Cricket 1890

22 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. FEB. 27, 1880. was very brief, Pavri being also instrumental in his dism issal in the slips. (92—9—9.) Then follow ed a hard on-drive by V ernon, which was produotive of only one, thanks to some sharp fielding. Another drive to the off, and shortly after Curzon, who had partnered his captain, was clean bowled by Gagrat, the E nglish captain, who went in second man, carrying out his bat for a w ell-played and com paratively hard hit forty-five. This closed the innings of the E nglish team for 97. A fter the usual interval, the Parsee captain sent in Pavri and Morenas to face the bow l­ ing of Messrs. Leatham (slow left), from the pavilion, and H ornsby. Off Leatham ’s fourth ball Pavri, who opened, scored twro with a good forw ard drive to off. H ornsby, taking the ball, sent down a maiden. Pavri then drove Leatham to the boundary for a four, H ornsby following up with another maiden, when the bell rang out for lunch. On the resum ption o f the game after tiffin, at 3.20, Leatham sent down a maiden from the pavilion end, and in his next over bow led and caught Pavri. (8—1—8.) Kanga, who took the vacant place, scored imm ediately, cutting Leatham ’s last ball for five, which put the first ten up. A fter a few m ore twos, Kanga placed tw enty on the board by cutting Leatham for two. Gibson then took his place and put down a maiden. Kanga then changed the m onotony of twos by a peculiar cut for four, off one from H ornsby. Gibson sent down another maiden, and D e Little, who had taken the ball from H ornsby, clean bowled Kanga, who had been playing a very offensive game, with his first ball. (25—2—14.) Gagrat partnered Morenas, who suddenly opened out and drove Gibson for a four to the ten ts; but in D e Little’s next over Gagrat unfortunately got before his wickets, and was dism issed without adding to the score. (29—3—0.) Bapasola, who next joined M o­ renas, spoilt a maiden of D e Little by placing 30 on the board with a splendid cut to the boundary, but with the third ball of his next over D e Little revenged him self by bowling him clean— (35—4—4)— this m aking the third wicket to his credit for five runs. Patel, the captain of the team, then partnered Morenas, who shortly after brought forty on to the board by placing one of De L ittle’s to square- leg. H ornsby, wrho had relieved Gibson, sent down tw o maidens in succession, and in De L ittle’s next over Patel’s substitute made an unfortunate attempt to run an impossible one, and was neatly run out. (42—5—1.) D octor joined Morenas, who latterly playing very insecurely was almost imm ediately dis­ m issed by H ornsby. (43 —6—17.) Dubash, the new man, soon put one of H ornsby’s away far three. Then after a few m ore small hits D octor placed one of D e Little’s to leg for two, bringing the score to 50 at twenty-five m inutes to five. Dubash then put on four more off one of H ornsby’s to theon-boundary, but imm ediately fell a victim to a curly one from the same bowler. (59— 7—6.) D octor then drove De Little beautifully to near the boundary for five, bringing 60 up. Gibson here changed with H ornsby, who in turn relieved De Little at the station end. Mach- liwala, who had in the meanwhile succeeded the last out, put 70 up by driving H ornsby to near the on-boundary for four, following it up with another in the same direction for three, and another off Gibson to the pavilion end boundary for fo u r; but he placed Gibson’s next ball in H ornsby’s hands on the off, and was held. (79—8—14.) M cdy succeeded, and De Little relieved H ornsby, w'ho quickly dis­ missed the last com er, after which tim e rang out, leaving the score at 80 with D octor not out and Pundole to bat. Play was resumed in this match at 11.30 on Jan. 31st, Mr. D octor, the not out, being accom panied to the wrickets by Mr. Pundole. Slow play was the order of the day, and in the courso of four overs from Mr. De Little