Cricket 1894

122 ■QM C&iST* & WEEK h i EEOORli) OF THE eAME, MAY 10, 1894 A STUDY IN FORM. B y “ V. C.” “ If A be greater than B, and if B be equal to C, an I if C be greater than D ; then shall D also be greater than A .” — The New Euclid. Twin wickets on two fields ; two rings of faces That overlook the Ov.il, circle Lords; W ithi' , the marking out of points in paces; And setting up of telegraphic boards. By Underground from Alagate and the City, From Brompton, Hammersmith, and all the West, Through subterranean fogs and tunnels gritty, The people came to Lord's to see the test. By sou hward tram from half a dozen bridges, Electric railway from the Monument, And Dover train from under Kentish ridges To Surrey and the Oval match they went. For the lovers of cricket had each got a ticket for the Lord’s or the Oval event, And to Lord’s or the Oval they cime with a novel and ou tof the-common intent, With a purpose and mission to fix the position of the heroes of Avon and Trent. For in the first, bright, sunny week of May­ time Beside the Trent those heroes met in play And bowled the bounding ball throughout the daytime And not till twilight rested from the fray. And till at last they left the scene of action On Notts a dire misfortune seemed to fix ; Not Howitt, Flowers nor Daft could save their faction, And Warwickshire had won by wickets six And even then, far in the distant City, Debate wa'i being held, it came to pas?, Bv raemb-rs of the M.C C. Committee On which was first and which was second class. So the fates had fixe done day, videlicet, last Monday, to decide by a double event, And to Lord’ s or the Oval, to see this test no^el, the whole great metropolis went In the best of good spirits to fix on the merits of the heroes of Avon and irent. Twin wickets on a field : a ring of faces: And all the talent of the Surrey side: The fielders taking, far a-field, their places: And Avon men in all their new won pride. The “ little W .G.” firm at his wicket And piling score on score in stjle first rate; The second class men playing first class cricket, And Surrey all got out for 98. And when they ceased from play in balmy weather Hard fate pursued the Surrey side eleven : Two hundred runs and seven they put to­ gether, And Warwickshire had won by wickets seven. And away o’er the City a Cricket Committee was watching a double event, And though no one durst class this Warwick as first class, they all by a common consent Agreed that the standing was something com ­ manding of the heroes who came from the Trent. Twin wickets on the field; a ring of faces; And all the panoply of sport at Lord’s ; Spring bonnets, mantles, all the Arts and Graces (Save Stodd art and great Grace) the view affords. And Notts have come to prove their high position; And yet on Tuesday eve how hard their fate; Though all the lacemen boasted fine condition, The M.C.C. had won by wickets eight. Yet Notts is still first class, and Warwick second ! Though how or why we wholly fail to see; We can but marvel what way form is reckoned And ask, with Truthful James, “ Can these things b e ? ” For we lovers of cricket have looked on the tick et at the Notts or the Warwick event; And the poor second-rater has proved itself greater, as even the bigwigs consent; — But they don’t delegate us to alter the status of the heroes of Avon and Trent! M * . T . R O U T L E D G E . Some time since C r ic k e t was fortunate enough to give a portrait and biography of Mr. A. B. Tancred, regarded by common consent as the premier batsman of South Africa. Still in Mr. T. Routledge, whose counterfeit pre­ sentment adorns our front page, he has a rival who would run him very close for ihe premier­ ship. In any case Mr. Houtledge may fairly claim to be one of the very best, if not the best batsman of the South African team now here. lie was fortunate in being able to learn his cricket, too, under more favourable auspices than most of those he has accom­ panied to England. Born in Liverpool on April 18, 1868, he graduated first as a cricketer in connection with the Northern and Birkenhead Park Clubs, both capable of providing excellent schooling. Goiny out to South Africa in 1889 he soon made his mark as one of the foremost batsmen in the country. His best performance was fully chronicled at the time in C r ic k e t . The match in question was between the Mother Country and Colonial Born at Johan­ nesburg in September, 1892. The Co’onials on that occasion, batting first, ran up a big score of 346, at the same time leaving their opponents only an hour and three-quarters for batting. Still, Messrs. Routledge and Halliwell, another member of the South African team, who went in fir t, nearly secured what would have been a remarkable victory. A s it was. when time was up ihey had made 289, of which Mr. Routledge’s share was 147, and were both still in. Against Mr. W. W. Bead’s team he showed consistently good cricket, so much s > as to impress the English cricketer3 composing that party with a very high idea of his merits. Just lately, too, in the Currie < up tournament he played two fine innings of 33 and 77 respectively for the Transvaal against the Western Province. With a strong