Cricket 1888

A P R IL 20, 1838. CRICKETs A WEEKLY RECORD O F 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-SIXTH MATCH.—v. VICTORIA. F irst D ay —F r id a y , M arch 9. The return match between the Melbourne Cricket Club and a Victoria Eleven was com­ menced on the M.C.C. ground. This was the last appearance of the English combination in the Colonies. They had a most unfortunate circumstance against them. Heavy rain fell all the morning, and it was not until three o’clock that the coin was spun. Messrs. Read and Stoddart were the first representatives for the Englishmen, who had elected to bat on a sloppy wicket. The brothers Trumble took charge of the bowling. Mr. Read opened with a single, and Mr. Stoddart obtained two through a piece of bad fielding by Letcher. The third over was fatal to Mr. Stoddart, who was well caught in the slips. Peel commenced by snicking the elder brother for 3. He got a single before a smart return by Worrall was fatal to him. Mr. O’Brien offered a feeble resistance, and let Mr. Newton in. Mr. Read had, meanwhile, been playing masterly cricket. Hegreeted Mr. Newton by hitting H. Trumble to square-leg for 4. After a spell of slow play he drove J. W . Trumble to the fence. Mr. Newton was unable to get the ball far away, but, by degrees, he ran up 14. Then he lifted one from H. Trumble into the hands of Worrall at mid-off. (Four wickets for 43 runs.) Atte­ well again drove J. W . Trumble to the fence before he got under a ball, which went up to Worrall. Abel, Attewell, and Rawlin wrere quickly dismissed, and eight wickets were down for 77, The innings, though, was by no means over, as Mr. Vernon hit in his most spirited style. Bruce, H. Trumble, M ‘I1wraith, and Letcher each missed fairly easy chances, but the Middlesex amateur had a charm, and was not out with 31 to his credit. When stumps were drawn, Mr. Bowden had only made a couple of singles. The total was 96. S econd D ay — S aturday , M arch 10. The rain had cleared off, but the wicket was still soft. The brothers Trumble continued the bowling. Mr. Vernon made two drives for 4 each off H. Trumble. Then he was caught in the long-field. Mr. Bowden also made runs by pretty cricket, while Beaumont maintained an end. A t last, with the total at 130, Mr. Bowden was caught in the slips. The Victorians had a strong batting team on S aper, but the wicket was not in their favour. [‘Ilwraith and Bruce were the first batsmen. M ‘Ilwraith at once drove Attewell for a quartette. Bruce received Peel’s first ball, and drove it grandly over the boundary fence. M 'llwraith cut Peel for 2, and, after a few singles, Bruce hit Attewell for 4. Beaumont replaced Peel, and M‘Ilwraith despatched his first ball to leg for a quartette, following it with a brace. W ith 2 runs added, M'llwraith was well caught. Bruce continued to score freely until he had doubled M ‘Ilwraith’s score, when a “ yorker” got rid of him. The re­ mainder of the batting was tame in the extreme. Attewell following up his perform­ ance against the Australian Eleven was in magnificent form, and one after the other got rid of the batsmen. The total was only 81, so that the local men were 49 runs in arrears. When Mr. Bowden and Abel went in, there was a large crowd present. They had come down to see the football match, which had been arranged to take place at five o’clock to give Englishmen some idea of the Australian game. The two batsmen batted freely, and 31 runs had been made before five o’clock, when stumps were drawn, Mr. Bowden having made 14 and Abel 11; sundries, 6. T h ir d D ay — M onday ; M a rch 12. Only about 150 people were on the ground, when the game was continued in pleasant weather. H. Trumble very soon bowled Mr. Bowden. ^1—14—36.) Mr, Stoadart quickly showed that he meant his last innings in Aus­ tralia to be aggressive. While Abel made 3, the amateur credited himself with 29, including four boundary hits and three 3’s. The brothers Trumble were replaced by Bruco and M ‘Shane, and Mr. Stoddart was steadied for a time. The century was announced after exactly an hour'3 play. M ‘Shane’s second over was fatal to Abel, who returned a ball to the bowler. AJr. Read opened, as is customary with him, cautiously. He was bent on a score, as Shrewsbury, some 500 miles away, was known to have made a tolerable number against New South Wales, and the two are running for a place. When Mr. Read sets to work with his whole heart, as George Giffen says, he is about the most difficult man in the world to bowl. At any rate, the Victorians found him a hard nut. J. W . Trumble and Bruce bowled after the adjournment for luncheon. The batsmen, however, made runs steadily. At 145, Robert­ son and Letcher were tried, and with 11 runs added, the former succeeded in bowling Mr. Stoddart. The Middlesex amateur did not give a chance. Peel, when he had made 6, was badly missed at point by J. W . Trumble, and the bowler, Robertson, very nearly caught the next. Mr. Read and Peel thenceforward treated the bowling very cavalierly. The former especially was in great form, scoring all round the wicket, to the delight of the few spectators. When he had made 67, J. W . Trumble again at point missed an easy chance of catching the crack amateur. Horan rung the changes in his bowling, but it was not until the board showed 267 that Peel was bowled by the younger Trumble. Mr. O’Brien smacked up 18 pretty quickly, but Mr. Newton, Rawlin, and Mr. Vernon soon fell victims to Worrall, who, in a bad light, was bowling splendidly. Eight wickets were down for 334, but Attewell stayed with Mr. Read until stumps were drawn. The score was 367. Mr. Read had placed 142 to his credit. He gave fourchanceB, viz., at 67 to T rum