Cricket 1888

A P R IL 19, 1888. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 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-FIFTH MATCH.—v. SIXTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM. T h ir d D ay — M onday , M arch 5. Just when some first-class cricket, and a good finish, would have pleased the captious public, Jupiter Pluvius put in his spoke, and completely spoilt the wicket. Consequently, the attendance was even more limited than on Saturday. When Messrs, Read and Stoddart went in, the wicket was very soddened. Turner and Ferris bowled, and, after a single by his partner, Mr. Read hit a short-pitched ball from Ferris for 3, subsequently treating Turner in a similar way. Mr. Stoddart was not par­ ticularly aggressive, but his companion con­ tinued to force the pace, while the wicket was soft. Fifteen runs were up when the first wicket fell. Mr. Stoddart then drove a ball hard into the hands of Edwards at mid-off. Peel joined Mr. Read, and, as the ground dried, the scoring slackened. Single after single came, until, with 30 runs recorded, Ferris retired in favour of Boyle. The new bowler troubled Mr. Read considerably, and a man was placed at forward point. The amateur was, however, not caught there, but at short leg by M ‘Donnell. Mr. O’Brien started by brilliantly square-cutting Turner for 3, and soon after got a ball in the same direction for 4. Ferris was tried again instead of Boyle, and Trott at square-leg nearly got hold of an uppish hit from Peel. Mr. O’Brien continued to score, although he was unable to get another ball to the fence. W ith 23 to his credit he was caught at mid-off. (Three for 81.) Mr. New­ ton, Attewell, and Abel soon returned to the Pavilion. Peel greeted Mr. Vernon by driving Ferris for 4. The professional got in the road accidentally, or Ferris would have had a catch from Mr. Vernon. The amateur lifted Ferris for 2, and sent the next ball to square-leg for a triplet. Peel got a square cut for 4 off Ferris. The left-hander then lifted Turner to the deep field, and Horan made a good catch. Mr. Vernon followed Peel to the Pavilion, M ‘Donnell catching him in the slips. Turner soon settled Rawlin and Beaumont. The total was 117—much more than was expected. The Englishmen had made good use of the wicket when it was soft. As their innings proceeded the ground dried rapidly, and Turner came with a rattle at the finish. The Australians required 120 runs to win, and nothing but a miracle would have saved them. M ‘Donnell and Jones were the first batsmen, Attewell and Peel having charge of thebowling. M ‘Donnellreceivedthree balls.The first two just escaped the cordon of fieldsmen in the slips and 4 runs came, but the third ball was skied to Peel. Horan and Jones were to­ gether for a little while. The latter then had the bad luck to knock down his wicket, he asserted as he was starting for a run, but the umpire was otherwise minded. Lyons did not add to the score. Blackham was more successful, getting the ball away to square-leg. Horan, tired of cautious tactics, which produced no runs, jumped out, and, missing the ball, was stumped. Blackham pluckily made 11 before he was caught at point. Mr. Read was in great form at point, the next three batsmen falling victims to his smartness. Ferris and Boyle managed to potter about while Turner made a few runs, but the inglorious innings terminated for 32. This is the lowest score ever made by an Eleven of Australia against an English team in the Colonies. The English­ men thus won by 87 runs. Score and bowling analysis:— M r . V ern o n ’ s T ea m . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Black­ ham , b F e rris ................. 28 c Edwards, b Turner .......... 6 Abel, lbw, b Ferris .......... 32 c and b Turner 0 Peel, b Boyle ................. 45 cHoran.bTurner 38 Mr. W . W . Read, c M 'Don­ nell, b Ferris ................. 2 c M 'Donnell, b Boyle .......... 25 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c M ‘Donnell, b Ferr s ... 7 c Ferris,bTurner 23 Mr. A. E. Newton, c Black­ ham , b Boyle ................. 54 c and b Ferris ... 3 Rawlin, b Turner................. 3 b Turner .......... 0 Attewell, b Turner .......... 19 b Turner .......... 2 Mr. G. F. Vernon, c Black­ ham , b F e rris................. 12 c M 'Donnell, b Ferris .......... 11 Mr. M. P. Bowden, b Ferris 0 not out .......... 0 Beaum ont, not o u t .......... 2 b Turner .......... 2 Extras ......................... 17 Extras.......... 7 Total ...221 T otal ...117 A u stralian T ea m . First Innings. Second Innings. S. P. Jones, c Bowden, b B eaum ont......................... 0 hw, b Peel.......... 0 P. S. M'Donnell, c O ’Brien, b P e e l................................ G T. Horan, b Attewell ... 67 J. J. Lyons, cPeel, b Read 42 J.M . Blackham , bAttewell 4 C. T. B. Turner, b Attewell 10 K. Burn, b A ttew ell.......... 6 J. M. Edwards, b Attewell 13 H. Trott, '* P e e l..................30 H. F. Boyle, b Beaumont 0 J. Ferris, not out ..........22 Extras Total .................19 .................219 cPeel,bAttew ell 4 st Bowden, b A ttew ell.......... 1 c Abel, b Peel ... 0 cRead,bAttewell 11 not out ..........11 cRead,bAttewell 2 cRead,bAttewell 0 cRead,bAttewell 0 c Bowden, b Peel 0 c Stoddart, b A ttew ell.......... 3 Total ... 32 B O W L IN G A N A LYSIS. M r . V ernon ’ s T ea m . First Innings. Second Innings. B .M .R .W . B .M .R .W T ro tt.................. 44 0 26 0 Turner ..........185 19 71 4 . Jones................... 