Cricket 1888

CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECOltD OF THE #AME. JAN. 26, 1888. indebted to a small ground or big hits. Alto­ gether he was batting for just over six hours and a quarter. This is the longest individual score ever made by an Englishman in Aus­ tralia. His departure put life into the bowlers, and they quickly dismissed the three last men, the grand total being 556. The juniora had an hour and a quarter to bat, and managed to lose fifteen wickets for 70 runs. The batting all-round was as weak asthe fielding had been. Mr. Bowden was n great form behind the sticks, and stumped three men in good style. The match was, of course, drawn. Scores :— M r . V ernon ’ s T eam . Mr. A. E . Stoddart, Mr. A. E . Newton, c b P a rk in s c n .......... 235 Lucas, b E. Rush 1 Abel, c M ’Leod, b M r. T. C. O’Brien, b F illing ................. 38 Parkinson .......... 26 Bate", c Ingleton, b Mr. G. F. Vernon, c E. R ush ................. 37 Heintz, b M ’Leod 10 Mr. W . W . Read, b Raw lin, not out 11 Collie......................... 37 Beaum ont, b Par­ Peel, c Collie, b E. kinson .................. 2 R u s h ........................ 95 E xtras................. 10 Mr. M. P. Bowden, b __ M ’Leod ................. 4 Total ..........556 M elbourne J u niors . H. Rush, c Stoddart, K i r k p a t r i c k , b b Peel ................. 7 A b e l......................... 12 M ’Leod. c Bates, b Shelley, b Bates 11 S to d d a rt................. 4 Lucas, b A b e l.......... 0 Rutherford, b P e e l... 0 Filling, st Bowden, b Hannaysee, run out 0 A b e l......................... 0 Collie, c Newton, b B arnett, not out ... 5 Stoddart ................. 1 W estcott, c Bowden, Ingleton, b Peel 3 b B a te s .................. 0 Taylor, c Bates, b Q uiltz, not out 1 Peel ......................... 14 E xtras................. 6 F. Rush, b Stoddart 0 Heintz, st Bowden, b Total .......... 70 Peel ......................... 2 Lord, st Bowden, b Peel ......................... 4 BNWLING ANALYSIS. M r . V ernon ’ s T eam B. M. R . Quiltz ... 112 5 Iiutherfrd. 8 0 Taylor M ’L e o d.. Collie ., Heintz Filling . 84 3 21-2 14 160 5 88 2 52 4 Shelley ... 12 E . Rush... 116 B. M. R. W. Parkinson 97 6 32 3 W estcott Lord ... 16 H . Rush 28 Kirkptrck. 40 26 M elbou rne J u n iors . B. M. R. W . B. M. R .W . Peel ... 112 14 33 6 1A bel............. 24 2 6 3 Stoddart 1C8 15 23 3 |Bates ... 20 2 5 Stoddart bowled one no-ball. Fc ELEVENTH MATCH.—v. TWENTY-TWO OF MARYBOROUGH (VICTORIA). F irst D a y —W e d n esd a y , D e c e m b e r 14. Mr. Vernon’s team commenced a second tour in the Victorian provinces on Wednesday, December 14. They were met by Twenty-two of Maryborough and District. As usual, the visitors won the toss, and Messrs. Stoddart and Read were sent in. There were about 600 people present. Mr. Read was not long in giving a chance,but he made amends byplaying prettily until he had made himself responsible 'or 41. Downing, who had just previously taken the ball after there had been several ineffectual changes, clean bowled the Surrey crack. Peel did not add to the score, being caught off his first ball, and Mr. Newton was onl}’ a little more successful. Mr. O’Brien, who is now in rare form, joined his county comrade, and between them they gave the field a treat. At length, after he had been missed more than once, Mr. Stoddart was caught. He had contributed no lesa than 81 by free batting. Neither Mr. Bowden, Abel, nor Rawlin stayed long with Mr. O’Brien, who was batting splendidly. Attewell, however, resisted all the wiles of the bowlers until he had compiled 31, and Beaumont credited him ­ self with a dozen ere he was bowled. Mr. O’Brien carried out his bat. He made 75, and did not give the shadow of a chance. His wrist-play was much admired. Mr. O’Brien has now run thoroughly into form, and some long scores are anticipated. Downing, who wasonce changed, bowled exceedingly well, his five wickets only involving his side in 27 runs. The fielding was fairly good. In half-an-hour the twenty-two lost three wickets for 11 runs. The score of the Englishmen was as under. M r . V ernon ’ s T eam . Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Herring, b W orrall 81 Mr. W. W . Read, b D o w n in g ................. 4L Peel,c Neil,bDowning 0 Mr. A. E . Newton, c Herring, b M'Leod 1 Mr. T. C. O ’Brien, nob out .........................75 Mr. G. F. Vernon, c Kelly, b Roper ... 10 Mr. M. P. Bowden, c L e d d e r m a n , b Logan ................. 4 Abel, b M ‘Leod ... 2 Raw lin, c and b Dow ning................. Attewell, c Worrall, b Downing ..........31 Beaumont,bI)owning 12 B ......................... 1 Total ...258 The following are the results of the subse quent matches of Mr. Vernon’s team up to date. E lev en t h M atch — v. T wenty -'E wo of M aryboro u gh . —Maryborough, Dec. 14 and 15. Drawn. English Team, 258 ; Twenty-Two of Maryborough, 98 and 55 for fourteen wickets. T w e l ft h M atch — v. T w en t y -T wo of S ale —Sale, Dec. 19 and 20. English Team won by an innings and three runs. English Team, 152 (Mr. Bowden 44, Mr. Vernon 38); Twenty- Two of Sale, 51 and 98. T h irt een t h M atch — v. E lev en of S outh A u st ra lia . —Adelaide, Dec. 24, 26, 27, 28, 29. Drawn. English Team, 383 (Mr. W . W. Read 183); South Australia, 147 (A. II. Jarvis 75) and 450for eight wickets (G. Giffen 203, and Godfrey 119). F o urteenth M atch — v. C o m bined A us ­ t ra lia .