Cricket 1889

54 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. APEIL 18, 1889. very long in being made, thanks to some smart hitting by Ulyett, who was eventually yorked for 22. Abel played a steady 23 not out. M. Bead’s was the only other wicket taken, and the Englishmen were left winners by eight wickets. S outh A frica . First Innings. A. R. Innes, b Briggs A. B. Tancred, b Smith P. Hutchinson, b Briggs... 0 C. H. Vintcent, c Abel, b Briggs............................ 3 A. E. Ochse, c Abel, b Eriggs............................ 4 W. H. Milton, c Abel, b Fothergill...................... l O. R. Dunell, not out ... 26 Lieut. Stewart, lbw, b Smith............................. 4 F. Smith, b Smith ......... 7 C. E. Finlayson, b Smith... 0 G. A. Kempis, c Hearne, b Smith ...................... 0 Extras......................10 Second Innings. b Smith ......... c and b Briggs... 2y b Smith .........11 c and b Ulyett 4 lbw, b Fothergill 8 c Bowden, b Briggs .........19 c and b Ulyett... 11 c Ulyett, b Fothergill ... 9 b Fotliergill ... 12 b Fothergill ... 6 not out ......... 0 Extras......... 7 Total ... ... 84 Total ...129 E nglish T eam . First Innings. Abel,cMilton, bInnes 46 ] Mr. 0. A. Smith, c Ulyett, b Kempis ... 4 Stewart, b Kempis 3 M. Read, c Dunell, b Mr.B.A.F.Grieve,not Kempis ...................1 out ................ ... 14 F. Hearne, c Stewart, ! Hon. C. J.Coventry.c b Tnnes ............... 27 : Smith, b Innes ... 12 Wood, c Hutchinson, A. D. Fothergill, c b Innes ............... 3 Tancred, b Milton 32 Mr. M.P. Eowden, run Extras ......... 6 out ...................... O ' — Briggs, c Smith, b ; Total.......... 148 Innes...................... 0 ( In the ?econd Innings Abel scored (not out) 23, Ulyett, b Vintcent, 2?, Read, b Kempis, 3, Grieve, (not out) 7; extras, 12—Total, 67. BOWLING ANALYSIS. S outh A frica . First Innings. Pecond Innings. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W- Friggs .......... 37 21 39 4 .......... 27 14 34 2 Fothergill ... 24 15 16 1 .......... 18.1 11 19 4 Smith ......... 13.2 6 19 5 ......... 25 10 42 2 UJyett .......... 1 0 0 0 .......... 20 9 27 2 E n glish T eam . First Innings. Kempis ... Finlason Vintcent Milton ... nnes O. M. R. W. . 31 14 £3 3 . . 3 1 0 7 0 .15 4 24 0 . . 2 2 1 5 1 .18 5 43 5 . Second Innings. O. M. R. W- ........ 44 8 23 1 ........ 33 2 21 1 ......... 8 0 11 0 EIGHTEENTH MATCH— v. E IGHTEEN OF KIMBERLEY (RETURN). C ape T ow n , M arch 27. Kimberley was a sore point in the memories of the English Cricketers—they had in their previous visit lost two matches tbere, one at the hands of Eighteen of Kimberley and District and one of Fifteen of Cape Colony, whom they had beaten at Cape Town. These defeats were due in a great measure to the heat and glare, and peculiarities of ground, but still they were defeats. The match was now to be a return, and eighteen local men of Kimberley and District, and the Britishers were keen on wiping out the traces of their losses, and as not a single match had been lost by the latter since that visit, it was thought probable that the Englishmen would gain a victory over the Kimberley men, and probably this would have been the case had time allowed, but the Kimberley ground is fast and true, and many runs were made by each side. C. A. Smith had been left behind at Port Elizabeth with an attack of fever, 30 that Bowden filled his place as skipper and won the toss, sending in Abel and Ulyett to face the deliveries of Vintcent and Grimmer. Rapidly the scoring began, and 50 was put together in a short time. At 55 Ulyett was bowled off hi pad for a dashing 37. M. Read came in, and again scoring went on rapidly. At lunch the score was 69—1—37- After lunch Read was in his most dashing form, and change after