Cricket 1895

.T an . 31, 1895. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 5 averages. Going in again Stoddart thought it wise to observe the usual order of batting, and this led to better results than the drawing of lots had in the first innings. M ‘ Laren and Ward, playing in fine style, made a good start, and Stoddart, Brockwell. and Lockwood also hit well for a litlle while, but the most attractive innings of the whole lot was Ford’s. He knocked up his runs in about an hour by beautiful hitting. The matting wickets have been quite con­ quered by the dashing left - hander. M'Laren also played prettily. Cooper and Allingham again obtained good bowling averages. The local men lost one wicket for 11 before stumps were drawn, and as only two days had been allowed for the game, it was drawn. Score and analysis :— E nglish T eam . First Innings. Briggs, b Kirke .................. 0 Humphreys, b W ilton ... 1 Lockwood, c Allingham, b W ilton.................................. 7 Mr. F. G. J. Ford, b Kirke 7 Brockwell, c M*Coy, b W ilton.................................. 3 Ward, b Allinaham ...........22 Brown, b Allingham ...........14 Mr. A. C. M*Laren, b Al­ lingham .......................... 0 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Giles, b Cooper .......................... -8 Mr. H. Philipson. not out... 1 T. Richardson, b Allingham 1 Byes, &c........................ 3 Second Innings, c Allingham, b Cooper ........... 3 not out.................. 3 c Braund.bCooper 9 c Kirke, b Cooper 49 c Ki’ ke, b Cooper 19 b A llingham ... 30 lbw, b Allingham 0 b C oper b Allingham b Kirke b Kirke Bye 67 T ota l...........197 innings:—W ilton took three Total ... B owling . —First wickets for 32 runs, Kirke two for 23, Allimrliam four for 3, Cooper one for 6. Second in n in g s K irk e two for 49, Allingham three for 59, M kCoy 0 for 22, Cooper five for 52, W ilton 0 for 4, Bui'rell 0 for 19. N ew E ngland . J. Adams, b Richard­ son .......... ... 12 J. Adams, c McLaren, b B rig g s .................. 15 G. H. W ilton,b Briggs 6 A. Harden, c Philip­ son. b Humphreys 25 A. W . Roberts, b Humphreys ......... 0 L. Braund, b Richard­ son ..........................15 G. Crossman, b Hum­ phreys ................... 5 A. R. Synge, b Hum­ phreys .................. 0 A. vfcCoy, c Ford, b Humphreys ........... 1 T. B. Skree.b Richard­ son .................. 4 A. H. Small, c Briggs, b Humphreys ... W . H. Allingham, b Richardson ........... E. W . Marryat, b Richardson ........... Copeland, c Brockwell, b Richardson...........28 Marsh, b Richardson H. Braund, b Richard­ son .......................... Kirke, c Brown, b Humphreys ........... Quinlan, b Humph­ reys .......................... Bryant, b Richardson Giles, c M -Laren, b Humphreys ........... Cooper, not o u t........... Burrell, b Humphreys Byes, &c............... Total ...147 In the second inninsrs Adams scored, b Philipson 6, Harden, not out 5. Total (one wicket), 11. BOW LING ANALYSIS. Nf,w E ngland . -F irst Innings. O. M. R.W . I 0 . M. R.W . Richardson 20 4 16 9 Humphreys 21.1 4 52 10 .. 17 4 32 2 i Stoddart ... 48 3 9 SIXTH M ATCH -v EIGHTEEN OF TOOWOOMBA. F ir st D a y .— T u e sd a y , D ecember 8. From Armidale to Toowoomba is not a far cry, although to get from one place to the other the border between the colonies of New South Wales and Queens land has to be crossed. In view of his experience against the New Englanders, Stoddart arranged to get to Toowoomba a day before the match began, so that his men might have a night’s rest before be­ ginning play. Toowoomba was reached on Monday evening, December 3 , and reception committee, headed by the Mayor and the local member of Parlia­ ment, and supported by a large concourse of spectators, were at the railway station to meet the distinguished visitors. The formal reception took place on the T ups - day morning at the hotel where the amateurs were staying. Then a move was made to the cricket ground, where special arrangements had been made to facilitate the match, amongst other things a concrete having been laid on which cocoanut matting was spread. Ward and Richardson stood out of the English team. The local captain won the toss, and sent the visitors into the field. Stoddart entrusted the attack to Brock­ well and Humphreys, and they were so successful as not to need changing. The Surrey player had four wickets to his credit before the lob-bowler made a start, but very few runs had been made off the old ’ un, and when he did break the ice he soon made the rent bigger and ended with a bigger average than Brockwell. The innings closed for 113, of which Rosser, who went in first and was tenth out, made 42. He is an old Melbourne cricketer, who has not forgotten the way to bat. He hit splendidly, and only give one chance to Ford on the boundary when about half way through his innings. Briggs and Lockwood began the bat­ ting for the Englishmen, and from the start scored with rapidity. When Briggs had made 19 he was missed at the wickets. Directly afterwards a splendid length ball beat Lockwood. Gay joined Briggs, and instead of banging as he does when sent in late in eleven-a-side matches, settled down to play steadily, while Briggs also batted more carefully than at first. Provan’s good length bowling was the prime cause of the steady play, and he was rewarded at 76 by bowling Briggs. Brown came in, and. he and Gay played out time—Gay 33, Brown 6 ; two for 91. S econd D a y — W ed n e sd a y , D eo . 