Cricket 1888

92 CRICKET A WEEKLY KECQKD 01<' THE GAME. APEXL 26, 1888. T H E T W O E N G L I S H T E A M S IN A U S T R A L IA . Continued from page 87. the Leicestershire m a n w as cau ght at the w icket, m a k in g B la c k h a m ’s fifth v ic tim . W ith 425 ru ns to w in, M ‘D o n n e ll and B la ck h a m started the second in n in g s to the bo w ling of Preston a n d L o h m a n n . D isaster No. 1 soon took place, as the V ic to ria n was very finely tak e n by M r. D ocker a t m id-on from a hard drive. T rott was in a lon g tim e before scoring, b u t M ‘D on ne ll becam e very busy, and h it P reston three tim es fo r 4 from successive balls. T his brought on B riggs, b u t th e p a rt­ in g cam e from L o h m a n n , M ‘D o n n e ll being caught by B riggs at very deep cover-point for 29. Two for 37 was the state of th e gam e w hen Jones w ent in a n d defied a ll th e E n g lish bo w ling for the rest of th e day. H e com ­ m enced by h ittin g B riggs tw ice for 4, a n d a little la te r on h it three consecutive balls from B riggs to the bo un dary , a nd M r. S m ith relieved h im . T rott n ex t ra n h im se lf out. H e h a d played a careful gam e for 15. (Three fo r 79). Lyons was o u t leg before w ith o u t tro u b lin g the scorers, b u t T urner, as usual, h it freely, and the score advanced to 116 w hen he p u t one back to L o h m a n n and retired for 17. E dw ard s was next, a n d p u t L o h m a n n to leg fo r 4. Preston took another tu rn , b u t no w icket fa llin g , B riggs trie d , a nd E d w a rd s w as tak en at mid-off for a w ell-played 24. (Six for 173.) W ood follow ed, a n d Jones h it B riggs for 5 over the fence. P reston th e n bow led W o o d , breaking his leg stum p. R ichard son saw Jones com plete h is 100 by tw ice driviD g B riggs for 4 am id st great applause. L o h m a n n replaced P reston, a n d Jones again h it B riggs tw ice for 4. R ichard son w as then c au g h t and bow led. (E ig h t for 225.) Ferris w as soon busy, h ittin g Briggs tw ice for 4, a n d Jones drove h im grandly over the fence fo r 5. I t w as now six o’clock, b u t th e captains decided to fin ish the m atch, a n d P oug her took u p the bo w ling, a nd bow led F erris. (N ine for 252.) B oyle helped Jones to carry the to ta l to 266, w hen he was caught a t cover-point, a n d the E n g lis h team w on th e m a tc h by 158 runs. T he m a tc h w as finished at 6.25, a n d it was nearly dark. Jones w as given a great ovation on re tu rn in g to the P a v ilio n , and h e ric h ly deserved it. F o r the th ird tim e in succession th e A u s ­ tra lia n team has been defeated, b u t alth o ug h th e y m ay not succeed in beating the selected of E n g la n d , I feel sure th e y w ill im prov e on th is form . T his m a tc h finishes the cricket in A u stra lia, and the gam es to be played in N ew Z e a lan d are against odds. Score a n d bo w lin g a n a ly s is :— S h b e w s b u b y ’ s T e a m . First Innings. M. Read, b Turner .......... J. Briggs, b Turner ... ... J. M . Preston, c R ichard­ son, b T u rn e r................. 7 A. Shrewsbury, c Jones, b Turner .......... .......... 21 M r. W . Newham, l b w , b T urner .......... .......... 4 G. A. Lohm ann, c Black­ ham , b F e rris................. 10 Mr. L. C. Docker, st Black­ ham , b Turner .......... 33 Mr. G. Brann, b Trott ... 