change proved ineffective. The century appeared, and on went the scoring. At 141 Abel was clean bowled for a beautiful innings of 51. Hearne did not trouble the scorers, and at 14* Bowden ran himself out. At 154 Read was very prettily caught by Hickson for amasterly 45, marred by a couple of chances. Wood stayed but a little time, and the board showed 166—6—6, so that matters did not look so prosperous as they had for the visitors. Now, however, achange came over the game. Grieve stayed with Briggs, who began rattling up the score in the most determined way, the latter amusing the spectators by stealing a lot of singles at the last ball of each over, for he was nearing the century, and had collared the bowling. At last, however, he ran Fothergill out in trying too short a run, and was not out for 93, a remarkably fine and dashing bit of cricket. Fothergill had made 23, and seen 59 added for the last wicket, and the total stood at 299, the largest of the tour. Against this Kimberley made a bad start, wickets falling in steady succession, till at six o’clock eleven wickets were down for 95 runs. The chances were now fairly level as to whether the Britishers would win, or Kim ­ berley succeed in drawing the match, and to this end the tail did their share nobly the next morning, bringing the score to 187 before the last wicket fell. Following on with a deficit of 112, a much better commencement was made. Two wickets fell quickly; but, on Wege joining Tancred, a long stand was made, and 82 was up when the latter was run out. Now matters began to go badly for the Kimberley boys, and the stumps fell rapidly, The light had got bad, and not another man after Wege and Tancred reached double figures. However, rain stopped play two or three times, and when time was called 146 was on the board and twelve wickets were down. Kimberley being thus but 34 runs on, and five tailwickets to fall, the match was drawn in favour of the Englishmen. Appended is the score and bowling analysis:— E nglish T eam . R. Abel, b Seccull ... 51 fi. Ulyett, b Perring 37 M. Read, c Hickson, b Seccull............... 45 F. Hearne, b Seccull 0 Mr. M. P. Bowden, run out ............... 9 J. Briggs, not out ... 93 Mr. B. A. F. Grieve,st Rutherford, b Fin- laeon......................15 H. Wood, c Tancred, b Seccull............... 6 Hon. C. J. Coventry, b Vintcent ......... 6 Mr. E. J. McMaster, b Vintcent ......... 0 A. J. Fothergill, run out ......................23 Extras............... 14 Total... 2S9 Eighteen of Kimberley. First Innings. Second Innings. A.B. Tancred, b Fothergill 3 run out .........41 F. Hickson, c Bowden, b Fothergill...................... 0 b Bowden......... 6 R. F. B owe, c Hearne, b Ulyett............................ 6 not out ......... 0 Dr. Fuller, c Coventry, b Ulyett............................ 8 b Fothergill ... 1 H. Grimmer, b Fothergill 17 b Briggs ......... 3 C. Vintcent, lbw, b Ulyett 1 c Ulyett, b Briggs ......... 6 C. Perring, c and b Briggs 7 F. Klinck.c Abel, b Ulyett 5 c Read, b Briggs 0 F. Smith, st Bowden, b Briggs............................ 13 b Briggs ... ... 6 R. Seccull, b Abel .........20 b Briggs ......... 2 F. Burton, c Hearne, b Grieve............................ 8 not out .......... 9 J. T. Vigne, c Bowden, b Fothergill......................18 c Wood, b Bow­ den ................ 0 C. E. Finlason, b Grieve... 12 Rutherford, c Bowden, b Fothergill...................... 0 A. Bennitte, lbw, b Briggs 9 J. Coghlan, c McMaster, b Briggs............................ 17 b Briggs .......... 5 Wege, lbw, b Alel .........13 b Briggs ..........47 G. Eliot, not out ......... 9 b Briggs .......... 0 B 10, lb 9. nb 4 .........23 Extras ... 20 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E nglish E leven . O. M. R. W. Vintcent... 