Cricket 1891

NOV. 26, 1891 CRIOKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME; 478 properties must have been amazed at the unprecedented shower of cricket balls about them. The attendance in the early part of the day was slightly less than at the corres­ ponding time on Tuesday, but when stumps were drawn at 4.30 there surely were from twelve to fifteen hundred spectators on the grounds. Within the grand stand was a fashionable assemblage of ladies, who watched with peculiar interest the career of his lord­ ship in the field. Hardly less interested was the double file of English-born enthusiasts who crowded the fence immediately in front of the stand. “ ’Ither again, me lord,” bawled one lusty Britisher after the English captain had made one of his splendid drives. And the crowd who laughed approvingly all wished to see the baron “ ’It her again.” The Englishmen played havoo with the delivery of the local bowlers. Hewett who with Hornsby, went first to bat, pounded the balls all over the field, and not satisfied with the extent of ground covered, despatched them over fences, grand stand, and other convenient hurdles. When stumps were drawn at 4.30 Hewett was still driving away, with every prospect of lingering indefinitely, having o-it-lived six batsmen of his own team. At 4.15 he com­ pleted his century, and when called from the field had compiled the great score of 109 not out. The trundling of Dickey, Jones, Hall, et al ., he seemed thoroughly to enjoy, and batted almost every ball offered him. Hornsby, who outscored all others in the first day’s play, was laid aside with 5 to his credit at 2.45, and Lord Hawke took his place. For fifty minutes the Baron carried on a brilliant partnership with Hewett, and his long drives, clean cuts, and sky balls were scarcely less remarkable than those of his partner. One of his drives passed twenty feet above the grand stand, and called for an outburst of applause. Dickey wasn’t making his eccentric approach to the wickets for nDthing, however, and at 3.35 he bowled his lordship, the latter having achieved a score of 53. The total then was 122 for two wickets. The Hon. Milles, who succeeded him, stopped just five minutes and made only 3 runs, and was caught cleverly by Boyd at slip. Then in ten minutes’ time Wright ran once and was caught by Fleury. At 3.50 Ricketts with his 6 feet 5 inches of length came to bat. He batted freely and ran up 29, but looked like a stayer when .Goldingham caught him out at 4.25 from a ball delivered by Hall. Woods, who replaced him, was not the demon at the bat that he was with the ball. He took his place at the wicket, struck his first ball, and was caught by Fleury. Stumps were then drawn, with the Englishmen possessing a score of 210 for 6 wickets down. H. T. Hewett, not out .....................109 J. H. J. Hornsby, c Boyd, b Dickey ... 5 Lord Hawke,bDickey 53 Hon. H, Milles, c Boyd, b Fleury ... 8 C. W. Wright, c Fleury, b Dickey ... 1 K. MeAlpine, Lord Throwley, and C. Wreford- Brown did not bat. G. W. Ricketts, Goldingham, Hall.................... S. M. J. Woods, Fleury, b Hall . Extras............. Total 29 ...210 EIGHTH MATCH.—v. EASTERN ONTARIO. O ttawa , O ctober 23 and 24. The last match of the tour was played on a perfect wicket at Rideau Hall, but under cir­ cumstances hardly calculated to bring out the best cricket. The air was cold and slight snow fell in the morning, and again there were several flurries of snow in the afternoon. But the cricketers were enthusiastic and went in heartily for the sport, under the patronage of the vice-regal party, who occupied mar­ quees gaily decorated with flags. Lord Hawke sent Hewett and Woods to face the bowling of Bristow and Turton. Hewett made a good drive for three, but in the fourth over Bristow took his off stumn with the score at the dozen. Lord Hawke joined Woods, and the two played some fine cricket. Lord Hawke was splendidly caught by Mackie at long-on for twenty-one, including two fours and a three, the score then standing at fifty- three. In the sixteenth over Harrod succeeded Turton, and when the score stood at sixty-six Little succeeded Bristow. Woods’ score in­ cluded four fours, three threes, and two twos. Wright succeeded Hornsby, but had only scored one when lunch was called. The score then stood 138 for 4 wickets. Bristow’s bowl­ ing throughout was severely punished, being on the leg side all through. After lunch, which was served at Rideau Hall, Lord Stan­ ley entertaining the contending teams and visitors, Wright and Browne resumed their places at the wickets, but Browne soon fell a victim. Ricketts played a magnificent inn­ ings, hitting freely,and repeatedly sending the ball to the boundary. McAlpine was not up to the left-hand bowler, and Harrod, after a few balls, succeeded in taking his wicket by a clever ball before he had got on to the bowling sufficently to score. Little’s bowling was severely punished. Lord Throwley and Milles batted well for their runs, and the innings closed for the large total of 280. On the East­ ern Ontario men going to the bat Bristow was the only one to show any good batting. His display in the two innings wa 3 remarkably good, and the visitors were loud in his praise, the popular captain presenting the successful batsman