Cricket 1892

JAN. 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. had compiled a very lucky but useful 30 his off- stump was disturbed by J. J. Ferris (111—9— 30.) With only two added Steytler was bowled by J. J. Ferris. (113-10-0.) W ith A. Van der Byl in slow play was the order, both the bowlers being right on the spot. After staying 15 min. without scoring J. J. Ferris also found his way to the wicket. (113—11—0.) Captain Wright had soon to retire from a good catch in the slips off the same bowler (113—12—0), the last four wickets only adding 2 runs. With Allen for a partner Hearne scored more freely, and soon saved the follow-on. With the score at 122 F. Hearne was well caught at the wickot off J. J. Ferris for a well played 21. (122—13—21.) Middleton followed, and snicked a single off the left-hand bowler, and then drove Pougher to the ropes, and after a tricky snick for 4, a fast “ Yorker1’ from that bowler settled Middleton. (133—14 - 9.) Bisset came next, and Allen got J. J. Ferris away for 4 (run out). J .T . Hearne now went on vicc Pougher. Through some misfielding Bisset was run out. (144—15—0.) Ellis was next comer, and was caught at the wicket olf J. T. Hearne. Pemberton, the last man, was “ l b w ” to J. J. Ferris (144—16—0), having bowled with great success, his six wickets costing only 19 runs. Allen played a good not out inniugs of 17, the innings closing for 145. With a lead of 55, Mr. Read sent in Chatterton and A. Hearne to face the bowling of Bisset (a young player fifteen years old), who is a slow left-hand bowler, with a good delivery, and V. Van der Byl. Chatterton started well by getting the last named to leg for 4, and soon brought up 10. With the total at 29, he cut Bisset to the boundary, this being the first run scored off the young bov/ler. The score gradually rose to 46, the Derbyshire player having done the major part of the run getting. Middleton took the ball from Van der Byl, and two overs later 50 went up. F. Hearne went on in place of Bisset, this bringing about the separation, as in his third over he clean bowled his brother for a careful 19. (57— 1—19.) W . L. Murdoch came next, and starting very slowly, he scored a 4 off Middleton. With only five minutes to play Pemberton was given a trial at Hearne’ s end, and from his second ball Chatterton sent it to the ropes. Stumps were drawn with Chatterton not out 43, W. L. Murdoch not out 6 (extras 4), which, with Alec Hearne’s 19, left the total at 72 at the end of the second day’s play, leaving the match in an interesting condition. T h ir d D a y .— T u e s d a y , D e c em b er 22. Again at noon to-day (Tuesday) play was started by W. L. Murdoch and W. Chatterton resuming their places at the wickets, the bowlers being V. Van der Byl and Bisset. At the commencement a maiden by the former bowler opened the proceedings, when Chatter­ ton made a single. A nice drive by W. L. Murdoch off Van der Byl then followed, Chat­ terton now being well caught at mid-off by Milton from a hard drive, after a second well- played innings of 47. Mr. W . W. Read was the new comer and opened his account by putting Bisset away for a couple. Mr. W. L. Murdoch then put Van der Byl to the ropes for 4 putting up the score to 90. A few minutes later Mr. Read was well caught from a fane hit into the long field by O. Mills, close b° " ndQar& oft B«set. The score now stood (9 6-3—8). Pougher followed, and opened with a couple. W . L. Murdoch now placed 3 to his credit, thus sending up the century at five minutes to one, which was 8^ e J UW1 ^ aPPlause- After 9 runs were added, Pougher was well caught at short slip off the young bowler. (Score, 109—4 -5 ) d Braun came next, and drove Bisset for 2,' wnen G .P Pemberton took the ball from Van der Byl, and the Sussex hitter was well taken in the slips off Bisset for 3. 