54 20 Grimmer 60 23 104 Finlason... 16 Eliot ... 3 Fuller ... 4 4 26 0 7 2 2 O. M. R. W. Perring ... 15 7 18 Bennitte 3 0 15 Seccull ... 28 14 Tancred... 1 0 Burton ... 5 1 1 0 4 5 0 11 0 Bennitte bowled 4 no-balls. E ighteen of K imbebley . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R, W. O. M. R. W. Fothergill... 41 17 59 5 ......... 15 10 21 1 Ulyett......... 40 26 414 Bowden 19 12 11 2 Briggs......... 32 18 40 4 ......... 38 19 67 8 Grieve......... 8 6 9 2 ......... 7 2 9 0 Abel .........13.310 15 2 Coventry 11 5 18 0 j Fothergill bowled 3 and Coventry 1 no-balls, Grieve 1 wide, T otal............... 187 Total ...146 N INETEENTH MATCH.—v. ELEVEN OF SOUTH AFRICA (RETURN). After the long train journey from Kimberley, the two days’ rest was very welcome to the Englishmen, and, in consequence, they started fresh for this the last contest of the tour. C. A. Smith was still absent from the team, detained by fever at Port Elizabeth, Bowden taking his place as skipper. The South African team was the same as that which opposed the Englishmen at Port Elizabeth, with three exceptions, Richards taking Stewart’s place, Theunissen that of Kempis, and Ashley that of Finlason. The team was therefore a trifle stronger in bowling—with little or no loss in batting—as Stewart was much handicapped by a strained leg in the first contest. Beautiful weather prevailed throughout the match, which, however, was brought to a finish shortly after lunch on the second day. Bowden won the toss, and sent his side in— Abel and Ulyett being the first to face Theu­ nissen and Innes. These two bowlers having proved the most destructive to the English wickets in the tour, were fully entitled to com­ mence the attack, but neither of them were on this occasion successful. The difference in style between the play of Ulyett and Abel was much commented on, the former’s play being characterised by strong and free hitting, while Abel pursued his usual patient play. Forty runs wTere knocked up before a change was tried, Ashley in place of Innes, the latter having come in for much punishment at the hands of Ulyett. The change was effective, forUlyett, after hitting Ashley to the boundary, was clean bowled by that trundler (50—1—22). Briggs took his place, and some quiet cricket was relieved by a few stolen singles. Vintcent took the ball from Theunissen and dismissed Johnny. (61—2—6). Read made a rapid dozen, and was well caught by Hutchin­ son at cover-point. (79—8—12). Abel, still pegging away with caution and precision, was joined by Hearne, and at lunch this pair still held the wickets. The century was hoisted shortly after the resumption of hostilities, but good fielding on the part of the South Africans kept the scoring down, and at 110 came the dismissal of Hearne, by a pretty bailer from Vintcent. Wood arrived, and at once put a merrier tone into the play, and the score began to rise rapidly. Changes were tried at each end, but in vain, and when the second century appeared Abel and Wood w'ere still together. 215, however, saw the dismissal of Wood in trying to pull Yintcent to leg. The outgoing batsman had compiled 59 in his most dashing style—no less than eleven 4’s standing to his name—and 105 runs had been added since the fall of the fourth wicket. (215—5—59). Bowden joined the midget, and put together a rapid 25 before being well caught at cover-point. (257—6—25). Grieve came and witnessed the dismissal of Abel—who had been pegging steadily away for nearly four hours, and topped the century for the third time in the tour—a magnificent display of cricket, not a catch given till he had made his three figures, and that avery hot one, the wonderful way in which the little Surrey batsman kept Theunissen’s bumping balls