Cricket 1889

MAY 2, 1889. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. 83 CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. (From our Sydney Correspondent). M a r c h 21. In New South Wales we have been excep­ tionally quiet, butin Melbourne andQueensland there has been quite a stir. The former has been the scene of a sensational match—the latter has witnessed an Intercolonial match with this colony, and even at the risk of going wrong in my dates these two events deserve first mention. The Queensland Intercolonial was a very sorry affair, amd I am not prompted to say so because we were beaten; but because it will be long before Queensland can really do any­ thing against a first class team, and as long as we send a lot of rank duffers we cannot expect to win matches. Those whom we sent to Queensland were not of much good. Sammy Jones went, but neither Turner, Ferris, nor McDonnell. Then Davis would not, and H. Moses refused, so we had to put in Gregory, A. and S. Hiddilstone, and Cooper, Callaway, Charlton, with Searle at the wickets. Result queer. N.S.W. scored 145 in their first essay, of which Iredale made G3, not out, four eggs adding to the beauty of the score. What excellent cricket the others played you may well imagine. The best bowler was Coning- liam, who took six wickets for 40. Queensland was a little worse, for the whole fifteen only scored 122, the highest being Trinnick with 17. Charlton captured seven wickets for 66 and Hume five for 17. In the second innings N.S.W. made an awful mess of it, the total being 95, little S. G-regory scoring 19, and Coningham being again to the fore with the ball, taking five for 39. On the third day Queensland easily rubbed off the 119 required, W . Munro making 24 not out, and the northern colony won by four wickets. The match was alto­ gether a disgrace: we sent up a wretched team and well deserved a thorough licking; the wickets were fairly good and yet we made no scores; the public rolled up about 2,000 strong on the first day and yet, on the third, when their colony was winning, only 400 attended. In the first N.S.W. innings, so poor was the batting that six wickets were down for 37, and yet we are told that the Queensland bowling was inferior. There was a screw loose Bomewhere. In Melbourne they have had a sensational match, M.C.C. v. South Melbourne. S.M.were first at the wickets four Saturdays ago, and in two afternoons put up 488 runs—Trott 216, Slight 63, Morris 51, and J.E .Barrett 49. To this Melbourne replied with 175 for two wickets, Walters being not out 109, including two fives. On the fourth Saturday Walters went up to 126, and the innings closed for 268, or 220 in arrears. They then followed on and made 101 for two wickets. We have had a little bit of sensation here. Belvidere played University, and the former winning the toss,C. Richardson and H. Moses were sent in. All the efforts of the ’Varsity failed to dislodge them, and at the call of time the former had made 60, and the latter 105, the total being 171. Five hundred and fifty eight balls were bowled—over three balls for each ran. Warwick has played Albert both first and second elevens, and has been well beaten on iall sides. Davis, for Albert, made an excellent score of 53, not out, but there was nothing else worthy of record. Beyond these matches there is little else to notice. Charlton made 59 for Belvidere against Albert before going to Queensland, but the truth is, cricket here is awfully de­ moralised, and senior matches are now utterly devoid of