Cricket 1891

FEB. 26, 1891 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. 21 SOU TH G A TE CLUB . Matches played 23—won 12, lost 3, drawn 8 BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most In Inns, not out. Rons, an Inn. Aver. S. W. Scott ... 9 ... 3 ... 371 ... 87* ... 61.5 A. L. Kemp ... 14 ... 4 ... 417 ... 209* ... 41.7 C. T. Ewart ... 4 ... 1 ... 78 ... 59* ... 26 F. P. Francis... 15 ... 1 ... 315 ... 113 ... 22.7 F. B ryan ............ 9 ... 0 ... 173 ... 102 ... 19.2 K. Jiggins..............12 ... 1 ... 181 ... 52 ... 10.5 E.C. Saunders 23 ... 1 ... 348 ... 72 ... 15.18 E. P. Sugden ... 17 ... 1 ... 185 ... 44 ... 11.9 A.L. Ford........ 18 ... 1 ... 194 ... 30 ... 11.7 T. S. Sidney ... 8 ... 1 ... 81 ... 23 ... 11.4 A. Walker............ 8 ... 3 ... 57 ... 17* ... 11.2 W. S. Sidney ... 15 ... 0 ... 149 ... 30 ... 9.14 A. E. White ... 9 ... 1 ... 64 ... 30* ... 8 A. S. Harris ... 16 ... 2 ... 110 ... 24 ... 7.12 M.F. Berkeley... 4 ... 1 ... 23 ... 17 ... 7 2 lion. D. Pelham 4 ... 0 ... 24 ... 16 ... 6 S. F. Kemp ... 12 ... 0 ... 68 ... 22 ... 5.8 E. S. Harris ... 5 ... 0 ... 29 ... 16 ... 5.4 J. Allen .......... 5 ... 1 ... 16 ... 9*... 4 Under 4 Matches. P. C.Brachi ... 1 ... 0 ... 25 ... 25 ... 25 H. L. Clarke ... 2 ... 0 ... 49 ... 49 ... 24.1 N. Monkton ... 1 ... 0 ... 24 ... 24 ... 24. H. A. Walker ... 2 ... 0 ... 23 ... 19 ... 11.1 W. H. George... 1 ... 0 ... 10 ... 10 ... 10 W.J. Haycraft 2 ... 0 ... 20 ... 20 ... 10 W. J. Phillips... 8 ... 1 ... 17 ... 12 ... 8.1 W. Fairweather 3 ... 1 ... 16 ... 10 ... 8 J. G. C. Leslie 2 ... 0 ... 14 ... 10 ... 7 W. J. Seward... 3 ... 1 ... 8 ... 7 ... 4 BOWLING AVERAGES. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. S. W. Scoti .. 4f8 .. 32 .. 133 . . 17 . . 7.14 A. L. F o rd ......... 1503 .. 85 .. 612 . . 73 . . 8.20 F. P. Francis .. 1074 .. 71 .. 434 . . 45 . . 9.29 F. Bryan .......... 549 .. 30 .. 258 . . 24 . . 10.18 A. L. Kemp 707 .. 43 .. 322 . . 28 . . 11.14 E. P. Sugden ... 165 .. 5 .. 103 . . 8 . . 12.70 E. Jiggins.......... 330 . . 15 .. 247 . . 16 . . 15.7 A. S. Hanis 198 ... 7 .. 112 . . 8 . . 173 Under 4 matches. E. S. Harris ... 30 .. 2 .. 17 . . 2 . . 8.1 D. Fairweather 53 . . 2 .. 26 . . 3 ... 8.2 W. J. Phillips ... 176 . . 10 .. 90 . . 10 . . 9.0 W. J. Haycraft.. 120 .. 12 .. 27 . . 3 . . 9.0 W .8. Sidney ... 45 ... 3 .. 11 . . 1 . . 11.0 S. L. Clarke 50 . . 3 .. 14 . . 1 . . 14.0 G. J. B o n n o r is now located at Orange, N.S.W. J am es L il l y w h it e ’ s Cricketer’s Annual for 1891 will be ready next week. P.S. M c D o n n e l l , it is possible, may resume his place in the New South Wales team. W. L. M u r d o c h , it is reported, is settling down in Sussex, and hopes to play for that County when qualified. T he Cricket Fortnight at Singapore, com­ mencing on Boxing Day, was a great success. Ceylon and Hongkong both sent teams. J . M u l l a g h , the crack batsman of the Aboriginal Team whioh visited England in 1868, is still playing for Harrow in the Western District of Victoria, and playing well. A. C. B a n n e r m a n , G. J. Bonnor, P. C. Charlton, T. W . Garrett, S. E. Gregory, S.P. Jones, H. Moses, and C. T. B. Turner were amongst the selected to praotice for New South Wales against Victoria in the return match last month. I n reply to a question in the House of Commons recently, the First Commissioner of Works expressed his readiness to consider any applications that might be made for the appropriation of a portion of Sudbrooke Park, Richmond, for cricket and other recreative purposes. C a m b r id g e U n iv e r s it y C a l e n d a r : —Met- Calfe and Co., Limited, of Cambridge, have just issued a collection of statistical information relative to crioket at that University. The Calendar contains the full scores of all the University and College matches played during 1890, with batting averages, bowling analyses, a list of scores of over a hundred,and an index of names. It should be of great value as a reference, particularly to Cambridge men. C r ic k e t e r s .