Cricket 1891

FEB. 26, 1891. CRICKET T A. WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 7 - 1 CRICKET FORTNIGHT IN SINGAPORE. ZHiff W ith ^comm endable ^enthusiasm ,'*, the cricketers of Singapore arranged for a series of matches to occupy a fortnight, comm enc­ ing with the last day of the old year. Their efforts, too, were so well supported that the three Colonies of Ceylon, H ongkong, and the Straits Settlements were ready to place elevens into the field. That cricket has staunch and loyal admirers in the far E ast was fully proved by the fact that Ceylon and H ongkong were able to furnish players w illing to undergo all the inconvenience and expense of ,1 journey extending to and fro of three thousand miles, with the one object of participating in the friendly rivalry of the cricket field. The Committee of the Singapore Club, on whose ground the various matches were played, had the satisfaction of feeling that their enter­ prise was not w ithout its reward. N o effort was spared to make the visit of the Ceylon and H ongkong teams in every way enjoyable, and those who came from afar to take part in the high revels at Singapore are not likely to forget the generous hospitality extended to them on all hands during their stay at Singa­ pore. A glance at the names of those who had taken part in the principal matches will show m ore than one player not unknown on the cricket fields of the old Country. If we mistake not, O. Marks, who was the principal scorer for Colom bo against the Straits Settle­ ments in the second innings, is the W hitgift Wanderer, brother to G. Marks, known best around Croydon, who would have in all probability developed with practice into a wicket-keeper considerably above the average The names, F . Y . H ornby and S. G, Fox have, too, a familiar sound in Surrey cricket, and E . M. Blair, who captained the Hongkong Eleven, will be well remembered in connection w ith the R oyal Engineers a few years back. Capt. Dunn, too, is well known to English as well as Irish cricketers. In his day a m ember of the Harrow Eleven, he helped Surrey on a few occasions about 1875. A few seasons ago he did some extraordinary scoring while quartered in Ireland, and in one year no les 8 than ten innings of over a hundred were registered to his crodit. Just previous to this tournament, however, he had been suffering from a strain, and until the last it was hardly expected that he would be able to play. TH E F IR S T M ATCH . out of 104 from the bat, was the only one able to withstand the bowling any length of tim e. In a m inority of 72, Colombo did rather better in their second innings, and ohiefly through tho plucky play of Christoffelsz towards the last were able to put their opponents in again. W hen play finally ceased, the Native States wanted seven runs to w in with half their wickets in hand. C olom bo . First Innings. T. H. Moorhouse, run out G. Vanderspar, run out ... Second Innings. run oufc .......... 0 c Talbot, b Thomasz..........14 c Neubronner, b Fox .................12 b F o x ................. b Neubronner ... c Fox, b Swetten- ham ................. F.Stephena,c Swettenham, b Hughes........................ 5 G. Alston, b Fox................. 0 O. Marks, b Swettenham 20 W. Courtenay, o Swetten­ ham, b Hughes .......... 4 Corpl. Gilham, o Neu­ bronner, b Swettenham G.H.Johnstone.bSwetten- ham ............................... E. Christoffelsz, o and b p oX ............................... 0 notout.................. P.G.Spenoe.b Swettenham 2 c Swettenham, b Hughes.......... T. Kelaart, not out .......... 3 b Hughes ... ... B 8, lb 1 ........................ 4 B7, lb l, w l 4 st Bagnall, b Fox 2 0 b Hughes .......... First Innings. Second Inning 3 . F. V. Hornby, c Lammert, b Barff ........................ 0 c Bl a i r , b Low son.......... J. Hushes, c Lowson, b B a rff............................... 4 b L ow son ..........24 E. W Birch, b Lowson ... 2 lbw, b Lowson 5 S. G. Fox, c Smith, b Lowson ....................... 9 c Darby, b Barff .........26 A. B. Hinde, b Barff 3 c Blair, b Low­ son ................. 7 H. L. Talbot, c Carden, b Lowson ........................ 40 c Campbell, b Barff ..........56 C. E. Higginbotham, not out ............................... 21 b Barff ..........12 B. G. Watson, c Blair, b Lowson ........................ 10 c Rice, b Barff.. 30 A. H. Bagnall, c Darby, b Lowson ........................ 0 c Campbell, b Barff .......... 1 B. McKenzie, c Dunn, b Lowson ........................ 0 not out .......... 6 A. J. Boss, b Lowson ... 0 c Dunn, b Low­ son ................. 7 B l . l b l . w 2 .......... 