Cricket 1887

NOV. 24, 1887 CR ICK ET : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAM E . 459 Club and Ground in turn. There is an idea, too, I may add, of inviting the Aus­ tralian team to play a match during the Eastbourne season. No actual decision has as yet, I believe, been come to with regard to the arrange­ ments for the Hastings week next year. I am assuming that the success which attended the efforts of the promoters last summer will warrant them in making the gathering an annual fixture. The Aus­ tralian team are desirous, I understand, of playing on the Becreation Ground at Hastings, and there is every reason to believe that theywill figure there during the early part of Sept. Tho Parsee cricketers, too, have the most pleasant recollections of their reception at tho hands of the townsfolk of Hastings, It was in the neighbourhood, indeed, unless I am mis­ taken, that they were able to claim the one victory of their tour, so that thememories of their visit are sure to be pleasing. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN AUSTRALIA. T he members of the two English teams now in Australia have been, as will be gathered from the following particulars, busy in different parts of the Colonies during the last few weeks. Mr. Vernon’s team, who landed at Adelaide, were of course at work some time before their rivals, and though headed by the Eighteen of South Australia on. the first innings, in their opening match were able to claim a victory by 71 runs, Abel, Peel and Mr. Stoddart were the principal scorers, and all these three bats­ men have shown to great advantage so far. Mr. Stoddart has twice got within measurable distance of without reaching three figures, and Abel, too, was equally unlucky in the first match, getting out when within five runs of his hundred. In the two matches at Sandhurst and Ballarat, as will be seen, Mr. Vernon’s team scored very heavily, and it is satis­ factory to be able to record that, as far as we have heard at present, they have done well from a cricket point of view at least, Shrewsbury’s team, considered to he the stronger of the two, played their opening match at Paramatta, in New South Wales, and without a definite result. The weather for the second fix­ ture, against New South Wales, at Syd­ ney, on Nov. 11 and 1‘2, was very unfavour­ able, and the scores on both sides were very low. No details have arrived as yet as to how the English players got out, and in the absence of any information ws must assume that Turner played an im­ portant part in their dismissal. The latest telegrams show that Shrewsbury and his comrades were in Queensland, and their first match in that colony, at Bris­ bane, against Eighteen of Queensland, resulted in their favour by ten wickets. The following are the results of the matches decided by the two teams up to date. MR. VERNON’S TEAM. THE FIRST MATCH—v. EIGHTEEN OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, Oot. 28—Nov. 1. 1st inn. 2nd inn. Total. Mr. Vernon’s Team ........... 104 ... 291 ... 395 Eighteen of S. Australia ... 118 ... 206 ... 