Cricket 1888

A P R IL 12, 1868. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECOED OF THE GAME. 51 T H E T W O E N G L IS H T E A M S IN A U S T R A L IA . (From the Sporting L ife by permission.) MR. VERNON’S TEAM. TWENTY-SECOND MATCH—v. N EW SOUTH WALES. T h ir d D ay — M o n d a y , F e b r u a r y 20. The weather was pleasant and favourable for cricket, and the wickets were in good order when Garrett and Hiddlestone continued batting. Peel and Beaumont bowled, but neither was deadly, and the batsmen scored somewhat rapidly. The Surrey bowler went off, and Attewell came on at 169. Garrett made a hard cut off Peel, and Rawlin dropped a warm chance. As the next two balls were des­ patched to the boundary, Mr. Stoddart was tried instead of Peel at 182, but the separation came from the other end, Garrett being caught at slip. Richardson failed altogether, and with only a few runs added, Hiddlestone fell a victim to Attewell, and the innings closed for 193. The batting of the Welshmen until Garrett, Turner, and Hiddlestone appeared, was weak in the extreme. These three each played the bowling with ease, while Alick Bannerman kept to his proverbial cautious tactics. The Englishmen fielded magnificent­ ly. The Welshmen being 144 runs to the bad, of course had to go in again. A. Bannerman and Hiddlestone were the first to do duty. Attewell and Peel were entrusted with the bowling. The bowling was on the spot, and the batsmen attempted no liberties. Six runs were the only result of a quarter of an hour’s play, and Hiddlestone had made all but one of these. After luncheon the batsmen continued, but not nearly enough advantage was taken of the perfect wicket. W ith a couple of dozen on the board Hiddlestone, who was slightly unwell, played a ball on to his wicket. M ’Donnell partnered little Alick, and began to punish the bowling, although he risked nothing. He hit Peel to the boundary and a leg glance off Attewell realised the same number. Bannerman made a miss-hit and skied the ball co Rawlin at cover. (2—15—41.) Jones opened his innings by cutting Peel to the boundary. M ’Donnell, after sundry smaller hits, received 4 more for a late cut off Attewell, who had to resign his charge to Mr. Stoddart. M ’Donnell and Jones relished the change, so that the amateur soon gave way to Beaumont. M’Donnell, with another of his pretty late cuts, made his own total 50, and that of his side 100. Rawlin was tried at 105, and almost imme­ diately M ’Donnell treated a straight ball incor­ rectly, and had to retire. His innings was of standard quality. At intervals he played cautiously, but every loose ball met with the treatment which it merited. Charlie Banner­ man failed badly, but Burton began well, cut­ ting Beaumont to the boundary. Jones drove Beaumont for a quartette, and two late cuts off Rawlin realised 5. Neither Peel nor Atte­ well could effect a dissolution of partnership, and 135 for four wickets was the record when play had to be adjourned till the F o u r t h D a y — T u e s d a y , F e b r u a r y 21. Again on Tuesday no fault could be found with the weather, but the attendance, as was the case on the other days, was not particularly satisfactory. The Englishmen did not begin well, as Jones was missed at slip, and Peel re­ fused a hot return from Burton. Jones, how­ ever, had only placed a single to his creditwhen he stopped a straight ball with his leg. (5—40— 139.) The outgoer had played a sterling innings on Monday, and has now quite returned to his form of 1886. Turner lost no time in getting to work. He chopped Attewell for 3, back cut the same bowler for 4, and drove him to the fence. Burton cut Peel for 3, and the consequence was that Mr. Stoddart and Beau­ mont had to operate with the ball. Each met with success, for Burton was caught at slip, and Turner, after hitting Mr.r Stoddart to square-leg for 4, was well caught at cover-point. A cut off the latter by Allen passed the second hundred. Garrett chopped a fast ball for three, but Allen followed his success by failure, a ball spooned to Rawlin at mid-on being safely held. Garrett then made his characteristic hit at a fast off-ball, and just touched it, so that Mr. Bowden had another opportunity to distinguish himself. He did not fail to avail himself of the offer, and the board read 9—12—210. The end, though, had not yet come. Wearne and Richardson met the bowling most decidedly. Three boundary hits were knocked off Beaumont, Richardson having two of them. Attewell and Peel, in consequence, were again tried. Peel was roughly handled, Richardson hitting one to the fence, while Wearne also scored off him. A loose leg ball from the Notts bowler was de­ spatched to the fence by Richardson, who had now made 30 by excellent cricket. He did not increase his score, as Wearne was caught at extra mid-off. Abel and Mr. Stoddart went in to wipe off the 109 runs wanted by the Englishmen to enable them to effectually turn the tables on N.S.W. Either one of these two seldom fails to score, but this time a yorker penetrated to Mr. Stoddart’s wicket, and Abel was run out owing to a smart return by Richardson. Two for one read badly for England, but trouble was in store for New South Wales. Mr. Read and Peel, free at any time, were not to be frightened, and they soon had the measure of the bowling. Peel hit one leg ball from Garrett into the Lawn, and he, as well as Mr. Read, made some fine hits. Despite numerous changes, runs came rapidly, the batsmen scoring very evenly until they had won the match. The following were the scores:— N e w S o u t h W a l e s . N e w S ou t h W a l e s . First Innings. C. Bannerm an, c and b Peel ................................ M 'Donnell, c Raw lin, b B eaum ont......................... 4 Jones, ru n o u t ................. 