Cricket 1888

CRIOKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A PR IL 26, 1888. say that they were as excellent a lot of fellows as ever* tepped into a cricket field. (Cheers). Mr. G. F. Vernon, in replying to the toast, thanked the members of the Melbourne Club very heartily for the hospitality shown to members of his team. Five years ago he was a member of a team received with very much the same cordiality, and in the interim he had not known of any team of cricketers being received in the same way. He was pleased to find that the team Mr. Read and he had chosen met with their approval. They had been re­ duced early in the tour to the bare eleven, and had done the best they could under the cir­ cumstances. (Applause.) He had also to thank the M.C.C. on Bates’s behalf for their kindness in organising a benefit for him and obtaining subscriptions. He very much feared that there was little chance of Bates ever being able to play cricket again. In every part of Australia visited by his team—with one excep­ tion, to which he would make no further reference—they had met with great hospitality and absolute fair play. On behalf of his team he had also to express their especial thanks to Major Wardill, Mr. Atkinson, and Messrs, Ditchburn and M‘Loughlin, who had travelled with them, for many kindnesses, and they were further indebted to the club for having provided a man like Jim Phillips to go round with them. . That he was a fair umpire was only saying what should be said of any umpire. He insisted upon the thorough game being played under all circumstances, and cared not who were the sufferers by it. Messrs. T. C. O’Brien, Newton, Bowden, and Stoddart also expressed their appreciation of the compliment paid by the M.C.C. in making them honorary life-members of the club. The following other toasts were proposed, “ Success to Cricket,” proposed by Mr. D. W ilkie and acknowledged by Mr, C. Smith, M.L.A., president, of the Victorian Cricketers’ Association; “ The Victorian Eleven,” pro­ posed by Mr. W . W . Read and replied to by Mr. T. Horan, captain of the team; “ The Press,” and “ The Ladies.” X mw i M *. WUOL. OUtto- MR. V EENON ’S E L E V E N v. M E L ­ BOURNE CLUB. F o r B a t e s ’ B e n e f it . The match arranged to take place between the M.C.C. English eleven and the first eleven of the Melbourne Club, was played on the M.C.C. ground on March 14. The proceeds of the match were to go to the fund now being raised for W . Bates, but as not more than 100 people were present at any part of the day the result will not augment the amount already subscribed to any extent. Mr. Wardill, the M.C.C. secretary, is hopeful, however, of sending a substantial sum to the disabled player, as the subscription lists have filled well, and there is some talk of a football match between two of the leading metropolitan clubs being played at an early date for the same object. Swift, the Melbourne captain, won the toss from Mr. Vernon, and the club eleven batting first made 203. M ’llwraith played a free not out innings for 88, but owing to a rather amusing circumstance m ight have been given out had the match been played with strict regard to the rules. He h it a ball twice in defence of his wicket, and Mr. O’Brien, who fielded