Cricket 1888

JAN . 26, 1888. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 7 troupe now performing in Brisbane. The proviso for getting the cup was that the winner should receive it on the stage. This was not to Shrewsbury’s mind, and when the time came for the presentation, he was not to be found in the theatre. However, Mr. Smith quickly got over the difficulty by going on the stage, and accepting it in Shrewsbury’s name. The ground being in such a bad state, after a consultation between the captains, it was decided to stretch cocoa matting over the pitch. This proved a wonderful improvement, and the Eighteen commenced their second innings to the bowling of Smith and Ulyett. No great stand was made, and when at half­ past four a heavy thunderstorm burst over the ground seven wickets had fallen for 30, the Brisbane men still wanting 29 to save a one innings defeat. The storm lasted half an hour, but the deluge of rain stopped all hopes of continuing the game, and so the stumps were drawn. Although circumstances were so unfavour­ able for cricket there must have beenfully 3,500 present, the company again including the Governor. Sunday, Nov. 20, was a very hot sunny day, and most of the team went for drives to the most interesting places round about Brisbane. T h ir d D ay — M onday , N ovem ber 21. In hot, fine weather, the match was quickly finished off, Lohmann and Smith being much too good for the Colonials. Seven wickets had fallen for 30 runs on Saturday, and the remain­ ing ten could only muster 29 more, the two inning3 just reaching the first attempt of the eleven. Preston and Mr. Brann went in to get the run required to win, and the second ball delivered the former hit for 2, the English team winning by ten wickets. The most successful bowlers were Mr. Smith, Lohmann, Preston, and Pougher. S h r ew sb u ry ’ s T ea m . lirst Innings. 26 6 Mr.Docker, c Charle- son, b Bliss .............22 Mr. Newham, c H ut­ ton, b B lis s ........... 0 Pougher, not out ... 3 Pilling, c Perkins, b B liss.......................... 2 Extras.....................15 T o ta l. , 138 Mr. C. Brann, c and b Coningham .......... Mr. C.A. Sm ith, b Con­ ingham ................. Briggs, o W . Fisher, Perkins ............ Lohm ann, c Robin, Coningham .......... Ulyett, b Perkins ... Preston, b Coning­ ham ......................... Shrewsbury, lbw, b Perkins ................. 35 In the Second Innings Mr. Brann scored (not out) 2, Preston (not out) 0.—Total 2. Q ueensland E ig h t e e n , First Innings. Second Innings. Symes, b Lohm ann........... 0 b Sm ith ......... 1 E . H utton, c Pougher, b L o h m a n n ..........................10 J. Cockcroft, lbw, b Briggs 1 P. A. Robin, st Pilling, b B riggs.................................12 W . T. Fisher, b Preston ... 10 b Sm ith b L ohm ann A. Coningham, c Brann, b Pougher .........................18 A. Charleson, b Preston ... 3 H. Perkins, b Pougher ... 1 M’Guigan, b Pougher ... 0 Bradley, run o u t................. 9 Ashby, b Preston................. 2 Sylvester, b P reston.......... 0 W . Fisher, b P reston......... 0 A. Byrne, c Sm ith, b Pougher ......................... 0 T. Hughes, b Preston ... 4 Cox, b Pougher ................. 0 L. Bliss, not o u t ................. 4 J. Cowan, c Lohm ann, b Pougher ......................... 0 B 2, lb 3 ......................... 