Cricket 1892

MAY 5, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 99 was clean bowled. (Six and seven for 66.) Walter Giffen made a couple of good smacks before a beauty from Lohmann beat him. (Eight for 73.) With Donnan in, M‘Leod began forcing tactics. Time after time he jumped clean out of his ground to drive Briggs, much to the amusement of the 12,000 spectators, who, while realising that the Australian's case was hopeless, cheered every good hit vigorously. A slight drizzling rain now began to fall—not enough to do any more harm to the already bad wicket, but enough to make the ball slippery. Still it did not last long, and the grass soon dried. M’Leod con­ tinued forcing tactics, but suddenly changed his mind at one ball, and making a tame stroke was clean bowled. The ninth wicket had in­ creased the total to 91. The last two men car­ ried the score to 100, when Donnan was caught in the long field. The Australians were thus 299 runs in arrears. The Englishmen fielded splendidly, and Bean’s mistake in the long field was the only error. Briggs bowled with great judgment, and more effect than L oh­ mann. The second innings was commenced at four o’clock. The Australians were sent in to bat in the same order as in the first innings. Briggs went on to bowl again, but Grace de­ cided to give Attewell a show this time. Ban­ nerman got a single off Attewell, but a fine ball from Briggs broke through his defence. One for 1. G. Giffen went in, and realising the hopelessness of trying to play steadily, let- out and drove Briggs straight down the ground to the boundary. Then he made 2, and in the same over was nearly caught at slip. Attewell bowled a maiden, and rain again began to fall. Briggs sent down an over which produced 9 runs to Lyons. Grace wanted to come in, but the umpires would not budge, and so the game proceeded. Giffen made a magnificent straight hit off Attewell,which raoed Head to the bound­ ary. In Attewell’s next over Giffen hit one like lightning to the on-boundary, and the total was raised in half-an-hourto 42, when Lyons made a big drive, which lodged the ball into Stoddart’s hands at long-on. Giffen did not long survive Lyons, for he skied a ball to a terrific height, which Bean judged to a nicety. (Three for 51.) The two South Australians hit splendidly. Bruce did even better. Starting with a square-leg hit off Briggs for four, in the Lancastrian’s next over he made 8 in two hits. He jumped out at every ball, and at last landed one fairly into the hands of Lohmann on the boundary. It should have stayed there, but instead the ball fell to the ground. When the total was 85 Bruce missed a ball, but Philipson did not get the bails off quickly enough to satisfy the umpire. It was a near thing, and the bats­ man got the benefit of the doubt. With the total unaltered Turner tamely popped a ball into Grace’s right hand. Bruce went im­ mediately after. Suddenly changing his tac­ tics he played back and missed a ball, and it struck his leg which was in front. Bruce had only been in for half an hour. Gregory found the wicket too much for him. Trott, the next man, let out with a vengeance, but after lifting one from Briggs clean on to the crowd he was stumped. Walter Giffen failed again, and at a quarter to six stumps were drawn for the day, with the board show­ ing 124 for eight wickets. F ourth D ay —M onday , M arch 28. By the re-commencement the wicket had dried and was now in favour of run-getting. The last two batsmen put on 45 runs, which left the Englishmen winners by an innings and 230 runs. The principal feature of the morning’s play was the struggle between Attewell and Briggs for top bowling average in eleven a side matches. All through the tour Attewell led, but Briggs had taken seven­ teen wickets in three innings, and when play was resumed was a third of a run to the good. W .G. gave them both a show at the last two men. Briggs, however, could not get them, and at last Lohmann had to go on. He at once got rid of M’Leod, and then Attewell disturbed Blackham’ s stumps. Briggs was the first to congratulate his rival. The Englishmen were very elated with their victory, although they recognised as muoh as anyone that they had more than their share of luck, E ngland . Abel, st Blaekham, b T ro tt........................... 24 Mr. W. G. Grace, b M’Leod .................... 