824 The following are the Individual score s of tho Englishmen Abel 2 and 95, Mr. A. B. Stoddart 2-i and 64, Bates 2 and 5, Mr. T. C. O’Brien 4 and 15, Hon. M. B. Hawke 6 and 0, Peel 28 and 26, Rawlin 33 and 0, Attewell 0 and 33, Mr. M. P. Bowden (not out) 0 and 5, Mr. A. E. Newton 0 and 41 (not out), Beaum ont 0 and 1; extras, 3 and 11. The Englishmen won by 71runs. SECOND MATCH-v. ELEVEN OF VIC­ TORIA. Melbourne, Nov. 9,10,11. 1st inn. 2nd inn. Total. Mr. Vernon’s Team ........... 296 ... — ... 296 Eleven of Victoria .......... 153 ... 126 ... 279 Englishm en w on hy an innings and 17 runs. Mr. A. E. Stoddart scored 94, Peel 55, Mr. O’ Brien 27, Bates 24, Hon. M. B. Hawke and A tte­ well 20 each. J. McC. Blackham 14 and 68, and J. M cllwraith CO and 1, were the principal scorers for Victoria. THIRD MATCH—v. TWENTY-TWO OF CASTLEMAINE. Castlemaine, Nov. 14,15. 1st inn. 2nd Inn. Total. Mr. Vernon’s Team ........... 181 ... — ... 181 22 of Castlemaine... ... 109 ... 134* ... 243 Drawn. * Twenty wickets down. Peel scored 63, Attewell 21, and Mr. M. P. Bow­ den 20. Mnirhead 32 and 5, Cotter 0 and 23, and Todd 0 and 28, were the principal scorers for Castlemaine. FOURTH MATCH—v. EIGHTEEN OF SANDHURST. Sandhurst, Nor. 16 and 17. 1st inn. 2nd inn. Total. Mr. Vernon’s Team ........... 417 ... — ... 417 18 of Sandhurst .............. 135* ... — ... 135 Drawn. * Eleven wickets down. Peel scored 67, Attewell (not out) 59. Abel 57. Mr. W . W . Read 52, Mr. Newton 51, and Mr. Stoddart 39, for Mr. Vernon's team ; Q. Maekay 'J6 (no® out) for Sandhurst. FIFTH MATCH - t . EIGHTEEN OF BALLARAT. Ballarat, Nov. 18 and 19. 1st Inn. 2nd Inn. Total. Mr. Vernon’s Team .............. 477 ... — ... 477 Eighteen of B allarat... ... 70 ... 40*... 110 Drawn. * Tw o wickets down. Mr. Stoddart scored 95, Hon. M. B. Hawke 70, Mr. w . w . Read 65, R. Peel 65, Attewell 50 and Abel 33. SHREWSBURY’S TEAM. FIRST MATCH—v. EIGHTEEN OF PARAMATTA. Paramatta, Nov.'4 and 5. 1 st> Inn. 2 ntl inn. Tot il • Shrewsbury’s Team ... ... — ... — —• 18 of Paramatta ......................................— ...— ... Brawn. SECOND MATCH—v. ELEVEN OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, Nov. 11 and 12. 1st inn. 2nd inn. Total. Shrewsbury’s Team ... ... 49 ... 66 ... 115 New South W ales ................................ 04 ...23*...117 * No wickets down. New South W ales w on by 10 wickets. Shrewsbury scored 21 and 3, and Lohm ann 4 and 20, for English ttleven ; P. S. M cDonnell 27 and 15 (not out), a . Bannerman 21, and C. J. Turner 13, for New South Wales. THIRD MATCH—v. EIGHTEEN OF QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, Nov. 18 and 19. 1st Inn. 2nd Inn. Total. Shrewsbury Team ’s .............. 138 ... 1* ... u # Eighteen of Queensland ... 79 ... 69 ... 133 * No wickets down. English Eleven w on by 10 wickets. Shrewsbury scored 35, Briggs 26, and Mr. Docker 21. In the second innings o f the Eighteen Mr. C. A. Smith took ten wickets for 24 runs. BRIXTON WANDERERS CLUB. Matches played 40—won 13, lost 15, drawn 12. BATTING AVERAGES. Tim es M ost in Inns, not out. Runs. anlnns. Aver. E. H. Cross ... 16 ... 3 ... 300 ... 61 ... 23.07 C. H. W all ... 13 . ... 0 ... 284 ... i u .... 21.84 R. F. Bidwell 9 ... 0 ... 175 ... 59 ... 19.44 John Leleu ... 20 ... 2 ... 314 ... 47 ... 17.44 A. A. Griffiths... 21 .... 2 ... 