Cricket 1890

4 0 2 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. SEPT. 18, 1890. Tyler may fairly be considered one of the most likely all-round cricketers of the day. He bowls slow left, and as he stands six feet in his socks he has all the advantage of height to help his delivery. He uses his head, too, varying pace as well as pitch with great judgment, so that he requires a lot of watch­ ing at all times. He is, further, a useful bat with any amount of pluck, as well as a sure and energetic field. Our portrait is from a photograph by W. Morley, of 27, East Street, Taunton. THE HASTINGS FESTIVAL. NORTH v. SOUTH. The managers of the Hastings Festival have from the first spared neither money nor trouble to make the annual gathering in Sep­ tember equal to the best of its kind. Since it was first instituted in 1837, most of the lead­ ing players, amateur as well as professional,, have “ strutted their brief hour upon the stage ” at Hastings. This year, too, the week was opened under the most brilliant auspices. Cricket could hardly indeed be played under more favourable surroundings than those which prevailed on the Recreation Ground at Hastings during the latter part of last week. The sunshine which had been so spa»ng in its visitation during most of the cricket season was very much in evidence throughout the match, and as a consequence the spectators who attended the Ground in good numbers on each day, were able to witness a very interesting game under the most enjoyable conditions. Considering the lateness of the fixture, two strong sides were got together, and indeed the collection of the team reflected great credit on the energy of the management. Mr. W. G. Grace’s luck in the toss followed him again, and when he went in to bat with Abel there seemed a certaintyof a long score. These hopes, though, at the outset did not appear likely to be realised, as except Abel and Mr. Read, none of the early batsmen offered any resistance to the bowling of Briggs and Peel. The score, indeed, was 85 for six wickets when Lohmann came out to join Mr. Read. Both were seen to great advantage and their stand was the feature of the innings. Lohmanu was the first to go, and of the 104 runs added during his stay he was responsible for 40, the result of exceptionally good cricket. Mr. Bead was well caught in the long- field just as he seemed certain to carry out his bat. He was in altogether two hours and three-quarters, and except for a very difficult catch in the country when his score was 42 there was nothing that could be magnified into a mistake. The North, who had overnight made 26 for the cost of one batsman (Sugg), did not fare very well on Friday against Lohmann apd Martin Gunn was the highest scorer on the side, but in point of quality the best exhibition was that of Ward, who carried out his bat for 27, an invaluable display of watchful cricket. Though the South had a very useful majority of 58 runs to help them in their second innings, themajorityof the bats­ men found the light late on Friday afternoon very troublesome, and but for the three Surrey men who had done the bulk of the run-getting on the previous day they would have fared very badly. As it was Mr. Read, Lohmann, and Abel between them were responsible for 91 out of 115 from the bat, and Mr. Read’s share was nearly one half of the entire total. His play was worthy of unstinted praise. Out of 87 got while he was in he made 52, and as will be seen he scored altogether in the match 146 for once out. On Friday, too, his play was absolutely without a fault, and his brilliant performance will be a source of the greatest satisfaction to all classes of cricketers. The North had no easy task when they went in on Saturday morning wanting 175 to win. Lohmann, too, bowled as in their first innings with great judgment, and although Gunn batted in his very best style, when the sixth wicket fell the chances of the North seemed of the smallest. At this point, with 94 still wanting to win, Attewell joined Ward,.and by good cricket fifty runs had been added when Attewell was bowled. Some free hitting by Mr. Spofforth, though, raised the hopes of the Northerners, and his contribution of 21, out of 24 while he was in, was of the greatest value. All this time Ward had been playing in admirable style, and though twenty were still wanted when Sherwin, the last man, came in there Was still ground for hope. After making seven, however, the burly wicket­ keeper was smartly run out by a good piece of fielding between Messrs. Stoddart and Page at the wicket, and the South won amidst great excitement by nine runs. Ward carried out his bat for the second time in the match. His 41 was an admirable innings in every way and free from a fault of any kind. Lohmann took nine Northern wickets for 100, and Peel eight of the South for 58 runs. S outh . First Innings. Mr. W. G. Grace, c Atte­ well, b Spofforth .......... 5 Abel, b P eel........................36 Quaife, c Peel, b Briggs... 14 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b Briggs............................... 0 Mr. W. W . Read, c Hall, b Peel ...............................94 Mr.K.J. Key, c Sherwin, b Attewell ........................ 7 Mr. H. Pigg. b Attewell ... 1 Lohmann, b Peel ..........40 Mr. H V. Page, b Peel ... 0 Sharpe, b Attewell .......... 3 Martin, not o u t................. 0 B 5, lb 4, nb 1 ..........10 Second Innings, b Briggs ... c Ulyett, Attewell... c Sherwin, Briggs ... ... 