113—5—3 ) G. G. Hearne followed in, and after making 2 Jo? ll' “ ?he? n beU rang, the score standing at 121. (W. L. Murdoch not out 33—a fine innings). When play was resumed the two not outs made a start by G. G. Hearne hitting Pemberton for 4. It might be mentioned that the|fielding of the Colonials was extremely good. W. H . Milton now took the ball from Pemberton, and, he having only bowled one maiden, Mr. W. W. Read doclared the innings closed, with the view of endeavouring to possibly obtain a win. The score now stood at 146, which, together with the previous balance of the English team overnight, put the Colonials in with 210 to win. With two hours and three-quarters to bat, the Western Province Eighteen sent in T. Routledge and C. Mills, to bat to the bowling of J. J. Ferris and J. T. Hearne, and so well did they acquit themselves that SOwas hoisted before the former was well taken at the wicket off J. T. Hearne, for a dashing 26. H. H. Castens followed in, and runs came slowly at first. A double change took place in the bowling department,Pougher viceHearne,and AHearne vice J. J. Ferris, the said change bringing about a separation, Hearne with his first ball bowling C. Mills, who had been playing for a long time very steadily. The score now showed 38— 2 —4. An interval now took place. Cripps now accompanied H. H. Castens to the wickets, and opened by hitting Pougher twice for 4, Castens following by a boundary, bringing up 50. At the total of 60 Cripps was bowled off his pad by A. Hearne for 13. (60—3—13). On Lieut. Hickley join­ ing Castens F. Martin went on in the place of A. D. Pougher, and off the first -over the former scored 7, when he wras then bowled by A. A. Hearne. (76—4—7). Calder was the next man in, when a stand was made, Castens continuing to score, necessitating Mr. W . W. Read to go on with his lobs, which, howrever, did not have the desired effect, so at 90 J. T. Hearie again took the ball, when Castens, by two boundary hits, sent up the ICO amidst applause. J. J. Ferris now took the ball in place of W. W. Read, and with his third ball Calder’ s off-stump was disarranged, the out­ going batsman compiling a useful 16. (103— 5—16). Lieut. Boyle followed in, when Castens got another to the boundary off J. T. Hearne, when Boyle openel his account by making 2, but was shortly afterwards taken in the slips from J. J. Ferris. Frank Hearne was the now comer, and commenced with a fine drive for 4. A two by Castens sent up 120 at six o ’clock—the time for drawing stumps—making the total, with extras, 126, Castens being not out 45, thus making the match a draw in favour of the Englishmen, in consequence of their having been com­ pelled to declare their innings closed, owing to want of time to complete the match. In closing these remarks the thought occurs to me that to-morrow will be Christmas Eve. How singular it will be to some of us to spend Christmas Day in a “ strange land ” and in mid-summer weather. We all hope to dine together independently of our Colonial friends on this one particular occasion, and I am sure we shall have a merry and jolly party. The toast of “ absent; friends ” will be -drunk heartily. Scores; M r . W . W . R ead ’ s T eam . First Innings. Chatterton, b Middle ton ........................ S3 A. Hearne,c Castens, b Pemberton..........20 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, c and b Hearno . ... 22 Mr.W.W.Rcad.cV. van der Byl.bPemberton 3 Pougher, c Hearne, b Pemlerton .......... 2 Mr. G. H. Brann, c Pcm’oer on.bHearne 0 G. G. Hearne, c Allen, b V. van der B yl... 37 Wood, c Steytler, b V. va i der Btl ... 12 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b V. van der Byl ..........15 Martin, b V. van der Byl ........................ l J. T. Hearne, not out 2 E x tra s................. 3 Total . 