Cricket 1888

886 ORICKET s A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. SE P T . 6, 1888 down with any certainty. Still, on several oooasions he did good service, though his best record was against Yorkshire at Lord’s, where he took ten wickets for 82 runs. As a batsman, moreover, at one important crisis he was of value to his side, in the return with Gloucestershire, at Clifton, to wit, when, with Mr. Welman, he added 21 at the finish, and helped to give Middlesex the victory, with one wicket to spare. On Whit Monday, too, at Lord’s, he proved very effective on a bowler’s wicket for eleven of the South against eleven of the North, taking eight of the ten wickets in the latter’s first innings for 68 runs. Burton’s consistent success with the ball has furnished one of the most noteworthy features of the county season just over. Opening well with a brilliant performance in the first match against Yorkshire, at Lord’s, where, on a fast wicket, he got seven of the ten wickets of the Yorkshiremen in their second innings, he rarely failed to make his mark. Though his greatest record of all was against Surrey at the Oval, the Yorkshire matches furnished his best figures, and, in these two fixtures, he was credited, in all, with twenty- six wickets for an aggregate of 185 runs. His achievement on the Surrey ground will be well remembered by most C rick et readers. It was, in fact, the great bowling feat of the year, for he was credited with all ten wickets in Surrey’s first innings. No other instance of the kind occurred, indeed, in important fixtures during the season, and the amateurs of the county commemorated a unique feat suitably, by the presentation of a handsome inkstand and candlesticks on the occasion of the match with Derbyshire, at Derby. How consistently well he bowled for Middlesex, this year, can be found in his summary, which shows 744 overs for 950 runs and 79 wickets, an average of just over 12 , and one which will compare favour­ ably with the figures of some of the most suc­ cessful county bowlers. Burton, we need hardly say, is a slow round-arm bowler. Pegging away, generally, on the off-side, and rarely giving a ball of bad length, he requires careful watching. Using his head, too, he is not so easy to score from as would seem to be likely from his action and pace. His record for Middlesex, considering the amount of work he has had to do for many years, is a most creditable one, and, as he is deservedly popular among cricketers, his successes of 1888 have afforded general satisfaction. Our portrait is from a photograph by A sh­ down, of 1, Waverley Place, St. John’s Wood. T H E S I X T H A U S T R A L I A N T E A M DALSTON ALBERTS v. BEES. Played at Tufnell Park on August 25. B e e s . Hazell, c and b Hill... Fillistone, c Hce. Moore, b H ill..........20 Preece, c Selby, b Box 19 Snow.c Bastow,b Hill 8 Reynolds, b Hce. Moore .................12 Mountford, not out... 23 Cox, c Hce. Moore, b Hill ........................ 4 DA lston A lb ert s . Selby, Bmout, < Hill ................... Watson, st Selby, Hce. Moore ... , Bowlet, b H ill... , Cripps, b Hill ... Extras.............. Total 2 ... 0 ... 0 ... 5 ...129 H. Selby, st Hazell, b Fillistone................. 0 H. Richardson, b Mountford .......... 0 G. Fox, not out W . James, not out... Total .......... The others did not bat. F orest H ill C lub . —The present season will close on Saturday next, when a ground match between an eleven of Essex and Forest Hill will be played on the club ground, for the benefit of A. G. Freeman, the groundman. The teams will be selected from the follow­ in g :— Essex: Mr. F. P. Francis, Mr. H. Boyton, Mr. F. A. Bishop, Silcock, Burns, Littlewood, Bryan, E. Freeman, Carpenter, Jones, Russell, and Privett, Forest H ill: Mr.W. W . Read, Mr. S. Matthews, Mr. E.H. Edwards, Mr. G. J. Newman, Mr. T. H . Vernon, Rev. H . Biddell, Mr. S. Cheesman, Mr. J. A. S. Jones, Mr. M. C. Capes, Dr. Gwynn, Mr. 11. W. D. Hill, and Mr. F. Skipper. Wickets pitched at 11 a.m. TH IRTY-FOURTH MATCH — ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. Commenced on the Lancashire County Ground at Manchester on Thursday last, the third match between a picked eleven of England and the Sixth Australian Team ended early on the following day in a decisive victory for the English Eleven by an innings and twenty-one runs. As each side had been successful in one of the two previous meetings this season, particular interest was attached to the deciding contest. No pains had been spared, therefore, by either manage­ ment to get the full strength available, and with the exception of Pilling’s substitution for Wood at the wicket, a seleotion only natural on the Lancashire ground, the English team would, had Mr. John Shuter been able to play, have been the same as that which had proved so successful at the Oval. Unfortunately, the Surrey captain was not able to accept the invi­ tation of the Lancashire Committee, and Gunn, who was twelfth choice for the Oval fixture, took his place. Surrey furnished three members of the eleven, Mr. W. W. Read, Abel, and Lohmann ; Lancashire three, Pilling, Briggs, and Sugg ; Yorkshire two, Peel and Ulyett; Notts two, Gunn and Barnes; and Gloucestershire one, Mr. W . G. Grace. Of the Australian team New South Wales contributed five, McDonnell (the captain), Ferris, Turner, Bannerman, and Wood ; Victoria the same number, Blackham, Bonnor, Trott, Edwards, and Worrall, and the eleventh place was filled by South Australia in the person of Lyons. Owing to the heavy rain during the early part of the week the wicket was soft at the outset, and the result of the toss was consequently awaited with con­ siderable anxiety. This time, though, luck, which had favoured the Australian captain in each of the two previous