Cricket 1892

APR IL 14, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 58 N epean D is t r ic t . ^ First Innings. W. Moseley, lbw, b Loh­ mann ...............................10 A. Wood, b Lobm inn ... 1 W. Player,c bharpe, b Peel 4 A. Devlin, c and b Loh­ mann ............................... 1 F. H. Woodriff, c and b Lohmann........................ 0 Dr.Scott.c and bLohmann 0 Thompson, c Sharpe, b L ohm an n ...................... 5 M. Clece, b Lohmann ... 4 J. Jude, st Philipson, b G race...............................16 Loveyard, c Briggs, b Loh­ mann ............................... 4 F. D. Woodriff, c Atel, b Grace............................... 3 J. Cleeve, c Stoddart, b Grace............................... 0 not out W. Howell, c Briggs, b Grace............................... 9 Second Innings. b Philipson c Abel, b Philip­ son ................. c Briggs, b Stod­ dart ................. c Peel, b Philip­ son ................. b Stoddart......... b Philipson c and bPhilipson 18 c Read, b Philip­ son ................. W. Willbrow, b Lohmann 3 T. Player, c Read, b Grace 19 Radcliffe, b Stoddart......... Philipson, b Attewell ... 5 \V. Mitchell, b Grace ... 3 c M’Grjgor, b Stoddart......... 0 A. Whitworth, b Grace ... 1 A. Cooper, c Attewell, b G race............................... 0 A. Evans, c Radcliffe, b Stoddart ........................10 C. Creswick, not out ... 9 F. Dunshee, b Stoddart... 2 G. Edwards, c M'Gregor, b Grace ........................ 0 G. Evans, b Grace ......... 4 E xtras........................ 4 not out .........13 c Grace, b Stod- darc... .......... 2 B ............... 1 Total .................112 Total L ord S h e f fie l d ’ s T eam . 71 Avel. b Cleeve ..........21 Mr. H. Philipson, c Mitchell, b Cleeve .. 18 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, c Whitworth,b Cleevo 9 Read, b Howell ........ 26 Peel, c Wood, b Cleeve 9 Dr. W. G. Grace, c Wood, b Howell ... 11 Mr. a . E. Stoddart, c Evans, b Cleeve ... 1 ... 5 Mr.G.M’Gregor, Ibw, b Cleeve. Lohmann, lbw, b Howell ................. Briggs, c Player, b Howell ................ IS Attewell. b Howe 1 . l Sharpe, not out ... 3 B ........................ 5 Total ...162 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N epean D istr ic t . First Innings. Second Innings. R. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. P e e l................. 90 5 26 I Lohm mn......... 120 8 28 9 «ra ce................ 108 2 33 10 Briggs .......... 54 3 7 0 Stoddart.......... 18 8 0 2 .................. 101 7 21 4 Philipson 168 7 41 7 Attewell 63 6 8 1 L ord S h e f f ie l d ’ s T eam . O. M. R. W hitworth 15 7 17 0 M. Cleeve... 5 3 4 0 J. CUeve ... 39 *9 72 6 G. Evans ... 3 2 1 0 I O. M, Howell... 20.1 7 Willbow 7 3 Devlin ... 6 3 R. W. 51 5 9 0 3 0 TWENTY-FIRST MA.TCII — v. NEW SOUTH WALES. S yd n ey , F e b r u a r y 19. F ir s t D a y — F r id a y , F e b ru ar y 19. In this contest two new men were tried. One was Gould,-a young slow bowler, who was pat on because the Britishers on more than one occasion had shown a decided distaste for slows. The other was Percy M’Donnell. Percy is a bank manager now, and when he received his promotion in 1889 he had to give up cricket. The latter was chosen captain of his side, and inaugurated his office inauspiciously by losing the toss. Grace and Abel opened the innings to the bowling of Turner and Gould. The wioket was absolutely perfect, and the champion realising this set to work with the utmost vigour. Abel knocked 6 off Gould’ s first over, and Grace half a dozen from Turner's second by two drives. Turner bowled the off theory, and W.G. back cut ball after ball which Charlton brilliantly fielded. The leg break bowler was expensive, and Callaway relieved him at 34, while at 43 Charlton relieved Turner. The old man promptly banged the latter to the fence. 50 was passed in under the hour, and then a few minutes’ slow play preluded the down­ fall of Grace, who played a fast ball on to his wicket. He had by faultless cricket in an hour and five minutes made 45 out of 52. In the last twenty-five minutes Abel had not made a run, but he livened up with a couple of 2’ s. which gave him double figures. Gould and Turner weot on again, as the other two could not move Read, who banged 8 oil Gould’s one over. The total at lunch time was 77—Abel 17, Read 14. Turner and Calla­ way resumed the attack. Read hit the first ball hard back to the bowler—Turner—who found it too warm. For awhile the play was slow until Read drove Turner for 4 and back- cut the last ball of the same over for 3. Abel was now scoring the faster, and runs came steadily, though Charlton and Donnan were both tried. At 142 Callaway came on again, and his third ball—a yorker—disturbed Abel’s wicket. The little Surrey man was unusually careful, especially considering the excellence of the wicket, as he was bat­ ting three full hours for 48. He did not give a chance. Read greeted Stoddart by cutting Callaway to the fence. Stoddart was in ­ clined to be aggressive, and Gould was put on to tempt him to do something rash. This he did do, for he tried to put his dangerous pull stroke into execution, and thus allowed along hop to get past him—3—16—185. W ith Peel in Read had a slice of luck, a fast yorker which he just got on to in time rolling onto the wicket without disturbing the bails. Peel liked Gould’s slows, and made some fine cuts and off drives. The second “ century ” soon hove in sight and the pace became merrier than ever. Turner having wrenched his leg was unable to bowl. Callaway had to do the brunt of the work, and at 224 he succeeded iD bowling Peel, who had smacked up 29 out of 39, a fine performance with such a renowned hitter as Read at the other end all the time. Radcliffe, who was