Cricket 1887

MAR. 31, 1887. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 89 O range T w e n t y - t w o . Soane, b B riggs........... 6 Booth, b Bates 1 M ’Credie, b Briggs ... 12 Brom ilow, c Shrews­ Brown, c Clarke, b bury, b Bates 1 B a tes.......................... 15 Hales, c Read, b Ring, h w, b Flowers 3 Briggs ................... 2 W. Marsh, b Bates ... 0 Enderby, 1 b w, b Lane, c Barlow, b Briggs ................... 1 Barnes ................... 0 Nicholls, c Shrews­ Moulder, b Bates 1 bury, b Briggs ... 0 Jacobs, b B a tes........... 0 W ilkinson, b Briggs 0 Fagan, c Lohm ann, b Hughes, b Briggs ... 2 B a tes.......................... 1 Ford, not o u t ........... 0 Rankin, c Bates, b M itchell, b B riggs... 0 Briggs ................... 0 E x tra s ................... 10 Booty, b B riggs........... 0 — Martin, lb w ,b Briggs 4 Total ........... 61 J. Marsh, b Briggs ... 5 BOW LING ANALYSIS. E nglish E l e v e n . B. M. R. W . I B. M. R. W. W. Marsh 160 9 58 8 |Martin 156 14 61 2 O range T w e n ty - tw o . B. M. R. W . I Briggs ... 114 17 17 12 Barnes Flowers ... 72 7 18 1 |Bates B. M. R . W . 24 2 7 1 68 11 12 7 SEVENTEENTH MATCH.—v. TWENTY- TWO OF BOWRAL. The heavy rain which commenced in Sydney on the evening of the 19th Jan. continued to a quarter past five p.m. on the follow­ ing day. The English team left for Yass, a small township on the main line to Mel­ bourne, about 190 miles from Sydney. We arrived there at midnight; but, late as the hour was, the good people of Yass met the train, and gave us a hearty welcome. No rain had fallen there then, but it had already reached inland to within twenty miles, and at half-past two a.m. on Friday it commenced, never ceasing all day, so that no chance of play was possible. The terrible downpour con­ tinued all night, and till two o’clock on Satur­ day. On visiting the ground it was directly seen that to play would be impossible, the turf being under water, and the match was abandoned, without a ball being bowled. I believe a similar occurrence took place at Tamworth with the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s team, but it is very seldom rain interferes with oricket at the inland towns of New South Wales or Victoria. A concert, in aid of the funds of the match, was given on Saturday evening, Sherwin, Barlow, Read, Scotton, Briggs and Gunn assisting the local talent, and about £25 was realised. Besides two glees by the Englishmen, Sherwin sang “ Golden Slippers,” and Barlow “ Then you’ll remember me,” which was encored. As Sunday, Jan. 23, was fine, most of the team were driven round the most interesting parts of the neighbourhood in the afternoon, at eleven p.m. leaving for Bowral, a small rising town about 100 miles back towards Sydney on the main line. We arrived at our destination at half-past three, and it was daylight before all had retired to rest. Rain had fallen here without ceasing for five days, but Monday morning broke fine and hot, and a fair prospect of play looked hope­ ful. The local men won the toss, and the Englishmen took the field at a quarter past twelve, Briggs and Bates bowling on a very Boddened turf pitch, covered with matting. The out-fielding was wretched, the fieldsmen having to run through pools of water. This though was more pleasant than otherwise, as the heat was tremendous, and when six wickets had fallen for 22 runs, at one o’clock, a deluge of rain, accompanied by thunder, lasting twenty minutes, swept over the ground. Although not fit, play was resumed at three o’clock, and soon the English costumes were in a deplorable condition of bespattered mud, the outfielders now having to run through water over their boots. The Twenty-two took advantage of the greasy state oil the ground and ball to knock up con­ siderably more runs than they were probably worth under more equal circumstances, and after running for shelter several times, another big downpour at a quarter to six finishedthe day’splay, or rather farce, eighteen of the Bowral team being out for 118. Tues­ day, Jan. 24, opened with more favourable prospects, but the ground was again in a horrible state, the rain having fallen in heavy storms during the night. The innings of the Twenty-two quickly closed for 124. Flowers and Shrewsbury opened the English Innings. The former was quickly bowled, and Barnes, who should have been bowled twice, added 21. Shrewsbury was contented with three modest singles, when luncheon took place. During the discussion of the eatables boiling clouds rapidly overspread the heavens, and a thunderstorm of great violence burst over the ground, which was soon flooded to such an extent that further play was out of the question. So heavy was the flood that the players and spectators could only get back into the township by traps, the storm lasting a solid hour. E n g lish E l e v e n . — Flowers, b Rolton, 0, Shrewsbury, not out, 3, Barnes, not out, 21; extra 1.—Total, 25. T w e n t y - tw o op B o w ral scored 124. AN ALYSIS OF EN G LISH BOW LING. B . M. R. W . I B. M. R. W . Briggs ... 140 19 37 5 |Flowers 76 8 21 5 Bates ... 148 11 39 4 |Lohm ann 74 6 20 5 The Englishmen left Bowral on Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, at half-past nine for Camden, a small township about fifty miles nearer Sydney, to play against Twenty-two of the District. With the exception of Lohmann, Shrewsbury, and Lillywhite, all arrived about noon, but the three named not alighting at Cambell Town, the junction for Camden, were taken on to within twelve miles of Sydney, and did not arrive till half-past four. EIGHTEENTH MATCH.