— B e s t < C CB« G o o d s b e a r t h is M a r k . —Advt. NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY CLUB. A meeting of the Committee of the North­ umberland County Club was held on the 30th ult. at the Crown Hotel, Clayton Street, Newcastle. Mr. S. J. Crawford, the chairman, announced that the following fixtures had been made for the ensuing season :— May 15 and 16, v. Lincolnshire, at New­ castle ; 18th and 19th, Trial Match—County Eleven v. Next Sixteen. June 5 and 6, v. Durham, at Durham ; 25th and 26th, v. Durham, at Alnwick. July 2 and 8, v. North-East Riding, at Newcastle. August 21 and 22, v. M.C.C , at Newcastle : 24th and 25th, v. North-East Riding, in York­ shire ; 26th and 27th, v. M.C.C., at Lord’s; 28th and 29th, v. Lincolnshire, at Lincoln. It was decided to accept the offer of Durham County for a home-and-homo colts’ match. CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. THE INTER-COLONIAL MATCHES. 'T he two great Inter-colonial matches, Victoria v. New South Wales and Victoria v. South Australia, commenced on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day respectively, have ab­ sorbed most of the interestamongst the crickel - oving publio of Greater Britain reoently. Ex­ traordinary interest attached to the first men­ tioned fixture, seeing that of the 44 matches already played, each Colony had won 22; and this was proved by the fact that some 7,500 people witnessed the play on December 29th on the MelbourneGround, the gate on that day alone realising nearly £400, though the con­ ditions of ground and weather rendered the scoring rather below the average for Australia Blackham captained the Victorians, who in­ cluded G. E. Palmer and Horan, and wereother­ wise very strong, whilst New South Wales was seriously weakened by the absence of Turner. Blackham, having beaten Moses for choice ofinnings, sent in Bruce and Palmer, who from the start, however, found Ferris and Charlton very difficult to play. Six wickets had fallen for 69 in fact, and no change of bowling was required until Blackham and Sam. Morris got together, who were not parted until the hundred was hoisted. After­ wards Phillips and Hugh Trumble hit away merrily for the last wicket, the former at length running himself out. He thought a ball had gone past the wicket-kceper, and started to run, but was thrown out. The most useful score of the innings, though, was Morris’s 39. Ferris, although he took onlv two wickets, kept an admirable length throughout, and stopped the run-getting. When stumps were drawn for the day, the visitors had scored 32 for the loss of Richard­ son’s wicket. If the Victorians had fared badly against the deliveries of Ferris and Charlton, their opponents could do even less against M’Leod and Phillips. Nor was Bannerman’s “ stone­ walling ” appreciated by the spectators, who began to grow tired after thirty-five minutes had produced only a single run. He, indeed, played for seventy minutes without scoring, though he ultimately carried his bat out. Phillips bowled admirably. With the score at 4 9 for four men, young Gregory partnered Bannerman, and at once commenced to hit out in brilliant style. The 100 went up with the pair still together, and when at length “ the m idget” was caught he had made 50 in really beautiful style—an innings that included several fine drives. Late on the second day the New South Wales innings closed for 151, or just ten runs in arrears. Out of 138 from the bat, Bannerman and Gregory contributed no fewer than 95. The former’s feat of carrying his bat through the innings is the first instance of the kind