Cricket 1893

MAT 11, 1898 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 128 TH E E IGH TH AUSTRALIAN TEAM . FIRST MATCH.—v. LORD SHEFFIELD ’S ELEV EN . The Australian cricketers were handicapped rather heaviiy ia having to face 6uch a formidable all-round com tiration as that collccted by the Earl o f Sheffield this week. They have met, atd with success, iepretentative teams in their open­ ing m atch, but hardly under the same conditions. This tim e they had hardly had the same opportunities for practice, and in the practice they did have, som e were a little unfortunate in getting slight injuries',the effect of the hardvickets. They had to m eet, too, a very strong side,several of whom had fhow ed themselves to be in the best MR. VICTOR COHEN. (Manager of the Australian Team). form . E xcept for the absence o f Lohm ann and Abel, the eleven was as strong as it well could have been, and it is w crthy of remark that seven were m em bers of the team w hich accom panied Lord Sheffield to the Colonies in 1891. The Selection Comm ittee o f the Austra ian team decided to leave out Bannerm an, who had injured his hand at practice, as well as Jarvis and Walter Giffen. Lord Sheffield had arranged to adm it the public to his Park without charge, and there was a large attendance, even when the m atch begun on Monday. The luck of the toss gave first innings to Mr. W . G. Grace, and he decided to open the English batting with Shrews­ bury as his partner. Turner and Giffen were the first Australian bowlers, but they were un­ able to m ake any impression, and other changes met with equal ill success. Mr. Grace in particu­ lar was in his best vein, and when he wan caught in the slips, lt l had leen got in seventy minutes. Of these, his share was 63, and the inn­ ings was in every way worthy o f him. Shrews­ bury, after being at the wickets nearly two bours and a half, was next to go at 167, o f which he had contributed 62 in his usually correct style. Gunn, though a little shaky at first, soon settled down, and his 56 was also a sood display. W hile Mr. Hewett and he were partners there seemed tobe every chance of a big scoi e. After his dismissal however,cam e a remarkable collapse. The later batsm en, indeed, made a poor show against the bowling of George Giffen and Coning­ ham, and the innings which had begun with 8Uchprom ise,cam e to an unexpectedly early close, the last seven wickets falling in forty-five minutes lor an addition o f on y 43 runs. G oing in on Mon­ day afternoon with half-an-hour to bat, the Aus­ tralians in this time scored forty runs for the loss of one of their best batsmen (Bruce). On Tuesday, Graham, who was not out over-night, showed in his innings of thirty-two that he has good defence as well as plenty o f hit if required. Lyons, after making one or tw o good hits, was caught, and the only others w ho did anything w orthy of note w ere M cLeod and Con­ ingham. Altogether, the batting was disappoint" ing, and it will be seen that George Giffen, Turner, Trumble, and Blackham all failed to con­ tribute to the small total o f 138. The bow ling of Lockw ood and Briggs was m ainly accountable for the breakdown. Altogether, though, the out- cricket o f Lord fc-heffield’s Team was up to the best ttandard, and runs were very difficult to get throughout. In a m inority of 1 0 runs, the Australians had to follow on, and this tim e they began in more prom ising style, bruce and Lyons put on 41 for the first w icket, but Lockw ood ultimately dism issed both. M cLeod and Coningham were again seen to advantage, and their batting was of real use to the side in the m atch. Lord Sheffield’s team were lucky in getting rid of George Giffen a second tim e so cheaply. His dismissal was due to G. M cGregor, and the wicket-keeping of the Old Cantab was one of ihe very best features o f the match. In the second inniogs he caught four batsmen, three standing back, and, as will te seen,he did n ot give a single bye in the m atch. As the Australians weie out in their second knock for 173, just before tim e on Tuesday, L ord Sheffield’s team were left with only 54 to win yesterday. These were got for the loss of the two best batsm en, Messrs.Grace and frhrewstury, bo that the Australians lost their first m atch with a margin of eight wickets against them. On the second day Lord Sheffield entertained,in addition to the Australian cricketers, a large and fashionable com pany at luncheon. Am ong them were Sir E. Sm ith,the president of the South Australian Cricket Association, and more than one of the Agents General o f the Australian Colonies. The team, who had been the guests of L oid Sheffield at the Hotel M etropole in Brighton, were entertained at Sheffield Park on Tuesday evening. Seveial thousands utilised the oppoitunitv given by Lord Sheffie'd to witness tne cricket each day, and a large number staved till late on the second evening in the Park, which was brilliantly illum inated each night in honour of the occasion. L ord S h e ffie ld ’ s X I —First Innings. Mr. W . G. Grace, c Trumble, b Coning­ ham ........... ...........63 Shrewsbury, c Trum ­ ble, b Coningham .. 