4 B 9, lb 2,wl 12 Total ................. 93 Total ...188 Total... , 51 Total . . 97 N ative S tates . First Innings. A. H. Bagnall, c Alston, b Kelaart ................. F. a . Sw ettenham , c Chris­ toffelsz, b Vanderspar E. O.Moss,bChriatoffelsz J. Hughes, c Marks, b Gil­ ham ............................... S. C. G. Fox, not out ... H. L. Talbot, run out ... B. Thomasz, b Marks ... E. W. N eubronner, c Courtenay, b Marks ... G. F. Bird, b Marks......... 0. Glassford, b Kelaart ... E. Burnside, b Marks ... B 9, lb 1, w 3, nb 6 ... Second Innings. 6 b Kelaart .......... lbw.bChristoffelsz 0 Total ...123 b Christoffelsz... not out ... ... c Marks, b Chris­ toffelsz .......... b Christoffelsz ... not out B l, wl... Total , 19 BOWLING ANALYSIS. CEYLON AG A IN ST TH E N A T IV E STATE S. Commenced on D ec. 31, this match was continued on the following day, ending in a draw considerably in favour of the Native States. It was not thought advisable to interfere with the custom of holding Native Sports on New Year’s Day, and this reduced the duration of the game so m uch as to prevent its completion. Swettenham, the captain of the Natives, winning the toss, elected to take the field. F ox and Hughes comm encing the bow ling to Moorhouse and Vanderspar. Marks was the only batsman to get double figures, and the Captain’s bowling proved too m uch for the tail, four of the last wickets falling to him at a cost of only three runs. Marks, too, was of great use with the ball when the Native States went in, and F ox, who carried out his bat for 55 C olombo . First Innings. M. B. W. Second Innings. O. Fox .......... 15 Hughes ... 15 Bird .......... 5 Neubronner 2 Swottenham 2 4 1 2 ... ... 0 ...... 0 ...... 4 .......... Thomasz O. 19 11 1 16 4 3 M. B. W. 6 28 2 23 3 0 6 8 12 0 10 0 9 N ative Status. First Innings. O. Kela#rt ... 20 Vaiiderspar 1U Christoffelsz 3 Gilham ... 4 Courtenay 3 Marks ... 14‘1 Alston ... 2 B. W. 37 2 13 8 15 4 18 9 Second Innings. O. M . It. W ... 7 1 U . . . 7 4 5 S t r a it s . H ong K ong . First Innings. E. M. Blair, c Boss, b Me • Kenzie ........................ T. Sercombe-Smith, c Talbot, b F o x ................. S. L. Darby, b McKenzie J. A. Lowson, b Mc­ Kenzie ........................ G. G, Boyle, not o u t.........: Capt. Dunn, b Fox ... ... C. S. Barff, b Fox .......... A. J. Campbell, lbw, b Fox ............................... L. Carden, b Fox .......... Corp. Rice, b Hinde......... F. Lammert, c Birch, b Hinde............................... Second Innings. 4 c Ross, b Fox b McKenzie b F o x .......... b F o x .......... c Ross, b Kenzie ... c WatsoD, F o x ......... c Hughes, F o x .......... lbw, b Fox... b McKenzie not out Mc- ... 4 b ... 40 b 3 8, lb 5 T ota l 13 , 40 c and b Mc­ Kenzie .......... B 8 , lb 4 ... Total ... 75 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S t r a it s . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. B. W. O. M. li. W. Barff ... . . 22 8 39 3 .......... 29 14 45 5 Lowson . . 22 G 31 7 .......... 28 12 61 5 Dunn... . . 2 0 16 0 Smith . 2 2 0 0 ...... 2 0 10 0 Darby 2 0 8 0 B lair.......... 3 0 13 0 Campbell... 3 0 14 0 Lammert.. 5 1 8 0 R ic e .......... 2 0 8 0 Bayle........ 3 1 9 0 Barff towled 2 wides. H ong K o n g . First Innings. Second Innings. TH E SECOND MATCH . HONGKONG v. STRA IT S S E T T L EM E N T , This was the first of the three Inter-colonial matches, and the game throughout both days (Jan. 3 and 4) was watched w ith the greatest interest. Dunn was unfortunate enough to be bowled without scoring in the first innings, and though he hit freely in the second, there was no chance of his m aking at all a close thing of it. Hongkong were outplayed at all points, and were beaten by 166 runs. This success was in a great measure due to the successful batting of Talbot in each innings, and the effective bowling of F ox and M cKenzie F ox in particular had good figures, taking eleven wickets for 36 runs. O. M. B. W. O. M. R. W. McKenzie.. 8 6 7 3 ... ... 7.4 1 19 4 Fox ... . . 15 7 12 5 ... ... 8 0 21 6 Hinde........ 8.2 6 5 2 ... ... 5 2 7 0 Ross ... . . 1 0 3 0 ... ... 6 1 13 0 T H E TH IR D MATCH . CEYLON v. HONGKONG. Ceylon had rather the best of the luck in this match, played on Jan. 5 and 6 , and gained a somewhat unexpected victory with ten wickets to spare. T he batting of the Hongkong Eleven was, indeed, very disappointing and Capt. Dunn was the only one of the side to get double figures. Kelaart and Christoffelsz bowled for Ceylon unchanged throughout, and the latter’s figures were particularly note­ worthy. Altogether, he took thirteen wickets for 46 runs. NEXT ISSUE, MARCH 26.