Cricket 1889

22 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. FEB. 21, 1889. THE ENGLISH TEAM IN SOUTH AFEICA. Reprinted from the Sporting X ifc by permission. ( Continued from Page 4.) THIRD MATCH.—v. TWENTY-TWO OF EASTERN DISTRICTS, Major Warton and his team, who ’eft Cape Town on December 29 in the “ Roslin Castle,” arrived in Port Elizabeth on the following evening. The amateurs were taken to the Port Elizabeth Club, where they were the guests of the members, the professionals being enter­ tained at the Criterion. Monday, Dec. 30, was devoted to whatever practice could be got, and on the following day, Jan. l,the first and only match to be played in Port Elizabeth, at all events until the team has had its tour through South Africa, was commenced against twenty- two of the Eastern Districts. The Twenty- two were the first to go to the wickets, and they put together a total of 193, Jackson 44, Innes 27, Carpenter 22, Heugh 19, Catton 15, Dunell 12, and Wimble 11 not out, being the principal contributors. None of the remainder entered double figures, Briggs’ bowling being very destructive. Sixteen of the twenty-one wickets were indeedregistered to his credit, the last four with successive balls. The innings closed at twenty minutes after three, and after the usual interval the English eleven commenced batting. The start was a disastrous one, as Abel, Henrne, Messrs. McMaster and Bowden, Maurice Read and Mr. Smith were all quickly dismissed, six of the best wickets being down for 24 runs. Briggs and Wood then got together, and made a good stand, taking the score to 70, when Briggs was bowled by Goldsmith for 27. When time was called, the eleven had made 83 for the loss of seven wickets. The match was resumed on Wednesday, Jan. 2. Wood and Grieve, the former not out 33, and the latter not out 0, resumed the bat­ ting, and carried the score to 107, when the latter was caught by Richards off Parkins. The Hon. C. Coventry was the next man to joi i W ojd, but after he had scored G he was bowled by Britton. Fothergill was the last batsman, and he carried out his bat, Wood being caught by Meyer, off Wimble, for a use­ ful and plucky score of 58. The innings closed for 127, leaving the Englishmen 66 runs to the bad on the first hands. The Twenty-two commenced their second innings shortly before luncheon, and were all out about half-past five for 130 ; G. Carpenter 17, Lyons 16, C. Britton 15, and O. R. Dunell 12, being the only four who got into double figures. At ten minutes to six the English eleven commenced their second innings, Hearne and Coventry opening the batting. After making 4 Hearne was caught by Cadle off Wimble. McMaster joined Coventry, and at the call of time 8 runs had leen made for the loss of one wicket. The match was concluded on Thursday, Jan. 3, the two not outs of the previous night, E. McMaster 0, and the Hon. C. Coventry 4, continuing their innings. When the total had reached 14, Coventry was clean bowled by Innes. Abel joined McMaster, and had a curious let-off in playing Parkin, the ball rolling against the wickets without displacing the bails. When the total had been still further increased by a single, McMaster was caught by Duuell of limes. Grieve now joined Abel, but after putting five against his name he was bow'led by Britton. Maurice Read next became the partner of Abel, and between them they carried the score to 61, when Abel was caught by C. Britton off A. Britton, after making a useful 24. Bowden then became the partner of Maurice Read, and 15 runs were added when the luncheon adjournment took place. After luncheon, when the game was resumed, Mr. Bowden and Read made a good stand, and carried the score to 109, when the former was caught by Goldsmith off Britton for a useful 17. Briggs was the next man to join Read, and the twfo batsmen played so well that it looked as though they were going to knock off the remaining runs required to win the match. Briggs, however, in playing a ball from Cadle put it into his wicket when the total had reached 137. Smith and Fother­ gill gave no trouble, and the l«st wicket fell for 141, leaving the Twenty-two winners of the match by 55 runs. P ort E lizabeth . First Innings. Second Innings. C. Britton, lbw, b Briggs 0 b Briggs............... 15 W. Catton, st Bowden, b Briggs ... ................ 15 b Sm ith.............. 0 J. Jackson, b Coventry 44 b Briggs............... 8 C. G. Elliott, 1 t> w, b Briggs ...................... 2 b Smith................ 1 W. Shapter, b Briggs ... F. M’Keating, b Briggs 0 b Briggs............... 5 9 c Smith, b^Briggs 8 D. R. Dunell,c Coventry, b Briggs...................... 12 c Brwden.blriggs 12 R. Britton, c Reed, b Coventry ............... 0 st Bowden.bBriggs 6 A. R. Innes, b Briggs ... 27 c and b Briggs ... 0 P. Hengh, b Briggs 19 1 b w, b Briggs ... 8 G. I Richards, b Smith 0 b Fothergill......... 1 F. Walters, c Hearne, b Smith ...................... 6 stBowden.bBriggs 1 H. Webster, b Briggs ... 4 b Fothergill......... 7 G. Carpenter, b Briggs 22 c Hearne,bFother- giil ................. 17 A. Britton, c Bowden, b Fothergill ............... 9 b Fothergill......... 7 B. Wimble, b Briggs ... 12 b Smith............... 8 J. Lyons, b Briggs........ 4 c A.bel, b Briggs ... 16 J.Goldsmith,st Bowden, b Briggs...................... 0 b Briggs............... 1 W. Meyer, not out......... 0 not o u t............... 7 *. Cadle. b Briggs......... 0 run o u t ................ 1 H. Parkins, b Briggs ... 0 c Smith, b Fother­ gill ............... 0 H. Murrell, st Bowden, b Brings .............. 0 b Briggs................ 0 Extras ......... ... 8 Extras ......... 