Cricket 1895

O c t. 3 1 , 1 89 5 . CR ICKET : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 4 3 9 like a loose ball with great severity. With Wood as his partner, Patterson kept on the even tenour of his way. With eighteen added, Wood was stumped, and a run later Patterson was unluckily out—bowled by a ball which rolled on to the wicket from his feet. His 74 was another exceptionally fine innings, with nothing like a chance from start to finish. Coates was fourth out at 252 for a useful 22, and at the luncheon interval Noble and Ralston were in with the total 260 for four wickets. The second ball after the resumption dismissed Ralston, but Noble and Cregar hit freely, and the score had been raised to 336 before Noble was stumped. He had made 57 by fine, hard hitting, with one chance in the slips when he had got four. Cregar was bowled at 372 for a useful 35, and eventually the innings closed for 404, Baily and Clark putting on 22 for the last wicket. With 206 to avoid an innings defeat, the Englishmen had a difficult task before them, and with Mitchell and Milligan out with the total only 49, the end of the second day’s play did not leave them in a very enviable position. On the following Monday, the partner­ ship of Hill and Druce did not last very long, as the former was clean bowled with only 12 runs added. Phillips was caught at short slip at 99 off Baily, who also got rid of Wilson at 112 in precisely similar fashion. It was next Druce’s turn to go, and with the total at 125 he put one up which was caught by the bowler. His 46 was an invaluable innings without the vestige of a chance. Hemingway hit freely for 81, but otherwise no resistance was offered to King’s bowling, and when he bowled Hartley the Philadelphians had won by an innings and 39 runs. The match, it is fair to say, was won entirely on its merits, as the wicket wore capitally throughout, and the Englishmen had first innings. King again come out with bowling honors, his six wickets for 61 giving him a most creditable average for the match of 9-82. Score and analysis:— O xfo rd an d C am bridge . b o w l in g : ANALYSIS. O xford and ^C am bridge . Second In ning “ f : F irst Tnnings. F . M itchell, b C lark ............18 V . T . H ill, b C regar .............36 F . W . M illig an , e W o o d , b K in g ............................................ 43 N . F . D ru ce, c C oates, b K in g ............................................ 26 F . A . P h illips, c K in g , b P atterson ............................... 4 C. E . M . W ilson , b K in g ... 3 W . M cG . H em ingw ay, b Clark .........................................23 H . A . A rk w righ t, c B rockie, b K in g .........................................16 C. D . R obin son , c Coates, b TCing .............................................10 W .W . L ow e, c B aily,b C lark 3 J . C. H artley, n ot o u t............. 0 B 15, lb 1 .................... 16 T o t a l....................198 S econd In n in gs. b K in g ...................... 5 b K in g ......................29 b C lark .............11 c an d b K in g ... 46 c W o o d , b B aily 13 c W o o d , b B aily 4 c W o o d , b C lark 31 b K in g ...................... 6 c N o b le , b K in g 8 n ot o u t...................... 0 b K in g ...................... 1 B IO , lb l ,w 2 13 T o ta l............167 G entlem en of P h ila d e l ph ia . G . 8 . P aterson, b H artley ......................74 F . H . B ohlen , ru n ou t 115 A . M . W o o d , st M it­ chell, b H artley ... 5 W . W . N oble, st M itch ell, b H artley 57 C . C oates, ju n ., c H e m in g w a y , b L o w e ............................... 22 F . W . R alston, b A rk ­ w righ t ......................14 E .M . C regar, b W ilson 35 J. B . K in g , c M itchell, b W i ls o n ......................16 W . B rockie, c H artley, b W i ls o n ...................... 