Cricket 1892

FEB. 25, 1892 CRICKET s A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME* 27 L ord S h e f f ie l d ’ s T eam . R. Abel, c Fitzgerald, b Phillips............... 13 Dr. W. G. Grace, c Trumble, b M’Leod 9 J. Briggs, b Trumble 26 Mr. H. Philipson, c Bruce, b Trumble... 31 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Ro3e, b Trumble ... 1 G. Bean, b Wilson ... 57 J. M. Bead, c Lem- priere, b Trumble 3 R. Peel, not out ... 5 G. A. Lohmann, c Curr, b Wilson ... \V.Attewell, c Bruce, b Wilson .......... Mr. G. M’Gregor, b M’Leod ................. J. W. Sharpe, b M’Leod ... .......... B 3, lb 3, w 2 ... Total ...173 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E ngland . B. M. R. W . P. M. R. W. Bruce... 102 n 19 0 1 Trumb:e 123 4 54 4 M’Leod 158 13 29 3 1 W ilson.. 24 0 15 3 Phillips 102 3 50 1 | Bruce and Wilsoneach bowed a wide. M e lb o u r n e . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. K. W. B. M. B. W. Lohm inn 198 1544 6 Sharpe ... 222 2) 48 4 ............... 24 0 9 0 Briggs ... 88 335 1 Attewell 115 723 3 ............... 12 0 6 0 Stoddart 60 3 12 0 Peel ... 36 1 20 o Grace ... 64 1 38 2 NINTH MATCH.—v. TWENTY OF BAL- LABAT. B a l l a r a t , D e c e m b e r 26, 28 and 29. F i r s t D a y —S a tu r d a y , D e c e m b e r 26. Ballarat is the second City in Victoria, and it has a history second only to that of the metropolis itself. Forty years ago gold was discovered in the gully on which the East-end of the town is now built, and there was a mighty rush of diggers from all parts of the world to the new El Dorado. .The cricketers number some capital player3, and they have an excellent Oval, though small, and favourable to fast scoring, particularly to big hitters. The local twenty included J. W. Trumble, who was in England with the 1885 Australian Eleven, and who is now settled as a solicitor in a country town some distance away from Ballarat. W. G. won the toss, and had no hesitation in goiD g in to bat on the excellent wicket. Stoddart and he began the innings, and they soon made things hum. The Champion gave an easy chance when he had only made 8, but it was not held, much to f f orrow ^ e l°ca,l players and to the joy of the spectators, who dearly love to see the veteran going hard. Stoddart was in brilliant form, and in half an hour dashed up 45 before he was clean bowled. With Peel in runs came slower, neither man showing anv anxiety to force the pace. When he had made 49 W. G. was badly missed, and when he was 51 he was let off twice. At length he put his big legs in front of a straight ball and had to retire. 2—. o -—132. The master was two hours and forty minutes at the wickets. Abel only had a short life, and Radcliffe was lucky, as when he had made only one he played a ball on to the wicket without moving the bails. At 141 1 eel, who had been at the wickets for eighty ^nutes, was bowled, while at 184 Radcliffe, who batted as slowly as Peel, also came to pnef- -p-^e remainder of the batting was «vely, Read playing a dashing innings, and ean was just becoming dangerous when he was well caught on the chains at square-leg. Lohmann batted attractively. When stumps were drawn on the first day the score was 255 for seven wickets. S ec o n d D a y — M o n d ay , D e c e m b e r , 29. . George Lohmann (not out 23) continued the innings, with Briggs to help him. The Lancastrian rapidly ran up 14, and was then bowled. Philipson opened cautiously, but the ourrey pet soon got firmly set, and tegan to i&y about in fine stylo. Two successive balls irom Greenhalgh were despatched to the oundary, and a little later he hit the same oowlerout of the ground, directly afterwards , nS'n(? « ball into the stand. Philipson was let off, but Lolimann did not make a mistake untu he had made 66, and then he was badly missed in the long field. Again Philipaan was let off, but Lohmann made no more mis­ takes. He