Cricket 1893

418 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S E 1 T 14, 1698 THE HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARDS W E h K . AUSTKALIANS v. SOUTH OF ENGLAND. The Australians brought their tour to a close at Hastings on Saturday afternoon, finishing, as they had begun four months before, and on a Sussex ground too, with a defeat. Since its institution the Australian team have ^generally made a point Of arranging a fixture during the course of tlie Hastings and St. Leonards Wcclc, Their presence on the Central Ground lias always attracted onsiderable interest, of. which there was, to judge by their hearty reception, certain'y no 1ick last week on the occasion of their latest visit. This year the Australians had to face a strong e’even of the South,*captained by VV. G. Grace. A place was found for ihe Rev. II. r. L. Tindall, the old Cambridge quarter-miler, who had been scoring heavily in local matches during the season. With this exception, though, the eleven was decidedly strong, and in one respectthe management was certainly to be congratulated—in Selecting the Rev. A P. Wickham, wlj.o.i3 quite good enough to have had a trial in some of the most.important matches uf the year, as tho wicket-keeper for the South. Owing to the late hour at which their match against the England Eleven was finished on the previous night at Scarborough, the Austra ians did not reach London until nearly four o’clock <n Thursday. As a consequence the game could not be commenced at the usual timo, and indeed it was past ten minutes p&st one o’clock befo e the first ball was bowled. As the toss had been won by the Australian captain, the Englishmen—many of whom, by the way, had also had to travel from Scarb rough overnight—had to take the field. Their outing though, as it proved, was on y of short duration. The two Surrey fast bowlers, indeed, helped to some extent by a rather fiery wicket, proved too much for the majority of ihe Australian batsmen, and in an hour and twenty minutes the whole side had been dismissed for the sm al total of 61. LockWOod and Richard­ son, as will be seen, ^bowled without a change, the former taking six wickets for 43, the latter four for twenty runs. The' South'in their turn made a bad start, losing Stoddart, who was easily caught after making 4 runs. 1he Somersetshire captain, who is finishing the season in brilliant style, however, after W.G.’s dismissal made full amends for any previous failures by his vigorous hitting. He scored 58 out of 76 while he was in, but his innings can hardly be accounted as one of his best perform­ ances, as besides more than one lucky stroke, he was twice missed. During the stand Ferris’ defen­ sive cricket had been of gre t use, and at the end of Thursday’s play he was not out, having made thirteen of the seventy-six produced by the partner­ ship. Heavy rain ii> the mor -ing delayed the resumption of the game t i l til nearly a quarter to four o’clock on Friday afternoon. The wet. t)o, so thoroughly changed the character of the ground that the Australian bowlers Carried everything before thpm. Turner and >rumble, indeed, proved so effective that in forty-five minutes ttie five outstanding wickets of the South were dismissed for an addition of only 21 runs. Their failure was mostly due to the fine bowling of Trumble, who in forty-four balls took four wickets at a cost of only six runs In a minority <f 81 the Australians began their second innings jUst after five o’clock on Friday. There was then barely half an hour left for play, and in this time the South were fortunate'enough to get rid of two batsmen, Bannerman, who was caught in the slips at twenty-one, and G.Giffen, for twenty-seven runs. On Saturday morning the spectators were gratified by seeing some fine hitting on the part of Lyons. The South Australian'as usual made the bulk of the runs, and his share of the 122 scored in the 1our and forty minutes he was in, was 75. Just before he was out he gave two chances, but al­ together his-play was quite up to his best standard, full of confident and resolute hitting Some lively cricket by Blackham and Turner improved the position of the Austra ians considerably, and their partnership, which resulted in an addition of 56for the ninth wicket, was of immense value to the side. Richardson’s bowling was the best feature of the South’s out-cricket on the second day. He took seven wickets for 87, and altogether in the m atci eleven wickets at an average of under ten runs a piece. Left with 111 to win the South operied the fourth innings disastrously. Still, though v etris was caught off Trumble with the score at six, Stoddart and Hewett made the result fairly sure before another wicket fell. Both amateurs hit freely, so much so that in forty minutes 66 were added to the total. Notwithstanding this fast s oring the Australians played up pluckily, and with four batsmen out the total was only 76. W.G. and Alec Hearne were, however, quite eqUal to the emergency, and by caref.il crick t they knocked off the 35 runs -still wanted. The result was therefore a victory for the South, with six wickets to spare. A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. C. Bannerman, b L o ck w o o d .......................... 