Cricket 1888

NOV. 1, 188 J. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME,, 435 GENTLEMEN OP IRELAND v. ALL PH IL A D E L P H IA . This was the second of two fixtures with Philadelphia. It was played on September 28 and following days and won by the Philadel­ phians by 39 runs. J. Dunn and W. Johnston were the highest scorers for the Irishmen, and W .S cott and Patterson for the Philadelphians. A ll P hiladelphia . First Innings. Second Innings. G. S. Patterson, b Tobin... 26 b Melton ..........33 D. P.....Steever, c J. P. Fitz­ gerald, b Johnston..........11 c Johnston, b Kennedy ... 19 W. Brockie, jr.,c Synnott, b J. P. Fitzgerald......... 3 c Tobin .............. 17 W. C. Morgan, jr.,c Ken­ nedy, b J. P. Fitzgerald 0 c and b Tobin... 9 N. Etting, lbw,b Johnston 8 c Tobin, b Ken­ nedy.................16 W. Scott, c Kennedy, b Tobin .......................... 32 b Kennedy.......... 56 A. G. Thomson, b Hynes 0 c Kennedy, b Johnston ... 56 F.F. Brewster,b Kennedy 45 b Tobin ............. 0 E. W. Clark, jun., c Max­ well, b T ob in ................. 0 b W. Johnston... 0 D. S. Newhall, c Tobin, b K en nedy........................31 c Johnston, b Tobin .......... 0 H. I. Brown,not out.......... 4 notout ...........11 W. C. Lowrey, c E. Fitz­ gerald, b Kennedy .......... 0 c Gillman, b To­ bin .................17 B 18, lb 1, w 1.......... 23 Bll,lb2,w2,nb3 18 Total .................183 Total ...252 G entlemen of I reland . J. W..Hynes,c Brewster, b C lark..............................18 stMorgan,bLow- rey ................. 4 E. Fitzgerald, c Brown, b C lark............................... 4 Ibw, b Clark ... 18 J. Dunn, run out ........ 16 st Morgan,b Pat­ terson ........ 61 D.F. Gillman, b Brown ... 1 cBrockie,bClark 0 J. P. Maxwell, b Brown ... 1 h w, b Low­ rey ................. 31 J. M. Meldom, c Brown, b Patterson...................... 20 b Patterson ... 9 J. P. Fitzgerald,cSteever,b Brown.............................35 b Patterson ... 0 D. Cronin, st Morgan, b Lowrey ........................ 9 b Lowrey .......... 48 W. Johnston not out ... 49 c Brown, b Low­ rey .................24 F. W. Kennedy, b Brew­ ster ..............................15 b L ow rey........... 9 T. Tobin,cEtting.bBrown 0 c Morgan, b Pat­ terson .......... 1 W . Synnott, absent.......... 0 not out .......... 3 B 9, lb 1, w 2.............. .1 2 B 4, lb 3, w 1 8 T o ta l................180 Total .. The following are the averages of the during the to u r:— BATTING AVERAGES. Times Inns, not out. Runs. J. Dunn ........................ 19 ... 1 ... 630 .. J. W. Hynes ................. 18 ... 0 ... 509 .. J. P. Maxwell .......... 17 ... 2 ... 313 ... J. M. M eldon................. 15 ... 2 ... 237 J. P. Fitzgerald .......... 19 ... 3 ... 288 ... F. Fitzgerald................ 20 ... 3 ... 259 ... D. Gillman ................. 16 ... 2 ... 202 ... W . Johnston................ 16 ... 3 ... 181 ... D. Cronin........................ 18 ... 1 ... 209 W. Synnott ................ 16 ... 8 ... 74 ... T. Tobin ........................ 10 ... 0 ... 46 ... F. Kennedy ................ 13 ... 0 ... 57 ... BOWLING AVERAGES. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. J. W. Hynes ...1505 ... 108 ... 564 ...78... •).P.Fitzgerald...1689 ... 150 ... 561 ...54... W . Johnston ... 764 ... 56 ... 294 ... 30 ... T. Tobin ............ 590 ... 58 ... 143 ... 20 ... F. Kennedy ...511 ... 31 ... 186 ... 19.., W. Synnott ... 577 ... 51 ... 224 ... 13 .., E. Fitzgerald ... 309 ... 27 ... 1(6 ... 8 ... 216 team Aver. 35 28.3 20.13 . 18.3 16.16 15.4 , 14.6 13.12 . 12.5 9.2 4.6 4.5 Aver. . 7.23 . 10.39 9.8 7.15 . 9.79 . 17.23 . 13.25 T H E S IX T H A U S T R A L IA N T E A M . FORTIETH MATCH.