playing instead of Bean, was next, and he had his usual luck. He went for an easy run but Read slipped, and sent him back to the crease, which the Gloucestershire left-hander could not reach in time. Five for 231 was not so bad considering the bad start which had been made. Read was batting grandly, taking no risks, but driviug and back cutting the fast ones. At 232 he should have been run out; but while the batsmen hung in the middle of the pitch, Jones fumbled the ball. Lohmann opened with a four; but was lucky, as the next ball skied in front of cover, and Turner and Clarke stood looking at each other, each expecting the other to go for it. Either should have caught it easily. Loh­ mann then made a fine hit for four to long on. It was nearing time, and Read grafted hard for his hundred. His score had stood at 92 for ten minutes ; but then he drove Callaway for 3, hit Charlton to leg for 2, and cut him for 4, making his total 101, amidst hearty applause from 4,000 spectators. With 3 more to Lohmann stumps were drawn with the score at 271 for five wickets, Read having 101 and Lohmann 27. S econd D ay — S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 20. There was a grand gathering of spectators* no less than 12,000 being present. Read and Lohmann continued the innings to the bowl­ ing of Turner and Callaway. Read has rarely played with such care, as though the wicket was perfect in an hour he only scored 5. Lohmann, in the same time, put on 37, though he had some luck, M’Donnell just failing to grab a flying snick, while the wicket-keeper let him off off Gould, he slow bowler. Lohmann was the only man on the side, until Attewell came in, who did force the game at all. Ball after ball he lifted to the on, while he lay back, and made his off drives equally well; in fact, his hitting was brilliant all round the wicket. The catch which disposed of him was a fine one, made right on the boundary. M ’Gregor was in for three quarters of an hour to Turner and Callaway, but directly Gould went on he lunged out and was stumped. Briggs could not play the slow bowler, but Sharpe and Attewell put on over 30 for the last wicket by dashing play, the latter hitting with particular freedom on the off-side. The innings closed for the fine total of 414, the highest score this eleven has made yet in a first-class fixture, Callaway obtained the best bowling average, and Gould ran him fairly well, but Turner was not successful. The fast Australian wickets are too good for him. When the New South Welshmen went in the reappearance of M’Donnell was greeted by applause from the players as well as the spectators. Bannerman opened with a prodigious (for him) hit to the boundary off Lohmann, and M’Donnell lashing out with vigour of old, soon had up 5. Then he played gingerly at a ball which rose, and he was caught at mid-off. Jones was clean out of form, and Attewell, finding him an easy victim, two wickets were down for 18. This was a bad start. Donnan and Bannerman, however, played out time by batting carefully. With the total at 40 Donnan was let off by Abel off Sharpe, a fast snick, and just before time M’Gregor appealed from a catch, which was not allowed. T h ir d D a y — M onday ', F e b r u a r y 22. The not out men, Baunerman and Donnan, faced Grace and Sharpe. After several maiden overs Donnan was sent back by Grace. Turner was next on the lists, and when he got set he scored fast. Bannerman, however, did not keep him company long, being caught at 29 by Abel off Graoe. Clarke filled the vacancy, and gave valuable assistance. He and Turner kept things lively for a considerable time, and raised the score to 156 before the separation was effected. Clarke then made way for Gregory, the cause being a clever catch by Briggs off Attewell. In the new man Turner found an acceptable partner, for Gregory never played better, and merry was the tune while the two were together. When Turner had 66 to hi* credit he was, unfortunately, run out, and had to retire, though some differed from the umpire. Gould, who followed, was soon dis­ posed of for 6, getting his leg before wicket to one from Peel. Callaway kept up his reputa­ tion for a capital and progressive batsmen by playing a not out innings for 19; but Charlton experienced an early downfall, being caught by Stoddart off Lohmann for 0. Wales played good cricket until, at 11, he got his leg before wicket to one from Grace, and the innings closed for 244. Following on, the second innings was opened by M’Donnell and Bannerman. The captain was again unsuccessful, being caught by Sharpe off Lohmann for two. Jones joined Bannerman, and made 13 runs, when he was caught by Grace off Lohmann. Donnan contributed 11, and then succumbed to Grace. Wales, too, fell a victim to Attewell, who caught him off Grace for nought. Charlton went in shortly before call of time, and was not out for 1 when stumps were drawn, the state of the innings being four wickets for 55. F o u r t h D a y —T u esd ay , F e b r u a r y 23. It was another beautiful day for the con­ clusion of the match. Charlton and Banner­ man continued the innings, to the bowling of Lohmann and Grace. The stonewaller put Grace to leg for 2 and 3, and Charlton snicked one of Lohmann’s fast balls to the boundary. When he had just reached double figures he played forward to a ball, which he only managed to tip into M‘Gregor’s all too willing hands. No doubt many English people wonder what has come over Charlton, but the fact is the fast wickets of Australia do not suit his stvle so well as the slower English wickets. For the same reason some of the English batsmen fail out here. This was not CRICKETERS— B e st G oods City Agents - bear this M ark . —Advt. P arton & L ester , 94, Q ueen St., C heapside .