interest. CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA. R e p o r t S h e e t s for sending matches to this paper, post-free lOd. per doz. The Manager wishes to remind Hon. Secs, and others that it is absolutely necessary to use these sheets when forwarding scores, WESTERN PROVINCE v. TWENTY-TWO VETERANS. A match between these teams was played on Saturday,April 6, atNewlands,Cape Town, and resulted in the complete disoomficure of the Veterans. The Veterans were the first to open the batting,but none of them exoeptCol.Christie made anything of a show, and the innings closed for 108. When time was called, the eleven had made 163 for the loss of five wickets, G. Molteno carrying out his bat for a freely- played 58. W. H. Milton quickly put together 46, and Van der Byl seemed well set when time was called. T w e n t y -T w o V e t e r a n s . Col. Christie, 1b w, b Plewman............... J. Thompson, b Ford C. van Reenen, c and b Ford ............... C. Johnstone, b Watermeyer ... S. van Breda, o Leonard, b Ford ... R. Bromley, b Ford... H. H. Plumbley, c and b Ford ......... G. Cloete, b Plew­ man ...................... S. Cowper, run out ... Staff - Serg. Fresh­ water, b Leonard... Speid.st Watermeyer, b Leonard ......... . 3 G. H. Cloete, b Leonard............... 0 J. Van der Byl, b Plewman ......... 9 W.N.Thomas.bFord 5 Maj. Creswell, run out ......................14 G. Grier, c Van der Byl, b Leonard ... 9 Serg. Stewart, c Watermeyer,bFord 0 Maj. Mayhew, b Mil­ ton ...................... 7 McNellan, 1 b w, b Ford...................... 3 Twentyman, not out 1 Maj.Spence,b Milton 3 Extras............... 2 Total .........108 W e st e r n P r o v in c e . C. L. Van der Byl, not out ................18 H. Watermeyer, b Christie............... 4 Extras............... 13 G. Molteno, not out 58 T. Watson, c John­ stone, b G. Cloete 4 Davis, b Christie ... 0 H. Ford, c Van Reenen, b G. Cloete 20 W. H. Milton, lbw, b Total .........163 Freshwater .........46 G. Plewman, W. S. Leonard, A. V. Bonitto and Wright did not bat. CRICKET IN CEYLON. BADULLA v. KANDAPOLLA. Played at Badulla on the 5th and 6th of April, Badulla winning by 17 runs. B a d u l l a . First Innings. P. F. Hadow, b Barkley ... 3 G. W. Burton, b Cham­ berlin ............................ 6 run out H. White, c Watson, b Bartley ...................... 2 R. H. Eliot, hw, b Marks 80 Second Innings, not out .........43 W. Baker, c Alexander, b Marks............................11 E. Heanly, run o u t........ 0 R. A. Painter, b Barkley... 19 G. A. Craib, b Gallop ... 0 A. Forbes, b Barkley ... 0 C. A. Hughes, not out ... 1 B. Ffan&hawe, b Barkley 11 Extras ...................... 6 Total b Gallop ......... 3 c Barkley, b Gal­ lop ............... 15 cMarks.bBarkley 2 b Gallop ......... 0 c and b Barkley 16 b Chamberlin ... 2 b Gallop ......... 4 b Gallop ......... 0 CMoss.b Marks 4 Extras ... 7 Total ... 98 K andapolla . First Innings. Second Innings. A. Chamberlin, b Eliot ... 5 b Eliot............... 32 R. C. Wright, b Eliot ... 24 run out ......... 5 J. Marks, c and b Eliot ... 0 c and b Eliot ... 1 R. G. Gallop, c Heanly, b Eliot ............................ 2 c and b Eliot ... 3 J. R. Barkley, not out ... L. B. Moss, b Eliot ......... 27 c Hughes,bCraib 11 0 run out ......... 3 R. H. Watson, b Craib ... 4 b Craib ......... 4 J.Alexander(sub.), bCraib 16 b Craib ......... 0 J. H Carson, c Hadow, b E lio t............... ......... 0 not out ......... 1 J. H. Thomas, b White ... 6 b Craib ......... 