Cricket 1892

JAN. 28, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. 18 gised the great and unostentatious work the Earl of Sheffield had done in the interest of cricket. The Earl, in replying, said, if ho deserved any praise at all, it was for introduc­ ing the champion, W. G. Grace, once more to Australian cricket fields. He most warmly spoke of the cordial and hearty welcomes he and his team had received from the moment they landed at Adelaide. Dr. Grace responded for himself and his comrades. The Earl of Jersey took occasion to speak in praise of cricket, and New South Wales cricket, and said the impression that the grand old game was declining in Australia was most mis­ taken. T hird Day — M onday , D ecem ber 7. The weather was pleasant on Monday, and 12,000 people were present. They got splendid value for their money, as the game was exceedingly exciting. The last five Sydney wickets made a disappointing show, Moses alone showing any sort of form. He batted faultlessly, and was last man out. With 153 to win, and the wicket got d, Grace and Abel faced the music, tuned by Turner and Callaway. After the adjournment hour Grace opened rather stiffly, but Abel was freer than usual, and the 20 soon appeared. Then the scoring steadied as the fielding, which at the start was loose, improved. The notches gradually increased to 35, and then W.G. tried to make a big hit, but only skied the ball back to the bowler. Stoddart opened with a boundary hit, but Abel did most of the pegging in his most finished style. At 56, however, he snicked a ball into the wicket­ keeper’s hands. Stoddart greeted Read by lifting a ball over the chains. The Surrey man was splendidly caught at third man, and Briggs missed the first ball he received, and was stumped. The board showed four for 69 amidst the greatest excitement. Bean came in and played with great care. Not so Stoddart. Do or die was his motto. Again he banged a ball from Turner over the chains, and as the total passed 80 the Englishmen were jubilant. Then at 85 a brilliant left- hand catch by Gregory settled Bean. Three runs later Turner clean bowled Stoddart, and the crowd franticallj* yelled “ New South Wales wins.” They calculated wrongly, however. Up to this stage most of the Britishers had forced the going. Now Peel and Lohmann played all they knew. Turner’s bowling had lost its sting, and the other changes were ineffectual. Steadily the score was forged higher and higher. At 125 Moses let off Peel in the slips, and then the match rapidly ebbed away from the New South Welshmen, and the Englishmen eventually won in brilliant style by four wickets. Lohmann played a fine innings, his cutting and driving being capital, whilo little Bobby Peel kept up an impregnable defence. The ‘fight made by the Sydney men, who had the worst of the luck and the wicket, reflected the greatest credit on them. N e w S outh W ales . First Innings. Second Innings. S. Jones, c andb Lohmann 0 c M'Gregor, b Attewell.......... 0 Turner, c Stoddart, b Lohm ann........................ 2 c Abel, b Peel ... 40 Donnan, c M'Gregor, b Briggs.............................. 11 b Sharpe .......... 32 Moses, c Attewell, b Loh­ mann ............................... 0 c Sharpe, b Lohmann ... 55 Iredale, c Read, b Loh­ mann ............................... 4 c and b Loh­ mann .......... 9 Bannerman, c Grace, b Briggs............................... 25 8 t M'Gregor, b Attewell.......... 9 Newell, c Sharpe, b Briggs............................... 0 b Attewell.......... 0 Wales, c Peel, b Briggs ... 0 not out .......... 2 Callaway, not out .......... 12 b Attewell......... 3 Gregory, c Grace, b Attewell ................ ... 15 c M'Gregor, b Attewell......... 19 Charlton, c and b Briggs 8 lbw, b Attewell 0 E x tr a s ........................ 2 Extras......... 8 Total ................. 74 Total ...172 E ngland . First Innings. W. G. Grace, c Turner, b Callaway........................... 15 A. E. Stoddart, c Donnan, b Turner ......................... <l Abel, c Bannerman, b Turner ......................... 7 . 0 i, b Turner................. J. M. Read, run o u t .......... Lohmann, c Charlton, b Turner ....................... 7 not out Peel, c Jones, b Turner ... 0 not out Attewell, c Callaway, b C harlton........................ 0 Bean, c Charlton, b Turner 17 M'Gregor, not out .......... 12 Sharpe, c Callaway, b Charlton ........................ 7 Extras ........................ 5 Second Innings. c and b Turner 19 b Turner ..........28 c Wales, b Charlton ... 31 c Wales, b Tur­ ner ................. 0 c Bannerman, b Turner .......... 6 ... 34 ... 26 c Gregory, b Turner .......... 4 Total ... 94 Extras.......... 7 Total ...155 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N ew S outh W a le s . First Innings. B. R. M. W. Attewell ... 90 18 10 1 Lohmann... 165 44 13 4 Biiggs ...119 10 16 5 Second Innings. B. It. M. W. .................170 49 15 G .................164 35 17 2 ...................40 12 3 0 Sharpe ...190 53 20 1 P eel............ 95 13 13 1 Grace ... 20 3 1 0 E ngland . Fir^t Innings. B. R. M. W. Turner ... 95 45 6 6 Callaway ... 55 3121 Chirlton ... 37 1322 Second Innings. B. R. M. W, .................220 77 16 5 .................105 25 10 0 ................. 80 29 7 1 Donnan ... 9 7 0 0 Newell ... 