Cricket 1887

CBICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD Off THE GAME. APBIL 28,1887. in his stead, and clean bowled Willis for a hard hit 84. (Twelve for 219.) No other wicket fell, and when the stumps were drawn the total was 235, Boyle, who had placed capitally, having made 44. The English bowling, except that of Briggs, was very moderate, ana the ground was in fine run-getting order, the pitch being very fast. The attendance numbered about 600, who thoroughly enjoyed the success of the local players. On Wednesday, March 16, in charm­ ing weather, the game was resumed at a quarter to twelve. Boyle was in fine form, and in spite of several changes of bowling, at one o’clock had completed his century, whioh was the signal lor great applause. Still the score rose, till at 115 to Boyle’s name he was caught at the wicket from Scotton. The innings closed for 346, the largest score made against the English eleven so far in this tour. After luncheon, at 2.20, Gunn and Bates went in. A maiden was sent down to Gunn, but Bates hit two 4’s and a 5 from the next over. From the last ball of the next he was finely caught at long oa. Barlow was next, and with Gunn hit the score to 62, when a very good catch at long-off sent the Notts man away, his last two hits being splendid drives for five each. Maurice Bead tnen came in, and after playing three maidens opened with a brace. This he followed up with three 4’s, and having got well in to time the ball, his hitting was remarkable for its power. At four o’clock the total was 152, when twenty minutes intervened for refreshments Readha 1hit aball with great force down the wicket, striking Barlow on the foot, which, after the rest, became so painful that Briggs came out to run for him. At 170 Barlow was out caught and bowled for a well- played 46, made much faster than he usually scores. Briggs opened with four spanking hits for 4 each, but Read beat this by hitting three 5's and a 4, all splendid drives. The Bcore was rapidly hit to 264, when Briggs was taken at short-leg for a merry 43. Sherwin then came in, but lost the companionship of Read, who was caught and bowled for a brilliant innings of 140. He should have been caught three times, but twice out of these three the ball was driven with terrific force very low to long-field. In his innings were ten 5’s and ten 4’s. Flowers was caught at slip without scoring, and at twenty-five minutes to six the stumps were drawn, the Englishmen having made 283 for six wickets in about three hours. The match was drawn. Score and bowling analysis :— E igh teen op B endigo . H. Boyle, c Sherwin, b Scotton ...........115 J. Calverley, c Flowers, b Briggs 1 W . S. W illis, b Read 34 L. Connolly, hw, b Lohm ann ........... 5 T. Osborne, st Sher­ win, b R e a d ...........28 T. Davis, c and b Bates .................... 4 A M anallack.not out 3 C. Bottrell, c Shrews­ bury, b Scotton ... A. J. Pearce, c Sher­ win, b Lohm ann ... 0 M. Lederm an, c Scotton, b Barlow 14 G eorge Mackay, c Sherwin, b Briggs 31 J[. Harry, c and b Briggs ... .............15 J. Beswick, b Briggs 23 T. Tatchell, c Shrews­ bury, b Briggs ... 5 O. Solom on, b Brings 0 E. Payllss, c Sherwin, b Briggs ........... ... 1 J. D. Edwards, lbw, b Briggs ........................17 Ansrus Mackay, b Briggs ................32 B Total 0 ... 18 ...316 E n glish E l e v e n . Gunn, c Solom on, b B oyle..............................27 Bates, c Davis, b M anallack ..............13 Barlow, c and b Man­ allack ......................46 Maurice Bead, c and b Tatchell ... ...140 Briggs,c George Mac­ kay, b Tatchell ... 43 Sherwin, not out ... 4 Flowers, c Harry, b Boyle ................... 0 B 6, lb 3, w 1 ...1 0 Total ...........283 BOWLING ANALYSIS, B endigo . B. M. R. W . B. M .B .W . Lohm ann ... 204 19 75 2 I Bates.......... 144 14 45 1 Flowers ... 120 14 47 0 R e a d .......... 76 3 b5 2 fiwrlow ... 767 31 1 Scotton ... 27 1 12 2 B riggs...........264 23 83 9 E ngland . B ow ling A nalysis .