Cricket 1887

100 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. MAY 5, 1887. THE ENGL ISH CRICKETERS IN AUSTRAL IA . B y O ne op th e T eam . From the Sporting Life. Reprinted by permission. SMOKERS v. NON-SMOKERS. On Friday, March 18th, the match, Smokers v. Non-Smokers, was continued in charming weather, and heavy scoring marked the day’s play. At half-past twelve Shrewsbury and Gunn, who were not out respectively 183 and 104, again went to the wickets, and carried the total to 514, when just at lunch time Gunn played Boyle on. His innings of 150wasfaultless —in his score were twenty-two 4’s and a 5. As many as 310 runs had been added during the partnership. After luncheon Barlow joined the Notts crack, who again looked like staying all day, though, after hitting a couple of 4’s, he was well caught at long-off, to the delight of the Smokers. He went in first, and was at the wickets while 525 runs were made, 236 from his own bat, which comprised no fewer than forty 4’s. Barlow was bowled by Palmer for 29, but the next two Victorian players, Houston and Musgrove, gave a lot of trouble. The former made 57, when a very fine catch by Briggs from his own bowling got rid of him, and soon after Musgrove was stumped for 62, made by first-class cricket. Worrall and Cooper then were together, and the now tired Smokers expected the end soon. They, however, were greatly deceived, as both bats­ men hit the bowling all over the field, and it was not till the total had passed the highest on record in a first-class match that Read bowled Worrall for a dashing 78, which in­ cluded eleven 4’s. Sherwin and Cooper played out time, the latter not out 40, the game standing at 792 runs for eight wickets. This score beats by 17 runs the memorable score made by N.S.W. against Victoria at Sydney in 1882, that being the highest in a first-class match up till the present game. Out of that 775 Murdoch made his highest score (321). Garrett’s score was also the best he ever made (163), and Jones also passed the century with 109. The attendance was again a very poor one, not more than 500. On Saturday, March 19, in splendid weather, the game was resumed at half-past twelve. At 803 Cooper was caught and bowled by Briggs, and Barnes declining to bat, the innings closed for that mammoth score for the loss of nine wickets only. It was now the Smokers’ turn, Palmer and Maurice Read opposing the bowling of Bates and Cooper. Thirty-seven runs had been made at lunch-time. Seventy-five minutes were wasted through the teams and pavilion being photographed, with the score (803) nailed on to the pavilion door. On resuming, Read went out to a short one from Cooper, and paid the penalty (one for 44), the Surrey man having made 30. On Briggs joining Palmer, a big stand was made. At four o’clock, when 15 minutes were allowed for refreshments, the score was 145, Palmer 59, and Briggs 55. On resuming, the score was carried to 204 by hard hitting, when a grand catch by Shrewsbury at point got rid of the little Lancashire man. It was hard lines for him, as he hit the ball with terrific force, but unfortunately Shrewsbury, who is such a sure catch, did not belie his character on this occa­ sion, and just as the coveted century looked assured he had to quit for 86. Flowers fol­ lowed, and the rapid scoring still went on, till at 267 Palmer was well taken by Worrall at long-off for 113, which he had put together by first-class cricket. He gets seven bats for this innings, and, if not beaten by anyone else on his side, 500 cigars. Lohmann and Flowers played out time, Flowers 48 and Lohmann 1ft, the score standing at 302 for three wickets. .Already 1,105 runs have been made for the loss of twelve wickets only, and as these runs have been made in less than thirteen hours’ batting, it will be seen that the bowling wa» punished severely all round. Palmer bowled 216 balls, and 189 runs were made from them. Lohmann had 113 runs hit from 192 balls without securing a wicket. Walters, Duffy, Scotton, and Flowers also bowled, and were punished heavily, without getting a wicket. About 600 spectators were on the ground. A big bicycle meeting having been arranged on the Melbourne ground drew the public from cricket no doubt in large numbers. They prefer any sport to cricket in Melbourne now, when a very few years ago it was quite the contrary, and they were cricket mad. On Monday, March 21, the Smokers were heavily handicapped; a hot wind blew during Sunday and Monday morning till noon, when it suddenly shifted, and a sharp thunderstorm prevented play till after luncheon. When play did commence, it was found that the wicket was all in favour of the bowlers, and Bates soon found the weak spots of the bats­ men; The remaining eight men only added 54 runs. Flowers added 21 to his overnight total when he was run out. The rest did nothing of consequence. Being 447 behind, Palmer and Briggs again opened the innings for the Smokers. The wicket was beginning to improve, but a few balls would occasionally kick, and five wickets had fallen for 135 runs when “ Tim e!” was called, and the match was abandoned. Briggs had again played well for 54, and Scotton, in attempting to secure the ball, picked it up, and was given out for it, after playing the last ball delivered in the match. 1,294 runs were made for the loss of twenty-four wickets. Thirteen of these fell on the last day for 189 runs, owing to the rain having spoiled the pitch. Had the weather held fine the Smokers would probably have reached nearly 600 runs, or perhaps more. The attendance was miserable, only about 100 being present. Briggs, with four wickets for 141 runs, takes 500 cigars for the best bowling analysis. Shrewsbury also gets a 2-guiuea trophy and 250cigars for his score. 