255 ... 47* ... 13 42 W. A. Gilligan... 6 .... 1 ... 56 ... 21 ... 11.20 Fred. Leleu ... 24 ... 1 ... 243 ... 73 ... 10.56 H. T. Chalcraft 9 ,... 0 ... 92 ... 66 .... 10.22 B. G lo v e r ...........19 , ... 1 ... 1&3 ... 86 .... 10.16 G. G. Chalcraft '3 .... 0 ... 120 ... 33 .... 9.23 E. Butt*nshaw 23 ... 1 ... 17T ... 28 .... 8.04 C. F. Jones ... 19 . 4 ... 100 ... 41 .... 66G H. D river...........12 . .. 4 ... 53 ... 3)* ..., 6.62 H.A.Humphreys 7 .... 0 ... 43 ... 25 .... 6.14 H. Odell ...........20 . ... 5 ... 92 ... 28* , 6.13 F. F ow le r.......... 15 . .. 1 ... 81 ... 29 ..., 5.83 A. L. Guest ... 12 . ... 1 ... 48 . .. 11 .... 4 36 D.H.McLauchlanl7 . ... 1 ... 66 ... 24 .... 412 H. L. Puckle ... 20 ... 4 ... 49 ... 16 ..., 8 /0 P. M cLauchlan 8 . ... 0 ... 19 ... 8 .... 2.37 A. H. Collinson 17 ... 4 ... 30 ... 8 ... 2.3 A. B. Fowler ... 10 .... 1 ... 9 ... 3 ..., 1. Under 6 innings. S. A. Sm ith ... 5 ... 0 ... 86 ... 64 ..., 17.2 E. G ilbert........... 4 .... 1 ... 40 ... 23 ..., 13.3 Dr.L. Stevenson 1 .... 0 ... 13 ... 13 ..., 13. J. F.B eddy ... 5 ,... 0 ... 60 ... 32 ..., 12. E. A. Watts ... 4 .... 3 ... 8 ... 7* .... 8. N. E. Biebor ... 1 ,... 0 ... 8 ... 8 .... 8. M. M. M oore ... 4 .... 0 ... 28 ... 11 .... 7. H. B. Sm ith ... 2 .... 0 ... 14 ... 9 .... 7. F. S. Lclou ... 2 . ... 0 ... 10 ... 10 ... . 5. W .W .De Saulles 5 .... 1 ... 18 . .. 14 .... 4.50 C. T. ItadclilTo... 4 ,... 0 ... 18 ... 9 ..., 4.50 R. S. Russell ... 4 .... 0 ... 17 ... 15 ..., 4.25 P. A. Nairne ... 4 .... o ... 12 ... 6 ..,. 3. E. E. Booth ... 2 ... 0 ... 5 ... 5 .... 2.50 C .A ldin ........... 3 .... 0 ... 7 ... 3 .... 2.3 J. A. Kohlbeck 5 ... 1 ... 9 ... 4* ..., 2.25 E. L. Chavasse 2 ,... 0 ... 4 ... 4 . 2. 8. W ood ........... 2 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1* .... 1. Capt. Greey ... 1 , ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 .. G. G. Kirchner 1 . .. 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... — BOW LING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. H. O dell......... * 55 ... 13 ... 1- 2 ... 22 ... 4.63 D.McLauchlani 70 ... 17 ... 153 ... 22 ... 6.95 B. Glover 199 ... 73 ... 309 ... 47 ... 7.83 H. L. Puckle 61 ... 19 ... 88 ... 11 ... 8. E.Buttanshaw 58 ... 13 ... 103 ... 13 ... 8.15 G.G.Chalcraffe 104 ... 34 ... 197 ... 23 ... 8.56 C. F. Jones ... 178 ... 44 «. 371 ... 43 ... 8.65 A. A. Griffiths 157 ... 42 ... 296 ... 33 8.98 Less than 6 innings. F. Fowler ... 31 8 ... 77 ... 17 ... 4.5 H.Humphreys 11 ... 0 ... 38 ... 4 ... 95 A. L. Guest „. 26 ... 3 ... 68 ... 7 ... 9.71 John Leleu ... 29 ... 9 ... 86 ... 5 ... 17.2 R. F. Bidwell 19 ... 3 ... 50 ... 6 ... 8.33 C. H. W all ... 39 ... 9 ... 100 ... 6 ... 16.66 E. H. Cross ... 15 ... 7 ... 19 „. 5 ... 8.8 E.L. Chava so 17 ... 5 ... 34 ... 4 ... 8.5 Fred Leleu ... 19 ... 5 ... 29 ... 3 ... 9.6^ C. T. Radcliffe 19 ... 3 ... 43 ... 3 ... 1433 W. A. Gilligan 40 ... 12 ... 75 ... 5 ... 15. S. A. Sm ith ... 13 ... 3 ... 42 ... 1 ... 42. N .E .B ieber... 7 ... 4 ... 6 ... 1 ... 6. A. B. Fowler... 3 ... 0 ... 12 ... 0 ... E. Gilbert ... 3 ... 0 ... 8 ... 0 ... M. M. Moore 3 ... 1 ... 8 ... 0 ... R. S. Russell 1 ... 0 ... 15 ... 0 ... — N E X T IS SU E , D E C EM B ER 29.