—Manallack, two wickets for 49 ru n s; Osborne, nil for 59; Boyle, tw ) for 33 ; Beswick, nil for 34 ; Calverley, nil for 24 ; Edwards, nil for 27; Tatchell, two for 27; Pearce, nil for 23. It will perhaps be remembered that on the last occasion an English team visited Sand­ hurst very heavy scoring took place. After the local men were out for a little over 80 runs, the Englishmen made 576 for six wickets (Barnes 109, Bates 107, Briggs 98 not out, Flowers 91, and Ulyett 75), and as a Melbourne team had gone up just before, and scored over 600 runs in one day, it can safely be said to be one of the best and quickest grounds for scoring in the world. The English team the same evening left for Melbourne, arriving there at eleven p.m. TWENTY-NINTH MATCH.—SMOKERS v. NON-SMOKERS. On Thursday, March 17, a novel match— Smokers v. Non-Smokers—was commenced, the English side dividing, and the elevens made up from the best players in Victoria. The match was an extraordinary one, 422 runs being made for the loss of two wickets only in 4J hours’ batting, or at the rate of about 100 the hour. Shrewsbury suc­ ceeded in beating Boyle for choice of iunings, and of course elected to bat, as the wicket was about as near perfection as anything ever seen, and to the disgust of the bowlers it played as well as it looked. Shrewsbury and Bruce opened this remarkable innings to the bowling of Palmer and Briggs. In three-quarters of an hour 66 runs had been made—Bruce 46, Shrewsbury 20; the former hit splendidly, a square-leg hit from Briggs going out of the ground for 6. Luncheon then intervened. On resuming the scoring became fast and furious; the bowling was frequently changed, but with­ out avail, but at last, when the Smokers began to despair of getting a wicket that day, Bruce was out leg-before to Palmer for a grand hit­ ting innings of 131. In his score were seven­ teen 4’s and a 6; he was missed at the wicket when he had made 70, and Palmer dropped a very hot chance at mid-off at 90. Bruce is probably now the best batsman in Australia, so rapidly has he improved in a few months, and his improvement is very marked in the right direction, as he hits splendidly all round. We generally find improving Australian bats­ men gradually get slow and pokey—Horan, Bannerman, and G. Giffen to wit. Bates had a short life, as after hitting Palmer to square- leg for 4, in attempting it again he was bowled. Gunn now joined Shrewsbury, and another great stand was made. The bowling was hit all over the field, no less than eight of the now tired Smokers having a turn. At five o’clock 300 was posted. After this runs came faster than ever, 122 being made in the next hour. Shrewsbury hit Palmer for 28 in three overs, and Gunn hit Scotton nearly out of sight. No chance can be urged against Gunn, but Shrewsbury should have been taken at the wicket before he had made a double figure, and Boyle missed him ridiculously at cover- point, through the sun being in his eyes, when he had made 120. Barring these two chances the Notts champion batsman had played magnificently, hitting everything loose, as can be imagined, as, so far, his innings includes no less than thirty-one 4’s. The attendance did not number more than 500, although it was a part holiday and lovely weather. It will be seen that not one extra was allowed during the whole day, an extraordinary thing for such a score. At the end of the third day the score was as follows : 1,105 runs having been totalled for only twelve wickets. The wickets in the Non-Smokers* innings fell thus: 1 for 195, 2 for 203, 8 for 514, 4 for 624, 5 for 575, 6 for 658, 7 for 686, 8 for 787, 9 for 803. N on -S m okers . A. Shrewsbury, 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 1 2 1 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 1 1 1 4 4 2 3 2 4 1 1 4 4 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 4 4, c Duffy, b Briggs ...........236 W . Bruce, 1 1 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 6 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 1 3 4 3 2 1 2 4 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 114, lbw, b Palm er ... ....................................131 W . Bates, 4, b Palm er... ........... ............................ 