Cricket 1887

JAN. 27,1887. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 15 200 going up amidst great applause. Marr now relieved Ferris, and Lohmann again turned his attention to Turner by hitting him for 3. At length a fast “ yorker” bowled Sherwin for a very merry 20, Lohmann being not out 40, made by vigorous, well-timed hit­ ting, Both men were greatly cheered as they deserved, 55 runs having been addedby them in thirty-five minutes. The innings closed for 220. Being 103 behind, and with only twenty min­ utes for play, Marr and Allen commenced the second innings forN.S.W. Briggs andBarlow bowled. Fourteen runs were made, including four byes, when the stumps were drawn. Ten thousand spectators visited the ground. His Excellency Lord Carrington and Lady Car­ rington were present, the Grand Stand being full of beauty and fashion, many ladies parading the lawn to strains of sweet music. Heavy rain fell from Saturday night till ten o’clock on Mondav, and it was thought play would be impossible. As, however,the N.S.W. representatives were anxious that the match should proceed, and the umpires decided that the ground wras fit for play at a quarter to one, Marr and Allen, the not-outs of Saturday, took their position at the wickets, Barlow and Briggs being the trundlers. The game was very slow, all the runs coming from Barlow. The batsmen made a great mistake in not forcing the game on the easy wicket, for it was plain to see that as the day advanced, the sun now shining, the bowlers would have it all their own way. At lunch time the total was 43 with no wicket down, Flowers and Lohmann having taken up the bowling. On resuming, the score advanced to 52, when AUen was caught for a well-played 30. The wicket now began to bite. Massie, who followed, after being missed at slip the first ball he received, quickly made 9, when he was finely caught by Bates from a magnificent hit to long-off, very hard lines indeed. Moses came next, but was bowled by Lohmann after making 3. McDonnell, the last hope of N.SW., soon began to hit, but was missed from a skier at point, as well as at the wicket, both from Lohmann’s bowling. Marr was then caught at slip for a useful 23. The remaining batsmen were helpless on the difficult wicket. When M’Donnell was caught for 25, it was thought the single innings defeat would not be averted, but the last wicket fell leaving the Englishmen with 5 runs to win. Shrewsbury and Sherwin went in to make them, but Turner soon disposed of Sherwin, and Barlow had to assist Shrewsbury to makethe required number, the English team winning by nine wickets. N e w S outh W a les E l e v e n . First Innings. Second Innings. A. C. Bannerman, c Barlow, b Flowers 14 c Shrewsbury, b Flowers 0 P. C. M ’D onnell, b Briggs 0 c Lohmann, b F low ers.......... 25 H. Moses, b Briggs .......... 4 t b Lohm ann 5 H. H. Massie, b Barnes ... 8 c Bates, b Loh- mann ........... 9 Richardson, b Briggs 19 not out ........... 3 Allen, b Briggs .................. 0 c Barlow, b Lohmann 30 C. F. Turner, b Barlow ... 15 b Lohm ann 4 P. Marr, c Gunn, b Barlow 4 c Lohm ann, b F low ers........... 23 M’Glinchy, b Briggs ... 4 c Barlow, b F low ers........... 1 Burton, b Barlow .......... 0 c Sherwin, b Lohmann 0 Ferris, not out .................. 0 b F low ers........... 3 B 8, n b 1 .................. 9 B .................. 4 Total .................. 117 E nglish E l e v e n . Total ...107 First Innings. Shrewsbury, c Marr, b T u rn er.................. Barlow, c Burton, b Ferrig .................. Barnes, b Turner ... Head, b F e r r is ........... Scotton, b Ferris ... Gunn, b Turner In the Second Innings Shrewsbury scored (not out) 2, Barlow (not out) 1, Sherw’in, b Turner, 1 ; lb 1.—Total, 5. 64 i riggs, b Turner . Bates, b Turner . 0 . 12 4 Mowers, b T u rn er. Lohmann, not o u t . . 0 . 40 2 Sherwin, b Turner. . 20 35 1 34 B 4, lb 4 ... . . 8 Total ... . .220 BOWLING AN ALYSIS. N e w S outh W a l e s . First Innings. Barnes Barlow Lohm ann (•lowers Briggs... B. M. R. W. ... 124 20 18 1 ... 84 14 16 3 ... 80 16 , 13 0 ... 144 27 16 I ... 193 28 45 5 Second Innings. M. R . W . B. 72 ... 12i 11 47 ... 1:6 18 21 8 24 0 5 68 12 11 0 Earnes bowled one no-ball. Second Innings. B. M. R . W. 3 1 1 0 E nglish E l e v e n . First Innings. B. M. R. W. Warr ......... 48 3 24 u Turner ... 281 39 77 7 Ferris.......... 236 31 81 3 Allen ......... 44 5 16 0 M 'Glinchy... 28 1 14 0 The bowling of Turner in this match was again Al, and he certainly is one of the very be st bowlers in Australia, bowling with plenty of pace and spin. Ferris also bowled extremely w ell. Flowers and Lohmann were seen at their best in the second innings, but were assisted by the pitch during the latter part of the N.S.W. inning*. NINTH M ITCH—v. MELBOURNE CLUB AUSTRALIAN TEAM, The first contest between Shaw and Shrews­ bury’s English professionals and the Austra­ lian team which visited England last summer, was begun on the Melbourne Club ground on Friday, December 17. G. Giffen, who had, owing to illness, been unable to take part in the New Zealand fixtures, was still two un­ well to play against the Englishmen, and H. Trott, who showed such good form for Vic­ toria in the inter-Coloniul match last year, took his place. Garrett, who was captain of the Melbourne Club Eleven, won the toss and took the innings. At the end of the first day the score wTas as under. A ustralian T e a m . S. P. Jones, c Scott, b Lohm ann ...........46 G.E. Palm er, b Briggs 14 J. W . Trum ble, b Flowers .................. 