Cricket 1892

34 CBICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. MARCH 24, 1892 prove. A grievance of some kind with the Derbyshire executive induced him to enter into an agreement two years ago to qualify by residence for Warwickshire. Still, though the completion of his qualification would have enabled him to represent that county this year, we understand he nas determined, after all, not to desert his native county, so that Derby­ shire will not lose the services of one of its very best all-round cricketers. A right-handed bowler, he has a neat and easy delivery. With only a short run he comes along at a great pace, and as he is well over arm the ball gets up quickly off the pitch. Keeping, as he does, an excellent length, and with some break when the wicket helps him at all, he is generally effective. With a neat style and good defence as well as no lack of hit, he is also a likely run-getter if he once gets set. A sure field, too, he saves runs even if he does not make tiiem. Our portrait is from a photograph is by T. Baker, 283, Sherlock Street, Birmingham. NEW SOUTH WALES v. VICTORIA. Victoria won the return match, as it had the first of the season, with New South Wales, played at Sydney on Jan. 23, 25, 26 and 27, by an innings and 15 runs. Walters, of the last Australian team, and Tarrant, really a junior player were chief scorers for Victoria, and Turner and Gregory for New South Wales. Turner, though he got five Victorian wickets, was rather expensive with the ball. N e w S outh W a le s . First Innings. Second Innings. A. Bannerman, c.Tarrant, b Trumble... ................. 4 c Trumble, b M’L e o d .......... 0 A. Clarke, c Trumble, b M’Leod ........................ 0 c Houston, b M’L e o d .......... 4 H. Donnan, b;Trumble ... 24 run out .......... 0 C. Richardson, lbw, b Hut­ ton ...............................31 bTrumble............12 C. Turner, c Ross, b M'Leod ........................66 lbw, b M’Leod... 45 8. Gregory, lbw, b Worrall 28 st Blackham, b Trott ..........44 A. M’Kenzie, b Worrall,... 1 bTrumble ... 0 S. Callaway, b Worrall ... 14 run out ......... 23 P. Charlton, c Blackham, b M’ L eod ........................ 4 not out ..........18 I. Wales, lbw, b Worrall... 5 c and b Trumble 8 T. Garrett, not o u t .......... 7 c Trumble, b M’L e o d .......... 0 Extras ................. 9 Extras.......... 8 Total ..........193 V icto r ia . Total ...162 W. Bruce, b Charlton 33 H. Trott, b Turner ... 5 R. M’Leod, c Donnan, b T u rn er.................25 J. Worrall, b Turner 23 F. Walters, b Donnanll2 C. Ross, c Wales, b Turner .................18 R. Houston, b Don­ nan ........................ 17 E. Hatton, c Calla­ way, b Turner ... 2 J. Blackham, b Cal­ laway .................33 A.Tarrant.bDonnan 82 H. Trumble, not out 11 Extras................. 9 Total ...870 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N e w S outh W a l e s . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Trumble ...186 14 37 2 .......... 97 7 42 3 M’Leod ...240 21 58 3 ..........138 11 46 4 Trott ... ... 48 1 £0 0 ......... 30 1 26 1 Bruce ... ... 18 0 11 0 . ........ 60 4 15 0 Hatton ... 60 3 20 1 Ross ... ... 24 0 7 0 Worrall ... 86 8 21 4 ..,. ... 36 0 25 0 Bruce bowled 4 wides. V ictoria . O.M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Garrett ... 60 325 0 |Charlton 192 11 89 1 Callaway 114 741 l |Donnan 162 11 60 3 Turner ...348 22146 5 | P e e l took fifteen wickets for 27 runs for Lord Sheffield’ s Toam v. Twenty-two of Goulburn. CRICKETERS-B est G oods City Agents — b bar t h is M ark . —Advt. P a rto n & L e s te r , 94, Q oeen S t ., C h eapside. LORD SH EFF IELD ’S TEAM IN AUSTRALIA. R epr in ted from th e Sporting L ife by permission . Three days were spent in Gippsland after the Bairnsdale match, and the picnicing was highly enjoyed One day was spent in hunt­ ing amongst the magnificent eucalyptus trees and giant tree ferns; the next day the famous Kilmany Park Racing Stud and Estate was visited; and on the third day a steamer excursion was made up the charming Gipps­ land Lakes. The tourists were thereby all invigorated, and with renewed energy they entered upon a heavy fortnight’ s work : FOURTEENTH MATCH — v. TWENTY- TWO OF MALVERN. J anuary 21 and 22. F ir st D a y — T h u r sd a y , J anuary 21. Malvern is a pretty suburb of Melbourne, with a newly-laid Oval, and it was to give the ground a fillip that the Englishmen were engaged to play there. The turf not being properly set yet, it was agreed that it should be covered with cocoanut matting for a wicket. This does not help the Englishmen. The brown wicket affects their keenness of vision, and the ball moreover comes faster and gets highei than off the native turf, while the bowlers can get more work on. The Malvern team was a pretty hot one, probably stronger than any of the twenty-twos which tackled Eng­ lish elevens in the earlier days of Australian cricket. Not only were players of the local clubs in the team, but members of other teams who lived in the district, such fine players as Horan and Letcher, of East Melbourne, and other seniors finding a place. With such old warriors as Horan and Boyle to direct the men where to stand in the field, it is not difficult to realise that scoring would be no easy matter for the Englishmen. They did not, however, get first show to bat, for W . G. lost the toss. The first man was out for 0, and at 2 another man got such a severe blow on the fingers from Sharpe that he had to retire. Then a long stand was made by Mailler (a crack junior batsman) and Horan. The veteran started steadily, but soon got under weigh, and runs came so freely that Briggs and Sharpe gave up the ball to Loh­ mann and