2C0 In the Second Innings Chatterton scored cMilton, b Bia*et 47, A. Hearne, b Hearne 19, W. L. Murdoch, (not out) 45, W. W. Read, c Mills, b Bisset 8 , Poagher, c J. A. van der Byl, b Bisset 5, G. H. Brann, c Pemberton, b Bisset 3, G. G. Hearne, (not out) 15; extra 4.—Total, 146. (Innings declared closed). C R IC K E T E R S -B est G oods City Agents — b e a r t h is M a r k . —Advt. P a rto n & L e st e r , 91, Q u e e n S t., C h e a p s id e . W estern P rovince . First Innings. Second Innings. T. Routledge, cRead, b J. c Wood, b J. T. Hearne .................... 1* Hearne ........26 C. Mills, c A. Hearne, b Martin............................. 6 b A. Hearne ... 4 H. H. Castens, c Read, b Martin ........................ 6 not out ....... 45 O. Cripps. b M artin........ 0 b A. Hearne ... 13 Lieut. Hickley, lbw, b Martin............................. 0 b A. Hearne ... 7 H. Calder, c Wood, b Martin .....................18 b Ferris ........16 Lieut. Boyle, run out ... 15 c J. T. Hearne, b Ferris ......... 3 F. Hearne, c Wood, b Ferris............................21 not out ......... 9 W. H. Milton, c and b J. T. H ea rn e..................... 0 V. van der Byl, b Ferris ... 30 E. S. Steytler, b Ferris ... 0 J. A. van der Byl, b Ferris 0 Capt. Wright, c A. Hcarne b Ferris .......... ........ 0 E. Allen, not o u t ...........17 Private Middleton, b Pougher ...................... 9 M. Bisset, run out ........ 0 Drummer Ellis, c Wood, b J. T. Hearne............... 0 G. P. Pemberton, lbw, b F erris............................. 0 Extras ........................ 9 Extras .......... 4 Total........ 1*5 Total... 127 BOWLING ANALYSIS. M r . READ’d E leven . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . V. van dor Byl 25 3 49 4 ........... 30 14 37 0 Middleton ... 28 9 38 1 .......... 11 3 18 0 Hearne.......... 28 12 34 2 ............ 8 4 G 1 Pemberton ... 22 6 43 3 ........... 13 3 22 0 Cripps .......... 14 1 33 0 B^set 45 14 GO 4 Milton 1 0 1 0 W estern P rovince . First Innings. Second Innings O. M. R.W . O. M. K. W. J.T . Hearne 24 8 48 3 ...........15 6 32 1 Martin ........... 22 8 37 5 ........... 14 5 22 0 Poui/her.......... 21 9 83 1 ........... G 2 24 0 Ferris ..... 22.1 13 19 6 ........... 19 9 25 2 A. Iltarne 14 13 4 3 Read ... 4 1 16 0 SECOND MATCH—v. FIFTEEN OF CAPE COLONY. F ir st D a y — W e d n e sd a y , D e c e m b e r 23. Mr. Read again beating Mr. Milton in the spin of the coin sent in Chatterton and A. Hearne, in rather a bad light, to face the bowling of Bisset (the young left-hand bowler) and V. Van der Byl. A bad start was made. With the score at 7 Chatterton was well caught at extra slip by Bisset. W . L. Murdoch came in and play was for a time very slow, the fielding of the home side being exceedingly good. Alec Hearnc cut the right-hand bowler for 4, sending up 10, this number havingtaken thirty minutes to compile. Murdoch opened his account with 2. {Singles were the order for some time, 20 going up after forty-five minutes. W ith the score at 30, Grimmer, the Kimberley crack bowler, took the ball from Bisset. From his first ball the amateur got to leg for 3. A single to Hearne and a 4 off the same bowler to Murdoch followed. Attention was then turned to Van der Byl, who had been bowling very well, Alec sending him twice through the slips for 4. With 50 up, Cripps vice Van der Byl was the order. His first ball was sent to the ropes by Mur­ doch ; following this, Hearne cut Grimmer to the boundary. W ith the score at 71 the luncheon bell rang—Murdoch notout 30, A. Hearne not out 36. Continuing at 2.15, Murdoch started well by driving a loose one from Cripps to tho ropes ; the next ball he cut for 4, these were his principal strokes. With the score at 85 he was well caught by Bisset in the slips for a perfect innings of 42, this wioket having put on 78 runs. W. W. Read was Alec’ s next partner, but was again unlucky, for after scoring a single from Crippg he was caught by the wicket-keeper in trying NEXT ISBUE FEBRUARY 25