Cricket 1889

4* CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOKD OF THE GAME. MAR. 21, 1889. Hearne had a single off Wishart, when Briggs, in striking at a leg-bail, missed it, and received a heavy blow. It partially stunned him, and he had to lie down for a time. In a few min­ utes he pluckily faced the bowling again, amid cheers from the crowd. Two maidens from Cooley and Wishart followed, and the first ball of Cooley’s next over took Hearne’s wicket, the score standing at 43 runs for six wickets, Hearne adding six to the total. W ood was the next arrival, and after making a single, was cleverly caught by Edwards in the long field. M ‘Master joined Briggs. After a maiden by Cooley, M‘Master had a narrow shave of being run out in tho next over in running a single for Briggs. Then followed six maidens in succession from Cooley and Wishart. “ Time ! ” was then called, and stumps were drawn for the day, the score standing at 46 runs for seven wickets, Briggs being 10, and M‘Master 1, not out. The fielding of the Twenty-two was far superior on the whole to anything expected, and the bowling of Wishart and Cooley was surprisingly effective. They handled the leather without a change, and the English team found them exceedingly difficult to play. Harrison was good at the wicket, and the fielding of Swart and Allsopp, in fact of the whole of the team, was most commendable. S econd D ay —M onday , J anuary 28. Play was resumed at a quarter-past twelve, the weather being again magnificent. M‘ Master and Briggs faced Cooley and W ish­ art. Briggs made a splendid drive for four, bringing the score up to 50. He afterwards sent the ball to leg for a triplet, bringing the score up to 60, and thus saved a follow-on. Wishart in the first ball of the next over dis­ posed of Briggs, who had made the top score for his side, 20. Grieve took his place, and Cooley in the last ball of his next over dis­ posed of M‘Master for five. Fothergill then went in, but retired to a “ yorker,” the whole Eleven being thus disposed of for 60 runs, leaving the Englishmen 78 runs behind. After a short interval Johannesburg sent in Melville and Schuurman to bat, to the bowling of Briggs and Fothergill, Bowden havingtaken Wood’s place at the wicket. Schuurman had to retire leg-before-wicket to a ball from Fothergill, having made four. Newby was clean bowled for a total of three, the score standing at 11 runs for two wickets. Cooley joined Melville, but Briggs floored his middle stump for 0, Greathead taking his place. Resuming play after luncheon, the two not outs, Melville and Greathead, went in to the bowling of Briggs and Smith, the latter having taken the place of Fothergill, who had to retire sick. Greathead made a fine boundaiy hit off Briggs, but lost his partner by a ball from Smith, who spread-eagled his wickets. Melville scored nine—twenty runs for four wickets. Fleischer was next man, and was bowled by Smith, who broke one of his wickets in two. Allsopp, sen., was next in, and Smith finished his remarkable over, viz., a maiden for two wickets. Smith then bowled Allsopp, sen., for a duck’s egg. Edwards, the- new arrival, was given out leg-before-wicket off Smith’s next ball. Again a maiden over for two wickets, the score being 24 runs with seven batsmen out. Briggs’ next ball removed Greathead, who was stumped by Bowden after making seven. Harrison was caught by Hearne at cover-point off Briggs, after making 11 —45 runs for thirteen wickets. Pullinger got Smith to square-leg for three, but was caught off Briggs’ next ball by the English captain, having made 6. Morkel fol­ lowed, and cut Briggs for 2. Cripps, his com ­ panion, succumbed to Smith’s first ba l in the next over, and Sargeant, who succeeded him, suffered the same fate. English came in, and a leg-bye was run. In the next over Smith’s first ball took Morkel’s, and the second Hep­ burn’s wicket, the score standing then at 51 runs for nineteen wickets. This was the fourth over in which Smith took two successive wickets, and shows how well he was bowling. Wishart was clean bowled by Smith, the total score being 68. The Twenty-two were all out at a few minutes past four, andafter a short interval Hearne and Abel went in, Wishart and Cooley again starting the bowling for Johannesburg. Allsopp, jun., let off a rather difficult catch by which Abel scored one, and perhaps lost the Twenty-two the game. Steady play was now the order of the day, as it was evidently the batsmen’s intention to play out time. Abel got a couple, and Hearne two singles, when Abel sent one to the boundary at square-leg, which brought the score up to 15. The players had evidently now collared the bowling properly, and the Johannesburg captain decided upon a change of bowlers, putting Dold in Cooley’s place. He bowled a wide and a no-ball in his first over. Hearne got three singles and Abel 2 in the next over, which brought the score up to 30. Hearne then hit W ishart to square-leg for 2, and the next ball he drove for a single. Another change at Dold’s end was then made, Newby handling the leather, his first ball being cut by Hearne for a single. Dold then went on at the Pavilion end in place of Wishart, and was cut to the boundary for 3, and in the same over for a single. Abel hit Newby to square- leg, which was unintentionally well fielded by the umpire. Abel got a single in each of three overs, two maidens following. He then drove Dold for a single, the “ telegraph” showing half a century Abel repeated his three singles in the three next overs, and the cricketers adjourned to the Pavilion for some light refreshment. On returning to the ground, Abel again got three singles in the next three overs, and then hit Newby to square-leg for 2, and a straight drive for a single. Dold bowled a maiden, and Cooley taking Newby’s place at his old end, followed suit. Abel brought the score