Cricket 1888

JAN. 26, 1888. CRICKET: A WEEKLY HECOliD OF THE GAME. 13 Q ueensland X V III. F irst Innings. Second Innings. Hutton, b Preston .......... Cockcroft, 1 b w, b Loh­ 5 st Pilling, Briggs ... b 18 m ann ................................ G c Lohm ann, Briggs ... b 11 Robin, b Preston .......... 6 c Preston, Briggs ... b 4 Coningham, b Lohm ann W . T. Fisher, c Briggs, b 2 b Briggs ... 5 L o h m a n n ......................... Charleson, c Pilling, b 0 c Preston, Briggs ... b 3 Briggs ......................... Voller, c Preston, b Lob- 0 cUlyett.b Briggs 2 m a n n ................................ Bosser, c itead, b Loh­ 4 c Pilling, Briggs ... b 0 m ann ................................ 31 b Briggs ... 41 Munro, b Briggs................. 3 run out 2 M artin, b Briggs .......... 0 absent.......... 0 Bradley, b Briggs .......... 0 c Smith, Pougher... b 0 Pride, c and b Pougher ... 15 retired hurt 10 Silvester, b Pougher Oldmeadow, c and b Loh­ 0 c Read, b Brig gs 7 m ann ................................ M ‘Murdy, c Pougher, b 4 b Briggs ... 0 L o h m a n n ......................... Grogan, c Lohm ann, b 2 b Preston ... 6 Pougher ......................... Horsley, c {Pilling, b 3 b Briggs ... 2 Pougher ......................... 0 not out 0 Bliss, not out ................. 0 b Briggs ... 0 Extras ......................... 18 Extras... 5 T otal ................. 93 Total ...116 B O W L IN G ANALYSIS. Q ueensland X V III. Second Innings. First Innings. B. M. R . W. Lohm ann . 129 19 30 7 Briggs ...140 28 19 Preston ... 48 5 13 Pougher ... 64 11 13 4 ... 2 ... 4 ... Sm ith B. 68 M. K. W. 3 16 0 ... 156 1747 12 ... 33 2 15 1 ... 104 13 27 1 3 6 0 24 S hrew sbury ’ s T ea m . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R . W . B. M. B. W . Coningham 156 9 73 5 ............ 120 7 62 3 Silvester ... 128 16 39 3 ............ 92 9 29 4 B liss.......... 28 4 19 0 ............ 32 3 2 i 2 M unro ... 32 2 15 0 H utton ... 36 4 9 0 M 'M urdy... 12 0 8 0 M 'M urdy bowled one wide. The attendance numbered about 50. At six o’clock the same evening the team left by steamer for Sydney, and after a very line passage of thirty-eight hours, reached there all well. Wednesday was a terrible day in Sydney, the dust being driven into every corner by a strong south-west gale. The English players went to the cricket ground for a good practice, and repeated this on Thursday. SEVENTH MATCH-v. N EW SOUTH WALES. F ir s t D ay — F riday , D ecem ber 9. Jones was unable to play, and Richardson filled the vacancy. A splendid wicket had been prepared by Ned Gregory. There were about 3,000 spectators. M ’Donnell won the toss, and went to the wickets accompanied by Alick Bannerman. As usual the former started vigorously, and 15 runs had been got when Bannerman, who had only made a quar­ tette of these, received his quietus from Briggs. Motes, who was next in, began to trouble the scorers from the first. The record was 24 when M’Donnell tried a short run, but did not get home, and two good men were out cheaply. Allen partnered the left-hander, who was playing brilliantly, and Briggs, Lohmann, and Pougher were tried ineffectually. Preston went on with Pougher, and the former dis­ missed Allen, who had played safely for a dozen. Pougher soon found Hiddlfston’s weak spot, and Turner, after making 13 lherrily, was caught. The rest of the team made a very poor show, and the whole eleven only made 149 on a splendid wicket. Moses carried out his bat. He played correctly and brilliantly from beginning to end. He treated all the bowling alike, and made more than half the runs. He only gave one chance—a ridiculously easy one to Preston, when he had made 74. Briggs bowled well, and came out with a good average. The Englishmen, as a rule, fielded brilliantly. Shrewsbury and Ulyett started the Englishmen’s first innings. Ulyett played merrily until the “ Terror,” as Turner is now called, clean bowled him with a beauty. Shrewsbury and Mr. Docker carried the score to 53, the latter hitting out well till he got his leg in front of a straight ball. When stumps were drawn the score was 53 for two wickets, Shrewsbury not out 21. S econd D ay — S aturday , D ecem ber 10. The weather was beautifully fine, and there must have been nearly 10,000 people on the Sydney Association ground. Read and Shrewsbury made a prolonged stand, and the want of a good;change was palpable. Turner trundled well, but Ferris was expensive. At length, soon after the hoisting of the century, Shrewsbury was caught off Allen, after giving a fine exhibition of batting. Read did not long remain at the wickets, Turner accepting a warm return. Mr. Newham, Lohmann, and Preston were quickly dismissed, and when Mr. Smith and Briggs became partners there seemed a chance that the Englishmen would not pass the Sydney men’s total. Briggs is said to be always nervous when he goes in against Turner, but that must only refer to bad wickets, for on this occasion he began confidently. Both batsmen infused consider­ able vigour into their play, Mr. Smith landing one from Ferris out of the ground. A t last after the partnership had produced nearly 100 runs, Briggs was caught at the wicket. The Lancashire man had played prettily and effect­ ively. Pougher batted from the start with confidence, but lost Mr. Smith, who was bowled by Turner. His contribution of 69 was very valuable, and all the runs were well earned. Pilling, the last man, after making 10, met the same fate as Briggs, and the innings termin­ ated for 279. The