Cricket 1887

28 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. FEB. 24,1887. score for nearly half an hour. Principally by the exertions of Jones the score reached 65, when Barlow went on for Bates, and clean bowled Palmer for 25. Trumble[came in next, and after Jones had cracked Barlow to the off for 4, Lohmann tried instead of Flowers at 75. Trumble apparently did not care to score, and at lastwas caught in the slips, after having played the ball on to his leg, which sent it heavenward. (Three for 87.) Jarvis, who followed, was very nearly out the second ball, the slip (Barnes) nob quite reaching far enough to hold it. At lunch-time the score was 96, the attainment of the last 46 runs having taken from twelve till half-past one. On resuming Jarvis did most of the scoring till the total had reached 119, when a magnificent catch by Scotton at deep mid-on from the bowling of Briggs sent back Jones, who had played a capital innings of 45. M’llwraith fol­ lowed, and Sherwinmissed Jarvis at the wicket from Lohmann wrho was having,'very bad luck just now. Briggs next missed M’llwraith from his own bowling—a very easy chance—and at 142 Barnes and Bates bowled. Jarvis, trying to pull a straight one, was bowled by the latter, havingmade 42 in avery creditable man­ ner. Blackham quickly scored 10, but this was followed by a long spell of very slow play. Still, as no wicket fell, Barlow relieved Bates, but the separation came from Barnes, who bowled Blackham off his legs. (Six for 186.) Trott took the Victorian wicket-keeper’s place, and the score slowly advanced to 200. Loh­ mann now bowrled instead of Barnes, and M’llwraith was well held by Read over the bowler’s head. The outgoing batsman had been in a long time for his 35. Garrett fol­ lowed, and Briggs took up the bowling. This change got rid of Garrett (leg before), and just before time the little Lancashire man clean bowled Spofforth. Nine for 223 was the state of the game when the play ceased for the day. The w'eather was terribly oppressive till five o’clock, when the wind, which had been blow­ ing from the north, suddenly shifted to the south, a change which proved very refreshing. The spectators, who numbered about 1,500, did not seem to relish the slow game played by the Colonials, who were batting for six hours on a perfect wicket for about 37 runs per hour. The English fielding was splendid, with the exception of the cases mentioned above. On Wednesday, Jan. 5, in glorious weather, the match was resumed at twenty minutes to eleven. Sherwin missed Trott, the last man, at the wicket the first ball delivered, and this mistake cost the Englishmen a victory. The score slowly mounted, and it was not till half­ past eleven that a parting could be effeoted. Evans was then caught at the wicket, 26 runs having been added, and fifty minutes of valu­ able time lost. With 220 to win, and three hours and a half left for play, the Englishmen thought they would have a try for it, Read and Barnes going in to force the run-getting. Spofforth and Evans bowled. With the score at 9, the Demon dismissed Barnes, whose place was taken by the lively Bates. The hopes of a victory for England, however, fell to zero when Evans caught and bowled Read from a hot return. When, too, Bates was clean bowled by Spofforth, and three wickets were down for 21, things did not look pro­ mising. Gunn and Scotton, however, mended matters, and at lunch-time the score was 71. After the interval the score wras raised to 84, when Bruce clean bowled Scotton for a patient 22. Shrewsbury, with Gunn, played out time, the stumps being drawn at ten minutes to four. Gunn had played a splendid innings of 61 not out, and Shrewsbury was also well set, so that the 95 runs required to win would probably have been easily made, as the wicket was still perfect. Both teams, though, had to catch the express train for Sydney, which left at 4 55, to commence the third and final game there on January 7, and consequently the game had to be left drawn. A u stralians . First Innings. Second Innings. W . Bruce, c and b Bates 15 1b w, b Bates ... 20 G. E. Palm er, c Barnes, b Bates .................................. 1 b B a r lo w ..... 25 S. P. Jones, c Lohm ann, b Flow ers ..........................48 c Scotton, b Briggs ........45 J. W. Trum ble, run out ... 28 c Scotton, b Lohm ann ... 4 A. H. Jarvis, b Bates ... 8 b Bates ..... 42 J. MT1wraith, run out ... 35 c Read, b L oh­ m ann ........35 J. M. Blackham , c Barnes, b Bates .......................... 63 b Barnes ......21 H. Trott, c Lohm ann, b Barlow .......................... 0 not out ..... 29 T. W. Garrett, run out ... 31 1 b w, b Briggs... 8 F. R. Spofforth, b Bates ... 6 b Briggs ........ 5 E. Evans, not out ........... 4 c Sherwin, b Barlow ....... 11 L b 6 , w 1 ................... 7 B 2,1 b 2 ... 4 Total .....................216 T otal ...249 E ngland . First Innings. Second Innings. W . Barnes, c Palm er, b B r u c e ..................................S3 b Spofforth ... 4 R. G. Barlow, b Spofforth 2 J. M. Read, b Spofforth ... 7 c and b Evans... 5 W . Scotton, run o u t ...........13 b Bruce ......?2 W . Gunn, b Bruce ...........48 not out ......61 W. Bates, c Garrett, b B r u c e ..................................14 b Spofforth ... 6 G. Lohm ann, lbw, b Bruce 24 J. Briggs, b P a lm er........... 4 W . Flowers, b Bruce ... 0 A. Shrewsbury, b E v an s... 31 not out ......15 M. Sherwin, not o u t...........*/2 B 9, lb 3, n b 5, w 1 ...1 8 B 7 ,lb 4 ,n b l 12 Total ....................276 Total ...125 BOW LING ANALYSIS. A u stralians . First Innings. B. M. R . W . Second Innings. B. R. R. W. Briggs... ... 1 F 8 20 51 0 ......... 236 31 67 3 Bates ... ... 175 16 72 5 ......... 148 12 69 2 Lohm ann ... 88 11 24 0 ......... 200 34 40 2 Barlow .. 