Cricket 1890

**Together joined in cricket’s manly toil.”— Byron . No. 246- VOL. IX. Registered for Transmission Abroad. THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1890. PR ICE 2 d ; THE SEVENTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM. NINETEENTH MATCH.—v. GLOUCES­ TERSHIRE. The Australian team, after a successful visit to the Midlands, which included decisive victories over Staffordshire’s England Eleven and Leicestershire, as well as all the best of a draw with Derbyshire,! appeared at Bristol, on Thursday last, to commence the first of their two fixtures with Gloucestershire. Woof, who has not been seen this year in the eleven, was unable to get away from his en­ gagement at Cheltenham College to play, but otherwise, except for the absence of Mr. H. V. Page, the County was represented by its full strength. On the other hand, Murdoch, who had been out of the last two matches owing to a strain, was once more able to take charge of the Australian team, in which Charlton, who played such a fine innings at Leicester, was again included. Murdoch, though he won the toss, decided to take the field, thinking, and rightly, as it proved, that after the heavy rain just previously the wicket would be in better condition later on. The two Graces, who, as usual, went in first, made 20 for the first wicket, but Ferris was not easy to play, and at luncheon time four of the best batsmen of the County had been dismissed for an aggregate of 75. On resuming, Turner bowled with remarkable success, and except Painter, who made 23 out of 25 while he was in, none of the rest made any stay, the last five wickets being secured for an addition of only 10 runs. When the Australians went in, Lyons punished the Gloucestershire bowling with great severity, and runs came at such a rate that, when he was caught, 96 had been made in three quarters of an hour. To give an idea of the rate of the scoring, we may state that 61 were got in the last eight overs while Lyons was in. The 96, to which, by the way, he contributed 68, were made from ninety-three balls, so that every ball during his stay produced a run. It was altogether an exceptional display of hard, clean, well- timed hitting, and quite the best performance of the kind so far this season. Turner, who had played excellent cricket, barring one possible chance when he had got 32, left at 110, and before the end of the day another good wicket, that of Dr. Barrett, was secured. When play was resumed on Friday morning, the Australian total was 144 with four bats­ men out, Trott and Jones having gone in overnight at 138. Both the not outs played admirable cricket, and 159 runs had been added in two hours and three quarters when Jones was caught. He played very cautiously at first, and, indeed, though he scored more freely after he had settled down, his defence was sound and watchful till the end. This is by far the best innings he has played during the present tour, and his success will be generally received with satisfaction. Trott remainedintill the total was 361, when he was caught and bowled. Going in with the score 116, he made 102 out of 245 added during his stay. Though he gave two chances, one at 37 and the other at 54, his innings was in other respects faultless. In proof of his un­ wearying patience we may add that he was at the wickets altogether four hours and a half, so that he scored at about the rate of twenty- three runs an hour. Blackham hit with characteristic freedom for 41, but otherwise the later batsmen did nothing worthy of note, and the innings closed for 408. On Saturday morning Gloucestershire went in with a heavy task before them, wanting no less than 314 runs to avert an innings defeat. Rain, how­ ever, interfered with the play, and ultimately the game was drawn, the County still wanting 174 to save the innings with four wickets to fall. Messrs. W. G. Grace and Radcliffe put on 79 runs for the second wicket, but other­ wise the play was void of interest. Trott’s 102, we may remark, is the only innings of three figures as yet made on behalf of the Australian team, G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Dr. W. G. Grace, c Trumble, b Ferris 12 Mr. E. M. Grace, c Trumble, b Ferris 18 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, c Lyons, b Ferris ... 6 Mr. J. Cranston, c Blackham, b Tur­ ner ........................13 Mr. W. W. F. Pullen, c Barrett, b Ferris 11 Painter, b Turner ... 23 Mr. F. Townsend, b Turner ................. Mr. H. H. Francis, lbw, b Ferris.......... Mr. C. F. Belcher, run out ................. Roberts, c Trott, b Turner ................. Mr. J. A. Bush, not out ........................ Lb 2, nb 1 .......... Total ..........! In the Second Innings Dr. W. G. Grace scored, c Trumble, b Trott, 43, Mr. E. M. Grace, b Ferris, 15, Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, st Blackham. b Trott, 45, Mr. J. Cranston (not out), 14, Mr. W. W. F. Pu len, b Turner, 4, Painter, b Turner, 5, Mr. C. F. Bel­ cher, b Trott, 12; b 1, lb 1.—Total, 140. A u s t r a l ia n s . Mr. J. J. Lyons, c Painter, b W. G. Grace........................68 Mr. C. T. B. Turner, lbw, b Roberts ... 41 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, lbw, b W . G. Grace 4 Mr. J. E. Barrett, c W. G. Grace, b R adcliffe................. 8 Mr. G. H. S. Trott, c and b Townsend ...102 Mr. S. P. Jones, c W. G. Grace, bRoberts 98 Mr. S. E. Gregory, c and b W. G. Grace 6 Mr. P. 0. Charlton, c Bush, b Roberts... 4 Mr. J. M’C. Black­ ham, b E.M.Grace 41 Mr. J. J. Ferris, c Francis, b W. G. Grace .................16 Mr. H. Trumble, not out ........................ 7 B 8, lb 5.................13 Total ..408 Turner Ferris Trumble BOWLING ANALYSIS. G l o u c e s t e r . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. ... 27 12 32 ... 30 14 45 5 ... 4 0 14 0 22 M. R. W. 9 44 2 10 38 1 Barrett . Lyons Trott 7 3 17 0 , 16 9 Ferris delivered a no-ball. A u s t r a l ia n s . O. M. R. W. 0.~ M. R. W W.G.Grace 66 26 125 4|E.M.Grace20.2 6 47 1 Roberts ... 64 29 98 3|Townsend 9 1 36 1 Radcliffe... 14 0 76 1|Belcher ... 12 8 13 0 TWENTIETH MATCH.—v. PLAYERS. Though the eleven which represented the Players at Sheffield this week was hardly as strong as that which gained such a decisive victory over the Australians at Lord’s, it was, ou the whole, a strong combination, strengthened in one important respect by the presence of Shrewsbury. Ulyett was fortunate enough to win the toss, and the Players took full advantage of getting first knock, remain­ ing at the wickets until just five o’clock on Monday for a very creditable total of 221. Turner, who strained himself, was only able to send down sixteen overs, and the bulk of the bowling was done by Ferris, Charlton, and Lyons. The last-named, who was not put on until late, proved, too, the most successful, and all the last five wickets fell to him in fifteen overs, at a cost of only 42 runs. Of the total of 195 got by the Players from the bat, 149 were contributed by three of the eleven, Shrewsbury, Gunn and Chatterton. All three played admirable cricket, but the palm of the batting must again be awarded to Shrewsbury. He was at the wicket for over three hours for his 65, and during his stay there was nothing that could be construed into a mistake in his play. When the Australians went in to bat after their long outing, they found the bowling of Lohmann and Peel too much for them, and during the hour and twenty minutes that remained for play, five of the best wickets fell for only 56 runs. The ground gave the bowlers considerable help on Tuesday, and Lohmann and Attewell bowled to such purpose that the five remaining wickets were secured in less than an hour for 35 runs. Following on with a heavy deficit of 130 runs against them the Australians again fared badly, and the total was only 62, of which 43 had been contributed by Murdoch and Trott, when the sixth wicket fell. Turner, who had a’man to run for him, and Blackham, though, hit