Cricket 1890

210 CRICKET A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JUNE 26, 1890. THE SEVENTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM. THIRTEENTH MATCH.—v. PLAYERS. Exoept for the absenoe of Arthur Shrews­ bury, who was unable to play, owing to a strain, the Players were represented, perhaps, as well as they could have been for their first match with the Australians, begun at Lord’s on Thursday last. Notwithstanding, too, the moderate form the Colonists had been showing just before, the interest taken in the meeting was above the average. Considering that the game was altogether one-sided, the attendance was much greater than might have been ex­ pected, and as indicating that the exoitement was maintained until the finish, we may add that during the matoh 21,339 persons paid for admission, 5149 of them on the last day. The) rain, whioh had been so prevalent in tne south of London, seemed to have spared Lord’s, and the Players, winning the toss, were fortunate in getting first use of an excellent wicket. Ulyett ana Gunn, who opened the batting, laid the foundation of what proved to be a remark­ able innings. These two batsmen put on 66 before the first wicket fell, and so well did Barnes, who only played as substitute for Shrewsbury, subsequently assist Gunn, that when the first day closed with a total of 322, the Australians had only sucoeeded in dismissing four of the Players. Gunn, who was not out over night 147, continued on the following morning to bat in the same oareful watchful style, playing all the Australian bowlers with the same masterly ease and confidence. Peel and Flowers at first lent him useful assistance, and later on Lohmann hit with considerable freedom. At lunoheon time, on Friday, Gunn was still in with 193 to his credit, and on resuming, he played with such care that it took him nearly twenty-five minutes to add 8 runs, completing his second hundred just after three o’clock. Even then, though evidently very tired, he took no liberties, and it seemed a certainty that he would carry out bis bat, when, to the general disappointment of the spectators, he played rather slackly at a ball from Lyons, and was bowled. He had been in while 516 runs were scored, and of this huge total his share was 228, the highest innings ever made against an Australian team in England, and at the same time his highest score in important matches. For nine hours and three-quarters he had met all the Australian bowlers with the same care and judgment, and a finer display of consistently watchful cricket cannot be imagined. It may be added that with one exception—the 558 made by Lord Londesborough’s England Eleven, at Scarborough, in 1886—the total of the Players (516) is the highest, so far, recorded against an Australian team. The Australians were left with an hour and a half for batting on Friday, and though Lyons made 50 of the first 77 in the same number of minutes, when play ceased half the wiokets were down with the total only 96. Though there was apparently little chance of the Aus­ tralians saving the game, when play was re­ sumed on Saturday their show was singularly disappointing. The wicket, particularly at one end, helped the bowlers, but, except Barrett and Ferris in the first and Lyons and Jones in the second innings, no one batted with any confidence, and before four o’clock fifteen wickets had fallen, leaving the Players the winners by 263 runs. Much has been written about the batting of the winning side, but their out-crioket should not be passed over without praise. Lohmann, Briggs, and Peel —all, as will be seen, contributed to the suc­ cess of their side by their excellent bowling, and the fielding all-roundwas up to the very best standard, two catches in particular by Briggs just at the finish deserving the highest praise. P l a y e r s . A u s t r a l ia n *. Ulyett, b Lyons ... 40 Gunn, b L yons...........228 Read, c and b Turner 33 Chatterton, st Black­ ham, b Ferris............ 16 Barnes, b Lyons ... 67 Peel, c Blackham, b Ferris... - ................. 41 Flowers, c Gregory, b Ferris ................. 20 Briggs, c Blackham, b Trumble .......... 1 Lohmann. b Turner 84 Attewell, not out Bherwin, b Lyons . B 5, lb 6, nb 6 . Total ... , First Innings. J. J. Lyons, c Lohmann, b Peel...............................CO J. M’C. Blackham, b Loh­ mann ............................... 4 W. L. Murdoch, b Ulyett 28 H. Trott, c Sherwin, b Peel ............................... o J. B. Barrett, b Lohmann 29 S. P. Jones, c Sherwin, b Peel ............................... 1 F. H. Walters, c Attewell, b Lohmann .......... ... 6 Second Innings, run out ..........94 b Briggs b Briggs S. E. Gregory, Lohmann lbw, b C. T. B. Turner, c Ulyett, b Briggs ........................ 1 J. J. Ferris, not o u t............27 fl. Trumble, c Gunn, b Lohmann........................ 8 c Gunn, b Briggs 6 b Briggs .......... 0 c Gunn, b Loh­ mann ............34 st Sherwin, b Lohmann ... 0 st Sherwin, b Briggs ............18 c Briggs, b Loh­ mann ............10 c Briggs, b Loh­ mann .......... 2 not out B ... Total ..........156 Total ...107 BOWLING ANALYSIS. P la t e r s . O. M. R. W. Trott ... 4 0 21 0 Turner ... 70 33 116 2 Ferris ... 93 33 134 3 O. M. R. W. Lyons... 43.3 7 123 4 Trumble 52 22 99 1 Jones ... 2 0 16 0 Lyons delivered four no-balls, and Ferris and Tru ble one each. A u s t r a l ia n s . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W* 37.315 61 5 .......... 20.3 8 53 4 10 7 10 1 ........... 1 1 0 0 12 4 19 1 ........... 21 10 51 5 24 9 48 0 11 4 18 8 Lohmann Ulyett Briggs . Attewell . Peel ... . FOURTEENTH MATCH.