4 c A. Hearne, b Richardson ... 7 Mr. J. J. Lyons, c Grace, b Lockw ood .. .................13 b Richardson ... 75 Mr.G. H. S. Trott. c W ick- ham , b Richardson I1) b J. T. Hearne ... 8 Mr.:Q; Giffen, b Richard- Sofi.;; ................ ........... 3 b Richardson ... 1 JHr. w . Bruce, c J. T. Rearne, b Lockw ood ... 4 b J. T. Hearne... 2 l&r. H. Graham, b Richayd- son.:: ................... 8 b Richardson ... 12 Mr. H. Trumble, b Lock­ wood .................................. 8 b Richardson ... 21 Mr. R. W. M 'Leod, b Lock­ wood .................................. 7 not out .. 0 Mr.W. F.G iffen.bR ichard­ son .................................. 4....c Grace, b Rich­ ardson ........... 0 Mr. C. T. B. Turner, b Lockw ood ......................... 0 b Richardson ... 21 Mr. J. M’O. Blackham, not out .................................. 2 c Grace, b Ferris 41 Lb .................................. 1 B ......2 Total ... -------61 Total ...193 Bourn o f E n g l a n d . Biret Innings Lockwood,c3raham , b Turner.................. J. T. Kearne, noi out .......................... Rev. A. P. W ickham , c Blackham, b T ru m ble................. Richardson, c W. Giffen, b Trumble b l ’ w i ........... 13 Mr. W . G. Grace, c Blackhnn.b 'rumble 24 Mr. A. HJ. Stoddatt c G. Giffen, b Turner 4 Mr. J. Ferris, c Blackham bTrumMe 15 Mr. H. T. Hewett, b lum er .» ... 58 A. Hcarne, c Trumble, b Turner .................. 4 Mr. W. W. Read, b Turner ..................10 Total ..................... 117 Rev. tf. C. L. lindall, cardbT ru m b Je ... 7 In the Secood Innings Grace scored (not out) 23, Stoddart, b Turner 27, Ferris, c Lyons, b Trumble 0, Hewett, c sub, b Tu ner :-6, A. Htarne (not out) 12, Read, c Bruce, b G. Giffen 0 ; b 12, lb 2.—Total 11/. BOW LING AN 1LY3IS. AUSTRALIANS. First Innings. Second Innings. O. iv». R. W. o . M.R. W. Lockw ood ... 13 4 41 G .............. 9 4 32 0 Richardson ... 12.4 5 20 4 ............. 32.2 7 8i 7 J. T. Hearne 23 7 59 2 A. Hearne ... 2 0 7 0 Ferris .. ... b 2 7 1 S o u t h o f E n g la n d F irst iD ning*. O. R. W. Turner .......... 26 9 43 5 Trurnhle..........22.4 8 60 5 G. G iffen ........ 8 1 31 0. Second Innings. O. M. R. VV. . ... 15341 2 . ... 5 0 2» 1 ...11.3 4 32 1 Giffen tow led a wide. SOUTH v. NORTH. Excepting perhaps that there was not so much bowling of a good quality on the side, little or no excep1 ion could be ta *en to the eleven collected to do duty for the South in the second fixture of the week, commenced on Monday. It was the misfor­ tune rather than the fault of the executive, too, that more than one player who ought to have re­ presented the North was a sent. Shrewsbury was not available, as the committee would have liked, and Wainwright, who was to have played, was prevented b / the accideot he met with at Scar­ borough. Moreover, at the last moment Gunn cried off, and the absence of this trio as well as of Mr. F. S. Jackson, of course weakened the side Still, considering the great difficulty in getting twenty-two leading players together in September, the management at r-astings, it must be admitted, were successful to a degree which speaks highly for their enterprise as well as judgment. The choice of innings fell to the Northern captain, C. W. Wright, and. with a hard wicket he had no hesitation in taking the innings. As it was, the start was unfortuuate, for De Trafford, who oi ened the batting with Sellers, was bowled by L ckwood with only a single on the board. Though the wicket at times played a little awkwardly to the fast bowling, Sellers and Albert WTard batted with no small confidence, and 71 had been added before the Utter was well caught at the wicket from Hearne. Sellers, who had played exceedingly good cricket for h s 47, was caught at point at iOJ, having previously lost Sugg. After the Yorkshire amateur's dismissal things went badly with the in-side. Though at the luncheon interval the score was 1)3 for five wickets, the tail, with the one exception of Attewell, who scored 22 out of 27 while ho was in, performed so iudifferently that in three quarters of an hour the innings was com­ pleted for an addition of only 45 runs. Lockwoou was the most successful bowler for the South. His four wickets cost 47 runs. Stoddart, who com­ menced the first innings for the South with W.G , in two hits completed his two thousani runs for the season. After seeing W.G. out at thirteen, however, he was himself caught, and as Hewett and Bean were also dismissed with only twenty-two d ded, four of the best batsmen on the side were ut for 39. Ferris and Read were indeed the first to make a stand, aud by excellent cricket they