Cricket 1888

38 CRICKET: A WEEKLY flEOOltD OF THE &AME. MAR. 29, 1888. M b . V ern o n ’ s T eam . Mr. W . W . Read, b Kendall ...............38 Mr. A. E . Stoddart, c Kirby, b Bingham 26 Abel, b Kendall......... 6 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Kirby, b M axw ell... 28 Peel, c Chapm an, b R y a n ......................119 Mr. G. F. Vernon, c Adkisson, b Max­ well ........................ 2 Mr. A. E. Newton, b M axw ell................. 2 Attewell, b R yan ... 21 Raw lin, by R yan ... 34 Mr. M. P. Bowden, b K e n d a ll..................10 Beaumont, not out 6 E x tras................. 5 COOTAMUNDRA X X II. First Innings. Total ..297 T asmanian E ig h t e e n . R yan, c Vernon, b Beaum ont .......... 5 Davies, c Bowden, b A b e l.........................18 B urn, c Abel, b Atte­ well .........................99 Gatehouse, c Read, b Peel ........................ 42 Sidebottom, b Read 42 Abbott, c Attewell, b Peel .........................27 C. Butler, c Newton, b Peel ................. 15 Kirby, c Vernon, b B eaum ont .......... 7 Chapm an, st New­ ton, b Peel .......... 1 Maxwell, c sub., b B eaum ont .......... 4 Macleod, not out ... 50 M ‘Allen, lbw,b Read 10 E . Butler, st New­ ton, b Peel ..........39 Kendall, c Attewell, b Peel ..................10 Adkisson, not o u t ... 2 E xtras..................34 Total ... ..405 B O W L IN G ANALYSIS. M r . V ern o n ’ s T eam . B. M. R. W . Kendall ...297 33 91 3 Maxwell ...172 16 68 3 B ing h am ... 80 5 43 1 Sidebottom 20 0 26 0 1 36 Burn Ryan Adkisson 36 B. M. R . W . Bingham bowled a wide. T asmanian E ig h t e e n . B. M. R . W. Abel ... 44 5 16 1 R aw lin ... 92 11 43 0 R ead ...1C8 7 53 2 B. M. R. W . Peel ........ 364 54 89 6 Beaumont 304 43 105 3 Attewell ...248 38 61 1 Stoddart ... 16 1 4 0 Beaum ont bowled a no-ball. TW ENT IETH MATCH.—v. TWENTY- TWO OF COOTAMUNDRA, F ir st D ay — T uesday , F eb r u a ry 7. Cootamundra is a rural town situated on the overland railway line from Melbourne to Sydney. It is not a large place, but in N.S.W. it has some fame on account of having been the birthplace of the famous W . L. Murdoch, who, by the way, has not redeemed his promise to enter the cricketing arena again. The Englishmen had not a full team, the captain and Mr. Stoddart being given a rest. The latter had a bad cold, from which, however, he has quite recovered. Their places were filled by Phillips, who has been umpiring for the Englishmen, and who is a Melbourne Club ground bowler, and Williams, a local man. The local skipper won the toss and sent his opponents into the field. The innings of the local men lasted for the best part of the first day, and the total realised was 105. Weston was top scorer with 38, obtained in capital style. The Englishmen, thanks principally to Abel, Rawlin, and Mr. Read, made the respectable score of 243. Abel, who went in first, played right through for 92. His inn­ ings was well worthy of his reputation, and he had hard lines in not being able to reach the century, to which he has twice before during the tour been so close. Mr. Walter Read, who went in last, did his best to enable his county comrade to attain his desire, but he was stopped after playing a good innings for 33. Rawlin batted freely for his runs, and Peel also showed good form until he had the mis­ fortune to be run out. Phillips made 19 in really good style. The Cootamundra people went in again, and lost two wickets for 20 runs. The match was therefore drawn in favour of the Englishmen. Scores :— Nash, b Peel .......... King, b Peel .......... Fraser, c Beaumont, b Peel ................. R. W eston, b Peel ... Ellis, c Bowden, b Peel ......................... Holmes, b P e e l.......... Julian, c Newton, b Beaum ont .......... Donnan, b Beaumont Rocks, st Newton, b Peel ......................... Honnywell, b Peel ... Sawyer, c Abel.b Peel J. Weston, c Bowden, b Peel .......... ... Ward, b Peel .......... 12 Simpson, c Phillips, b Attewell .......... Meyrick, c .Bowden, b Peel .................. H obbs, c Bowden, b A ttew ell................. M‘Kenzie,b Attewell Tompson, c and b P e e l......................... Anderson,b Attewell Black, 1b w, b Atte­ well ......................... Harrold, b Attewell Gibbs, n o to u t.......... E x tras................. Total ...105 In the Second Innings King scored b Abel, 0, Nash (not out) 7, Ellis, b Raw lin, 7, Weston (not out) 2; extras 4.—Total, 2;). M b . V ebn on ’ s T ea m . Abel, not out ..........92 Rawlin, b Anderson 46 Peel, run out ..........24 Mr. M. P. Bowden, b Simpson .................12 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, lbw, b Anderson ... 1 Beaum ont, c Ander­ son, b Simpson ... 1 Attewell, c Meyrick, b Anderson .......... 7 Phillips, c Sawyer, b Rocks ................. 19 W illiams,c Simpson, b Anderson .......... 0 Mr.A .E .Newton,cDon- nan, b Anderson... 7 Mr. W. W . Read, c W eston,bAnderson 33 B ......................... 1 Total ..243 B OW LIN G ANALYSIS. COOTAMUNDBA. B , M. R . W. P e e l.......... 199 19 61 13 Beaum ont 120 12 30 2 Attew ell... 76 14 8 6 Abel ... Rawlin... B. M. R. W . 