Cricket 1889

86 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. MAR. 21, 1889 capers. The result was the complete over­ throw of the Eleven in the first innings, when they only scored 66, Bannerman and Trott each making a useful 19. '1he character of the game will be better understood from the fact that Callaway, who was well knocked about on a good wicket, here took six wickets for 11 runs. The Eighteen fared no better, but just managed to top their opponents’ score by one. Boyle was in great form and took eleven wickets for 25 runs, “ the Terror ” being second with six for 27. In the second innings of the Eleven, Worrall31, Bannerman 48, McDonnell 48 and Lyons 41 came to the rescue, andBlack- ham having hurt himself, nine wickets were down for 197, leaving the Banana men just that number to make in order to win. They played up better than in their first innings, but made only 65 for ten wickets, and the match was drawn. There have been two or three interesting matches in Sydney dnring the past week or two, and the wickets being in really good order, the scoring has been high. Sydney played Carlton, when the latter, by general good play, put together 199, and the game seemed rosy till Sydney began to score. One wicket fell at 144, and eight for 394, of which Cottam made 143 and S. Gregory (nephew to Dave) 116. The former has been out of practice for some time, and this is his first good score this season, whilst Gregory is only a boy of 14 and quite a child in size. Belvidere met Albert, and the former stayed in all the afternoon, scoring 204 for seven wickets, but 49 from Harry Moses was the highest score. Warwick and the Railways played, and for the former Poole,who is also a railway employe , made 123 out of 238, batting in very good style. University last Saturday completed their match with Osborne. The latter had made 193, of which Coucher’s 85 was the highest score. For the ’Varsity, Loveridge made 150 (not out) whilst Barbour was bowled for 97, both performances being really good exhibi­ tions of cricket. In all eight wickets fell for 854. J an . 31st. V ictoria v . N ew S outh W ales . The forty-second Inter-Colonial match between New South Wales and Victoria is the one item of interest which I have this week to report. In Sydney it did not cause quite as much sensation as used to be the case when the Colony was gradually but surely fight­ ing its way to success. Now that we are on a par with Victoria, it would seem that the public do not much care, and when it is remem­ bered that the first day was a public regatta day, and that rain fell heavily on the others, the comparatively small attendance will not be so much a matter of surprise. McDonnell and Bruce were the respective captains, and the former, to the delight of his team, won the toss, for the wicket was good and sound. The weather, too, was fine, and one bright day certainly meant so many runs on the slate, though despite all this, the score was not as large as was expected. New South Wales has learned to look for at least 300 from her champions, and if they do not make that on a good wicket, they are c-msidered below their form. Bannerman and Moses went in first to the bowling of Trott and Trumble, and the batsmen had hardly looked at the ball when Cotter gave Bannerman out lbw. Trott was bowling round the wicket, Banner­ man shaped for a very demonstrative leg stroke, and when he came in he said the ball “ pitched a yard outside,” which at all events showed that it was a bad decision. Unlike the Melbourne crowd, no one raised his voice. 1—4—9. McDonnell followed, and played genuine cricket, all along the carpet, and no high boundary hits. Four “ traps ” were out, but had little to do in the way of catching. At length Bruce disposed of Moses lbw, 2 —31 —83. Sammy Jones was not particularly comfortable, but he made his runs (16) in five minutes, and then Worrall, who had gone on vice Trumble, caught him off his own bowl­ ing. C. Richardson and Turner were both caught by Blackham, who was playing mad antics like Sherwin, but Donnan came to the rescue and played good cricket. Meanwhile Percy, having scored 60, began to despise his field, and began to bang away right merrily. The first ball he hit to Worrall on the fence, and he dropped i t ; Bruce also did the same, and, having then made a run or two, our champion hit one back to Trott, and it was held. The wickets had fallen thus, 3—16— 100, 4—65—119, 5—5—141, and 6 - 0 —141. W. Richardson and Donnan being together at this point a fine stand was made, both men playing well, and the former showing excellent defence with perfect freedom. At length, W orrall at forward-cover having managed to leave his proper position, an error enabled him to catch Donnan off a half-hit. 7—45— 209. Donnan’s play in first-class matches up to this point has been a genuine success. Against the Australian Eleven he made 87 (not out), in the firbt Inter-Colonial at Melbourne he scored 48 and 91 (both not out), and now he lost his wicket for 45, an average of 182 for one innings completed. O’Hanlon shaped* execrably for 11 ; his was the first wicker clean bowled, and as Charlton and Ferris did very little, the innings was concluded for 240. Exoept the mulls by Worrall and Bruce, the fielding was a treat to witness ; Gordon, at mid-off, never missed a ball. Worrall was everywhere, and always in the right place, and Trott, at point, was as good as usual. The fact that only one bye was recorded is quite sufficient to show the excellent form of Blackham. Trott and Trumble did most of the bowling, but Barrett stuck up the bats had captured four wickets for 48 