Cricket 1892

MARCH 24, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME; 48 and was drowned. W e were now on the right side of the river, having crossed in an apology for a boat drawn across by ropes—a tub of a boat in reality. This point passed we sailed fairly well through heavy roads until we reached Standerton, there to find a comfort­ able meal and shake-down for the night, arriving at about late dinner time. Five a.m. was the order for the next morn­ ing, and the question was whether we could cross the Sand Spruit (Spruit which means River) at mid-day. As we arrived on the banks of the same a novel sight indeed presented itself. Those who had been pre­ vented crossing were assembled in numbers— coaches and carts, ox-waggons, and mule- carts, males and females, attired and unattired according to the costume of the country, were to be seen on all sides. The question now arose how “ our boys” were to be conveyed across in safety, and this was a great anxiety to one who ever wishes to return home. Horses could not stem the river, rushing in torrents as it was, so our old and tried friends the bullocks were once more employed. By this means we reached the shore which was to convey us to Charleston, and thence by train to Maritz- burg. After a hasty lunch at Charlestown we proceeded by rail over the interesting and historical journey under the foot of Majuba Hill, and Laing’s Nek, and from thence to arrive at Pietermaritzburg, which we reached at 6.30 a.m. F i r s t D ay — M on day, F e b r u a r y 8. The morning broke showery, even after the heavy rains they had already ex­ perienced prior to our arrival; but a still greater difficulty troubled us in the form of our four amateurs—including Messrs. W . W. Read, Murdoch, Brann, and Ferris—not hav­ ing arrived, owing to the floods. We luckily, however, could put an eleven into the field, and they rendered as will be seen a good account of themselves on the Oval at Maritzburg. The usual spin of the coin was dis­ pensed with for the nonce, the Maritzburg players generously agreeing to bat first, so that in the event of the amateur members of the team arriving, they might have an oppor­ tunity of playing. Soon after twelve o’clock the local team commenced their innings, and they made a very creditable stand. C. Hime, with 21 runs to his credit, was top scorer, and his play, moreover, was after the best style. Cheetham proved a most useful player, and his steady defence, for the space of over two hours, against the bowling of Martin and Pougher, was one [of the most prominent features of the match. The bowling was shared by Martin, J. T. Hearne, and Pougher. The first-named took the palm, getting nine wickets for 53 ruus, the Maritzburg “ tail ” being com­ pletely demoralised by his destructive trund­ ling. Alec and J. T. Hearne commenced the first innings of the visitors, and when stumps were drawn 10 runs had been got for no wicket. S econd D a y — T uesday , F ebru ar y 9. "Weather of the most unfavourable descrip­ tion again “ shadowed” the match. It was iutended to commence proceedings at eleven o’clock, but at the time the players should have taken possession of the Oval, a smart shower of rain put in an appearance and necessitated a delay of half an hour’s duration, and when a start was made rain was still falling. There was a cessation after fifteen minutes’ play, and there were occasional peeps of sunshine before lunch, the improve­ ment in the weather being hailed with intense satisfaction by both the players and the public. At two o’clock, however, there was another downpour, and again some delay took place, but the shower soon passed over, and after this there was no stoppage. The Englishmen, on resuming their innings, gave a fine display of their batting powers, and in spite of frequent changes made in the Maritzburg bowling, a total of ‘251 runs was compiled before the eleven were dismissed. The principal feature of the innings was the batting of Alec Hearne, who played sound cricket for his 56. Wood was top scorer with 61, but he had a great deal of luck, giving a chance when he had made 20, and another when he had put on 29. Apart from these defects, the Surrey man played a vigorous and punishing game, his treatment of Captain Maul’ s lobs being very severe at times. The bowling honours fell to Maul and Wilfred Henderson, the latter being most successful, as the bowling analysis appended will more clearly show. In the second innings of the Maritzburg team 59 runs had been scored for the loss of six wickets when the stumps were drawn. T h ird D ay — W e d n e sd ay , F ebruary 10. The weather was simply magnificent on the third day’s play. As the match was soon over, and won by us, a scratch game was arranged to amuse the spectators, who were very numerous in the afternoon. M a ritzb u rg a First Innings C. T.Hime, b J. T. Hearne 21 Capt. Maul, Martin C. T. Stuart, run out G. W. Sweeney, b J. T. Hearne ........................ 2 S. B.tCheetham, c and b Pougher ........................15 B. F. N. Macrorie, b Pougher ............... . ... 14 C. O. Sewell, c Woods, b Pouqher ........................ 2 E. N.;Brooke, bMartin ... 1 C. Robinson, b Pougher... 16 C. C. Coltson, c Barton, b Pougher .......... .......... A. H. Hime, c Pougher, b Martin ........................ A. Bosomworth, b Martin Col.Edwards,cJ.T.Hearne b Martin ........................ J. C. Burton, not out D. Pullin, b M artin.......... TRICT. Second Innings, st Wood, b Mar­ tin ................. 6 c Martin, b J. T. Hearne ..........22 st Wood, b Martin .......... 0 b J. T. Hearne 5 b Martin .......... 1 run out .......... 5 b J. T. Hearne... 20 c Martin, b Pougher..........26 c Pougher, b J. T. Hearne ... 27 2 4 b Pougher... b A. Hearne b A Hearne J. Windham, b Martin W. Macpherson, b Martin 0 W. M. Henderson ,bMartin 0 Extras........................ 7 b Pougher.......... 0 c A. Hearne, b J. T. Hearne... 0 st Wood, b A. Hearne .......... 1 b A. Hearne ... 0 not out ........ . 0 c Pougher, b A. H earne..........13 E xtras.......... 9 Total .................116 Mr. R ead ’ s T e a m . First Innings. Total ...141 W. Brocks e l, cMas- pherson, bHender­ son ........................£8 V. Barton, b Maul... 30 G. W. Ayres, b Henderson .......... 0 F. Martin, b C.Hime 19 E.Leaney, not out... 8 » Extras....................13 T otal ...251 A. Hearne, c Sewell, b Henderson..........56 J.T.Hearne.b Hender son .........................10 W. Chatterton, b M aul......................... 9 G. G. Hearne, c C. Hime, b Maul........... 2 A. D. Pougher, c and b Maul .......... ... 5 H. Wood.cHenderson, b Maul ..................61 . In the Second Innings Brockwell. scored (not out) 1, Barton (not out), 6.—Total 7. BOWLING ANALYSIS. M aritzburg E ig h t e e n . First Innings. SecondInnings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. F. Martin... 41.1 24 53 9 ....... 30 17 48 3 J. T. Hearne...34 23 25 2 ... ... 35 39 52 5 A. D. Pougher25 12 30 5 ...... 14 7 17 4 A. Hearne 9.2 5 15 4 Martin towled one no ball, and Hearne one wide Mr. R ead ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W. O. R. M. W. Henderson... 25.3 4 664 Bosomworth 9 3 210 Maul .......... 23 2 89 5 ........... 2 0 7 0 Hime .......... 14 4 27 1 ........... 1 1 0 0 Windham ... 4 0 14 0 Macpherson 5 0 11 0 Henderson bowled two wides. C R IC K E T E R S -B est Goods City Agents - b e a r t h is M ark . —Advt. P a rto n & L e s te r , 94, Q u een S t ., C heapside. SCRATCH MATCH. E n gland . Murdoch, c Macpher­ son, b Maul .......... Read, b Maul .......... Brann, b M a u l.......... Ferris, b M au l.......... Ayres, b Maul .......... Leaney, c Macpher­ son, b Henderson.. Martin, b Maul ... 7 A. Hearne,cBerton.b M aul............................. 6 J. T. Hearne, b Maul 1 Pougher, not out ... 36 Chatterton, not out 7 Fxtras.................13 Total . 93 TWELFTH MATCH — v. EIGHTEEN OF DURBAN. D urban , F e b r u a r y 11,12, and 13. After three days’ interesting play, the Eng­ lish team won this match with eight wickets to spare. The Eighteen, who went in first, were disposed of for 90, to which D. C. Davey, the premier batsman of the Colony, was chief contributor with 26. The English innings was only noticeable for the fine cricket of Chatterton, who carried his bat through, and the brilliant hitting of Mr. Brann. Madden bowled with great success for the Eighteen, taking eight wickets for 39 runs. In their second innings the local players made 73 runs, and the Eleven got the runs required to win with the loss of two batsmen. D urban . First Innings. Walsh, c A. Hearne, Ferris.......................... D. C. Davey, b Ferris ., M. Hime, c Murdoch, Ferris........................... Whyte, b Hcarne ... . Masson, c Pougher, Ferris........................... Borain, b Hearne ... . E .C . Davey, b Ferris Ashton, b Ferris............. Robinson, c Murdoch, Ferris........................... Madden, b Hearne ... . Hawes, b Hearne ..< . Pegler, run o u t ............. Forrester, b Ferris ... . Wade, b Ferris............. Christison, b Ferris... . Burrill, b Hearne ... . Tucker, b Hearne ... . Church, not o u t............. Extras...................... Total . Mn. W. W. R e a d ’ s T e a m , First Innings. Chatterton,'not out... A. Hearne, b Madden Mr. W. L. Murdoch, b Madden ................. Pougher, st Pegler, b Robinson................. G.G.Hearne,bMadden Mr.W.W.Read.bMad- den ........................ Mr. J..T.Ferris,cWade, b Madden................. Second Inning , 0 run out .......... 1 26 b Martin .......... li 3 c Ferris, b Mar­ tin ................. 0 0 c Wood, b Mar­ tin ................. 1 4 run out .......... 0 2 cMurdoch.bMar- tin ................. 3 . 0 c Murdoch, b Ferris .......... 0 12 c Wood, b Mar­ tin ................. 0 0 b Ferris .......... 0 7 b Martin .......... 3 2 run out .......... 5 G c Reau, b Ferris 0 0 b Martin .......... 5 5 c Murdoch, b M a rtin .......... 2 12 run out .......... 1 6 c Chatterton, b Martin ... ... 0 3 not out .......... 3 0 b Martin .......... 0 2 E xtras.......... 5 90 Total ... 73 3 0 Mr.G. Brann, b Mad­ den ................. 70 Wood, b Robinson 1 J. T. Hearne, b Mad­ den ........................ 1 Martiu, b Madden 0 Extras................. 7 Total 134 In the Second Innings Chatterton scored not out) 22, A. Hearne, b Madden 1, G. G. Hearne, (run out) 10, IMr. J. J. Ferris, (not out) 0 ; extras 1.— Total, 34. BOWLING ANALYSIS. D u r b a n . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Ferris ... 31 15 41 10 ... J.T. Hearne32 17 47 6 A. Hearne 1 1 0 0 Martin Second Innings. O. M. B. W. ... 30 10 31 3 ... 324 16 37 10 Mr..W.‘W. Read’s T eam . .First Innings. O. M. R. ,W. Madden ... 33.3 10 39 8 Robinson... 32 6 Tucker Forrester... Church ... 0 3 0 1 0 21 44 15 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 24 11 18 1 ... 23 13 15 0 NEXT ISSUE APEIL 14