ble, at 116and 137 to the wicket-keeper (the two latter were chances of stumping), and at 128 to Letcher at mid-on. His innings, which included fourteen boundary hits, was the best he has ever played in Melbourne. F ourth D ay — T uesday , M arch 13. The innings wras soon terminated bv Worrall, who came out with the remarkably fine average of five wickets for 35 runs. The fielding was not first-class all-round, but Worrall and Bruce did valuable work. The Victorians wanted 418 runs to w in—a task which was quite beyond them. Bruce and M ‘Ilwraith started slowly, Attewell and Peel bowling well. At 31 Bruce was run out, and 4 runs later M ‘I1wraith was bowled. Both had shown good form. Horan soon made room for Walters, who, with Trumble, made a service­ able stand. Trumb'e, although out of prac­ tice, played well. He did not get much power into his stLokes, his innings being made up of nine 2’s and seven singles. Walters and Robertson made a fair show, but the innings closed at 135, leaviDg the Englishmen victorious by 282 runs. Attewell was in rare form, as a glance at his analysis will indicate. Scores:— M r . V ern o n ’ s T ea m . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. B. Stoddart, c M ’llw raith.b H. Irumble 2 b Robertson ...75 M r.W . W . Read, cW orrall, b J. W . Trumble ..........24 not out ...........142 R. Peel, run o u t ................. 4 b H . Trum ble ... 43 Mr. T. C. O ’Brien, c H. Trumble, b J. Trumble 2 b R o: ertson ... 18 Mr. A. E. Newton, c W orrall,b n . Trumble... 14 cJ. W .Trumble, b W orrall ... 1 W . Attewell, run out ... 6 c Lewis, b W o rr a ll..........17 R. Abel, c H. Trumble, b J. W . T rum ble................. 0 c and b M ’Shane 30 Mr G. F. Vernon, c Mc- Ilw raith, b J. Trumble 39 b W o rra ll.......... 3 J. T. Rawlin, c Letcher, b H. Trumble ................. 6 b W o rrall........... 2 Mr. M. P. Bowden, c Mc- Ilw raith, b Letcher ... 2") b H. Trumble ... 14 J. Beaumont, not out ... 5 c Worrall, b M’Shane ... 0 Extras ......................... 8 Extras ... 23 V ic t o r ia . First Innings. J. M. M ’Hw raith, b Atte- well ... .....................15 W . Bruce, b Beaum ont ... 31 T. Horan, c Read, b Alte- well .............................. 7 J. W . Trumble, c Newtcn, b P e e l.............................13 P. G. M ’Shane, st Bowden, b Attew ell....................... 0 J. W orrall, c Beaum ont, b Attewell ........................ 0 F. W alters, c Vernon, b Peel ............................... 7 P. Lewis, c Raw lin, bPeel 0 Letcher, st Bowden, b Attewell ....................... 3 H. Trumble, c Stoddart, b A ttew ell........................ 2 W. R. Robertson, notout 0 Extras ........................ 3 Total ... 81 Second Innings. b Attewell..........21 runout ..........14 lbw, b Attcwell 1 lbw, b Attewell 25 b A ttew ell.......... 2 c O’Brien, b Beaumont ... I b Attewell..........24 b P ee l................. 6 run out .......... 7 not out ..........10 c Feel, b Read ... 18 Extras.......... G Total ...133 Total ...............130 Total ...J B O W L IN G ANALYSIS. M r . V ernon ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. E. W. B. M K W J. W . Trumble 108 17 47 4 ......... 112 14 40 (i H. Trumble ... 128 12 553 ............ 104 8 56 2 brace ........ 10 1 4 0 ............ 96 8 61 0 Hobertson ... 8 0 5 0 ............ 148 10 79 2 M ’Sbane......... 16 1 4 0 ........... 52 s 31 1 L e tcher......... 30 3 7 1 ........... Iu812 .40 0 W t rrall 115 13 33 5 H. Trumble bowled lour and Robertson two no- balls, and Worrall one wide V ic t o r ia . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R . W. B.M. R. W. Attewell ...131 18 30 6 ........... 2t53 45 28 5 Peel ..............72 11 28 3 ........... 132 15 47 1 B eaum ont... 53 6 20 1 ........... HO 22 30 1 Stoddart 12 0 4 0 Read ... 36 3 20 1 Beaum ont bowled a no-ball. The members of the team were the guests of the Melbourne Club on the evening of March 13, at a farewell dinner under the grandstand. Among the visitors present, num­ bering over thirty, were Mr. C. Smith, M.L.A., and Mr. E. D. Heather, the president and secretary of the Victorian Cricketers’ Associa­ tion. As testifying to the spread of the game there was also present as a guest a Parsee gentleman, one of whose objects in visiting the colonies is to acquire some knowledge of the preparation of wickets and the maintenance of a ground for a Hindoo club of which he is the honorary secretary. There was a large gathering of the members of theM.C C. to do honour to their visitors, Mr. Frank Grey Smith, the president, in the chair. After the loyal toasts, the Chairman gave the toast of the ‘‘ M.C.C. English Eleven.” The team had suffered some reverse through the withdrawal of Lord Hawke and the accident to Bates. Both were serious losses, and in the face of them he would ask whether their guests had not proved themselves a perfect team of cricketers. (Cheers.) They had shown themselves admirable exponents of every department of the game of cricket, ind their performances were equal if not superior to those of any English eleven visiting the colonies since eleven a side matches had been played. (Heir, hear.) If the public had not come to see them play, the public were the sufferers by it. Sneaking on behalf of the committee of the Melbourne Club, he must express a conviction that they had worked their guests a little hardly in the number of matches they had asked them to play and the many places they had been called upon to visit, but nothin * could exceed the alacrity with which the te im responded to every call upon them. The club had shown their appreciation of the amateur members of tho team by making them life members of the M.O.C., and of the professionals he could only