up to 61 with two singles, W inslow taking Dold’s place, and having had a trial was hit by the same batsman to the leg boundary for three. A 2, bye, and a single to Abel off Cooley brought the score up to b7. Six maiden overs from Winslow and Cooley followed, when Allsopp again missed Abel at mid-wicket. Hepburn then took Cooley’s place, and his second ball was a wide, Abel having cut Winslow for 2, hitting him to leg for three, and cutting Hepburn for one. “ Time ! ” was then called, and stumps drawn for the day for a total of 76, Hearne 27 and Abel 44, both not out—extras 5. It was evi­ dent that Abel and Hearne were not to be easily separated, and bets were freely laid that they would finish the match. They played almost without fault throughout, and showed rare form. T hird Day— T uesday , J anuary 29. A few minutes past twelve on Tuesday play was resumed in beautiful weather, Abel and Hearne retaking their places at the wickets to the bowling of Wishart and Cooley. Wishart started the bowling with a maiden over. Hearne hit Cooley’s first ball to the leg- boundary for 3, Abel following with 2 to square leg, and 3 to long-leg, which was badly fielded -by Allsopp. In the next over Abel made a single off Wishart, which brought his total up to 50. The same bowler then bowled a wide, and Abel getting one off Cooley, the telegraph showed the score to be 90. Pullinger then took Cooley’s place, and, after some singles, Hearne cut Pullinger for 3. Abel made 2 off Wishart, making the total on the telegraph 100, which, when put up, was received with loud cheers from the spectators. Schuurman then tried his hand with the ball, and was hit by Abel off square-leg for 3, then cut by Hearne for one, shortly afterwhich Hearne got a nasty blow on his already sore finger in playing a bail from the same bowler. Abel then drove Pul­ linger for 2, making the score 120 up. The game had long been a moral for the home team, and it was only a question whether the partnership would be broken before the neces­ sary number of runs were made. English shortly afterwards started from the town end, his first ball resulting in a catch to the wicket­ keeper, his second in a hit by Hearne to the boundary for 3, making the total 130 up, only 7 more runs being required to win. In the next over Hearne cut Hepburn for one, and a w'ide was bowled. The next over completed the match, Abel driving English for a single and two couples and winning the match by ten wickets. Ih e scores are as follows :— JOHANNESBURG. Firet Innings Second Innings. Schuurman, b Smith ... 1lbw, b F.othergill 4 Melville,c Bowden, b Briggs.........................15 b Smith .......... 9 Morkel, b Briggs.............. 0 b Smith .......... 2 Newby, c Smith, b Briggs 17 b Fothergill ... 3 A Isopp, jun., run out ... 0 l Eriggs ......... 0 Greathead, b Briggs....... 0 st Bowden, b . , Briggs ........ 7 ^ inslow, b Fothergill ... 6 b Briggs ......... 1 Fleischer, c Hearne, b Fothergill.................. 26 b Smith .......... 0 Harrison, c Wood, b Foth­ ergill ........................... 2 c Hearne, b Briggs ...... 11 Ogden, b Briggs............. 0 b Briggs .......... 8 Horwood, run out ....... 6 c Bowden, b Smith ........ 0 Edwards, st Wood, b Briggs........................... 1lbw, b Smith ... 0 Pullinger, b Fothergill ... 7 c Smith,bBriggs 6 Cripps, b Briggs.............. 5 b Smith .......... n Dold.c M’Master, b Briggs 7b Briggs ......... 0 Allsopp, sen., st Wood, b Briggs........................... 7 b Smith .......... 0 Sergeant, lbw, b Briggs ... 1 b Smith .......... o Hepburn, c Smith, b Fothergill..................... 3 b Smith ......... 0 Swart, b Fothergill........ 5 c Read, b Briggs 5 Wishart, b Briggs ........ 0 b Smith ......... 1 Cooley, b Briggs ......12 b Briggs ......... 0 English, not out ....... 3 not out ......... l Extras ..................... 13 Extras........... 5 Total Smith, b Cooley Hon. C. Coventry, c Greathead, b Wish- art ...................... Abel, b Wishart Bead, c Morkel, b Cooley ................ Bowden, c Allsopp, jun., b Wishart ... Hearne, b Cooley ... ................137 E nglish E leven . First Innings. Total ... 58 Wood, c Edwards, b Wishart................ 1 Briggs, b Wishart... 20 M’Master, b Cooley 5 Fothergill, b Cootey 0 Grieve, not out ... o B ...................... 1 Total CO In the Second Innings Abel scored (not out) 78, Hearne (not out) 46 ; extras 13—Total, 137. BOWLING ANALYSIS. J ohannesburg . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Briggs ......... 39.1 14 6612 .......... 24 15 19 9 Smith ......... 17 6 241 ............ 17 8 25 10 Fothergill ... 22 10 846 ............ 7 2 9 2 Fothergill bowled 1 no-ball. E nglish E leven . First Innings. Sccond Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Cooley .........3<? 21 355 ...........18 6 22 0 Wishart......... 85 19 245 ........... 21 9 33 «• Dold.............. 16 4 22 0 English... 2.2 1 7 0 Hepburn ... 6 1 3 0 Winslow....... 7 3 10 0 Newby ......11 3 10 0 Schuurman ... 8 8 10 0 Pullinger ... 15 7 18 0 Dold bowled 1 no-ball ; Wishart, Dold, and English 1wide each, and Hepburn 3 wides. EIGHTH MATCH—v. FIFTEEN OF THE TRANSVAAL. F irst D ay — W ednesday , J an . 30. The glorious weather of the preceding days still continued and seemed likely to continue. Harrison, the local captain, won the toss, but sent the visitors to the wickets, probably because of the strong light. The green matting, however, did away with all glare, and the Englishmen offered a most stubborn resist­ ance to the Transvaal attacks, and six o’clock saw the best two men still at the wiokets. '1he feature of the innings was, of course, Abel’s 114, compiled in his most patient and deter­ mined manner. The sum represents more than that on an ordinary ground, for, being small, the boundary hit on the Johannesberg ground only scores three. The little Surrey NEXT ISSUE, APEIL 18.