Cricket 1891

OCT. 29, 1891 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME. 463 relieved Wreford-Brown. The separation came from the other end, however, as at 46 the Germantown man, who had made 14, was well taken at the wicket by Wright off Woods. J. H. Patterson filled the vaoancy, but Woods beat him repeatedly, and at last secured his dismissal from a oatch at mid-on by Key, the telegraph reading 50—4—0. Welsh next joined Scott, who was playing in grand form. At 52, Hornsby went on in place of Milles, but the pair played cautiously and stayed out the remaining few minutes of time, the total standing at 69, with Scott 27 and Welsh 11, not out, when stumps were drawn for the day. S econd D ay , F riday , O ctober 2. On the game being resumed Woods and Wreford-Brown, Captain Lord Hawke’s two most reliable bowlers, were given charge of the attack. After Woods had sent down two maidens and Wreford-Brown one, Welsh opened the scoring by getting the latter to leg for 2. Scott followed his partner’s example by hitting the fast bowler hard to the on boun­ dary for 4, but immediately afterwards was bowled. Captain Patterson then joined his club mate and the pair settled down to steady work, Welsh punishing both bowlers severely. W ith the total within two of the century, however, a double misfortune occurred, both batsmen being caught at the wicket. Welsh’s runs were made in first-class style, his cuts through the slips off the fast bowling being especially clever. Bohlen and Brewster now became associated, bnt neither of them played with any degree of confidence. At 104 Brewster was ran out in attempting to make an impossible run, while 4 runs later, Bohlen put one up frcm Brown to Key at mid-on and also went to the club house. Baily and Ralston, the last pair, showed a little better style, and the total was carried to 119 before the Merion man fell a victim to a splendid one- hand catch by Hewett at point off Woods, The bowling throughout the entire innings was undoubtedly good, but as the wicket was hard and played fairly true, the bowlers could not have got rid of the members of the home team for any such insignificant total had not the batting been lamentably weak. Wright and Hewett were the English representatives who commenced to make the 94 runs required to win. The task was not a very heavy one, and to prevent its accomplishment it was seen the home team would have to bowl and field better than ever. Patterson started the ball rolling by sending down a maiden to Wright, while Hewett opened his account with the poorer by driving Baily straight to the off boundary for 4, repeating the stroke in the next over- Wright responded with a single, but immediately afterwards was caught at the wicket off the Merion man, who was bowling remarkably well. Hornsby filled the vacancy, and after a few runs had been made, Hewett was badly missed in the slips. After lunch, when 6 runs had been added to the score, Hornsby was given out on a tip at the wicket off Patterson, and Lord Hawke came in. Before 10 runs were added the gallant captain gave a chance in the out field which was not accepted. rJhis was discouraging, as the pair continued to score freely, and at 51 Patterson, who had bowled extremely well, turned the ball over to Brown. Lord Hawke hit the new bowler’s second delivery hard to Patterson at mid-off, and called Hewett for a run, but the Germantown man returned the ball like a flash to the wicket, and the “ south-paw” batsman was run out. This brought in Key, who before scoring gave a very easy chance at third man, which was declined. This was tbe second bad error of the innings. After this the two Englishmen batted patiently and well. At 61, Patterson retired Baily, but not being suited with the assistance he received from the wicket put Baily on again at 68 , and this time the change was successful, Lord Hawke being caught at the wicket bv Ralston for 18, the total standing at 74. Wreford- Brown was tbe next on the list, and at 77 Patterson went on again at his old end, vice Brown, and at once got Brown caught at sh ort slip by Baily, while from his next ball Woods, who followed, was brilliantly caught by Brewster at point, the fifth and sixth wickets falling for 81. The last three wickets had fallen for 7 runs and the crowd cheered lustily, as there still appeared a possibility of defeat being turned into glorious victory. Lord Throwley next joined Key, who by this time was thoroughly set and playing in grand form. The newcomer appeared but little at ease for some time, but Key obtained an occasional single and the score was slowly carried to 89, at which point Lord Throwley opened his shoulders and by driving Baily successively for a 2 and a 4 won the match for his side with four wickets to spare. In the match, Mr. Woods took fifteen wickets for 86 runs. A l l P h il a d e l p h i a . First Innings. _ Second Innings. G. S.Patterson.cThrowley, b Woods ...................... W. Scott, o Wright, b Wreford-Brown ......... F. H. Bohlen, c Hawke, b Woods ...................... 4 c Wright, b Wre­ ford-Brown ... 1 b Woods 31 F. W. Ralston, b Woods... 8 H. O. Thayer, b Wreford- Brown............................ 9 F. E. Brewster, b Woods 10 H. I. Brown, c Hewett, b Woods ...................... 9 N. Downs, b Woods......... 0 J. H. Patterson, b Woods 0 S. Welsh, jun., not out ... 4 H. P. Baily, c Hawke, b Woods ...................... 