bowling of Ferris was punished very much. Turner was also roughly handled, but he captured seven wickets, and came out with a first-class average consider­ ing the state of the wicket. The fielding was good, the Welshmen sticking to their work well. W ith 130 runs to the bad, M’Donnell and Bannerman started the New South Wales second innings. The Stonewaller stonewalled with a vengeance, and M ’Donnell was well caught after compiling 14, and Allen was bowled after compiling a dozen. Turner, after a short life, gave way to Moses, and the left-hander with Bannerman played out time, the total being 49 for three wickets, Moses not out 12, Bannerman not out 8 . The policy of M’Donnell in putting all the hitters in was greatly condemned, but I have not the slightest doubt his idea was a good one, although it failed. That idea was to decrease the long lead of the English side as much as possible while the wicket was so favourable for run-getting, for fear that by Monday rain would destroy all chances of winning by being so many behind, and a sticky wicket to play on. The English team were still 81 runs to the good, with three of the best bats gone. The attendance must have been nearly 10 , 000 , but many thousands who would probably have visited the cricket ground went to see the finish of a monster Sheiheld handi­ cap at Botany. The spectators were very en­ thusiastic, and applauded all indiscriminately. Sunday, Dec. 11, was another lovely day, but much hotter than the two previous days. T h ird D ay — M onday , D e c . 12. The same perfect weather on Monday as on the previous days favoured this match, and the wicket, if possible, was more in favour of the batsmen, being very fast. The not outs, Moses and Bannerman, resumed their innings punctually at twelve o’clock. Lohmann and Preston started bowling. Runs came slowly Preston getting punished most, and, with the score at 67, Pougher took his place. Two splendid off-drives by Moses from Lohmann for 4 caused another change, Ulyett trying, but the separation came from the other end, Bannerman being finely caught by Briggs at cover-point very low down. (Four for 93.) Hiddlestone, who followed, was soon busy, but after quickly adding 11 , was beautifully taken by Pilling. (Five for 113.) Richardson came next, and Lohmann resumed bowling. At lunch-time the score stood at 122 for five wickets, or still 8 runs behind, Moses not out 54. On resuming, the left-hander did all the scoring till he had increased his total to 68 , when Pougher got past his stubborn defence. He had, as in the first innings, played faultless cricket. On his dismissal the chance of N.S.W . winning was over, and when directly after Richardson was taken at the wicket, and Evans run out the case became even more hopeless. Garrett, after making 3, was taken at the wicket. Burton played up well, bring­ ing on Briggs for Pougher, and the left-hander in his first over clean bowled Ferris with a “ yorker.” The innings closed for 165. With only 36 to win, the Englishmen sent in Ulyett and Shrewsbury, Turner and Ferris bowling. Runs came anyhow, chiefly by Ulyett, who had a narrow escape of being captured at long-off from Ferris. Shrewsbury also had a narrow escape at slip, and then in quick succession he h it Turner three times for 4, the last a very fine leg hit, winning the match for the English team by ten wickets. Of course, afterthe two decisive wins, one over each of the touring combinations, the victory was highly gratifying to Shrewsbury and his mates. N ew S outh W ales . First Innings. Second Innings. A. Bannerman, b Briggs. .. 4 c Briggs, b rougher... ... 25 M'Donnell, run out ... ... 13 c Read, b L oh­ m ann ... 14 Allen, b Freston.................. 12 b Preston ... ... 13 Hiddlestone, b Pougher ... 3 c Pilling, b Pougher... ... 11 T urner, c Docker, b L oh­ m ann ................................. 13 c Preston, b Lohm ann ... 2 Richardson, c Pilling, b L o h m a n n ...................... .. 2 c Pilling, b Preston ... ... 2 Garrett, b S m ith.......... ,... 7 c Pilling, b Pougher... ... 3 Burton, run o u t ............... .. 9 not out ... 18 Evans, lbw, b Briggs ... 0 run out ... 0 Ferris, b B rig g s............... ... 0 b Biiggs ... ... 4 Moses, not out .................. 78 b Pougher... ... 68 Extras ...................... .. 8 Extras... ... 5 Total ............... ..149 Total ...165 S hrew sb u ry ’ s T eam . First Innings. Briggs, c Burton, b Turner ................. 46 C.A. Smith, bTurner 68 Pilling, c Burton, b Turner ..................10 Pougher, nut out ... 25 Lxtras................. 6 Ulyett, b Turner ... 19 L. C.Docker, 1b w, b Ferris.........................12 Shrewsbury,cTurner, b Allen ................. 48 Read, c and b Turner 35 W . Newham, c Bur­ ton, b T u rn e r......... 2 Lohm ann, c and b Ferris......................... 7 Preston, b Turner ... 1 In the Second Innings Ulyett scored (not out) 20, Shrewsbury (not out) 19.— J otal, 39. B O W LIN G ANALYSIS. N.S.W . Total ...279 First Innings. B. M. R . W . L o h m in n ...136 15 49 2 Briggs... ..1*3 24 */4 3 Pougher ...10J 14 21 1 Preston ...1<>4 10 32 1 Ulyett.............. 12 0 7 0 S m ith .............. 24 2 8 1 Second Innings. B. M. K. W. ... 180 25 60 2 1 ... 11 _ ... 156 21 . 116 Briggs bowled a wide. S h rew sbu ry ’ s T eam . First Innings. B. M R . W . 2 40 4 4) 2 10 0 8 0 Turner... Ferris ... Allen ... Garrett ...271 28 117 7 ...244 21 107 2 3 22 1 3 27 0 ... 44 ... 52 Second Innings. B. M . R. W ... 33 3 21 0 ... 32 1 18 0 NEXT ISSUE, FEBRUARY 23.