Cricket 1888

JAN . 26, 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. F IFTH MATCH—v. E IG H T E E N OF BALLARAT. F irst D a y — F r id a y , N ovem ber 18. After having much the best of a draw with Sandhurst the Englishmen travelled to Bal­ larat. This is really the centre of gold mining in Victoria. It is quite a large place, with a population of about 40,000, and there is not a prettier town in Victoria. There is a strong club there, and some good players have had their early training at “ Quartzopolis.” The Englishmen tackled eighteen on the club’s ground, which is in a delightful situation. The playing pitch, however, is small, and as there is a first-class wicket fast scores are by no means infrequent. Mr. Hawke won the toss, and, as usual, sent in Mr. Stoddart and Abel. Worrall, who was one of the Victorian Eleven, and Duffy, an East Melbourne ground bowler, opened the attack. Both batsmen, as usual, began steadily. Mr. Stoddart was the first to open his shoulders, and after getting a ball to the boundary on the leg, he drove two over the chains. The score was only 30 when the amateur was missed twice—first in the long field, and then at mid-on. At half-past one, with the score at 63, of which Mr. Stod­ dart had made 48, an adjournment was made for luncheon. On resuming Mr. Stoddart scored merrily, and the tens went up in quick succession. His end came, however, at 135, when he returned a ball to the bowler. He had played a fine innings, including two 5’s, eleven 4’s, one 3, six 2’s, and singles. Mr. Hawke, the new comer, soon lost his little partner, who had played a sterling innings without giving a chance. Mr. Eead filled the vacancy, and another long stand was made. Mr. Hawke, who did most of the scoring, was missed early in his innings at long off, and afterwards he skied one, which was allowed to fall to the ground. Two fieldsmen, either of whom might have easily made the catch, collided, and the batsman was allowed to continue his career. Time after time he got the ball over the chains, finishing up by sending three in succession over the boundary. A slow bowler then tempted him, and Mann stumped the Yorkshire amateur. When he left the score was 244, and he had made 70 of the 105 put on during his partner­ ship with Mr. Read. In his score were six 5’s, seven 4’s, two 2’s, and only eight singles. The rate of scoring was but little diminished when Peel joined Mr. Read. They took the total to 317, and then the amateur obstructed a straight ball, and had to retire. His batting was, as usual, of a highly finished order, though he might have been stumped early in his innings. He only made seven 4’s, but had 24 singles. _ Bates joined Peel, and they kept their wickets intact until six o’clock, when Peel had 40 not out, and Bates 18 not out. The score was 342 for four wickets. S econd D a y — S aturday , N ovem ber 19. There were about 1,500 spectators present, an increase of 500 on that of the previous day. Bates only added 3 to his overnight score before he was bowled. Peel greeted Mr. Newton’s appearance by hitting a ball to leg on top of the Pavilion. The amateur got three 4’s, two singles, and a 5 ere he was caught in the long-field, with the total at 391. Eight runs later Peel made a hard hit to leg, but Keogh, close in, effected a brilliant catch. He had played sound cricket, making some fine hits to leg. Mr. Bowden and Attewell made another prolonged stand. The pro­ fessional scored freely, and the total soon reached 474, when Mr. Bowden was bowled in attempting to hit a ball out of the ground. Attewell, who had been missed five times, was then bowled by Worrall. Worrall was not long in finding Beaumont’s weak spot, and the innings was all over for 477, the result of six hours and a quarter’s batting. The local men went in, and made a miser­ able stand on a wicket that was rapidly wear­ ing. Two only reached double figures, and the total was but 67. Peel came out rzith a splendid average. The eighteen were sent in again to the bowling of Messrs. Read and Bowden. Worrall h it well, sending three balls over the boundary. The game was drawn. M r . V ernon ’ s T ea m . Abel, b Duffy .......... 33 Mr. A. E . Stoddart, c and b Baker ......... 95 Hon. M. B. Hawke, st M ann, b Bradley ... 70 Mr. W. W . Read, lbw, b Duffy .................65 Peel, c Keogh, b Bradley .................65 Bates, b D u ffy .......... 2L Mr. A. E . Newton, c Spiers, b W orrall... 19 Attewell, b W orrall 50 Mr. M. P. Bowden, b W o rra ll................. 24 Raw lin, not out ... 1 Beaumont, b W or­ rall ......................... 1 B 21, lb 10, w 2 ... 33 Total ...477 B allarat E ig h t een . First Innings. J. Worrall, c Beau­ m ont, b A ttew ell... 12 G. Baker, b Attewell 2 S. F. M ann, b Beau­ m ont ......................... 1 J. Duffy, b Beaumont 0 J. W illiam s, b Peel... 11 J.D unn, c and b Atte­ well .......... .......... 0 W. Christy, b Beau­ m ont ......................... 4 J. Ancliffe, c Bowden, b Beaumont ... 0 F. Ham, run out ... 7 D. Spiers, b Beau­ m ont ......................... 0 A. Sherard, b P e e l... 6 C. M. Bradley, run out ......................... 2 W.Neep, st Bowden, b Peel ................. 2 L . Keogh, b Beau­ m ont........................ 3 J. Rogerson, b Peel 0 G. Bateman, not out 8 G. G. W ollaston, b P e e l......................... 0 H. Cooper, c Abel, b P e e l......................... 0 B 8, nb 1 .......... 9 Total .......... 67 In the Second Innings, W orrall scored c Peel, b Read 8d, M ann, b Read 2, Baker (not out) 11, Duffy (not out) 2.