Cricket 1888

102 CRIOKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. MAY 3, 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 . (from the Sporting L ife by permission.) SHREWSBURY AND LILLY- W H IT E ’S TEAM. ------ 2 V TWENTY-THIRD MATCH.—v. X V III. OF WELLINGTON. Tho Englishmen, after their defeat of the Australian team just starting for England, spent the remainder of their stay in Sydney in bidding farewell to numerous friends. The last parting was with Mr. Docker, who did not accompany the rest to New Zealand, but stopped in Australia to transact some business. He will, in all probability, return home by a P. and O. steamer, leaving the Colonies about the end of April. TheUnion Company’ssteam-ship,“Hantoro,” was advertised to leave Sydney direct for Wel­ lington on Saturday, March 17, at 10 p.m., and punctually at that time she steamed away amidst hearty cheers from a large gathering of friends. On clearing the lieads it was soon apparent that the bad sailors were in for a gruelling, and for about three days very little was seen of about three-parts of the party, a strong southerly wind blowing the whole time. On Thursday, in passing through Cook’s Straits, a heavy westerly wind blew, but, being favourable, this assisted us in reaching our destination somewhat earlier, and we arrived at Wellington that afternoon about half-past four, and were met and welcomed by many gentlemen of that city. F irst D ay — F rid a y , M a rch 23. The match, which should have commenced on Thursday, but, owing to the late arrival of the boat had to be postponed, was not com­ menced till a quarter to twelve, in consequence cf slight rain falling from eleven o’clock till half-past. The ground is situated close to the town, and trains run to the gates. Mr. Smith won the toss from the local captain (Motley), and decided to bat. Motley will perhaps be remembered by many in Yorkshire, as a few years ago he U 3ed to play for the gentlemen of that county round about York and Leeds, and was no-balled for throwing at the latter place when playing against Gregory’s Aus­ tralian Eleven in 1878. Pilling and Mr. New­ ham began the innings for the Englishmen on a splendid wicket, which was very fast. A bad start was made, as from the second ball delivered Pilling was clean bowled. Lohmann was soon busy, but when the score had reached 17 lost the company of Mr. Newham, who pulled one on. Shrewsbury was received with cheers, and he opened his account with seven singles. In the meantime Lohmann had been dismissed in the same manner as Mr. Newham for 16, which included two spanking hits for 4 each. Read, like Shrewsbury, started with seven singles, and runs now came very fast, causing changes of bowling, with the total at 64. Shrewsbury was smartly taken at short slip, and when Briggs appeared the fielders had a merry time of it. The 100 was soon posted, Read hitting three 4’s in succession, though he was twice missed at long-on. Each batsman made a 5, all run out, there being no boundary on one side of the ground. A splendid catch at slip got rid of Briggs for. 19 (five for 124). Sixty runs had been added during this partnership, 41 of them by Rsad. At lunch time (half-past one) the total was 134, Read (not out) 69. On resuming the Surrey man only added a single, when he was taken at forward-point for a dashing innings of 70. Ulyett filled the breach, accompanied by Pilling to run for him , as he was still slightly lame. Both the Yorkshiremen h it freely, till a sharp catch at the wicket stopped Preston’s career for a very well played 22. Pougher, who came next, and was suffering from an injured knee, had Briggs as his attendant, q.nd the novel spectacle was presented of two batsmen with men to run for 'them, wKTc'h, I venture to sayT'Kas