Cricket 1887

FEB. 24, 1887. CRICKET : A WEEKLY EECOKD OF THE GAME. 23 ing on, however, they did much better against Lohmann, Flowers, and Barlow, and when the stumps and match were drawn had made 85 for the loss of five wickets. A l l -E ngland E l e v e n . Shrewsbury, b P. G. M’Shane .....................70 Barlow, b Penny ...104 Barnes, b P. G. M’Shane .....................10 Read, st Low e, b f. G. M ’Shane ..............22 Gunn, run out ........... 8 Scotton, c H. M’Lean, b Penny ................... 7 Bates, b Over .............38 Lohm ann, not out ... 37 Briggs, c Ever- ingham , b P. G. M ’Shane.................. 0 Flowers, c Gardiner, b Over .................. 5 Sherwin,cJ.M’Shane, b P. G. M’Shane... 12 E xtras..................11 Total ...324 E ig h teen of G e elo n g . Thom son, c Gunn, b Bates.................. 20 A. Boyd, st Gunn, b Briggs .......... ... 2 J. M’Shane, b Briggs 24 D.M ’L ean,c Shrews­ bury, b Bates :.. 1 De Little, not o u t ... 0 Guthrie, c Read, Bates ........... Bennie, b Bates H odges, b Bates E xtras.......... Total H. M’Lean, b Bates ... 2 Lowe, c Flow ers, b B a tes.......................... 4 P. G. M ’Shane, c Shrewsbury,bBriggs 9 J. W ilson, c Gunn, b Briggs .................. G Over, b Briggs ........... 11 J. Gardner, c Flowers, b Bates .................. 0 Swan, c Shrewsbury, b Bates ................... 4 Penny, c Gunn, b Briggs ... ........... 0 Calder, b B a tes........... G Everingham, c Gunn, b Bates ........... ... 2 In the Second Innings Thom son scored b L oh­ mann 0, D e Little, c Barlow, b Flowers 0, J. M’Shane, b Flowers 7, H. M’Lean, b Lohm ann 22, P. G. M’Shane, st Gunn, b Lohm ann 25, W ilson, (notout) 18, Low e (not out) 2; extras 11—Total (for five wickets), 85. BQW LING ANALYSIS. E ngland . ...110 B, M'. R. W . P.M’Shane 220 15 102 5 Over ... 144 12 54 2 Penny ... 80 10 25 2 De L ittle 112 9 52 0 H.M’Lean 48 3 19 0 Calder... Thom son 12 D .M ’Lean 32 Boyd ... 24 B. M. R. W. 1 10 0 0 10 0 0 29 0 1 12 0 E igh teen of G eelong . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W. Briggs ... 180 30 31 6 Bates ... 180 15 69 11 L oh m a n n ... 81 3 37 3 Flowers ... 60 5 28 0 Barlow ... 24 2 9 q H. M’Lean bow led one no-ball. The attendance was again very poor, partly accounted for by the close proximity of Christmas Day, and from the fact that very little interest is taken in cricket at Geelong. They are football mad, and are the champion team of Victoria. The final struggle between them and South Melbourne, played on South Melbourne Ground for the premiership, it is said brought together 37,000 people to witness it. This is a tall company, but I am assured by persons qualified to know that the numbers are correct. •, Ballarat was the scene of the next encounter. Crowded trains were running from Melbourne, and the Englishmen wanting to reach Ballarat to spend Christmas Day, travelled in the luggage van with the baggage, They arrived at Ballarat a little before midnight, when songs and Christmas carols began, and were continued till nearly daylight. Christmas Day was exceedingly hot, and most of the team spent their time in the hotel till the evening. Altogether the day was quite enjoyed. Sunday, Dec. 26, was still hotter, and a hot northerly wind prevailed on the following day, blinding clouds of dust filling the streets, and penetrating every crevice. TWELFTH MATCH.