—Total, 51. BOW LING ANALYSIS. M r . V ernon ’ s T eam . B. M. R . W. B. M. R . W W orrall ...331 80 146 4 Baker ... 44 2 80 1 ' Duffy ...‘256 31 92 3 Wollaston40 3 25 0 Keogh ...100 8 53 0 Batem an 28 1 21 0 Bradley ... 76 5 44 2 D unn ... 16 1 10 0 Christy ... 72 6 23 0 B allarat . First Innings. B. M. R . W . I B. M. R . W . Attewell ... 64 9 14 3 Peel ... 68 12 iO 6 Beaumont. 128 19 84 6 | The analysis in the second innings was not kept. SIXTH MATCH—v. N EW SOUTH W A LES. F irst D ay — F r id a y , N ovem ber 25. The match, long-looked for in the Colonies, between the M.C.C. team and the now famous New South Wales Eleven, began on the Sydney Association Ground on November 25. Turner and Ferris have had such success against Shaw’s last two teams, that some curiosity was evinced as to what they would do against Messrs. W . W . Read, Stoddart, and Hawke, with Peel, and their companions. Fortunately for the Englishmen the weather on the first day was fine, and as there had been little rain during the week, the wicket was a grand one, good enough to inspire any batsman with confidence. There were about 4,000 or 5,000 people present. Mr. Hawke won the toss, and sent in the usual pair to face Turner and Ferris. The bowling was good and neither batsman attempted any liberties, going in for sound and safe, rather than brilliant cricket. M ’Donnell tried numerous changes in the bowling, but the score mounted to 74, when Mr. Stoddart was bowled by Turner, after playing a gcod innings. Bates played well for 28, and soon the total reached 122. Garrett at that stage bowled the Yorkshireman. Mr. Read, the new comer, had only made 8 when he repeated his Ballarat performance by putting his leg in the ^ JW A * v jOb ‘ n e x t " ISSUE, FEBRUARY 23, road of a straight one from Turner, who was bowling well. Mr. Hawke lost no time in opening his shoulders. He treated all the bowling with the same ease, and the score was raised to 198 before Turner got one past the captain. He had played brilliant cricket. Abel, who had been batting in his best and most careful style, was now joined by Peel. The left-hander began to score quickly, and the total was taken to 263 before stumps were drawn. The New South Welshmen fielded grandly. They did not get a single catch, and therefore no chances were missed. Turner bowled well, and proved that he is quite first-class on any wicket. S econd D ay — S aturday , N o vem ber 26. When play was started shortly after noon the weather was very threatening. Abel (87) and Peel (31) continued batting to the bowling of Turner and Ferris. Peel at once began to score, but Abel had only added 1 run when Bannerman caught him off Ferris. (Five for 272.) Mr. Newton, who is improving fast as a batsman, came in and the score was raised to 286. Heavy rain then began to fall, and as it did not cease the game was adjourned. Peel not out 46, Mr. Newton not out 6 . T h ird D ay — M onday , N ov . 28. The rain which caused play to be stopped on Saturday did not injuriously affect the wickets, which were in splendid condition on Monday, when the weather was fine. Peel and Mr. Newton continued batting to the bowling, of Turner and Ferris. Runs came steadily, until 308 was on the board, when Turner’s right hand accepted a very hot return from the left-hander. Peel had played a care­ ful, safe game, as usualgetting a fair proportion of his runs on the leg side. He also made some good cuts. Mr. Vernon, who made his first appearance since the arrival of the team in the Colonies, was all abroad to the deliveries of Ferris, and was soon sent back. Rawlin was bowled with the total at 319. Attewell stepped in and alarmed the spectators by send­ ing Turner to the square-leg boundary twice in successive balls. Then Mr. Newton was bowled by Turner after a good innings of 30, including some beautiful cuts. He gave a chance when he had made 15. Beaumont did not last long, and the innings terminated for the splendid score of 340. The Welshmen fielded magni­ ficently. The catch, if it was a catch, that dismissed Abel was a splendid effort. Neither Abel nor his confreres considered that it was a catch, and even Bannerman was not positive whether he took the ball off the ground or not. At any rate it was a close thing, and very hard lines for Abel when so near the century. A new pitch having, as usual, been selected, M ‘Donnell and Bannerman went in at twenty minutes past one. M‘Donnell took the first ball, and sent a full toss off Beaumont to leg for four. Peel sent down a maiden to Banner­ man, and Beaumont’s next over was expensive, M‘Donnell hitting him twice to leg for four, and driving him for two. After luncheon the captain continued to score all round the wicket. He had made 26 when a ball glanced off the shoulder of his bat, and Mr. Rtoddart had just a possible chance at slip. Bannerman scored his first run after watching his companion knock up 33. Three men were now placed near the boundary, and Bates was put on instead of Beaumont, whom M ‘Donnell relished. The change diminished the rate of scoring somewhat. Bannerman, by degrees, got up to 8 , when he played forward at a slow, and was beaten. (One for 62). Moses joined.M‘Donnell, and began by break­ ing his bat in stopping a yorker from Bates. The runs now came fast. At 89 Beaumont was tried again, and 10 runs later Attewell took Peel’s endc M ‘Donnell had made 86 when Mr. Hawke at mid-on jumped, and just touched a high ball. The crowd of nearly 3,000 had become very enthusiastic, and each hit was applauded. W ith the board showing 123 Bates tried his hand again. Attewell then