Cricket 1890

“ Together joined in cricket’s manly toil.”— Byron . No. 251. VOL. IX. Registered for Transmission Abroad. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1890. PRICE 2d. THE SEVENTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM. T W E N T Y -N IN T H M A T C H .—v. O XFORD AND C AM BR IDG E P A ST AND P R E S EN T . W ith so many inter-County matches on for decision at the end of last week, it was hardly a surprise that Mr. F. E . Lacey, to whom was entrusted the duty of collecting a team to oppose the Australians at Portsm outh, on Thursday last, found the task very difficult. As a matter of faot, the eleven collected was very far from representative, and, indeed, four of those who played did not succeed in getting their blues at Cambridge. Cambridge furnished the greater part, and Oxford was only represented by four, Llewelyn, Smith, Forster, and Gresson, On the other hand, the Australians were without Blackham and Jones, as well as Gregory, who had not previously had a rest, and in Blackham ’s absence a place was again found for R . J. Pope. Rain caused an interruption of an hour on the first day, and the Australians, who had lost the toss, had the enjoym ent of fielding for the four hours of actual play. Trnmble and Charlton bore the weight of the bowling, but when Turner came on later in the innings he proved very successful, and his figures were tne best on the side. Trouncer and Forster made a good start for the U ni­ versities, putting on 62 before a wicket fell. The best stand of the innings, though, was by Lacey and McGregor, who added 61 runs in forty-five minutes. Lacey should have been caught when he had got 14, but otherwise his hitting was very clean, a remark which will equally apply to M cGregor, who scored freely froM all the bowling. The wicket during the early part of Friday, owing to heavy rain overnight, was all in favour of the bowlers, and Sm ith and Forster found it so thoroughly to their taste that the Australians were dismissed in just under three hours for a total of 131. Of this number Murdoch and Trott were responsible for 70, and the form er’s 31 was the m ore praiseworthy as he had to bat under difficulties w ith an injured finger. In the follow -on L yons was soon dismissed, but on his retirement Barrett and Murdooh were both seen to the greatest advantage, and 105 had been added in an hour and forty minutes when play ceased on F riday night without another wicket. On Saturday morning Mur­ doch was bowled for an addition of 22 runs, but his partner stayed until the total had been raised to 192. Both batsmen had played admirable cricket, and their partnership, which had realised 127 runs in two hours and a half, had changed the whole aspect of the game. Murdoch ought to have been caught at slip when he had got 12, but the D octor’s 96 was without a flaw, and his batting showed m uch more freedom than usual. H e was at the wiokets three hours and a half. Trott, too, played capital cricket for his 42, and after Charlton and B um had brought the total to 300, having added 67 runs in fifty minutes, Murdoch closed the innings. This left the Universities with 199 runs to get in tw o hours, and thanks to the excellent cricket of Forster, Llewelyn, and Lord Hawke, 112 of the number had been got for the loss of two batsmen when stumps were finally drawn. T he two first- named added 63 runs in a little over an hour, and neither made a mistake. A ustralians . Smith Forster Currie Gresson A ustralians . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 33 16 69 5 ... 33.415 52 5 ... . 5 1 9 0 ... . 5 3 6 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 49 20 99 2 19 78 1 8 65 1 , 47 Trouncer Lacey . 20 2 3 Forster delivered five no-balls. First Innings. J. J. Lyons, c Gresson, b Sm ith...............................12 J. E. Barrett, b Forster ... 2 G. H. S. Smith... Trott, lbw, b C. T. B. Turner, c Llewellyn, b Forster ... W. L. Murdoch, c Troun­ cer, b Forster................. K. E. Burn, b Smith F. B. Walters, b Smith ... P. C. Charlton, not out ... J. J. Ferris, c Trouncer, b Smith ........................ R. J. Pope, b Forster H. Trumble, c Lacey, b Forster ........................ B 1, nb 4 ................. ♦Second Innings. c Trouncer, b Smith ... ... 5 st M’Gregor, b Currie ... ... 96 c Porter, b Smith ... ... 42 b Gresson ... ... 11 b Forster ... ... 69 not out ... 35 not out ... 34 B 4,lb 3,n b l 8 Total .................131 Total ...300 ♦Innings declared finished. O xford and C amdridge . First Innings. F. H. Gresson, c Charlton, b Tur­ ner ........................ N. C. Cooper, not out ........................ A. L.Porter.c Lyons, b Turner .......... 0. E. Currie, b Fer­ ris ........................ H. W. Forster, Charlton.................37 C. A. Trouncer, c Pope, b Trumble ... 19 W. D. Llewellyn, c Turner, b Trumble 33 Lord Hawke, c Pope, b Charlton .......... 3 E. Smith, b Lyons ... 15 F. E. Lacey, b Turner .................49 G. M’Gregor, c Bar- Total rett, b Ferris..........53 In the Second Innings Trouncer scored b Ferris, 2, Forster, b Lyons, 39, Llewellyn (not out), 48, Hawke (not out), 21; b 2.—Total, 112. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O xford and C amdridge . First Innings. Second Innings. M. R. W. 8 0 ...233 Ferris Charlton... Lyons Turner ... Trumb ... M. R. W. 6 35 2 10 60 2 , 3 29 1 . 3 37 3 . 14 67 3 O. . 18 . 9 , 11 , 25 T H IR T IE T H MATCH .— v. NOTTS. The Australian team suffered their second defeat at the hands of Nottingham yesterday, when they were beaten after a very exciting finish by 20 runs. F or the first time during the tour L yons was an absentee, and Jones and Walters were also standing down. On the other hand Notts had its full strength, as Sherwin had sufficiently recovered from the injury he received on Bank Holiday to resume his place behind the wicket. N otts were fortunate enough to win the toss, but they got little benefit, as the ground, at first a little slow, was in better order for run-getting later in the day. The County eleven were batting altogether four hours for a total of 145,so that, as will be seen, the scoring did not reach a high average. Gunn, Attewell, and Barnes contributed 102 of the aggregate, but Gunn, who was three hours and twenty minntes at the w icket, gave the best exhibition, getting his runs without a mistake. Though the Australians made a bad start in losing Dr. Barrett and Turner,Murdoch and Trott played with considerable judgm ent, and on Monday night the score was 67 without another wicket. W hen the game was resumed on Tuesday, however, AtteWell and Shacklock bowled so well that it looked as if the Australian team would not reach the County’s total. As it was, bad fielding towards the close handi­ capped the bowlers heavily, and just at the end of the innings there were several mistakes. N otts going in a second time with a lead of 3 runs, Mr. D ixon, Shrewsbury, and Gunn all scored fairly well, and the hundred went up with only three wickets down. A fter this, though, the County fared badly, and when play ceased on Tuesday night six batsmen were out with the total'only 117. Gunn, who was not out 41, only added 6 more yesterday m orning, and as the innings was soon brought to a close for an addition of 21 runs, the Australians were left with 136 to win. Turner, who opened the batting w ith Dr. Barrett, made 22 of the first 27 with two lives, and at lunch-time the total was 40 with only one batsman out. A fter this, though, Flowers and Attewell bowled w ith such success that no long stand was made, and at 4.25 the match was over, N otts winning for the second time by 20 runs.