no runs at all were scored, while the same number from Mr. H ornsby yielded two only. Mr. D octor at length attem pted to drive a ball from the last named bowler, and putting it up in the direction of m id-off, was caught at the second attempt by Major V on Donop. The innings thus closed for 82 only, leaving Mr. V ernon’s team a useful lead of 15 runs, in spite of the feeble display they had made in their first innings. As the wicket, which had kicked a good deal on the first day, was apparently playing nearly all right again on the second, it was confidently expected that the Visitors would make a m uch better show in the second innings, but these hopes were not destined to be realised. Mr. W alker and Mr. Law'son-Smith were the first pair of batsmen, as in the previous innings, but this tim e the Parsee Captain pat on Mr. Pavri to bow l instead of Mr. Pundole, H is judgm ent proved to be perfectly correct, as Mr. Pavri was in rare form , and in his first over disposed of Mr. Lawson-Sm ith, whom he caught w ith one hand off his own bow ling. One for 2 ; or anything but a cheerful beginning. Mr. Gibson came in and quicklv got Mr. M ody away for 4. A brief stand was made, but presently Mr. Pavri gave fresh evidence that he was on the spot by dism issing the last com er, who played on. Mr. Vernon next appeared, and almost imm e­ diately cracked Pavri to the on for 4. A fter he had scored but one m ore Mr. W alker called him for a run, and then sent him back w ith the result that he was run out. It was a very near thing indeed, and a wonderful bit of luck for the Parsees. Indeed, w e may say that this piece of good fortune practically determined the m atch in their favour. Mr. Philipson was next, but he had hardly taken his place before Mr. Pavri shot down Mr. W alker’s stumps. Three for 15 and four for 15. Mr. D e L ittle came in and started with two to leer. H e only scored one more, however, before Mr. M ody bowled him clean. Five for 20, a truly wretched state of things. Mr. Philipson and Mr. H ornsby were now together, and for a tim e they raised the hopes of their side by scoring freely. Mr. Hornsby made a four in the slips, upon which the grubs were put on, but without effect. Mr. Philipson then cracked Mr. Pavri to the boundary three times in succession for four each time. In attempting to repeatthe stroke for the fourth tim e he failed to get well hold of the ball, and was caught at m id-on by Mr. Patell. H e had made a good and plucky attem pt to turn the fortune of the day by hard hitting, but luck was against him and it was not to be. M ajor V on Donop was wTell caught at short leg before he had tim e to score, and Mr. H ornsby was bowled by Mr. Pavri when his score amounted to 9. Mr. Leatham played the grubs well and brought on Mr. M ody in place of Mr. Gagrat. The end then soon came, as Mr. Leatham was almost imm ediately afterwards out leg before to the fast bowler. H e had scored 15 when they were m uch wanted. Mr. Goldney, who had made a couple of twos, next had his stumps uprooted by Mr. Pavri, and the innings came to an end for 61 only. There was nothing in the state of the ground to account for this very poor display of batting, and the very highest credit must be given to the Parsees for their excellent bowling and close fielding. T he second innings of the Parsees was opened by Mr. Patell and Mr. Morenas to the bow ling of Mr. D e Little and Mr. H ornsby. W ith the score at 11, Mr. Morenas was clean bowled by M r. D e Little and then for a short tim e things went well for the visiting team. A t 14 Mr. Kanga was disposed of (lbw) by Mr. H ornsby. Mr. Patell fell at 17, and as Mr. D octor was got rid of at the same total for 0, victory seemed still to hang in the balance if not to incline to­ wards the strangers. A t this point Mr. Pavri and Mr. Gagrat made a stubborn stand which was of priceless value to their side. Mr. Gibson went on for an over or two. and Mr. H ornsby changed ends, while