Cricket 1887

MAY 5,1887. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 101 bowled by the next ball. King and Craigie brought on a change—Lohmann for Flowers— and at 189 a well-judged catch at long-on ^ot rid of Craigie. Leak opened well by cutting Read for 4, and placing him to leg for 3 more. King followed this up, cutting Lohmann for 2 and 3, bringing up 200 amidst applause. King next hit Lohmann for 2, which was made into 6 by an overthrow. Briggs now went on instead of Read, and wilh his first ball bowled Leak off his legs. (Ten for 211.) Weeks and King played out time (5.30), the score standing a t 222. The wicket was, as is usually the case at Adelaide, perfection for batting, and although the fielding of the eleven was a long way from good, they did well in getting ten wickets on such a pitch. The great surprise was the suocess of Maurice Read with the ball. He seemed to get his wickets by beating the bats­ men in pace, and he certainly deseives great credit forgetting his side out of what appeared likely at one time to be a couple of long days’ fielding. Although the weather was cool and pleasant, the company was very small, num­ bering about 400. The game was continued on Friday, March 25th, but under very different circumstances. Sharp showers had fallen during the night, and tne ground was slow and difficult. Bates and Lohmann quickly finished the four Colo­ nials, only 7 being added to the over-night score, the total being 229. The English team having drawn for the order of going in, Shrewsbury and Flowers, who came out of the bag first, went to the wiokets at ten minutes to one. Lyons and Musgrove were the bowlers, and it was soon evident that scorinor would be difficult work. However, both men plaved cautiously, and waited for a loose one, which came occasion­ ally, and was duly punished. The score had reached 33 when Flowers was caught at deep square-leg, for a useful 17. Luncheon then took place, after which Sherwin joined Shrews­ bury, who opened with a single, and then cut Musgrove finely for 4, but in attempting it ao;am he was taken at short slip. (Two for 38.) Gunn added 5, when he pulled one on. (Three for 44.) A sharp shower now stopped play for ten minutes. This was lucky for the English side, as it was a doubtful thing whether they could have made the 150 runs required to save the follow on, ha'I the wicket remained as it was before the shower. The tables were now turned, the batsmen having the best of it now, and the right man to take advantage of it (Bates) was next. He scored rapidly, making 29 out of the 36 which brought the score to 80, when another shower stopped play for twenty minutes, after which the Yorkshireman came to grief in trying to drive a wide off ball, which landed into the hands of slip. Barlow was next, and Sherwin was caught by Jarvis from a spoon up just in front of the wicket. (Five for 96.) Scotton was next, and the ground being all in favour of batting, the stonewallers scored more freely then usual, and had carried the total to 140, when the Notts man was snapped at the wicket by Jarvis for 21. Read, witn the help of Barlow, raised the score to 158, when another sharp shower ended play for the day. The weather was cold and miserable, accounting no doubt for the poor attendance, which numbered 200. Jarvis was at his very best behind the stumps, and the South Aus­ tralian fielding was good all round. Few mistakes were made, although the ground after the rain was very greasy. The last day’s cricket played in Australia was favoured with fine weather, although sharp showers had fallen during the night. At starting the wicket was a bad one, but the South Australian bowlers did not take advan­ tage of this, and in less than one hour the sun and wind had dried the pitch so rapidly that it played as well almost as at starting on Thursday. Barlow and Read increased the score to 214, when the Surrey man was out, hitting to leg, caught by the wicket-keeper. He had played a fine free innings for 44. Briggs hit the bowling all over the field, and scored 53 in thirty-five minutes before he was bowled by a “ yorker.” In the meantime, Barlow, who had also made 53, was out leg- before, and Jarvis, brother to the wicket­ keeper, who was playing as substitute, was not out 7. The innings closed for 279. With no chance of winning, the Colonials commenced their second innings at half-past two, and at the call of “ Time! ” had lost twelve wickets for 129, Jarvis again playing well for 42. The stumps were drawn at five o’clock. The attendance was miserable, not more than 500 being present. S outh A ustralian F ift e e n . First Innings. A. H. Jarvis, c and b Read 77 J. Lyons, c Shrewsbury, b Lohmann.................... 13 W. F. Giffen, b Read..........27 H. Haldane, b Read........ 11 A. Waldron, b Read..........22 J. Craigie, c Flowers, b Lohmann................. 25 J. E. Gooden, b Read ... 3 R. Stephens, st Sherwin, b Read ................... 0 J. W. Stow, b Read....... 0 F. King, c Shrewsbury^ b Bates....................... 19 F. N. Leak, b Briggs..... 10 A. Weeks, not out ....... 6 J. Musgrove,lb w, bBates 2 W. Bullough, c Briggs, b Lohmann.................... W. Dumont, c Read, b Bates........................... B 7 , 1b 1, w 1 ........ Total ............. E nglish A. Shrewsbury, c Gooden,bMusgrove 15 W. Flowers, c Leak, b Lyons.............. 17 M. Sherwin, c Jarvis, b Musgrove ........ 17 W.Gunn, b Musgrove 5 W. Bates, c Gooden, b Musgrove ... R. Barlow, 1 b w, b Haldane........ , 31 Second Innings, b Bates ........ 42 c Flowers, b Briggs ........ 7 c Lohmann, b Flowers........ 11 c Barlow, b Flowers........ 10 o Shrewsbury, b Flowers........ 10 cScotton,bBates 2 not out ........ 1 cSherwin.bBates 3 c Barlow,bBates 13 b Lohmann ... 0 b Lohmann ... 2 run out ......... 2 2 b Shrewsbury ... 1 1 not out ......12 . 