—v. SURREY. The Sixth Australian team completed the fortieth and last match of their tour at Ken­ nington Oval, on Saturday, September 22, with a well-earned victory over the strong com­ bination of Surrey. Their first fixture was, as everyone will remember, against Mr. C. I. Thornton’s eleven, on the picturesque cricket field attached to Norbury Hall, Streatham, the residence of the Mayor of Croydon, Mr. J. W . Hobbs, so that they finished as they began their fixtures, with a win on a Surrey ground. When this extra match was made, many were of opinion that it was far too late in the season to admit of any great success, and the arrange­ ment was not altogether popular even among some of the best supporters of the County Club itself. Fortunately, though, as it hap­ pened, the weather presented a very agreeable contrast to the general experiences of a season, on the whole, anything but genial, and that the Surrey committee were not wrong in their expectations that the public was interested in the third meeting between the county eleven and the colonial team was shown by the large as well as enthusiastic company present during each of the three days. In addition, too, the cricket throughout was of the most interesting character, and it was eminently satisfactory that the Australian tour should have been brought to a close under such extremely gratifying auspices with a brilliant victory, and that, too, after a game full of excitement from first to last. An excellent wicket had been prepared for the match, and the Austra­ lian captain, fortunate enough to win the toss, was not slow to seize the opportunity of batting first, a great advantage, particularly with the chance that the pitch would not wear well with the heavy dews always experienced in Sep­ tember. McDonnell, as usual, selected Ban­ nerman as his companion to face the Surrey bowlers, and most of the scoring was done by the former, who had made 35 out of 42 runs, when he put one into the safe clutches of Loh­ mann at short slip. Trott filled the vacancy, and during his partnership with Bannerman, the run-getting was of the slowest. Bowley,who had not been recently in his best form,has rarely if ever bowled better, and supported as he was by excellent fielding, the two batsmen found it so difficult to score, that at luncheon time two o’clock, the score was only 68, the result of an hour and fifty minutes’ batting. On the re­ sumption Bonnor replaced Bannerman, who was caught just before the retirement, and fortunately for the public which loves high hitting the former was in his best vein, giving the spectators a taste of the extraordinary power he possesses but which he had chosen to exercise very rarely indeed during the tour. As an idea of the rate at which he scored it need onlybe stated thatin under half anhourhe made 52 runs, twenty-five of which were the result of two overs of Mr. W .W . Read’s lobs. Later on he hit less freely but he was altogether only an hour and three-quarters at the wicket in the attainment of his score of 87, one of the very best if not the best innings he played during the tour. Jarvis, by good cricket, helped Bonnor to add 62, but the later bats­ men did little, and the most noteworthy feature of the closing of the innings was the good fielding of Lohmann, who made two very fine catches at short-slip. Bowley bowled with great success and his figures (5 wickets for 44) were extremely good on a run-getting wicket. A heavy dew followed by a dull morning were much against Surrey when the game was resumed on the second morning, and by luncheon time seven wickets had fallen for 112, of which 57 were the result of some fine hitting by Maurice Read. With 68 still wanted to save the follow on, Surrey’s chances did not appear very hopeful, and these were consider­ ably reduced when Lohmann retired for an addition of eight. Beaumont, however, proved of the greatest service to Wood at this emergency. #Content to keep up his wicket he restricted himself to defence, while Wood, who played with the greatest judgment, did the run-getting, never allowing a chance of scoring to escape. The two batsmen continued to maintain their positions while the total steadily increased, and there was enthusiastic cheering from all parts of the ground when the follow on was saved. Three runs later Beaumont, who had contributed 18 of the sixty-four added during the partnership, was bowled, having played sterling cricket at a most critical time. Bowley, the last