5 V.Vicaresso.c Ffanshawe, b White ...................... G c Hadow ......... 0 Extras ...................... 7 Extras......... 8 Total ............... 97 Total ... 73 HEATHFIELD CLUB. F ixtures for 1889. April 20—Home, Club Match April 27—Brentford, v. Boston Park bApril 27—Home, v. Boston Park bApril 27—Brixton, v. Stockwell cMay 2—Oval, v. Surrey Colts May 4—West Norwood, v. Grecian bMay 4—Upper Tooting, v. Stormont bMay 4—Home, v. Bowyer May 11—Beaufort House, v. Walham Green bMay 11—Home, v. Spencer 2nd XI. bMay 11—Wimbledon, v. Polytechnic 2nd XI. May 18—Home, v. Townley Park 6May 18—Dulwich, v. Townley Park 2nd XI. bMay 18—Camberwell, v. First Surrey Rifles aMay 20, 21, 22—Home, v. Grasehoppers May 25—Upper Tooting, v. Spencer aMay 25—Strawberry Hill, v. Strawberry Hill bMay 25—Home, v. Stockwell May 27,28, 30—Catford Bridge, v. Private Banks aMay 29—Home, v. St. Thomas’s Hospital 2nd XI. June 1—East Molesey, v. East Molesey aJune 1—Wimbledon, v. Polytechnic bJune 1—Home, v. Ibis 2nd XI. aJune 5,6,7—Home, v. Bolingbroke June 8—Honor Oak Park, v. Brockley aJune 8—Home, v. Church Institute bJune 8—Honor Oak, v. Femdale United cJune 10—Tunbridge Wells, v. Tunbridge Wells a cJune 10—Home, v. Education Department a cJune 11—Home, v. Eldon aJune 12,13,14—Home, v. L. & S.W. Bank June 15—Home, v. Brixton bJune 15—Biixton, v. Brixton bJune 15—Camberwell, v. First Surrey Rifles June 17,18.19—Catford Bridge,v.Bank of England June 22—Home, v. Dulwich aJune 22—Dulwich, v. Dulwich bJune 22—Twickenham, v. St. Mary’s June 24,25,26—Home, v. Post Office aJune 27,28—Dulwich, v. London and CountyBank June 29—Kingston, v. Kingston bJune 29—Home, v. Grecian 2nd XI. bJune 29—Clapham, v. Yarra 2nd XI. aJuly 3—Home, v. Lyndhurst July 6—Home, v. Boston Park b July 6—Brentford, v. Boston Park 2nd XI. bJuly 6—Wimbledon, v. Polytechnic 2nd XI. aJuly 8, 9,10—Wimbledon, v. Grasshoppers July 10—Home, v. Mr. W. H. Du Buisson’s XI. July 13—Catford Bridge, v. Bank of England bJuly 13—Home, v. Spencer 2nd XI. bJuly 13—Dulwich, v. Ibis 2nd XI. rtJuly 15,16—Dulwich, v.London and County Bank July 17—Richmond, v. Post Office July 20—Upper Tooting, v. Spencer aJuly 20—Wimbledon, v. Polytechnic bJuly 20—Home, v. Yarra 2nd XI. aJuly 23, 24,25—Home, v. L. & S.W. Bank July 27—East Molesey, v. East Molesey aJuly 29, 30, 31—Home, v. Bolingbroke Aug. 3—Dulwich, v. Townley Park bAug. 3—Home, v. Townley Park 2nd XI. bAug. 3—Twickenham, v. St. Mary’s cAug. 5—Rye, v. Rye a c Aug. 5—Home, v. Education Department Aug. 10—Brixton, v. Brixton bAug. 10—Home, v. Brixton 2nd XI. Aug. 17 —Catford Bridge, v. Private Banks aAug. 17—Home, v. Strawberry Hill aA.ug. 21—Home, v. Eldon Aug. 24—Hampton Wick, v. Hampton Wick bAug. 24—Home, v. Stormont Aug. 31—Home. v. Grecian bAug. 31—West Norwood, v. Grecian Sept. 7—Mitcham, v. Mitcham aSept. 7—Home, v. Mitcham Sept. 14—Dulwich, v. Dulwich aSept. 14—Home, v. Dulwich Sept. 21—Home, First Eleven v. Next Sixteen a Junior First Eleven Matches; b Second Eleven Matches; o Day Matches. NUTFIELD CLUB. F ixtures for 1889. June 8—Reigate Hill, v. Reigate Hill July 17 —Nutfield, v. Mr. W. Dorling’s XI. July 27—Nutfleld, v. Will-o’-Wisps July 29,30—Nutfleld, v. Authentics July 31 —Nutfield, v. Reigate Hill Aug. 1, 2—Nutfield, v. M.C.C. and Ground Aug. 3—Nutfield, v. Dorking S t. M ildred ’ s v. U n io n B ank of A ustra ­ lia . —Played at Leyton on April 27, and won by the former club. Score: St. Mildred’s72, Union Bank of Australia 36. Unwin and Constant batted well, and Fielding bowled well for th§ winners, taking eight wickets for 10 runs.