5 b Sm ith .......... st P i lli n g , b Ulyett .......... b Sm ith .......... c _ Pougher, b Lehm ann b Sm ith .......... c Newham, b Ulyett .......... c Pilling, b Loh­ m ann .......... b Lohm ann ... not out .......... c Lohm ann, Sm ith ... b Sm ith b Sm ith ... c Lohm ann, Sm ith st Pilling, Sm ith B .......... b At 6.30 p.m. the Eleven left by boat for Maryborough, a heavy thunderstorm coming on about seven o’clock and darkness setting in. The lightning as we steamed down More- ton Bay was a grand sight, and reaching the shallow waters, which will not allow steamers to advance beyond a certain point unless the tide is favourable, a delay of four hours was necessary. Reaching Maryborough at 2.30 p.m., the usual Australian welcome was given the team, the Mayor and the newly formed Cricket Association meeting them on the Wharf, and escorting them to the hotel. Mr. Smith ably returned thanks for the kindly welcome, and Mr. Docker proposed success to the Association, which ended the formalities. with the bat, and in two hours, by some heavy hitting, 200 runs were made—Ulyett, 76 ; Mr. Brann, 44; Mr. Docker, 28; and Read, 24, getting the lion’s share. S h r e w sb u r y ’ s X I. Total ................. 79 Total ... 59 B OW LIN G ANALYSIS. Q ueen sland E ig h t e e n . F irst Innings. Second Innings. B.R . M. W. B. R . M. W. Lohm ann ..; ... 92 22 11 2 ............. 962 )155 Briggs................. 80 25 8 2 Ulyett 76 13 14 2 Pougher .......... 83 14 14 6 Smith.171 24 28 10 Preston .......... 80 13 14 6 Ulyett, b Usher 3 Lohm ann, st Hunter, Read, cUsher, b Skinb H alpin................. 48 nerty ......................... 5 Mr. Docker, c and b Briggs, c Usher, b Hood......................... 29 Skinnerty .......... 26 Mr. Brann, c Lewis, b Shrewsbury, c Penny, Halpin ................ 2 b Skinnerty .......... 26 Mr. C. A. Sm ith, b Mr. Newham, cLane, Napier .................. 10 b Mungomery.......... 8 Pilling, not out 4 Pougher, lbw, b M unExtras................. 2 gomery ................. 3 Total ..........165 FOURTH MATCH—v. TWENTY-TWO OF MARYBOROUGH. F irst Day— W e d n e sd a y , N o vem ber 23. The Maryborough people had decided to play twenty-two. The wicket was a peculiar one, sawdust being thickly spread over the rough turf, then cocoa matting stretched tightly on top of it. The patent was not a success, as the ball played falsely, but rather slow; the out-fielding was wretched. Of course under such circumstances nothing sensational was done with the bat, though Lohmann played a dashing game for his 43, which included a 5 and six 4’s. Mr. Docker hit four 4’sin his 29, and Briggs and Shrewsbury played pluckily for 26 apiece. As might ba expected on such a ground, the sensational part of the game was the bowling, Briggs getting fourteen wickets for 21 runs, and Pougher seven for 11. The weather was beautifully cool, and the attendance about 1 , 200 . W inning the toss, Ulyett and Read opened the English batting. The Yorkshireman was soon bowled with a ripper, and Read caught at point with the score at 12. Shrewsbury and Briggs gave some trouble, and carried the score to 59, when Briggs was smartly taken in the slips. Mr, Newham was next, but soon lost the company of the Notts man, who was taken at slip. Pougher was out leg before, five wickets being down for 72 at lunch time. After an interval of fifty minutes the game was continued, Lohmann partnering Mr. Newham. Ten runs had been added, when a very fine catch at long-on sent Mr. Newham back. Mr. Docker commenced by hitting three 4’s, and the score was rapidly carried to 129, when the Midlander was easily caught and bowled. Mr. Brann was caught by the long-stop in hitting to leg. Mr. Smith played well for 10, when he was bowled off his legs. Pilling, as usual, whipped in. The last over delivered was a peculiar one. Lohmann h it the first ball for 4, the second hewas mis-stumped, the third he h it for 4, and from the last was stumped, the innings closing for 166. At a quarter-past four the local men began their procession from the tent to the wickets, and back again, eleven of them getting a circular figure opposite their names. The whole twenty-two, indeed, could only muster 41 between them, Briggs and Pougher bowling unchanged throughout the innings, which only lasted seventy-five minutes. S econd D ay , T hursday , N