Cricket 1895

M r c h 28, 1895. CEICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 3? their favour. Albert Ward and Brown were the only men who got very far. It is not much use hitting with eighteen men in the field when the fieldsmen can catch. Score:— E ngland . First Innings. Brockwell, b Cooper........... 9 Brown, b Cooper .......... 4 Peel, b Cooper .................. 1 Ward, c Bryant, bCooper 6 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c A. Harden, b Allingham ... 88 Briggs, e Copeland,b Kirke 25 Mr. H. Philipson, b Kirke Mr. L. H. (iay, b Alling­ ham .................................. Mr. F. J. Ford, b Mere- weather ........................... 0 Mr. A. C. M ‘Laren, e L. Braund .......................... 41 Humphreys, not ou t........... 0 Byes, &c.................. 7 Second Innings, c H. Braund, b Mereweather... 10 b Cooper ...........29 b Mereweather ... 6 lbw, b Allingham 24 c W . Harden, b Mereweather... 7 4 b Mereweather ... 2 2 b Mereweather ... 6 not o u t .................. 12 not o u t ..................10 Byes, &e. ... 6 Total ...........187 Total (for 7 wkts) 112 E igh teen of N e w E n g lan d . First Innings. A. Harden, b HumMereweather, c phreys ................. 0 M ‘Laren, b Peel .. 8 H. Marsh, run out ... 18 Allingham, b Peel .. 0 L. Braund, c Stoddart, Kirke, b Brockwell .. 1 b Brockwell ........... 21 Scott, b Peel ......... 0 Copeland, b Peel 5 Bryant, e Brockwell W . Harden, b Peel ... 0 b Peel ................. 18 H. Braund, b Peel ... 0 Cooper, not o u t ......... 11 G. Grossman, b Peel... 5 Burrell,b Brockwell.. Byes, &e................ 0 Dangar, b P e e l........... Small, b Peel ........... 0 9 9 — Lynge, b Peel ........... 6 Ill Skuse, b Brockwell ... 0 BOW LING ANALYSIS. E igh teen of N e w E n g lan d . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . Cooper ... 84 5 131 ..................................... 64 4 Allingham 30 1 151 .................................... 33 2 Kirke........... 90 2 300 ..................................... 53 3 Mereweather84 2 485 ..................................... 31 1 Burrell ... 18 1 80 ......................... E n gland .— First Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . Peel ...........216 19 45 11 ... Brockwell 58 5 15 4 Humphreys 144 5 42 1 SEVENTEENTH MATCH — v. COM­ BINED NEW SOUTH WALES AND QUEENSLAND. F irst D a y .— F r id a y , F eb . 5. The team had arranged to play a return match with Queensland on February 15 and following days, but as they defeated the Queenslanders so easily in their first match it was arranged that a match should be played against a combined team of New South Wales and Queens­ land. New South Wales had been playing a match with Queensland, and all her leading cricketers were on the spot, and what is more the best half- dozen of them able to play. Adding to them two such players, besides others, as Percy M’Donnell and Coningham, made a strong eleven. Although the weather was threatening on the first day, there were 7,000 spectators. Stoddart won the toss from Percy M ’Donnell, and decided to bat on a capital slow wicket. Ward and Brockwell opened the innings to the bowling of Turner and Coning­ ham. Brockwell went in to hit, and hit he did, with the result that he soon had 14 to his credit. Then essaying to steal a run, he was thrown out by Gregory, who revelled in the chance. Brockwell ought to have known our crack cover- point better by this time. (One for 23.) With one run added, Ward was clean bowled by Turner. Staddait joined Brown, and against the accurate bowling and smart fielding both played with the utmost care, only 19 runs being added in half an hour before a sharp shower drove the players into luncheon a little earlier than had been arranged. Immediately upon resuming play, without any addition to the score Coningham clean bowled Brown, and with three good men out for 43 the Englishmen were not too well satisfied with their performance. M'Laren and his captain, however, saved the side again, as they did at Armidale in the previous match. M'Laren forced the going, and with Stoddart livening up runs came rapidly, and Callaway, M'Kibbin, and Austin were tried without effecting a separation, although the young amateur was let off twice. The 100 went up, and Coningham went on again with good effect, as he got M'Laren leg-before (4—37—112). Peel joined Stoddart, and the score was quickly taken to 100. Then, just on the stroke of four o’clock, an unfortunate contretemps occurred. Mr. Bannerman, one of the umpires, gave a no-ball against Coning­ ham. That mercurial individual lost his head, and in his annoyance deliberately threw the next at Stoddart. The English captain wisely and firmly called upon Coningham to apologise to the umpire and himself, and