Attewell. This change, however, had no effect, and Grace replaced Lohmann. Still Mailler and Horan were there at lunch, with the total at 51, and luncheon was served in the local town hall, and the Earl of Shef­ field took a seat alongside Mr. A. E. Clarke, the local magnate. Grace and Attewell were the bowlers when play was resumed. Know­ ing Horan’ s weakness for leg-hitting, wily old Grace fed him with leg balls, and eventually was rewarded by a favourable decision from the umpire. The third wicket fell for 75, and Horan played a sound innings. The next man failed, but Haddrick infused great life into his play. Twice in one over he hit Grace over the boundary, and treated successive change bowlers in the same cavalier fashion. Meanwhile, Mailler plodded along, although at 36 he wa3 let off by Briggs, and later on by Abel. At 140 Lohmann went on again, and this proved the turning point in the game. First getting rid of Mailler, and then Had­ drick, wickets fell rapidly before him. Had­ drick played a cool innings, hitting no less than twelve 4’s. It Jwas one of the finest innings played against the visitors so far as their tour has progressed. Sharpe took three wickets, but his famous comrade got all the rest, and without one more double figure the last man got out for 188. The innings was not then finished, however, fo r -,W .G.” had promised to allow Hyde to bat again, and he would do so on Friday. Lohmann obtained the fine average of eleven for 40. Philipson was in great form at the wickets. S econd D ay — F r id a y , J a n u a r y 22. Though it was an unpleasant day for cricket, close and muggy, there was a capital attendance. Hyde, the injured man, was allowed to continue his innings, but the last wicket only added 3 runs. The draw for the Englishmen’s order of going in to bat came out very curiously, three of the bowlers coming out near the top, with the champion in the middle, and Bean, one of the best hitters in the team, last. J. Williams and Letcher started the bowling to Radcliffe and Attewell, and off Letcher’s first ball the Gloucestershire amateur was missed in the slips, and a little later he hit one to the long field, which Horan misjudged. Radcliffe seems to be clean out of form. He has never once got fairly going yet, and has an average of under 10. He has not enjoyed the best of health, and this no doubt accounts for his moderate batting. W ith 15 up Attewell was dismissed, and Lohmann was caught at the wickets before he got fairly set. Peel only made 1, and Grace driving a ball back into the hands of the bowler, five of the best men on the side were out for 31. There was great enthusiasm when young Letcher caught the champion. Stoddart and Philipson by deter­ mined hitting improved the aspect of affairs, the Middlesex man making one very fine straight drive off Letcher which went over the heads of the people and out of the ground right on to an adjacent roadway. His next big hit was not so successful, as it fell into safe hands in the long field. The score was just double what it was when the previous wicket fell. Philipson left at 71, and Sharpe, after dashing up 20 in double quick time, was easily caught. M’Gregor only made 4, and nine for 101 read very badly. Abel was playing as carefully as he knew how, but Johnny Briggs could not resist tempting ones, and the consequence was that, with a fair share of luck—in other words, by being missed twice—he ran up 22. The last wicket added a dozen, but the innings ended up 48 short of the Malvern’ s total, and thus for the first time during the tour, were the English­ men in arrears on the first innings. The game was only arranged for two davs, and, of course, could not be finished. The local men, however, had twenty minutes’ batting, and Radcliffe got two of their wickets for 23, although Williams before he was caught hit a ball out of the ground into an adjacent orchard. The game was, therefore, drawn. M alvern JT w e n t y - tw o . First Innings. G. Hyde, not out F. Burton, c Radcliffe, b Briggs .................... 9 R. Mailler, c Philip­ son, b Lohmann ... 45 T.Horan.lbw, b Grace 37 H.Williams.c Sharpe, b Grace ................ 0 A. Haddrick, b Loh­ mann....................... 59 G.Williams, b Sharpe 1 R. Speary, c Philip­ son, b Lohmann ... 8 C.N.Daly,b Lohmann 0 B. Horne, c Abel, b Sharpe ................. 8 E. Turner, c Stoddart, b Lohmann .......... 2 J. Wallace, c Briggs, b Sharpe................ 0 E.Blazey.b Lohmann 1 A. Aitkin, c Sharpe, b Lohm ann.......... H. F. Boyle, c Bean, b Sharpe .......... O.Williams,bSharpe P.Yeatman,c Philip­ son, b Briggs.......... C Letcher, c and b Lohmann .......... W. Williams, c Abel, b Lohm ann.......... A. R. Clarke, b L oh­ mann ................. C. T. Handfield, st Philipson, b Loh­ mann ................. W.Furneaux.c Bean, b Lohm ann.......... Extras................. Total ...191 In the Second Innings G. 'Williams scored Grace, b Radcliffe 7, C. N. Daly, c Philipson, b Radcliffe 4, F. Burton, (notout) 11 ; lb 1.—Total, 23. Lord S h e ffie ld V T e a m . Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, b Letcher ................ W.Attewell,cLetcher, b O. Williams G. Lohmann, c Bur­ ton, b Letcher R. Peel, lbw, b O. W illiam s................ Ur. A. E. Stoildart, c E. Turner, bG. Wil­ liams ....................... Dr. VV. G. Grace, c and b Letcher Mr. H. Philipson, c Wallace, b O. Wil­ liams ........................ 16 18 J. W. Sharpe, c O. Williams, b Let­ cher........................20 R. Abel, not out ... 22 Mr. G. M’Gregor, c Letcher, b Had­ drick ................. 4 J. Briggs, c and b Wallace.................22 G. Bean, c Speary, b O. Williams ... 5 Extras................. 7 Total ..143 NEXT ISSUE APRIL 14