put on 79 before the latter was bowled. Soon after Murdoch’s arrival Ferris reached his fifty, and a little later play ceased for the day with the total 127 for five wickets. Resuming on Tuesday morn­ ing, Ferris was soon bowled, and with Lockwood out at 13J, and only Hea:ne, Wood, and Richard­ son to follow, it certainly did not loot as if the South would get a long lead. Just at this time, however, Murdoch, who was playing in his best style, fonnd a very useful partner in Uearne. The latter, though he gave one difficult chance played with great confidence, a d 93 were put on before he was out for a nnst useful 38. Murdoch saw both Wood and Richardsoa go, and with the latter’s dismissal the innings closed. Murdoch, who carried out his bat tor 71, was the mainstay of the side. He had been in for a little under two hours, and no fault could be urged against his batting in any way. The North, who were 93 to the bad on the first hands, began their second innings with Flowers and Ward. The change in the order of going in worked dis­ astrously, as though only a quar er of an hour remained before luncheon, by the time the in­ terval arrived both batsmen, as well as Sugg, had been got rid of for only eight runs. Sellers and Weight were seen to advantage on t e resumpt on, and the two amateurs added 49 runs. Not long after Wright’s retirement Seilers was bowled for anot er excellent score, and with his fall five wickets were down for 79. As fourteen ruus were still wanting to save the innings it hardly looked then as if the South would have a heavy task at the finish. Some remarkable hitting by De Traf­ ford and Smith, however, entirely upset all the anticipations of an early finish. Unfortunately for the South, W.G. failed to accept a chance given by De Trafford to point when t ;e batsman had only got sixteen, and this mistake had a very important bearing on the game. Directly they settled down the two batsmen, who are both severe punishers, got the measure of the Southern bowling thoroughly. Helped, too, by some laxity in the fielding, runs came at a tremendous pace, and when De Trafford was finely stumped, after forty-five minutes’ more play the total was 333. In an hour and three-quar ers, there­ fore, the two batsmen had added no less than 254 runs, a rate of scoring, we venture to think, without a parallel in a match where many of the leading cricketers of the day were engaged. De Trafford, who was out in the last over of the day, had made 110 of the 254 scored. His hitting showed all the severity characte istic of his play when in form, and as a display of free and re­ solute cricket it was worthy of the highest praise. Smith, who was not out 144 at the end of the day, and he had, it will be seen, completely changed the whole character of the game. Yesterday, in­ deed, when play was resumed the Nor h were 240 on with four wickets in hand. Smith was not able to materially increase his score, as with twelve added he was caught. He had made 154 out of 337 got while he was in, which was only two hours and five miuutes. From the first he hit with the g eatest confidence, and his play throughout showed pu is ing powers of a very exceptional kind. Bis 154was made up of one 6, one 5, twenty- one 4’s, five ’s, nine z’s, and twenty-six singles. After Smith’s retirement the end soon arrived, and as the three outstanding wickets only added eight, the innings closed for 353 With *64 runs to win, the South had a difficult task before them for a fourth innings. Their chances, too. were hardly improved by the dismissal of WT.G , who only made eight runs of the first thirty-six Stoddart, however, this time gave more trou le, and runs came freely till he was at last dismissed for an invaluable score of 6i. At the luncheon interval the score was 138 for five wickets, and though W. W. Read, who played in his very best fo'm , with sOme assistance from Murdoch and Lock­ wood, and la tr on from Wood, tried their best to avert defeat, the North won afrer an excitiog fiuish with twenty-five rues to spare. N o r t h . Firot Innings. M r.°.D c Trafford-, b L ock­ wood .................................. 1 Mr. A.'Balers, c Grace, b bichar, son ..................47 A. Ward, c W o o i, b J. 'J'. "Hcarne .......................... 39 Sugg, b P ichardson .......... 16 i!lowers, b J. T. Hearne ... 8 Mr. E. Smith, b Lockw ood 13 Mr. C. W . W right, nob out 6 Pee1, b R ich a rd so n ........... 4 Briggs, b Richardson ... 1 Attewell, c Ferris, b Lock­ wood ..................................23 Sherwin, b Lockw ood ... 4 B .................................. 6 Total ...158 S.cond Innings. st W ood, b Sioddart..........110 b J. T. Hearne ... 48 o Bean, b Lock­ w ood .......... 0 b Richardson ... 8 c W ood, b Rich­ ardson .......... 0 c Stoddart, h RichardRon ...154 c Read, b Rica- ardson .......... 18 b Lockw ood ... a b Itichirdson ... 0 not out ........... 8 b Lockw ood ... u B 4, w 1 .... 5 Total ...353