this the bowler ulti­ mately did, but not for some time. The incident put Stoddart clean “ off,” Con- ingham’s next ball bowled him off his pads. The captain played a capital chanceless innings. When play was continued after the four o’clock spell Ford went in with Peel, but after making 4 was caught at the wicket. Peel and Briggs took the score from 137 to 164, and then a fine catch by Callaway dis­ missed Peel, who had played with his customary caution, this being the first time since Christmas that he reached double figures, and his 30, coming after a succession oflow scores (chiefly “ ducks,” too) cheered him muchly. Philipson came in at the death with a brilliant innings of 21, and the total reached 192, which was none too good, because the wicket, though slow, was never difficult. The six wickets were divided, and Austin, a young, medium pace bowler, obtained the best average. S econd D a y .— S a t u r d a y , F e b ru a r y 16. Instead of improving the wicket de­ generated under the influence of rain on Friday night, and after a few balls had been bowled at twelve o’clock rain came again and suspended play until after luncheon. The story of the innings is soon told. The first two men had the wicket easy,with the ball cutting through; but as soon as the sun came out and made the wicket sticky the bowlers had a feast. Richardson and Peel started the bowling, and while very little could be done against the fast bowling, M ’Donnell and Conning- ham got on to Peel. M’Donnell hitting two 4’s and a 5, and Coningham one 4 and one 5. The score thus reached 39 in twenty-five minutes, but at this stage Coningham was caught at point, and with a run added Coningham was taken as third man. Gregory, Iredale, and Bradley played cautiously, and the fourth wicket fell at 89, but Briggs went on after the four o’clock adjournment, and in a half a dozen overs took four wickets, the innings thus ending summarily for 107, or 85 runs in arrears. Richardson’s bowling bumped in all directions, and Sammy Jones and Bradley received very nasty knocks from him. Iredale played a splendid not-out innings of 37, made without a chance. There was about half an hour for the Englishmen to bat, and in that time Brockwell lost his wicket after banging up 15 in a hurry. Scores at the end of the second day:— E n gland , Briggs, b M ‘Kibbin ... Humphreys, not out Mr. Philipson, c Ire­ dale, b Austin Richardson,c Gregory, b A u stin ................... Byes, &c. Ward, b Turner........... 9 Brockwell, run out ... 14 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b Coningham ........... 10 Brown, b Coningham 4 Mr. A. C. M ‘Laren, lbw, b Coningham... 37 Mr. F. J. Ford, c Brad­ ley, b Tu rn er........... 4 Peel, c Callaway, b Turner ...................3G In the second innings, W . Brockwell scored c and b Turner, 15 ; A. Ward, not out, 4 ; J. Briggs, not out, 2 ; byes, &e., 12.—Total (for one wicket), 33. C ombined T eam . Total ...192 P.S.M ’Donnell cHum- phreys b Richardson 18 A. Coningham c Ward b Richardson...........20 F. Iredale not out ... 37 S. Gregory b Richard­ son ...........................11 Bradley c Philipson b Richardson ...........11 C. T. B. Turner b Bichardson .......... 2 S. P. Jones c Philipson b B rig g s ................... 0 Callaway c and b Briggs 0 Dr. M’Donald c Stod­ dart b Briggs........... 0 Austin st Philipson b Briggs ................... 0 M ’Kibbin run out ... 1 Byes, &c............... 2 Total ... 107 BOWLING ANALYSIS. C om bined T eam . B M R W B M R W Turner ...258 18 74 3 Austin ... 40 1 17 3 Callaway... 30 2 5 0 jConingham 150 10 36 3 M ’ Kibbin 114 1 19 1 M ’Kibbin bowled 2 wides, and Coningham 1 wide and 1 no ball. E n g lan d . B M R W I R M R W Peel ........... 48 4 47 0 Briggs ... 41 0 15 4 Richardson 114 0 42 5 )Brockwell... 6 1 0 0 I n a match played at Waterval Onder, Z.A.K., on Jan. 1st, H. De Graeff took 9 wickets for no runs in 2nd innings. K en t C o u n ty C ltjb . —The Annual General Meeting of the above club, was held at ihe Golden Cross Hotel, Charing Cross, on March 5, Sir John Farnaby Lennard, Bart., the president, was in the chair. Major-Gen. Denne was elected president, and the committee were re­ elected, with the addition of Lord Harris. The report was presented and adopted as well as the balance-sheet passed. It was decided at a committee meeting, held previous, that there should be no colts’ match this season. Henty and Draper have been nominated as umpires; £20 was voted to a fund for the benefit of the family of the late Robert Lipscombe, formerly a cricketer in the county team, and father of the fast bowler of that name who played for Kent in 1884 ; and it was decided that the services of the five extra ground bowlers engaged last year should not be retained.