Cricket 1888

Atj&. a, 1888, CKICKET A WEEKLY EECOIiI> OB' THE GAME. 316 T H E S IX T H A U S T R A L IA N T EAM . TH E TW E N T Y -F O U R T H M A T CH—v. YO RK SH IR E . The Australian team ,who have been severely handicapped, at least, in the matter of finance, by the long continuanoe o f bad weather, had another dismal experience at Huddersfield at the end of last week. The occasion was their third engagement with the Yorkshire eleven, and unhappily for them the match was decided under conditions to which they are not alto­ gether strangers, the rain oonfining the game to practically one day. Owing to the heavy downpour of the early m orning a comm ence­ ment was not possible on Thursday, and though there was every prospect of some exciting play had the weather held up, on Saturday the ground wa« in such a state from another downfall early that day that it was decided not to go on with the game. Friday’s cricket was, as was only to be expected, with the wicket altogether in favour of the bowlers, of what is termed a sensational oharacter. The Yorkshiremen, who were fortunate enough to get the ohoice of innings, naturally decided to bat, and Ulyett and Hall put on 53 for the first wicket, of which the form er had con tri­ buted 48, a brilliant and invaluable display of hitting. Lee, too, played admirable cricket, and at luncheon time the total was 92 with only four wickets down. So far the bowlers had not done very muoh, but afterwards they had all their own way, and twenty-four wickets fell during the afternoon for an aggregate of 112, or an average of under five runs. Turner and Ferris were so successful after lunch that the six remaining wickets of Yorkshire only added 15 runs, making the total 107. The Australian captain in trying to catch U lyett had injured his hand so badly that he was unable to bat, and in his absence the side fared badly. Trott, in fact, was the only one to get double figures, and so successful was the bowling of Peel and Preston that the innings did not last m ore than seventy minutes. Peel, who has been extraordinarily effective on the slow grounds of late, took six wickets for nineteen, and Preston three for five runs. W ith a lead of 59 runs the Y ork­ shiremen on their second innings found Turner and Ferris too difficult to bat with any cer­ tainty, and the close of the day saw nine of their wickets down for 49 runs. In this condi­ tion, as there was no play on Saturday, the game was left, Yorkshire being 108 on with one wicket still to fall. In the match Turner took ten of the county’s wickets for 46 runs. Mr. S. M. J. W oods, of Cambridge University, it will be seen played for the Australians—his second m atch for them. Y o r k sh ir e . First Innings. Ulyett, c Bannerm an, b W orrall ........................ 48 Hall, c Jarvis, b Worrall... 11 Lee, b Turner ................. 25 Mr.E. T. Hirat.b Turner... 0 Peel, lbw, b T u rn e r.......... 2 Mr.H. H ill, b Turner.r. ... 5 W ainw right, b Turner ... 2 Preston, o Ferris .......... 5 Moorhouse, b Ferris.......... 1 Wade, not out ................. 1 Ellis, c Trott, b Ferris ... 0 B ................................ 1 Second Innings. c Trott, b Ferris 0 b Turner .......... 6 cJarvis,bTurner 0 b Ferris .......... 0 b Turner ..........14 b Turner c* ... 0 c Trott, b Ferris 16 b Ferris .......... 5 not out .......... 4 b Turner ... 0 not out .......... 0 B .........» ... 4 Total .................107 A u stralian s . T otal .« 49 G. J. Bonnor, b Peel 0 A. C. Bantierman, c Ulyett, b Peel ... 0 H.Trott,cElli8,bPeel 28 S. M..J. Woods, b Peel 2 J. M ‘C. Blackham, b Peel ......................... 7 J. J. Ferris, b Preston 3 A. H. Jarvis,bPreston 0 B OW LIN G ANALYSIS. Y o r k s h ir e . C. T. B. Turner, b Preston .................. J. W orrall, b Peel ... J.D.Edw ards,not out P. S. M'Donnell, absent (hurt).......... Total .......... Firat Inning*. O. M. R.W . Turner........... 31 19 23 5 F erris............ 31.3 1046 3 Woods............10 6 16 0 W orrall ... 11 6 21 2 Second Innings. O. M. R.W . .......... 17 8 23 5 .......... 14 9 16 4 ........... 2 1 6 0 A ustralians . O. M. R .W . I P eel.......... 16 9 19 6 Preston Wainwright 9 3 24 0 | M. R.W- 4 5 3 TW E N T Y -F IF T H M A TCH .—v. SU R R E Y . Under ordinarily favourable circum stances the return match between the Australian team and the Surrey eleven would, in all likelihood, have created exceptional interest. Since the first m eeting on May 14, when the Australians gained a decisive victory by an innings and 154 runs, the Surrey com bination has, with the exoeption of one reverse at the hands of Leicestershire when five of their best players were away, enjoyed a run of unbroken success against every kind of opposition. B oth sides were fully alive, too, to tne importance of the oontest, and though Messrs. W . E. R oller and S. P. Jones would, if well, have found places in their respective teams, the twenty-two who took the field were thoroughly representative of the rival interests. It was hoped by the supporters of the C ounty that the wicket m ight be fast enough to show their strong batting to good advantage. Such hopes were, however, dispelled by the heavy rains of Sunday night and M onday m orning, and though the early part of Monday was com ­ paratively favourable, the rain in the after­ noon stopped the progress of the game, and ultimately necessitated its abandonment w ith­ out the delivery of a ball yesterday. The Surrey captain, winning the toss, naturally decided to get the use of the wicket while it was wet and easy. Mr. Shuter, though, was