Cricket 1888

52 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A PB IL 12, 1888. G q u l b u r n T w e n t y -T w o . Dennis, b P e e l.......... 8 G. Hayes, b Attewell 3 Finlay, b P el ..........11 ,pibbiGS. b Beaumont C Donoghue,cM’Arthur, b Peel........................ 13 Fisher, c M’ Arthur, b S to d d a rt................. 13 Belcher, c Bowden, b Peel ......................... l Sims, b Peel .......... 0 F. Shepherd, run out 2 Nesbitt, b Stoddart .. 12 E . Shepherd, st Bow­ den, b Peel .......... 0 Crawley, b Peel.......... 0 A. Hayes, b Peel ... 4 M r . V ernon ’ First Innings. Mr. A. E . Stoddart, c W eatherby, b Knopp ... Abel, b Dennis ................. Attewell, c Pritzler, b Denm's................................ Raw lin, c F. Shepherd, b K n o p p ................................ Peel, b Dennis .................. Mr. A. E. Newton, c Dennis, b Knopp .......... M*Arthur, b Knopp .......... Mr. M. P. Bowden, st Donoghue, b Dennis ... Mr. G. F. Vernon, not out Mr. T. C. O’Brien, run out Beaumont, b K n opp.......... Extra ......................... Weatherby,cO’Brien, b Stoddaro .......... 0 Pritzler, st Bowden, b Peel .................. 2 Farry, c Bowden, b P e e l.........................11 Lumsden, b Peel ... 4 Collins, b Stoddart 3 Howard, c Vernon, b Stoddart................. 12 Brown, b P e e l.......... 9 K nopp, c Bowden, b P e e l......................... 8 Kennedy, not out ... 1 E x tras................. 9 Total ..........124 s T eam . Second Innings. 6 b Nesbitt ..........19 2 st Donoghue, b Dennis ..........50 4 b Dennis ......... 3 0 run out ......... 2 1 c and b Knopp 0 0 c E . Shepherd, b Knopp ..........27 1 c Crawley, b Dennis .......... 1 6 b Dennis ..........17 3 st Donoghue, b K nopp .......... 6 6 st Donoghue, b Knopp ..........25 1 not out .......... 5 1 Extras ... 2 Total ..................31 B O W L IN G A N A LYSIS. T otal ...157 G o u l b u r n T w e n t y -T w o . B.-M.R. W . B .M .R .W . Peel ...........246 28 43 13 I Attewell ... 51 7 32 1 Stoddart ...172 21 40 5 |Beaumont ...136 21 20 1 E n g l is h m e n . First Innings. B. M. R . W . Knopp .......... 73 8 12 5 Dennis .......... 76 6 18 4 Second Innings. B .M .R .W . ..................196 21 55 4 ................. 198 19 65 4 N es'itt ... 64 7 17 1 How ard 40 2 18 0 TWENTY-FOURTH MATCH—v. X V III. OF WAGGA WAGGA. F ir s t D ay — T uesday, F e b ru a ry 28. On Monday evening we reached Wagga Wagga, and were met at the railway station by the local representatives, who conducted us to our quarters. On Feb. 28, which had been proclaimed a public holiday, a match was commenced against Wagga Wagga and District, who played one short. The locals batted first, but only two— Ellis and C. Lewis—obtained double figures, and the innings closed for 62. Peel took eight wickets for 27 runs, and Beaumont seven for a similar number. On going in to bat, Rawlin, Beaumont, and Messrs. Vernon and W . W . Read did so well that, when stumps were drawn, the total amounted to 136 for six wickets. S econd D ay — W ed n esd a y , F e b r u a ry 29. The match terminated in a victory for the visitors by an innings and 5 runs. The English venture terminated for 173, and the locals thus wanted 111 to avert a single-innings defeat. F.llis and Watson batted well, but eight of the side failed to score, and they were defeated as already mentioned. M r . V e r n o n ’ s T e a m . J. T. Raw lin, retired 29 J. B eaum ont, b E . B. Tom pson................. 18 Mr. G. F. Vernon, c Lewis, b S.J. Tomp­ son .........................24 Mr. A .E . Newton, run out ......................... 3 Mr. M. P. Bowden, run out ................. 24 R . Peel, b S. J . Tomp­ son ......................... 8 E ig h t e e n o f W agga E llis 17, C. Lewis 10) and Mr. W . W. Read, c Simpson,b Spring 19 R . Abel, not out ... 