Cricket 1886

62 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. APRIL 15,1880. C R I CK E T IN AU S T R A L I A . MELBOURNE CLUB v. PROFESSION­ ALS—PAST AND PRESENT. The annual match between the first eleven of the M.C.C. and a team chosen from past and. present professionals of Melbourne and suburbs J was played bn the Melbourne ground on February 17. As the Melbourne Eleven included four of the coming Australian team, a few details will be of interest. Scott and Bonnor opened the batting for the Club, Blackham having won the toss. When Scott had scored 2 he was caught at the wickets by Cotter off Phillips, but the touch being a slight one was unnoticed by the- temporary umpire, M’Cullocli. The mistake proved to be a most expensive one, as the University captain after­ wards played a faultless innings of 87, character­ ised by fine vigorous cutting and hard hits to the on side. Bonnor missed a high, slow ball, and was stumped, the result of a very feeble stroke, and M’llwraitli, after scoring 6, skied the ball to short slip, off a miss hit, White, who was fielding as a substitute, missing a ridiculously easy catch. Two wickets were thus lost to Phillips, whose excellent bowling deserved better luck. MTlwraith, like Scott, made good use of his respite, and after com­ mencing somewhat shakily settled down and played a fine free innings for G8. Dickson hit with characteristic vigour and rattled up his runs at a great rate. The professionals, who had only twenty-live minutes to bat, lost two wickets for 42, the match resulting in a draw. Score:— M elbourne . H. J. H Scott, c 1W Vint, b Phillips... 0 Phillips, b Duffy ... 87 J. M. Blackham, lbw, G. J. Bonnor, stl b Phillips ........... 3 Cotter,, b Pearce... 9 I J. Lorimer, lbw, b J. M’IIwraith, bMorris ..................... 5 Morris .............G8 | .T. White, b Morris ... 17 R. P Dickson, not H M’Culloch, lbw, b out .., ... .......... 96 j Cotter .................... 6 J. Swift, b Duffy ...o l E xtras.................. 14 J.Menzies,c Houston, I— b Phillips • ..........36 [ Total .............. 341 P rofessionals . D. Cotter, lbw, b W . ■Greenwood, not Bonnor .............. 6 ont ........................ 5 14. Houston, not ont 2~> E xtras................... 4 S. Morris, c and b — Bonnor .................... 2 Total .............42 wicket fell for 125, Trumble clean bowling Swift, whose score of 34 was well made, and included a number of neat and effective strokes on the off side. Walters, after making 14, inclu­ ding a beautiful square leg hit to the boundary off Trumble, was clean bowled by Little in the latter’s first over, the fifth wicket falling for 162. Bonnor and Menzies kej>t the field busily employed until the score had reached 233 when Menzies was clean bowled by Trumble, who throughout the afternoon bowled remarkably well. Bonnor and Dickson maintained a lively partnership, and rapidly increased the score. Boundary hits from each end were of frequent recurrence, until Dickson, who had rattled up 54, skied Wingrove, and was caught by the bowler, seven wickets having fallen for 335. Duffy and Bonnor kept posses­ sion of the wickets until the stumps were drawn, the total being 366 for seven wickets. Bonnor, who carried his bat for 137, played a very fine hitting innings, including five hits clean oVer the boundary fence. Score M elbourne . J. M. Blackham, run ] F. Walters, b Little 14 out ........................31 J.Menzies,b Trumble 25 W. Bruce, c Boss, R. P Dickson, c and b Trumble ..........43 , b Wingrove ........54 J. .Swift, b Tmmble 31 J. Duffy, not out ... 13 J. M’llwraith, c Scott, j Extras.................15 b Trumble .......... 0 | G. J. Bonnor, not out 137 | Total ..........3C6 CR I CKE T IN N E W Z E A L A ND . In a cricket match on Feb. 13, between elevens from the Temuka and Timaru Clubs some extraordinary scoring took place. Temuka went to the wickets first and were all put out for 86. Timaru then went in, and when time was called had lost four wickets for 350, F. W.'Fish being credited with the first ; century of the season, being not out with the splendid score of 132 to his credit. Fish’s ! score included two 5’s, eight 4’s, nine 3’s, seventeen 2’s, and twenty- nine singles. This is the highest individual ^core mado on the Timaru ground during the season. At the conclusion of the game he was earned shoulder high to the pavilion and heartily cheered by the spectators and the winning and losing teams. Mr. W E . Barton, of the Auckland Cricket Club, it is said, was proposed by Mr. J. A. Blackham to be a member of the Australian Eleven on the way to England. On the Mel­ bourne Cricket Club (under whose auspices the team go) considering Mr. Barton’s nomi­ nation, it was resolved that lie could not be included, as the team could only consist- of Australians. In may be taken as a high compliment to Mr. Barton’s skill as a batsman and all-round cricketer that ho should be the first nominated from this Colony. H I GH S COR I NG IN AD E L A I D E . Some high scoring was recorded on the Adelaide Oval, in a match between the Norwood and Hindmarsh Clubs, played on February 20 and 27. The Norwood team were in both afternoons, scoring 433, for only four wickets. Score:— N orwood . F. T. Harcus, b Bullough ... ..........47 J. Lyons, b Bullough 5G G. Giffen, not out ...161 H. Blinman, c King, b Jones .................59 W. Giffen, c Noel, b Jones........................36 J.E. Gooden, not out 57 Extras.................14 Total ...433 MELBOURNE v. UNIVERSITY. Bonnor showed some fine hitting in this match played on the ground of the Mel­ bourne Club On February 13th and 20th. The Melbourne Eleven included as will be s6en no less than four of the coming Australian team, while two others, Scott .and Trumble, were on the side of the University. On the first day Melbourne had made 32 without the loss of a wicket—Bruce 20 and Blackham 12, being not out. These two batsmen raised the score to 72, when liruce, who had batted freely, was caught at the wickets off Trumble. At 112 Blackham was run out in attempting a third run, the ball being smartly returned from the boundary by Freeman. Swift, who had suc­ ceeded Bruce, had meanwhile been playing good cricket, but Mcllwraith disappointed the spectators by cutting Trumble into Scott’s hands at point before he had scored. The fourth The Norwood’s total of 433 for four wickets, I { the Adelaide Observer says, is the largest score I |which has ever been made in a Cup match in | |South Australia. The highest score previously i |was 398 for five wickets, also made by the j i Norwoods against Kensingtons last season, j ! Early in the present season, however, the I Prince Alfred boys in the contest against the St. Peters made exactly 500, which is now the record. It is a curious coincidence that their score is about the same as the Australians had at the fall of the fourth wicket in their memorable match in England in 1884, when the Colonials totalled 551, the fourth wicket falling at 432. W. Chandler, playingfortlie Adelaide Young Men, on January 23, against the Cambridge Second Eleven, secured the whole ten wickets at a cost of 31 runs. On January 23, for Hindmarsh against the Adelaide Club, at Adelaide, A. H. Jarvis scored 112, notout, of 186 for two wickets. S tygians C lub . —The annual dinner of the Stygians Cricket Club is to take place at the Cafe Royal, Regent Street, on Wednesday, May 10th, under the chairmanship of the president, Mr. Walter Shirley, M. P. 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