Cricket 1890

Ik t U L u - 1 - o - t . c - o 3 --' ~ 7*"® I - e CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME; jan . 27, 1890. health of the Colom bo Cricket Club, coupled w ith the names of Mr. Stephens, the captain, Mr. H . H . Capper, the non. sec., and Mr Vanderspar, one of the entertainment com ­ m ittee, who had taken a lot of trouble in arranging the details of the Ceylon tour. The com plim ent was duly honoured by all three, Mr. Stephens alluding to Mr. V ernon’s grand batting display, and thanking him for what he had said. Mr. H ornsby also made a very hum orous speech. A number of songs were sung, Mr. Lawson-Sm ith, Mr. "Walker, Mr. Ingles, Mr. Jameson, and M ajor Churchill all scoring well in the latter part of the innings. The m embers of Mr. V ernon’s cricket team, who were just before their departure joined by Mr. T. K . Tapling, M .P ., an arrival by the ‘ N epaul,” were also the guests of Col. Boyes and the officers of the Gordon H ighlanders at dinner. T H IR D M A T C H -v . C A L C U T T A CLUB. The English amateurs arrived at Calcutta in the P. and O. steamer “ N epaul” on Dec. 22, and on the follow ing day began the first of a series of matches to be played in that city. It had been found impossible to have a gam e in Madras, as tim e did not perm it. The opening match in Calcutta was against the Calcutta Club, and the Englishm en on the first day were honoured by the largest crow d ever seen at a cricket match at Calcutta. The V iceroy the Marquis of Lansdowne and L ady Lansdowne were present. The Calcutta captain won the toss, and took the innings, sending in Captain Greenway, who, if we mistake not, is the Old Cheltonian of that name, and M ajor Owens. D e Little and Shand opened the E nglish bowling, but the first wicket did not fall to either, M ajor Owens being run out v> itli the total at 36. Messrs. Mellor, Alexander, and D ickson gave little trouble, and the total was 51 when the fourth batsman was out. Thom as, however, lent Captain Greenway, who had been play­ ing excellent cricket from the first, valuable assistance by his free hitting, and he con ­ tributed 49 out of 60 while he was in. H ewitt was caught after m aking 1, and when the tiffen bell rang the total was 132 for six wickets— Captain Greenway not out 63. On resuming, Greenway continued to bat in admirable style, and eventually carried out his bat, Simpson helping to add 43 for the last wicket. Greenway’s 130 was a really fine display of cricket. H e carried his bat through the innings w ithout a chance of any kind, and was heartily congratulated by the V iceroy on his brilliant performance. A fter ten m inutes Calcutta took the field, Flow ers and Ogbourne starting the bowling to W alker and Lawson-Sm ith. T he latter was caught at 38, of which he had only made 5, and at the end of the first day the score was 76 for one wicket, W alker notout 49, Gibson not out 15. On December24the game was resumed at eleven o ’clock, and from the last ball of the first over W alker was caught. Mr. V ernon only cam e in to be caught at point for a single, and Philipson was also had in the same position after assisting to make 32 runs. H ornby, after hitting freely, was given out lbw, and just as the fciffen bell rang, De Little was bowled off his pads, the score 231 for seven wickets. Soon after the renewal Gibson, who had just got his hundred, was bowled, having played excellent cricket. Goldney and Tapling both hit with great freedom , and when the latter was bowled the innings was over for 311, or 62 on. Calcutta opened their second innings, as the first, with Captain Greenway and M ajor Owens, who liad to face the bow ling of Shand and Leatham. The Captain played Shand’s third ball on, and the other batsmen made |so poor a show that at the end of the second day six wickets were down, w ith only 33 runs scored. "When play was resumed on the third day the Calcutta tail did fairly well, but only 57 were added, bringing the total up to 90. This left the Englishm en w ith 29 to win, and the runs were got for the loss of one batsman, Mr. Lawson-Sm ith. T he English team thus won w ith nine wickets to spare. E n g lish E l e v e n . First Innings. E. R. De Little, b Heckle ................. 6 G. H, Goldney, c Mellor, b Heckle... 47 F. K. Tapling, b Heckle .................40 F. L. Shand, not out ........................ 1 B 16, lb 4, w 3 ... 23 J. G, Walker, c Dick­ son, b Simpson ... 49 E. M. Lawson-Smith, c Simpson, b Heckle .................. 5 A. E. Gibson, b Heckle .................100 G. F. Vernon, c Owens, b Heckle ... 1 H.Philipson,cOwens, b H eckle.................10 J.H. J. Hornsby, lbw, b Simpson ..........37 A. D. Leatham, c Simpson, b Heckle 12 In the Second Innings J. G. Walker scored (not out) 15. E. M. Lawson-Smith, c Hewitt, b Thomas 11, A. E. Gibson, (not out) 0; b 5.—Total 31. Total ...311 C a lc u tta C l u b . First Innings. C. E. Greenway, not out 130 Major Owens, run out ... 17 W. Mellor, c Philipson, b Gibson ........................ 2 C. F. Alexander, c Lea­ tham, b H ornsby.......... 3 H. W. Dickson, c Shand, b G ib so n ........................ 0 R. E. Thomas, b Shand ... 49 J. P. Hewitt, c De Little, b Hornsby........................ 1 G. St. Nixon, b Hornsby 9 L. C. Ogbourne, c Philipson, b Gibson ... 16 H. Heckle, c Vernon, b L ea th am ........................ 3 A. f . Simpsom, c Lawson- Smith, b Shand ..........15 Second Innings. b 3, lb 1 ... Total ... ... 