made his last 12 runs in three successive hits for 4, and then in the same over was bowled. He played a brilliant innings. His batting is quite a revelation to Austra­ lians, who looked upon him as only a second- rate batsman. Attewell had as much luck as Philipson. Nevertheless, the total was carried past the fourth century, and eventually pulled up suddenly at 424, which is so far the highest score of the team, but which I opine will be beaten. The Ballarat men made a much better show with the bat than most country­ men do, and before the end of this, the second day, put up 133 for thirteen wickets. Love showed capital form before he ran himself out. Herring also batted well. T h ir d D a y — T u e sd a y , D e c e m b e r 29. The innings was soon finished on Tuesday, Dr. Grace and Sharpe polishing off the last six men for as many runs. The countrymen could not play Sharpe a little bit, and the Surrey bowler finished with the following remarkable figures — 121 balls, 18 maidens, 13 runs and eight wickets. Again, in the second innings, he was well nigh unplayable at the start, and then W. G. took him off, and gave some of the others a show ; in fact, eight men had a try with the ball. Briggs was most destructive, and he, as usual, had a rare game with the batsmen. Mann showed fair form at the start, but Williams showed the best cricket. His defence was perfect, and going in first wicket down, he was the last to get out. The Englishmen won by an innings and 134 runs. L ord S h e f fie l d ’ s T e a m . Lohmann.b Fletcherl06 Briggs.b Greenhalgh 14 Mr. H. Philipson, c and b Trumble ... 37 Attewell, not out ... 25 Sharps, c Graham, b Dr. W. G. Grace, lbw, b Ham ....................62 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b Bailey .................... 45 Peel, b flam ......... 3J Abel, b Ham ......... 4 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, c C. Greenhalgh, b Trumble ................ 26 Read, b Graham ... 40 Bean.c Neap.b Trum­ ble ........................19 B alla r a t C ricket C l u b T w e n t y . Trumble... Extras . Total First Innings. Second Innings. B. Mann, c Lohmann, b Sharpe ........................ 11 b Sharpe .......... 25 J. Williams, c Attewcll, b Sharpe ........................ 9 c Philipson, b Grace .......... 53 Herring, c Grace, b Loh­ mann ............................... 13 c Grace,b Sharpe 0 Trumble, b Sharpe .......... 0 st Phi ip&on, b W. Neap, b S h arp e.......... 0 Abel .............. 17 B. Ham. c Grace, b Sharpe 0 b Briggs .......... 4 W. Grahun, st Philipson, b Abel.............................. 18 c Abel, b Briggs 0 G. Grtenha’gh.b Lohmann 0 c Radcliffe, b Briggs .......... 3 Love, run out ................. 31 b Sharpe .......... 0 R. Coulse’l, c Philipson, b Abel ........................ 13 c Grace, b Briggs 6 G. Autc iffe, st Philipson, b Grace ........................ 5 lbw, b Briggs ... 2 J. Bailey, c Lohmann, b b Briggs .......... G race............................... 10 0 R. Greenhalgh, c Grace, b Sharpe ... ................ 9 b Briggs .......... 1 T. Williams, c Attewell. b G race............................... 8 st Philipson, b Briggs .......... 4 Fletcher, c Lohmann, b G race............................... 1 c Philipson, b A^el .......... 4 Wollaston, b Sharpe 1 st Philipson, b Brigg3 .......... f) Christy, c Abel, b Grace ... ft c and b Abel ... 8 Bryaut, b Grace .......... 0 b Sharpe .......... 0 Mercoe, b Sharpe .......... 0 not out .......... 8 Smith, not o u t ................. 0 b Briggs .......... 7 Extras ........................ 8 Extras.......... 9 Total ................ 139 Total ...151 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E n g l a n d . B. R. vv Ham Woliaston Williams Fletcher Qreenhalgh . Graham... Trumble Bailey .. Bailey bowled two wide balls; Wollaston bowled one no ball, and Williams one no-ball. 63 1 . 78 3) 1 ... 203 91 4 ... 144 73 1 B. R.W . 