runs, they fielded like heroes. Nothing escaped them, and once more the Colonies are equal, having each won 21 matches. To-day both teams are being entertained at a picnic on the Hawkes- bury river, the Rhine of Australia, and to which I am going as soon as this letter shall have been posted. N ew S outh W ales . men, and only seven runs were scored off 424 ^Gordon, bTurner balls. At lunch Major Wardill, referring to some newspaper comments, maintained that this was a genuine Inter-colonial match, since the Victorian team had been picked by a committee wholly outside the M.C.C , and no fewer than six Victorian clubs were repre­ sented. Next day (Sunday) the team were entertained at a net-fishing harbour pic-nic, but in the afternoon a very heavy thunder­ storm burst, and grave fears were entertained First Innings. Second Innings. Bannerman, lbw, b Trott 4 c Edwards, b Trumble... 12 Moses, lbw, b Bruce......... 31 c B ru ce , ’ b Trumble... 9 Jones, c and b Worrall ... 16 c Edwards, Trumble... ‘b 2 M’Donnell, c and b Trott 65 c Walters, "b Trumble... 0 C.Richardson.c Blackham, b Trumble...................... 5 c B ruce, Worrall ... b 0 Turner, c Blackham, b Trumble ...................... 0 c Morris, Worr 11 ... b 16 Donnan, c Barrett, b Trumble ...................... 45 c Trumble, Worrall... b 5 O’Hanlon, b Trott ......... 11 c and b Trumble 0 Charlton, c Barrett, b T ro tt............................ 0 not out 0 Ferris, c Worrall, b Trott 0 c Horan, b Trumble... 7 WTRichardson, not out... 59 c Blackham, b A Worrall... 3 Extras...................... 4 Extras... 9 Total ........ 240 V ictoria . Total ... 63 First Innings. Blackham, c Donnan, Ferris ... b .. 1 ... 19 l U l l U W l U g U c L Y . J . 1 1 C S C U U I i a p p j ^ X C U H / W U I I O . proved partially correct, for J:he ground cer-J tfTrumble, not out tainly did not play well. Blackham fell a victim very early in the proceedings, but Gordon played with wonderful luck, being missed four times, once by Percy McDonnell, then by W . Bichardson, again by O’Hanlon, and Donnan missing a very hot and almost impossible chance at mid-on. Finally he was bowled by Turner. 2—19—43. Walters did nothing, and then Trott and Horan came together, the former scoring rapidly. Even­ tually Trott failed to stop a good one from Turner, and retired for 41, Horan following suit shortly after. Barrett played a“ Scotton ” game,but Bruce showed great freedom, though he was unfortunate in being caught by Charlton nearly half way down the wicket, iow down, and the ball travelling very fast. The catch was one of the finest ever seen on a cricket field. Charlton follows his own bowling very far down the wicket, and is just as long-limbed as Spofforth. The wickets then fell quickly, and though there were six wickets down for 100, the whole score amounted to only 137. Being 103 in the rear Victoria followed on, and at six o’clock no wickets had fallen, and nine runs had been scored. Although the wicket had not improved, the Victorians scored better in their second innings, Bruce, Trott, and Horan making a good stand, as did Barrett and Gordon. The whole innings realised 178, leaving N.S.W. 76 to win on the fourth day, a task they failed to accomplish. Rain again fell in the night, the morning brought the sun, the wicket caked, ball after ball was popped up just in reach, batsman followed batsman in retreat, and the Victorians won a really hard-earned and merited viotory by 12 runs. The Victorians really deserve the highest credit for the plucky uphill game they played in their second innings, whilst in the seoond innings of the home team, when they Walters, b Turner Trott, b Turner................44 Horan, c Moses, b Turner 9 Bruce, c and b Charlton... 18 Edwards,c W.Richardson, b Charlton...................... 4 Worrall, b Turner ......... 3 Barrett, caod i>Charlton 15 Second Innings. b Turner ......... 8 not out .........21 c bannerman, b Ferris ......... 7 c M’Donnell, b Charlton ... 36 c Bannerman, b Turner .........26 Ibw, b W. Rich­ ardson ......... 29 as to the condition of the wicket on theTl ^Morris, c M’Donnell, b following day. These unhappy predictions Charlton Total . 11 .. 5 .. 6 .137 b Ferris ......... b Ferris ......... c and b Ferris... b Ferris ......... Ibw, b Turner... Extras......... 10 Total ...178 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N.S.W. First Innings. B. M. R. W, Trott ... Trumble Worrall Horan ... Bruce ... Barrett ...173 ...198 ...132 ... 6 ... 78 ... 42 Second Innings. B. M. R. W 119 102 12 1 2 0 ]Bruce bowled 1 wide and Worrall 1 no-ba’l. V ictoria . Turner... Ferris ... Charlton First Innings. B. M. R. W. ,.240 20 58 5 ..150 .. 87 57 1 ......... 7 16 4 ......... W. Richardson Second Innings. B. M. R. W. 19 62 3 16 45 5 16 54 1 0 7 1 275 192 2*24 18 The following are the results of the forty- two matches that have been played up to the present time. New South Wales has won 21 and Viotoria 21. ■Where Date. Played Won by March,1856 Melbourne, N S.W., by 3 wickets Jan., 1857 Sydney, N.S.W., by 65 runs Jan., i 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, bv 171 runs Jan , 1859 Sydney, Victoria, by 2 wickets Feb., 1-60 Melbourne, Victoria, by 69 runs Jan., 1861 Sydney, Victoria, by 21 runs Jan , 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, by 10 wickets Feb., 1863 Sydney, N.S.W., by 84 runs Dec., 1805 Melbourne, Victoria,byl inns.&20rns. Dec., 1866 Sydney, N.8.W.,by 1 inns.& 26ms. Dec., 1867 Melbourne, Victoria, by 7 wickets March 1S69 Sydney, Victoria, by 78 runs Feb., 1870 Melbourne, Victoria, by 265 runs March, 1871 Sydney, Victoria, by 48 runs NEXT ISSUE, APRIL 18.