58 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, lbw, b G iffen ..........134 Read, c Gregory, b Turner .....................57 BeaD, c M’Leoi, b Lyons........................... 16 Peel, c G. Giffen, b Turner .....................83 AUSTBALIA. First Innings. A. C. Bannerman, c Bean, b Lohmann .................12 J. J. Lyons, c Peel, b Briggs...............................23 G. Giffen, run out .......... 5 W. Bruce, lbw, b Lohmann 5 S.Gregory, c Abel, b Briggs 3 C. T. B. Turner, c Loh- manD, b Briggs ..........10 H. Trott, b Briggs .......... 0 W. Giffen, b Lohmann ... 3 R. M’Leod, b Briggs......... 20 H. Donnan, c Bean, b Briggs.............................. 7 J. M. Blackham, notout... 7 E xtras........................ 5 Lohmann, lbw, b Giffen ................. 0 Briggs, b Turner ... 39 Mr. H. Philipson, c Blackham, b M’L e o d ................. 1 Mr. G. M’Gregor, run o u t .................31 Attewell, not out ... 43 Extras.................13 Total ..499 Second Innings. b Briggs .......... 1 c Stoddart, b Briggs ..........19 c Bean, b Atte­ well .................27 lbw, b Attewell 87 c Peel, b Briggs 7 c Grace, bBriggs 5 st Philipson, b Briggs ..........16 c Peel, b Briggs 2 c Grace, b Loh­ mann ... ... 80 not out ..........11 b Attewell.......... 9 Extras ... 5 Total ................ 100 Total ...169 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E ngland . B. M. R. W- Donnan ... 54 2 22 0 Lyons ... 30 0 22 1 Bruce ...21 3 19 0 B. M. R. W. Giffen ... 307 17 154 2 M’Leod ... 246 11 78 2 Trott ... 72 0 80 1 Turner ... 27*3 17 HI 8 A u str alia . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. B riggs.......... 131 4 49 6 ........... 168 7 87 C Lohmann ... 126 8 46 3 ........... 36 2 8 1 Attewell 204 10 69 3 November 20, 21, 23—Adelaide, v. South Australia, Lord Shffieeld’s Team won by an innings and 62 runs. Lord Sheffield’s Team, 323; South Australia, 163 and 98. November 27, 28—Melbourne, v. Victoria. Lord Sheffield’s Team won by an innings and 107 runs. Lord Sheffield’s Team, 284; Victoria, 73 and 101. December 4, 5, 7—Sydney, v. New South Wales. Lord Sheffield’s Team won by four wickets. Lord Sheffield’s Team. 94 and 155 for six wickets; New South Wales, 74 and i72. December 9, 10—Parramatta, v. Twenty of Cum­ berland. Drawn. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 113 and 29 for two wickets; Twenty of Cumberland, 67 and 141. December 11,12—Camden, v. Twenty-two of Cam­ den. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve won by an innings and 43 runs. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 184; Twenty-two of Camden, 54 and 87. December 15, 16—Berrima, v. Twenty-four of Bowral. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve won by 67 runs. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 156 and 64 for seven wickets (innings closed); Twenty-four of Bowral, 77 and 76. December 18, 19—Goulburn, v. Twenty-two of Goulburn. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve won by an innings and 16 runs. Lord Shef­ field’s Twelve, 187 for seven wickets (innings closed); Twenty-two of Goul­ burn, 57 and 114. December 22, 23—Melbourne, v. Sixteen of Mel­ bourne Club. Drawn. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 175; Sixteen of Melbourne Club, 156 and 88 for two wickets. December 26, 28, 29—Ballarat, v. Twenty of Ball­ arat. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve won by an innings and 134 runs. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 424; Twenty of Ballarat, 139 and 151. C R I C K E T E R S -B e s t <-CC-B-3 Goons City Agents — b e a r t h is M a rk .