defence he is, in addition, a rare punisher as a bat. Mr. W. W. Read describes him as something after the style of that prince of Australian gontle tappers, Mr. H. H. Massie. On the off side, he is a very powerful bat, a,nd with anything like ordinary luck should do some good performances here. Under any circumstances, his all-ronnd cricket is sure to be of great use, as he is a safe field in any position. INTER COLONIAL MATCH. NEW SOUTH WALKS v. QUEENSLAND. New South Wales won this match, played at Sydney on March 24, 26, 27, and 28, after an exciting finish with two wickets to spare. Moses, the captain of New South Wales, won the toss, but sent Queensland in. Twenty five had been made for two wickets when rain stopped play for the day, and the innings ultimately closed on the following Monday for 113. Against this, New South Wale? scored 161. Moses carrying out bis bat for a very useful innings of 44." In their second knock Queensland were seen to better advan­ tage, thanks chiefly to Freeman, McClinchey, end Bradley. Freeman’s 65 was a capital innings spoiled only by one chance when he h a d g o t 40. W ith 199 to w in N e w S ou th W ales h a d b y n o m ea n s a n ea sy ta sk b e fo re th em . C a llaw a y a n d D o n n a n , h o w e v e r, m a de a fin e sta n d a n d 100 w as u p b efore th e fo r m e r w as ca u g h t. T h e n th in g s w e n t so b a d ly w ith th e in* sid e th a t w h en th e e ig h th w ick e t fe ll 14 w ere still w a n te d to w in . T h e v etera n G arrett, h o w e v e r, a t th e cr is is fo u n d a u sefu l p a rtn e r in N ew ell, a n d th e y sta y ed in till th e w in n in g h it w as m a d e. Q u e e n sl a n d . F irst Innings. Second Innings. Coningham , c G ould, b G a r.ett ............ ............ 7 c P atrick , b G arrett ............ 7 M cO linchey, c P atrick, b N ew ell..................................... 10 c R ob ison , b G ou ld .............. 40 M cD onald, c D onnan, b G arrett ............................. 5 c W ales.b C alla­ w ay .........................27 F reem an, c W ales, b D on ­ nan ..................................... 19 c G regory, b G ould ............65 H utton, lbw , b New’ell... 31 b G a r re tt................ 4 M artin, b C a lla w a y ........... 2 c N ew ell, b G arrett ... 5 B radley, c W ales, b G ar rett .............................II lbw , b D on n an 35 Fisher, run ou t .................... 7 c G ould, b G ar­ rett ......................... 12 R am say, c N ewell, b G a r­ rett ...................................... 5 c Callaw ay, b G arrett ... ... 27 H oare, b N ew ell ... ... ... 7 b O a r r e tt..................13 Bow den, n ot o u t ................... l n o to u t ................ 1 E xtras ...................... 8 E x tr a s ..............10 T otal ............113 T otal .. 216 N e w S o u th W a l e s . F irst Innings. Second Innings. C allaw ay, b C on in gh am ... 5 c F reem an, b C oningham ... 60 D onnan, c R am say, b H o a r e ......................................12 st B radley, b R am say ... ... 47 G r gory, c B radley, b B ow den .............................58 c B u tton , b C oningham ... 21 G ould, e B ow den, b M c- G linchy .............................23 b C oningham ... 0 Brewster, c H oare, b M c- G lin ch y ............................. 7 c H oare, b R a m ­ say ....................... 0 G arrett, c M cD onald, b M cG lin ch y .................... 0 n ot ou t ..................35 P atrick , b R am say ............12 c and b R am say 1 R o ison, st B radley, b H< are .............................15 b R a m s a y .............. 0 N ew ell, b C oningham ... 3 n ot ou t ................. 16 W ales, b Conit gharn ... 0 M otes, n ot out ... ...........44 c M cD onald, b C oningham ... 15 E xtras ... ...........12 E xtras ... 5 T otal ... „..16L T o ta l ...200 B O W L IN G A N A L Y S IS . Q u e e n sl a n d . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. B. R . W . B. R . W . N ew ell ........... 319 44 3 ................ 150 44 0 G a rre tt............ 126 37 4 ................ 294 78 5 D onnan ... 66 15 1 ...................... 97 1 7 2 Callaw ay ... 51 9 1 ..................... 2 >0 34 I G ou ld ... 144 44 2 R ob ison ... 38 8 0 B rew ster 18 11 0 N e w S ou th W a l e s . F irst Innings. Second Innings. B. R . W B . R . W . Coningham ... 191 40 3 ................ 210 74 4 H oaie ............ 72 38 2 ................ 36 26 0 B ow den ... 84 26 1 ...................... v4 14 0 R am say ... 72 18 1 ...................... 215 61 4 M cG lin ch y ... 84 26 3 ................ 24 20 0 The following table shows how the eleven matches between the two colonies have resulted. Year. P layed at W inners. W o n by 1861* B risbane N S .W . 8 } runs 1865* S ydney N .^.W . 1 inns and 104 runs 1865+ S ydney N .SW . 1875a B risbane Q ueensland 1 innings 1884D B risbane Q ueenslan i 73 runs 1894b B risbane Q ueensland 1 inns and 17 runs 1884c B risbane D raw n 1849b B risbane Q ueensland 4 w ickets 1890b S ydney N S .W . 1 inns and 111 runs 1893b B risbane Q ueensland 10 runs 1894c S ydney N .S.W . 2 w ickets *A gaiust 22 o f Q ueensland ; + against 11 N .S.W c o lt s ; a against 18 o f Q ueensland ; b again st 15 c 11 a side.