Cricket 1892

470 CBICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. OCT. 27, 1892 THE IRISH CRICKETERS IN AMERICA. Tho members of the Irish team, who spent a part of September touring in the United States and Canada, with the exception of F. F. Kilkelly, reached Queenstown on the night of the 8th inst., after a most enjoyable voyage. Particulars were given in our last number of the first match, against Fifteen of the Boston Association at Longwood. The Irish eleven had not then recovered from the effects of the sea voyage and were not seen to the best advantage. The next match, though, found them in better form, as the Fourteen of New England learned to their cost. The game took place at Lowell, not far from Boston, and the result was a victory for the Irish with four wickets to spare. The last stage of the match was exciting. Though they only wanted 34 to win for the fourth innings, the Irishmen found this a difficult task. Six wickets in fact were down for 12, and it was only the free hitting of Johnson, whose 20 included one six, one four, and three threes, which decided the issue against the Fourteen. From Lowell, the party went on to Toronto, and were fortunate enough to escape a serious disaster, the train which preceded them being wrecked and several passengers killed. The third match, against Canada, was played at Toronto under anything but favour­ able circumstances. The game did not begin, owing to the inability of the Irish team to find their baggage, until two o’clock on the first afternoon, and rain fell so heavily on the second day that the match had to be given up, in order to allow the Canadians to get on to Philadelphia for the international contest with the United States. "When the game ended Ireland was 34 on with two bats­ men out in the second innings. Leaving Toronto, the team went on to New York via Niagara, where a day and a night were spent. The fourth match, against eleven of New York, was productive of a close and exciting game. The scoring was fairly high through­ out, and the brilliant batting of Kilkelly at the finish was chiefly responsible for the defeat of New York. Tyers, a professional who hails from Notts, was the principal scorer in New York’s first innings, and his 90 was a capital display of steady cricket. In the second innings the honours belonged to J. H. Lambkin, a cricketer well-known some years in connection with Cork County. Tyers’ 29 was the more creditable as he had received a nasty blow, and evidently batted in no small pain. At the finish the Irishmen had 203 to win, not an easy task for a fourth innings. Their chances, too, were reduced by the fact that they had only really ten men to bat, with Johnson ill. As it was, all the team played up, and Hamilton, who had batted so well in the first innings, was again seen to great advantage. Still, with seven batsmen out and 60 still to win, things seemed to favour New York, and in any case the result was very open. Some remarkable batting by Kilkelly, however, speedily decided the question. In ten minutes he knocked up 37 runs, inoluding a fine hit out of the ground for six, and seven fours, and this gave the Irishmen a brilliant victory with four wickets to fall. The next appearance of the team was at Manheim against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. The recent decisive victory of the United States team, mainly composed of Philadelphians, had shown the Americans to be in good form, and the result of the game was awaited with more than ordinary interest. The Irishmen were driven in four-in-hands to the ground, which is distant some ten miles from Philadelphia. The Philadelphians, though unlucky enough to lose the toss, showed such good out-cricket that five of the best Irish batsmen had been dis­ missed with the total only 27. Rain, how­ ever, fell heavily during the luncheon hour, and the change in the weather had a pre­ judicial effeot on the Americans’ out-cricket. At all events, mistakes in the fieldwere respon­ sible in a great measure for the success of the Irish tail. The last five wickets put on 148 runs. The commencement of Philadelphia’s batting was not unpromising, as Patterson and Wood put on 38 before the latter was given out lbw. After his retirement, though, the Irish bowlers had things much their own way, and the fall of the last wicket left the Philadelphians in a minority of 5 2 . The chief feature of Ireland’s second innings was the performance of Gavin. Going in first, he carried out his bat, having scored 9 0 out of a total of 2 3 9 . It was a fine display of free as well as defensive cricket, and of the three chances he gave, two were very difficult. With 292 to win the Phila­ delphians had avery difficulttask before them. While Patterson and Coates were in, with the total 1 60 for five wickets, victory was quite on the cards. Patterson’s dismissal, though, was the turning point, and a brilliant catch by Meldon which disposed of Coates settled the issue. The last five wickets, indeed, only added four runs, so that the Irishmen were left with a brilliant victory by 127 runs. This was the first match Philadelphia had lost to an Irish team, and there was considerable disappointment in local cricket circles in consequence. The second match against Philadelphia pro­ duced an exciting game thoughout. Johnston was again able to take his place in the Irish team, and his substitution for Thompson strengthened the side. The Philadelphians