Cricket 1888

846 CRICKET! " A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. AUG. 16, 1688, B L A C K H E A T H v. C H AR L TON P A R K . Played at Blackheath on A ugust 6. C h a r l to n P a r k . First Innings. W . McCanlis, c Lacey, b Christo­ pherson .................. 4 A. Pease, c and b Isaacs .................. 7 F. R . Sargent, t> Christopherson ... 10 A. P. Zam brano, b Ireland ..................12 H. E . Lawrence, run out ......................... 6 W . F. P. Holton, c Christopherson, b Hemmerde ..........14 In the Second Innings M cCanlis scored b Isaacs 6, Pease (not out) 32; b 13, w 1—Total, 92. B la c k h e a t h . F. E . Mills, b Chris­ topherson ..........13 W . Burnett, b Ire­ land ......................... 2 H. C. Dent, c Chris­ topherson,b Isaacs 3 A. Burnett, c Prior, b Christopherson 3 F. G. Allen, not out 0 B 3,1 b 2 .......... 5 Total ..........79 FRH Lacey, b Allen... 27 F. S. Ireland, 1 b w, b W. B urnett ............ 20 Stanley Christopher­ son, c Lawrence, b A. B urnett ..........29 R . S. Barrow, b Z am ­ brano...........................11 C. L. Hemmerde. st Lawrence, b Allen 15 R. A. Fegan, c W . Burnett, b Z am ­ brano......................... 3 P. A. Newton, b M c­ Canlis .................. E . P. Isaacs, run out E . W . Sampson, b Zam brano .......... E . G. Hemmerde, not o u t .................. F. W . Prior, c Z am ­ brano. b McCanlis B6, l b 4, w l ... T o ta l..........1 T H E S IX T H A U S T R A L IA N T EAM TW E N T Y -E IG H T H M A T CH .—y. G L O U ­ C E S T E R S H IR E . Follow ing up a very creditable victory over Sussex, Gloucestershire brought a successful week to a close on Saturday at Clifton with a decisive defeat of the Australian team . In view of the m atch with E ngland at the Oval on the follow ing M onday, the Comm ittee w hich selects the elevens for the different m atches of the Australian tour decided to leave out C. T. B. Turner, who was not very well, and in considering the result o f the game it must not be forgotten that the Gloucestershire batsmen had not to meet the bow ler who has contributed m ore than any­ one else to the successes of the Australian team . No bowler from the Colonies, not even the great F . R- Spofforth, has achieved a more brilliant record, and the effect of his absence on the cricket of the Australian team can not be over-estimated. In addition S. M. J. W oods, of Cambridge U niversity, was not able to play, so that the bowling at the disposal of the Australian Captain was m uch weakened. P ercy M cDonnell losing the toss, too, gave Gloucestershire a further advantage, and the County made such good use of its opportunities that the innings did not close until half-past four o ’clock. Mr. Townsend, in particular, was seen at his very best, and his score of 66 was the result of fine cricket, with m uch of the old dash which used to characterise his batting some ten years ago. Less than an hour and three-quarters remained for the Australians to bat on the first day, and during that period they lost six wickets for 83, of w hich no less than 48 were contributed by H . Trott. The last-named on Friday m orning found a useful partner in M cDonnell, but in spite of the captain’s well-hit 42 the total was only increased by 60, and at the end of the first hands the Australians were consequently 71 runs to the bad. In the second innings Gloucestershire lost three of its best batsmen for 30, but Messrs. W . G. Grace and Radcliffe fairly got the measure of the Australian bowlers, and their partnership, which p ro­ duced 69 runs, was of the greatest value to the side. Messrs. Townsend and Radcliffe, both batting with great freedom , added 72 more before the latter, who had the very bad luck to m iss his hundred by one run, was caught at the wicket, having shown excellent tim ing and vigorous hitting in the attainment of his runs, A very fine catch in tho long-field by Boyle subsequently dismissed