Cricket 1891

CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME; FEB. 26, 1891. H ong kong . First Innings. F. S.;Smith, run out.......... 7 Dunn, c Kelaart, b Chris­ toffelsz ........................15 Blair, lbw, b Kelaart... Lowson, c Courtenay, b Christoffelsz ................. Boyle, b Christoffelsz ... Campbell,c and b Christof- felz ............................... Barff, c Yanderspar, b Christoffelsz ................. Darby, c Yanderspar, b ChristoffelBZ ..................... Carden, b Christoffelsz ... Clarke, not o u t ................. Lammert, b Christoffelsz Lb 1, nb 1 ................. Second Innings, b Christoffelsz... 4 b Christoffelsz... 17 b Christoffelsz... 0 b Christoffelsz... 8 b K elaart.......... 2 run out ... ... 6 b K elaart.......... 3 b Christoffelsz... b K elaart.......... not out .......... b Kelaart.......... Total '... ... 49 C e y lo n . First Innings. Total ... 47 Stephens,c Lammert, b Lowson................. 3 Moorhouse, c and b Lowson .................. 0 Marks, b Lowson ...10 Vanderspar, lbw, b Barff...........................11 Alston, c Smith, b Barff......................... 3 Courtenay, c Smith, b Barff ....................26 Gilham, c Clarke, b L ow son .................11 Christoffelsz,run out 0 Kelaart, c Blair, b Barff........................ 0 Spence, run out ... 17 Johnston, not out ... 0 Extras ..........11 Total In the Second Innings, F. Stephens scored (not out) 0, W. Courtenay, (not out) 2; b 1, w2.—Total5. BOWLING ANALYSIS. H o n g k o n g . First Innings. O. M. K. W. Kelaart ... 18 4 23 1 ...... ChristoffelBZ 17 6 24 8 ... C e y l o n . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Bar2 .......... 27 12 33 4 ... ., Lowson ... 25 8 43 4 ... ., Smith ... 1 0 5 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 13.1 2 25 4 ... 14 4 22 5 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 1 1 0 0 ... 1 0 2 0 THE FOURTH MATCH. CEYLON v. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS* The Straits Settlements had all the best o this match, played on January 7 and 8, and won easily with an innings and 18 runs to spare. Talbot was again in good form with the bat for the winners, and F ox’s bowling was as effective as against Hongkong. His eleven wickets only ccst 41 runs. C olom bo . First Innings. Moorhouse, c Eagnail, b Fox ...................... Stephens, b Fox........ Marks, run o u t ........ Vanderspar, b Fox . Gilham, b McKenzie 3 ... 0 ... 21 ... 17 ... 1 Alston, b Fox ................. Courtenay, b Hinde.......... Christoffelsz, st Bagnall, b F o x ............................... Spence, c Fox, b Mc­ Kenzie............................... Johnston, c Hinde, b Fox Kelaart, not o u t................. B 2,1 b 2, n b 3 .......... Second Innings. b F o x ................. 0 b Mackenzie ... 3 c Cook, b Hinde 22 b Hinde ..........14 c Talbot, b McKenzie ... 0 b F o x .................13 b F o x .................12 8 b Me Kenzie 0 Total ... 56 c Talbot, b Fox 3 not out .......... 0 c and b Fox ... 2 B ll, lb8, nb4 23 Total ... 92 S traits . R. G. Watson, c Gil­ ham, b Marks ... 32 E. W. Birch, c Ke­ laart, b Chris­ toffelsz ................. 5 J. Hughes, c Spence, b Stephens ..........34 J. Cook, st Alston, b C h risto ffe lsz .......... 0 S. C. Fox, b Chris­ toffelsz ................ 1 C. Higginbotham, c Alston, b Chris­ toffelBZ .......... ... H .L. Talbot, c Ke­ laart, b Vander­ spar ........................30 F. V. Hornby, b Christoffelsz..........23 A. B. Hinde, b Van­ derspar .................. 1 A. H. Bagnal', not out ........................ W R. McKenzie, c Stephens,bKelaart 12 B 6, lb 5, nb 3 ,... 14 Total .. 166 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 11 2 22 3 ...13.18 1? 5 ... 9 4 16 2 ... 6 0 14 0 C olom bo * First Innings. O. M. R. W. McKenzie ... 10 6 9 2 .......... Fox .......... 25.14 24 6 .......... H inde.......... 6 0 16 1 .......... Birch Fox bowled 3 no balls. S t r a it s . O. M.R. W. O.M. R. W. ChristoffelBZ 30 11 46 5 I Vander- Kelaart ... 23.1 6 40 1 spar 9 1 17 2 Marks ... ... 13 189 1 | Stephens5 0 10 1 Christoffelsz bowled 1, and Kelaart 2 no balls. THE FIFTH MATCH. HONGKONG C.C v. SINGAPORE C.C. Though they made a good show on the first innings, Singapore failed utterly in their second, and were all dismissed for a total of 18. This gave Hongkong a victory by an innings and 5 runs. Barff took seven of the ten- wickets of Singapore in their second innings for 5, Low3on the other three for eleven runs. The match was played on January 9 and 10. S.C.C. First Innings. Watson, jun out................. 5 Carter, c Lowson, b Barff 1 Birch, st Blair,b Lammert 39 Higginbotham, b Boyle... 