Cricket 1889

MAR. 21, 1889. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. 47 On resuming play again on Monday morning matters went on in much the same strain, Hutchinson alone withstanding the attacks of Briggs and Smith, He by very careful cricket put together 29runsbefore he was unfortunately run out by an over-keen partner. Mason stayed a little while, and Tanner, by means of a few extremely lucky strokes, compiled 24 before being sent to the rightabout. The innings closed for 85, without the follow on being saved. The Natal men in their second venture made a worse show than in the first innings. Though they did not make such an alarmingly bad start, the scoring throughout the innings was consistently small, and no one save Mason appeared to any advantage, the innings eventually closing for 81. The Englishmen were thus left winners in one innings and 10 runs to spare. Throughout the two innings of the Colonials the fielding of the Britishers was perfect, and the bowling too good to allow liberties to be taken, even had the batsmen appeared inclined to attempt them. E nglishmen . Abel, c Hime, b Madden ... *.. ... 28 Ulyett, b Madden ... 5 Briggs,candbMadden 23 Read, c Hime, b Kempis ............... 14 Hearne,c Lamport, b Hutchinson ... ... 21 M. P. Bowden, b Madden ... ... ... 14 Wood, b Hutchinson 3 0. A. Smith, b Kempis ............... 26 E. M‘Master, b Kempis ............... 17 B. A. F. Grieve, not out ...................... 9 Fothergill, b Kempis 0 Extras .........16 Total ...176 F ifteen op N atal . First Innings. Second Innings. D. Taylor, b Briggs......... 0 b Smith ......... 11 E. J. Smith, b Briggs 2 b Smith ......... 5 G. W. Sweeney, st Bowden, bBriggs ......... ... ... 1 b Briggs ......... 0 R. P. Spurway, c Bowden, b Briggs ...................... 2 b Smith ......... 9 E. C. Davey, run out......... 2 b Grieve ......... 4 P. Madden, b Smith......... 0 st Bowden, b Briggs ......... 1 G. Kempis, c Read, b Smith............................ 0 not out .„ ... 3 P. Hutchinson, run ou t... 29 b Briggs ......... 9 D. C. Davey, b Smith 0 b Smith ......... 12 F. F. Crauford, c Bowden, b Fothergill ......... ... 6 lbw, b Briggs ... 0 G. Mason, b Smith ......... 11 b Briggs ......... 20 C. Hime, not out ......... 3 c Hearne, b Briggs ......... 4 H. W. Tanner, st Bowden, b Briggs ...................... 24 c Hearne, b Briggs ......... 1 W. M. Henderson,b Briggs 0 b Smith ......... 0 E.Lamport, c and b briggs 0 c Wood, b Smith 0 Extras ...................... 5 Extras ... 2 Total ............... 85 Total... 81 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E nglish T ham . O. M. R. W. Madden... 89 17 63 4 Kempis... 3i.2 17 53 4 C. Hime 7 6 1 0 E. J. Smith 5 1 11 0 0. M. R. W, P. Hutchin­ son......... 18 12 14 2 Lamport .. 11 7 4 0 R. Spurway 4 0 14 0 F ifteen of N atal . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Briggs ................ 36 26 207 .*. ... 37 2) 35 7 Smith ...................21 6 344 .......... 35 17 44 6 G rieve................ 3 2 40 .......... 2 2 0 1 Fothergill ......... 11 2 23 1 D urban , F eb . 16. The team found at Pietermaritzburg a plea­ sant week’s amusement laid out for them, in addition to their cricket—fortunately the latter did not prove very trying—so that the cricketers were enabled to accept and enjoy the various dinners, banquets, and balls to which they were invited. A dinner by the 64th Regiment, stationed in the town, a smoking concert in the theatre, at which some of the Englishmen assisted, a ball given by the ladies of Maritzburg, and a public banquet which His Excellency the Governor, Sir Arthur Havelock, graced with liis pre sence, formed the principal entertainments for the week. The other regiment quartered in the town, viz., the Inniskillen Dragoons, were debarred from participation in the gay pleasures, owing to the sad death of their colonel. The week ended, the English team found themselves journeyiug down to the sea- coast to fulfil an engagement at Durban. ELEVENTH MATCH—v. EIGHTEEN OF DURBAN. In moist, steamy, hot weather, which mili­ tated against the chances of our men, this match was contested, the issue resulting in a draw after a very close game. The wicket, as usual, was matting (straw coloured), and stretched on the plain hard sandy soil, and it played to perfection, but surrounding the wicket was grass, and very good grass, only too long and thick for the ball to travel on. Smith won the toss, and Abel and Ulyett commenced batting to the trund­ ling of Kempis and Madden, and a very decent show was made by the visitors, Abel playing a steady 26. Wood and Bowden both played a fine dashing game to the tune of 42 and 34 respectively, the latter hitting Madden twice over the ropes for 6. Kempis doing most of the bowling, secured most of the wickets, though he was at times expensive. Coventry and Fothergill wound up the effort with a merry stand of over 30, the latter getting 19, and the former 16 not out. The English total of 187 was good, repre­ senting at least 250 on the Maritzburg ground, for though the wicket played fast and true, the ball could not travel through the long grass. The Durban eighteen batting in their turn made a far better resistance to the bowling than was expected, the scoring being fairly level all through, and