13 Mr. C. A. Sm ith, c and b T urner .........................59 R . Pilling, c Boyle, b F e rris ................................ 3 A. D. Pougher, not out Extras ... Total .. 7 ... 6 ..212 Second Innings. b Turner .......... 0 c Blackham , b Turner ..........54 c B lackham , b Jones .......... 9 c Trott,b T urner 206 1b w, b Ferris ... 1 c and b T rott ... 39 c Richardson, b Trott .......... 1 st Blackham , b Turner .......... 3 c B lackham , b Edwards ... 40 not out .......... 8 c Blackham , b Jones .......... 24 Extras..........17 Total ...402 A u s t r a l ia n s . F irst Innings. Jones, b Briggs ................. 35 Blackham, c Docker, b Preston .........................97 Brann, b Turner, c Pilling, b Loh- E dw arls, Preston Lyons, b Preston .......... 1 M ’Donnell, c P illing, b L o h m a n n .......... .......... 15 Wood, b Preston................. 2 Richardson, b Lohm ann... 8 Trott, not out ................. 9 Ferris, run out .................. 2 Boyle, c Briggs, b Loh­ m ann ................................ 6 Total ...190 Second Innings, not out .......... 134 c Docker, b Preston.......... 1 c Preston, b Briggs ........... 24 c and b Loh­ mann ........... 17 lbw, b Lohmann 0 c Briggs, b Loh­ mann ........... 29 b Preston......... 4 c anti b Loh­ mann ........... 14 run out ........... 15 b Pougher .............13 c Docker, b Pougher......... 8 Extras........... 7 Total ...266 B O W L IN G ANALYSIS. S h b e w s b u b y ’ s T e a m . First Innin S3- Second Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R . W . Turner .... 216 27 72 7 ... ., . 861 43 135 4 Ferris . 101 8 59 2 ... .... 264 40 74 1 T rott......... . 56 3 30 1 ... .... 156 20 77 2 W ood......... . 84 9 32 0 ... ,... 64 10 21 0 Lyons . 24 1 13 0 ... ... 12 0 13 0 Jones ... 143 13 57 2 Boyle ... 12 1 8 0 Edwards 8 2 0 1 Jones bowled two wides. A u s t r a l ia n s . First Innings. Second Innings. Lohm ann. Briggs B. M. R . W . . 179 20 93 4 88 10 34 1 B. M. R . W . Preston ... 120 13 38 4 Pougher ... 12 Sm ith ... 40 1 12 0 4 13 0 212 25 156 15 80 8 22 1 58 2 48 2 10 2 39 0 T he last fixture closed the first-class m atches of the tour, so th a t we are able to give the com plete averages of the team in th a t class of contests. BATTING AVERAGES. Inns. Times not out Runs. Aver. Shrewsbury.......... ... 14 .... 1 ... 766 .,,. 58.12 Mr. B rann .......... ... 8 .... 2 .,,. 158 ..,. 26.2 Mr. S m ith ............. ... 8 .,,. 0 .... 198 .... 24.6 Ulyett .................. ... 10 ..,. 1 .,.. 2 >L ..,. 22.3 Briggs .................. ... 13 .. . 1 .... 229 ... 19.1 Read ................. ... 13 ... 0 ..,. 218 ... 16.10 Pougher .......... ... 9 .. . 2 .... 107 ..,. 15.2 Mr. D ocke r.......... ... 11 ... 1 ... 138 ..,. 13.8 Lohm ann ... ... ... 13 .. ,. 0 .. ,. 173 ... 13.4 Mr. Newham ... 12 ., ,. 0 ., .. 147 ..,. 12.3 Preston................. ... 10 ., .. 1 .. .. 81 ..,. 9.0 P illin g .................. ... 12 ..,. 5 ... 47 ..,. 6.5 B O W L IN G AVERA G ES. Balls. Mdns. Runs. W kts. Aver. Lohm ann... ... 2642 ... 352 ..,. 755 ... 63 .... 1162 Briggs.......... ... 1485 .... 206 .,,. 484 ... 30 .... 14.14 Pougher ... ... 629 ... 79 ... 199 ..,. 12 ..., 16.7 Preston ... ... 866 .... 92 ..,. 314 ... 17 .. , 18.8 Mr. Sm ith... ... 484 .... 57 .... 153 ... 7 .... 2L.6 Ulyett ... 88 ... 5 .., 49 ., .. 1 ... , 49 Briggs bowled six wides, and Lohm ann one wide and one no-ball. T he follow ing are the results of m atches played u p to M arch 13:— 1.