4 ...249 b Shand ... ... 0 c De Little, b Leatham ... 1 st Philipson, b Leatham ... 0 c Walker, b Leatham ... 15 not out ... 23 b Leatham ... 2 run out ... 7 c Vernon, b Hornsby ... 20 b Hornsby ... ... 14 b Gibson ... ... 5 c Walker, b Hornsby ... 2 W .......... ... 1 Total ... 90 BOWLING ANALYSIS. C o lo n ials . First Innings. De Little Shand ... Gibson... Leatham B. M. R. W. .. 35 0 37 0 ...100 ... 20 78 45 21 Second Innings. B. M. R. W. . ... 5 0 3 0 ... 75 ... 30 1 ..........55 Hornsby 58 18 8 F O U R T H M A TCH—v . B EN G A L . The E nglish Amateurs began the fourth m atch of their tour against an eleven re­ presenting Bengal, on the ground of the Calcutta Club on Dec, 31. Mr. Vernon was fortunate enough to win the toss, and sent in Messrs. W alker and Lawson Smith to face the bowling of Corporal Godfrey, right- hand slow, and Cameron, right-hand medium. Of the two batsmen Mr. W alker scored rather the faster, and he had made 19 of 31, when he played one of Cameron’s into his w icket. Mr. Gibson followed, to be bowled by the same bow ler for a couple, and the second wicket fell w ith the total at 39. Messrs. V ernon and Lawson Sm ith, however, gave the field a lot of trouble, and though Heckle, Thom as, Dickson and Colien all had a try with the ball, when the tiffen bell rang the score had been raised to 127, Mr. Vernon, not out, 53, Mr. Lawson Sm ith, not out, 52. The resumption, however, was soon fatal to the latter batsman, who was caught by the w icket keeper standing deep. H e had played a steady and correct innings of 52 without a chance. Mr. Philipson joined Mr. Vernon, only to lose him with an addition o f 18 runs, the Captain being neatly caught in the slips for a fine innings of 66. The fourth wicket fell at 140, and ten minutes later Mr. H ornsby, who had replaced Mr. Veraon, was also caught in the slips. Mr. Leatham helped Mr. Philipson, though, to make another stand and 65 runs were added before the form er was caught at the wicket for a very useful score of 28. Mr. D e Little, the next com er, too, was not easily dism issed, and again the score rose fast through M r. Philip- son’s vigorous hitting. The Oxford captain hit a five from both Godfrey and D ickson, but soon after the second hit, was bowled by God­ frey. H e had lost no opportunity of making runs, and his 65 was an excellent display of cricket. A fter m aking 25 by hard hitting, D e Little was caught behind the wicket, and at the end of the first day Messrs. Tapling and Goldney were together with the total 287 for eight wickets. On resum ing the following m orning, Mr. Goldney hit away w ith vigour, and the innings did not finish till a total of 315 had been reached, Mr. Goldney having contributed 34 of the last 52 runs made. A fter an interval of ten minutes the E n g ­ lishmen took the field, Messrs. Shand and Leatham opening the bowling to Captain Greenway and M ajor Owens. B oth batsmen were soon dismissed, but Messrs. Collen and Dickson played free cricket and at tiffen they were still together, having raised the score from 8 to 106, Mr. Collen not out 64, Mr. D ixon not out 33. Soon after the resumption, the form er batsman was bowled off his pads. H e had hit hard, and though with some luck, his innings was a good display and one of immense value to the side. D ickson, too, was not long afterwards out in precisely the same way as his partner, playing a ball hard on to his legs, and then into his wickets. His 40 was a very useful innings. A fter the separation of these tw o batsmen, however, no stand was made, and after tiffen the eight wickets were secured for an addition of 47. Mr. Gibson, as will be seen, bowled with great success. His five wickets only cost 28 runs. Being in a m inority of 162 runs, B engal had of course to follow on, and this tim e Capt. Greenway had as his partner Mr. N ixon. Messrs. Gibson and H ornsby were the English bowlers, but it was again left to Messrs. D ick­ son and Collen to make the first stand. Four­ teen runs were scored from one over of Mr. Leatham, but at last Mr. Shand bowled Mr. Collen, the partnership having added 52 runs. Just at the end of the second day, too, Mr. Dickson was run out for another useful score of 31. The total when the third day’s play com ­ menced was 75 for five wickets, and this was nearly doubled before the innings was brought to an end. Mr. H eckle played steadily, and with Mr. Cameron, 45 were added before the latter was out l b w . The remaining batsmen did very little, and when the tenth wicket fell the total was 145, Mr. Heckle carrying out his bat for a steadily and wrell played 27. The E nglish fielding wTas very good, that of Mr. Philipson at the wicket, and M r. W alker at point in particular being m uch appreciated. The English team thus won by an innings and 17 runs. G. F. V ernon s X I. J. G. W a lk e r b Cameron.................19 E. M , Lawson-Smith, c G r e e n w a y , b Cameron................. 51 A. E. Gibson, b Cameron................. 2 G. F. Vernon, c Cameron,bGodfrey 66 H. Philipson, b God­ frey ... .................65 J. H. Hornsby, c Godfrey,bCameron 2 A. E. Leatham, i G r e e n w a y , b Collen .................2# E. R. De Little, c u Greenway, b Dick­ son ........................ 25 G H. Goldney, c Greenway, b God­ frey ........................ 34 T. K. Tapling, b Godfrey ................. 2 J. L. Shand, not out 12 E xtras................. ^ Tota ..........315 NEXT ISSUE, FEBRUARY 27.