Cricket 1892

2 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECOED OP THE GAME; JAN. 28, 1892 CR ICKET IN SOUTH AFE ICA. A D ouble T ie M atch . The match at Avoca, Natal, on Dec. 19th, between Avoca Juniors and Verulam Govern­ ment School, is such a “ cricket curiosity” that we reproduce the full score.— Avooa J UNIOP.. First Innings. G. Titren, run out .......... 13 Second Innings, b Gove .......... 5 G. Goodicke, c and b Gove ............................... 0 run out ... ... 1 John Cain, b Gove .......... 1 b St Leger.......... 9 L. Castera, lbw, b Gove... 18 b St Leger.......... 1 P. Bailey, b Gove .......... 0 b Gove................. 2 H. Bazley, run o u t .......... 1 not out .......... 0 A. Ripley, b St. Leger ... 0 run out .......... 1 H. Bailey, b St. Leger ... 0 b Paul................. 0 W. Cain, b Paul................. 1 run out .......... 1 H. Ripley, run out .......... 7 c Howe, b Gove 0 E. Cain, not out................. 0 c Saker, b Gove 0 Extras ........................ 1 Extras .......... 3 Total ................. 42 Total ... 23 V erulam G overnm ent School C.C. First Innings. Second Innings. E. Harvey, b Titren.......... 4 c and b Castera 3 P. Field, c and b Titren... 1 b Castera .......... 5 H. Saker, b Titren .......... 2 c and b Titren ... 5 ft. Gove, b Castera ... ... T. St Leger, b Castera ... 12 c Cain, b Titren 1 2 b Cain................. 1 A. Starr, b 'fitren .......... 0 b C astera.......... 2 A. Faul, b Titren .......... 1 c and b Castcra 2 B. Howe, c and b Castera B. Logan, b Titren .......... 2 run out .......... 0 6 run out .......... 0 J. Harvey, not out .......... 0 b Titren .......... 0 E. Hamp, run out .......... 1 not out .......... 1 E xtras........................ 11 .Extras.......... 3 Total 42 Total ... 23 T h e annual general meeting of the Notts County Club took place yesterday. C r icketer s will be sorry to hear that Abel’s mother died on the 18th inst. W. M ycroft , the old Derbyshire pro., has been suffering from the prevailing epidemic. T he balance sheet of the Kilburn C.C. shows the club to be in a very satisfactory position. W e believe nothing has yet been definitely settled as to whether Mr. Hornby will play for Lancashire or Cheshire this season. A ch am pag n e supper was offered to the Victorian eleven if any one member succeeded in dismissing him, but nobody did. T h e attendance at the match at Melbourne between Lord Sheffield’s Team and Combined Australia, beats all previous records for a match in Australia. T h e Illustrated Australian Nezva of Decem­ ber 1st contained an excellent portrait of W. G. Grace batting to the wicket keeping of Blackham, under the title “ Two Champions.” A t Macclesfield, South Australia, on Nov. 28th, the Rambler Juniors scored 369 for four wickets, including 122 by F. Wallace, and 107 by E. Amos. P l a y in g against Break o’ Day (Tasmania) on Nov. 28th, Wellington scored 199 for one wicket. Maoleod 53, and K. E. Burn (not out) 130. I n “ Cricket Curiosities ” in our issue of Dec. 31st, it was stated inadvertently that Sussex beat Camr,ridge University at Brighton by 48 runs. The match was won by Cam­ bridge. P laying for the Press v. Parliament at Adelaide on December 14, C. P, Moody, who accompanied the last Australian Team to England, scored 30 and took seven wickets for 41 runs. On the same side, D. J. Gordon of the Adelaide Register scored 102. I n order to improve Victorian cricket, “ Augur ” of the Australasian suggests that the Melbourne Club should engage Briggs and the East Melbourne Club Lohmann, and he adds, “ Alfred E. Clarke, ever ready to send the game along, offers to give £50 per annum for three years towards Lohmann for theE.M .C.C.” THE ENGLISH CR ICKETERS AT THE CAPE. [R e p b in te d b y P e r m issio n from th e Sporting Life.] FIRST MATCH.—ENGLISH TEAM v. EIGHTEEN OF WESTERN PROVINCE. F ir s t D a y , M onday , D e cem ber 21 st . Mr. W . W . Bead having beaten Mr. W . H. Milton in the spin of the coin, the Colonials took the field punctually at twelve o’clock, and were loudly cheered by the good number of spectators, between 3,000 and 4,000, the same being accorded to W . Cliatterton and Alec Hearne when they proceeded to the wickets. Chatterton took the first ball from V. Van der Byl and sent it to third man for a single. Alec Hearne opened his account from tho other bowler, Private Middleton, a medium left hand. Both players settled down steadily, the first 10 being made in as many minutes. The fielding of the Colonials was exceedingly smart, the most conspicuous being Lieutenant Hickley and Frank Hearne, who, by the way, had prepared an excellent wicket. At 20 Chattcrton cut Van der Byl prettily for 4, this being the first boundary hit in the match. At 4UFrank Hearne, who seems to have lost none of his past ability, took the ball from Van der Byl, but could not effect a separation. Pemberton took the ball from Middleton at 50, and this brought about the desired effect, Hearne being well caught at the wicket by Castens, off Pemberton, for a patient and well-played 20 (56—1—20). W. L. Murdoch came next, and opened with a single and a fine off-drive for 4. At 1 30 luncheon was taken, and at 2 20 the two not outs, W. L. Murdoch and Chatterton, continued the play. In the third over after lunch, W. L. Murdoch sent F. Hearne to the boundary twice in suc­ cession, this bringing up 80. Five runs later W. I*. Murdoch was missed at point by Hearne off Pemberton. In Hearne’s next over he caught and bowled W. L. Murdoch for a well played ‘22. (85—2—22). W. W. Bead