—Nov. 4 and 5—v. 18 of Parram atta. Draw n in favour of Englishmen. Englishm en, 272 (Ulyett 73); Parram atta, 72, and 16 wickets for 211. This m atch was alm ost a one innings defeat for. Parram atta. 2.—Nov. 11 and 12—v. New South Wales. N.S.W . won by 10 wickets and 2 runs. Englishmen, 49 and 66; rT.SiW., 94, and no wickets for 23. 3.—Nov. 18,19. 20—v-i 15 of Queensland. English­ men won by 10 wickets. Queensland. 79 and 59; Englishm en, 138, and no wickets for 2 runs. 4.—Nov. 93 and 24—v. 22 of Maryborough (Q.) Englishm en won by an innings and 21 runs. Maryborough, 41 and 104 ; Englishm en, 166. 5.—Nov. 25—v. 22 of Gympie. Englishm en won by 4 wickets and 107 runs. Gym pie, 45: Englishm en, 6 wickets for 152. 6.—Dec. 2, 3, 5—v. 18of Queensland. Englishmen won by 109 runs. Queensland, 93 and 116; Englishm en, 133 and 185. 7.—Dec. 9,10,12—v. New South W ales (return) Englishm en won by 10 wickets and 4 runs. N.S.W ., 149 and 165 (Moses 78 not out) ; Englishm en, 279 (Sm ith 68), and no wickets for J9. 8.—Dec. 16,17,19—v. Victoria. Englishm en won by an innings and 456 runs. Englishm en, 624 (Shrewsbury 232, Brann 118); Victoria, 68 and 100 . 9.—Dec. 24, 26, 27—v. 22 of Ballarat. Englishm en wen by 8 wickets. B allarat, 102 and 127; Englishm en, 152, and 2 wickets for 83. 1°.—Dec. 31, Jan . 2—v. 18 of Bendigo. Drawn. Englishmen, 389 (Preston78); Bendigo, 165, and 6 wickets for 61. 11.—Jan. 6 and 7—v. 18 Juniors of Melbourne. Drawn. Juniors, 158 (Drysdale 36); E nglish­ men, 121, and 7 wickets for 131 (Shrewsbury 51) 12.—Jan. 10,11—v. 22 of Berrim a D istrict. English­ m en won by 7 wickets and 141 runs. E nglish­ men, 126, and 3 wickets for 114; Berrima, 42 and 57. 13.—Jan. 13,14, 16, and 17—v. New South Wales (third match). N.S.W . won by 153 runs. Englishmen, 87 and 129 (Shrewsbury 56); New South W ales, 153 and 216 (Moses 58 and 109). 14.—Jan. 20, 21 and 23—v. 22 of Bourke. Drawn. Bourke, 104; Englishm en, 69, and 7 wickets for 157 (Briggs 43). 15—Jan. 26,27—v. 22 of Orange. Englishm en won by an innings and 70 runs. Englishm en, 2C8 (for 9 wickets); Orange, 76 and 62 (three men absent in the second innings). 16.—Feb. 3,4, 6, 7—v. A Mixed Eleven of New South Wales and Victorian players, on Association Cricket Ground. Englishm en won by 5 wickets and 1 run. Combined Team. 262 and 83 (M*Donnell 54); Englishm en, 295, and 5 wickets for 51 (Ulyett 72). 17.—Feb. 16,87,18—v. 18 of Newcastle. Drawn. Newcastle, 107 and 222; Englishm en, 226, and 1 wicket for 42. 18.—Feb. 21 and 22—v. 22 of Tamworth. E nglish­ men won by 9 wickets and I run Tamw oith, 104 and 98; Englishm en, 183, and 1 wicket for 2*. 19.—Feb. 24 and 25-v. The Sixth Australian Eleven. Englishm en won by an innings and 42 runs. Englishmen, 173; Australian Eleven, 75 and 56. 20.—March 2, 3, and 5—v. 18 Juniors. Drawn. Englishmen, 175, and 1 wicket for 5; Juniors, 181 and 153. 21.—March 6 and 7—v. 18 of Bathurst. E nglish­ m en won by 8 wickets. Bathurst, 57 and 129 ; Englishm en, 180, and 2 wickets for 7» 22.—March 9 ,1*», 12, and 13—v. Sixth A ustralianX I (return). Englishmenwonbyl58runs. E nglish­ men, 2 l2and402(Shrewsbury 236); Australians, 190 and 266 (Jones 134 not out, Blackham 97). Results: Played 22 m atches—won 14, lost 2, drawn 6. 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