15 W. Attewell, c S. J. Tompson, b Spring 0 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Galvin, b J. Spring 14 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b E . B. Tompson ... 11 E x tras.................. 8 Total ...173 W agga scored 62 (G. H. 1C6 (Ellis 33, W atson 15). TWENTY-FIFTH MATCH—v. THE SIXTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM. F ir s t D a y —F r id a y , M a r c h 2. Mr. Vernon’s men, on March 2, began a match against the team to visit England this season. The latter combination were badly beaten by Shaw and Shrewsbury’s eleven. Then they had the services of Moses, but on this occasion the celebrated left-handed player was unable to appear, and his place was filled by the veteran T. Horan. The weather was beautifully fine, and a capital wicket had been prepared. Under these circumstances Mr. Vernon, who won the toss, wisely decided to bat first, and some rather heavy scoring resulted. The attendance was large, and great interest was manifested in the proceedings. Mr. Stoddart and Abel both batted well, but on being separated Messrs. Read and O’Brien left without obtaining double figures. The stand of the day, however, was made by Mr. Newton and Peel, who hit all the bowling with great vigour, and the side ultimately sub­ scribed 221 before being disposed of. The Australians started very badly. Jones fell to a smart catch by Mr. Bowden without scoring, and Mr. O’Brien captured M ‘Donnell when that batsman had made six. Horan and Lyons played out time, when the total was 43 for two wickets. S e c o n d D ay — S a t u r d a y , M a rch 3. The weather was again fine, but only about 3,000 spectators witnessed the cricket, which was of a high class. Horan (not out sixteeen) and Lyons (not out fourteen) made a splendid stand, and almost exhausted the English bowling resources. Of the others, however, Trott was the only one to do well, and the innings terminated for two short of the English total. Stumps were then drawn for the day, the present score being:— M r . V e r n o n ’ s T e a m . Mr. A. E . Stoddart, c Blackham , b Ferris 28 R. Abel, lbw, b Ferris 32 M r. W . W . Read, c B urn, b Turner ... 2 Mr. T. C. O ’Brien, c M ‘Donnell, b Ferris 7 Mr. A. E. Newton, c Blackham , b Boyle 54 R . Peel, b Boyle ... 45 J.T.Raw lin.b Turner 3 Mr. M. P. Bowden, b Ferris .................. 0 W .Attewell.bTurner 19 Mr. G. F. Vernon, c Blackham,bTurner 12 J.B eaum ont.not out 2 E xtras....................17 Total ...221 A u st ra lia n X I. Mr. S. P. Jones, c Bowden, b B eau­ m ont ......................... 0 Mr. P. S. M'Donnell, c O’Brien, b Peel ... 6 Mr. T. Horan, b A tte­ well .........................67 Mr. J. J. Lyons, c Peel, b R e a d ..........42 Mr. J. M'C.Blackham, b Attewell .......... 4 Mr. C. T. B. Turner, b Attewell ................. 10 Mr. K. Burn, b Atte­ well ......................... 6 Mr. J. Edwards, b A ttew ell.................13 Mr. H. F. Boyle, b Beaum ont .......... 0 Mr. H. Trott, b Peel 30 Mr. F. J. Ferris, not out .........................22 Extras..................19 Total ..219 B O W L IN G ANALYSIS. M r . V e r n o n ’ s T e a m . Turner Jo n es... Ferris... B. M. R. W ...185 19 71 4 ... 32 1 2(5 0 ...120 10 63 4 Boyle Trott B. M. R . W . . 56 9 18 2 21 0 26 0 Jones bowled a no-ball. A u st ra lia n s . B. M. R. W . S toddart. 40 3 24 0 Read ... 