Cricket 1892

MARCH 24, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME; 39 2’s, and at luncheon, as the result of two hours’ batting, the total was 108. W ,G. had made exactly half the score, and he did not increase his total, as he was smartly caught at cover off the fourth ball after play was resumed. Then another long stand was made by Peel and Read, 124 runs being put on before Read got out. The Yorkshireman opened vigorously with two boundary hits. fl hen he caused great amusement. Turning round to hit a ball, the bat slipped from his fingers, and his umpire only just managed to get out of the road. Peel was very vigorous, and seemed quite like catching Read if they stayed long enough. He got most of the strikes for a time. At last Maurice’s time came. He hit a four to leg. Then a slow was sent along, and, just getting all the wood of his bat on to the ball he sent it flying clean out of the ground. Read was playing a splendid game, taking no risks, and only let­ ting go at the loosest of balls. Occasional maidens were sent down by the numerous change bowlers. Just after Peel had reached his half century he was let off at slip. The next victim was Read, who was caught at mid on —an old weakness of his. His 85 were made without a mistake by beautiful clean hard driving and hard cutting. Lohmann did not take long to make a dozen, which included two 4’s—six for 256. With the total unaltered Peel’s time came, Creswick, who had come on again, and was bowling capitally, getting him caught at leg. A most unexpected rot then occurred, the last four wickets falling for 13 runs. Creswick bowled splendidly, six wickets falling to him for 51 runs. The New­ castle men went in and lost three wickets for 15. S e c o n d D ay — S a tu r d a y , F e b r u a r y 6. Rain fell, and after three more wickets had fallen for 27 more runs, play had to be aban­ doned for the day, thus ending another un­ satisfactory match. L ord S h e f fie l d ’ s T eam . W.G.Grace.cG. David­ son, b Creswick ... 54 Abel, c and b W. Davidson.................19 H. Philipson, c Ryan, b Creswick G. M’Gregor, c Johnson, b Cres­ wick . ................. Briggs,cW.Davidson, b Maddison.......... Attewell, c Whiting, b Cieswick .......... Sharpe, not out Extras................. Bean, c Creswick, b M’Glinchy .......... 4 A. E. Stoddart, c G. Davidson,b M’Glin­ chy ........................ 0 Beau, c Ryan, b Mad - dison........................f 5 Pee', c Whiting, b Creswick.................68 Total Lohmann, c Wilson, b Creswick ..........12 N e w c a stle ^D istrict . R. Davidson, b Loh­ mann........................ 1 T. Simon, c Attewell, b Briggs .................16 Harrison, b Briggs ... 2 Lipman, b Briggs ... 0 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L ord S h e f f ie l d ’ s T eam . O. M. R. W . O. M 36 10 87 2 Creswick 22.3 5 Lipman 9 ...269 Gray, b Briggs M’Glincby, b Briggs Wooden, not out ... Total .......... Maddison W.David- Ron 14 22 1 39 2 R. W. 51 6 17 0 T.JohnsonB 1 23 0 Harrison 4 0 16 0 M’Glinchy 15 Maddison Iowled.l wide and 2 no-balls. N e w c a stle and D istrict . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Briggs ... 14 7 22 5 ISharpe ... 4 1 7 0 Lohmann 9 4 13 1 | EIGHTEENTH MATCH—v. TWENTY- TWO OF MANLY. M \ n l y , F e b r u a r y 11th and 12th, 1892. F ir s t D ay — T h u r sd a y , F e b ru ar y 11. Manly is a suburb of Sydney, although one has to cross nine miles of water to get to it. It is an aristocratic residential suburb situated on a peninsula which between the Pacific Ocean aud Sydney Harbour forms a bold head­ land. It is a lovely situation, and, as only could be expected, the ground is very pretty. The ^prospect of crossing the water was not alluring to some of the Englishmen, notably Attewell* to whom a whiff of the sea and the tremour of a steamer are mortal terrors. Anyhow, Manly