in Inter-colonial cricket, the nearest approach to it having been M’llwraith’s 20 out of a total of 35, when he went in first and was out last. Phillips’ bowling was a great factor in the cheap dismissal of the New South Wales, his analysis reading, seven wickets for 20 runs. A collection was made for him on the ground, for the purpose of presenting him with a tes­ timonial. The scoring had been singularly even on these two days, Victoria scoring 12 for one wicket at their second attempt, On the 29th, the third and last day of the match, the home team dropped out one by one od the sticky wicket. Indeed, only Trott and Trumble played with any degree of confidence, everyone finding the deliveries of Ferris and Charlton extraordinarily difficult. When, soon after the luncheon interval, the last wicket fell for 88, it looked to be anybody’s match. The concluding innings of the game had a sensational commencement. Bannerman was caught off the second and Donnan off the fourth ball sent down by Trumble, making two wickets down for 0. W ith the score at 7, Moses was caught in the slips, and then Worrall, by the finest piece of fielding in the match, run out Iredale. Charlton who at starting missed a ball which hit the stumps without displacing the bails, made a plucky attempt to force the run-getting. Garrett, too, though unwell, played a good and plucky game and was not out at the close; but Trumble and Phillips bowled unchanged throughout the innings, which closed for 62, leaving Victoria with a well earned victory by 36 runs. Undoubtedly the stronger side won, the absence of Turner in particular making all the difference to the New South Wales attack. The batting prize awarded by the Association was won by Gregory, the bowling prize by Phillips. V ictoria . Second Innings. First Innings. W. Bruce, c Downes, b Charlton ......................... 6 c Moses, b Charlton ... 10 G. E. Palmer, c Downes, b Charlton ....................17 b Ferris ........... 2 T. Horan, c Richardson, b Charlton ......................... 5 lbw, b Charlton 12 H. Trott, c Wales, b Charlton ........................ 7 c Charlton, b Ferris ..........18 W . McLeod, st Wales, b Ferris................................. 7 b Ferris ........... 1 S. Morris, b Ferris ..........89 c Donnan, b Ferris .......... 5 J. Worrall, b Charlton ... 9 b Charlton.......... 1 J. M. Blackham, c Don­ nan, b Downes....................23 lbw, b Charlton 0 S. Donohoe, c Garrett, b Downes .......................... 0 c Bannerman, b Charlton.......... 7 J Phillips, run o u t .............22 not out ........... 2 H. Trumble, notout ... 21 c Wales, b Charlton ... 27 Extras ........................ 5 W 1, b 2 ... 3 Total ..........161 N.S.W. Total ... 68 Second Innings. First Innings. C. A. Richardson, b M’Leod ......................... 6 c Palmer, b Trun.ble.......... 0 A. C. Bannerman, not out ............................. 45 c Blackham, b Trumble......... 0 H. Moses, o Blackham, b Phillips ........................ 9 c Trumble, b Phillips.......... 6 H. Donnan, c and b Phillips .......... .......... 2 c Horan, b Trumble........... 4 F. Iredale, c Phillips, b B ruce...............................13 run out ............ 6 8. Gregory, c Trumble, b Morris...............................50 st Blackham, b Phillips........... 3 P. C. Charlton, lbw, b Phillips ........................10 o Donohoe, b Trumble.............13 J. Ferris, lbw, b Phillips... 0 b Trumble............ 6 T. Garrett, c Horan, b Phillips ........................ 0 notout.................... 12 F. Downes, c Blackham, b Phillips........................ 3 c Palmer, b Tramble........... 7 I. Wales, c Horan, b Phillips ........................ 0 c M’Leod, b Phillips........... 5 Extras........................13 B 1, lb 4 ... 5 Total ...151 Total ... 62 NEXT ISSUE, MARCH 26;