it, threw wide of the wicket to induce him to run. M ’ll wraith fell into the trap and started to run, but the Middlesex amateur, having had his little joke, generously abstained from pressing the appeal, though M ’llw raith, having infringed the rules, was out beyond a doubt. Duffy hit well for 34, and the other double figures were Bruce 15, Spofforth 15, Walters 13, and H. Trumble 12. Messrs. O’Brien and Read were the most successful bowlers, the former causing con­ siderable amusement by giving an excellent imitation of Barnes’ peculiar delivery. When the stumps were drawn at 6 o’clock the Englishmen had lost 5 wickets for 208 runs, The match therefore resulted in an easy victory for them by 5 wickets. The following are the scores.— l i o - k - 3 i l w i e - i M#.. xo * o So- IV- 0 M e l b o u r n e C l u b . J. Duffy, c Vernon, b O ’Brien ................. 34 W-Bruce, lbw , b Read 15 H.Trum ble, bO ’Brien 12 J. Swift, c Newton, b Bowden ................ 9 J. M llw raith, not out 88 F. W alters, b O ’Brien 13 D. Clarke, c Peel, b O’Brien .................. 0 A. Aitken, b Abel ... 5 F. Spofforth, c and b Stoddart................. 15 A. G. Mussabini, c Bowden, b Read ... 3 D.Cotter,lbw,b Read 1 Extras.................. 8 Total ...203 Mr. M. P. Bowden, c W alters,bSpofforth 31 R. Peel, c W alters, b Spofforth.................. 3 W . Attewell, b Duffy 19 Mr. A E . Newton, b D u ffy ......................... o R. Abel, not o u t ..........92 M r . V e r n o n ’ s T e a m . J. Beaumont, st Cot­ ter, b Spofforth ... 40 M r.G.F. Vernon, not out .........................13 Extras................. 10 Total B O W L IN G A N A LYSIS. M e l b o u r n e C l d b . B. M. R . W. I B. R e a l......... 520 51 3 Bowden 3^ Stoddart... 662 27 1 Abel ... 30 O’Brien ... 780 69 4 I O ’Brien bowled 1 wide and 1 no-ball. M. R . W . 1 82 1 1 16 1 The following are the complete results of matches and full averages of the team :— 1.—Oct. 23,29,31, N o v .l—v. llo f South Australia. Englishmen won by 71 runs. Englishmen, 104 and 291 (Abel 95); South Australia, 118 and 206 (G. Giffen 81). 2.—Nov. 9, 10, 11—v. Victoria. Englishm en won by an innings. Englishm en, 296 (Stoddart94); Victoria, 152 and 126. 3.—Nov. 14, 15—v. 22 of Castlemaine. Drawn. Englishmen, 181; CaSjlemaine, 109, and 20 wickets for 135. 4.—Nov. 16,17—v. 18 of Bendigo. Draw n. E ng­ lishm en, 417; Bendigo, 11 wickets for 134. 5.—Nov. 18,19—v. 18 of Ballarat. Draw n. Eng­ lishm en, 477 (Stoddart 95); B allarat, 67, and 2 wickets for 51. 6.—Nov. 25 to 30—v. New South W ales. Colonials won by 9 wickets. Englishm en, 340 and 116; New South Wales, 408 (M 'Donnell 112), and 1 ■wicket for 41). 7.—Dec. 2 and 8—v. 18 of Parram atta. Draw n in favour of Parram atta. Englishm en, 116; Parram atta. 144, and 6 wickets for 166. 8.— Dec. 5 and 6 -v. 2 i of Hawkesbury District. Draw n in favour of Englishmen. Englishmen, 84 and 108; Hawkesbury, 5i and 15 wickets for 49. 9.—Dec 7—v 18 of Manly, Incogniti, Belvidere, and University. D raw n in favour of English­ men. Manly, &c., 148; Englishm eo, 5 wickets for 126. 10.—Dec. 9, 10, 12—v. 18 Juniors of Melbourne. Draw n in favour of Englishmen. Englishmen, f>56(Stoddart 285); Juniors, 15 wicket* for 70. 11.