0 c cKey,b Wreford- Brown ......... not out ......... b Woods ......... run out ......... b Woods ......... c Wright, b Woods ......... c Key, b Woods c Wright, b Woods ......... B 5, lb 2... Total Hewett, b Woods ......... B 6, lb 2, nb 1 56 Total ...119 G e n t l e m e n o f E n g l a n d . First Innings. H. T. Hewett, c Brewster, b Baily ......................10 Second Innings. C. W. Wright, b Baily 0 J. H. J. Hornsby, run out 0 Lord Hawke, b G. S. Pat­ terson............................ 24 K. J. Key. b H. I. Brown... 5 O. Wreford-Brown, c Brown, b G. S. Patterson 13 S. M. J. Woods, b Scott ... 8 Lord Ihrowley. c Ralston, b G. H. Patterson ......... 6 G.W.Ricketts, b Patterson 3 Hon. H. Milies, b Baily ... 0 K. M’ -ilpine, not out......... 0 B 8, no 5 ................13 run out c Ralston, Baily ......... c Ralston, b G. S. Patterson... c Ralston, b Baily ......... not out ......... c Baily, b G. S. Patterson c Brewster, b G S. Patterson 0 ... 29 b B 4, lb 2, nb 3 9 Total Total 95 BOWLING ANALYSIS. P h il a d e l p h ia . W o o ... W-Browu First Innings. O M. R. W. ...... 38.1 8 31 8 18 10 18 2 Second Innings. O. 83 21 Milles .. 3 Hornsby 5 G e n t l e m e n o f E n g l a n d . M. R. 12 55 13 36 1 9 2 10 First Innings. O. M. R. W. Paily . j 2 2 27 3 Brown......... 7 3 16 1 u. S. Patter- bon ......... 9.2 2 14 4 Scott ......... 5 1 12 1 Becond Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 15.2 3 45 2 ... 6 2 9 0 ... 14 7 32 3 Eaily bowled bix no balls and Patterson two. wicket, and continuing on Saturday were at the wickets all day, the total being 331 for ten wickets. Hewett, Milles, and Wright made their runs in good style, while the gallant captain’s contribution was of the sensational order ; he made no less than fifteen boundary hits, several of them pitching out of the ground. K. J. Key also did some tall batting, his stay at the bat in this match bringing back some recollections of the aggressive style he practised on his former visit to the States. < 3r. S. Patterson and H. I. Brown bowled under difficulties, both being lame, the result of strains received in the match on the day before. G e n t l e m e n o f E n g l a n d The second match being finished on Friday another game was commenced at once. It was decided to play twelve men on a side, and H. P. Baily not being attainable, R. D Brown and J. B. Thayer, jun , made up the Philadelphia twelve. The Englishmen scored over 80 runs on Friday without the loss of a H. T. Hewett, b Pat­ terson ................31 Hon. H. Milles, b Pat­ terson ................44 C. W. Wright, c Boh­ len. b Scott .........55 G. W. Ricketts, c Brewster, b Thayer 5 K. McAlpine, c R. Brown, b H. Brown 10 G. W. Hillyard, c and b Brown................21 S. M. J. Woods, c H. C. Thayer, b Scott 1 K. J. Key, not ou t... 50 Lord Hawke, b » Welsh ............... 76 J. H. Hornsby, c Patterson, b Scott 8 C. Wreford-Brown, b Thayer ............... Lord Throwley, not out ....................... 3 B 15, lb 2, w 6 ... 23 Total ...331 BOWLING ANALYSIS. P h ila d e l p h ia . B. M. R. W. Scott..........109 5 74 3 Welsh ... 3J 0 28 1 C.*. Patter­ son ......... 170 14 56 2 H. L BrownlOO 3 56 2 B. M. R. W. R.D.Brown 45 1 26 0 J,B.Thayer, jun....... 115 7 31 2 Brewster 25 0 32 0 TH IRD MATCH,—v. SIXTEEN OF NEW YORK. F irst D a y , M onday , O ctober 5, The ground at Livingston looked pretty with the many flags, the Union Jack, Stars and Stripes, and the club colours. The attendance was not by any means large, but probably 2,000 people were present during the first day. Lord Hawke was suffering with a severe chill, caused by the sudden change in the tempera­ ture, and did not put in an appearance till the second day, when he looked on at the match from a comfortable corner of the club house. The Somersetshire captain took charge of the visiting team, and having won the toss he decided to open hostilities by sending to the defence of the wickets, Woods and Wright. Wright was run out at an early stage of the game, and Hornsby and Milles helped Woods to bring the score up to 74, when K. J. Key came in. Woods now began to hit the ball all over the field, while Key played with the greatest patience. Change after change was made in the bowling, but it was not till nearly 100 runs had been added to the score, that Tyers got a good ball past Key’s bat. Hewett came in, but Woods brought his long innings to a close when within 8 of a century, by run­ ning himself out. The tall left-hander com­ menced at once to hit the ball, but soon lost the company of Lord Throwley, who in essaying a big hit was caught in the outfield. Wreford- Brown came in and the stand of the game whs made, no less than 142 being added to tho total before the next wicket fell. Brown played carefully, but Hewett hie everything that was in sight and repeatedly lost the ball by hits out of the ground. Bowler after bowler was tried, but all were treated alike, and it seemed only when the batsman was completely tired of hitting that he was bowled by Roberts for a grand innings of 113. Hillyard followed and remained with Brown until time was called for the day, the score standing at 365 for seven wickets. S icond D ay , T uesday , O ctober 6. About 3,000 spectators visited the ground on the second day, mauy ladies being among the visitors. No one expected that the total would be less than 400, but the fielding of the New Yorkers w'as in marked contrast to the NEXT ISSUE NOVEMBEB 26