Scott, the two not outs, resumed their innings to the bowling of Trott and Worrall. Despite several changes in the bowling the batsmen maintained their positions. Scott continued to play very carefully, but M‘Ilwraith gradually opened his shoulders, though adopting the reprehensible practice of running out and then running back again before playing a ball. The score rose steadily and 200 was posted with the pair still in. In Boyle’s next over, however, M‘Ilwraith’s fault of running out to the bowling cost him his wicket, for he made a mishit, and, the ball rebounding off the wicket-keeper’s pads on to the wicket, he was stumped, thougn only owing to a piece of bad luck. M‘Ilwraith’s innings was a fine display of free vigorous cricket, only marred by the habit before-mentioned of running out so frequently. The two batsmen while they were together had raised the total from 7 to 207. Bonnor now partnered Scott, but only to see the latter caught by Worrall at mid-on off Boyle for a carefully compiled 74, his only fault being a too free indulgence in defensive tactics. 5—74—207. Jarvis now joined Bon­ nor, and the former gave the Victorian bowlers great trouble. He saw the rest of the team out, and carried out his bat for 77, a fine display of good hitting and excellent defence. His innings may be considered as the best he has ever played in Victoria. The match was concluded on Jan. 4. Owing to the intensely hot weather the wicket had become like glass, while the out fielding ground was as fast as the most exacting bats man could wish for. With the exception of Edwards and Boyle, every batsman in the team secured double figures. Lewis during his stay at the wickets made things very lively and played with great freedom. When he had made 31 he gave Palmer a smart chance at point, which was declined, the catch being a one-handed one to the right. This, with the exception of that which caused his downfall, was the only chance he gave throughout an otherwise faultless innings. His hard forward driving was perfect. Houston is also worthy of special mention for his score of 31; he made some very fine strokes, and played cricket in true form. M’Shane’s score of 79 was a capital exhibition of good hitting; and though he gave a couple of chances before he was taken by Blackham in the field, his play was quiteup to his best form. Trinnick, Robertson, Worrall, and Wingrove all played well for their double figures. The score reached the respectable total of 260, which saved a one- innings defeat, and necessitated the M.C.C. eleven going in again to obtain 21 runs, which they did without losing awicket. Bonnor was not out 11, and Walters not out 8, which, with two sundries, made the required number. The Australian team therefore won by ten wickets. Throughout the match Blacltham placed Jarvis at the wickets, and the latter showed what a really excellent keeper of the sticks he undoubtedly is. Jarvis in this match secured seven wickets, and took them in a style which—even if previous excellence in this department did not warrant us in saying so— places him on an equality with the best wicket­ keepers in the world. V ictorian E l e v e n . First Innings. Second Innings. P. Lewis, o Trumble, b Bruce...........................20 c Healey.bBruce 34 G. Watsford, c Jarvis, b Palmer .................. ...10 c Palmer, b Trumble ... 10 J. Edwards, st Jarvis, b Palmer ...................25 stJarvis,bPalmer 7 R. Houston, st Jarvis, b Palmer ...................27 b Palmer ......... 31 J. Trinnick, st Jarvis, b Palmer ... ................. 9lbw, b Bonnor... 20 H. Trott, b Palmer........ 4 not out ......... 18 H. F. Boyle, c M'Hwraith, b Palpier ... ............... W. R. Robertson.c Jarvis, b Trumble ................. 9 P. G. M'Shane, b Palmer 13 J. Worrall, not o u t .......... 5 F. Wingrove, st Jarvis, b Palmer ........................ 0 B 1, lb 4, nb 4, w 2 ... 11 Total ...135 c Walters, b Trumble ... 3 b Bruce ..........12 c Blackham, b Bruce ..........79 c Bonnor,bBruce 11 b Trumble..........20 B6,nbl,lb7,wl 15 Total ...260 A u str al ia n T e am . First Innings. J. W. Trumble, c Boyle, b Robertson 40 J. M. Blackham, c Houston, b Boyle 12 F. Walters, 1b w, b Robertson .......... 3 J. Healey, sub, run out ........................ 8 B 4, lb 4, nb 5 ... 13 H. J. H.Scott, c Wor­ rall, b B o y le ......... 74 W. Bruce, e Robert­ son, b Wingrore ... 