Cricket 1891

462 CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME; OCT. 29, 1891 indicator reading 148—6—16. Wreford- Brown, the second highest scorer of the first innings, was the next man to come in, but only two runs had been added when Woods skied a ball to Scott at mid-on, off Baily, which this time the fielder managed to hold. Lord Throwley then came to the assistance of Wreford - Brown, and, as the bowling con­ tinued well on the spot, the play became a trifle tedious. H. I. Brown was not to be denied, however, and with the total at 160, Wreford-Brown was adjudged l.b.w. on his appeal, a decision which appeared dubious. The end was now close at hand, as upon the arrival of Milles, Lord Throwlej, who had batted steadily for 13, skied one to Law at point, off Baily, and made way for Hillyard. The pair carried the total to 171, when a most foolish attempt to take a single on a hit from a no-ball, caused Milles to be run out and the venture closed for 171. Scott and Coates were the batsmen selected to open the innings for Philadelphia, Wood and Brown being the bowlers, and as their deliveries for some time were straight and well-lodged, the score rose slowly; but rise it did, and as the telegraph tins were changed again and again the applause was uproarious. Coates was given not out on an appeal for l.b.w. from Wreford- Brown, and again the d ecision was not received with approval by the visitors. Coates himself showed his satisfaction by cracking the next ball to the boundary for four, and from this time scored more freely. Scott, on the other hand, was patience personified, and even erred occasionally by letting off balls that deserved punishment. Hillyard relieved Woods when 25 was up, and Hornsby bowled, vice Brown, at 38, but the partnership was not dissolved and gradually mounted upwards. W ith the total at 52, a consultation was held between Lord Hawke and Woods, which ended in the latter again going on at the Btand end, vice Hornsby. To the surprise of every one present he commenced bowling lobs, and, from the placing of the fielders it was apparent that he relied upon a chance boing given on a lofty boundary hit. The change proved a lamentable failure, however, as the two batsmen who were about the best qualified to deal with such deliveries, hit them hard and safely, and after an experi­ ment of two overs, Woods changed back to swift over-arm. At 65 Milles relieved Hill­ yard, and in his second over an appeal for lbw on Coates was answered in the affirmative, and that batsman went to the club house, having made 46 runs in good form during his stay of one hour and three-quarters at the wicket, Patterson came next, but only to see Scott clean bowled three runs later. Notwith­ standing his long stay at the wickets the retiring batsman had only (19 to his credit. W ith 74 runs on and but two wickets down, the game looked greatly in favor of the bats­ men. It remained for Patterson and R. D. Brown to increase the magnitude of the victory beyond expectation, however, as, although the latter was missed at short slip by Lord Throw­ ley on a somewhat hard chance off Milles before adding a run, he fully atoned for the mistake by hammering the subsequent de­ liveries from both ends to all parts of the field. Patterson also played hard on the ball and the century was quickly passed; amid tumultuous applause from the crowd. W ith 17to his credit, Patterson gave a lightning chance to Wright at the wicket off Woods, which proved too difficult to handle, but from that time forward thejpair played faultlessly and scored quickly. Change after change took place on the tele­ graph, and change after change in the English bowling, but the pair kept merrily on and elicited round after round of applause as the total reached nearer and nearer to the desired goal. At last, a louder shout than usual an­ nounced that a four hit by Brown had tied the score, while a moment later, Patterson played the ball between square leg and mid on, and amidst a perfect pandemonium of shouts and huzzas, the winning run was made and Philadelphia had won by 'the handsome margin of 8 wickets. The score; Fi rst Innings. C. W. Wright, c Brew­ ster, b Patterson ........... 23 H. T. Hewett, b H. I. Brown............................ 30 Lord Hawke, c Patterson, b Scott ......................74 Lord Trowley, c Ralston, b Patterson ............... 23 S. M. J. Woods, c Law, b S cott.............................. 8 C. Wreford - Brown, c Coates, b Scott .........51 K. J. Key, c Coates, b H, I. Brown ...................... 18 J. H. Hornsby, c Ralston, b H. I. Brown................ 0 L o rd H aw ke’s XI. Second Innings. G. W. Ricketts, lbw, b H. I. Brown .................... Hon. H. Milles, st Ralston, b Scott ...................... 9 run out G. W. Hillyard, not out.., 0 not out c Baily, b H. I. Brown .........15 lbw, b H. I Brown .........49 c sub, b Baily ... 28 c Law, b Baily 13 c Scott, b Baily 10 lbw, b H. I. Brown ......... 2 b H. I. Brown ... 7 c 'Baily, b H. I. Brown .........22 c Baily, b H. I. Brown ......... 5 B 12, lb 4, nb 2 ...18 B 10, lbl, nb 4 15 Total ............... 259 Total ...171 G entlemen of P hiladelphia . First Innings. S. Law, c Hornsby, b Brown............... 7 F. E. Brewster, run out ......................17 W. Brockie.run out 0 H. P. Baily, b Woods 6 H. I. Brown, not out 11 B 21, lb 4, nb 2 ... 27 Total .........248 W. Scott, run out ... 11 C. Coates, jun., c Hewett, b Brown... 38 G. S. Patterson, b Woods ............... 68 F. H. Bohlen, c Wright, b Miliee ... 29 F. W. Ralston, b Brown ............... 19 R. D. Brown, c Rick­ etts, b Woods ... 15 In the 8econd Innings Scott scored, b Woods 19, Coates, lbw, b Milles 46, Patterson, (not out) 43, R. D. Brown, (not out) 62; b 6, lb 6, nb 1.—Total 183. BOWLING ANALYSI8. L o r d H a w k e ’s XI. First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Patterson ...160 7 69 2 ......... 