filled the vacancy, and his appearance on coming from the pavilion was the signal for hearty and general applause. He was not long in opening his account with a 2 and a single, but was immediately dismissed by a fine one- hand catch in the slips. (92—3—3.) Pougher followed, and was caught at point for 2. (94—4—2.) More disasters were in store for the Englishmen, as with Brann in he was caught in the slips for 0. (95—5—0.) Matters now seemed to be going badly with the visitors, but G. G. Hearne coming to Chat- terton’s assistance put a much better aspect on the game. A 4 by G. G. brought up the 100 amid great applause, and then with an off- drive for 2, Chatterton completed his £0. The scoring now quickened considerably, both players hitting very cleanly, G. G. being very fine on the off-side. With the Bcore at 154 Hearne was caught at extra-cover for a valuable 37, which included four boundary hits. The last wicket put on 59, a most valuable stand. (154—6—37.) Wood came next and commenced scoring fast. After making 12 he was well caught in the long field. (170—7—12.) J. J. Ferris followed, and contributed a useful 15 when he was bowled, this being the first time in the innings that the sticks had been upset. (190—8—15.) Martin, after scoring 1, was bowled. (192—9 —1.) J. T. Hearne brought up the rear, and after making two singles, Chatterton made a splendid on-drive for 4, which brought up the second century amidst great cheering. Chatterton, who had played a grand innings, had very hard luck in being bowled by a nailer from Middleton, as going in first, he was the last out, his contribution being an invaluable 83. The innings closed for 200. With only fifteen minutes to play, C. Mills (the young Surrey professional) and T. Rout- ledge went to the wickets to face the bowling of J. T. Hearne and F. Martin, and played out time (six o’clock)—Mills not out 5, Routledge not out 3 ; extra 1.—Total 9 (for no wicket). After the match the team was photographed, and then all took the 7.8 train back to town, a special carriage having been reserved for our party. The day following was a Sunday, but it was not altogether an idle day for us, for after some had visited the Cathedral, our former hospitable friend, Mr. Logan, of Matjesfontein, appeared on the scene and kindly took us all for a drive in two breaks. Going out to Constantia we passed through Claremont and Wynberg, and with one or two stoppages on the way managed to pass a most pleasant afternoon. In the evening there was a large crowd at the railway station to meet the contingent of Kimberley cricketers selected to play against us in the second match v. Cape Colony, and Messrs. W. W. Bead and E. Ash were on the platform to welcome them on behalf of the English cricketers. S e c o n d D a y , T u esd ay , D e c e m b e r 22. All were up early again in anticipation of the second day’s play of the first match, and the weather was again gloriously fine. Our party left by train at 10.35, and play was resumed punctually at the hour named. At noon the two not outs resumed their innings with J. T. Hearne and F. Martin still bowling. Both players started cautiously, and with only 1 added to his score, Mills was easily caught in the slips off Martin for 6(13— 1—6). Castens, who came next, started very well by driving “ J.T.” for 4. However, soon after he was easily caught at point by W . W. Read off Martin (21—2—6). Two wickets quickly fell to Martin, who had been bowling splendidly; he clean bowled Cripps for 0, and two balls later had Hickley leg before wicket for 0 (21—4—0. Three wickets fell without adding to the score. On Calder joining Rout- ledge matters improved, he cutting Martin for 4. Routledge now turned his attention to J.T., cutting him also prettily for 4 ; but tho next ball he was caught at point, having played good cricket for his 14. (33—5—14) Boyle joined Calder, and commenced w'ell by hitting Martin for 4 and 2 in succession, bringing the total to 40. After forty minutes’ play 50 was hoisted, amidst cheering. Soon after this Calder was missed in the slips off Martin. Profiting by this, he sent the next ball to the boundary, and then was cleverly taken at tho wicket for a careful 18 (57—6—18), Martin’s four wickets having cost 6 runs up to this point. A general cheer was given when Frank nearre came in. lie started very cautiously, playing two maiden overs from Martin. Boyle, who had been playing good cricket, was unluckily run out, J. J. Ferris, who was fielding at cover-point, throwing and hitting the wicket. (68—7— 15.) Milton came next, and was easily c and b by J. T. Hearne. (68—8—0 ) V. Van der|Byl was the next comer, he starting weil by hitting J.T. for 3, and getting to the other end despatched Martin to the ropes, bringing up 70. Hearne now started with making two good hits off J.T. Van der Byl now had a life in the-slips, and was again missed by J. T. Hearne at mid-on off Martin. Encouraged by this good luck he hit out with vigour, sending both bowlers to the boundary. Again he had some luck in being missed in the slips, this making his third escape. With 90 up Pougher went on vice J, T. Hearne, but no separation was made up to lunch. On resuming J. J, Ferris went on in place of Martin from the bottom end. The left-handed bowler sent down a maiden, and off Pougher’s first ball Hearno got a 4. Singles now to each, and from a loose one of the amateur’s Van der Byl sent up the 100 amidst great cheering, the 100 daving been scored in one hour and three-quarters. AfterVanderByl NEXT ISSUE FEBRUARY 25