6 t h . Splendid weather favoured the cricketers. Gay and Brown continued batting and, with eighteen inthe field, and the bowling straight, scored very slowly until 128 was reached, when Gay was caught. Brown did not long survive him. Peel only made three, and Brock­ well bunged up 17 in double-quick time. M'Laren and the captain, who both hit very hard, were the only batsmen to trouble the scorers to any extent, and the innings ended when the total was 103 in advance of the Toowoomba men. The chief interest in the second innings of the local men was whether Briggs and Peel could get them out in time (about two hours and a half). As wicket after wicket fell, it seemed as though the game would be won easily with an innings to spare; but the tail-enders played up pluckily. The fielding was superb, and not a run or a chance was thrown away. When 15 wickets were down and a dozen runs still needed it seemed certain that the Englishmen would win, but Little kept up his wicket while Jennings and Kennard made a few good hits, which saved the innings defeat. Finally, on the stroke of time, the Britishers got the last man out, but they had not time to go in to make the three runs they needed to claim a victory. Full score and analysis:— T oowoomba First Innings. J. Rosser, b Brockwell ... 42 F. Taylor b Brockw«ll ... 11 P. 8. Cunlifff*, c Philipson, b Brockwell ................... 1 II. A. Holden, b Brockwell 0 A. H. Beebe, b Brockwell 4 S. B. Kennard, c Stoddart, b Humphreys ................... 0 G. Cuffe, b Humphreys ... 7 W . Broadfoot, c Ford, b Humphreys .................. II K. S. Dillon,lbw, b Humph­ reys .................................. I A. Warner, b Brockwell ... 0 J. F. Jennings, b. Humph­ reys .................................. 0 J. Provan, c and b Humph­ reys ..................................13 E. Pasco2, c Gay, b. Hum­ phreys ...........* .................... 8 P. Thomas, b Brockwell ... 5 F. Little, b Brockwell ... 0 S. Kenyon, not out ........... 5 N. M ‘Ph<e, c Philipson, b Humphreys ........... 0 b Peel E. P. Peake, c Briggs, b Humphreys ................... 0 Byes, &c ....................... 5 S( cond Innings. b Briggs ........... b P e e l.................. c Lockwood, b P. e l .................. b Briggs ........... c Humphreys b Peel ... ... ... c and b Briggs ... c 8 to idai t. b Briggs .......... c Humphreys, b P e e l.......... ... b P e e l.................. c Peel, b Briggs... b Briggs .......... c Philipson, b Br.'ggs .......... c Stoddart, b Briggs ... . c Ford, b Brigs not out ... . b P e e l................ Total ...113 b P e e l........... Byes, &c. Total E nglish E leven . W . H. Lockwood, b Kenyon ..................19 J. Briggs, b Provan .. 33 Mr. I j. H. Gay, c M ’Phfc. b Provan .. 49 J. T. Brown, c Holden, b P rovan ..................25 R. P- el, c Provan, b K e n y o n ..................3 W. Biofkwell, c Ken­ yon. b Provan . .. 17 Mr. H. Philipson, b K e n y o n .................... 5 BOW LING ANALYSIS. T oowoombba . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.R. W . O.M. R. W . Brockwell ..2 8 10 60 8 IPeel ... 26 7 45 8 Humphreys .. 27.2 8 48 9 |Briggs 26.3 7 52 9 Mr. A. C. M ‘Laren,c Posser. I). Kenyon .. 21 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, not out ..................... 19 Mr. F. G. Ford, c Jennings, b Pascoe 9 W . A. Humphreys, o Warner, b Kenyon 5 " .11 .216 Byes, &c. Total SEVENTH MATCH.—v. QUEENS­ LAND. F ir st D a y .— F r id a y , D ecem ber 7. From Toowoomba to Brisbane is only a short journey, and the team entered upon it early, so that they arrived at the Queensland capital in plenty of time to practice before commencing their seventh match. This was the first time the northern colony had met an English eleven on even terms; and it was enbold- ened to do so, because at the end of last season its representatives made a plucky tight against New South Wales, and were beaten by no more than two wickets. Very few of its leading players are locally born, but have been introduced as a result of the cricket enthusiasm, backed up by the long purse of Mr. J. V. Francis. There are now at Brisbane such men as Percy M’Donnell, who captained the 1888 Australian eleven, but soon after its return gave up first-class cricket for a time. Carlton (an ex-Victorian inter­ colonial man), Freeman and Drape (also from Victoria), and M’Glinchy and Pierce (two New South Wales bowlers). Con- ingham, who was so badly treated by the last Australian Eleven, is also a Queens­ lander. The local enthusiasts have built great hopes on their men, and were loudly demanding that three of them —• NEXT ISSUE FEBRUARY 28.