—v. TWENTY OF V BALLARAT. The Englishmen were welcomed to Ballarat by the mayor, who invited them to the Town Hall and gave them a genial reception, after which all wended their way to the cricket field. Shrewsbury having defeated the local captain for choice of innings, with Barlow for a partner commenced the batting for the eleven. Half a dozen singles had been made when Shrewsbury pulled one on. Barnes only saw Barlow get a single when he was finely taken at slip, making two down for 7. The Ballarat boys were jubilant, but trouble was in store for them, although they have only themselves to blame, as when Barlow had made 4 he was ridiculously missed by the bowler from a gentle return. Read also had an escape from an hard drive at mid-on, and soon after was missed by the wicket-keeper. At lunch-time the score was 46. After this the bowling was completely collared, and in spite of changes the total reached 163, when Barlow was bowled for a very monotonous innings of 45, which had taken three hours and a half. Gunn, who followed, hit merrily, and the score was increased to 192, before Read was stumped for 121—the first century the Surrey man has made in Australia. Ten fours and a fine drive for 5 were his principal hits. Scotton made no sign, being bowled off his legs the second ball he received, to the delight of the spectators. On Bates coming in, however, matters were very lively, and the total was rapidly hit to 239, when the new comer was bowled for 27, which included two 5’s and two 4’s. Lohmann hit three 4’s and a single, when he was caught over the bowler’s head at the second attempt, from a fine drive. Gunn next played one back to the bowler, and retired for a hard hit 48. (Eight for 267.) A 6 clean out of the enclosure, a 5, and six 4’s were his chief hits. Briggs and Flowers played out tinker, the score at six o’clock standing at 276. The runs were put together at a rapid rate by all the batsmen except Barlow, who, with' the exception of 1 hour 25 min.,was in all day for 45,31 of which were singles. The day was most disagreeable till two o’clock, when the wind suddenly shifted to the south, and it became cooler, with very little dust. The spectators num­ bered about 4,000, and the wicket was of the Usual Ballarat excellence. The game was continued on Tuesday, Dec. 28, in beautiful weather, Briggs and Flowers, the not outs, going to the wickets punctually at 12 o’clock. Briggs quickly made 10, when he was caught at mid-off from a very hard drive. The little Lancashire man is dead out of luck with the bat Sherwin added 2, when he was bowled, the innings closing for 292. After the customsry interval the Ballarat men opened their innings well, Briggs and Lohmann bowling. The score had reached 20, when the first wicket fell. Three were out for 23, but at lunch-time 50 appeared on the telegraph board without further loss. After lunch the score advanced to 64, when a splendid catch by Read in the long field got rid of Worrall, who had quickly compiled 31. The next three wiokets fell for as many runs. After this runs came rapidly from both bowlers, and 100 appeared 011 the board when ten men had been dismissed. Some hard hitting brought the score to 137, when a few minutes’ interval took place for refreshments. A Ballarat Bonnor next appeared, and quickly made a 6, a 5, and three 4’s—nearly all from Lohmann’s bowling. This hitting brought on Barlow and Bates, the great hitter being caught at slip from the latter. After this the end of the innings soon came, 188 being the total. On following on the local men lost one wicket for 7 runs, when “ Time ” was called. The attendance was again erood, numbering quite 3,000, who seemed delighted at the fast scoring of some of their favourites against the English bowlers. The game was concluded 011 Wednesday, Dec. 29, Bates and Barlow, with a few balls from Barnes, disposing of the Ballarat men for 91, leaving the English victorious by an innings and 18 runs. About 1,000 persons were present. A l l E ngland . Shrewsbury, b W or­ rall ........................ 