6 E . W . C lark, ju n ., n ot ou t ............................... 12 H . P . B aily, b H artley 9 B 22, lb 7, w 9, nb 1 39 B . M . R . 128 5 61 6 100 5 62 2 45 1 31 2 F irst In n in gs. B . M . R .W . P atterson ... 150 3 87 1 K i n g .................... 115 5 47 5 C lark .............. 45 2 25 3 B aily....................... 25 1 21 0 C regar ............. 15 1 21 ................. C larke bow led tw o w ides an d B aily one n o-ball. G entlem en of P iiila d e lh h ia . F irst In n in gs. Second Innings. B . M .R . W . B . M .R .W . L ow e ... 110 2 97 1 H ill ...................20 1 9 0 H artley ... 188 6 115 4 M itch ell ... 5 0 4 0 M illig a n ... 145 13 58 1 W ilson ...9 5 6 45 3 A rk w righ t 45 0 37 1 M illigan an d M itchell each bow led fo u r w ides, L ow e one w id e, and W ilson one n o-b a ll. On the afternoon of the day following the completion of the last match, Mr. Mitchell and his party bade farewell to Philadelphia. The members of the team, one and all, expressed themselves as highly pleased with their visit to the States, and especially with their stay in Philadelphia. The first stage on their homeward journey was New York, there they embarked on board the United States Mail Steamer N ew York, which landed them safely at Southampton on the 15th of this month. The visit of the English team seems to have done a great deal of good to the game on the other side. The Am erican Cricketer in com­ menting on the results of the cricket in Philadelphia, sums up in these words: “ That one of the most pleasant and successful International Series has been held in the autumn of 1895.” The following are the results and averages of the tour :— Septem ber 2nd an d 3rd.— v . A ll N ew Y o rk . W o n b y 2 runs and 8 w ickets. S eptem ber 6th and 7th .—v. A ll C anada. D raw n. T en w ickets to fa ll and 20 runs to m ake. S eptem ber 13th, 14th, and 16th.—v . U n iversity o f Pennsylvania. L ost b y 100 runs. S eptem l^r 20th, 21st, an d 23rd.— v. G entlem en o f P hiladelphia. W o n b y 4 runs an d 2 w ickets. S eptem ber 27th, 28th, and 30th.— v. G entlem en o f P h iladelph ia. L ost b y an in n in gs and 39 runs. B A T T IN G A V E R A G E S . O xford and C am bridge . N . F . D ru ce ... F . A . Phillips V . T . H ill ... C. D . R obin son W .M cG . H em ingw ay H . A . A rkw righ t. F . W . M illig a n . R . A . S tu d d ... . F . M itch ell ... . C. E . M . W ilson . W .W . L ow e... . J . C. H artley W . M ortim er H . H . M arriott . The averages of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia were as under:— B A T T IN G A V E R A G E S . G entlem en of P h il a d e lph ia . B O W L IN G A V E R A G E S . B alls. R un s. M dns. W k ts. A ver. T ota l . ...404 N o. T im es M ost of n ot in an T otal inns . ou t. inns. runs. A ver. . 7 ... 0 .. .121 .. . 319 .... 45-57 9 ... 1 .. . 88 .. . 215 .. . 26-87 . 10 ... 1 .. . 46 .. . 210 . . 23-34 . 8 ... 0 .. . 47 .. . 165 .... 20-62 . 6 ... 0 . . 36 .. . 121 . .. 20*16 . 8 ... 2 . 35 .. . 96 .,.. 16-00 . 9 ... 1 .. . 43 .. . 123 .. . 15-37 . 5 ... 1 .. . 31 .. . 58 .. . 14-50 . 10 ... 0 .. 58 .. . 134 ..,. 1340 . 7 ... 1 .. ,. 31 .. . 75 .... 12-50 8 .... 2 .. . 8 .. . 27 .. . 4-50 . 7 ... 3 .. . 12 .. . 15 ..,. 3-75 . 2 ... 0 .. . 3 .. . 3 .... 1-50 . 1 ... 0 .. . 0 .. 0 .. — E . M . C regar J . B . K in g ...................... -- E . W . C lark, ju n . ... 376 G . S. F atterson H . P . B aily H . I . B row n ... S. G oodm an , ju n . W . W . N oble ... 15 . 2 .... 1 .... 1 .,.. 2-00 565 . .. 243 .,.. 33 .... 20 .... 14-30 ... 213 .,.. 19 . .. 13 . .. 16*04 625 .. . 283 .. . 25 .. . 15 .. . 18-08 225 . . 152 .. . 12 .. . 7 ..,. 21-71 55 .. 47 .. . 0 .... 