1 T. Horan,b Wingrove 2 J. M'llwraith, st Lewis, b Boyle ...125 G. E. Palmer, c Win­ grove, b Boyle ... 0 G. J. Bonnor, c Ed­ wards, b M'Shane 20 Total ..........375 A. H. Jarvis, not out 77 In the Second Innings G. J. Bonnor scored (not out), 11, F. Walters (not out), 8; b l,lb-l—Total 21 BOWLING ANALYSIS. V icto r ia n E l e v e n . First Innings. B. R. M. W. Bruce ... 168 58 18 1 Palmer... 218 59 41 8 Trumble 120 7 25 1 Second Innings. B. R. 192 86 240 86 120 56 M. W. 18 4 27 2 9 3 0 1 0 0 Bruce bowled 3 wides, Palmer 4 wides and 1 no-ball. A u str alia n T eam . Bonnor 32 Walters 12 10 First Innings. B. R. M. W. Worrall... 108 3712 0 Watsford 16 23 1 0 Wingrove 116 68 5 2 Houston. 16 13 1 0 Roberts0nl04 47 5 2 B. R. M. W. Trott... 72 39 1 Edwards 36 19 5 M‘Shanel24 37 14 Boyle... 152 59 13 Trinnick 48 30 4 In the Second Innings Worrall bowled 9 balls for 7 runs, Robertson 12 balls for 12 runs. Wingrove bowled 3 and Robertson 2 no-balls. THE INTERCOLONIAL JUNIOR MATCH The match between elevens representing the Junior Players of Victoria and New South Wales respectively, was played on the Asso­ ciation Ground at Sydney on Dec. 26 and 2P. The result was a win for the Victorians by 31 M e lb o u r n e J u n io r s . First Innings. Ward, b Spurway ..........52 Drysdale, b D ock er.......... 0 O’Hanlon, c Docker, Fraser........................ Armstrong, c Robinson, Donnan ........................ 8 Roberts, b Spurway..........28 Lynch, lbw, b Spurway ... 4 Smith, run o u t ................. 9 Johnston, b Fraser ..........10 Lucas, c Baxter, b Sparkes 0 Marshall, c Fraser, b Sparkes ........................ 0 Second Innings. b D on nan..........3i h w, b Donnan : Harvey, not out.. Extras ........ ... 0 ... 14 17 b Spurway. b Donnan ... b Donnan ... c Varley, Donnan ... c Yarley, Sparkes ... b Fraser ... b Adams ... c Robinson, Adams ... notout.......... B 5, n b 2 , 32 14 Total ...142 Total ...141 S y d n e y J u n io r s . First Innings. Robinson,c and b Marshall 13 Donnan, c Drysdale, b Marshall ........................16 Varley, b Drysdale.......... 5 Sparkes, c Roberts, b Drysdale .......... ..........15 Searle, b Drysdale .......... 2 Luland, lbw, b Harvey ... 5 Baxter, b Drysdale ..........16 G. Adams, c Smith, b Harvey ........................ 0 Fraser, b Harvey .......... 3 Spurway, b Roberts ... Docker, not out.......... Extra ................. Total .................94 Second Innings, b Drysdale ... 2 b Marshall......... 46 b Marshall.......... 3 st Lucas, b Marshall......... 50 c Ward, b Smith 0 c and b Drysdale 13 b Marshall.......... 3 b Marshall.......... 0 c Ward, b Marshall..........19 cSmithbMarshall 5 not out ......... 7 B5, lb 3, n b 2 10 Total ...158 GEORGETOWN CLUB, BRITISH GUIANA A general meeting of the above club was held on Jan. 21, in the Pavilion on the New Ground, Bourda. The Hon. C. P. Austin was in the chair. Mr. Thomas Daly was elected President for the coming year, and Mr. C. P. Austin, Vice-President, in the place of Mr. Daly. Mr. G. Wyatt referred to the correspondence which had been going on for some time relative to the visit of a West Indian Team to Canada and the United States. The club were to have been formally asked at this meeting to sanction the proposal, but unfortunately, although he had had the correspondence printed, he had been unable to circulate copies of it before the meeting. He moved that the considera­ tion of the matter be adjourned until the next ordinary meeting in April, by which time all the plans and arrangements would be more forward than they were now. As the team would not leave until about July—that was to say, if the proposal was adopted by the club— there would be plenty of time for carrying out the arrangements between April and July.— This was carried. A proposal “ That the committee of the G.C.C. be empowered to make arrangements for the visit of a team from Jamaica, Tobago, or from some other island, to Demerara at as early a date as possible,” was carried unani­ mously. Mr. Hill, the Treasurer, said that the re­ ceipts for the quarter ended 31st December, with a balance from 1st Oct., were $1,380 43, and the expenditure #1,197 80—leaving a balance in hand of #186 63. The following were elected members of the club:—Messrs. P. J. Henery, E.Percival, F. E. Dampier, F. M. Hodgson, Douglas Young, NJ Cox, ]un., F. Sealy, A. Bugle, and G. S. Cox. The meeting then separated. Nest Issue March 25-