were also improved by the presence of Walter Soott and Brockie, in place of Brewster and Butler. The ground was not in favour of run-getting at the outset, and Philadelphia, who went in first, were 65 to the bad when the innings was completed. In their second innings Walter Scott played very steadily for 53. When they went in for the fourth innings theIrishmen wanted 212 to win, and the earlierbatsmen made such a good show that it looked as if they wonld pull through. A splendid catch in the slips, however, dis­ missed Yint when he was thoroughly well set, with the total at 193, and as Considine, the last man, failed to score, Philadelphia won with 23 runs to spare. There was con­ siderable excitement at the finish, and the success of the Americans created great en­ thusiasm. The weather was cold when the third match with Philadelphia was begun, and the game was abandoned at the end of the second day. The Irish­ men, who scored 163, had a lead of 35 runs on the first hands, and as, when play ceased, they had got 133 for the loss of seven batsmen in the second innings, they were 168 on at the finish with three wickets still in hand. The scores of the various matches (except the drawn game at the end), and the average tables follow. SECOND MATCH—v. FOURTEEN OF BOSTON AND LOWELL. G entlemen op I reland . First Inniog3. Second Innings. J. Meldon, c Cracknell, b Chambers........................ 1 b Cracknell ... 3 M. Gavin, c Thorpe, b Chambers........................12 not out ............ 2 C. L. Johnston, b Crack­ nell ............................... 2 not out ..........20 J.W. Hynes, c Priestley, b Chambers........................10 B. Hamilton, c Mudie, b Thorpe ........................20 b Chambers ... 1 T. F. Kilkelly, b Wright... C c Smith, bCrack­ nell .......... ... 0 W. F. Thompson, c Mudie, b Chambers .................10 T. Considine, b Thorpe ... 1 cBruce, b Crack­ nell ................. ] E.R. Thompson, st Bruce, b Wright ........................33 c Meiklegrhan.b Cracknell ... 4 A. Penny, b Cracknell ... 26 cBruce, b Cham­ bers ................. 2 G. C. GreeD, not out ... 12 D. Rutledge, b Cracknell 1 Extras........................22 B ... ... 1 Total .................156 T otal... 34 CRICKETERS— B e s t G o o d s City Depot— b e a r t h is M a r k . — A d v t. G. G. BUSSEY & Co., 36, Queen V ictoria S treet, near Mansion House F ourteen op B oston and L owell . First Innings. Second Innings. J. Thorpe, c Meldon, b Johnston ... ................. 0 c Johnston, b Green ..........24 J. Smith, lbw,b Hamilton 3 cW . Thompson, b Green..........23 S. Mansfield, b Penny ...32 b Penny ........... 9 Geo. Wright, c Hamilton, b Hynes ...................... 16 cE . Thompson, b Meldon ... 3 Chambers (pro.), c E. Thompson, b Hynes ... 0 c Kilkelly, b Penny ..........13 L. Haughton, rrn out ... 1c W. Thompson, b Green .7. ... 0 A. Bruce, c Hamilton, b Penny............................... 0 c Gavin, b Mel­ don ................. 0 R. Mudie, b P e n n y .......... 3 b Green .......... 8 S.Wright.cGreen, b Penny 9 c E. Thompson, b Meldon ... 8 J. Priestley, b Penny ... 2 not out ........... 0 E. Whiteside, b Penny ... 0 b Hamilton ... 0 R. Cracknell, b Penny ... 0 c E. Thompson, b G reen..........13 J. Muir, not out................. 3 c Considine, b Green .......... 4 W. Meiklegrhan, c Rutt- ledge, b Penny .......... 1 b Green ........... 5 Extras ................. 4 Extras ... 10 Total .................74 Total ...115 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G entlemen op I reland . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.R. W. O. M. R. W. Chambers ... 368714 ........ 11 5 36 2 Cracknell ... 21.48273 ..... 11 4 17 4 G. Wright ... 138142 Thorpe .......... 11 3 22 2 F ourteen op L owell and B oston First Innings. Second Innings. O.M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hamilton ...9.3 4 17 1 ........... 9.2 5 14 1 Johnston ... 10 3 19 1 ............ 3 1 8 0 Penny .......... 11 3 13 8 ............ 23 10 35 2 Hynes .......... 12 3 21 2 Meldon 17 13 13 2 Green 21 8 32 8 THIRD MATCH—v. GENTLEMEN OF CANADA. G e n tl e m e n op I r e la n d . First Innings. M. Gavin, b Bristowe 4 E. R. Thompson, b Laing... .................30 C.L.Johnson, st War­ den, b Brietowe ... 15 J. M. Meldon, b Bris­ towe 59 B. Hamilton, b Bris­ towe ........................10 F. F. Kilkelly,cCoste, b Laing ................. 0 J. W. Hynes, c Bris­ towe, b Lang T. Green, run out ... W. F. Thompson, c and b Laing.......... A. Penny, c and b Bristowe .......... W . Vint, not out ... Extras................. T o ta l.........1 In tbe Second Innings Gavin scored, (not out) 0, Thompson, b Bristowe 1, Johnson, b Bristowe 0, Meldon (not out) 8 ; lb 1—Total, 10. G e n tl e m e n o f C anada . M. Boyd, b Hamilton 1 H. E. Bristowe, b Hamilton... .:. ... 6 F. W. Terry, bHamil- ton ........................20 D. H.Warden.cGreen, b Hamilton ..........12 A. Gillespie, c Vint.b Johnson ................. 4 D. Saunders, c and b Joh n son ................. 0 L. Coste, b Johnson 16 W. J.Fleury.cGavin, b Hamilton .......... 17 W. W.Jones.bHynes 9 J. Laing, b Hynes ... 15 D. Bacon, not out ... 0 Extras................. 7 Total ...1(7 BOWLING ANALYSIS. I reland ,—First Innings. B. R. M. W. B. R. M. W. Bristowo 114 48 12 5 |Laing... 110 36 14 4 Boyd ... 15 11 1 0 |Gillespie 50 30 2 0 C anada . B. R. M. W. B. R. M. W. Penny ... 60 85 2 0 1Johnson 75 15 10 3 Hamilton 105 48 4 5 |Hynes... 29 2 3 2