seldom, it ever, been seen before. The score was hit to 193, chiefly by Ulyett, when Pougher hit across at a straight one, and was bowled. Mr. Sm ith was unlucky, being very well taken at long-off, and Mr. Brann was clean bowled; Ulyett was out for 47, made by some hard hitting, though he should have been caught three times. The innings closed for 208. A t four o’clock the Englishmen took the field. Lohmann and Briggs were entrusted with the bowling. No stand was made, and wickets fell rapidly. Occasionally a big hit was made, but the batsmen in trying to repeat it, generally fell a victim through a miss-hit. When the stumps were drawn, seventeen wickets had fallen for 71 runs. Play ceased at half-past five, owing to the bad light. There was a very enthusiastic company, numbering fully 2,000, including many ladies. W ellin g t on . S econd Day— S aturday , M arch 24. The match was resumed at half-past eleven, and ended in a draw. The Wellington men, who had lost seventeen wickets for 71 runs on the previous day, resumed their first innings. The remaining batsmen fell for an additional 15—86 in all, and being 121 behind the visitors, they had to follow on. In their second innings the local men shaped much better, and reached the respectable score of 222. The Englishmen put on two fresh bowlers, Mr. Sm ith and Preston, the former being par­ ticularly formidable with his fast yorkers, and with his strong leg-break, thirteen of the wickets falling before him for the small number of 30 runs. He secured the first nine wickets, all of them clean bowled. Werry" played splendidly for his 53 not out, and hit the bowling to all points of the field, receiving applause for his magnificent hits. Motley, the captain, also played very steadily, and was unfortunate in being caught in the slips when well set. Several of the other batsmen played the bowling with more confidence than on the previous day, and kept the field pretty lively. The fielding of the Englishmen was hardly so good as on the previous day, and large numbers of extras and overthrows were obtained. It was decided that the Englishmen, who had 103 to get to win, should have half- an-hour’s batting, and shortly after five they commenced their second innings. Hewatt and Dryden opened the bowling to Read and Lohmann. A couple of singles was scored off the first over of Hewatt, and seven off Dryden. Read hit Hewatt for 5, but Loh­ mann, in trying to hit Hewatt to leg, was taken by Wren at square leg, the ball getting up. Preston went in, and narrowly escaped being run out when three had been added. Read then gave Stinson an easy chance at long off, but he mulled it. In attempting a second run for a long hit to leg, Preston was run out. Stumps were then drawn, the match being also drawn. E n g lish E lev en . First Innings. Mr. W . Newham, b G. Ulyett, not o u t... 47 Hewatt ................. 5 A. C. Pougher, b Mc- R . P illing, b Hew att 0 <*irr......................... 5 G A. Lohm ann, b Mr. C. A. Sm ith, c Hew att ................. 16 Sanderson, b Law­ A. Shrewsbury, c M cson ......................... 1 Girr, b Dryden ... 21 Mr. G. Brann, b Mc­ M. Read, c Heenan, b Girr .......... .......... 0 Dryden ................. 70 Extra ................. 1 J. Briggs, c Dryden, b — H ew att ................. 19 Total ..........207 J. M. Preston, c Moor- house, b Hewatt ... 22 In the Second Innings Lohm ann scored c Wren, b Hewatt 6, Read (not out) 11, Preston (run out) 3; I? 1—Total, 21. v! t W. ’ S — ----------- t u First Innings. Heenan, c Lohm ann, b Briggs ......................... 14 G. Mansell,c Shrewsbury, b Lohm ann ................. 3 Boddington, c Pougher, b L o h m a n n ......................... 3 Morrice, b Briggs .......... 3 Gore, st Pilling, b L oh­ m ann ................................ 