62 Gunn, c Graham, b G. Giffen .....................56 Mr. H. T. Hewett, c M’Leod, b Coning­ ham .............................. 30 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c M’Leod, b Coning­ ham ............................ 3 M. Read, c Coning­ ham, b G. Giffen 2 Peel, b Gr. Giffen ... 4 Lockw ood, not out 17 Briggs, b G. Giffen 12 Mr. G. M ’Gregor, st Blackham , b G. Giffen ................... 2 Attewell, c Trott, b C on in gh am ........... 0 B 3, ID 3, w 1 ... 7 Total ...25s In the Second Innings Grace scored b Turner 18, Shrewsbury, c Graham, b Giffen 23, Read, (not out) 10, Gunn, (n o to u t)0 ; extras5 —T ota l,56. A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. G. H. S. Trott, c Atte­ well, b L ock w ood ........... 20 c Stoddart, b Attew ell........... 14 Mr. W . Bruce, c Attewell, b Lockw ood ... ........... 8 c Briggs, b L ock­ w ood ........... 26 Mr. H. Graham, st M ’Gregor, b Attewell ... 32 c M’Gregor, b Lockw ood ... 12 Mr. J. J. Lyons, c Read, b Briggs.................................. 21 b Lockw ood ... 15 Mr. G. Giffen, c and b Briggs.................................. 0 c M’Gregor, b Lockw ood ... 1 Mr. C. T. B. Turner, b Briggs.................................. 0 c M’Gregor, b L ockw ood ... 22 M j .R. W . M’Leod, c Grace, b Briggs .......................... 25 b Briggs ........... 24 Mr. S. E. Gregory, h Atte­ well .................................. 2 c Shrewsbury, b P e e l................... 15 Mr.A. Coningham, not out 26 c M’Gregor, b P e e l................... 29 Mr. H. Trum ble, b L ock­ w ood .................................. 0 not out ........... 7 Mr, J. M ‘C. Blackhain, c Hewett, b Lockw ood ... 0 run out ........... 8 L b ................................... 4 Total .................. 138 Total ...173 BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. L ord S h e ffie ld ’ s XI. First Innings. O. M. R. W . G. Giffen ... 25 4 93 5 ... Turner ........... 15 7 33 0 ... M cL eod ........... 6 0 33 0 Coningham ... 38.216 74 5 ... T ru m ble............ 13 7 18 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W , ... 14 6 25 1 ... 6.1 2 15 1 ... 8 3 11 0 Giffen bow led a wide. A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.R. W . O. M. R. W A ttew ell.......... 11 - 3 37 2 .......... 20 5 53 1 Lockw ood ... 20.410 45 4 .......... 26 8 81 5 Briggs ........... 23 9 52 4 ... ... 8 0 32 1 P eel.. 4 2 7 2 k a st Thursdayevening the te^m were the guests of the S pjits Ciub at a dinner held in St. James’ square u^der the presidency o f the chairman, Sir J. D. Ast’ey. Mr. V ictor Cohen, the manager, responded to the toast o f the Australian team, proposed from the chair, and Mr.E.A. Nepean, the Middlesex am ateur, for Cricket- and Sports generally. On Friday evening the team accepted the invi­ tation of the Surrey County C.C. to a dinner at the Oval. In the jabsence of the President, Vis­ count Oxenbridge, from ill-health, and the Vice- President from an accident, Mr. William Cattley, the treasurer, presided. Messrs. Blackham , the Captain, and Victor Cohen responded for the visitors, Messrs. J. Shuter and C. W . A lcock for {J*e ®u" ey C.C., proposed by Mr. R. W. M cLeod, of the Australian team. On Saturday Mr. Bruce played, for Rich­ m ond against the Crystal Palace Club at K ichm ond. He went in first and scored 25. On the same afternoon Messrs. Coningham and Gregory assisted the Chiswick Park Club against the Wanderers at Chiswick Park. Gregory scored ? t.onlngham 90 (no tout) of the latter’s total of 240. To-day. the team comm ence their second fixture at Birm ingham againtt Warwickshire. SHEFFIELD / PARK S outh W est H am v . K ennington W anderrrs . -P la y e d at Tidal Basin, E.. on May 6. Scores— Kennington Wanderers, 36; South W est Ham , 190 (W ilson, not out, 57 S outh W est H am v . K ilburn .—Played at W est Kilburn on April 29 on the ground of the latter, and resulted in a victory for S.W .H. S.W .H., 78 (Silverlock 18); Kilburn, 37 (W ilson, not out, 17). R.A.R.D. S taff (Woolwich) v. N ew W ands ­ worth .—Played at W oolwich on May 6. Scores.— D ietrict Staff. U8 (Sergt. W right 30); New W andsworth, 82 (M. Evans 29). S t . S aviour ’ s (C lapham ) v. L othian I nstitute (Camberwell).—Played at Hyde Farm, Balham, on May 6, and resulted in a victory for St. Saviour’s by 50 runs and 3 wickets. Lothian Institute, 36; St. Saviour’s, 86 for seven wickets (C. E. Langton 47). E astbourne H ouse (C. H. Reed and Co., Lee) v. C adooan H ouse C.C (P. Jones, Chelsea).—Played at Blackheath on May 6. The result was a draw. Cadogan House, 69 for 7 wickets (innings declared closed); Eastbourne House, 49 for 2 wickets. For the latter W ootton made 40, not out, and Neave secured 4 wickets for 8 runs. A N e w I dea .—The “ English S ports” Cricket Scoring Sheet (Regd.) contains features that will make scorers wonder how they have contrived so long to work without it —la. 8d. per doz. post free of W right & Co., 41, St. Andrew’s dill, E.C.—A dvt . 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