32 1 26 0 Ferris ..........120 10 63 4 . B oyle.....................56 9 18 2 . ...161 17 48 7 ...128 13 47 2 ... 36 3 15 1 A ustralian T ea m . First Innings. Second Innings. B .M .R .W . B .M .R .W . Beaumont ...19218 73 Peel .....................29145 54 2 Attewell ..............31261 33 5 Mr. Stoddart ... 40 3 24 0 Mr. Read ... 20 1 16 1 ... 81 11 17 3 ... 84 14 15 7 Peel bowled one wide. SHREWSBURY AND L IL L Y - W H IT E ’S TEAM. TWENTIETH MATCH-v. E IG H T E E N JUN IO RS OF N EW SOUTH WALES. On Thursday, March 1, a picnic was given by the trustees of the Sj dney Ground to the English cricketers. A select party left by steam launch, and explored the beauties of the Harbour. Leaving the wharf at 10.30, the party fell to at oysters ai d stout, and in less than an hour a very large quantity of both had disappeared. Fishing was then indulged in, and as several sharks were seen round the launch, there was some revolver practice at them, some of them having narrow escapes and probably in some cases were wounded. A splendid luncheon was spread and par­ taken of at three o’clock, several toasts being given. The toast of the day, “ The English Team,” was proposed by Mr. Sheridan, and Mr. Smith responded. After a very enjoyable day, the weather being beautiful, the party returned to Sydney, which was reached about 7.30. As usual before a match here, rain, which commenced at midnight, fell heavily for several hours, and the match against Eighteen Juniors of the N.S.W . Cricket Union was started under the most unfavourable bonditions, namely, a bad wicket, cold weather, and a southerly gale, accompanied at times by passing showers. The English captain w in­ ing the toss, sent the Colts in to bat at half­ past two o’clock. Lohmann and Briggs, as usual, began the bowling, the former dead against,the gale. Briggs soon bowled Donnan, and after making 9, Deane put one back into Lohmann’s hands. After this a capital stand was made by Dickings and M ’Dowall, who carried the score to 52, causing Mr. Smith, Pougher, and Preston to try their hands. Success attended the Yorkshireman, who came down with the wind, at a great pace, and bowled Dickings, and disposing of the next two men with the following balls, did the hat trick. Two more wickets quickly fell both to Preston, then another good stand was made, bringing on the original bowlers. Lohmann bowled Deane for a capital 20, and soon after caught and bowled M ’Dowall for a free innings of 58, which included some very good clean hits. Very little was done after this. Play was interfered with several times by rain, and when the stumps were drawn twelve wickets had fallen for 134 runs. The match was resumed at twelve o’clock on Saturday, in charming weather. The Juniors increased their score to 181 before they were disposed of. The play was very slow, as the 47 runs made this morning occupied an hour and a half. After lunch, Pougher and Pilling opened the English innings. The bowling was good, and very few runs could be made, although if a loOse one came along it was promptly punished. Pilling was missed at long on, and then lost Pougher, who could not shape at Charlton. Shrewsbury was next, and then Pilling fell to Charlton. Mr. Newham had no sooner appeared, when a great shout announced the downfall of Shrewsbury—also bowled by Charlton. (Three for 41). Lohmann joined the Sussex man, and a stand was made. Lohmann began by hitting Charlton twice for 4, he soon after driving him for 4 more—a splendid on hit—and then caused that bowler to retire by cutting him twice in succession beautifully for 4. At four o’clock the score was 98—Lohmann 35, and Mr. Newham-22. On resumption, Charlton again bowled, and, with the score at 110, got Mr. Newham off his legs fora good 29. Mr. Smith, who came next, saw Lohmann depart, clean bowled, for a dash­ ing 46. Mr. Brann had no sooner appeared than his partner was bowled. Preston, after run­ ning Mr.Brann out,wasbowled. (Seven for 122.) Mr. Docker and Read were now associated, and, principally by the Surrey man’s efforts, the score reached 148, when Mr. Docker was caught at slip. Briggs whipped in, and some lively play ensued. Just when it seemed likely that 200 would be reached, Briggs was foolishly run out in attempting an impossible fourth run for a hard hit of Read’s, whose 34 (not out) was, perhaps, the best innings of the day. The bowling of Charlton was very good, his seven wickets costing 01 runs, and I am greatly mistaken if he hasn’t a big future before him as a bowler. He is fully six feet high, and comes well over, bowling several paces, with a knack of getting a rather fast ball at times to slip across with the arm. W ith six runs on, the Juniors had ten minutes’ batting. Dickings twice hit Lohmann to the off for 4, both capital hits, and was 9 not out when the stumps were drawn, the Colts being 15 runs to the good, and no wicket down. The attendance numbered about 1,500. T h ir d D ay — M onday , M a rc ii 5. The match was continued on March 5, in delightful weather. W ith 9 runs to their credit the Colts continued their innings, but misfortunes quickly began, and at lunch time five wickets had failen for 40 runs. After this for a short spell runs came freely, and in spite of all the efforts of the bowlers, several of the young players stayed in a long time. Before the last wicket fell, too, they had run up a respectable score of 153, and it was twenty minutes to six before this was accomplished,