—Dec. 15, 16— v. 22 of Maryborough (Victoria). Drawn in favour of Englishm en. Knglishmen, 258; Maryborough, 98. and 14 wickets for 53. 12.—Dec. 19, 20—v. 22 of G ippsland, at Sale. Eng­ lishm en won by an innings and 3 runs. E ng­ lishm en, 152; Gippsland. 51 and 98. 13.—Dec. 24 to 29—v. 11 of South Australia. Drawn. South Australia, 143 and 493 (G. Giffen 2)3, Godfrey 119); Englishm en, 392; no wickets for 59. 14.-Dec. 31, Jan . 2, 3—v. Combined A ustralian Team. Englishm en won by an innings and 78 runs. Englishm en, 292 (Rawlin 78 not out, Newton 77); Australians, 136 and 78. 15.—Jan. 10—v. 15 of Yarra Bend. Englishm en won by 129 runs. Yarra Bend, 57; English­ men, 186. 16.—Jan. 13 and 14—v. 18 of North Tasm ania, at Launceston. Drawn. Englishmen, 195, and 3 wickets for 27; North Tasmania. 162. 17.— Tan. 16 and 17—v. 18 of the North-West Coast (Tasmania), at Latrobe. Englishmen won by an innings and 108 runs. Englishm en, 217; North-West Coast, 66 and 97. 18.— Jan. 20 and 21—v. 18 of Southern Tasm ania, at Hobart. Drawn in favour of the visitors. Englishm en, 14*5; Tasmanians, 59, a n d 7 wickets for 91. 19.—ja n . 26. 27, 28-v. 18 of All Tasmania. Drawn in favour of Tasmania. Englishmen, 297 (Peel 119); Tasmania, 13 wickets for 405(Burn 99). 20.—Feb. 2 and 3-v. 18 of Benalla. Englishm en won by an innings and 53 runs. Englishm en, 271; Benalla, 126 and 92. 21.— Feb. 7 and 8—v. 22 of Cootamundra. Drawn. Cootamundra, 105, and 2 wickets for 20; Eng­ lishm en, 243 (Abel 92 not out). 22—Feb. 17, 18, 20, and 21—v. New South Wales (return match). Englishmen won by 8 wickets. New South Wales, 193 and 252 (M 'Donnell 56); Englishm en, 837, and 2 wickets for 1C9 (W . W. Read 119). 23.—Feb. 24 and 25—v. 22 of Goulburn. Drawn in favour of the 22. (ioulburn, 124; Englishm en, 31 and 157. 24.—Feb. 28 and 29—v. 18 of Wagga. Englishm en won by an innings and 5 runs. Englishm en, 173; W agga, 62 and 108. 25.—March 2, 3 and 5—v. Sixth Australian Eleven. Englishmen won by 87 runs. Englishm en, 221 and 117 ; A ustralian Eleven, 219 and 32. 26—March 9,10, 11. and 12 -v. Victoria (return match). Englishm en won by 282 runs. Englishmen, 180 and 368 (Head 142 not out) Victoria, 81 and 135. ; Results : Played 26 matches—won 11, lost 1, drawn 14. Eleven-a-side m atches (included in above)— played 8; won 6, lost 1, drawn 1. BATT ING A V ERA G ES. E l e v e n - a - s id e M a t c h e p . Times Most in Inns, notout. Inns. Runs. Aver. Mr. W . W R e a d J1 ... 2 ... 188 ... 591 ... 65.77 Peel........................ 13 ... 2 ... 55 .,,. 437 .,.. 39.72 Mr. A. E.Stoddart 13 ... 0 . .. 94 ... 417 ... 32.7 Abel ................. 14 .. . 1 ... 95 ... 320 .... 24 61 v»r. A. E. Newton 12 ..,. 1 . . 77 ... 264 ... 24.0 Mr. T. C. O’Brien 10 ... 0 .,,. 45 ... 186 ... 18.60 Attewell .......... 12 ... 1 .. . 48 .,.. 195 ... 17.72 R a w lin ................. 12 .... 1 .... 78* ... 198 ... 17.54 Mr. G. F. Vernon 9 .... 0 ... 50 .,.. 155 .,,. 17.22 Hon.M .B.Hawke 5 .. . 0 .. . 48 ... 77 ... 15.40 Mr. M.P.Bowden 10 ., . 3 .. . 35* .. 99 ... 14.14 Bates ................. 5 . .. 0 . ,. 28 ... 59 ... 11.80 B eaum ont .......... 12 .,,. 5 .. 16 ... 40 ... 5.11 A g a in s t O d d s . Times Most in Inns, n otout. Inns. R uns. Aver. Mr. A. E.Stoddart 18 ... 0 ... 285 ... 771 ..,. 42>3 Mr. T .C . O ’Brien 12 ... 