4 W . Gunn, 3 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 1 1 3 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 4 1 1 4 3 3 4 1 2 2 1 5 2 4 4 2 2 1 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 3 1 4 1 2 , b Boyle...................................................150 R. G. Barlow, 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 2 4 1 1 4,bPalm er 29 R. Houston, 3 1 2 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 , b Briggs ......................................57 H. Musgrove, 3 4 4 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 8 1 3 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 3 11 4 2 1, st Lewis, b B r ig g s ............................62 J. W orrall, 4 2 2 1 4 2 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 4 3 4 2 2 1, b Read......................................78 W . H. Cooper, 4 4 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 2 , c and b B rig g s................- ...................................46 M. Sherwin, 311, not o u t ........................................... 5 W . Barnes, absent .......................... « . .. 0 Extras ............................... . ... ........... 5 T o t a l................. ... .« ... ...803 S m o k e r s . W . Flowers, not out 48 G. Lohm ann, not out 16 E xtras................... 9 Total ...302 M. Read, st Sherwin, b Cooper .....................33 G. E. Palm er, c W or­ rall, b B ru ce ........... 113 J. Briggs, c Shrews­ bury, b Bates.............86 The results and batting averages in the ten principal matches of the tour of the English professionals in Australia are given below. Won 6, drawn 2, lost 2; total, 10. BA TTIN G AVERAGES. Tim es M ost not in an Inns. out. Runs. Inns. Aver. R. G. B a rlo w ........... ,... 18.. . 3 ... 310.. . 86 ..., 20.10 W Barnes ................... 12... 1 . 319...109 ..., 29 W . B a te s .................. ,... 17.. . 0 . ,. 379.. . 86 ... 22.5 J. B rig g s ........................ 15... 0 ..,. 179... 69 ..., 11.14 W. Flowers ................,.. 15... 2 .... 192... 52 ... 14.10 W . G u n n ........................,.. 16... 1 .. . 323... 61*..., 21.8 G . L oh m a n n ................... 15... 2 ... 191.. . 40*... 14.9 M. Bead ... ................... 16... 0 .. V58... 63 ... 16.2 W. Scotton ................... 16.. . 1 .... 163... 43*..., 10.13 M. Sherwin ................ ... Id.. . 8 ... 108.. . 25 ... 13.4 A. Shrewsbury (ca p t).... 18.. . 4 .... 485...144 ... 34.9 R. W o o d ....................... ... 5.. . 1 ., .. 26... 10*..., 6.2 * Signifies not out. Neither Lillywhite nor Alfred Shaw played in any of the leading fixtures. BATTING AVERAGES AGAINST THE ENGLISHMEN. The following are the averages of the Colonists who have batted against the Englishmen in four innings and upwards in the eleven a-side matches :— Tim es not M ost in an Inns. out. Runs. Inns. Aver R. Allen (N .S.W .)........... 8... 0 ... 163... 41 ... 20.3 A. Bannerman (N.S W.) 6..., 1 .. . 79... 26 ... 15.4 W. Bruce (V .).................. 8... 0 ... 229... 62 ... 28.5 J. Burton (N.S.W) 5... 1 ... 2... 2 ... 0.2 J. M ‘C Blackham (V.) 8... 0 ... 174... 63 ... 21.6 R. Cottam (N.S.W.) ... 4 .. 1 ... 47... 29 ... 15.2 E. Evans (N.S.W.) 6... 3 ... 24... 11 ... 8 J. Ferris (N.S.W.).......... 9... 2 ... 10... 3 ... 1.3 T. W. Garrett (N.S.W.) 12... 1 ... 137... 31 ... 12.5 T. Horan (V .).................. 4... 2 .. . 199...117*... 99.1 R. Houston (V.) ........... 4... 0 .. . 103... 68 ... 253 A. H. Jarvis (S.A.) 6... 0 .. . 108... 4‘2 ... 18 S. P. Jones (N S.W.) ... 10... C ... 248... 48 ... 24.8 P. ■>.M 'Donnell (N.S.W.) 10... 0 ... 147... 35 ... 14.7 J. M 'Hwraith (Y.).......... 7... 1 .. . 2 0... 61 ... 332 P. G. M'Shane (V.) ... 6... 0 ... 159 . 65 ... 26.3 P. Marr (N .S.W .)............ 4... 0 .. . 36... 23 ... 9 W . Midwinter (V.) ... 6... 0 ... 57... 35 ... 9.3 H. Morris (V ).................. 4... 1 .. . 66... 54*... 22 H. Moses (N.S.W.) 10... 2 ... 308... 73 ... 38.4 G .E . P a lm er(V .)........... 6.. . 0 ... 88... 27 ... 14 4 J. Phillips (V.) .......... 4.. . 2 ... 42... 30*... 21 C. Richardson (N.S.W.) 4.. . 2 ... 53... 25 ... 26.1 F. B. Spofforth (V.) ... 8... , 0 .. . 46... 25 ... 5.6 H. Trott (V .).................. 6... 1 .. . 76... 29*... 15.1 J. W. Trum ble (V.) ... 8... 0 .. . 131... 60 ... 16.6 C. J. Turner (N.8.W.h... 10... 1 .. . 79... 15 ... 8.7 J. W orrail (V.) ........... 4... 0 . . . 14... 8 ... 8.2