9 Extras ... 16 .2-29 Total ...132 E l e v e n . W. Scotton, c Jarvis, b Bullough ...... 21 M. Read, c Gooden, b King ............ 44 G Lohmann, c Wal­ dron, b Bullough... 1 J. Briggs, b Lyons... 53 F. Jarvis, not out ... 7 Extras............ 15 53 Total ...279 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S outh A ustralian F ift e e n . First Innings. Second Innings. , B. R.M.W. B. R.M.W. Lohmann ... 164 72 173 .............. 56 18 6 2 Briggs ........ P4 25 3 1 .............. 86 23 4 1 Bates............... 106 82 10 3 .............. 80 23 10 4. Flowers ........ 156 42 22 0 ........... 76 50 8 3 Read ............... 152 49 21 7 Shrewsbury 21 1 4 1 Sherwin ... 20 1 4 0 E nglish E l e v e n . B. R M.W, L y o n s ......... 177 66 15 2 Musgrove ... 200 69 27 4 W aldron ... 68 39 5 0 King ......... 2J 73 1 Stow........ Bullough Dumont... Haldane ... B. R.M .W . 20 7 3 0 78 37 6 2 16 14 0 0 40 24 3 1 The reception and treatment of the English team in Sydney and throughout New South Wales was of a very gratifying nature. Go where they would the same kindly feelings were shown by cricketers and officials, and every exertion was made to secure a pleasant time of it for the visitors. In Victoria and Adelaide the same feeling was exhibited. On Saturday, March 26, all were on board the “ Massilia ” at seven o’clock p.m., by order of the P. and O. official at Adelaide, though owing to getting a large amount of cargo on board, a start was not made till the next morning at daybreak. Beautiful weather favoured the start, and a smooth sea prevailed the whole way to King George’s Sound, where we arrived, at half-past two p.m., on Wednes­ day, March 30. Nearly the whole of the passengers landed and spent the afternoon in looking round the not very extensive town of Albany. At midnight a start was made for Colombo. A strong head wind blew on Thursday, but died out the next day, and everything con­ tinued favourable till Colombo was reached at six o’clock on the morning of April 10. Amongst the numerous amusements arranged was a minstrel entertainment, in which Briggs, Barlow, Scotton, Gunn, Sherwin, and Bates took a conspicuous part, and the affair was a great success. Otker things, such as whist tournaments, tugs of war, quoits, trial by jury, dances, &c., filled up the passing hours pleasantly. A stoppage of forty hours at Colombo enabled everyone to see the principal parts of the town and its surroundings, and the beautiful tropical vegetation was lovely to look upon, after gazing so long on the rolling ocean. Some of the passengers went to Kandy, a journey about four hours by rail. Many of the native youths were playing at cricket on the green open patches surrounding the town, and showed great agility in chasing the ball, and apparent liking for the game. We left Colombo at 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday, and arrived at Aden on the following Tuesday, at 4.30 p.m. Beautiful cool weather favoured us the whole way. On Saturday and Monday some athletic sports took place. Very few of the cricketers, however, took part in them, but Gunn was a host in himself, winning the hurdle race, hop- stride-and jump, putting the weight, and trial of strength. Briggs, who had always won the potato race on board ship, was defeated on this occasion through missing to pick up a potato. After coaling, and a delay of a little more than four hours, we left for Suez. A strong wind astern kept things cool on Wednesday, but Thursday was very hot, it being dead calm till the afternoon, when a cool breeze sprung up ahead, and the athletic sports were con­ cluded, but Gulin did not take part in them, owing to slight indisposition. Bates took a share of the prize for the three-legged race. A cool breeze blew till nearing Suez, when it became dead calm. All the men are well, and will go to Ply­ mouth or London, where they are due about May 8. With regard to the exertions of each indi­ vidual member of the team, and the skill they exhibited during the tour, I will take them in rotation according to their batting averages. Shrewsbury, the captain of the team, conies first, and, with an average of 33.19, proved himself the most reliable batsman on his side. Good as these figures are, they would have been much better but for the succession of bad wickets played on in Sydney. This re­ mark of course also applies to the other men, whose averages all suffered from the same cause. Six times Shrewsbury was dismissed in Sydney for 25 runs. On a splendid wicket at Melbourne he had the misfortune to split his finger and could not bat, but his scores of 38, 62, 31, 15 not out, 144, 29 not out, 26, and 236, played on the Melbourne grounds, give an average of nearly 100 runs per innings, thus showing his exceptional excellence as a bats­ man. His fielding was at all times brilliant at point, and as a captain he must be con­ sidered very good, being watchful to note the weak points of his opj onents. Barnes comes next with 26.23, and from the very start he was in f orm, 84 v. South Aus­ tralia the day after landing, and 109 against Victoria, 93 v. the Australian eleven, and 84 at Bathurst were his best efforts. In bowling he was most destructive at Sydney, where he played great havoc on two occasions, and it will be seen he has the distinction of getting the best analysis in eleven a-side matches. No doubt but for the spraining of his thumb at the end of January, after which he could not bat, his average would have suffered when opposed by Turner and Ferris at Sydney, but, on the other hand, he missed batting on the perfect Melbourne wickets, which, I think, equalises matters. Read, with an average of 25.19, comes third on the list, most of his runs were made in country matches. His highest scores in the eleven a-side games were 53, 38, and 35; in the less important contests he made such