Cricket 1889

FEB. 21, 1889. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 29 with Abel and Briggs, who had to face the bowling of Vintcent and Theunissen. Briggs, after a four from Theunissen, was caught in the slips by Grimmer off Vintcent, 10—1—4. Read followed, and after being let off, was taken at point with the total at 33. Some lively hitting by Bowden brought Ashley and Tancred on to bowl at 50. Yintcent, however, had to resume in place of the latter, and as the two Surrey men were getting set Theu­ nissen and Milton were also tried. The former bowler was soon successful, and when Abel was finely caught at square-leg, at 96, for a well-got 37, stumps were drawn, Mr. Bowden being not out 40. T h ird D ay — S aturday , J anuary 19. At noon Bowden and Wood resumed the English second innings, the latter batsman opening his account by cutting Theunissen to the boundary for four, which brought up the hundred. Yintcent and Milton shared the bowling, and seven runs later Bowden was smartly caught by Richards at cover-point off Milton fora freely-got 50. 107—4—50. Though Hearne was still sufferingfrom an injured finger, he played excellent cricket, and stayed with Wood till the latter, after being badly missed at square-leg, was caught at third man with the total at 130. The captain fol­ lowed, but with the second ball again, as in the first innings, he was neatly caught at the wicket by his namesake off Theunissen. Grieve helped Hearne to raise the total to 174 before he was b owled for a useful 16. Me Master, his successor, was caught at point the second ball he had from Ashley, who also clean bowled Coventry at 198. Fothergill, the last man, gave little trouble, and at 212 the inniDgs was over, Hearne carrying out his bat for an extremely plucky and well-got 41. W ith only 37 to win the Colonial Fifteen started their second innings in a bad light, Tancred and Jackson facing the bowling of Briggs and Smith. Jackson, after being badly missed at cover-point by Smith, was well-caught at the wicket with the total at 21. Smith, after making a couple, was finely taken in the deep-field by Bowden at 27, and Tan­ cred, who followed, was easily stumped one run later. Vintcent, the next batsman, opened his account with a boundary four off Briggs, but, with another added, Yigne was caught at the wicket off Briggs. Hickson came in and Vintcent soon knocked off the four runs required, the Cape Colony Fifteen being thus victorious by ten wickets. E nglish T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. W. H. Richards, c and b Briggs...................... .. 5 A. B. Tancred, 1 b w, b Fothergill............... .. 30 c Wood,b Briggs 10 O. R. Dunell, b Smith .. 3 J. T. Vigne, c Wood, b Grieve..................... .. 1 c.Wood,b Briggs 1 C. H. Vintcent, lbw, b Briggs...................... .. 23 not out ......... 8 F. Smith, b Grieve ... ... 0 c Bowden, b Briggs ......... 2 J. Hickson, c Wood, b Briggs ............... .. 27 not out ......... 0 W. H. Milton, b Smith ... 15 I. R. Grimmer, b Briggs... 9 J. Jackson, st Wood, b Briggs...................... ... 11 c Wood, b Foth­ ergill ......... 12 F. G. Klinck, run out ... 81 Dr. Fuller,c Abel, b Briggs 0 C. E. Finlason, run out ... 47 N. Theunissen, run out ... 4 W. H. Ashley, not out ... 2 B 4, I d 3, w 1, nb 1 ... 9 B 2 ,w l,n bl 4 Total ......... ...267 Total 37 First Innings. Second Innings. R. Abel, c Ashley, b Theu­ nissen ............................. 29 c Finlason, b Theunissen ... 37 M. Read, c Smith, b Theu­ nissen ............................. 0 c Fuller, b Theu­ nissen ......... 9 Mr. M. P. Bowden, c Fin­ lason, b Theunissen ... 7 c Richards, b Milton ......... 50 J. Briggs, c Finlason, b Theunissen ................ 1 c Grimmer, b Vintcent... ... 4 H. Wood, c Milton, b Theunissen ............... 14 c Richards, b Theunissen ... 32 Mr. C. A. Smith, c Smith, b Theunisuen......... ... 4 c Smith, b Theu­ nissen ......... 0 F. Hearne, b Vintcent ... 17 not out ......... 41 Mr. E. J. McMaster, run out ............................. 0 c Fuller, b Mr. B. A. F. Grieve, b Vintcent ...................... Hon. C. Coventry, b Vint­ cent ............................. A. Fothergill, not out Ashley 7 b Ashley B Total ... 2 ... 1 ... 91 ... 16 6 b Ashley ......... c Richards, b Ashley .........12 B 4, w 1 Total ...212 XV. o C ape C olony . BOWLING ANALYSIS. E nglish T eam . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Vintcent ... 33.2 8 52 4 Theunissen ... 31 15 37 5 Ashley......... 2 1 1 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ........ 25 5 66 1 ........ 40 17 62 4 . 20 11 29 4 Grimmer ... 6 1 13 0 Tancred ... 4 0 13 0 Finlason ... 7 3 8 0 Milton ... 9 3 16 1 Milton bowled a wide. XV. of C ape C olony . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Briggs .......... 5023 85 7 ............ 20 6 22 3 Smith ......... 31 15 60 2 .......... 4 2 3 0 Fothergill ... 31 12 53 1 ............ 15 8 8 1 Grieve ......... 5 0 17 1 Read ......... 2 1 1 0 Abel................ 13 2 31 0 Coventry ... 5 1 11 0 Briggs bowled two wides, and Coventry and Fothergill each one no-ball. At the close of the match, a presentation of A'20 each and a diamond was made to each of the professionals, J. Briggs, K. Abel, M. Read, H. Wood, A. Fothergill, and F. Hearne. A sum of £141, for the purpose, was collected by subscription. The following are the batting and bowling averages of the English team in their first six matches, the two matches in Cape Town, the one at Port Elizabeth, the one at Oudtshoorn, and the two at Kimberley :— BATTINGJ AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inns. Aver. H. W oo d ......... 