Cricket 1887

22 ,v 'A>”t%. 1 I CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. FEB. 24, 1887. single from Barlow brought him in front of Palmer, who sent his leg stumps flying with a very fine ball. Barlow had played a careful, good game for a dozen. Barnes, as in the first innings, had to receive a few balls before lunch, which he safely negotiated, Shrewsbury at that time being not out 27. The first ball from Palmer, after the interval, resulted in a single, and a fast one from Spofforth, which went dangerously close to the wicket, added four byes. The score advanced to 60, when Spofforth gave way to Garrett: whom Shrews­ bury drove splendidly for 4. Barnes next hit Palmer to square-leg for 4. At 76 Trott resumed, Shrewsbury hitting his second ball for 3. Evans again tried, and after Shrewsbury had completed his 50 by hitting him for a brace, Barnes was caught at point. (Two for 87.) Maurice Read commenced with a couple of singles, and a fine drive by Shrews­ bury for 4 wiped off the deficit. Read hit Trott to leg for 2, increased to 4 by an over­ throw, and a couple to Shrewsbury brought up the 100 amidst applause. At 109 Garrett took the ball from Evans, and from his second over Shrewsbury was caught at long-slip from a miss-hit in trying to drive. His 62 was a masterly innings. On Gunn’s arrival, Read hit Garrett for 4 and 3 from successive balls, and turning his attention to Trott, cracked him grandly for 4, besides scoring 2 from the next delivery. Once more Read drove Trott for 4, and Gunn sent Garrett for a similar number. This hitting having brought on Spofforth for Trott, Read hit the new bowler for a couple of 2’s, but in the next over was well caught by Jones at long-off for a dashing 38. (Four for 143.) Scotton was unfor­ tunately run out just at a critical time. (Five for 154.) Bates followed, and hit Palmer’s first ball, a full pitch, for 4, snicking the next for a single, and cutting Spofforth well for 3. At 164 Garrett relieved Palmer, and at 177 a double change was made, Bruce and Trumble going on. From the first ball of Trumble’s second over the dangerous Yorkshireman was dismissed for a rapidly made 21. Briggs helped Gunn to increase the score to 196 before he was caught at cover-point, and directly after Gunn was stumped. Lohmann cut Trott, who had relieved Bruce, for 2, and Flowers snicked a couple from Trumble. 200 up. The score advanced to 213, principally by singles, when Flowers was well caught at square-leg by Bruce, and the popular Sherwin walked in. Lohmann hit Trott twice for 2, and sent Trumble to square-leg for 4. No separation was effected by six o’clock, the total standing at 227—Lohmann 19 and Sherwin 3, The bowling and fielding of the Colonial team were splendid; while Jarvis, at the wicket, could not be surpassed. Shrewsbury played fine cricket, and appeared set for the day when he was caught. Read, Bates, and Lohmann played a fast hitting game, but Gunn was a long time making his 25, as was Barnes his 13. Although the weather was fine the attendance did not number more than 1,500. The fifth day of the match, Wednesday, Dec. 22, was favoured with lovely weather, but, considering the state of the game, the attend­ ance was miserable, not more than 2,000, half of whom were members, being present. It was generally expected that the English innings would close quickly, but Sherwin and Lohmann were on their mettle, and defied the bowling for nearly three-quar­ ters of an hour. It was not, indeed, till the score had reached 264 that Sherwin was caught from a skier at mid-off, Lohmann taking out his bat for a capital 32. These two men repeated their Sydney performance, having made 51 since the fall of the ninth wicket. With 172 to win the Australians commenced their second innings at half-past twelve, Jones and Palmer again being the first bats­ men. A great disaster soon befell them, as Jones played one from Briggs on to his legs, and thence into the wicket. (One for 1.) Palmer was run out with the addition of a single. Jarvis and Trumble were now together, and a splendid piece of fielding by Briggs at cover- point ran out Trumble fully a yard, though the umpire turning his back as the ball was thrown, could not decide the point, and Trumble escaped. Soon after this a confident appeal for leg before was answered in his favour. Briggs then bowled Jarvis, and three wickets were down for 4—a sorry start for Australia. Bruce now appeared, and fifty minutes had actually elapsed before 10 was hoisted on the telegraph board; then Bruce drove Briggs for 4, and hit him to leg for 3 in successive balls. Barlow, who had commenced the bowling with Briggs, now gave way to Lohmann, but no other wicket fell before lunch, although Sherwin maintained he fairly stumped Trumble. On resuming another confident appeal for leg before was answered in Trumble’s favour, but from the next over he was smartlycaught at the wicket—4 for 21. Blackham made a couple of singles, when he was stumped—5 for 25. Spofforth was now sent in to slog, which he did right merrily, and, assisted by Bruce, 50 quickly appeared on the board. At 54 Barlow relieved Loh­ mann, a couple of singles coming from his first over. A fine drive for 4 by Spofforth, and a leg hit by Bruce for a like number, brought up 60, and the supporters of Australia began to hope. Sherwin should now have stumped Spofforth, but the batsman escaped. The score advanced to 69, when Bruce was well caught at slip for 32—a first-class innings. Trott came next, and with the addition of 6 runs, Spofforth drove Barlow straight to the fence, where Lohmann was in waiting, causing his retirement for a pluckily hit 25. M’llwraith hit Barlow for 3, and then Trott, who had been in half an hour, made his first run. At 85 