Cricket 1888

MAR. 99,1886. CRICKET: A WEEKLY KECOKD OF THE GAME. 45 BOWLING ANALYSIS. O range T wenty -T w o . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W .B.M. R. W. Briggs......... 125 12 37 12 Preston 79 9 7 4 Pongher ...120 11 35 9 Read ... 27262 Mr. Sm ith ... 70 6 10 3 Mr.Docker... 40 6 2 2 Mr. Brann... 45 0 9 4 M r.Newham 25 1 6 1 SIXT EENTH MATCH—v. COMBINED AUSTRALIA. The match between the English team and Combined N.S.W. and Victoria was com­ menced on the Sydney Ground, on February 3. Victoria supplied three—Worrall, M‘Shane, and Walters—of the eleven, although the latter was not selected but took the place of Massie, who could not play. Horan, Black­ ham, Trumble, and Bruce were also unable to take part in the match. F ir s t D ay — F rida y , F e b r u a ry 3. The outlook of the weather in the early part of the day was very threatening, but, although cloudy, no rain fell. Percy M ‘Donnell beat Mr. Sm ith for choice of innings, and sent in Jones and Bannerman. Briggs and Lohmann started the bowling, and runs came slowly. A very fine catch at slip off Briggs by Loh­ mann got rid of Bannerman, the telegraph- board showing 1—5—9, as amidst cheers Moses walked to the wickets. The new-comer com­ mencing immediately to score brought on Preston in place of Briggs, but the left-hander cut him twice for 4, and, just before lunch, Mr. Sm ith tried. Still no wicket fell, and, at the retirement, Moses was 30 and Jones 15, the latter having been in an hour and a quarter. On resuming, Preston again shared the bowling with Lohmann. Moses cut Lohmann for 4, and then Jones, who had placed Preston to leg for a brace, was beautifully stumped by Pilling. (Two for 56.) Burton followed, and Moses gave Mr. Smith a very easy chance at extra-slip from Lohmann, which was dropped to the surprise and chagrin of the English team. After adding another dozen, Moses again attempted to cut the Surrey man, but lifted the ball into the hands of Mr. Newham, who held it. (Three for 80.) The outgoing batsman had played well for 46, and on such a perfect wicket, when thoroughly set, the English side felt they were lucky in getting rid of him for that number. Walters joined Burton, and the play was dreadfully slow. A full hour indeed was occupied in making the next 23 runs, and it was quite a relief when Lohmann bowled Burton for 20. M‘Donnell began by hitting the Surrey bowler twice to the on for 4. The captain also cut Lohmann for the same amount, and Walters also drove him for 4. At four o’clock the players retired for refreshments. On resuming, the Australian captain became very busy, and the score mounted rapidly. W ith the score at 144, Ulyett tried at Lohmann’s end, but runs continued to come. M ‘Donnell, when he had made 47, drove a ball from Preston to Mr. Smith at deep mid-off, who missed it, but the catch would have been a good one. The board showed 173, when Ulyett bowled Walters, the partnership having produced 70 runs. Garrett saw the downfall of M‘Donnell before another run was scored. (Six for 173.) The outgoer had played in his usual dashing style for 54, which included several very fine hits. M ‘Shane and Garrett soon brought the 200 up, a fine square-leg hit by the latter from Ulyett going clean into the Grand Stand reserve. Lohmann now resumed, and from his first over Garrett was caught at cover-point by Briggs at the third attempt, the hit being a very hard one. (Seven for 207.) Turner, who followed, soon began to hit, but lost the com­ pany of M ‘Shane—very finely caught by Brann close to the ground at mid-on. (Bight for 117.) Worrall assisted Turner to carry the total to 232, when “ Time1” was called. W ith the exception of the two chances mentioned, and a wild throw-in two or three times by Mr. Docker, the fielding was magnifi­ cent. Preston was particularly brilliant, but the palm must be given to Pilling for wicket- keeping, which was indeed perfection. Only two extras were given all day, and these were from the batsman’s legs. Considering the great pace of some of the bowling, to keep wicket for five hours without a long-stop, and not let one ball pass him, is getting that par­ ticular part of the game almost to perfection. S econd D ay — S aturday , F ebru a ry 4. The attendance was about 2,000. In magni­ ficent weather, the game was resumed at twelve o’clock. The English players were jubilant at the prospect of playing Turner on a true, hard pitch, and worked hard to dismiss the remaining two wickets. At 249 Lohmann bowled Turner for 22, and Shrews­ bury caught Worrall at point for 19 (Donnan not out 6 ), the innings closing for 262. Lohmann bowled far the best, and took five wickets for 83, which on such a perfect pitch must be considered verygood. At five minutes past one Shrewsbury and Read opened the English innings. Turner and M’Shane shared the bowling. Read hit each bowler for 4, and made the first 15 runs. Then Shrewsbury opened his account bvr cutting Turner for 4, and hit the next ball to leg for 4 more. At lunch time Read was 23 and Shrewsbury 10. Play was continued at twenty minutes ast two, 8 runs coming from the first over elivered by Turner. Read was in rare form, and looked like making a large score, when a “ Yorker” from M ’Shane bowled him . (One for 52.) His 39 included a beautiful low drive for 5, which flew over the fence like a rocket, and five 4’s. Ulyett, who followed, soon became busy, and both batsmen’s scores were equal, 19 each, when the total had mounted to 78. Bowling changes were frequent, but without avail. At 3.30 the board showed 122. After this nearly all the runs were made by Ulyett, and at the interval for refreshments, at four o’clock, the score was 150—Ulyett, 71; Shrewsbury, 39. It was now considered