30 1 16 1 B. M. R . W . Beaumont. .192 18 73 2 Peel ..............29145 54 2 Attewell ...S1261 33 5 J / Peel bowled a wide. At a meeting of the Melbourne Club on Feb. 25, Lord Hawke and Messrs. A. E. Stoddart, A. E. Newton, M. P. Bowden, and T. C. O’Brien were elected Honorary Life Members of the Melbourne Club. Mr. W . W . Read and Mr. G. F. Vernon were elected on the occasion of the visit of the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s team to Australia. SHREWSBURY AND L IL L Y - W H IT E ’S TEAM. SEVENTEENTH MATCH—v. E IG H T EE N OF NEWCASTLE. The same evening that the combined English match was concluded, the English team under the captaincy of Mr. Smith left for Newcastle by rail. Leaving Sydney at 5.20, thu Hawks- bury was reached in about two hours; here, the railway bridge not being completed, the passengers and baggage had to be shifted to a steam launch, which had to traverse four or five miles up the river to reach the completed part of the line. The scenery in some parts of this route is very fine, but the best part of it was lost to view by night coming on. New­ castle was reached at 11 p.m. The next day a three days’ match was commenced against eighteen of the district. F ir s t D ay — T h u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 16. The morning was very hot. Play was an­ nounced to begin on the first day at half-past two, and punctually at that time the local captain, having lost the toss, led his men into the field, quickly followed by Mr. Newham and Briggs. A couple only had been made when M‘Glinchy bowled the Sussex man. Lohmann was soon busy, and quickly knocked up 14, when he was clean bowled. A thunderstorm, which, with the exception of just the tail end, luckily missed the cricket ground, caused the players to run for shelter, but in twenty minutes the game was resumed. Sufficient rain had not fallen to hurt the pitch, which, by the bye, was a splendid turf one. Ulyett joined Briggs, and the score rose rapidly. Two fine drives by Ulyett for 5 each were capped by a great drive for 6 clean out of the ground. This was followed by two grand hits for 4 each by the same batsman, who was in rare form, but he was soon after out in a very unlucky manner. Cutting a ball sharply down, it stuck between the wicket-keeper’s legs. (Two for 80.) Briggs, who had been scoring freely (principally by cuts, several of which were very hard), was joined by Read, who was also in fine hitting form, and took full advantage of the splendid wicket. His score of 30 runs included many hard hits, two going clean over the boundary for 5each. A good catch over the bowler’shead sent him to the Pavilion to make way for Mr. Brann, who also lashed out freely for his score of 25, when he made a miss-hit, and was taken at cover-point. Briggs, after getting about 70, commenced to play a game quite unsuitable to him, which probably lost him the coveted century, the last 10 runs made taking a full hour, and Barlow or Scotton could not have been more tedious to watch. At length he was clean bowled for 80, a fine innings, with only one difficult chance to urge against him, when his score was 75. Shrews­ bury and Preston played out time, the former not out 19. The total for six wickets stood at 209. The afternoon after the storm was beau­ tifully cool, but the rain came just at the time to affect the attendance, which numbered about 500 only, although it was a half-holiday. S e c o n d D ay — F r id a y , F e b r u a r y 17. The game was continued in the most charming weather at twelve o’clock. Shrews­ bury added a single to his overnight’s score, when he was out, “ Leg-before.” Preston soon followed—out in a similar manner. The captain was out by a splendid catch at cover- point,from a hard,low hit, and Mr. Dockerclean bowled—the four wickets falling in less than half an hour. Pilling was taking a rest for the more important matches to take place in Sydney, his hands being rather badly bruised. Pougher was again able to play, his leg being all right. The most successful bowler was M ‘Glinchy, who took five wickets for 67 runs. The local team began badly, two wickets falling for 4 runs, but 25 had been totalled at lunch time with no other wicket down. Preston relieved Briggs for one over before -