Mr. Townsend, who had again shown mastery over the bowling, hitting all round w ith great power and confidence. The Australians had a very difficult task before them when they went in on Saturday m orning wanting 384 to win. M cDonnell and Bannerman put on 56 runs before they were parted, but of the rest Trott and Edwards alone shaped well against the bowling of R oberts and W oof, and the batting was generally disapppointing. The form er bowler found a spot to help him , and this made him very difficult, so m uch so that his five wickets only cost 45 runs. Gloucester­ shire won by 257 runs, and as this is the first occasion on which the county has beaten an Australian team, the hearty reception given by the spectators to the successful eleven at the close was not surprising. G louce st ersh ire . F irst Innings. Second Innings. Mr. W . G . Grace, b Ferris 6 c Blackham , b Lyons ..........51 Mr. E . M. Grace, c Banner­ m an, b F e rris ................. 16 c Bannerman, b Ferris .......... 0 Mr. W . W . F . Pullen, c and b Lyons .................. 7 b Ferris .......... 8 Painter, b Worrall ..........37 b Lyons ............ 4 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, c Edwards, b Lyons..........29 c Blackham , b Boyle ..........99 Mr. J. H. Brain, b T ro tt... 0 b Ferris ..........18 Mr. F. Townsend, b Trott 66 c Boyle, b Ferris 92 Mr. H. V Page, run o u t... 4 c Lyons, b Edwards..........24 Mr. E . Peake, not out ... 28 c Bonnor, b Lyons ... «.. 6 Woof, st Blackham , b W orrall .......... ... ... 15 not out .......... 2 Roberts, c W orrall, b B o y le ................................ 3 b Lyons .......... 0 B 1,1b 2......................... 3 B 5,lbl.w l,nbl 8 Total Total ...312 ..........214 A u s t r a l ia n s . First Innings. Second Innings. A . C. Bannerm an, b Woof 0 run out ..........17 J .M ’C. Blackham , b Peake 10 c and b Roberts 6 H. Trott, b W . G. Grace... 59 c Radcliffe, b R o be rts..........28 G. J. Bonnor, c and b P e a k e ................................ 2 cWoof,bRoberts 5 S. P. Jones, b Peake... ... 0 c Page,bRoberts 0 J. Edwards, c and b T ow nsend......................... 7 not out ..........25 J. J. Lyons, c Roberts, b W . G. Grace .................. 6 c E . M. Grace, b W oof .......... 0 P. S. M ’Donnell, b W . G. G ra c e ................................ 42 c Radcliffe, b W . G. Grace ... 38 J. W orrall, c Townsend, b Roberts ......................... 9 c W . G.fGrace, b W oof .......... 2 J . J. Ferris, c Radcliffe, b W. G. Grace ................. 0 c Brain, b W oof 3 H. F. Boyle, not out.......... 2 b R obe rts.......... 0 B 5 , l b l .......................... 6 L b 1, n b l 2 Total ..........143 Total ...126 B O W L IN G ANALYSIS. GLO UCESTERSHIRE. First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R . W. Lyons ........... 33 11 73 2 ............. 37 5 97 4 Ferris ........... 30 7 58 2 ............. 34 10 64 4 Trott ........... 14 1 48 2 ............ 19 3 40 0 W orrall........... 13 2 32 2 ............. 18 7 40 0 Boyle .......... 3.1 3 0 1 ... 12 4 26 1 Bannerm an 6 3 14 0 Edwards ... 4 0 23 1 B annerm an bowled a wide and Edwards a no­ ball. A u str a l ia n s . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R. W . W oof ........... 17 7 24 1 ............. 12 4 21 3 Peake ........... 24 10 42 3 ............. 5 0 17 0 Townsend ...12 3 17 1 ............. 3 0 18 0 W . G. Grace 21 13 27 4 ............ 19 9 23 1 Roberts.......... 16.2 4 27 1 ........... 