Mr. D e Little had a rest. Runs were scarce and maidens frequent. Mr. D eLittle went on again and unfortunately dropped Mr, Gagrat a very long bop, which he prom ptly despatched to the NEXT ISSUE, MAKCH 27. off for six. Had it travelled a yard or two further it would have reached the boundary and scored four only. Mr. Grgrat scored but three m ore and was then run out by a bit of good fielding. Meanwhile Mr. Pavri had been playing a good, sound innings. His defence was excellent, and occasionally he got the ball well away to the boundary. In conjunction writh Mr. Machliwalla he raised the score rapidly. The latter played the right game for the crisis. H e jum ped out courageously to fast and slow bowlers alike, and despatched the ball vigorously to all parts of the field. Mr. Pavri was got rid of at 60 for an excellent 21, but it was of no avail. There were now too few runs to get for there to be any chance of saving the m atch, and Mr. Dubash and Mr. Machliwalla soon knocked off the required number, thus leaving the Parsees victorious by four wickets. They are heartily to be congratulated on their really splendid victory, w hich evoked great enthusiasm. M r . V ernon ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. J. G. Walker, b Mody ... 0 b Pavri ........... 2 E. M. Lawson-Smith, b Mody ...............................17 c and b Pavri ... 1 A. E. Gibson, b Mody ... 0 b Pavri ........... 6 G. P. Vernon, not out ... 45 ran out ........... 6 H. Philipson, b Gagrat ... 0 c Patel, bPavri 14 E. R.DeLittle, b Gagrat... 4 bMody ........... 3 H.J.H. Hornsby, b Gagrat 0 b Pavri ........... 9 Major Von Donop run out 14 c Dubash, b Pavri .......... 0 A. E. Leatham, b Pavri ... 9 lbw, b Mody ... 15 G. H. uoldney, lbw, b Pavri ............................... 0 b Pavri ........... 4 Hon. A. N. Curzon, b Gagrat.............. ................ 0 not out ........... 0 E x tra s.......................... 8 Extras ... 2 Total .................97 Total ... 61 P arsees . First Innings. Second Innings. M. E. JPavri, c and b Lea­ tham ................................ 6 b De Little ... 21 J. M. Morenas, b Hornsby 17 b De Little ... 4 D. D. Kanga, b De Litt'e .. 14 lbw, b Hornsby 2 B. D. Gagrat, lbw, b De Little ............................... 0 run out .......... 9 N. C. Bapasola, b De Little ................................. 4 J. M. Patel, runo u t........... 1 b Hornsby.......... 9 S B. Doctor, c Von Donop, b Hornsby........................13 b Hornsby........... 0 D. F. Dubash, bHornsby 8 not out... ........... 8 B. C. Machliwalla, c Hornsby, b Gibson ... 14 not out ..........20 R. E. Mody, b De L ittle... 0 D. C. Pundole, not out ... 1 Extras ................. ... 4 Extras............ 4 Total .................82 Total ... 77 BOWLING ANALYSIS. M r . V ernon ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Mody ........ 65 3 323 ........... 50 5 18 2 Pundole ... 25 1 25 0 G agrat....... 54 8 29 4 .......... 20 3 7 0 Pavri ........ 15 1 3 2 .......... 67 5 34 7 P arsees . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. \V. Leatham ... 30 2 17 1 Hornsby ...107 12 25 3 .......... 80 9 22 3 G ibson....... 40 3 11 1 .......... 40 4 33 0 De Little ... 85 11 25 4 .......... 85 2 38 2 A luncheon in honour of the E nglish team was given by the Parsees in Mr. Tate’s bunga­ low. In proposing the health of Mr. Vernon and his men, Mr. J. M. Patel said he believed that as the invasion of the country a century ago had made them prosperous and loyal citizens, so would the visit of the English team make them efficient and better cricketers. In a country like India cricket was a very use­ ful agency in bringing the rulers and the ruled together, and therefore it was a source of m uch gratification that the new ruler of the Presidency who would shortly be here was a famous cricketer. H e concluded by wishing Mr. Vernon and his team long life and prosperity and a safe return to England. Mr. Vernon suitably acknowledged the com