Cricket 1888

14 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JAN. 26, 1888. The team left Sydney by the express at 6.15 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, and reached Melbourne a little before noon on the follow­ ing day. _The train was late owing to one of the sleeping cars catching fire near Goulbourn, and this had to be shunted at that station. EIGH TH MATCH.—v. VICTORIA. F ir st D ay — F r id a y , D ece m b er 16. Shrewsbury’s team made their first appear­ ance on Victorian soil against an eleven of Victoria on Friday afternoon, December 16. Cricket in Melbourne is now very dull, in fact, more so than in any other Australian metro­ polis. The leading cricketers themselves are stupidly lukewarm, and, seeing that that is the oase, the apathy of the public is not sur­ prising. The team that met the English­ men on Friday included only four men who would get into Victoria’s best eleven. M ‘I1wraith, Blackburn, Walters, and Spofforth could not play, and the selector was only able to get an inferior team together. There were not more than 600 people present at any time during the afternoon. Boyle won the toss, and sent in Trumble and Harry, a country player. Trumble was run out when he had only made 6 , and at 21 Harry was clean bowled. M ‘Shane and Horan took the score to 36 by monotonous cricket. The former then misjudged a run, and had to pay the inevitable forfeit. After luncheon, Boyle, who soon made 12, was caught, and Worrall and Hastings preceded Horan to the pavilion. Horan had batted with the utmost caution. The bowling was not sufficiently on the off-side for him to score as rapidly as of yore. Turner, Freeman, and Logan had no defence, and the inglorious innings closed for 68 —a miserable total on a batsman’s ideal wicket. The display was the weakest ever seen in a big match on the Melbourne Club Grounds. As usual, Shrewsbury and Ulyett opened for the Englishmen, Trumble and Logan (a junior) bowling. The Yorkshireman was in rare form, and very quickly placed 29 to his credit before he fell a victim to Trumble. (One for 47.) Read partnered Shrewsbury, and these two gave a fine exhibition of batting. Boyle, Worrall, Turner, and Robertson each had an ineffectual try with the ball. Shrewsbury batted splendidly, scoring more freely than usual, while Maurice Read was more careful. Eventually, with the board showing 136, Read was well caught by the wicket-keeper off Trumble, who had been bowling well; 2—38— 136. Lohmann and Shrewsbury carried out their bats. The score at the end of the first day was:— V ict o ria . J. W . Trumble, run out ......................... 6 J. Harry, b Briggs ... 5 P. M'Shane, run out 20 T. Horan, c Pilling, b Preston .......... ... 12 H. Boyle, c Sm ith, b Pougher ................. 12 J. W orrall, b Preston 1 W .Hastings.stPilling, b Preston................. 4 Turner, c Brann, b P ougher................. 1 H. Freeman, lbw, b P re s to n .................. 2 W . R . Robertson, not out ......................... 1 H. Logan, c Read, b Pougher.................. 0 E xtras.................. 4 Total ... 68 S h rew sb u ry ’ s T eam . Shrewsbury, not out 86 U.ye't, c Robertson, b Trumble ..........29 Read, c Hastings, b Trumble ................. 38 Lohm ann, not o u t... 13 E x tras................. 12 Total ...178 B O W L IN G A N A LYSIS. V ic t o ria . B. M. R. W . B. M.R . W . Lohm ann 92 16 17 0 1Pougher 75 11 11 3 Briggs ... 80 11 20 1 |Preston ...64 !i 16 4 L ohm ann bowled a no-ball, Pougher bowleda wide. The other matches arranged up to Dec. 16’ for Shrewsbury’s team, were as under :— Dec. 24, 26, 27—B allarat (22) Dec. 31, Jan . 1, 2—Sandhurst (18) Jan. 6, 7—Melbourne (18 Juniors) Jan . 10, 11—Boural (22) Jan . 13,14,16,17—Sydney, T hird M atch, N.S.W . J an. 20, 21—Bourke (22) Jan. 23, 24—Gilgandra (22) Jan. 26, 27—Orange (22) Jan. 30, 31—B athurst (18) Feb. 3, 4, 6, 7—Sydney, Combined Australia Feb. 10, 11, 13, 14—Sydney, Combined English Teams v. All Australia Feb. 16,17,18—Newcastle (18) Feb. 20, 21—Tamw orth (22) Feb. 24, 25, 27, 28—Sydney v. A ustralian Team. M arch 10, 11, 13, 14-Sydney, Return Australian M atch Three or four other county matches will be played between the end of February and March 10, and after March 14. SHREW SBURY’S TEAM. The following are the.resuits of the matches played subsequently by Shrewsbury’s Team up to date. N in t h M atch — v. T w enty -T wo of B al ­ la ra t . —Ballarat, December 24, 26 and 27. English Team won by eight wickets. English Team, 152 (Mr.L. C. Docker 50, Ulyett 49) and 83 for two wickets (Maurice Read 55 not out); Twenty-two of Ballarat, 102 and 127. T enth M atch — v. E ig h t e e n of S and ­ h u rst .— Sandhurst, Dec. 31, Jan. 2. Drawn. English Team, 389 ^Preston 78, Pilling 67, Ulyett 64, and M r. Brann 56 not out); Sand­ hurst, 165 (Edwards 63) and 61 for six wickets. E lev en t h M atch — v. E ig h t een J u n io rs of M e l b o u r n e . — M elbourne, Ja n . 