man, too, made a very creditable snow, and when he fell to a clever one-handed catch the innings was over. Wood was batting just under two hours for his 55 not out, and as a display of cool and judicious batting at a trying time it was worthy of the warmest praise. With 48 to the good, the Australians entered on their second innings late on the second afternoon in a bad light, and Worrall and Edwards, who went in first, were both dismissed in the short time that remained. Blackham and Ferris were the batsmen when play was resumed on the third morning, and taking advantage of the fact that Lohmann, who had strained his foot badly on the previous day, was not put on to bowl, both hit out freely, scoring sixty runs while they were together. After their separa­ tion, though, came a great collapse, and Loh­ mann, despite his lameness, bowled with such effect, that the last seven wickets only added 55 runs. Bonnor and McDonnell were both finely caught in the long field, and the catch which disposed of the latter in front of the pavilion from a very high hit was one of the best we have seen for a long time. Surrey, with 172 runs to win, had a very difficult task, as the wicket at the end nearest the Gas Works had shown evident signs of wear while the Australians were batting. Turner and Ferris, too, bowled so well, that the early part of the innings was most disastrous, and at the fall of the fifth wicket the total was only 26 wi^h Messrs. Shuter, Key, W.W.Read, and Bowden, as well as Abel, all out. As in the first innings, though, Maurice Read’s hitting was invaluable to his side, and, in fact, the tail did its duty bravely as on .the previous day. Henderson stayed with Read while the score was increased by 51 runs, and saw fifteen more added before he was bowled for an exceedingly useful nineteen. Lohmann and Woodjcame together at the fall of the seventh wicket 4with 80 to win,and while they were partners there was just a hope that Surrey might succeed. Lohmann hit in the most spirited style, and for a minute or so it looked as if the Australian team were demoralised. Worrall and Bonnor both had chances, by no means easy ones, though, and it seemed as if with luck Lohmann might pull the county through. The light,though,was very bad towards the close, and after Lohmann was caught at 128 the end soon came, the innings closing at five o’clock, half an hour before time, for 137. Lohmann’s hitting had entirely changed the whole aspect of the game, and considering that he was lame, and^conse- quently not in the best condition, his perfor­ mance was a remarkable one. The Austra­ lians were thus left with a victory by, 34 runs, a creditable success, and one which they had thoroughly earned by good all-round cricket. There’ was no small excitement at the finish, and both sides were heartily cheered, the Australians having every reason to be gratified with the spontaneous outburst of satisfaction shown by the public at this brilliant close to their tour. During the three days no less than 27,374 persons paid for admission to the ground, and the match was in every way a pleasant wind-up to by no means the most enjoyable of seasons. A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. A. C. Bannerman, c Abel, b Beaumont .................18 c Lohmann, b Beaumont 0 P. S. M’Donnell, c Loh­ mann, b Bowley ..........35 cBowden,bLoh­ mann .......... 8 H. Trott, c Lohmann, b Bowley ........................ 86 bLohmann ... 12 G. J. Bonnor, c Wood, b Henderson .................87 c Bowden, b Lohmann ... 13 J. J. Lyons, b Beaumont... 8 c Lohmann, b Beaumont ... 1 A. H. Jarvis, b Lohmann 32 bLohmann ... 1 C. T. B. Turner, b Bowley 15 not out ..........10 J. D. Edwards, b Beau­ mont ............................... 9 c Henderson, b Bowley .......... 0 J. M‘C. Blackham, c Bowden, b Bowley.......... 0 b Bowley ..........85 J. Worrall, c Lohmann, b Bowley ........................ 4 b Beaumont ... 3 J. J. Ferris, not o u t.......... 4 b Lohmann ... 39 B 3, 1 b 8 .................11 B ................... 1 Total ...............259 Total ...123 NEXT ISSUE, N0VEMBEB 29/