Cricket 1890

2 2 6 CB ICKET : A WEEKLY BECOBD OF THE GAME. JULY 3, 1890. inter-colonial matches played byVictoria, and In almost every case with the best results. Though he had to rush away in hot haste after taking his medical degree at Melbourne, and travel all night to Adelaide, a distance of 500 miles, to take his place in the Victorian Eleven against South Australia, he was able to make two creditable scores of 41 and 27. Against New South Wales, at Melbourne, he was in while 185 runs were got, and his score of 69 was free from a blemish of any kind. His aggregate of 230 gave him an average of over 38 for Inter-colonial matches last winter. He had proved himself to be one of the most reliable batsmen in Australia, and when it was found that Alick Bannerman was dis­ inclined to go to England again, he was by common consent selected as the best man to take his place. Just at the outset of the tour he did not seem quite at home with the pace of the grounds or the English light. Latterly, however, he has proved his un­ doubted excellence as a batsman with some good scores, and his last five innings previous to the fixture just over at Derby, and against some of the best bowling in England, gave an aggregate of 159 for three completed innings with one run out. His best show so far has been against Yorkshire at Bradford last week, and his two scores of 61and 46 not out were quite sufficient to establish his reputation. Stand­ ing over six feet he has great command over the ball, and possessed as he is of unwearying patience, as well as more than ordinary judg­ ment, his watchful play will always make his a difficult wicket to get. A left-handed bats­ man is often of great use to a side, and this advantage he has as well. Popular socially, as well as on the cricket field, the Doctor, or, to give him his full rights Dr. John Edward Barrett, M.B., B.S., is a great favourite in Australia, as he is sure to be here. Our portrait is from a photograph by Gilliam & Co., of Oxford. THE SEVENTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM. FIFTEENTH MATCH—v. NORTH OF ENGLAND. Australian cricketers have not, as a rule, come off well in their engagements against a picked eleven of the North of England. The last team beat them in 1888, but, we believe, this is the only occasion on which the North has been defeated. Nor, on the form they had recently been showing, did it look as if the team now here had the best of the game on paper, against such a strong side as the North had collected, for the match begun at Manchester on Thursday. Mr. Hornby was to have captained the Northern eleven, but owing to a strain, he was unable to play, and Hall took his place. In spite of the heavy rain on Wednesday, the wicket played fairly well on the first day. The Australians made the best use of their opportunities in winning the toss, and Turner, who was sent in first, proved a batsman quite to Lyons’ taste. When the latter was out after forty ninutes’ piny, 51 had been got, and 30 more were added before Turner was bowled. His 42 was an excellent display of free cricket, marred by only one chance when he had made 7. Though Trott and Barrett were dismissed before luncheon, Murdoch and Blackham were proof against all the wiles of the Eng­ lish bowlers for over an hour and fifty minutes. During this time, Attewell, Briggs, Peel, Ulyett, Flowers and Barnes were all tried without success, and while the Captain and his trusty lieutenant were together, 109 were added to the score. Though both showed admirable cricket, Murdoch’s was the more attractive display. He was batting for two hours and three-quarters, and his 74 was in every way worthy of him, free from a mistake. Though the total was 201 with only four bats­ men gone, Murdoch and Blackham were both out at that figure, and as the last four wickets only added 15, the innings came to an end more quickly than at one time seemed likely, gigging for 216, The Nortji had just hour left for batting on Thursday, and so well did Shrewsbury and Hall play, that when the stumps were drawn 54 had beenmade without the loss of a wicket. Bright sunshine and a drying wind following heavy rain made the pitch very difficult on Friday afternoon. The ground had not recovered sufficiently for a resumption until three o’clock, and Turner a d F rris bowled with such success on the treach rous wicket that the total was only 116 when the seventh batsman was out. it then seemed doubtful as if the English eleven ould save the follow on, and though Briggs and Barnes, by a very plucky stand, did save t em from this discredit, the completion of the nnings left them in a minority of 68 runs. Turner and Ferris, the latter of whom had not bowled on the first night, as will be seen, equally divided the ten wickets, and Trumble caught out four batsmen at short slip. Going n a second time on Friday afternoon, the Australians found batting far from easy, and in the hour and a quarter left for play, lost five f their best wickets for an aggregate of only 58. Heavy rain prevented a resumption on Saturday morning, and though the weather cleared up in the afternoon, the wicket was still so unfit for play at five o’cloc that it was decided to give up the game as drawn. It was rather unlucky for the Australians that the game could not be finished, as, with 126 runs on and still five wickets to fall, the North would have had, as the ground was, a hard task to avert a defeat. AUSTRALIANS. First Innings. Mr. J. J. Lyons, c Briggs, b Peel...............................31 Mr. C. T. B. Turner, b Briggs...............................42 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, lbw, b Attewell........................ Mr. G.H.S. Trott, c Ulyett, b Briggs ........................ Mr. J. E. Barrett, run out Mr. J. M‘C. Blackham, c Sherwin, b Peel ..........47 Mr. S. P. Jones, b Attewell 9 not out Mr. S. E. Gregory, c Sher­ win, b Peel ................. Mr. J. J. Ferris, not o u t... Mr. H. F. Boyle, c Sugg, b Attewell ........................ Mr. H. Trumble, c Gunn, b P eel............................... 1 B ............................... 2 Second Innings. c Sherwin, b Attewell..........11 74 3 c Gunn, b Peel... 0 b Attewell.......... 1 Ibw, b Attewell... 10 not out ..........20 c Ulyett.bBriggs 10 Total N o r t h o f Hall, c and b Turner 29 Shrewsbury,bTurner 39 Gunn, c Trott, b Ferris ................. 7 Sugg, b Turner..........16 Ulyett, c Trumble, b Ferris ................. 0 Peel, c Trumble, b Turner ................. 9 Barn s, c Jones, b Ferris .................12 B ................. 5 ...216 Total...........58 E n g l a n d . Flowers, c Trumble, b Ferris ................. 5 Briggs, c Trumble, b Ferris ... ..........21 Attewell, b Turner... 0 Sherwin, not out ... 0 B 8, nb 2 ..........10 Total ...148 BOWLING ANALYSIS. A u s t r a l ia n s . First Innings. Attewell ... Briggs ... P e e l.......... Ulyett ... Flowers ... Barnes ... O. M. R. W. , 40 19 £0 3 6 15 . 7 9 55 29 12 45 4 0 29 0 6 21 0 2 14 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W, 5 23 3 2 5 1 8 25 1 ... 12 ... 5 ... 17 N o r t h o f E n g l a n d . O. M. R. W. Boyle ... 10 4 17 0 Turner... 36.411 78 5 Trumbl 6. 3 11 0 Lyons Ferris M. R. W. 1 0 .25 11 31 5 Ferris bowled two no-balls. with Derbyshire, begun on Monday at Derby, befor the game wTas finally stopped by rain la e yesterday afternoon. Though Derbyshire h s never fared very well against Colonial t ams, it was hoped by some of their supporters that with the advantage of Spofforth’s bowl­ ing they would be able to make a good show, pa ticularly after the recent performances of the Australians. Blackham had injured his hand while fielding at Manchester on Friday, and as Boyle and Burn were left out, a place was found for Charlton, who had not^ been seen in the eleven for some weeks. Owing to heavy rain on Monday and the following morning, a commencement could not be made till after luncheon on Tuesday. The Austra­ li ns, who won the toss, began badly, losing Lyo s and Turner, who made such a good start against the North, for only three runs. In spite of the good cricket of Murdoch and Tro t seven wickets were down for 54, but Gregory and Trumble by free hitting put on 35 f r the ninth wicket, and thanks to them the t tal ultimately reached 108. In a bad light Derbyshire lost two batsmen for 16 runs, when rain stopped play on Tuesday night, and yes erday morning Turner and Ferris proved so difficult on the drying wicket that only 38 were added by the remaining batsmen. The County eleven were out for exactly one half the total of the opposite side, so that the Australians were able to commence their inn­ ings with a useful lead of 54 runs. Spofforth’s bowling, however, proved so deadly when they went in a second time, that though there were only thirty-five minutes before luncheon it was sufficient to get rid of six wickets for an aggregate of only 38 runs. Rain prevented a resumptioi until 8.45, and then runs camo easier. Jones scored freely, but with the total 75 for nine wickets the innings was closed, Jones carrying out his bat for a very useful 29. Derbyshire had no chance of going in, though, for the hour that remained, as the rain interfered and the game was abandoned, Derbyshire wanting 130 to win with all ten wickets in hand. A u s t r a l ia n s . ♦Second Innings. First Innings, Mr. J. J. Lyons, c David­ son, b Spofforth .......... 1 b Davidson Mr. C. T. B. Turner, b Da­ vidson.............................. Mr. W. L. Murdoch, c E. Evershed, b Sugg..........29 Mr ,H. Trott, b Spofforth 15 Mr. J. E. Barrett, c Storer, b Sugg............................... 3 c Hall, b Spof­ forth .......... b Spofforth ... b Spofforth c Wright, b Spof­ forth .......... Mr. J. J. Ferris, c David­ son, b Spofforth .......... 0 b Davidson.......... 8 Mr. S. P. Jones, c Wright, b Sugg............................... 0 not out .......29 Mr. F. H. Walters, b Sugg 5 b Davidson ... 4 Mr. S. E. Gregory, not out 21 lbw, b Spofforth 6 Mr. H. Trumble, run out 22 b Spofforth ... 0 Mr. P. C. Charlton, b Da­ vidson............................... 1 not out .......... 8 B 5, lb 1, nb 3 .......... 9 Extras........... 5 Total .................108 Total ... r,5 * Innings declared finished. D e r b y s h ir e . SIXTEENTH MATCH—v. DERBYSHIRE. Though the Australians suffered equally with all the English elevens from the bad weather on Monday and Tuesday, they were able to complete three innings in theirmatch W. Sugg, b Turner ... Hall, b Turner........... Mr. G. U. Walker, c Trumble, b Turner Storer, not out.......... Mr.F. li. Spofforth, b Turner ................. Extras................. Total 54 Mr. F. Evershed, b Ferris ................. 8 Mr. L. G. Wright, c Murdoch, b Ferris 0 Chatterton,c Trott, b Ferris ................. 4 Mr- E. Evershed, b Turner ................. 0 Davidson,lbw, b Tur­ ner ........................ 6 Mr. S. Evershed, c Chariton, b Feiris 12 BOWLING ANALYSIS. A u s t r a l ia n s . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.R. W . O. M. R. W. Davidson ... 12.1 4242 . 16 5 25 3 Spofforth ... 2613313 ... 19 3 42 6 Sugg ........ 18 7 38 4 ........... 3 1 3 0 Walker. ....... 1 0 3 0 D e r b y s h ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Turner ...17.310 16 6 1Ferris ...17 7 30 4 Ferris fowled a n° t>all>