1 Total ......... ...193 T o ta l........... 130 E nglish Team. First Innings. Second Innings. R. Abel, b Innes ......... 2 c C. Britton, b A. Britton .........24 F. Heame, b Innes ... 0 c Cadle, b V\imble 3 M. Head, c Dunell, b Innes ...................... 5 c Webster,b Cadle 54 Mr. E. J. M’Master, c Wimble, b Innes........ 0 c Dunell, b Innes 1 Mr. M. P. Bowden, b W imble...................... 3 c Goldsmith, b A. Britton .........17 J. Briggs b Goldsmith... 27 b Cadle................13 Mr. C. A. Smith, run out 5 c Richards, b Parkin ......... 2 H. Wood, c Meyer, b Wimble......................58 not out ................. 3 Mr. B. A. F. Grieve, c Richards, b Parkin 4 b A. Britton......... 5 Hon.C. J. Coventry, b A. Britton......... ......... 6 b Innes................lo A. D. Fothergill, not out 3 b Parkin............... o Extras........................14 Extras ........... 9 Total ...~ .........127 Total ...141 BOWLING ANALYSIS. P o rt E l iz a b e t h . First Innings. Second Innings. B. R. M. W. B. R. M. W. Briggs .......... 17494 12 1C ........ 183 59 21 12 C. A. Smith ... *8 47 8 2 ........ 96 36 13 3 Fothergill......... 48 27 4 1 ........ 84 34 8 5 Hon. C. Coventry 32 17 2 2 E. glish T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R W. B. M. R W. Inncs ............... 140 13 58 4 ........ 84 8 41 2 Wimble ......... 164 20 41 2 ........ 68 8 16 1 Goldsmith......... 36 6 7 1 ........ 44 5 11 0 Parkin............... 64 11 7 1 ........ 62 8 21 2 Britton.......................3 0 0 1 ........ 84 7 37 3 Cadle 36 6 6 2 Murrell 8 2 0 0 Innes bowled two wides. Wimble, Goldsmith and Murrell each bowled one wide. To all those who suffer from liver complaint, my advice is this—come to Cape Colony, dis­ embark at Mossel Bay and drive thence in Cape carts via George Town to Oudtshoorn. I guarantee they w'ill not suffer again for a month. I 11 this manner were we cricketers affected as we took this drive. Fortunately the day we left Port Elizabeth the wind had shifted to the north-west, and in consequence the sea was as calm as even Bobby Abel could have wished, and we all landed at the quaint little towm in Mossel Bay, feeling as fit as fiddles. Being several hours later than we had expected, we were unable to enjoy the good oysters and collation which the worthy and hospitable residents had provided for us, and betook ourselves at once to the six Cape carts which stood ready, and commenced our journey, our intention being to reach George Town that night, and on from there the next morning. Shortly after leaving the Bay, w'hich we did at about eight o’clock, we found the darkness coming on apace, and after pass­ ing a little village called Farleflaye down came the rain in torrents, wrhich, with the bad roads and pitchy darkness—there was no moon and we had no lamps in our carts —made matters unpleasant. We literally had to feel our way at a walking pace in places, and a system of bugle calls was instituted to signal go ahead, go steady, or stop as the case might demand. On our road we passed over a couple of rivers, the Hartemhos and the Small Brak (so our Malay driver told us), but it was too dark to make out the scenery. The roads getting better we began a brisker pace, when shouts of “ W hoa! whoa!”, from behind caused a general stoppage. The last cart, with Abel and Fothergill in, was nowhere to be seen nor to be heard. They had gone off the road—a narrow shave of an upset. All right again, and we reached Brak River at 10.30, where we “ outspanned ” at the Temperance Hotel, and a rush was made for the food basket. We must have presented a curious spectacle, gnawr- ing at the legs of ducks and wings of chickens as if we had not eaten for days. Abel got the “ boss ” in a quiet corner and implored to be left there till daybreak, declaring “ It’s as well to be killed at once as frightened to death.” Well, as there was a nasty read to get over, we decided to put up there till daybreak. The host of a temperance hotel, whose name was Searle, proved somewhat averse to this procedure. However, a little persuasion, and in ten minutes we had all picked out corners or chairs and lay down to coax Morpheus for a few hours. Starting again at 4.0 a.m., we immediately began a steep ascent up the hills over Brak River, and as the road got higher we found ourselves looking down an almost sheer drop of 350 or 400 feet, and nothing but trees to stop a nasty fall. However, the road was excellent, and it was daylight. The scenery was very pretty here, thickly wooded hills covered with yellow wood and iron-wood trees. O 11 the top of the hills we fancied our­ selves back on the Downs at home, save that here and there a cottage surrounded by turf- clod walls with small cactus on the top to serve the purpose of broken glass or spikes, and mealies growing inside the walls. Nearing George Town, we crossed two or three fords in which the water was of a deep orange colour, caused, I believe, from peat soil, and passed through a pretty little English- looking village called Blanco, with the pro­ minent blacksmith’s shop and the common, very much as at hom e; and by the roadside blackberries in profusion, blackberries the size of mulberries. George Town and the George Hotel were reached at 7 a.m., where a good wash, an excellent breakfast, and a rest of three hours were all thoroughly welcome. Leaving George Town at 10.15, we com ­ menced to ascend the Onteniqua Range, where the verdure became much more abund­ ant. Many trees—chiefly ironwood—with masses of heaths of all kind, one very peculiar one having a green flower, many “ sugar bushes ” in full flowrer, and in places the hills were rendered quite red with gladiolas. W e NEXT ISSUE, MARCH 2L