Cricket 1892

22 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. FEB. 25, 1892 up amidst cheers. Three~runs later Ferris clean bowled Wimble for a well-played 17. C. Wimble followed his brother, only to lose Heugh, who had played excellent cricket for 24. Amesbury came in, but after adding 3 was clean bowled by Martin. (Five for 57). Thus three wickets had only added 4. Smith, who followed, at once set to work scoring three fours in quick succession. Another interval of slow play followed until the four o’clock tea was announced. On re­ suming Ferris was absent, having hurt his foot. Ayres fielded as substitute. J. T. Hearne took Ferris’ place and Smith hit the new bowler to leg for 3, sending 80 up. After Smith had driven Martin to the railway boundary, Hearne clean bowled Wimble. (87—6—7). Without any addition to the soore Smith was caught by Read at point off Martin for a freely-played 24. Rain stopped play for fifteen minutes and then Allsopp and Halli­ well faced Martin and Hearne. Six maidens followed before Allsopp played on to Hearne after a poor display. (90—8—3). Reid was next, and after a long spell of slow play got Martin to leg for three, and 100 went up. Immediately afterwrards Reid was easily caught at third man by Brann off Hearne. (100—9—7). Finlason faced Halliwell, who had been in sixteen overs for a single, and the latter at last got Martin to leg for three. After two drives for four by the same player Finlason had his centre stump dislodged by Hearne. (117—10—1.) De Villiers joined Halliwell, only to have two stumps put down by the first ball he received from J. T. Hearne. Stumps were then drawn for the day, after some very slow cricket. Hearne was in splendid form with the ball, taking five wickets for 22 runs, Martin four, for 56, Ferris two for 86 . S econd D ay — T uesday , J anuary 26. In cloudy weather, the game was resumed with tho score standing at 118 for eleven wickets, Halliwell not out 18. Klinck accom­ panied the not out to the wickets. Mr. J. J. Ferris haying hurt his foot Ayres fielded in his place. J. Hearne and Martin bowled, and a bad start was made, Klinck being well caught by Murdoch off the first ball sent down. Piton joined Halliwell, and both played well. Halliwell with a good square-leg hit sent up 130. Two runs later Piton was bowled by J. T, Hearne for 3, and Osche “ whipped in.” Again a stand was made, the score gradually rising to 140. Halliwell did the best part of the scoring, his “ pulling ” stroke in particular being very good. As 150 appeared, without a separation, at 159 Pougher took the ball from Martin, and his first ball (a full pitch) bowled Osche, Halliwell being not out 43. The latter had played far and away the best innings in Johannesburg. J. T. Hearne came out with the best bowling analysis, taking seven wickets for 43. After the customary interval G. G. Hearne and Chatterton opened the Englishmen’s account, to the bowling of Tancred and De Villiers. A bad start was made, for after the Derbyshire man had contributed 7 out of 9, in attempting to pull one from DeVilliers he was caught at mid-on. Murdoch fillec the vacancy, and 10 was hoisted. One run later the luncheon interval was announced. Hearne not out 3, W.L. not out 1. On resuming, De Villiers had charge of the ball and the second baU proved fatal to Murdoch who was caught at short-slip by O. Wimble’ ( Cwo for 11.) This was not a good start for the visitors. W. W. Read next faced Hearne. and started scoring from the first ball re ceivcd, a good square leg hit sending up 20. The amateur had now settled down, and played quite in his old form, sending both bowlers to the boundary. At 41 Wimble took the ball from Tancred, but the separation came from the other end, Read hitting one into Tancred’s hauds at cover point. The Surrey amateur had scored 24 in his best style, (Three for 45.) Brann now came in, and in attempting a short one nearly ran Hearne out. Brann sent up 50 by hitting De Villiers to the boundary. As runs still came very fast, at 60 Finlason bowled vice Wimble, while 9 runs later Amesbury vice De Villiers. W ith Brann hitting out in fine style, 80 appeared; but 2 runs later he lost Hearne, who was smartly stumped by Halliwell for a useful 21. After Pougher came in runs came slowly. At 85 Piton went on for Amesbury, whose last ball bad been sent over the ropes by Brann, the first sixer in the match. Both batsmen played well, 100 being hoisted amidst applause. Stiil runs came very fast, and 120 was soon up. At this total Brann had made his 50. The usual adjournment for tea, coffee, &c., was taken with the score at 134, Brann (not out) 52, Pougher (not out) 20. On resuming, Pougher, after adding 3 to his score, “ played on.” He batted very well for his 23. Barton now partnered Brann, and 140 appeared just as Barton was bowled by Reid. J. T. Hearne was Brann’s next partner. He started very well, and soon 150 was sent up amidst cheering. At 175 Finlason replaced Reid, and his last ball was sent to the boundary. This sent up 160, thus passing the Transvaal total with four wickets to fa ll; 170 soon went up, but 2 runs later J. T. in hitting square was caught by Allsopp for a well-played 15. Ferris came in with Ayres to run for him. At 176 Reid resumed vice Finlason, but nothing stopped Brann from hitting, and at 180 the Sussex cricketer had made 80. Ferris at length opened his account with an on-drive for 2. W ith 190 up Brann hit Reid right over the ropes for 6, and with a boundary hit off the same bowler brought up 200. Tancred now took the ball from Reid. Osche was now ordered on vice Tancred, and his first ball was sent to the ropes by Brann, which gave him the first century ever scored in South Africa by any of the present team. Brann was loudly applauded for his brilliant hitting. 