132 17 39 1 ......... 137 18 42 2 Flowers .. 100 9 41 1 ......... 84 15 8 0 Barnes .. 72 11 12 0 ......... 112 18 19 1 E ngland . First Innings. B. M. R. W. Second Innings. B. M. R. W . Spofforth . 'fro tt ... . .. 128 10 56 2 ......... 80 7 33 2 .. 80 7 40 0 ......... 16 2 7 0 Garrett ... 08 7 22 0 .......... 48 3 8 0 Trum ble ,... 52 7 12 0 .......... 16 2 6 0 B ru ce ... ... 140 17 56 5 ........... 112 20 1 !) 1 Palmer ,.. 144 12 60 1 .......... 88 15 13 0 Jones ... .,.. 20 2 3 0 .......... 48 4 14 0 E v an s... ... 56 8 9 1 .......... 84 13 13 1 Spofforth bowled 5 no-balls and 1 wide, and Jones 1 no-ball. THE FOURTEENTH MATCH.—v. MEL­ BOURNE CLUB AUSTRALIAN TEAM. The rival teams having arrived safely in Sydney on Thursday, January 6, at noon, on the following day the final match against the Melbourne Club Australian Eleven was commenced on the Association Ground, in charming weather. The attendance for a Friday was very good, numbering about 3,500. The Australians were still deprived of Giffen, and R. Allen, of Sydney, was substituted for Trott on this occasion. Fortune this time favoured Shrewsbury in the toss, and at twelve o’clock, accompanied by Barlow, he went to the wickets, Spofforth and Bruce opening the attack. From the first over delivered by the “ demon ” it was evident the batsmen would have a lively time of it, three balls out of the over, sent down with terrific speed, passing near Barlow’s head. From this point Blackham, who kept wicket, stood back about eight yards to the bowling of Spofforth. The other end was fairly good, but only a dozen runs had been made when Barlow got a very nasty blow on the elbow. This was followed by two more nasty knocks on his thighs, and a crashing blow on the ribs. As both men played pluckily, however, no wicket fell, and the demon began to slow down. At 35 Garrett took the ball from Bruce, and at 53had the satisfaction of getting rid of the Nottingham crack, who in jumping in to drive was caught at deep mid-on for a hard-earned 28. Barnes followed, wrhen Evans finely caught Barlow at point. (Two for 68.) The adjournment for luncheon now took place, and Barlow, who from the pain he was suffer­ ing thought a rib was broken, was examined by a doctor, though happily no bones were broken. After lunch Read joined Barnes, and the Notts man cut Spofforth for 4. Read, who commenced by hitting Garrett twice for 4, followed up by hitting the bowling all over the ground, 4’s succeeding each other rapidly. Some idea can be formed of his powerful play when I state that he made 47 without Barnaa increasing his score, when he had got 53, hdXvever, he attempted a run from a hard drive to Allen, and could not get back, the ball being fielded and thrown in magnificently to Blackham. (Three for 119.) The Surrey man had made his runs in half an hour. Gunn did not maintain his Melbourne play, being bowled by Palmer with a beauty with­ out troubling the scorers, while Scotton’s arrival was the signal for Barnes to depart, caught at extra mid-off from Trumble. (Five for 122.) Bates, who now appeared, hit tremendously, and although the field was placed round the fence he would not be denied. A grand on-drive from Trumble went clean into the Secretaries’ offices for 5, and another terrific off-hit from Bruce landed out of bounds amongst the spectators. When Bates had made 40 he was run out in attempting a short one to long slip. (Six for 160.) Loli- mann was smartly taken at slip for a single, but on Briggs joining Scotton a long stand was made. For the first time the little Lancashire man got a good score in a first- class match, and right well he played, crack­ ing anything loose to the fence, while he sent Garrett once clean over it for 5—a rare hit to forward square-leg. In spite of many changes no more wickets fell, the score standing at .258 for seven wickets, Briggs (68) and Scotton (27) each not out. This was far and away the finest exhibition of batting yet given by the Englishmen, and delighted the spectators. Read, Bates, and Briggs after lunch scored 161 runs between them, while Barnes and Scotton made 36 from the bat. Scotton played well in his usual style, and was in two hours and a half. One Sydney paper remarked that some day he would split him­ self in two playing forward, and one part would be against the stumps, with the other half-way down the wicket. On Saturday, Jan. 7,the match wTas continued under equally favourable circumstances. The weather, however, was more cloudy, and splen­ did for the onlookers, who numbered at least 10,000. Briggs only added 1, when he was smartly caught and bowled by Garrett from a hard return. Flowers, who cannot get into form, was sent back for 5, and Sherwincaugh at slip for nothing, Scotton taking out his bat for 43, 16 of which he had made in the morning, including three off hits for 4 each. With the formidable score of 280 against them, the Australians, having selected another wicket, sent in Bruce and Palmer to the bowl­ ing of Bates and Briggs. Runs came fast, and 22 w'as the record at lunch time, Bruce having hit Briggs twice for 4 each time. On resuming, as the wicket showed signs of bump­ ing, Lohmann took the ball from Bates, and Briggs gave way at 30 to Barnes, from whose first delivery Bruce was taken at the wicket. Jones appeared next, and after mak­ ing half a dozen, was missed at the wicket. Directly after Palmer was badly missed by Briggs at cover-point—both chances from the bowling of Lohmann, who lately has bowled with dreadfully bad luck. The bats­ men continued to score under difficulties, both ends bumpiug greatly. The score, by a considerable amount of luck, advanced to 72, when Palmer was stumped, the ball bounding from Sherwin’s legs into the wicket. Trumble helped Jones to add 10, when he was caught Next Issue March 31