35 3 24 0 Baily .........105 3 62 0 ......... 84 3 36 3 H. I. Brown 115 6 44 4 ......... 135 7 55 6 Scott ......... 68 1 52 4 ......... 45 1 41 0 R. D. Brown 5 0 5 0 Coates.........25 1 9 0 Baily bowled 4 no-balls and Patterson 2. G e n t l e m e n of P h i la d e l p h i a . First Innings. B. M. R. W. Woods........... 170 10 62 3 Hornsby ... 40 2 22 0 Milles............ 50 1 35 1 Brown............175 7 90 3 Hillyard ... 40 3 11 0 Second Innings. B. M. R. W. . ...125 8 59 1 , ... 35 3 5 0 ... 56 0 39 1 , ... 75 5 41 0 , ... 70 5 26 0 Woods bowled 3no-balls. SECOND MATCH.—v. PHILADELPHIA. F ir s t D a y , T h u r sd a y , O c t o b e r 1. Captain Patterson and Scott went in to face the deliveries of Woods and Brown. Only 5 runs had been registered, when, in attempting to cut a speedy one from Woods, Patterson snicked th 9 ball to the wicket-keeper, from whose glove it rebounded into the willing hands of Lord Throwley at short slip. This disaster appeared to take the heart out of the others, Scott being well taken by Wright at the wicket off Wreford-Brown, without any change inthe total, while Bohlen,who followed, was caught by Lord Hawke off Woods, 4 runs later. Ralston and Thayer then became associated,’ and for a little while it appeared as if a stand might be made, both men playing the bowling with confidence. With the total at 24, however, Thayer attempted to drive a curly one from Wreford-Brown and was bowled off his leg. Brewster then came to the assistance of Ralston, and was missed at short slip by Milles, and again by Wreford-Brown at cover-point on the easiest kind of a chance from Woods’ bowling. The play now became very tedious, the two bowlers taking every advantage of the rather queer wicket and continually sending down balls which were nearly unplayable. At 41, Ralston was bowled by Woods. Brown filled the vacancy and commenced in good style. Only 10 runs were added, however, before Woods created a sensation by dismissing Brewster, Downs, and J. H. Patterson in one over. In Woods’ next over, Brown was missed at the wicket by Wright, and two balls later clean bowled. Welsh and Baily, the last pair of batsmen, then became associated, and Welsh was missed by Throwley at short slip by Brown before scoring. The innings was closed at 56 by Baily elevating a speedy one from Woods to Lord Hawke at mid-off. The venture lasted exactly one hour and a half. The one feature of the innings was the grand bowling of Woods, who took eight wickets for 30 runs, and would have done much better had even a fair percentage of the numerous ohances offered from his bowling been taken. The fielding of the visitors in this innings, however, was far below the form exhibited in the first match. On the visitors going to the bat, Hewett and Wright faced the deliveries of Baily and Brown. The bowling and fielding were sharp from the start, and it was quickly evident the Englishmen would have to fight hard for every run made. With the total of 7, the Merion man clean bowled Wright for a “ bailer,” and with only one run added, Hornsby was run out. W ith the fall of this wicket the players adjourned for luncheon, and it was 2.20 p.m. before hostilities were resumed with Hewett and Lord Hawke facing the same bowlers. As this partnership was known to be a dangerous one, it was with a feeling of dismay that those present witnessed Baily let off Lord Hawke on a one-handed catch at short slip off Brown’s bowling. Hawke at this stage of the game was playing rather loosely, and before reaching double figures was beaten and clean bowled by Baily, but Umpire Pacey had called a no-ball and the captain was given another lease of life. At 19, Hewett, who had played well for 10, put up a little pop fly to Brewster at point off Baily and made way for Key, whose wiokets were upset by Brown 5 runs later. Wreford-Brown filled the vacancy and.a short stand was made, during which Lord Hawke punished the deliveries of Brown rather severely, and this bowler was relieved by Captain Patterson, in whose second over Wreford-Brown put one up in the slips which Baily came within an ace of reaching, while directly afterwards he was nicely taken by Brown at mid-off, the indica­ tor reading 50—5—13. Woods then joined his captain, and the Philadelphian total being quickly passed, Scott was put on vice Baily at 61. Woods pulled the new bowler’s first ball for 4, but directly afterwards allowed a slow breaking ball to get past his bat and was bowled, the total standing at 69. Lord Throwley came in, but immediately saw his vis-a-vis clean bowled by a trimmer from Patterson. Ricketts came and went next, his leg stump being upset with the total at 80, while, without a run being added, Baily per­ formed a similar service for Milles. McAlpme, the last man, came in, but did not have the satisfaction of playing a single ball, as at 82 Lord Throwley was given out on a tip at the wicket off Patterson, and the venture came to a close, having lasted exactly the same time as that of the Philadelphians. With 26 runs to the bad, the Philadelphians commenced their second innings, Scott and Thayer start­ ing the defence, while Woods and Brown were again entrusted with the attack. Scott opened with a 4 and a single, but with his fourth ball Woods uprooted Thayer’s stumps. Harry Brown took the vacant place, and at once began to score freely. Scott also kept getting the ball away, but just as the pair seemed well set, Brown met with a piece of the hardest kind of luok, a speedy ball from Woods hitting him hard in the body and rolling on to the wicket. When Downs, the next man, joined Scott, the indicator read 20—2—10, and the remaining 6 runs of the deficit having been quickly knocked off, the pair started on the credit side. Downs played with more than his usual amount of caution, and at 38 Milles NEXT ISSUE NOVEMBER 26