Cricket 1888

MAY 31,1888. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 171 T H E S I X T H A U S T R A L I A N T E A M - Continued from page 167. SEVENTH MATCH!—v. GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. Some phenomenal scoring marked this match—the only one in which the Gentlemen are down to meet the Sixth Australian team— at Lord’s on Monday and Tuesday last. There is such a dearth of amateur bowling at the present time that it was confidently expected the Australians would score largely, aLd there were serious misgivings when it was found that Mr. Grace had lose the toss. The Gentle­ men, in the absence of Messrs. A. G. Steel, A. J. Webbe and others, could hardly be termed a thoroughly representative team, but still they were as strong as could have been expected, and, indeed, in batting were aformid- able side. The Australian captain, having choice of innings, decided to go in with Bannerman, and a bad start was made, the latter, when the score was only ten, pulling a ball delivered by Mr. Buckland, who began the bowling with Mr. Smith, into his wicket. Jones, however, lent McDonnell very useful help, and while these two batsmen were together some good cricket was shown. The latter got two nasty blows on his hand, already injured, and this apparently resulted in his dismissal, as he only half hit one of Mr. Rad- cliffe’s, and was well caught at extra mid-off. Trott, the next comer, was finely run out through a good piece of cricket between Mr. Shuter at cover-point and Mr. Bowden at the wicket, and as Bonnor, Blackham, and Turner fell in quick succession, at two o’clock six . wickets were down for 127, a favourable state of affairs for the Gentlemen, which was generally, it may safely be said, quite unexpected. On the resumption Jones,who had been at the wickets just over two hours, was bowled for an admirable score of 61, and Jarvis and Ferris helped to raise the total to 179 before the innings closed. Mr. Smith was the most successful bowler, and, as will be seen, his four wickets were got at an average of just over 11 runs. Mr. Bowden kept wicket in excellent style, and he fully justified his place in the eleven. W ith a comparatively small score against them, Messrs. W. G. Grace and Shuter began batting for the Gentlemen just before four o’clock on Monday afternoon. The attack was, of course, entrusted to the two bowlers who had so far carried everything before them, Turner and Ferris, and the spectators were greatly pleased when it was seen that Mr. Grace was evidently quite at home with the former. McDon'nell, owing to his injured hand, had Boyle to field for him, and Black­ ham, who acted as captain, deemed it advisable to try Jones in place of Turner at 43. The latter resumed at 66, but both batsmen con­ tinued to play fine cricket, and, despite several changes of bowling, at the expiry of two hours the score was 156, with no wicket down. Just before Turner and Ferris had resumed, and with two runs added, Mr. Shuter was unlucky enough to pull a ball of the latter hard into his wicket. The Surrey captain had contributed 71 of the 158, got in his very best style, and without the semblance of a chance. Mr. Patterson kept up his wicket while Mr. Grace continued to score very fast, and at seven o’clock, when play ceased for the day, the total was 236, with only one bats­ man out. Mr. Grace in a little over three hours had made 150, and was still in. He had played from the first with the greatest confidence, and there was not the shadow of a chance in a most remarkable display of batting. His success was, of course, uni­ versally popular, and his reception on his return to the pavilion showed how thoroughly cricketers of every kind appreciate not only his remarkable gifts as a player, but his un­ ceasing devotion to the game. On resuming on the following morning he seemed to feel the effects of the heavy work of the previous day, and after giving a hard chance was caught at slip for an addition of 15 runs. He had been altogether three hours and forty minutes at the wickets, and it need only be repeated that as a display of batting it was up to the standard of his very best days. Mr. Patterson, after being in two hours and a half for 45, was bowled, but Mr. Read kept up tho character of the early part of the innings for fast scoring, and though not free of chances, his 109 was a brilliant exhibition of free cricket. He was only in two hours and forty minutes, and his figures included ten boundary hits. The long innings of the Gentlemen closed at 3.40 for 490, and as three hours were still left for play there was an outside chance that the Austra­ lians, who were in a minority of 311 runs, might be got out. Any such hopes were, however, soon dispelled by the first partnership of Bonnor and Bannerman. The latter played with strict care, while his partner hit, and in an hour and fifty-five minutes the score was 151, of which Bonnor, who was cleverly stumped by Mr. Bowden, had contributed 119. He hit all round with all his old vigour, and though not chanceless, as a specimen of clean hitting his innings was remarkable. Among his figures were eighteen fours. Jones, though he was not at home at first, again played excellent cricket, and he was in with Bannerman when the game ended. The latter had been in three hours for his 30, and too much can hardly be said of his defence. In the two days to which the match was limited, 882 runs were scored for 21 wickets, an average of 42 runs. On the first day 10,331 paid sixpence for admission, on the second 12,296. The total receipts at the gate were ^565 13s. 6d., of which eighty per cent, goes to the Australians, and twenty per cent, to the Cricketers’ Fund. AUSTRALIANS. First Innings. A. C. Bannerman, b Buckland................. 