was reached all right, and on landing at the wharf Dr. Grace and his comrades were warmly welcomed by the officers of the local club. The local skipper won the toss, and, for a reason known only to him­ self, sent the formidable Britishers to the wickets. Lohmann took his first holiday, which he has well earned. Grace and Sharpe opened the innings, and in the first over the latter was c&ught at the wicket. Dr. Grace had made two, and then, with 1 added, Abel was caught at slip—two for 3. The next man could not improve on such a wonderful average, as, after making a couple of singles, he got out in the same way as Abel. Mr. Radcliffe, immediately after he came in, called for an impossible run, and failed to ground his bat before the bails were knocked off—four for 9. Read came in to bat, and in the first over he banged two 4’s. Then Grace got a “ fiver,” 4 of which came from over­ throws. The professional having made 2 more was clean beaten, and five wickets were down for 27. These men got out, but W. G. had all the luck, as he has throughout the tour, for after Peel joined him he was missed at slip twice in quick succession. The old warrior then hit a 4, but did more harm to his side by running out Peel, who was batting confidently and well, and had got as far as 7 by small hits. Bean, the next man, soon ran into double figures. Beginning with a square cut for 4, he repeated the dose, and got as many for a back cut. The total at lunch time was 65, the Englishmen’s prospects having improved considerably. After lunch Bean cut another 4, and was missed at point before he was caught at slip. Grace’s time had now come. He was caught at point after playing a careful though forcible innings. Briggs and M ’Gregor carried the score from 81 to 118, the little man doing most of the scoring. He had great luck. Hitting hard, the ball flew in the air in all directions, but no one could keep it when they did get a ball into their hands. Philipson and Attewell each made a few, and as Briggs was at last easily stumped, the innings closed for 136, just about 100 more than seemed likely to be reached at one time. The llidge brothers both bowled well, F. Ridge having bad luck. The Twenty-two when they went in fared badly. The Ridges made runs, but the crack bowlers had a harvest, fifteen wickets falling for 70. W . G. gave each of the four champion trundlers a share of the spoil, but Attewell and Peel made most use of their opportunities. S ec o n d D a y — F r id a y , F e b ru ar y 12. The match was continued in splendid weather. Attewell and Peel soon finished the innings of the Twenty-two. Attewell’s seven wickets only cost 3 runs apiece, and Peel’s eight were very little more expensive. As the Twenty-two had saved the follow-on, the Englishmen had to bat again. There were enough good batsmen amongst the Twenty- two to make at least 150 necessary to make victory assured, and as the first wickets fell rapidly, W.G. soon abandoned the idea of declaring his innings closed, and so he kept the Manly fellows in the field until nearly six. Grace and Philipson were the first batsmen to the Ridfi'e brothers’ bowling. They scored very rapidly, the Oxonian smacking two fours, while W.G., after getting one straight hit, drove a ball for 5. Immediately after luncheon the younger batsman was caught, one hand, in the slips. (One for 33.) Abel only made 4, so that his contribution of 4 in two innings did not help his side much, while Grace was out to a miss-hit, three for 47 being the record. Stoddart began to score with a couple of 5's. Radcliffe shaped well for a time, but as soon as he began to hit, after getting one ball to the boundary, he was brought to grief by a fine catch on the boundary. Bead was not long in before he hit two 4’s, and the Middle­ sex man, after smacking a 4. got another fiver. Maurice