Cricket 1895

4 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 31, 1895. Premier of New South Wales, Judges Windeyer and Innes, and Admiral Bowden Smith. The function was a most success­ ful one, excellent speeches being delivered. One good point about it was that it took place on a Saturday evening, so that the players had all Sunday to recover, so that their play on Monday was not likely to be affected. T h ir d D a y .— M o n d a y , N o v e m b e r 26. This was a violent sample of an Aus­ tralian summer day, the thermometer registering no less than 97 deg. in the shade. Despite the intense heat and the claims of business, 7,000 people were on the ground, and £405 was taken at the gates. Brown and Brockwell continued the innings to Turner and Newell, who are regarded as the best Sydney bowlers, although in this match they were singu­ larly unsuccessful. The batsmen were for a while content to go slow, feeling their way. Once set, both, especially the Surrey man, played fine, brilliant cricket. Brown should, however, have loNt his wicket when he was 92, as he cut a ball from Newell to Turner at point, but the chance was not accepted. Then it was Brockwell’s turn, when his score was 34, to be let off at slip by Richardson. In the next over Brown skied a ball to Donnan at cover, and the simplest of simple chances was refused. At last the Tjke broke the spell of chances by driving Newell for 4, and then, by putting one from M ’Kibbin, who replaced Newell, away for 3 he reached his century. Immediately after­ wards Brockwell reached 50, so that he had made 45 while his companion was makiog 17. Then Brown went ahead again, while the Surrey champion, evi­ dently anxious to play over lunch time, went slow, so that at 1.30 Brown was 117 and Brockwell 53, the total being 292. When play was resumed Brown and Newell bowled. Brockwell got 2 fur a cut off Newell and 1 off Howell. Then the first bull the latter had at Brown beat him all the way. Brown played a lucky innings, as he gave no less than three chances during his innings, which lasted over three hours. He cut beautifully, and his pulls and leg hits were effectively executed, (Three for 295.) Brockwell and Lockwood found the bowling of Howell and Donnan too good to score from at a great rate, and by slow degrees the total amounted to 339. Here Brock­ well was run out by the wicket keeper picking up the ball after it had struck the batsman’s pads and putting down the wicket before Brockwell could get home. The retiring batsman hit splendidly all round the wicket, and there were then ten fourers iu his score of 81. He was so comparatively unsuccessful at Adelaide and Melbourne that his fellow travellers were beginning to despair about him, and they were all very gratified with his suc­ cess. Now came one of those extra­ ordinary breakdowns which are always occurring at cricket, and which lend such a charm to the game. At 350 Richardson made partial amends for past errors by dismissing Peel with a magnificent catch at slip. Donnan bowled Ford first ball, and with the total at 352 Howell beat Lockwood. Briggs and Gay then stopped the rot, and knocked Howell off tempo­ rarily. Coming on asrain after a few overs’ rest, Howell beat Briggs and Humphreys, and the innings terminated for 394, or 101 ahead of the local team. It was a strange thing that Howell should have obtained the best average with the ball. He is a countryman, whose inclu­ sion was much cavilled at. He is a medium-pace bowler, with a nice off- break, which beat the batsmen. It says something for him that all his wickets were clean bowled. The New South Welshmen went to the wickets again, but Peel bowled so well that three wickets were down for 34. Gregory (27) and Donnan (13) played out time, when the total was 56. F o u r t h D a y — T u e s d a y , N o v . 27. Twice during the day the Britishers had qualms about the result; first of all when Gregory and Donnan were going very strong, and took the total to 108 Then Humphreys went on, and bowled Donnan with the total at 109. Peel got rid both of Turner and Farquahar, and the Sydney men lost hope. Kelly, the next man, stayed till lunch time, while Gregory laid the wood on to all the bowlers in great style, and at lunch time there were still only six men out with the total standing at 166. When play was continued. Briggs went and bowled with such deadly effect that the innings closed for 180. This left the Englishmen with only 80 runs to make to win, and they made them for the loss of two wickets, so that they won brilliantly with eight wickets to spare. This was a splendid win considering that they went in against a first innings’ score of 293 runs. Full score and analysis :— N ew S outh W ales . First Innings. Second Innings. S. T. Callaway,b Lockwood 8 b Peel ... ...........10 S. E. Gregory, b Lock wood 6 b Briggs ... ...87 C. A. Richardson, b Brock­ well ......................................48 b P e e l..................... 5 F. A. Iredale, run out ...133 c Gay. b Peel ... 