Cricket 1890

u Together joined in cricket's manly toil.”— Byron. Kegistered foA°ansra?adoiSj'roaa. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1890. THE SEVENTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM. TW E N T Y -S E V E N T H M ATCH—v. CAM - B B ID G E PA ST AND PRESENT. Three batting performances very m uch out of the comm on marked this match, played at Leyton during the latter part of last week. The run-getting altogether, too, was consider­ ably above the average, and during the three days as many as 1,040 runs were made. The University had not quite its full strength with ; Messrs. A . G. Steel, F . G. J. Ford, and R . N. Douglas away, but, on the other hand, the Australians had neither of their two great bowlers, Turner or Ferris, Murdoch wisely deciding to let them have a rest in view of the fixture with England on the following M onday. Jones was still unwell, and as W alters was not playing a plaoe was found for R . J. Pope, who occasionally helped the later Australian teams. Blackham, too, thought it advisable not to risk his hands, and as a consequence Pope took his place at the wicket. Mr. Sm ith, w inning the toss, sent the Australians into the field, and so steadily did the tw o Essex amateurs play that 71 runs were scored before the first wicket fell. After this, however, the bowling of T rott and Charlton proved for a tim e very successful and when the sixth batsman was out only 58 had been added. Mr. Streatfeild’s brilliant hit­ ting, however, suddenly changed the whole game. H e ought to have been out twice very early in his innings, but after this he hit all-round in the m ost brilliant style, and his performance was quite one of the best displays of the kind this season. H e scored so fast that his first hundred were made in the hour, and altogether he was only batting an hour and fifty minutes for his 145, which contained one five and eighteen fours. After his de­ parture Messrs. Smith and W oods, too, hit freely, and fifty were added by these batsmen for the last wicket. Going in on Friday against a big total of 389 the Australians only did fairly well, remaining at the wickets four hours for 218, of which 138 were contributed by three batsmen. Murdoch and Trott put on 70 runs for the fifth wicket, but the form er’s 84 was not up to his best standard, and, in fact, he was missed when he had only made a few runs. - The feature of the Australian innings was the resolute hitting of Blackham. Though he was let off m ore than once he hit all-round with the greatest vigour, and his 66 not out, which included nine fours, was the result of only, eighty m inutes’ batting. F ol­ lowing on in a m inority of 176 the Australians began very badly, ;losing both Lyons and Barrett without a run. Murdoch; though, this tim e was in his best form , and with Trott he had brought the score to 88 by the end of the second day. W hen play was resumed on Saturday morning the game was still very much against the Australians, and even their most sanguine supporter would not have ventured to predict that they had a chance of winning. As it was the exceptionally fine batting of Murdoch and Trott gave them their first hope, and this, followed by some excellent all-round cricket when they took the field, brought them within an ace of what would have been a most brilliant viotory. Murdoch and Trott remained together until 290 had been .'scored, when the former was caught in the slips. H e m ight have been out twice, but with these exceptions his innings, which lasted three hours and a half, was free from a mistake. Trott stayed in till the total was 355, when he was bowled. He was at the wicket an hour longer than his captain, and except that he ought to have been stumped there was no flaw of any kind to mar his score of 186. W hen Trott was bowled Murdoch closed the innings in the hope of getting the University out in the last hour and a half. It was apparently impossible for Cambridge to get 185 in the time, but seem ­ ingly the captain deemed it worth a trial. Trumble and Charlton, however, bowled so well, supported by excellent fielding, that the Australians were very near winning, Cam ­ bridge wanting 107 to win with only two wickets to fall when tim e was up. Mr. W oods, it may be added, owing to a strain was obliged to bowl lobs in the second innings of the Australians. After having to follow on 171 runs to the bad the performance of the A us­ tralian team was a highly creditable one, and the third day’s cricket reflected very highly on their capacity for playing an uphill game. C ambridge . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. P. Lucas, c Trumble, b Charlton ... 37 c Tramble, b Charlton ... 12 Mr. H. G. Owen, b Trott 81 c sub.bTrumble 1 Mr. H. J. Mordaunt, c Jones, b Charlton....... 13 b Trumble........... 2 Mr. G. M’Gregor, b Trott 19 c Charlton, b Trumble......... 7 Mr. F. E. Rowe,c Trumble, b Trott ......................17 not out ........... 4 Mr. H. Pigg, c Murdoch, b Trumble ......................37 c Burn, b Trum­ ble ................ 2 Mr. J. A. Turner, b Charlton ........................ 4 b Trumble........... 1 Mr. C. E. Streatfeild, b Charlton .....................145 c Pope, b Charl­ ton .............. 20 Mr. C. D. Buxton, b Trumble ........................ 0 Mr. C.’ A.' Smith, not out 58 Mr. S. M. J. Woods, c Burn, b Lyons ..........23 run out .............. 18 B 2, lb 3 ........................ 5 B 8, 1 j 3 ...11 Total ................ 389 Total ... 78 A ustralians . First Innings. *Second Innings. Mr. R. J. Pope, b Streat­ feild ............................ 0 Mr. K. E. Burn, c Smith, b Streatfeild ............ 13 not out .............. 10 Mr. J. J. Lyons, c Rowe, b Streatfeild.......... ... 14 c and b Smith ... 0 Dr. J. E. Barrett, bWoods 9 b Streatfeild ... 0 Mr. W . L. Murdoch, run out .................................. 34 c Buxton, b Smith ........... 129 Mr. G. H. S. Trott, c Bux­ ton, b Lucas ............ 38 b Streatfeild ...186 Mr. S. P. Jones, c Mc­ Gregor, b Woods ........... 0 Mr. J. M'C. Blackham, not out ........................ 66 c Buxton, b Smith ........... 0 Mr. P. C. Charlton, c and bStieatfeild ................. 24 c Buxton, b Streatfeild ... 6 Mr. S. E. Gregory, c Bux­ ton, b Streatfeild.......... 6 Mr. H. Trumble, b Smith 1 B ............................... 13 B 20, lb 1,w 3 24 Total ................. 218 Total ...355 * Innings declared finished. BOWLING ANALYSIS. C ambridge . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lyons ... 18.4 1 53 1 • Trumble... 23 9 88 2 .............. 20 9 38 5 Charlton... 46 10 116 4 .............. 19 9 29 2 Trott ... 34 5 108 3 Pope.......... 2 0 19 0 A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Woods ... 42 20 81 2 .......... 10 1 41 0 Streatfeild 43 24 47 5 ............. 46 4 20 78 3 Smith ... 6.2 0 22 1 ..................... 326 83 3 Pigg.......... 14 5 24 0 .......... 17 3 47 0 Lucas ... 6 2 5 1 .......... 24 10 27 0 Turner ... 3 0 26 0 Mordaunt... 8 1 18 0 Owen ... 7 2 11 0 Buxton ... 7 2 21 0 Streatfeild bowled three wides. ENG LAN D v. AU S T R A L IA . The matches between England and A us­ tralia have lost little or none of their signifi­ cance notwithstanding the comparatively poor show of the Australian team, to judge by the experience of this week at the Oval. Even though in the present case the English Eleven was not fully representative there was no lack of interest, and, indeed, considering the doubtful aspeco of the weather on both days the attendance was very satisfactory. Con­ trary to the general understanding the Y ork­ shire Committee declined to let either'Peel or