—v. TWENTY- TWO OF CAMDEN. The eleven took the field, a couple of the local men fielding for the absentees. The wicket was a good one, matting, as usual, being stretched over the bare ground, but as at Bowral the outfielding was a swamp almost. The slow, easy wicket made the dismissal of the Twenty-Two a difficult matter, and at six o’clock they had made 105 runs for the loss of seventeen wickets, several of the team show­ ing capital defence but no hitting powers. Briggs, Flowers, Bates and Barlow bowled during the day. Rain stopped play from half- past four till five o’clock, and the threatening state of the weather no doubt kept many away, the attendance only numbering about 500. The people of New South Wales are very unfortunate with their greatest holiday of the year, which has been wet five times in suc­ cession. Rain fell all night, and as it continued steadily there was very little prospect of play­ ing ateleven o’clock, the time fixed for starting. About noon it brightened considerably, and a start was made at one o’clock, although the ground was quite unfit for play. The local men increased their score to 133 before the last wicket fell. Scotton and Flowers commenced for the Eleven. The left-hander was caught at slip from the second ball delivered. Gunn then arrived. Flowers made 17, when he was bowled. Bates was caught at slip without troubling the scorers, and Barlow clean bowled for a single. (Four for 64.) Briggs and Gunn then hit the bowling all over the field till the total had reached 129, when, at ten minutes to five, a storm stopped the match —Gunn 68 and Briggs 41, each not out. E nglish E lev e n . Scotton, c M ackel, b Reedy.......................... 0 Flowers, b M oore ... 17 Gunn, not out ........... 68 Bates, c J. J. Jones, b Reedy ................... 0 C amden scored 133. Barlow, b Reedy Briggs, not out B ................... Total 1 41 ... 2 ...129 BOW LING ANALYSIS. E nglish E le v e n . B. M. R. W . B. M. R . W. Briggs ... 212 32 38 7 I Barlow 72 14 7 2 Flowers ... 156 30 18 2 1Bates 248 31 58 8 T h e E leven left Cam den atsix o ’clock for Syd n ey, and although th e distance w as forty- tw o m iles, it took fou r hours to reach the Capital, w here it had been rainin g alm ost w ith ou t ceasing for nine days, but even this w as as n oth in g to w hat took place in the N orthern districts and Queensland, w here the floods h ave n ever been equalled. B risbane and G rafton suffered im m ensely, and reports said th a t on ly tw o houses in th e latter tow n escaped th e flood, th e w ater rising sixty feet. One h ouse, it is stated, w as taken eigh t m iles. W h eth er th is is true, I am n ot in position to say, b u t as m ost of th e buildin gs are w ood it is possible. A ccou n ts of great disasters over the w h ole of N .S .W . and Q ueensland contin ue to arrive, b u t the w eather in Sydney is now fair, and th e prospect of its lasting looks favourable. NINETEENTH MATCH.—v. COMBINED AUSTRALIA. On Friday, January 28, the match against the combined eleven of New South Wales and Victoria was commenced on the Sydney ground. Owing to the Sydney morning papers publishing that the game wras postponed till Saturday, the attendance was a poor one. An effort was made by the English team to delay the start till the following day, but several of the Colonial players who had taken part in the Inter-Colonial match opposed this on the ground of being so long away from their business. At twenty minutes past tw’O Shrewsbury and Bates opened what proved a very poor display of batting from the Eng­ lishmen. Granted that the wicket was all in favour of the bowlers, yet 45 was a sorry exhibition. Bates, who cracked Turner to leg for 4, and cut Ferris for another, was splendidly caught by Midwinter at long-on, Barnes was finely caught at point by Spofforth, andBarlow clean bowled by Turner. Shrews­ bury was caught atshort-leg by M’Shane from a hard hit at the second attempt, and Gunn played Turner on, five wickets being down for 13 runs. Read added 5, when Spofforth made another good catch at point. Scotton was useless on the difficult wicket, and Lohmann alone seemed to play with any confidence. His 17 was indeed very useful, and when he was well caught by Garrett at long-on, the English innings, which had only lasted eighty minutes, closed for 45 runs. It might be well to mention that M’Donnell had beaten Shrewsbury for the choice of innings, which was a great advantage, as, by sending the English team in on the soddened wickets, they were at the mercy of the bowlers, Turner and Ferris, who are, perhaps, the best bowlers in the world on such a ground. Turner took six wickets for 15 runs, which speaks for itself. A fresh wicket having been selected M’Donnell and Blackham opened the innings for the Colonials, Barnes and Lohmann being entrusted with the ball. A clever catch by Sherwin dismissed Blackham after he had hit Barnes to leg for 4. Moses came next, and M’Donnell, after driving Lohmann out of the ground, was clean bowled by Barnes. It was pleasant for the Englishmen to see the back of the Australian champion hitter for so modest a score. Jones, who followed, played carefully at first, but afterwards scored fast, bringing on Briggs for Barnes, and Barlow for Lohmann. Briggs being hit freely Bates tried, and Jones was caught at point for a lively 31. Turner added 3, when Barlow clean bowled him. Bannerman and Moses played out time, the total being 76 for four wickets. Moses was not out 21, though Sherwin should have twice caught him at the wicket. Continued on Page 43, Next Issue April 14