— A d v t. P a r to n & L e s t e r , 94, Q u een St., C heapside. January 1, 2, 4, 5, 6—Melbourne, v. Combined Australia. Australia won by 54 runs. Lord Sheffield’s Team, 264 and 158; Aus­ tralia, 240 and 236. January 7, 8—Melbourne, v. Sixteen ol East Mel- bourne. Drawn. Lord Sheffield s Twelve, 201; Sixteen of East Melbourne, 177 and 35 for two wickets. January 9, 11—Melbourne, v. Sixteen of South Melbourne. Drawn. Lord Sheffield s Twelve, 438; Sixteen of South Mel­ bourne, 102 for eight wickets. January 18—Williamstown, v. Twenty-two of Williamstown. Drawn. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 43 for one wicket; Twenty-two of Williamstown, 154. January 15, 16—Bairnsdale, v. Twenty-two of Bairnsdale. Lord Sheffield's Twelve won by an innings and 98 runs. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 269; Twenty-two of Bairnsdale, 41 and 130. January 21, 22—Malvern, v. Twenty-two of Mal­ vern. Drawn. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 143; Twenty-two of Malvern, 191 and 23 for two wickets. January 23, 25, 26—Melbourne, v. Twenty Com­ bined Juniors. Drawn. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 116 and 155; Twenty Combined Juniors, 131 and 105 for sixteen wickets January 29, 30, and February 1,2 and 3—Sydney, v* Combined Australia. Australia won by' 72 runs. Lord Sheffield’s Team, 307 and 156; Australia, 144 and 391. February 5,6—Newcastle, v. Twenty of Newcastle Drawn. Lord Sheffield’s Team, 269 Twenty of Newcastle, 42 for six wickets February 10, 11—Manly, v. Twenty-two of Manly. ” Drawn. Lord Sheffield’s Team, 136 and 282; Twenty-two of Manly, 98. February 12, 13, 15—Sydney, v. Twenty-two New South Wales Juniors. Drawn. Lord Sheffield’s Team, 162 and 33 for two wickets; Twenty-two New South Wales Juniors, 318. February 16, 17 —Penrith, v. Twenty-three of Pen­ rith. Drawn. Lord Sheffield’s Team, 162; Twenty-three of Penrith, 112 and 71 for twelve wickets. February 19, 20, 22, 23—Sydney, v. New South Wales. Lord Sheffield’s Team won by seven wickets. Lord Sheffield's Team, 414 and 42 for three wickets; New South Wales, 214 and 210. February 25—WoollengODg, v. Twenty-two of Illawarra. Drawn owing to rain. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 144 for eight wickets. March 4, 5, 7—Hobart, v. Eighteen of Southern Tasmania. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve won by an innings and 21 runs. Lord Shef­ field’s Twelve, 243; Eighteen of Southern Tasmania, 85 and 187. March 10, 11, 12—Launceston, v. Eighteen of Northern Tasmania. Drawn. Lord Sheffield’s Twelve, 4)0; Eighteen of Northern Tasmania, 131 and 135 for six wickets. March 17, 18, 19—Melbourne, v. Victoria. Lord Sheffield’s Team won by nina wickets. Lord Sheffield’s Team, 184 and 57 for one wicket; Victoria, 137 and 100. March 24, 25, 26, 28—Adelaide, v. Combined Aus­ tralia. Lord Sheffield’s Team won by an innings and 230runs- Lord Sheffield’s Team, 499; Australia, 100 and 169. BATTING AVERAGE3. Times Inns, not out. Most in Runs, an Inns. Aver W. G. Grace ... 11 . . 1 ... 445 . . 159* .. 44.5 R. Abel ..........12 . . 2 ... 388 . . 132* .. 38.8 A. E. Stoddart 12 . . 0 ... 450 . . 134 .. 37.0 J. M. Read ... 11 . . 0 ... 326 . . 106 .. 29.7 R. Peel ..........11 .. 2 ... 229 . . 83 .. 25.4 G, A. Lohmann 11 . . 1 ... 222 . . 102 .. 22.2 J. Briggs ..........13 . . 0 ... 262 . . 91 .. 20.2 G. Bean ..........11 . . 1 ... 178 . . 50 .. 17.8 H. Philipson ... 2 .. 1 ... 16 . . 15* .. 16 W. Attewell ... 11 .. 3 ... 126 . . 43* .. 15.6 G. McGregor ... 9 . . 2 ... 101 . . 81 .. 14.3 J. W. Sharpe ... 9 .. 3 ... 63 . . 26 .. 10.3 O.G. Radcliffe... 3 . . 0 ... 31 . . 18 .. 10.1 BOWLING AVERAGES. Balls. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. W. Attewell ... 3,231 ... 241 .. 574 .. 45 ... 12.34 J. Briggs ..........1,363 G. A. Lohmann 2,709 ... 71 .. 419 .. 32 ... 13.3 ... 178 .. 638 .. 40 ... 15.38 R. Peel ..........1,270 ... 83 .. 283 .. 15 ... 18.13 W . G. Grace ... 460 ... 21 .. 134 .. 5 ... 26.4 J. W. Sharpe ... 1,939 A. E. Stoddart ... 64 ... 113 .. 508 .. 15 ... 83.18 ... 3 .. 22 .. 0 ... —*