52 Total ..........210 N orth . lbw, b Briggs not out c and b Attewell 0 b Peel................. 0 b P eel.................17 c Ulyett, b Peel 0 b Peel................. 0 b Attewell.......... 1 B ................. 1 Total ...116 THE AUSTRALIANS v. SOUTH OF ENGLAND. Second Innings. First Innings. Hall, c Lohmann, b Martin ........................18 c Stoddart, b Sharpe ............ 3 F. H. Sugg, b Sharpe ... 5 b Sharpe ........... 7 Gunn, c Read, b Loh­ mann .................................. 37 b Martin ...........40 Ulyett, c Stoddart, b Martin .......................... 0 b Sharpe ...........15 A. Ward, not out ........27 not out .......... 41 Briggs, c Lohmann, b Martin .......... .......... 8 c Martin, ~ b Sharpe ............ 2 Mr. C. W. Wright, b Loh- raann............................... 8 c Page, b Loh­ mann ........... 0 Peel, b Lohmann .......... 3 b Lohmann ... 0 Attewell, b Lohmann ... 17 b Lohmann ... 20 Mr. F. R. Spofforth, b Martin.............................. 2 b Lohmann ... 21 Sherwin, b Lohmann ... 1 run out ............. 7 B ...............................23 B ................... 9 Total ..........152 Total ...165 BOWLINS ANALYSIS. S outh . First Innings. Second Innings- O. M. 11. W. O. M. R. W . Briggs................ 2G 10 58 2 ........... 14 2 54 3 Spoffor h .......... 39 2 4G 1 ........... 17 7 24 0 Peel ................. 23.315 40 4 ............ 9 4 18 4 Attewell .......... 33 20 41 3 ............ 13 5 19 3 Ulyett................. 3 0 15 0 Spofforth bowled a nc-ball. N orth . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.R. W. O. M.R. W. Martin ........... 35 17 47 4 .......... 21 4 G4 1 Sharpe ........... 28 14 34 1 .......... 17 6 37 4 Lohmarm ... 31 14 45 5 .......... 20.1 6 85 4 The same good fortune which attended the management last week for the opening match followed it till the close of the second fixture, and the defeat of the Australian team yester­ day brought to an end not only the most successful Festival so far held at Hastings, but a week’s cricket of more than ordinary interest. Two important changes were made in the South team which had beaten the North on the previous Saturday. Mr. Herbert Pigg’s place was filled by Maurice Read, and as the injury to Wood’s hand still prevented him keeping wicket,recourse washad to Phillips,the ex-wicket-keeper of Sussex. Ferris was still suffering from a bad knee, and as Jones has not been able to play for some time, they stood out with Boyle from the Australian team. Mr. Grace for tho second time during the week was successful in getting tho choice of innings, and Abel and he made such a good start, that it looked as if the South were in for a very big score. Both batsmen played very fine cricket, and when Mr. Grace was caught the score showed 140 runs. These had been made in an hour and fifty minutes, and of this number Mr. Grace had contributed 84. He ought to have been caught in the slips when hemade 64, but the ball, which could have been caught by more than one fieldsman, fell to the ground. This, though, was his only mistake, and his batting showed all its old judgment as well as power. Abel stayed until the total had been raised to 182, when he was bowled the fourth wicket. His innings lasted just under two hours and a half, and there was no actual mistake to detraot from an exceptionally good display of cricket. After Abel’s departure, the only noteworthy feature of the batting was the free hitting of Lohmann, and the innings closed for 262, a disappointing score after the excellent com­ mencement. The failure of the later batsmen was in a great measure due to the surprising success of Dr. Barrett as a bowler. He is a left-hand bowler with a high and rather awkward delivery, and as he took six wickets for 68 runs, it certainly looks as if he might have been more often tried. Burn and Walters, who had overnight made 14 for the Australians without the loss of a wicket, played up so well on Tuesday morning that the score was 55 before they were parted. After their separation, though, Lohmann and Sharpe bowled so well that no one but Turner made any stand, and the last nine wickets only added 83 runs. Following on in a minority of 124 the Australians fared badly, losing Lyons and Barrett for only 6 rnns. Murdoch and Trott, though, by excellent cricket added 64while they were together, and when play ceased on Tuesday night six of the best wickets were down for 105 runs. On resuming yesterday the bowling of Loh­ mann and Sharpe proved altogether too much for the tail of the Australian team, and, as the four remaiuing wickets were dismissed for an addition of 87, the South were left with only 19 runs to win. Mr. Key went in with Quaife to get this number, and the amateur quickly placed the issue beyond doubt, enabling tho South to claim the victory with all their ten wickets in hand. The bowling of Lohmanu and Sharpe contributed materially to this re­ sult. The two Surrey men were, indeed, in great form, though Sharpe, on the whole, was the more effective. Sharpe’s ten wickets cost 104 runs. S o u th of E n g la n d . First Inning sub, b 28 Lohmann, arrett Phillips, lbw, b Char- ton ................. ... o Sharpe, b Barrett ... 0 Dr. W. G. Grace, c Trott, b Barrett ... 84 Mr. A. E. Stoddart. c Trumble, b Turner 0 Abel, b Turner..........80 Quaife, run out ...10 Martin, not out Mr. W. W. Bead, c B l.n b l... Trumble, b Barrett 28 M. Read, b Barrett .. 9 Total ..........262 Mr. K. J. Key, b Bar­ rett ......................... 0 In the Second Innings Mr. K. J. Key scored (not out), 20, Quaife (not out), 2,—Total, 22.