0 W .B.Farquhar.b Lockwood 1 lbw, b Peel... ... 0 H . Dorman, b Peel ...........37 b Humphreys ...3 9 W . Howell, b Lockwood ... 16 b Lockwood ... 6 C. T. B. Turner, run out ... 12 b P e e l................... 1 A. Newell, c Stoddart,bPeel 2 c and b Briggs ... 5 J. J. Kelly, not out ............ 5 c Lockwood, b Briggs ........24 T. R. M ‘Kibbin, c Gay, b Peel ...................................... 12 not out..................... 0 Byes, &c....................13 Byes, &c. ... 3 Total...................293 Total...........180 S toddart ’ s T eam . First Innings. 111*. A. C. McLaren, c Riehardson.bTumer 5 A. Ward, e Richard­ son, b Callaway ... 36 Mr. A . E. Stoddart, b Howell ..................7 9 J. T. Brown, b Howell 117 W . Brockwell, run out 81 R. Peel, c Richardson, b Donnan.................. 8 W. H. Lockwood, b Howell ...................21 In the second innings W ard scored, c Callaway, b Turner 18, Ford, c Farquhar, b Callaway 39, McLaren, not out 12, Gay, not out 12.—Total (for two wickets), BOW LING ANALYSIS. N ew S outh W ales . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R .W . Lockwood ... 39 10 90 4 ... ... 21 7 59 1 Pe^l ....... 47.3 19 75 3 ... ... 25 5 64 5 Briggs ........... 15 3 39 0 ... ... 42 2 9 3 Humphreys ... 12 1 32 0 ... ... 9 0 45 1 Brockwell ... 16 5 83 1 Ford ........... 4 1 11 0 Lockwood bowled one wido and five no-balls. S toddart ’ s T kaji . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. 3VI. Turner ... ... 41 14 100 1 ... ... 7 1 Newell ... ... 40 10 80 0 ... ... 5 1 Vt'Ivibbin ... 19 3 68 0 Callaway... ... 22 6 44 1 ... ... 5 0 bonnan ... ... 22 6 44 2 ... ... 4 1 Howell ... . ?6 9 41 5 ... ... 7 2 Gregory ... ... 3 2 7 0 Turner bowled one no-ball. An untoward accident happened, on November 25th, to Lockwood, and it was only by the merest fluke that his life was saved. The incident was kept very quiet, but leaked out some days afterwards. The Englishmen were being taken round the beautiful Sydney Harbour. Tney drew up after lunch in one of the lovely little bays which abound. Straightaway Lockwood jumped overboard, despite previous warnings as to the prevalence of sharks, and essayed to swim ashore, a distance of at least 100 yards. When midway across he called out for assistance three or four times, and, thinking it was a joke, those on board took little notice. A yacht was, however, passing, and seeing that the Englishman was struggling, ihrew two lifebouys towards him. He secured one, but went under, his feet going up in the air. Then a couple of the yatchsmen went to his assistance, and got him ashore. With the aid of brandy the Surrey cricketer soon came round, though the serious nature of the affair left an uncomfortable impression on all. FIFTH MATCH v. NEW ENGLAND TWEN TY-TWO. F ir s t D a y — F r id a y , N o vem ber 30 t h . Theteam left Sydney on November 29th, and had a dozen hours night journey to Armidale, a thriving town iu one of the most fertile parts of New South Wales. In fact it in known as New England. Thoroughly wearied, as they had not slept properly in the train, the English­ men went down to the ground, not dreaming but that they could give the countrymen all the advantage of playing against weary men. Stoddart won the toss and decided to bat, thinking he had a soft thing on. He allowed his men to draw lots to decide the order in which they should bat. An inglorious display resulted. Kirke and Wilton got five men out for 20 . Then Ward and Brown scored off them, and Allingham was put on. This change speedily brought about the end of the innings, as Allingham clean bowled four men, and the innings closed for 67. The bowling and fitldmg were splendid—much better than the English­ men expected to meet on a provincial Opal. The local men on the first day lost 14 wickets for 120 runs. They scored off Briggs at first, but as soon as Humphreys came on a change came o’er the scene. S econd D a y — S a t u r d a y , D eo . 1 st . The countrymen’s second innings was quickly terminated, and the Britishers were left 80 runs in arrears. Humphreys and Richardson both obtained fine Mr. F. G. J. xoi-u, u Donnan ................... 0 J. Briggs, b H ow ell... 24 W . A. Humphreys, b Howell ................... 0 Mr. L. H. Gay, not out 16 Extras................... 7 Total ...........394 NEXT ISSUE FEBRUARY 2t.