6 P. S. M'Donnell, c Buckl&nd.bRadcJiffe 41 S. P. Jones, c Read, b Grace .................61 H. Trott, run out ... 9 G. J. Bonnor. b Grace 3 J. M’C. Blackham, b Grace... ... .......... 7 C.T.B.Turner.bSmith 1 J. Worrall, c Shuter, b S m ith ................. 0 J. J. Ferris, b Smith 12 A. H. Jarvis, b Smith 27 J. D. Edwards, not out ........................ 2 B 6, lb 4 ..........10 Total ...179 In the Second Innings A. C. Bannerman scored (not out) 30, S. P. Jones (not out) 51, G. J. Bonnor, st Bowden,b Radcliffe, 119; b 11, lb 1,nb 1—Total 213 G en t lem en . W. G. Grace, c Ban­ nerman, b Perris...165 J. Shuter, b Ferris ... 71 W. H. Patterson, b Turner .............. 45 W .W . Read, st Black­ ham, b Turner ...109 O. G. Radcliffe, b Turner ....................25 K. J. Key, b Turner... 83 W. E. Roller, lbw, b Ferris ................. 0 C. A. Smith, bTurner 17 E. H. Buckland, c Bannerman,bFerris 7 A.Newnham,bTurner 5 M.P.Bowden, not out 0 B 10, lb 3 ..........13 Total ..........490 BOWLING ANALYSIS. A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R .W . O. M. R.W. Sm ith.......... 24 7 45 4 ...... 18 7 37 0 Buckland ... 10 2 13 1 ...... 9 5 10 0 Newnham ... 6 1 22 0 ...... 6 3 5 0 Radcliffe ... 15 0 39 1 ...... 20 5 70 1 G ra ce.......... 27 8 50 3 ...... 27 17 23 0 Roller 19 10 25 0 Read 8 2 30 0 Roller bowled a no-ball. G en t lem en . O. M. R.W. O. M. R.W. . 91 33 161 6 ITrott ... 36 8 81 0 . 79.1 30 131 4 Worrall... 7 1 26 0 .25 4 61 0 |Edwards 5 0 17 0 Turner Ferris Jones D u r in g the match between Brixton and Honor Oak, on May 26, Mr. W. E. Death, of the former club, was out in the following manner:—He cut a ball bowled by Mr. W. Murdon to th 3boundary; in doing so, however, a large portion of his bat was broken off and dislodged the bails, and he had to retire hit wicket. LE ICESTERSH IRE y. SURREY. Surrey sent down a strictly professional eleven to Leicester on Monday, Messrs. Shuter, Read, Key, Roller, and Bowden being all engaged at Lord’s. The result was a defeat, after an exciting finish, by 11 runs. The wicket had apparently not received muoh preparation, and the fast bowling at times got up in a very dangerous way. Leicester, win­ ning the toss, began well, and Warren and Wheeler made 56 before a wicket fell. After this, the bowlers had all the best of the game, and the next twenty-nine wickets only realised an aggregate of 215, an average of less than 8 runs. Surrey went in a second time with 110 to win, and at luncheon time the score was 87 for seven wickets. Leicestershire always, though, had a little in hand, and won as above stated. Pougher and Beaumont, two of the most effective bowlers on a bad wicket, were both very successful. The former, who with Rylott bowled unchanged throughout both innings of Surrey, took thirteen wickets for 104, Beaumont eleven for 89 runs. L eic est er sh ire . First Innings. Second Innings. Warren, c Lohmann, b Beaumont........................ 54 c Boxall, b Beau­ mont .......... 12 Wheeler, c Abel, b Loh­ mann ............................... 25 c Mills, b Loh­ mann .......... 3 Tomlin, c Wood, b Beau­ mont ....................... ... 1 c Henderson, b Beaumont ... 0 Mr. C. Marriott, c Abel, b Beaumont ................. 3 not out ... ..; 32 Colver. b Beaumont.......... 4 run out ... ... 0 Bostock, b Lohmann 5 c Boxall,b Beau­ mont .......... 0 Pougher, lbw, b Lohmann 8 b Lohmann ... 1 Mr. W. H. Swingler, not out ........................ ... 3 b Lohmann ... 5 Mr. H. T. Arnall-Thomp- son, c Boxall, b Beau­ mont.................................. 6 b Beaumont ... 3 Rylott, st Wood, b Loh­ mann................................. 2 b Beaumont ... 4 Dexter, st Wood, b Loh­ mann ............................... 2 c Lohmann, b Beaumont ... 5 B 2,1 b 3, n b 3 .......... 8 B 1,1 b 3 ... 4 Total .................121 Total... 69 SURREY. First Innings. Second Innings M. Read, b Pougher ... 8 h Rylott .« i... 16 Henderson, run o u t..........11 c Warren, b Pougher......... 9 Lohmann, c Wheeler, b Pougher ........................... 0 c Marriott, b Pougher... ... 11 Abel, cDexter.b Pougher... 21 b Rylott ..........18 Brockwell, •1 b w, b Pougher ............................ 1c Dexter, b Pougher......... 1 Wood, c Tomlin, b Rylott 1 c Dexter, b Pougher... ... 4 Boxall, c Pougher, b Rylott .......... ............. 0 c Colver, b Pougher......... 0 Mills, not out .................13 b Pougher... ... 0 Beaumont, c Dexter, b R ylott................................ 7 b Rylott .......... 8 Bowley, c Dexter, b Pougher ........................ 0 not out ........16 Huiah, st Dexter, b Pougher ........................10 b P.augher......... 3 B ............................... 9 B .................12 Total ... ... ... 81 Total ... 98 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L eicestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. O. Rl. R. W. Lohmann <0 20 50 5 Bowley ... 12 4 22 0 Beaumont 27 10 41 5 O. M. R. W ... 2/ 16 26 3 27.1 11 39 6 S u rre y . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. Pougher ...25.110 50 6 Rylott ..........25 14 22 3 O. M. R. W. 23.1 4 54 7 23 10 32 3