174 91 3 P4 24 0 36 11 0 36 26 1 B a l l a r a t . F irst and secon d in nings com b in ed . B. R .W . B. R.W. Attewell ... 102 19 0 Grace ... 139 69 7 Peel ......... 90 14 0 Atel ......... 126 47 5 Sharpe ......... 199 28 12 Stoddart ... 54 15 0 Briggs ......... 186 53 10 Radcliffe ... 66 17 0 Lobmann ... 60 12 2 TENTH MATCH -LORD SHEFFIELD’ S TEAM v. COMBINED AUSTRALIA. M e l b o u r n e , J an u ary 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. There was no little appropriateness in fix' ing the first of the three great test matclie8 for January 1, as it was exactly thirty years since on a New Year’s Day H. H. Stephen­ son’s team, introduced to Australia by Messrs- Spiers and Pond, made their first appearance in Melbourne. The ground of the Melbourne Club, the finest and best appointed in Australia. It only has two superiors in the world, and you know, of course, they are Lord’s and Kenning- ton. There is a Members’ Reserve, to accom­ modate 5,000; a [large pavilion, which holds nearly 5,000 more, while around the chains is a sloping mound, asphalted all over. F ir s t Day — F r id a y , J an u ary 1, Almost every inch of space was occupied on New Year’s Day, and it is estimated that over 20,000 people were there. No less than 16,294 paid their modest Is., and altogether £ 1,110 2s. 6d. was taken at the gates, while the turn­ stiles registered the actual attendance as 20,110. The weather was perfect, the wicket was perfect, and there was every promise of a great match. The Australians elected Blackham captain, and it augured well for the chances when he won the toss. Go in ! That goes without saying, or rather, he sent in Lyons and Bannerman, the long and the short of it. Sharpe and Peel were the first bowlers, Grace wisely reserving Lohmann,for whose deliveries Lyons had a special predilec­ tion. The stonewaller at once settled down to stay to^lunch,while Lyons also played carefully and more forcibly than Bannerman. He got Peel away nicely to square leg for 4,and snicked Sharpe’s fast balls thrice to the boundary, the third just grazing Abel’s outstretched fingers, and cutting one of them as though a knife had been drawn across it. Bannerman cut Peel for 4, and snicked Sharpe for 3, following which Lyons beautifully back cut the fast bowler for 4. This was his last effort, as in Peel’s next over he was snapped at point, and the first wicket was gone for 32. Giffen, the champion, followed, and great things were expected. He opened wrell and comfortably, but to the dismay of Australian supporters played a straight ball with his knee instead of his bat, and, of course, paid the penalty. Two for 36 was disastrous. Bruce joined Bannerman, who was now stonewalling as though his life depended on his efforts, and the left-hander infused a little more life into the play. Attewell and Lohmann were brought on now that Lyons was gone ; still runs came steadily until half-past one, when lunch was taken, with the total at 52. On resuming Sharpe replaced Attewell. Bruce relished the change, and at 76 Attewell had to come on again. Lohmann seemed to tire, and did not bowl with his accustomed energy. Confining himself strictly to off theory, he came in for a good deal of “ barracking” from the crowd, especially when Bannerman allowed one w'hole over to pass him. Bruce made some pretty strokes all round the wicket, and seldom a‘tempted the cut, for which he reputedly has a decided penchant , and which has often brought about his down­ fall. Briggs and Stoddart wrere each tried without effect, and finally at 123 Sharpe came on again. His third ball beat Bruce, who was batting nearly two hours for his 57, made without a blemish. 13 runs were added, and then immediately after the four o’clock adjournment Sharpe got rid of both Bannerman and Donnan. rlhe stonewaller was in three hours and a quarter, and never gave the shadow of a chance until he cocked