0 Allen, b Peel......................... 8 A. Bannerman, c Peel, b Stoddart .........................33 Turner, c O’Brien, b Stod­ dart ................................27 Burton, c Stoddart, b Peel 16 Garrett, c Newton, b Atte­ well ................................45 Richardson, lbw, b Atte­ well ................................ 0 Hiddlestone, b A ttew ell... 36 Wearne, not out................. 2 Extras ... Total ... 16 ...193 Second Innings. c B o w d e n , b Rawlin .......... 0 lbw, b Beaumont 56 lbw, b Attewell 40 c R a w l i n , b Stoddart ... 4 c Raw lin, b Peel 15 cPeel.bStoddart 45 c Abel, b Beau­ m ont ..........22 c Bowden, b Beaum ont ... 12 not out ..........30 b P eel................. 14 c Beaumont, b Peel... .......... 11 Extras.......... 3 Total ...252 M r . V e r n o n ’ s T e a m . First Innings. Abel, c Burton, b Turner .................... 84 Mr. A. E . Stoddart, b Turner .................. 4 Peel, b T u rn e r..........27 Mr. W . W . Read, run out ..........................119 Mr. T. C. O ’Brien, c Burton, b Jones ... 45 Mr. R . E . Newton, b W eame .................... 17 Rawlin, c A llen, b Garrett ................. Mr. G. F. Vernon, c M ' D o n n e l l , b Turner ... .......... Attewell, b Garrett Mr. M. P. Bowden, lbw, b Turner Beaumont, not out... E x tras................. Total ...337 In the Second Innings M r. A. E . Stoddart scored b Turner 0, Abel (run out) 0, Peel (not out) 52, Mr W . W. Read (not out), 53; extras, 4.—Total, 109. * BOW LING A NA LYSIS. M r . V e r n o n ’ s T e a m . First Innings. B. M. R .W . Turner ........... 32435 128 5 G a rre tt........... 295 35 91 2 Jones ........... 68 4 38 1 W e a rn e........... 44 3 39 1 W. Richardson 28 0 26 0 Second Innings. B .M .R . W. .......... 97 10 34 1 .......... 80 6 41 0 .......... 20 2 13 0 ......... 32 1 17 0 First Innings. B. M . R . W . Beaumont ...188 27 53 1 P e e l.................. 216 26 61 3 Attew ell...........114 14 82 3 Mr. Stoddart 84 10 31 2 Second Innings. B. M. R . W . ................. 164 24 61 3 .................314 43 83 3 .................276 45 58 1 .................100 11 85 2 Raw lin ... 56 8 12 1 TWENTY-THIRD MATCH.—v. TWENTY- TWO OF GOULBURN. F ir s t D ay — F r id a y , F e b r u a r y 24. After inflicting such severe chastisement on the New South Wales eleven, the English­ men journeyed by train to Goulburn, where they tackled twenty-two. Mr. Read had a rest, a substitute being found for him. The heavy rain which fell on Thursday night made the ground heavy, so that Mr. Vernon, on winning the toss, sent the local men to the wickets. Their batting proved to be rather above the quality usually displayed by country­ men, and the respectable total of 124 was realised notwithstanding that Peel captured thirteen wickets for 43 runs. Six of the men got into double figures, some of them batting very creditably. The innings of the English­ men was sensational. On Friday evening Abel, Mr. Stoddart, and Rawlin were got rid of for 9 runs, leaving the locals highly elated. S e c o n d D ay — S a t u rd a y , F e b r u a r y 25. The wicket was not in first-class order on Saturday, when the Englishmen continued their innings; still, there was no reason for the miserable display they gave. Attewell and Peel continued batting, but no sooner had the left-hander made a single than he was bowled. A hard h it from Mr.Newton was taken with one hand by Dennis at point, and the board showed 5—0—11. M’Arthur, the substitute, joined Attewell, who scored 2 off Knopp. Attewell then lifted Dennis, and was caught. (Six for 14.) M’Arthur was bowled at 15, and Mr. O’Brien partnered Mr. Bowden, who obtained a single off each bowler, and a snick for 2 off Dennis. A hard drive by Mr. O’Brien realised 3. The Surrey batsman obtained two more singles, and was then enticed out of his ground. He missed the ball, and Donoghue soon whipped the bails off. (Eight for 25). Four runs later Mr. O’Brien was foolishly run out, and with 2 more runs on a leg-break beat Mr. Vernon. The innings thus closed for 31, the smallest score ever made by an English team in the Australian colonies. Knopp and Dennis both bowled splendidly, and the fielding was good. Being 92 runs in arrears, the Englishmen had of necessity to go in again. They made a much better stand. Mr. Stoddart and Abel went in first. The first 10 soon appeared, Mr. Stoddart making most of the runs, including a hit to the boundary. Several singles followed, and Nesbitt took the ball from Dennis. Mr. Stod­ dart welcomed the new bowler by driving him for 4. Both batsmen continued to make runs off nearly every ball, but at 42 a separation was effected, Mr. Stoddart, who had given two chances, being clean bowled. Mr. O’Brien joined Abel, and the runs came faster than ever. Mr. O’Brien obtained a quartette for a cut, and then lifted a ball out of the ground. Abel, although he did not get a single ball to the boundary, was putting on runs by 2’s and singles. W ith 78 showing, Mr. O’Brien lifted his foot and was cleverly stumped. Peel did not score, and Attewell and Mr. Vernon soon left, so that five wickets were down for 99. Eight runs later Abel was a victim to Donoghue’s smartness. The little man played a somewhat lucky innings. Rawlin was soon run out, but Messrs. Newton and Bowden made a serviceable stand, which probably saved the Englishmen from defeat. They both batted resolutely and made runs freeiy. After the partnership had produced 34 Mr. Newton was smartly caught in the slips. M ‘Arthur scored a single, but Beau­ mont remained with Mr. Bowden until the last over of the match, when Dennis bowled the amateur with a trimmer. The game was thus drawn, the locals only wanting 64 runs to win.