220 was on the board when Wimble took the ball from Smith. Still no separation could be effected, as Brann, after completing his hundred, hit at every­ thing, and the total was not long in reaching 240. At this total Brann hit De Villiers out of the ground for 6—a grand drive. A double change now took place, but runs still came fast, Ferris hitting as well as his partner. Some very sharp runs sent 260 up. Tancred here missed Ferris, and at the drawing of stumps both batsmen were still together— Brann not out 138, and Ferris not out 27 Without a doubt the feature of the day’s play was Mr. Brann’s grand innings, which con­ tained three 6’ s and seventeen 4’s. He was loudly applauded on retiring. T h ir d D a y — W edn esd ay , J anu ary 27. W ith the total at 266 for seven wickets, play was resumed. De Villiers and Finlason were the bowlers, and in the latter’s second over Ferris was bowled with the score at 268, (268—8—26.) Pougher fielded for Tancred, who had hurt his hand. Wood partnered Brann, and run-getting was very slow, both bowlers being well on the spot. Finlason’s fourth over was fatal to Brann, who was caught and bowled for a grand innings of 142. (276—9—112.) Martin whipped in, with Ayres to run for him. The new-comer soon opened his shoulder* to Do Villiers, sending up 280 by a fine on-drive to the boundary, while Wood followed suit with a short- E itched ball from Finlason. That bowler, owever, had his revenge, beating Wood the next ball. The innings closed for a total of 283. The Transvaal Fifteen in their second innings only made 145, leaving England 22 to get to win. This they accomplished with the loss of one wicket. First Innings. A. B. Tancred, c and b Ferris............................... 4 M. Williams, b Martin ... 8 W. Heugh, c Wood, b Martin ........................24 P. Wimble, b Ferris........17 C. Wimble, b Hearne ... 7 A. J. Amesbury, b Martin 3 F. Smith.c Read, b Martin 24 G. Allsopp, b Hearne ... 8 W. O. Reid, c Brann, b Hearne ......................... 7 C. E. Finlason, b Hearne 1 P. H. de Villiers,b Hearne 0 T ransvaal XV. Second Innings. b Hearne .......... 0 b Hearne .......... 0 b Hearne ... b Hearne ... b Hearne ... b Hearne ... st Wood, Hearne ... b Hearne ... ... 0 ... 38 ... 1 ... 0 b ... 0 ... 34 A. Ochse, b Pougher 12 F. Klinck, b J. T. Hearne 0 J. H. Piton, b Hearne A. Halliwell, not out Extras .......... c Brockwell, b Hearne ..........30 b Chattertqn ... 4 not out ..........19 b Chatterton ... 5 c and b Chatter­ ton ................. 2 b Chatterton ... 12 b Hearne .......... 0 Total ...159 Total ...145 E nglish T e a m . First Innings. W. Chattsrton, c P. Wimble, b de Vil­ liers ........................ 7 G. Hearne, st Halli- well, b Finlason ... 21 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, c C. Wimble, b de Villiers ................. 1 Mr. W. W. Read, c Tancred, b de Vil­ liers ........................24 A. Pougher, b Smith 23 Mr. G. Brann, c Fin­ lason, b deVilliersl41 V. Barton, b Reid ... 1 J. T. Hearne, c All- Bopp, b 8mith ... 15 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b Finlason................ 27 H. W ood,b Finlason 8 F. Martin, not out... 4 Extras.................10 Total ...283 In the Second Innings W. Chatterton scored, c C. Wimble, b Smith 0, V. Barton (not out), 11, Mr. J. Ferris, (not out) 12.—Total 23. BOWLING ANALYSIS. E n gland E le v e n . Tancred ...13 De Villiers...25 P. Wimble .. 7 O chse......... 1 O. M. R. W. Finlason ...20.36 40 0 61 3 11 0 0 4 O. M. R. W. A lsopp ... 2 0 2 0 Amesbury 7 4 11 0 Piton ... 4 0 22 0 Smith ...80 10 63 2 Reid......... 13 3 29 1 CRICKETERS— B est G oods City Agents — dear this M a r k . —Advt. P arton & L e ste r , 94, Q ueen St., C heapside . Finlason bowled 3 no-balls. T ransvaal F ifte en . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Ferris..........86 28 33 2 Martin ... 60 34 76 4 J. T. Hearne 31 15 43 7 .......... 31 16 60 13 Pougher ... 4.1 2 2 1 .......... 15 4 86 0 Chatterton 18.4 6 47 4 Of course, this, our second decisive victory in the Transvaal, was one of the most pleasant features of our tour, although it was disap­ pointing to some hundreds owing to the match being over early on the Wednesday, as this day is a welcome half-holiday to the busy toilers of the town. It was daylight before some reached the hotel after the overnight dance at the Wanderers Hall. Still in spite of this the early coach, at 7.30 a.m., was ready at the hotel door to convey the first contingent of our party to Pretoria, to keep our engagement there versus TwTenty-two of that city. It is a pleasant coaching journey between Johannesburg and the capital of the Transvaal, Pretoria; and the country appears most pleasant to the eye, as it is the summer time here now, when everything looks green and gay, though frequent showers intermingle with the bright sunshine. The first coach arrived up to time at 12.30 noon, Cape carts with kind friends driving out to meet us as usual. A luncheon at the Transvaal Hotel followed, and then a pleasant visit to the cricket ground, and afterwards to the residences of two local sup­ porters of cricket. From there we all sallied forth in a troupe of Capo carts to meet our captain and his companions, who were timed to arrive by a later coach, at 5.30. A hearty welcome awaited them in the town, and at the Pretoria Club, where we all assembled to exchange greetings, we dined NEXT ISSUE MARCH 24