1 ..,. 47-00 55 ..,. 38 ..,. 2 .. . 0 .... . — 45 .. . 24 . . 0 .. . 0 .. ,. — N o. T im es M ost of n ot T otal in an inns. ou t. runs. inns. A ver. G . S. P atterson ... ... 5 ... 1 .. 336 . 109*.. 84-00 W . W . N ob le............. ... 5 ... 1 .. 171 . . 62 .. 4275 E . M . C re g a r............. F . H . B o h le n ............. ... 1 ... 0 .. 35 . . 35 .. 35-00 ... 5 ... 0 .. 127 . .115 .. 25-40 F . W . R alston ... 5 ... 0 .. 116 . . 53 .. 23-20 J . B . K in g ............. ... 3 ... 1 .. 39 . . 16 .. 19-50 C. Coates, ju n . H . C. T h a y e r ............. ... 5 ... 0 .. 94 . . 63 .. 18*80 ... 2 ... 0 .. 31 . . 16 .. 15-50 W . B rockie ............. ... 5 ... 1 .. 61 . . 41 .. 1525 H . I. B r o w n ............ .. 2 .. 0 .. 24 . . 16 .. 12 00 H . P . B aily ............. ... 3 ... 0 .. 24 . . 13 .. 8*00 A . M . W o o d ............. ... 3 ... 0 .. 16 . . 8 .. 5 3 3 E . W . C lark, ju n .... ... 5 ... 1 .. 21 . . 12 .. 5 2 5 S. G oodm an, ju n .... ... 2 .. 0 .. 10 . . 5 . 5 0 0 J . S. C lark ............. ... 2 ... 0 .. 4 . . 0 .. 2-00 F . L . A ltem u s ... 2 ... 0 .. 2 . . 0 .. 1-00 M r . STODDART’ S TEAM in AUSTRALIA The Committee of the Melbourne Club in their annual report refer in the following terms to the visit of Mr. Stoddart’s team in Australia:—The visit of the English team under the captaincy of Mr. A . E. Stoddart, so long looked forward to, is now a thing of the past, possessing none but the most gratifying recollections, and the Com­ mittee now ask the members to unite in passing a hearty and enthusiastic vote of thanks in appreciation of the valued services rendered by this combination to the advancement of cricket in Victoria and the other colonies in which the eleven played, and the committee has also to ask the members to elect, under Rule 17, as Honorary Life Members of the Club, the amateurs of the team not already enjoying that distinction, viz., Messrs. F. G. J. Ford, L. H . Gay. A. C. MacLaren, and H . Phillipson. The Committee, anticipating that the services of these gentlemen would receive willing recog­ nition at the hands of the Club, have already presented them with gold badges of Honorary Life Membership. In this important enterprise this Club acted in conjunction with the trustees of the Sydney Cricket Ground, with whom its relations throughout proved to be of the most cordial character. The main object of both bodies was to provide an exhibi­ tion of high-class cricket for the enjoyment of the Australian public, and in this it is felt success was thoroughly achieved. The members of the Eleven proved to be a powerful combination, including the best all-round talent available in the old country, and at every point visited they proved a most popular team. The tact and sportsmanlike bearing of the captain, Mr. Stoddart, was a marked feature of the tour, and universal testi­ mony was borne to the admirable fitness he displayed on all occasions for his im­ portant post. The Club and the Trustees feel under very deep obligations to the civic author­ ities in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Tasmania, and in all the other centres visited, for the hospitable reception accorded by them to the visitors throughout their tour. The team played 23 matches in Aus­ tralia, of which 11 were against odds— ten of these were drawn and one won by the visitors; of the other 12 matches, the Englishman won eight, and lost against Combined Australia twice, and against South Australia and Victoria. The financial results justified the action of the Committee in asking the Club to give them permission to join in this ven­ ture ; and the Committee now invite the present meeting to give them a similar authority to enter into another engage­ ment to bring a team in the near future.