26 A. H. Jarvis, c and b B ates..........................37 W. Bruce, not out ... 33 H. Trott, run out ... 14 J. M ‘C. Blackham , not out ............... 24 E xtras...................12 Total ...206 As far as we can judge from cablegrams sent to the papers, the results of the sub­ sequent matches up to date have been as follow :— D ec. 17-—M elbourne, v. Combined Australia. English Eleven won by 57 runs. English Eleven, 201 (Scotton 4\ Shrewsbury 38: Bates 31), and 264 (Shrewsbury 62, Read 38, Lohm ann 32 not out); Australia, 294 (Bruce 48, Jones 4fi, Jarvis 37), and 114* (Bruce 32, Spofforth 25). Dec. 23.—Geelong, v. 18 of Geelong. Drawn. Eng­ lish Eleven, 334; 18 of Geelong, 110 and 85 for five wickets. Dec. 27.—Ballarat, v. 20 o f Ballarat. English Eleven won by an innings and 18 runs. English Eleven, 292 (M. Read 122); 23 of Ballarat, 188 and 86. Jan. 1.—M elbourne.v.Com bined Australia. Drawn. English Eleven, 276 (Barnes 93, Gunn 48) and 125 for 4 wickets (Gunn 61 not o u t); Australians, 246 (Blackham C3, Jones 47) and ‘249 (Jones 44, Jarvis 42). Jan. 7.—Sydney, v. Com bined Australia. English Eleven won by 9 wickets. English Eleven, 280 (Briggs 69, Read 53, Scotton 43 not out) and 56 for 1 w icket; Australia, 132 (Jones 39) and 203 (Blackham 33. Jan. 14.— Bathurst, v. 18 of Bathurst. Drawn. English Eleven, 294 (Bates 67, Barnes 84); 18 o f Bathurst, 131 and 72 for 4 wickets. Jan. 17.—Orange, v.22 of Orange. Drawn. Eng­ lish Eleven, 131 and 224 for 7 wickets (M. Read 88, Briggs 60 not ou t); 22 of Orange, 64. B R OM L E Y (K EN T ) CLUB . It is seldom that any club requiring a large sum of money to form a new ground is fortu­ nate enough to get such a windfall as the result of the theatrical performances on the 17th and 18th inst. have proved to this club. The Drill Hall was the scene of the two nights’ amusements, and judging from the criticism of the local and district press and the crowded hall each evening the performances must have been superior to anything given previously in the town. Mr. H. H. Morell, one of our most promising young actors, mostkindly undertook the direction of the entire performance, and he must be heartily congratulated on the strong company that so kindly and readily joined with him in giving their services. The pieces selected for representation were the late H. J. Byron’s comedy Weak Woman, and an extrav­ aganza arranged by Mr. H. H. Morell and Mr. Leslie Mayne. The music was written specially for the occasion by the latter (the band parts being arranged by Mr. Surtus Corne), while Mr. Morell borrowed the chief parts of his plot from the well-known piece Bombastes Furiosj. In the comedy Mr. Morell, who took the part of Ginger, and Mr. Mathew Brodie asTootal, the provincial swell, created roars of laughter by their clever portrayal of their respective characters, while the parts of the two sisters Gaythorne were most successfully played by Miss Grace Arnold and Miss Blanche Ripley. Honourable praise must also be given tothe Fred Fanshawe of Mr. Bassett Roe, the Dr. Fleming of Mr. W. R. Starling, the Arthur Medwin of Mr. Walter Granville, and the Edwards of Mr. E. Nainby, as also the capital representation of Mrs. Gunn by Miss C. V. Borrodaile. Space will not permit of a lengthy criticism of the extravaganza The General Favourite , or the Favourite General— suffice it to say that Mr. Eric Lewis as the Masher Monarch, Mr. H. H. Morell as Fusbos (a life-like make up as Mr. Joseph Chamberlain), and Mr. Mathew Brodie as Bombastes, the only favourite general (an equally good imitation of General Lord Wolseley), managetj to keep their audiences each night in convulsions of laughter^ But their success was greatly due to the clever im­ personation of the part of DistalTina (the general favourite) by Miss Rosa Leo, whose fine voice was heard to the greatest advantage in a beautiful rendering of the well-known song “ I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls.” CR ICK E T IN N E W F O U N D L A N D . ST. JOHN’S v. H.M. Played at St. John’s on Sept. 3 won bv an innings and 10 runs. FLEET. St. John’3 H.M, F l e e t . First Innings. Lieut. Login, b Bennett... 4 Macauley, b Savage........... 7 Herbert, o Bennett .......... 16 Lieut. Lindsay, b Savage 6 W atson, b B e n n e tt........... 4 Lieut. Cave, b Savage ... 3 Smyth, b Bennett ........... 1 Fiennes, c W allace, b SavFge .......................... 0 Short, b Savage................... 0 Leatham , b Bennett........... 4 Shelford, not out ........... 8 B 7, lb 2 .......................... 9 Total *..........62 Seccnd Innings. b Savage ........... run out ........... b Savage ........... ! b Savage ........... b Savage ........... b Savage ........... c Savage, b Ben­ nett .................. r o t oub ........... 9 b B en n ett........... 0 b Savage ........... 2 b Savage ........... 1 B 7, lb 1 ... 8 Total ... 53 Next Issue February 24