tried to emulate Stoddart, and fell a victim to the wicket-keeper. Stod­ dart was then caught in the out-field, and with six out for 103 the score did not look like get­ ting big. Then, however, some grand hitting by Bean completely altered the aspect o f the game. The Sussex man did hit m ore 4’s than anything else. The first tw o were for lofty hits, bu the next was beautifully along the ground. Peel was fain to go a t ‘ 'th em ,” too, and got 5 for a big hit to leg. Bean got 5 for a straight drive, and in as many overs got tw o m ore hits for 5 each. One of S. R idge’s overs gave 15 runs, including a 5 by Bean. A t last, after 131 runs had been put on, Bean, in trying a leg-hit, m issed the ball, and the 100, which seemed w ell within his grasp, went with his wicket. T he other men did not make m any, but Peel outlived them all, and was credited with 71. S. Ridge again did the bulk of the bowling, and his average—10 for 174— was not bad for a man who is clean out­ side the pale of first-class cricket. L ord S heffield ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. Sharpe, c Rawson, b S. R idge............................... 0 tfc Rawson, b 8. Ridge .......... 1 Abel,cW.Fias3r,bF. Ridge 0 c A. A. Smitb, b S. Ridge.......... 4 Mr. A. E. Stoddart. c W. Fraser, b F. Ridge ... 2 c W. Black, b S. Bidge ..........35 Mr.O.G.Radcliffe, run out 2 c Harris Woodp, b W. Fraser ... 10 Bead, b S. llidge ..........10 st Rawfcon, b S. Ridge ..........12 Peel, run out ................. 7 notout ..........71 BeaB.cPattersonbS.Ridge 21 b W, Fraser ... 84 Dr. W. G. Grace, c W. Fraser, b S. Ridge..........35 c A. Fraser, bW . Fraser .......... 21 Mr.G. M’Gregor,cO’Keefe, b S. Ridge ................. 7 c andb Patterson 7 Mr. H. Philipscn, not !out 6 c S. Ridge, b W. Fraser ..........15 Briggs, st Rawson, b W. Fraser...............................34 c W. Black, b W. Fraser ..........14 Attewell, c 8. Bidge, b W.* Fraser............................... 6 c W. Fraser, b S. Bidge.......... 0 Extras ................. 6 Extras ... 8 Total ..........136 M a n l y . Total ...282 H. Smith, b Briggs 0 Harris Woods, c Grace, b Briggs ... 4 F. Bidge, c Attewell, b Sharpe.................19 W. Fraser, b Sharpe 5 O. Rawson, b Sharpe 13 T. f-trickland, b Peel 0 A.Fraeer.cAbel.bPeel 0 E. Bryant, st Philip­ son, b Peel .......... 4 W. Black, c Abel, b Attewe 1 ................. 0 S. Ridge, b Attewell 0 C. H. Wart urton, b Peel ....................... 4 E. Ridge, b Attewell 10 Total S. P. Thompson, c Sharpe, b Peel ... 2 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L ord S h e f f ie l d ’ s T e a m . E.Warburton, b Peel 5 E. Cozens, c Abel, b Attewell................. 0 F. Walker,b Attewell 1 P. O’Keefe, c Stod­ dart, b P eel..........15 W. H. Patterson, c Grace, b Attewell 4 W. Austin, c Stod­ dart, b Attewell ... 6 G. H. Thompson, run o u t................. 0 A. Smith, b Peel ... 0 T. Smith, not o u t... 1 Extras .......... 5 Firbt Innings. S. Bidge... F. Ridge... W. Fraser Sharpe ... Briggs ... ? Second Innings. It. W. R W- 65 5 ....................... 109 5 57 2 ....................... , ...55 0 8 2 ... ... ......... , ... 83 5 Patterson ... 13 1 Harris Woods ...14 0 M a n l y . R. W. R W . 7 3 |Attewell......... ... 23 7 34 2 |P e e l........................ 29 8 The results of the other matches played are as u n d er:— February 13—Sydney, v. Twenty* two Colts of New South Wales. Drawn. February 18 —Penrith, v. 'Iwenty two of Peniith (N.S.W.). Drawn. February 19—Sydney, v. New South Wales (return). Won by seven wickets. February 25—Wollongong,v. Twtnty-two of Wcol- oDg( ng (N.fc.W.) Drawn. March 4—Bobart, v. Eighteen of Southern Tas­ mania. Won 1y an innings and 2) runs. March 10— LauDcestoD, v. Eighteen o f Northern Tasmania. Diawn. March 14— Melbourne, v, Victoria. Won lynine wickets. NEXT ISSUE APEIL 14