Cricket 1890

86 Together joined in cricket’s manly toil.”— Byron. No. 353. VOL. IX. Registered for Transmission Abroad. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1890. PRICE 2d. THE SEVENTHAUSTRALIANTEAM. THIRTY-THIRD MATOH—v. STAFFORD­ SHIRE. On the form they have shown thia season the Staffordshire eleven could hardly have hoped to have made anything of a fight with such a combination as the Australian team. What interest, in fact, centred in the matoh must have been confined to the County, and with Mr. A. H. Heath, the captain, unluokily absent, this must have been reduced to some extent. Even in their objeot of stimulating local interest, too, the Committee were unfor­ tunate, asthough the fixture had been arranged purposely for Friday and Saturday, to seoure the advantage of the half holiday, the heavy rain oaused the wicket to be so muoh in favour of the bowlers that the game was oompleted by four o’clock on the second afternoon. On the first day,^owing to rain, only ten minutes’ play took plaoe before luncheon, and, on the easy wicket, Lyons, who, as usual, opened the batting for the Australians with Dr. Barrett, hit in such brilliant style, that when he was out 41 of the 63 got were to his credit. The wicket was drying during a great part of Murdooh’s innings, and his score of 31, which took him an hour and a half, was, under the circumstances, one of considerable merit. The later batsmen, though, found the ground too difficult for a long stay, and Walters was the only one of the last seven who got double figures. When Staffordshire went in to bat, Ferris bowledwith remarkable success, and in the hour left for play B ix wickets were down for 31 runs. Twenty-three of these were made from Ferris, who secured five of the six wickets. The ground was all against the batsmen again on Saturday morning, and, though the game was not resumed until 12.40, before luncheon all interest in the match was gone. In forty minutes the four remaining wickets of the County were dismissed for an addition of 23, so that they had to follow on in a minority of 87 runs. The second innings, though, was no improvement on the first. FJxcept, indeed, for some free hitting by Mr. jBrownfield, there was no feature of interest, and in less than an hour and a half the side were again out, this time for 69. The Australians thus won by an innings and 26 j runs. Turner and Ferris were unchanged I during the matoh. The latter, though, had rather the better figures. He got eleven wickets for 69, while Turner’s nine cost 65 runs. . A u s t r a l ia n s . Mr. J. J. Lyons, c Brown, b Allcock... 41 Mr. J. E. Barrett, b Brown .......... ... 21 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, b Brown Mr. G. H. S. Trott, b Brown ................. Mr. 0. T. B. Turner, c Bridgeman, b Shaw.......... .......... Mr. P. O. Charlton, b Briscoe ................. Mr. K. Burn, b Shaw 4 Mr. J. M’C. Black­ ham, c Twemlow, b Shaw ... .......... 0 Mr. F. H. Walters, o Allcock, b Shaw ... 16 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b Shaw ... .......... 3 Mr. H. Trumble, not out ... ................. 0 . B 8, lb 1......... ... 9 Total ...144 S t a f f o r d s h ir k . First Innings. Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, Walters, b Ferris ... . Frookes, b Ferris ... , Marlow, c Blackham, Ferris... ..................... 8 Mr. D. H. Brownfield, b Turner ........................ 3 Mr. F. R. Twemlow, c and b Ferris ........................16 Brown, b Ferris... ;........ 5 Mr. F; T. Cozens, b Turner .................. ... 14 Mr. H. Vaughton, c Blackham, b Ferris ... 0 Mr. 0. H. Allcock, not out .............. ............. . 5 Briscoe, c Trumble, b Ferris............................... 2 Bhaw, b Ferris ................. 0 Nb ........................ ... 2 Total .................57 Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. A u st r a l ia n s . O. M. R. W.f O. 24 9 41 3 Allcock 9 17.32 45 5 [ Briscoe 9 S t a f f o r d s h ir e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Turner .......... 19 10 22 2 , Ferris .......... 18.4 8 33 8 , Second Innings. lbw, b Turner... b Turner .......... c .Trumble, b Ferris .......... c Burn, b Ferris 2 b Turner .......... b Turner .......... c Lyons, b Fer­ ris ..........' ... b Turner .......... ! b Turner .......... ■ b Turner .......... 1 notout ... ... : Brown Shaw M. R. W. 2 30 1 6 19 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 17.1 6 33 7 ... 17 4 26 3 Turner bowled two no-balls. AN THIRTY-FOURTH MATCH—v. ELEVEN OF THE NORTH. The Australians added another victory to their list yesterday at Leeds, when they de­ feated an eleven of the North by 160 runs. Yorkshire and Notts were both engaged, so that the chief players who opposed the Aus­ tralians were from Lancashire and Warwick­ shire. The match was the first of any impor­ tance played on the new ground recently opened at Headingley, a suburb of Leeds, and in its general arrangements as well as ap­ pointments the new enclosure seems to be thoroughly well suited for crioket and other athletio sports. Rain interfered somewha with the play on the first day, but still some good cricket was shown. The Aus­ tralians, who went in first, had rather the advantage, as after an innings of 134, they got three wickets down for 31. Briggs’ bowling was the best feature of the day, and his figures were very good, showing seven wickets in thirty-five overs for only 44 runs. The ground was very slow on Tuesday, and the remaining batsmen, with the exception of Peate—who has not taken part in an important matoh for some years— and Pougher, made a poor show against the bowling of Turner and Ferris. The latter was though by far the more successful, and his seven wickets were got at an average of only five runs. Going in a second time with a lead of 59 runs the Australians played up well, particularly Trott, whose 34 was the result of sound crioket. On Tuesday night they had made 155 for the loss of seven wiokets, and this number was increased by 40 before the innings closed. With 255 to win the North began their seoond innings just after one o’clock with Mr. Jaokson and Sugg. The latter hit in his most _vigorous style, and when he was caught at slip he had made 42 in the same number of minutes. At lunch time the total was 57 with only one batsman out, but after the resumption a com­ plete collapse ensued, and just after four o’clock the match was over. Turner and Ferris again bowled with great suocess. There was little difference, too, in their averages, as while Turner got nine wickets for 70, Ferris’ ten cost 85. A u s t r a l ia n s . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. J. J. Lyons, b Pallett 5 c _ Docker, b Briggs ... 10 Mr. J. E. Barrett, c Tins­ ley, b Briggs....................27 c Ward, b Peate 19 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, at Whiteside, b Briggs ... 2 Mr. H. Trott, st White­ st Whiteside, Briggs ... . 10 , 84 side, b B riggs.................36 b Pallett Mr. 0. T. B. Turner, b Pougher ................. 4 b Pougher............. 83 Mr. P. C. Charlton, c Docker, b Peate ..........13 b Pallett ........... 21 Mr. K. E. Burn, b Briges 1 b Briggs ..............14 Mr. J. M’C. Blackham, b Briggs......... ... ..........11 b Briggs ............23 Mr. F. H. Walters, not out .......... .................14 b Pougher.......... 7 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b Briggs 9 not out ..........10 Mr. S. E. Gregory, st Whiteside, b Briggs ... 6 c Mold, b Briggs 3 B .......... ... .......... 6 Total ...134 B 6, lb 5 ... 11 Total ...195