that a very large score would be made by the Englishmen; but, on resuming, a great change came over the game. Only one run had been added, when Ulyett was caught at mid-on for a splendid innings of 72, made without a chance. Mr. Newham saw Shrews­ bury depart at 154, lbw to M‘Shane. His 39 were made by steady good cricket, but he was not in his best form. Lohmann was in fine form, and rattled up 17 in ten minutes, when he unfortunately pulled on. (Four for 174 ) The play from this point was ridiculously slow. Briggs made 9, and was out leg before, and Messrs. Docker and Newham played out time, Mr. Newham 27, and Mr. Docker 13— total, 218 for five wickets. M ‘Shane took the whole of the wickets, a strong side wind making him curl back from leg at times in a deceitful manner. Turner was harmless, and although Garrett bowled well he was unsuc­ cessful. The fielding, with a few exceptions, was very good, Burton, the wicket-keeper, only allowing one extra all day. The attend­ ance, including members, must have been fully 8 , 000 . T h ir d D a y —M onday , F ebruary 6. In the evening the wind fell away, and one of the worst nights for heat followed that has been experienced in Sydney for a long time. This culminated in a southerly burster at 10 a.m. on Sunday, and soon after noon rain began to fall, and continued till Monday at 10 o’clock, when it ceased. The ground was ex­ ceedingly soft, and play did not commence till ten minute 3 to one o’clock, when Messrs. Newham and Docker, the not outs of Satur­ day, faced M‘Shane and Turner. The ground was too wet to be difficult. Mr. Newham hit Turner twice for 4, and each batsman made a 4 from M‘Shane. The score advanced to 245, when Garrett relieved Turner. The change came off immediately, as Mr. Docker was taken at mid off for 21. Mr. Smith came next, and opened his account by driving Gar­ rett for 4, cutting him the next over for 4 more. A t luncheon time 260 had been made. On resuming another dozen were quickly made, when the English captain was run out. Mr.Newham drove a ball hard back to Garrett, who just touched it as it sent the wicket flying, and Mr. Smith, being out of his ground, was out—bad luck for him . Preston only added 3, when he was caught at slip from Turner, who had gone on for M ’Shane. Mr. Brann appeared next, and Mr. Newham wad caught at forward point for a good and careful 53. Pilling assisted Mr. Brann to raise the score to 295, when the former was caught by the wicket-keeper running to short-leg. Mr. Brann not out 14. Jones and Bannerman began the second innings of the combined team, Lohmann and Briggs bowling. Runs came steadily, and contrary to his usual custom, Bannerman scored considerably the faster. Mr. Smith relieved Briggs at 24, but the parting came from the other end, Lohmann catching Jones from his own bowling—a capital catch. The outgoer had played carefully for 10. One for 31 was the state of the board when in went Moses. After getting a brace to leg he fell a victim to Lohmann leg before. Burton, after getting 4, was finely taken at the wicket, and Walters was clean bowled by the Surrey crack. M’Donnell now appeared, and sent Lohmann clean into the Ladies’ Reserve for 5, a huge on-drive. This, though, was his only effort, as a fine catch at the wicket disposed of him. (Five for 64.) Garrett quickly made 7, when he was beautifully caught at point from Briggs, who had resumed bowling. M’Shane soon fell a victim to Pilling, and the stumps were then drawn, seven wickets being down for 78, Bannerman 45 not out. His play was more like his old form than he has shown for a long time. The wicket, which had played fairly easy all day, kicked considerably the last half hour. It would have been much worse earlier in the day if the sun had shone, but the clouds were heavy, and the ground dried very slowly. Through the threatening state of the weather very few spectators ventured out—1,200 or 1,500 at most. F ourth D ay — T uesday , F ebru a ry 7. In splendid weather, but on a very bad wicket, the game was resumed at 12 o’clock. Turner accompanied the not out (Bannerman) to the wickets. From the start it was quite plain no stand could be made, and before increasing the total Turner put one back to Lohmann, which he held. Worrall tried hitting tacticp, and after getting 3 by as many lofty bad hits, was cau'ht at extra cover- point from Briggs. Donnan was taken at point directly after, and the venture closed for 83. Bannerman (not out 45) had not added to his score this morning. W ith 51 to win some anxiety was felt as to the result on such a ground, with such a terrible bowler as Turner, who, with M’Shane, started bowling for the Colonials. Read and Shrewsbury went in first. From Turner’s first over 5 runs were made, 3 to leg by Shrewsbury, and a couple to the off by Read. Two splendid off-drives by Shrews­ bury for 4 each from M ’Shane’s first over reduced the liability considerably. The next over was fatal to Read, who was well caught at long-on from a fine drive. Ulyett came next, but lost the company of Shrewsbury, who played one with his legs instead of his bat. Two for 19. Mr. Newham hit M’Shane for 4, all run, but one short was called, and was then taken at point from a kicker. Three for 24. Lohmann made 4, when he was caught at cover-point. Four for 34. Luncheon now intervened, and the three-quarters of an hour of hot sun had done wonders for the wicket, which, if not actually good, was quite good enough to make sure of. The remaining runs required to win were easily made, though another wicket fell, Ulyett being caught from a very lofty hit at mid-off. Mr. Docker and Briggs then quickly got the runs still wanting, the English team winning by five wickets. NEXT ISSUE, APRIL 12.