matches, deserted him, and Mr. W . G. Grace, who had the choice of innings, naturally elected to go in, a great advantage, as the wicket was. Abel was selected by Mr. Grace to accompany him to the wickets, but the former soon had to retire, Turner, who shared the attack with Ferris, bowling him with his twelfth ball before a run had been scored. Ulyett, who followed, fell in the same way also to Turner,and two good bats­ men were out with the total only six. Messrs. Read and Grace, however, by capital cricket, improved England’s position materially, and fifty-two had been added, when the former was bowled by Turner for a useful and well-got nineteen. One run later, Mr. Grace fell to a very fine catch close to the boundary by Bonnor, and four wickets were down for 59. Mr. Grace had played in his very best style, with confidence as well as judgment, and his 38 was in every way worthy of his reputa­ tion. Barnes and Sugg, who were next partners, both showed really good cricket, and Gunn was also seen to advantage. Briggs and Pilling too made a valuable stand at the finish, and the last wicket added thirty-six runs to the total, the success of the two Lancashire professionals, as was natural, being highly appreciated by the crowd. Turner, Ferris, and Woods were the bowlers, and the first-named, who was kept on throughout the innings, as will be seen, was credited with half the wickets at a cost of eighty-six runs. McDonnell, who opened the Australian innings as usual, with Bannerman, alive to the necessity of getting runs quickly, soon knocked up 15, and was then caught from Peel, who had started the English bowling with Lohmann. Heavy rain caused an interval of nearly half an hour just after Trott had come in, and this proved of advantage to the Australians, making the wicket easier. Most of the scoring was done by Trott, and when Bannerman was bowled just at time on Thurday night, he had only made a single of the 32 runs got. On Friday morning the Aus­ tralian batsmen had a very difficult task on a \yicket that favoured the bowlers altogether, and, in an hour and five minutes the eight re­ maining wickets fell for an addition of 49 runs. The only stand, indeed, was while Blackham and Lyons were together on the fall of the seventh wicket. The two batsmen both played the excellent bowling opposed to them, with confidence and resolution, and their hit­ ting redeemed the other failures with the bat. Peel’s bowling was the chief factor in the dismissal of the Australians, and his figures were particularly noteworthy. He delivered 106 balls for 31 runs and seven wickets. Following on in a minority of 91 the Austra­ lians found the bowling of Peel and Lohmann— supported as it was by brilliant all-round fielding—altogether too much for them. The two English bowlers, helped by the wicket, proved unplayable, and five of the first six batsmen failed to make a run. When the sixth wicket fell, the score was only seven, and had not Lyons, as in the first innings, come to the rescue of his side, the total would, in all probability, have been a very small one. As it was, Lyons, after being missed at point before he had scored, with Turner hit away pluckily, and the stand of the pair, who added 48 runs in half an hour, well deserved the applause their play elicited. After their separation though the end soon came, and the innings closing for 70 left England in possession of a decisive victory, by an innings and 21 runs. The match was over before luncheon on Friday, a great disappointment to the Lancashire folk, who were making for the ground in great numbers when the last ball was bowled. In spite, though, of the early conclusion of the game, 7,469 paid on the second day, making with 8,080 on Thursday a total of 15,549. The English team had, of course, all the luck in going in first, but they made the most of their chances, and their out cricket was, on the whole, very fine, the field­ ing being exceedingly good. The honours of the bowling rested with Peel, but high praise must also be awarded to Pilling for his brilliant wicket-keeping throughout. Honour­ able mention, moreover, should also be made of the performance of Mr. W . G. Grace, who made three excellent catches in the Austra­ lians’ second innings. That he was the highest scorer, too, on the English side was a subject of general gratification. E ngland . Dr. W. G. Grace, c Bonnor, b Turner 38 Abel, b Turner.......... 0 Ulyett, b Turner ... 0 Mr. W. W. Read, b Turner .................19 Barnes, b Ferris ... 24 F.-Sugg, b Woods ... 24 Gunn, lbw, b Turner 15 Peel, 1 b w, b Ferris 11 Briggs, not out... .* 22 Lohmann, run out... 0 Pilling, c Bonnor, b Woods .................17 B ........................ 2 Total ...172 A ustralians . First Innings. P. S. M‘Donnell, c Grace, b Peel ............................... 15 A. C. Bannerman, bPeel... 1 H. Trott, st Pilling, bPeel 17 G. J. Bonnor, ran out ... 5 J. D. Edwards, b Peel ... 0 C. T. B. Turner, b Peel ... 0 S. M. J. Woods, c Read, b Briggs............................... 4 J. M’C. Blackham, c Read, b Lohmann .................15 J. J. Lyons, c Lohmann, b Paa] no J. Worraii, b Peel *.*.* 0 J. J. Ferris, not o u t .......... 0 B ............................... 2 Second Innings. b Lohmann ... c Grace, b Peel run out .......... c Grace, bPeol... c Grace, b Peel b Briggs .......... b Lohmann ... 0 b Lohmann ... 5 b Briggs ... . notout ... . c Abel, b Peel . B 2,1 b 1 . 32 0 3 3 Total ... 81 Total... 70 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E ngland . O. M. R. W. Ferris ... 40 20 49 2 Turner ... 59 21 86 5 Woods. O. M. R. W. . 18.1 6 85 2 A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Peel .......... 26.2 17 31 7 .......... 16 4 1 37 4 Lohmann... 17 9 31 1 .........* ,8 3£20 3 Briggs . . . . 9 4 17 1 .......... 7.12 •10 ; 2