1510 0 0 FOURTH MATCH—v. TWENTY OF CUMBERLAND AND DISTRICT. P arram atta , D ece m be r 9 and 10. The tour of the English cricketers was especially arranged to give the players a good trial at the start, matches being arranged with eaoh of the leading colonies, and as you know ere this the visitors came out with flying colours. There are, however, not enough first-class teams in Australia to keep the Englishmen going, and so a month at a time is spent in the provinces, where, of course, 18’s and 22’s are met. The first of these matches against odds was played on December 9 and 10 against Cumberland and District. It was played at Parramatta. This place is really a suburb of Sydney, and next to the capital of New South Wales is the oldest settlement in Australia, It is a real old English village, charmingly situated on the river Parramatta, which winds its tortuous way about twenty miles from Sydney. The match was played 011 a charmingly situated ground, and on a turf wicket. Unfortunately heavy rain had soaked it, and the bowlers were likely to reap a rich harvest. The start was delayed about half-an hour owing to Grace insisting upon playingjwith twelve men. The local captain at last consented on the condition that he played twenty instead of eighteen. This rule will be observed through­ out the Englishmen’s tour. There was another argument about the toss. The local captain claimed that he called the same as the coin fell, but Grace bluffed him, and sent the local men to bat. They made a very poor show againt the bowling of Briggs and Sharpe, only one man who hit pluckily reaching double figures. Donnan, who went in first, played three-quarters of an hour for one run, and some of the others fooled about for awhile without attempting offensive strokes. There was a noted absence of vigour about the batting, and the countrymen were evidently overcome by the occasion. Philip- son and Radcliffe made a good start, and three wickets put on 31, but the next six fell all too rapidly, and nine men were out for 60. There was great delight amongst the players when the champion was clean bowled for a round-’un. Then Lohmann and M’ Gregor hit well, and were together when stumps were drawn, Lohmann having 18 and the Scotch­ man 12, the total being 87. On the second day M’Gregor and Lohmann each increased his score to 26, although the wicket-keeper had the luck to be missed twice. During the luncheon Dr. Grace took occasion to refer to the advance provincial cricket had made since his last visit to Australia eighteen years ago. The local men made a much better show in their second innings. W ilson batted exceedingly well until he had made 31, when a ball got up and cut his face so badly that he had to be taken to town to get the gash stitched up. Waddy also played a capital innings. This time several bowlers were tried, and Sharpe and Stoddart came out with fine averages. The Englishmen had a few minutes to bat, and they ran up 29 for two wickets, Attewell and Bean making the runs, so that the match was drawn in their favour. L ord S h effield ’ s T eam . First Innings. H.Philipson, c Kirby, b T horpe.................10 O. (J. RadclifTe, b Thorpe .................15 Bean, b J. Spurway... 3 M. Reid, c Brodie, b Wilson ................. 6 Attewell, c Brodie, b Thorpe ................. G Briggs, b Thorpe ... 2 W. G. Grace (capt.),b Wilson ................. 0 A. E. Stoddart, b T h orp e................. 5 Abel, c O’Reilly, b Wilson ................. 6 Lohmann, b Board 26 G.M.’Gregor,b Board 26 Bharpe, not out ... 2 B 4, lb 2 .......... 6 Total .113 In the Second Innings Briggs scored b Board 1, Attewell, c Longbottom, b Nobbs 17, Read (not outj 1, Bean (not out) 10.—Total, 29. C umberland T w e n t y . First Innings. D.Donnan, c Lohmann, b Briggs............................... Wilson, b Briggs .......... Walford, b Briggs .......... Wbarf, b Sharpe................. J. Spurwav, bSbarpe Brodie, b Sharpe .......... Second Innings, cGrace.b Briggs 1 retired hurt ... 81 c Attewell, b Sharpe .......... 2 b Grace st M’Gregor, Sharpe ... c Grace, Sharpe ... 0 b ... 5 O’Reilly, b Briggs .......... 5 c Radcliffe, b Grace .......... 19 Coombes, c M’Gregor, b Briggs.............................. 0 run out .......... 0 Koard, c Grace, b Briggs 36 lbw, b Grace ... u Kirby, b Sharpe................. 2 c M’Gregor, b Bea'i .......... 1 Thorpe, b Briggs .......... 0 c Philipson, b Briggs .......... 5 Manchee, b Sharpe.......... 2 b Sharpe ......... 6 G. Spurway, c Attewell, b Briggs............................... 6 c Lohmann, b Grace .......... 6 Nobbs, c Stoddart, b Briggs ........................ 0 b Stoddart.......... 0 Wood, b Briggs................. 0 b Stoddart........ 15 Lougbottom, b Briggs ... 2 b Stoddart......... 8 Hemers, b Sharpe .......... 2 b Sharpe ......... 1 Mayo, b B riggs................. 6 c Grace,b Briggs 0 VVaddy, b Sharpe .......... 0 c Grace, b Stod­ dart ................. 34 Savage, not out................. 0 not out................ 0 B4, lb3 ................. 7 Sharpe B riggs- Total .................67 T otal..........141 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Cum berland. First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. VV. O. M. R. W. .27 14 22 7 .......... . 26.212 38 12 .......... Lohmann Grace Bean......... A b el......... Stoddart... 13 17 11 13 5 8 10 . 33 3 20 0 87 4 6 1 23 6.1 3 12 L ord S h effie ld ’ s T eam . First Innings. O. M. R. W. . 35 13 44 5 .18 6 22 1 . 23 6 34 3 . 3 0 3 0 . 5 3 4 2 Thorpe... . J. Spurway Wilson,... Waddy... , Board ... . Second Innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 5 0 19 0 .. 6 3 5 1 Nobbs 1 0 5 1 NEXT ISSUE FEBRUARY 25