2 ... 83 ... 315 ... 31.50 Peel........................ 20 ... 1 ... 119 ... 574 .,,. 30.21 Abel........................ 19 ... 3 ... 9) ... 476 .... 29.75 A ttewell................. 18 ... 1 ... 12) ... 408 ... 23.70 Mr. W . W. Read 17 ... 0 ... 65 ... 390 .. . 22.93 Hon. M. B. Hawke 5 ... 0 ... 70 ... 104 ... 20.80 Bates ................. 8 ... 0 ... 51 ... 196 ... 24.50 Mr. M.P.Bowden 18 ... 3 ... 41 ... 241 ... 16.08 Mr. G. F. Vernon 15 ... 4 ... 38 ... 157 ... 14 22 R a w lin ................. 19 ... 3 ... 46 ... 196 .. 12.25 Mr. A. E. Newton 17 ... 0 ... 51 ... 206 ... 12.11 Beaumont .......... 19 ... 5 ... 21 ... 123 ... 8.78 A lt. M a t c h e s . Times Most in Inns. notout. Inns. Runs. Aver, Mr.A.E. Stoddart 31 ... 0 ... 2f>5 ...H8H ... 38.3 Mr. W. W. Read... 28 ... 2 ... 181 ... 982 ... 87.7 Peel......................... 88 ... 3 ... 119 ...1011 ..,. 33.7! Abel........................ 33 ... 4 ..,. 95 ... 796 .,.. 27.4 Mr. T .C .O ’Brien 22 .. . 2 ... 86 ... 5>1 ... 25.0 Attewell .......... 30 ... 2 ..,. 1 2 ... 598 .... 21.3 Bates ................. 13 ... 0 ... 54 ... 255 .. . 19.6 H on.M . B. Hawke 10 ... 0 .,.. 70 ... 181 .. 18.1 Mr. A. E. Newton 29 ... 1 ... 77 ... 470 . .. 16.7 Mr. G. F. Vernon 24 ... 4 ..,. 50 ... 312 ... 15.6 Mr. M. P. Bowden 28 ... 6 .. . 44 ... 310 ... J5.4 Raw lin ... .......... 31 ... 4 ... 78 ... 3 9 .,.. 14.4 Beaumont .......... 31 ...10 ..,. 22 ... 163 ... 7.7 5^6 .. . 463 .... 53 ... 11.05 764 .,,. 348 ... 40 .. 18.11 668 .,.. 248 .... 22 .. 30.36 194 ... 55 ..,. 9 ..„ 21.55 221 .,,. 134 ... 5 ... 44.2 52 ... 5 .. . 2 .,,. 26.0 187 .,.. 45 ... 7 .... 26.71 46 ... 9 .. . 1 ., .. 46.0 B O W L IN G A V E R A G E S. E l e v e n - a s id e M a t c h e s . Balls. Runs. Mdns. W kts. Aver. Attewell ..........8 60 ... Peel .................23S6 ... Beaum ont.......... 1923 ... B a te s................. 545 ... Raw lin .......... 937 ... Mr. W . W . Read 76 ... Mr.A. E . Stoddart 455 ... Afrel ................. H 8 ... Peel bowled 3wides; Beaum ont 1wide. 6 no-balls Stoddart 2 wides, 1 no-ball; Abel 2 no-balls, a g a in s t O d d s . Balls. Runs. Mtlns. W kts. Aver. M r.G.F.V ernon 5 ... Peel .................8147 ... Attewell .......... 2 62 ... Beaumont ... V129 ... Mr. A.E.Stoddart 858 ... B ates................. ^20 ... M r.W .W . Read 454 ... Abel ................. 124 ... Raw lin .......... 564 ... Peel bowled 1 wide, Beaum ont 2 no-balls, and W. W . Read 1 no ball. A l l M a t c h e s . 0 ... 1 .. . 2 .. — 840 ... 389 ... 173 ... 4.85 432 ... 325 ... 82 ... 5.26 528 .... 310 ... 78 ..,. 6.76 262 ..„ 99 ... 38 .. . 6 89 136 ... 41 .. ,. 18 ..,. 7.55 218 ..,. 34 ... 27 .. . 8.07 50 .,.. 8 .. 5 .... 10.0 162 ... 74 ... 9 ... 18 0 Balls. Runs. Mdns. W kts. Aver. Peel ... .......... 5483 .. . 1604 ... 737 .,,. 213 ... 7.53 Attewell .......... 5222 .... 1018 ... 788 .... 135 ... 7.54 Beaumont ......... 4085 ..,. 1196 ... 558 .. ,. 100 .. . 11.96 Mr.\.E.Stoddart 1313 ... 449 ... 141 ... 45 ... 9.91 B a te s... ......... 875 .. . 330 ... 99 ... 27 .. . 12.14 Mr. W . W. Read 53) .. . 270 ... 39 ..,. 29 ... 9.03 Abel ... .......... 212 ..,. 96 ... 17 ., . 6 .. . 16.0 Raw lin .........1501 .. . 383 .. . 208 .. . 14 ... 27.35 Peel bowled 4 wides, 5no-balls. and Beaumont 1 wide and