24 1 11 fr-f 24 2 9 0 COMBINED EN G L ISH TEAMS v. NEW SOUTH WALES AND V ICTORIA. This match was intended to be perhaps the greatest one ever played between English and Australian cricketers. But, unfortunately, while the Englishmen sank all rivalry for the glory of Old England, some of Australia’s leading cricketers drew back when the pinch came, and could not or would not get away from business. Giffen, Horan, Jarvis, Bruce, Lyons, and Trumble could not get away, so that the team was miserably weak. F irst D ay — F b id a y , F ebruaby 10. Rain fell all day on Thursday, Feb. 9, and on the following mDrning, but by noon a strong wind had dried up so much water that the ground, although in a terribly soddened state, was quite playable. M ’Donnell had the good fortune to win the toss, but he made a great error of judgment in sending the English­ men to bat. For the first hour or two the bowlers could not do much, but as the day wore on the ground dried, and the balls bit in an alarming manner. Shrewsbury and Mr. Stoddart were the first pair to do battle for England. Both players meant mischief. The amateur was rough on Ferris, three times send­ ing him for a couple, and twice lifting him to the boundary. The last hit went dangerously near Moses, who was only prevented by the drain round the picket fence from making a catch. Turner had meanwhile been treated with respect, but Shrewsbury drove him for a quartette, and Mr. Stoddart got a 2 and a single off the track. Then the amateur let bang out at a tempting ball, and M ’Shane, stationed well out, effected an easy catch. (One for 27.) Ulyett very quickly dashed up 5 runs before he was caught at mid-on, and Mr. Walter Read, the captain, appeared. The best amateur and professional batsmen of England were now together, and the play of each was worthy of their great reputations. They took no liberties, and were still together at the luncheon hour, Shrewsbury 17 and Mr. Read 2. Two maiden overs followed luncheon, and then Shrewsbury got a quartette off Ferris. The wicket was becoming more difficult every moment, and the batsmen played with extreme caution. Mr. Read had just reached double figures when lie jumped out to a ball well up, and, missing it, was mortified to see the off-stump shifted. (Three—10—54). Maurice Read had evidently made up his m ind to hit long before he got near the wicket. The second ball he received from Turner pitched very short, but he recklessly ran out and feebly potted the ball back to the bowler, who willingly ac­ cepted the favour. Peel went in. Ferris immediately stuck him up. At last Peel got a ball away for three, but in doing so had the bad luck to step on to his wicket, and he had to retire. Mr. Newham was next, and the longest stand of the day was made. Shrews­ bury at times made some good hits, though both he and his partner were inclined to be careful. Mr. Newham had especial reason to be so, for, knowing a weakness of his, Worrall was placed about three yards off the bat at forward point. The score had mounted to 77 when Garrett relieved Ferris for three overs. As soon as Ferris was restored he got rid of Shrewsbury, who made a miss-hit and lodged the ball in the hands of Turner at third man. Shrewsbury’s innings was the salvation of his side. Altogether he was batting for two hours anda half, and the scorewhen he left was 86 , sothat he had made over half the runs, an unusual occurrence for him. Lohmann rapidly hit up a dozen and then paid the penalty for recklessness, as he skied a ball to cover-point, where Jones was fixed. Mr. Newham’s time had now come. He drove a ball hard and straight to 'Worrall, just where that wonderfully plucky fieldsman had been placed in expectancy. The ball went right through Worrall’s hands with great force on to his chest. It bounced away, but the fields­ man turned right round and caught it. Mr. Newham had been in over two hours, and his innings was invaluable, as he kept an end although he did not make many runs. Turner clean bowled Briggs with one of the best balls he had sent down, and nine wickets were down for 103. Attewell and Pilling had added 10 runs when the latter foolishly ran himself out in attempting an impossible run. The combined team only had an hour to bat, During that short time Lohmann and Peel held complete sway. The wicket was so bad that the Englishmen freely acknowledged that it was the most difficult one they had ever seen. Bannerman and Jones went in to bat first. Lohmann, taking full advantage of the wicket, bowled with rare effect and was well nigh unplayable, as also was Peel, whose balls cut about in all directions. Eight overs only produced 2 runs, most of the off balls being allowed to pass. Bannerman then made up his mind to try and hit, and his first essay landed the ball in the hands of Ulyett at square leg. No sooner had Moses joined Jones than a bumpy ball found its way off Jones’s hands to Shrewsbury at point. Moses assumed a lihe of masterly inactivity, allowing all off balls to go by. He had made 3 runs when he came to the same conclusion as Bannerman, and went for a hit, and up went the ball to Mr. Walter Read at mid-off. (Three for 10.) Worrall partnered Burton, and two drives off Peel realised respectively 2 and 4, the latter being a very clean hit. Burton made a great hit which would have landed over the boundary had not Mr. Stoddart ran backwards like lightning, and judging the flight of the ball beautifully, a great catch spoilt the fiver—4—1—16. M ’Shane tamely potted a ball from Peel to Shrewsbury, and M ’Donnell came on to the scene. Two hits realised 3 runs, and then Percy jumped out, and not getting hold of the bail, played it on to his wicket. Worrall, fired by his early success, ran out of his ground to a half­ pitched ball, and missing it, turned round to see Pilling whip off the bails. Blackham fell a victim to a bumpy ball from Peel, which went up to Shrewsbury, and the board read— 8—2—26. Every hit was now eagerly watched, as it was problematical whether the Austra­ lians would reach 33 to save the follow-on. Garrett and Turner played determinedly. A late cut from Turner was badly fielded by Maurice Read, and two runs were realised. Then Garrett cut Peel for 4, and the ignominy of a follow-on was averted. W ith the score at 35 play was stopped for the day. NEXT ISSUE, APRIL 12.