with a carefully selected bat as a memento of the occasion. The “ dem on” Woods was not so destructive with the ball; perhaps he used up all his energy in making the half century score. At any rate his average in the match of two wickets for seventy runs is a comforting reflection to the Eastern Canadians. Hornsby added to his laurels as a bowler by taking six wickets in forty-one runs, while Brown was as usual suc­ cessful with an average nearly as good. Lord Hawke, for the first time on the tour, tried his hand as a bowler with slow underhands, and succeeded in getting one wicket at a small cost, the second ball bowled being hit to the out-field and landing in the willing hands of the waiting Ricketts. The score: L ord H awke ' s XI. G. W. Ricketts, not out ........................71 Kenneth McAlpine,b Harrod ............... 0 Lord Throwley, c Coste, b Hill...........27 Hon. H. Milles, run out ........................13 Extras................. 20 T o ta l......... 280 H. T. Hewett, b Bris­ tow ...................... 3 S. M. J. Woods, c Mackie, b Harrod... 54 LordHawke.c Mackie, b Harrod............... 21 C. Wreford-Brown, c Bell, b Harrod ... 38 J. H. Hornsby, c Browning,bBristow 19 C. W.Wright, c Little, b Harrod............... 14 G e n t l e m e n o p E a s t e r n O n t a r io . First Innings. Second Innings. Bristow, run out Mackie, c Throwley, Mil es......... ......... Warden, b Woods ... Coste, run out ......... Bell, lbw, bMcAlpine Browning, c Throwley, b Brown...................... Turton, b McAlpine... Hill, b Brown ......... Eckland, run out ... Palmer, b Brown Harrod, not out......... Extras.................. T otal......... ... 35 h not out ... 47 o ... 7 c Woods, b Hornsby ... 0 ... 1 c Wright, b Hornsby... ... 0 ... 0 c Hewett, b Hornsby ... 0 ... 11 5 b Hornsby... ... 10 .. 8 c Hewett, b Hornsby... ... 0 ... 2 run out ... 1 ... 3 c Hawke, b Hornsby... ... 9 1 c Hawke, b Woods ... ... 4 ... 10 c Bicketts, b Hawke ... ... 9 ... 8 run ont ... 1 ... 10 Extras... ... 9 ..101 Total ... 90 ANALYSIS. l WKK’S XI. E a s t e r n O n t a r io . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Woods......... 19 6 37 1 ......... 15 8 33 1 Milles......... 26 25 1 McAlpine... 8 5 7 2 Brown........ 10 3 22 3 Hornsby ... 16 2 41 6 Hawke ... 2 0 7 1 Turton . Bristow . Harrod M. R. W. 0 51 0 28 3 93 2 . 50 4 45 5 O. 11 o. Little 10 Hill ... 13 M. R. W. 2 41 0 5 30 1 The following figures will show the col­ lective results as well as the individual averages of the team. Won 6 , lost 1, drawn 1, total 8 . Sept. 25, 26, 28—v. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia. Lost by eight wickets. Lord Hawke’s Team, 259 and 171- Philadelphia, 248 and 183 for two wickets. Oct. 1, 2—^v. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia. Won by four wickets. Lord Hawke’s Team, 82 and 95for six wickets. Philadelphia 56 and 119. Oct. 5, 6, 7—v. Sixteen of New York, at New York Drawn. Lord Hawke’s Team. 883. Sixteen of New York, 122 and 166 for five wickets. Oct. 10,11—v. Baltimore, at Baltimore. Won by an innings and 150runs. Lord Hawke’s Team, 305. Baltimore, 70 and 85. Oct. 12, IS—v. Boston, at Boston. Won by 242runs. Lord Hawke’s Team, 90 and 207. Boston, 29 and 26. Oct. 16,17—v. Chicago, at Chicago. Won by an innings and 00 rune. Lord Hawke’s Team, 1£6. Chicago, 35 and 61. Oct. 20. 21—v. Western Ontario Association, at Toronto. Won by an innings and 5i runs. Lord Hawke’s Team, 184. Western Ontario Association,82 and 48. Oct. 23,24—v. Eastern Ontario, at Ottawa. Won by an innings and 84 runs. Lord Hawke’s Team, 280. Eastern Ontario, 90 and 106. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inn. Aver. C.Wreford-Brown 11 ... 1 ... 310 ... 72 ..., 31 Lord Hawke ... 10 ... 0 ... 297 ... 74 ... 29.70 H. T. Hewett ... 11 ... 0 ... 320 ... 113 ... 29.09 S. M. J. Woods... 11 ... 0 ... 260 ... 92 ... 23.63 G. W. Ricketts... 10 ... 3 ... 156 ... 71*... 22.23 C. W.Wright ... 11 ... 0 ... 198 ... 69 ... 18 K. J. Key ... ... 9 ... 1 ... 109 ... 31 ... 13.62 Lord Throwley 11 ... 1 ... 134 ... 37 ... 13.40 J. H. J. Hornsby 11 ... 0 ... 143 ... 38 ... 33 H. McAlpine ... 8 ,... 3 ... 46 ... 25 ... 9.20 G. W. Hillyard... 6 ... 2 ... 30 ... 12 ... 7.50 Hon. H. Milles... 10 ... 2 ... 59 ... 15 ... 7.37 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. J. H. J. Hornsby... 114 ... 44 ... 176 ... 30 ... 5.86 S. M. J. Woods ... 277.4... 91 ... 532 ... 76 ... 7 C. Wreford-Brown 156.2... 62 ... 30t ... 21 ... 14.47 Hon. H. Milles ... 68.4 ... 17 ... 186 ... 10 ... 18.60 G. W. Hillyard ... 48 ... 17 ... 107 ... 5 ... 21.40 K. M’Alpine. 10—6—9—2, bowled in three innings and Lord Ha\ske, 1.3—C—7—1 and G. W. Ricketts, 12—2—34—2, inone innings only. A t a meeting of the New South Wales Association held on October 12, Mr. Cohen, the Hon. Treasurer, said he had informed those whom lie had requested to join him in connection with the eleven which he was going to take to England that he intended to ask the cricket council to select the team. He foresaw, however, that the council might not be in existence by the time that its services would be so required, and he there­ fore decided in such an emergency to ask, say, five of the certainties of the team to pick the remainder. 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