11 ... 2 ..,. 258 ... 85 .... 28.7 R. Abel ......... 11 ... 0 ... . 270 ... 46 ... 24.6 Mr. Bowden ... 11 ... 0 ... 182 ... 60 ... 16.6 M. Read ......... 11 ... 0 ... . 171 ... 54 ... 15.6 J. Briggs ......... 11 ... 0 ... 169 ... 42 ... 15.4 F. Hearne......... 11 ... 2 .... 115 ... 41* ... 12.8 Mr. Smith......... 11 ... 0 ... 125 ... 50 ... 11.4 Mr. McMaster... 9 ... 2 ..,, 70 ... 34* ... 10.0 Mr. Grieve 11 ... 1 ... . 75 ... 17 ..,. 7.5 Hon. Coventry 10 ... 1 ... . 54 ... 10 ... 6.0 A. Fothergill ... 11 ... 3 .... 48 ... 20 ... 6.0 Mr. Skinner ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... — Mr. J. H. Roberts, before his departure for Eng­ land, played in thefirst match, his figures showing 2innings for 24runs, the highest score of an innings teing 20 . BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. J. Briggs ... .. 439 ... 205 .. 674 . 101 .. 6.67 A. Fothergill .. 227 ... 102 .. 278 .. 32 .. 8.7 Mr. Smith ... .. 284 ... 140 .. 378 .. 40 .. 9.45 F. Hearne ... 5 ... 2 .. 11 .. 1 .. 11.0 Mr. Grieve ... .. 44 ... 17 .. 83 .. 7 .. 11.9 non. Coventry .. 22 ... 5 .. 50 .. 3 .. 16.7 M. Read 2 ... 1 .. 1 .. 0 .. — R. Abel ... . . 28 ... 8 .. 51 .. 0 .. — The follow ing extracts from tw o letters written by a South A frican cricketer well know n in E ngland, on the subject o f the E nglish team , w ill be read w ith in terest:— So far, Warton’s team have not been very successful. They lost their first match, v. 22 of Western Province, by 17 runs. Three men won the match against them, Milton, the Marlborough captain, who made 36 and 40 by really good free cricket, and Theunissen and Ashley, the bowlers. The second match the Fifteen should have won, but the English plaved up very hard, and their bowling was really good, so they just did us on the post by 11 runs. They then came up here to play 22 of Port Elizabeth. They lost by 55 runs. The Port has some useful bats, and made a good score first innings—193—not bad that, against Briggs, Fothergill, and Smith. Their first innings was sensational, as we got four wickets down for 10 and six for 24. Briggs and Wood then came to the rescue, the latter playing good cricket, bat he was badly missed when he had made 30. Briggs scored both innings, but he was rather lucky. Read played a fine second innings. One of our bowlers, Innes, quite a boy, bowled wonderfully well to begin with, and at one time had four wickets for six runs only. He bowled Abel and Hearne, beating them clean, and had Maurice Read and McMaster caught off him. Innes is a slow left-hand bowler, nice easy action, with great break both ways. His off break is not quite under control, but he got Abel with one which entirely nonplussed him. He is also an improving bat, and when he gains some strength he will, in my opinion, be about the best cricketer in South Africa. Briggs has, of course, been getting most of the wickets, and is quite invincible when he is against the ordinary 22 man. Bowden’s wicket-keeping has been marvellous, I have seen all the great wicket-keepers, both English and Australian, of the last 16 or 17 years, and I never saw such keeping as Bowden showed in the first match in Cape Town. It was rather hard lines for Wood to have to follow him. The team generally have had a tremendous recep­ tion, and I think they are all pleased with the country so far. The attendance at all matches has been very large, and the spectators ha\e been most impartial in their applause. An English success is most genuinely well received in spite of a certain amount of pride which we naturally feel at having made such a good show. The Englishmen are, perhaps, not quite settled down to the new surroundings, clear atmosphere, matting pitches, &c. Wood and Fothergill are such fearfully bad sailors, that the trip round from Cape Town even upset them a lot. Read does not like the matting, and says you can’t get set on it. I think he will alter his opinion before he leaves. Briggs is as fit and merry as possible, aad does the lion’s share of the work without any seeming exertion. It is, perhaps, rather a pity that the team was not slightly stronger, as I think we should learn the most by getting well licked. I daresay the team will go on victorious, but they are rather down now, and evidently did not expect such good cricket against them. Ulyett, who is now on the way out, will strengthen them tremendously, and I think what they really want is bowling The form shown by the English in the two matches at Kimberley was, I thought, very bad all round. Bowden played three good innings, his 50 against the Fifteen being lirst-class. Abel, as usual, batted steadily, and Hearne, with a badly split finger, played a plucky innings of 41. Against the Eighteen of Kimberley the English began well, making 177. The Eighteen should have been got out for about 10 less, but the last four men put on over 60 runs, and virtually settled the match. Vintcent, the old Carthusian, hit well and freely for 87 without a chance. The English second innings was something awful. Finla­ son tossed leg breaks high in the air, with which none of the men seemed to know what to do. NEXT ISSUE, MAKCH 21.