—v. YORKSHIRE The victory of the Yorkshiremen over the Australians at Sheffield on the occasion of their first meeting lent additional interest to their second fixture, begun at Bradford on Monday last. The Australians were fortunate enough to win the toss, but the play of the earlier batsmen was as disappointing as it had been on several ocoasions before, and, though the ground was all in favour of run-getting, the score was only 76 when the eighth wicket fell. Dr. Barrett, who had gone in Becond wioket, after Murdooh and Lyons had retired without a run, found, however, a useful ally in Ferris, and the two left-handers played up with rare pluck. The Doctor was batting for three hours and a quarter for his 61, an innings not only of inestimable value to the side, but in itself faultless, Ferris’s nerve and judgment, too, cannot be over praised. Though his play showed more free­ dom— he was only in an hour and forty minutes — there was no mistake in his 48 not out, another proof of his utility as a bat when things have gone badly for the team. When Yorkshire went in, too, Ferris showed to equal advantage as a bowler, and all the three wiokets down at the end of the first day were from his bowling. The County had then scored 63, so that when the game was resumed on the seoond morning there was every chance of some interesting play. The not outs, Hall and Peel, feoth set to work again with great resolution, and they scored so steadily off the Australian bowling that Yorkshire seemed in for a long innings. The t o batsmen had added 119 runs when Peel was run out, a mistake which altered the whole appearance of the game. After his retirement, indeed, no one offered any serious resistance, and the last six wickets fell for an addition of 40 runs. Of the total of 161 from the bat, Peel and Hall had contributed no less than 137. Both batsmen were seen to the best advantage in their own particular styles. Hall was in three hours and ten minutes, Peel fifty minutes less, and though the latter might possibly have been stumped when he had got 49, this was the only mistake. When they began their second innings 6 runs in hand, the Australians fared worse than before. The majority did not appear to like Ulyett’s fast bowling, which got up at times, and the total on the fall of the seventh wicket was only 20. Dr. Barrett, who once more proved the saviour of his side, however, this time found useful assistance from Turner, and again the Australian tail saved the team from the dis­ credit of a small total. Turner made 53 of the 79 runs got during the partnership by free and taking cricket, and the Doctor, who was in three hours without the slightest mistake, carried out his bat for another admirably defensive innings of 46. Wanting 148 to win, Yorkshire had half an hour’s batting on Tuesday, and during that time Hall and Brown made 21 without the loss of a wicket. Though rain twice caused a cessation of play yesterday, there was not enough to do York­ shire any harm. The not outs did not give much trouble, but when Lord Hawke and Lee got together runs came fast, and at luncheon time they were still in, with the total 132, or 16 still wanting to win. A heavy shower during the interval prevented a resumption till 4.10, and then the runs still required were quickly got, the Yorkshire eleven thus secur­ ing their second victory over the Australian team with eight wickets to spare. Lee and Lord Hawke both played fine, free cricket. A u s t r a l ia n s . First Innings. Mr. J. J. Lyons, c Hunter, b Ulyett ........................ 0 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, b Peel ............................... 0 Mr. G. H. S. Trott, b Ulyett............................... 5 Mr. J. E. Barrett, c Moor­ house, b H a ll.................61 Mr. S. P. Jones, c White­ head, b Ulyett................. 2 Mr. S. E. Gregory, c Hall, b Wainwright.................11 Mr. J. M’C. Blackham, b Wainwright ................. 2 Second Innings. c and b Ulyetfc... 1 c Hall, b Ulyett 8 b P eel.......... ... 0 not out ..........46 lbw, b Ulyett ... 2 c Moorhouse, b Ulyett .......... 0 c Whitehead, b Ulyett .......... 0 Mr. C. T. B. Turner, c Ulyett, b Wainwright... 23 c Lee, b Brown 53 Mr. F. H. Walters, b U lyett............................... 8 Mr. J. J. Ferris, not out ... 48 Mr.H.Trumble, st Hunter, b Peel............................... 1 B 2, lb 14 .................16 Total ... ...177 lbw, b Peol ... 6 b Ulyett ..........11 c Hunter, b Wainwright... 9 B 1,1b 3, w l 5 Total ...141 Y o r k s h ir e . First Innings. Brown, b Ferris ... 1 Whitehead, b Ferris 2 Hunter.c Blackham, b Trumble ........... 0 Mr. W.F. WhitwelJ, not out .................. 0 Lb 2, w 1 ........... 3 Hall, c Walters, b Trum ble.................64 Lee, lbw, b Ferris ... 4 Lord Hawke,b Ferris 4 Ulyett, c Turner, b Ferris........................ 2 Peel, run out ..........73 W ainwright.cTumer, b Trumble P .......... 4 T otal...........171 Moorhouse, lbw, b Ferris .......... ... 14 In the Second Innings Hall scored c Murdoch, b T umble 28,Lee (notout) 67, Hawke (not out) 31, Brown, b Trumble 19; lb 2, nb 1.—Total, 148. BOWLING ANALYSIS. A u s t r a l ia n s . First Innings. O. M. R. W. U lyett......... 27 14 40 4 Peel ......... 43 28 37 2 Wainwright 16 4 42 3 Whitwell ... 4 Brown......... Whi eh ad Hall ........ . 1 8 0 2 15 0 3 4 0 2 15 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 36 19 45 6 ... 27 12 39 2 ... 8.4 1 17 1 ... 6 3 6 0 4 1 Ulyett bowled a wide. Y o r k s h ir e . Turner... Ferris ... Lyons ... Trumble Gregory First Innings. O. M. R. W. 29 17 35 0 33.114 50 6 17 8 31 0 17 8 31 3 3 0 21 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 6 0 19 0 ...23.4 5 65 0 ... 2 1 1 0 ...29 10 60 2 Turner bowled a wide and Ferris a no-ball.