6 , 7. D raw n. E n g lish T eam , 134 (Shrew sbury 55, M r. Newham 45) and 131 (Preston 47, M r. Newham 25 not out) for seven w ickets ; Juniors, 158. T w elft h M atch —v. T w enty -T wo of B er - r im a D ist rict . —Boural, Jan. 10, 11. English Team won by an innings and 27 runs. English Team, 126 (M r. Newham 30); Berrima District, 42 and 57. T h ir t e e n t h M a t ch — v. N ew S outh W a l e s .— Sydney, Jan. 13,14,16,17. N.S.W. won by 163 runs. English Team, 87 and 120 (Shrewsbury 9 and 56, Mr. Newham 16 and 32); New South Wales, 153 and 216 (H. Moses 58 and 109). _______________________ CH IEF INCIDENTS OF 1887, Feb. 16.—Calcutta. Calcutta v. Ballyganj (13 a side). C. Mitchell scored 246 out of 587 for eight wickets for Calcutta. The highest individual score recorded on the Calcutta ground. March 17.—Melbourne. Non -Smokers v. Smokers. Non-Smokers scored803 (Shrewsbury 234, Gunn 150, W. Bruce 131). The largest total ever made in important matches. In all 1,294 runs were totalled with only twenty-four wickets down. March 20.—Melbourne. Smokers v. Non- Smokers. Scotton had to receive the last ball of the match, and anxious to secure the ball as a memento of an extraordinary game, played it gently to point, and ran to get it. The Non-Smokers, equally desirous of having it, appealed to the umpire, and as over had not been called when Scotton touched it, he was given out for handling the ball. April 11. — Nottingham. Nottinghamshire Eleven v. Twenty-two Colts of Notts. Colts won by 41 runs. The only time the Colts have won during twenty-six years. The only one of the twenty-eight matches, too, in which two innings a side have been completed. April 30.—Bickley Park. Bickley Park v. Erith. The last batsman of Bickley Park was run out in trying a third run from the fourth ball of the last over just as the clock struck six (time), and Erith won by 82 runs. April May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May June June June NEXT ISSUE. FEBRUARY 28, 30.—Sydney. Carlton v. Albert Clubs. Albert made 10, the smallest score recorded on the Association ground at Sydney. The innings only lasted half an hour. 7.—Dulwich. Brixton Wanderers v. St. Austin’s. Four innings were completed between 3.30 and 7 p.m. 10.—Oxford. Freshmen’s match, Mr. Key’s sid« v. Mr. Brain’s side. Messrs. K. J. Key and T. W . Cook added 109 for the eleventh wicket. Mr. Key, of these, made 81 (not out) in fifty minutes, including a six and eight fours. 11.—Leyton. Felstead School v. Essex C. and G. G. M. Hall carried his bat through the former’sinnings for 54 out of 111. 12.—Brighton. A new cricket ground opened at Preston Park. 18.—Bickley Park. Bickley Park v. Kensington Park. After dismissing the latter for 211, Bickley Park scored 282 runs (for four wickets) in two hours and fifty minutes. 18.—Blackheath. Proprietary School v. London Hospital. G. A. Simpson took eight of ten wickets of School for no runs. 18.—Beckenham. Richmond v. Becken­ ham. Rev. F. R. Marriott took all nine wickets of Richmond for 65 runs. One batsman was absent. 19.—Lord’s. M.C.C. & G. v. Sussex. Mr. W . G. JGrace carried his bat through first innings of former, scoring 81 out of 128. 19.—Godalming. First Seven v. Next Eleven of Charterhouse School. E. C. Streatfeild and J. B. Hawkins made 214 for the first wicket of the Seven. 21.—Bromley. Second Eleven of Kent v. Bromley and District. P. North- cote got first three batsmen in second innings of Kent with suc­ cessive balls. In the match alto­ gether he took nine wickets for 10 runs. 24.—Manchester. Lancashirev. Sussex. Quaife carried his bat through the second innings of Sussex for 40 out of 81. 28.—Drumpellier. Drumpellier Club v. Edinburgh University. Each club scored 78. The second suc­ cessive tie match of Drumpellier Club. Bottomore carried his bat through the University innings for 35 runs. 80.—Lord’s. Eleven of North v. Eleven of South. Match completed in one day. Only six similar cases in important matches since 1872. 30.—Southampton. Hampshire v. Nor­ folk. Mr. F. E. Lacey made 323 (not out) of a total of 559. The largest individual score recorded in Inter- County matches. 31.—Sheffield. Yorkshire v. Kent. Hon. M. B. Hawke, the Yorkshire captain, won the match, by hitting Wootton out of the ground for six. 1.—Nottingham. Surrey v. Notts. Surrey won by 157 runs. Surrey had not beaten Notts at Nottingham since 1870 (Aug. 27). 1.—Blackheath. Abbey School,Becken­ ham, v. Stratheden House, Black- heath. Latter scored five, only one from the bat. 1.—Sellendgd. Sellendge v. Lough­ borough. Smail and Webbe shared all the twenty w'ickets of the former. Smail bowled six, caught and bowled four, and caught two, and Webbe bowled seven, and had one lbw,