4 Moorhouse, b L o h m an n ... 7 Kirker, c Pougher, b Loh­ m ann ................................ 12 Motley, b Lohm ann.......... 0 Cotterill, c Briggs, b L oh­ m ann ................................ Drydeu, b Lohm ann Lawson, st Pilling, b Loh­ m ann ................................ 0 Koch, b Briggs ................. 0 W ren b P rig g s................. 7 Sanderson, b L o h m a n n ... 0 McGirr, c Lohm ann, b Briggs................................ 3 Stinson, c Newham, b L o h m a n n ......................... 0 Werry. b Briggs.................. 0 Ilonaldson, c Lohm ann, b Briggs................................ 0 Nicholls, c Pilling, b L oh­ m ann ................................ 7 Roberts, b Briggs .......... 0 Hewatt, not o u t................. 7 Littlejohn, c and b Loh­ m ann ................................ 1 Extras ......................... 8 Total ..................86 Second Innings. b Sm ith .......... b Sm ith .......... b Sm ith b Sm ith b Sm ith ... b Sm ith ... b Sm ith c Pougher, Lohm ann 0 21 0 13 b ... 21 b Sm ith .......... 2 cB rann,b Smith- 0 c Brann, b L o h ­ m ann .......... 8 b P re sto n .......... 1 b Briggs .......... 6 c Ulyett, b Loh­ m ann .......... 0 b L ohm ann 11 c Shrewsbury, b Lohnlann ... 14 not out ..........53 b Briggs 3 c Shrewsbu y, b S m ith .......... 1 b S m ith ..........14 b Sm ith ..........10 b Sm ith Extras... 0 Total ...222 B O W L IN G ANALYSIS. r i**GHTEEN. First Innings. ' \ Second Innings. B. ( It. M. \W.B.[ r . M. W Briggs ...12d 41 23 ! 8 ... ... 75 30 5 2 Lohm ann. 118\ $1 13 ',13 ................ 1G070105 Preston 105 37 7 1 Smith... 173 36 22 13 Read ... 20 20 2 0 The following are the batting and bowling averages up to and inclusive of the last match against the Australian Eleven :— B A T T IK AVERAG ES E l e v e n - a - s id e M a t c h e s Inns. Times not out. Runs. Aver. A. Shrewsbury... ... 14 .. 1 ... 766 .. 58.92 Mr. G. Brann ... ... 8 .. 2 ... 158 .. 26.33 Mr. C. A. Sm ith ... 8 .. 0 ... 198 .. 24.75 U ly e tt................. ... 10 .. 1 ... 201 .. 22.33 B riggs................. ... 13 .. 1 ... 229 .. 19.08 Read ................. ... 13 .. 0 ... 218 .. 16.76 Pougher ... ... ... 9 .. 2 ... 107 .. 15.^8 Mr. L. C. Docker ... 11 .. 1 ... 138 .. 18.80 Lohm ann .......... ... 13 .. 0 ... 173 .. 13.30 Mr. W . Newham ... 32 ... 0 ... 147 .. 12.25 Preston .......... ... 10 ... 1 ... 81 .. 9. P illin g ................. ... 12 ... 5 ... 47 .. 6.71 B riggs................. / gainst O dds . ... 21 ... 3 ... 443 .. 24.61 U ly e tt................. ... 17 ... 1 ... 3 3 . . 24.25 Mr. W . Newham ... 18 .. 4 ... 33» .. 23 85 Read ................. ... 21 .. 4 ... 377 .. 22.17 Shrewsbury ... 14 ... 1 ... 288 .. 22.15 vir L. C. Docker ... 16 .. 1 ... 274 .. 18/26 L o h m a n n .......... ... 14 .. 1 ... 227 .. 17.46 Preston .......... ... 22 ... 4 ... 291 .. 16.16 P illin g ................. ... 15 .. 3 ... 185 .. 15.41 Mr. C. A. Sm ith ... 20 ... 2 ... 244 .. 13.55 Mr. G. Brann ... ... 15 ... 3 ... 146 .. 12.16 Pougher .......... ... 17 ... 4 ... 106 .. 8.15 Shrewsbury A l l M atches , ... 28 ... 2 ... 1054 . 40.53 U ly e tt................. ... 27 ... 2 ... 58;) . . 23 56 B riggs................. ... 34 ... 4 ... 672 . . 22.40 Read ................. ... 34 ... 4 ... 595 .. 19.83 Mr. W . Newham ... 30 ... 4 ... 481 . . 18.50 Mr. C. A. Sm ith ... 28 ... 2 ... 442 . . 17. Mr. G . Brann ... ... 23 ... 5 ... 304 . . 16.88 Mr. L. C. Docker ... 27 ... 2 ... 412 . . 16.48 L o h m a n n .......... ... 27 ... 1 ... 400 . . 15.38 Preston .......... ... 32 ... 5 ... 372 . . 13 77 P illin g ................. ... 27 ... 8 ... 232 . . 12.21 Pougher .......... ... 26 6 ... 213 . . 1Q.G5 M * K « . tjs . s -utf - V ' I •• « , 1 •• 51 , IU •- S , H . « ■’ e - to■ Sr..o