32 Lloyd, b Lowson ......... 7 Hornby, b Barff... .......... 11 Cook, c Barff, b Lammert 15 Talbot, b Lowson ..........12 Saunders, b Lowson.......... 0 Ross, not out ................. 7 Hinde ...............................19 B 4,1b 2, nb 1, w l ... 8 Second Innings, c Lowson,b Barff c Blair, b Barff... b Lowson ... ... b Barff .......... b Lowson ... c Dunn, b Barff c and b Barff ... c and h Lowson b Barff .......... not out ......... c Dunn, b Barff L b ................. Total ................156 H ongkong. First Innings. Total Campbell, o Hinde, b Saunders.................24 Boyle, c and b Hinde 11 Dunn, c Talbot, b Hinde ................. 0 Blair, c Ross, b Finde 5 Lowson, c Hornby, b Birch........................23 Smith, c Ross, b Saunders.................24 Barff, c Hornby, b Saunders ...... 49 Darby, b Saunders 10 Carden, not out ... 12 Lammert, st Taltot, b Saunders ........ 3 Rice, c Bircb, b Ross....................... 6 B 8, lb 4 , 12 Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. S.C.C. First Innings. O. M. R. W. .. 21.3 6 30 4 ... 2110 <0 2 ... ... 3 0 12 0 9 2 15 1 3 0 15 0 Lowson Barff... Smith Boyle Dunn... Lammert... 20 5 36 2 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 14 7 11 3 ...14 110 5 7 Barff \ owled 1 wide and 1 no-ball. H on g k on g . O. M.R. W. Ross... 113 5 22 1 Hinde 22 3 57 4 Saunders 23 8 44 4 O. M. R. W. B irch... 6 0 29 1 Hornby 3 1 15 0 THE SIXTH MATCH. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS v. CEYLON AND HONGKONG. As the last match came to an unexpectedlv early end a game was arranged as above. The Straits, mainly through the good play of Fox, got a useful lead of 32 runs on the first innings, but Capt. Dunn’s hitting in the second made things much better for them, and at. the finish they were 22 on with seven wickets to fall. H ongkong and C olombo . G. Alston (Colombo), b McKenzie........................ 1 cHIgginbotham, b McKenzie... A.J.Camptell (Hongkong), # a b McKenzie .................12 b McKenzie E. M. Blair (Hongkong), c and b Fox ................. 8 b Birch .......... Capt. Dunn (Hongkong), b F o x ............................... 8 not out ........... O. Marks (Colombo), run out ............................... 5 not out ........... G. 8. Barff (Hongkong), b Fox ............................... 6 F. Stephens (Colombo), c McKenzie, b HugheB ... 14 Dr. Lowson (Kongkong), run out ........................ 2 G. Vanderspar (Co!ombo), c Fox, b R o s s ................. 24 Christoffelsz (Colombo), not out ........................ 4 Kelaart (Colombo), b Hughes ........................ 4 B 7, lb 3 ........................ 10 7 5 14 55 13 B Total Total T he S traits . Fox, c Christoffelsz, b Barff ... ... 41 McKenzie, c Kelaart, b Christoffelez Lloyd, c Alston, b Christoffelsz........ H. L. Talbot, b Kelaart .......... ... Watson, c Blair, b B a rff............................ Higginbotham, c Lowson, b Kelaart 12 Birch, run but ... 3 Saunders, st Alston, b Kelaart ... ... 2 Ross, n o- out ..........10 Hughes, b Lowson ... 25 A.P. Talbot,c Alston, b Vanderppar ... 1 B 4, lb 9, w 2 ........ . 8 Total .. 130 BOWLING ANALYSIS. H g n g k o n o and C olom b o. First Innings. McKenzie . Fox Saunders , Ross ... Hughes... O. M. R. W. Second Innings* 17 . 19 5 30 5 32 2 7 9 ... 3 ... 0 ... 6 0 16 1 .......... 4 2 3 2 Birch T h e S traits . O. 9 13 9 . 1 4 M. R. W- 4 13 2 0 37 0 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Chri^toffelsz 16 4 452 |Lowson 3 1 3 1 Barff ......... 14 4 352 IVander- Kelaart ... 25 10 3*#3 | spar 1 0 0 1 Barff and Christoffelsz each bowled a wide. After the completion of the last match, the members cf the visiting teams were enter­ tained at a farewell dinner by the Singapore C.C. His Excellency Sir Cecil Smith, the Governor of the Straits Settlements, presided, and a right merry evening was spent. Mr. G. Vanderspar responded to the toast of the visitors on behalf of Ceylon, Lieut. Blair for Hongkong, and Mr. Birch for that of the Straits Settlements. RESULTS OF MATCHES. The following shows the results of the various cricket matches throughout the Cricket Fortnight:— Colombo 51 and 97 v. Native States, 123 and 19 for five wickets. Drawn. Straits, 93 and 188, beat Hongkong, 40 and 75, by 166. Colombo, 92 and 5 for none, beat Hongkong, 49 and 47, by ten wickets. Straits, 166, teat Cejlon, 5*) and 92, by an innings and 18. Singapore O.C., 156 and 18, v. 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