39.319 45 5 Roberts bowled a no-ball. A t D erby, on Thursday evening, Burton, the M iddlesex slow bowler, was presented by Mr. A. J. W ebbe, on behalf of the amateurs of the County eleven, with a handsome ink­ stand and candlesticks as a m emento of his bowling achievement against Surrey a few weeks since, when he took the whole ten wickets in one innings. TW E N T Y -N IN TH M A TCH—v. E N G LAN D . Played under conditions calculated to furnish a satisfactory test of the real merits of the two sides, the English eleven which opposed the Australians at the Oval, on M onday and Tuesday, in the second of the three repre­ sentative matches, had more than com pensa­ tion for the reverse suffered at L ord ’s on the occasion of the previous meeting. The A us­ tralian eleven was the same as had proved successful in the first fixture, but there were som e alterations in the English team, Mr. J. Shuter, who was selected for the previous match but unable to play, U lyett, Sugg and W ood taking the places of Mr. A . G. Steel, Mr. T. C. O’Brien, Gunn and Sherwin. Mr. Steel, though asked, could not accept the invitation of the Surrey Comm ittee, but other­ wise the team gave general satisfaction, and if M r. Steel had replaced Sugg it would have been as strong as it could possibly have been made. As the wicket was in splendid con­ dition, it was thought that there would be some high scoring, and when the Englishmen were seen preparing to take the field there was naturally some disappointment among those interested in the success of the old country. The disappointment, though, did not last long, and there was a vociferous cheer when, from the third ball, Lohm ann caught the Australian captain finely at short-slip, falling down on his knee in securing the ball. Peel, who began the bow ling with Lohm ann, gave way to Briggs at 20, and in two overs the new bowler clean bowled both Trott and Bonnor, the latter playing very tam ely and falling to the second ball he had. W hen Edwards joined Bannerman the game became very tedious, and not a run was made for fourteen overs. Lohmann, who at one time had bowled four­ teen maidens in succession, handed the ball to Barnes at 40, and without another run Bannerman, who had been in nearly an hour and a half for his 13, fell to another m agnifi­ cent catch at cover-slip by Lohm ann, who fell over with the ball. After this, no one but Ferris lent Edwards any assistance, and the innings, which had lasted tw o hours and a half, ended at half-past three o ’clock. Edwards’ 26 was the feature of avery moderate display of batting. Going in third wicket down at 22, he was last out, and with the exception of an easy chance to short-slip when he had made eight, made no m istake during the two hours he was in. Briggs bow led with remarkable success considering the excellence of the pitch. H e delivered 37 overs for 25 runs and five wickets, all of them clean bowled. The spectators were fairly jubilant when E ngland went in with such a small total against them, but their hopes fell when tw o of the best wickets—those of Mr. Grace and U lyett—went with the score only 6. M r. Shuter and Read improved matters somewhat, but still with four of the best wickets down for 53 things were m uch m ore prom ising for the Australians than had seemed probable at first. On Barnes joining Abel though,the batting showed an improvement, and the best cricket of the day was witnessed. The two professionals scored very evenly for a long tim e, and when Barnes was out he had made 62 out of 112 added during his partnership. The out-going batsman has not been for a long time seen to better advantage, and his play was without a fault. Sugg, the next to join Abel, had a life at slip when he had made a single, and though he did not shape at all well, was not out at the close of the day with Abel, who had batted in admirable style for his 65. During the day 14,750 persons paid for admission to the ground, and this number was increased on Tuesday. Sugg, on the re­ sumption, had another life at short-slip, and the next over a stupidly sharp run dismissed Abel, who had been upwards of two hours at the wickets, and made no mistake in the attainment of his 70. Peel, who followed Abel, batted steadily and w'ell and thanks to the exceptionally fine hit­ ting ofLohmann, the last wicket added as many as 58 runs. T he Surrey bowler hit all round w ith equal freedom , and the quality of his