o vem ber 24. In glorious weather the Maryborough team, who had to follow on, commenced their second innings at half-past twelve, Lohmann and Ulyett bowling. During the early part of the innings it seemed probable they would avert a one innings defeat, but on Mr. Smith taking up the bowling, at Ulyett’s end, wickets fell rapidly, the innings closing for 104. Mr. Smith took eleven wickets for^M. runs, and Lohmann ten for 51. The latter was, how­ ever, very unfortunate, as many balls were snicked for four that should have taken wickets, the batsmen getting the willow against them by the best of luck. The eleven won by an innings and 21 runs. To make the day out, the local team gave the eleven another turn M aryborou gh First Innings. W arry, c Lohm ann, b Pougher ......................... 8 H alpin, c B riggs................. Napier, b Pougher Penny,c Pougher, b Newham, b Lewis, st Pilling, b Briggs 0 Johnson, b Pougher.......... 2 T. Skinnerty, c Shrews­ bury, b Pougher .......... 0 J. Bushnell, b Pougher ... 8 D. W atson, b B riggs.......... 0 Hood, st Pilling, b Briggs 1 Benstead, b Briggs .......... 0 X X II. Second Innings. c Read, b Loh­ m ann .......... 1 b Lohm ann ... 12 b Lohm ann ... 0 c Smith, b Loh­ m ann ..........13 candbL ohm ann 17 c Pilling, b Loh­ m ann .......... 0 b Sm ith .......... 2 c Newham, b Sm ith ..........14 b Sm ith .......... 0 c and bL ohm ann 0 c Sm ith, b Loh­ m ann ..........10 b Smith .......... 0 stPilling.bSm ith 0 R . M ant, b Briggs .......... 0 Alexander, b B riggs.......... 0 Lane, c Shrewsbury, b B riggs................................ F. Skinnerty, c Read, b B riggs................................ J. Mungomery. b Pougher Hunter, c Shrewsbury, b Pougher ......................... 1 b Sm ith .......... Hyne, b B rig g s .................. 1 st Pilling, b Loh­ m ann ... ... Woodcock, b Briggs.......... 0 c and b S m ith ... Rennie, b Briggs.................. 1 b Sm ith ........... Usher, b B riggs.................. 4 not out .......... Poultex, not o u t.................. 0 b Lohm ann Extras ......................... 5 Extras.......... Total ..................4L T otal ...104 B O W L IN G A N A LYSIS M a ryb oro u gh . First Innings. Second Innings. B.M. R . W . P. M. R. W Pougher ...116 19 11 7 Sm ith ...108 11 11 11 Briggs ...116 17 25 14 Ulyett... 72 11 15 0 Lohmannl80 22 51 10 2 b Sm ith .......... 0 6 b Smith .......... 0 0 cPilling, bSm ith 2 F IF T H MATCH—v. TWENTY-TWO OF GYMPIE. F ir s t D ay — F r id a y , N ovem ber 25. On Friday morning, Nov. 25 at 7.40, the team left for Gympie by rail, and arrived there at eleven o’clock. The distance is about fifty miles. At the station they were met by the Mayor and a host of the general public. After being driven to the hotel, escorted by a band, the Mayor welcomed the strangers to Gympie, and toasted them in champagne. The captain, as usual, responded in a happy style. The local skipper won the toss, and sent his men in to bat, but they made a sorry showbefore the bowling of Preston and Briggs, and at luncheon time fourteen wickets were down for 25 runs. After kmch another score increased the total to 45, at which figure the innings closed. Briggs and Pougher opened the ball for England, but the Leicester man was soon caught at slip in hitting to leg. Mr. Newham and Briggs carried the score to 42, when both were out leg-before, Mr. New­ ham ’s being a very bad decision. Mr. Brann and Preston h it hard for their respective scores, and Ulyett was caught from a splemdid leg h it in fine style. Mr. Docker and Read then got the local men in a fix, and, in spite of changes in the bowling and a wretched light, were still together at the call of “ Time! ” Mr. Docker 33 and Read 29—Total, 152 for six wickets. The attendance was about 800, the day fine and hot. Continued on gage 12 , NEXT ISSUE, FEBRUARY 23-.