Flowers relieved Barlow, and Trott hit him to square-leg for 4, repeating the stroke next over. With the total at 98 an adjournment was made for refreshments. On resuming, a couple of singles brought the 100 up, amidst great applause. M’llwraith was now run out by a smart bit of fielding between Barlow and Flowers. Garrett, who filled the vacancy, made the next 10 runs. Trott was here run out, and Evans whipped in, only to see Garrett caught at point four runs later from Barnes, who had gone on in place of Flowers. The innings closed for 114, leaving the English team victorious by 57 runs. Briggs bowled wonderfully well. He was never changed, his average being about six balls for every run scored from him. All his five wickets were taken for 42 runs, which on such a good wicket must be con­ sidered remarkably good. The Australians’ failure in batting at their second attempt cannot be accounted for, as no fault could be found with the wicket. Bruce played by far the best game, and he has greatly improved on his English form. The bad judgment of the Colonials in running lost them three wickets each innings. At the same time, the fielding of the English team was magnificent, and was the admiration of the whole of the spectators. C om bined A u stralia . First Innings. Second Innings. S. P. Jones, c Scotton, b L o h m a n n ..........................4G b Briggs ........ 0 G. E . Palmer, b Briggs ...1 4 ru n ou t ........ 1 J. W . Trum ble, b Flow ers 26 c Sherwin, b Brigcs ......... 4 A. H. Jarvis, c and b Bates 37 b Briggs ........ 3 W . Bruce, c Sherwin, b B riggs..................................48 c Barnes, b Briggs ....... 32 H. Trott, run out.................. 14 run out ............... 13 J. M. Blackham ,run out... 32 st Sherwin, b Briggs ......... 2 J. M’llw raith, lbw, b Loh­ m ann ..................................27 run out .............. 12 T. W . Garrett, not out ... 24 c Shrewsbury, b Barnes .......12 E . Evans, b Briggs ........... 6 not out ............. 1 F. R. Spofforth, run o u t ... 2 c Lohmann, b Barlow .......25 B 10, l b 8 ...................18 B 5,1b 4 ... 9 Total ................... 294 Total ...114 E nglish E leven . First Innings. Second Innings. A.Shrew sbury,lbw ,bTrott 38 c Jones, b G a r r e tt.............. 62 It. G. Barlow, c Jarvis, b Garrett .......................... 19 b Palm er ...............12 W . Barnes, c Jarvis, b Garrett .......................... 9 c Evans, b Trott 13 J. M. Bead, c Garrett, b T r o t t .................................. 0 c Jones, b Spofforth ... 38 W. Gunn, b P a lm e r ...........26 st Jarvis, b Trott 25 W . Scotton, b T r o tt.......... 39 run out ............. 3 W . Bates, c Palm er, b E v an s..................................36 b Trum ble...............21 J. Briggs, c Bruce, b Evans 7 c Bruce, b T rum ble............ 7 W . Flowers, b Spofforth 6 c Bruce, b Trott 7 G. Lohm ann, c M ’llw raith, bE vans ............................. 16 n o to u t ................32 M. Sherwin, not ou t............ 1 c Spofforth, b G a rre tt..............25 B l , l b l , w l . n b l ... 4 B 12,lb5,nb2 19 Total .................. 201 Total ...264 BOW LING ANALYSIS. A ustralian T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W. L oh m a n n ... 37648 105 2 ............ 44 3 21 0 B riggs............ 332 46 64 3 ............ 248 42 42 5 Flowers ... 104 3 34 1 ... ... 52 5 19 0 Barnes ... 100 14 29 0 ............ 16 2 3 1 Barlow ... 52 4 17 0 ............ 136 22 20 1 B a te s ............ 84 11 27 1 E ngland . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W . Spofforth ... 80 10 24 1 ............ 168 19 59 1 Palm er ... 128 14 34 1 ............ 128 17 35 1 B r u c c ............ 36 4 17 0 ............ 27 4 7 0 Garrett ... 164 25 41 2 ............ 62 7 21 2 Trott ........... 204 28 55 3 ............ 164 10 73 3 E v a n s............ 102 16 26 3 ............ 120 19 19 0 Trum ble 88 10 31 2 Palm er and Trum ble bowled a no-ball each. ELEVENTH MATCH—v. TWENTY O GEELONG. On finishing the game in Melbourne the English team left the same evening for Gee­ long, to play a local eighteen assisted by two bowlers from Melbourne. The match was commenced on Thursday, Dec. 23. Shrews­ bury won the toss, and, with Barlow as partner, went in. A big stand was made, and at lunch time the total was 70. On the renewal the score was carried to 147, when Shrewsbury was bowled Dy a long-hop, which pitched on his foot and rolled into the wicket. The retiring batsman had got 70 in his usual finished style. Barnes, after making 10, pulled one on, andMaurice Read quickly rattled up 22, before he was stumped. Gunn, when he had made 8, was run out by Barlow, who, on being joined by Scotton, was at last bowled for 104, the result of first- class cricket. He made runs much fasterthan he usually does, and hit two 5’s—spanking drives. Scotton was soon caught at silly-point, but Bates hit merrily, getting 16 from four successful balls. He let out once too often, though, and was bowled for 38, obtained in twenty minutes. Briggs was unfortunate, hitting a short ball straight into the hand of square-leg, who held it. Flowers and Loh­ mann played out time, eight wickets being down for 291. The attendance was wretched, not more than 300 being present. The wicket was a very easy one, and the scoring, considering there were eighteen men in the field, rapid, the average being quite 60 per hour. The match was continued on Friday, Dec. 24. Flowers was soon caught at slip, but Sherwin and Lohmann, as usual of late, caused some trouble, adding 32 before the Notts man was caught at mid-on. Lohmann was not out 37, the innings closing for 324. Bates and Briggs bowled through the first innings of the local team, who were dismissed for 110. On follow- Next Issue March 31