him self soon dismissed, and Mr. B ow den, who was put in to expedite the run-getting, and Maurice Read quickly followed. A bel and Mr. Read both did fairly well, but the best batting was shown by M r. K ey, who took full advan­ tage of every ball off the wicket, and had scored 28 out of 46 added while lie was in up to the luncheon hour. On resum ing, 14 more had been made for the loss of another batsman (W ood), when rain stopped play for the day, the total then standing at 92 for six wlokets, Mr. Key not out 82. H eavy rain in the early m orning prevented a continuance of the game until 1,80 on Tuesday afternoon, and as the weather, though never bright, fortunately held up till the end of the day, some interesting cricket was witnessed. The wicket at the outset was against the bowlers, and Mr. K ey and Lohm ann by good cricket raised the total to 107 before the form er was neatly caught deep on the on-side from a full pitch. T he outgoing batsman played all the bowlers with confidence and judgm ent, and his score of 46 was one of great m erit. L oh ­ mann, too, deserves great credit for his judicious play, and later on Beaumont not only batted in neat style, but did good service by keeping up his wicket. T h e Surrey innings closed at 3.15 for 135, a n d -a s-th e ground had not yet got difficult, it was thought that the Australians would make a fairly good show against this total. No one could have predicted the remarkable success which at­ tended the Surrey m en when they took the field.. In the second over M cDonnell was finely caught at the wicket from B ow ley, and so rapid was the downfall of the Australian bats­ men for a time that the score was only 21 when the seventh wicket fell, six of them dis­ missed by catches in the slips. Turner and Ferris were then together, and some excellent cricket by the former made it doubtful whether the Australians would not, after all, save the follow-on. Turner scored 23 out of 26 runs made during his stay, and when he was out only 9 runs were wanted for the Australians to put their opponents in a second time. Three runs later Ferris was also caught at short slip—the eighth catch in that'position, and there was considerable excitem ent when B oyle, the last man, came in with six runs still required. When two more were added, a confident appeal was made for a catch at the wicket, but the umpire gave Boyle in. A fine piece of fielding, however, between Mr. Bowden at m id-off and W ood at the wicket imm ediately afterwards ran the same batsman out, and the inning8 —which had lasted about an hour and tw enty minutes—^jlosed for 52. Lohm ann took five of the ten wickets for 24 runs, and, as will be seen, not one of the Australian bats­ m en was bowled. One was run out, and the other nine caught, three by Abel..at short-slip, one by.Lohm ann at the same place, three by Henderson at third man, one by Mr. Bowden at extra slip, and one at the wicket. In a m inority of 83 runs, the seoond innings of the Australians w a s commenced, as before, by M cDonnell and Bannerman. The oaptain hit freely, and of the 28 scored when he was caught at cover-point, Jiehad made 23 . Trott, who followed, was caught at the wicket without a run, and Bonnor and Bannerman playe<t out tim e, the score at the finish showing 33 for two wickets. There was, as already stated, no play yesterday, and the game was accordingly left drawn, the Australians being still 50 behind, with eight wiokets to fall. S urrby . Abel, c Bannerman, b Turner . Mr. J. Shuter, c and b Ferris .......... Mr. M. P. Bowden, Turner .......... Read, b T urner... Mr. W. W. Read, W oods .......... Mr. K. J . Key, Edwards, b Woods 46 ... 15 18 Wood, c Bonnor, b Woods ..................10 Lohm ann, c Banner­ m an, b Turner ... 22 Henderson, b Turner 0 Beaumont, not out... 8 Bowley, b Woods ... 6 L b ......................... l Total ...135 A ustralians . First Innings. A. C. Bannerman, c Abel, b L o h m an n ... P. 8. M'Donnell, c Wood, b Bowley ... H. Trott, c Abel, b Lohm ann .......... G. J . Bonnor, c Hen­ derson, b Lohm ann J. D. Edwards, c Hen­ derson, b Lohm ann S. M. J. Woods, o Lohm ann,b Bowley 14 C. T. B. Turner, c Bowden,bBeaumont 23 A. H . Jarvis, c Abel, b Lohm ann ... ... 2 J. J. Ferris, o Hen­ derson,bBeaumont 5 J. W orrall, not out... 1 H. F. Boyle, run out 9 L b ......................... l Total Jn the Second Innings A. C. Bannerman scored (not out) 6, P. S. M 'Donnell, c Shuter, b Bowley 23. H. Trott. c Wood, b Abel 0, G. J. Bonnor (not out) 4.—Total, 33. B O W L IN G ANALYSIS. S urrey . O. M. R W . I O. M. R.W . T urn er... 50 24 52 5 W oods... 80.3 12 44 4 Ferris 23 9 38 1 | A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W . O. M. R .W Lohm ann ... 18 8 245 ............. 12 5 14 0 Bowley ... 15 7 212 ............ 9 6 8 1 B eaum ont... 6.3 8 62 ............. 13 9 7 0 Abel... 7 5 4 1 T he follow ing are the results of the matches played up to date :— * M atches played 25—w on 14, lost 5, drawn 6. May 7—Norbury, v. Mr. C. I. Thornton’s Eleven. W on by six wickets May 11—Birm ingham , v. Warwickshire. W on by an innings and 15) runs. May 14-Oval, v. Surrey. W on by an innings and 154 runs. . May 18—Oxford, v. Oxford University. W on by an innings and 19 runs. May 21—Sheffield, - v. Yorkshire. W on by an iii'iings and 64 runs. May 24 -Manchester, v. Lancashire. Lost by 23 runs.' May 28 -Lord’s, v. Gentlemen of England. Drawn. May 31—Oval, v. Players of England. Lost by ten wickets. June 5—Nottingham , v. Nottingham . Lost by ten wickets. June 9—Cambridge, v. Cambridge University. Drawn.