— Melbourne,Dec. 31, Jan. 2,3. English Teamwon by an innings and 78runs. English Team, 292 (Rawlin not out 78, Mr. Newton 77, Mr. Vernon 50); Combined Australia, 136 and 78 (J. M . Blackham 42 and 13). F ift e en t h M atch — v. E ig h t e e n of N orthern T a sm an ia . —Launceston, Jan. 13, 14. Drawn. English Team, 195 (M r. Stod­ dart 91) and 27 for three wickets; Northern Tasmania, 162. S ixt een t h M atch — v. T w enty - two of L atrobe D ist rict . —Latrobe, Jan. 16, 17. English Team won by an innings and 108 runs. English Team, 271 (Attewell 122); Latrobe, 66 and 97. S ev en teen t h M atch — v. T w enty - two of S outhern T asmania . —Hobart Town, Jan. 20, 21. English Team, 146 (Peel 51, Abel 37); Southern Tasmania, 59 and 91 for seven wickets. SHREWSBUKY AND LILLY- W H IT E ’S TEAM. On Tuesday, November 15, the team left for Brisbane by steamer, and, after a smooth passage of forty-four hours, landed at the Queensland metropolis, where they were met by the cricketers and a body of the Cricket Association, who escorted them to the hotel, and welcomed them in bumpers of champagne. Mr. Smith, as captain, responded to the toast of “ The Visitors ” in a happy manner, and after “ Success to Cricket in Queensland ” had been proposed by Mr. Docker, some of the English players went and had a little practice. TH IRD MATCH—v. E IGH T EEN OF QUEENSLAND. F ir s t D ay — F r id a y , N ov . 18. The first match, against eighteen of the Brisbane and Ipswich Clubs combined, began on Friday, Nov. 18th, on a new ground made in the Agricultural Exhibition Grounds, about one mile and a half from the centre of the town. The surroundings are very good. A Grand Stand, built on much higher ground, looking down on the players, is well placed for a fine view of the game, ancJ on the other sir§ the general public can also get a capital chance of witnessing the play, even if they are 20,000 strong. Fortune favoured the home team, who elected to bat, and soon after twelve o’clock Lohmann delivered the first over, the last ball of which clean bDwled one of the best batsmen. Briggs, who started from the other end, also soon secured a wicket. The score was then carried to 14, when Hutton, who had played freely, was taken at slip for 10 . The next wicket fell at 26, Robin being stumped by Pilling for a careful dozen. At the end of the first hour’s play 30 appeared on the telegraph-board. A few singles followed and then Coningham, a left-handed batsman, lifted one from Lohmann, which was caught by Mr. Docker in the long-field, and the batsman retired, only to be called back again, as Mr. Docker had caught him outside the boundary. A cinder-path skirted the ground, and he had made the catch on it, but it having been arranged that a ball passing from the turf on to the path should count 4, that number was rightly put down to Coningham, and he continued his innings. Although the wicket was bumping badly, runs came, Pougher going on in place of Briggg. A little later Lohmann gave way to Preston, who soon took effect, clean bowling Fisher. (Five for 48). An adjournment was then made for luncheon. On resuming, the score was taken to 56, when Coningham was caught in the slips for 18. After this Preston and Pougher caused sad havoc, and the remaining eleven men could only muster 23 between them, the innings closing for 79. Messrs. Brann and Smith opened the innings for the eleven. The former was quickly caught and bowled, letting in Briggs, who soon began to score freely. The score was taken to 37, when the captain hit over a “ yorker,” and was bowled for 11 . Lohmann came next, but soon lost Briggs, who was caught in hitting to leg. In the little man’s 26 were four boundary hits. Ulyett, who followed, made a tremendous on-drive for 4, then drove one down the wicket, which the leg of the local umpire stopped, and was warmed for the rest of the day. W ith the score at 49 Ulyett took a pattern from the captain, hit over a “ yorker ” and was bowled. Preston made 6 , when a noise behind warned him to seek the dressing-tent. (Five for 58.) Shrewsbury, who followed, was warmly cheered, and after making a couple of singles, hit each bowler for 4. Lohmann was next taken at slip from a bumper. Mr. Docker and Shrewsbury played out time, the score standing at 88 for the loss of six wickets. The ground had played falsely throughout the day, and heavy scoring was next to impossible. Several of the Brisbane men bowled remark ably well, notably Coningham and Perkins. The day was fine and cool, about 2,000 spectators being present, including the Governor. Rain fell in torrents all the night, and the following morning was dark and threatening, though about noon it brightened considerably. S econd D ay — S atuhday , N ov . 19. On reaching the ground it was found to be very sloppy, and the start was delayed till a quarter to one, when the not outs, Shrewsbury 16, and Mr. Docker 7, continued their innings. The ball flew about dreadfully, and both men received some nasty blows on the fingers and ribs. The Notts man getting a loose one, hit it clean over the bounds for five, a magnificent square-leg hit. Although the ground was so difficult to play on, no wicket fell before luncheon, when the score stood at 120 . On resuming, the innings soon came to an end. Mr. Docker was out for 22, Shrewsbury given out leg-before wrongfully, Mr. Newham caught at silly point the first ball he received, and Pi ling caught at cover-point. Total, 138. Shrewsbury, with 35, was the highest scorer for the Eleven. For this he received a cup, presented by the manager of a clever minstrel NEXT ISSUE, FEBEUABY 23.