2 Barlow, b W orrall ... 45 Barnes, c W orrall, b Duffy ................ 0 Read, st Coulsell, b Baker......................121 Gunn, c and b W or­ rall ...................... 48 Scotton, b Baker ... 0 Bates, b W orrall .. Lohm ann, c Christy b W orrall ... • Briggs, c Antcliffe b W orrall Flowers, not out ... Sherwin, b W orrall Extras........... Total ... 8 292 B a lla r a t . First Innings. J.Duffy, b L ohm ann.......12 F. Mann, b Lohm ann ... 20 W o rra ll...............................31 Bradley, c Shrewsbury, b L o h m a n n .......................... Pobjoy, c Lohm ann, b B rig g s................................ 1 Antcliffe, b Briggs ......... 0 F. Ham, b Briggs ......... 0 Bryant, b Briggs................. 5 Coulsell, b Lohm ann ... 15 A. Christy, b B riggs....... 11 Baker, b Lohm ann ......... 4 B.Ham, cBarlow , b Briggs 25 Dunn, c Shrewsbury, b B a t e s ...............................17 Jackson, c Lohm ann, b B a te s ...............................28 Cooper, c Sherwin, b Bar- low ................................. 1 W. Christy, b Barlow ... 1 Wollaston, b Barlow......... 0 M artyr, not o u t ................. 3 Rogerson, b B arlow .......... 4 A. Bain, b Barlow ......... 2 B ........................................ 6 T otal ...................188 Second Innings, c Gunn, b Bates 0 b Bates ........... 0 b Barlow ...........11 2 c and b Bates ... 0 b Bates ........... 4 c and b Bates ... 4 b Barlow b Bates b Bates run out b Bates run out 4 ... 10 ... 0 ... 7 ... 8 ... 6 c Read,b Barlow 19 b Bates ........... 4 c Shrewsbury, b Barnes ........... c Cooper (sub.), b Barnes not out ........... absent ........... b Barnes ........... run out ........... B ................... Total ... 91 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E ngland . B. M. R. W. W orrall... 250 27 97 6 Duffy ... 256 31 70 1 Pobjoy ... 56 3 22 0 W ollaston 56 6 18 0 B. M. R.W* Ham ... 40 5 12 0 Bryant... 28 3 17 0 Baker ... 28 2 17 2 Bradley 36 0 31 1 T w e n t y of B allarat . First Innings. B. Lohm ann... 200 Briggs ... 200 25 Barlow ... 38 Bates........... 36 M. R. W . 21 86 6 74 6 10 5 12 2 Second Innings. B. M. R. W. ........... 148 24 .......... 140 Barnes 11 39 18 43 2 3 Continued on Page 27, SURREY COUNTY CLUB. F ixt u r e s for 1887. May 16—Oval, Surrey v. Hampshire. May 19—Oval, Surrey v. Warwickshire. May 5*6—Lord's, Surrey v. Middlesex. May 30—Nottingham, Surrey v. Notts. June 2—Birm ingham , Surrey v. W arwickshire. June 6 —Leicester, Surrey v. Leicestershire. June 9—Oxford, Surrey v. Oxford University . June 16—M anchester, Surrey v. Lancashire. June 20—Oval, Surrey v. Cambridge University. June 23—Moreton-in-Marsh, Surrey v. G loucester­ shire. June 27—Oval, Surrey v. Oxford University. June 30—Oval, Surrey v. Middlesex. July 4—Sheffield, Surrey v. Yorkshire. July 14—Oval, Gentlem en v. Players. July 18—Oval, Surrey v. Essex. July 21—Beckenham , Surrey v. Kent. July 25—Oval, Surrey v. Leicestershire. July 28—Derby, Surrey v. Derbyshire. Aug. 1—Oval, Surrey v. Notts. Aug. 4—Oval, Surrey v. Gloucestershire. Aug. 8 —Brighton, Surrey v. Sussex. Aug. 11—Oval, Surrey v. Lancashire. Aug. 15—Oval, Surrey v. Derbyshire. Aug. 18—Oval, Surrey v. Yorkshire. Aug. 22—Oval, Surrey v. Kent. Aug. 25-S ou th am pton , Surrey v. Hants. Aug. 29—Oval, Surrey v. Sussex. Sept. 1—Leyton, Surrey v. Essex. W e are sorry to hear that Mr. R. T. Ellis has entirely given up first-class cricket. Next Issue March 31