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 24 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 11 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 , c and b Briggs..............................57 H. Musgrove, 3 4 4 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 2 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 R ead..................................... 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 r ig g s ......... . ..............................................46 M. Sherwin, 311, not o u t ........................................... 5 W . Barnes, absent .......................................................................... 0 Extras ................................................................... 5 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Non-Sm okers. B. M. R. W. B. M. R .W . Scotton... 104 4 8 i 0 Duffy ... 60 2 52 0 Read ... 104 10 43 I W alters 36 4 25 0 T otal......................... Fall of the Wickets—1-193, 5-575, 6-656, 7-686, 8-788, 9-803. S m o k e r s . First Innings. M. Read, st Sherwin, b Cooper ........................80 G. E. Palmer, c Worrall, b Bruce ...................... 113 J. Briggs, c Shrewsbury, b Bates..............................86 W. Flowers, run out...........69 G. Lohmann, c Briggs (sub.), b Bates.................19 W. Scotton, c Bruce, b Bates..............................11 H. F. Boyle, b Bruce......... 7 G. Browning, b Bates ... 1 F. Walters, st Sherwin, b Bates............................ 0 P. Lewis, c Houston, b Bates............................ 2 W. Duffy, not out ......... 0 B 12, 1 b 2, w 2, n b 2... 18 Total ................ 356 803 2-204, *3-514, 4-521, Second Innings. c H ouston, b W o rra ll...........24 st Sherwin, b Bates ...........54 b H ouston...........25 1 b w, b Gunn ... 2 handled ball ... 18 not out ........... 0 B 9,1b 2,nb 1 12 Total ...135 ... 221 11 141 4 Palmer ... 216 10 189 3 Boyle ... 124 14 60 1 Lohmann 192 18 113 0 Flowers... 152 12 93 0 Briggs bowled a wide. S m okers . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R.W. Bates ........... 196 18 736 .............. 84 8 40 1 Cooper........ 1165851 ............. 16 0 18 0 Bruce ........... 147 10922 .............. 56 7 15 0 Worrall ... 607300 ............ 48 5 22 1 Gunn ........ 484270 ......... 24 5 1 1 Houston ... 362310 .......... 20 1 13 1 Barnes... 32 3 14 0 Shrewsbury 4 0 0 0 Bruce bowled two wides, Shrewsbury one and Gunn two no-balls. This finished the cricket in Victoria, and the English team left on Tuesday, March 21st, by express train for Adelaide, to play the final match in Australia against South Australia. All arrived safely in Adelaide except Barnes, who, in changing carriages at Ballarat, fell on the line and hurt his leg rather badly, which prevented his playing against the South Aus­ tralians. A daily express train runs from Melbourne to Adelaide in eighteen hours, the sleeping-cars being magnificently fitted up for ease and comfort. TWENTY-NINTH MATCH.—v. FIFTEEN OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The South Australian management wavered in their decision whether they would play the English team even-handed or not, but finding that G. Giffen, Godfrev, Noel, and two or three others were unable to play, defided on the usual number (fifteen). At twelve o’clock Shrewsbury, having lost the toss, with the rest of the team, took the field. Lohmann and Briggs started the bowling to Jarvis and Lyons. A couple of singles and a four by each batsman from Lohmann sent up 10. The score rapidly advanced to 28, when Lyons was caught at point. W. Giffen followed, and hit Briggs for 2 to leg, and drove him finely for 4. Two fine hits by Jarvis from either bowler for 4 sent up 40, and Bates relieved Briggs, Jarvis cutting his first and second balls for 2 and 3. Singles and two 4’s from Lohmann brought 60 in view. Jarvis now made 10 from one over of Lohmann—a 2, and two 4’s (fine cuts)* Flowers then bowled. At half-past one, when the adjournment took place, the score was 87 —Giffen 12, and Jarvis 62. Play was resumed at twenty-five minutes past two, and after making a couple, Jarvis was missed by Briggs at cover-point. Principally by singles the 100 was reached; Jarvis then cut Bates for 4, and pulled Flowers for 4 more. Read then took the ball from Bates, and after being driven by Giffen for a single, caught and bowled Jarvis finely with one hand, for a freely-hit 77, which included nine 4’s. The off-hitting of the retiring batsman was very severe, although several strokes went dangerously near fields­ men, but the perfect Adelaide wickets are just suitable to a batsman like Jarvis, who hits at the pitch of off bowling here with any amount of confidence. Haldane came in, and cut each bowler for 4, but after making 11 he pulled one from Read into his wicket. (Three for 124.) Waldron and Giffen advanced the score to 135, when a “ yorker ” from Read settled Giffen, who had been in a long time for 27, his last 16 runs being singles. This player has spoiled his game by much too careful and cramped play. Waldron was now missed by Lohmann at long-on, and also by Sherwin ; he then hit Read twice in succession for 4’s, but the Surrey man had his revenge by bowling him. (Five for 158.'i With the addi­ tion of 6, Read bowled Gooden, and Stephens was splendidly stumped at 171, Stow being