showing till just at the finish an unusual freedom from the despised 0. Madden’s 22 was the result of steady, obstinate cricket, wThile Davey’s innings of 17 was the pick of the lot. The innings closing the board showed the creditable total of 127, the follow-on being thus saved, on which the Durban folk congratulated themselves, especially after the poor show of batting made a t Pietermaritzburg, between which town and Durban there exists considerable rivalry. Smith secured seven wickets for 51, Fother­ gill five for 27, Briggs being dead off. The hour’s play which remained was rather disastrous for the Englishmen, reducing their lead of 60 runs considerably, for four wickets fell and only 30 runs were made, the batsmen who had been dismissed being Ulyett run out, Briggs and Read bowled by good balls, and Grieve also bowled. On resuming the third day the chances were n favour of a draw, but Kempis and Madden were not to be denied and the English wickets fell rapidly. Bowden, after being hurt, was beautifully caught at long leg, and Wood ditto in the deep field, but Abel, Coventry, and Fothergill were all dismissed by clinkers, and at the finish the board showed the poor -total of 68, Smith being not out and top scorer with 16. Kempis acd Madden divided the wickets, the former getting five for 32, and the latter four for 35. Matters were now level again, for the Eighteen had made 127 runs in their first innings, and they had now 129 to make to win, but with limited time to do it in. They commenced well, and, indeed, looked for a time as if they would manage the task, but after the fall of the second wicket at 32, things went badly for them,'several wickets falling in rapid succession. There was now time for them to lose, but hardly time to win, unless they could produce some big hitters. Christison now came to the rescue, and playing steady cricket, put together 31 before a smart catch by Bowden sent him back, a quarter of an hour remaining and four wickets to fall. One fell, but Taylor and Tarleton stuck doggedly to their posts till time was called, when a most interesting match was left drawn, the Colonials having still 30 runs to get, and their last three batsmen to fall. E nglish First Innings. Abel, b K ewpis................ Ulyett,cBentley,bMadden M Read,cPefler,bTarleton Briggs, b Kempis ......... Wood,c E.Smith,bKempis Mr. M. P. Bowden, c and b Taylor ......................34 Mr. C. A. Smith, c D. Tay­ lor, b H. Taylor ......... Mr.B.A.F.Grieve,bKempis Hon.C.J.Coventry, not out Fothergill, c and b Taylor Mr. A. C. Skinner, run out Extras ...................... T eam . Second Innings. 26 b Kempis ... 10 run out 3 b Kempis ... 10 b Madden ... Walsh, Kempis ... 42 7 „. 13 ,.. 3 ... 2 b .. 10 g D. Taylor, Madden... . 7 not out 4 b Kempis ... 16 b Kempis ... 19 b Madden ... 1 bMadden... 15 E xtra... Total ... .........187 D urban E ighteen . Total 16 6 0 4 , 68 First Innings. G. Kempis, b Smith......... 7 M. Walsh, c Bowden, b Smith ... ,..................... 9 C. Christison, b Fothergill 13 E. T. Bentley, c Bowden, b Smith ...................... Second Innings, run out ......... 2 b Briggs .........19 c Bowden, b Briggs .........31 3 c sub., b Fother­ gill ................ 1 0 b Briggs .........11 c sub., b Briggs 11 ' ~ ' ... 0 A. W. Hawes, b Smith E. J. Smith, b Smith... D. C. Davey, lbw, b Smith 17 b Briggs E. C. Davey, c Skinner, b Fothergill...................... 7 b Smith ..................... 1 H. Taylor, c Ulyett, b Fothergill...................... 1 c Smith,b Briggs 0 E.J. Hargreaves, bBriggs 15 cWood, b Briggs 5 Dr. Johnston, c Wood, b Fothergill...................... 7 c Read, b Smith 0 D.Taylor.c Briggs,b Smith 12 b Smith .................. 7 J. Grant, run out ......... 6 c Smith, bBriggs 1 P. Madden, not o u t......... 22 lbw, b Briggs ... 3 W. Greenacre, b Briggs ... 0 W. Lamport, b Briggs ... 0 S. H. James, b Fothergill 0 not out ...... 0 Dr. Tarleton, absent ... 0 not out ...... 4 Extras ...................... 7 Extras......... 3 Total ............... 127 Total ... 99 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E nglish T eam . First Innings. O. M, Kempis Madden ... Tarleton ... Christison... Taylor......... Hargreaves R.W. 59.1 21 71 4 42 20 12 7 5 1 27 34 28 3 2 1 10 0 48 1 7 1 8 0 Second Innings. O. M. R.W. ......... 31 33 32 5 ......... 81212 35 4 D urban E ighteen . First Innings. O. M. R.W. Briggs......... 25 11 29 3 Smith.........34 11 51 7 Fothergill... 37.3 5 24 5 Grieve......... 3 0 11 0 U ljett......... 5 3 5 0 Second Innings. O. M. R.W. .........57 . 28 ... 29 ... 1 27 56 8 33 24 3 2 16 2 1 0 0 ENGLISH TEAM v. XX II. OF CAPE MOUNTED RIFLES, In this match, played at King Williams- town on Feb. 20, 21, and 22, the English won by an innings and 51 runs. E nglish T eam . Mr. M. P. Bowden, b Grant...................... 3 Ulyett, c Barnard, b Jennings............... 21 Read, c Hopkins ... 3 Mr. C. A. Smith, c Stewart ............... 30 Wood, b Eyre .........34 Hearne, b Karslake... 27 Briggs, b Jennings ... 0 Mr. E. McMaster, b Thomson Hon. C. Coventry Karslake Mr.B. A. F. G not out Fothergill, lbw Extras... Total » c eve, The Twenty-two scored 39 and 58 (Stewart 8 and 17). ESTABLISHED 1786. J. B. BENTLEY &Co. 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