Cricket 1895

44 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. M a r c h 28, 1895. E nglisi T eam . F. W . Bush, b Butcher 42 H. R. B. Davenport, c R. Berens, b Webster 0 Allen, b Webster ... 6 R. S. Lucas,b Webster 8 J. H. Weatherby, c J. M. Dawson.run out 1 Evelyn, b Webster 18 L. Ban’att, c Ward, b A . Priestley, not out... 5 Butcher ................... 27 W . H. Wakefield, b M. M. Barker, b Murray ................... 0 Butcher ................... 7 B 3, w 2 ........... 5 H. S. Turberville, b — Butcher ................... 6 T ota l......... 148 R. P. Sewell,b Butcher 23 In the second innings R. S. Lucas scored, b Murray 8, J. M. Dawson, notout 10, J. H. Weatherby, not out 17 ; b 4 ,1-b 1, w 2.—Total, 42. BOW LING ANALYSIS. S t . L u c ia . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W . O. M. R. W. F. W . Bush ...2 4 210 34 7 ... H. R. Bromley- Davenport ... 24 9 51 4 ... 20'3 11 40 9 R. P. Sewell 20 9 40 2 E nglish T e ^ m * First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.R. W . O. M. R. W . Evelyn ................... 11 3 29 1 ... W ebster................... 26 13 47 4 ... 1*2 0 3 0 M u rra y.................. 11 5 24 1 ... 9 3 21 1 B utcher................... 15 5 43 5 ... 7 3 6 0 SEVENTH MATCH.—v. ST. VINCENT. On Sunday, February 24, the team left St. Lucia, going by special boat to St. Vincent. We all admired the Pitons of St. Lucia, although some of us had to do so under somewhat unfavourable circum­ stances, owing to the rolling of the small boat. We rode up the St. Vincent Souffriere in the afternoon, and had a magnificent view of the crater with the sulphur lake at the bottom. The lake is three miles in circumference, and has never been fathomed. We played St. Vincent a one-day match, twelve a side, on Monday, February 25. The wicket •was one of the most novel description, not a blade of grass to be seen, and the ball coming at various paces off what is known in the West Indies as a terras pitch. The glare on the pitch was stronger than at any of the islands we have yet visited. We all got out for 48. Lucas alone being able to in way contend with the exigencies of the wicket, and playing a good innings of 22. Bush was still away, and his absence was very severely felt, as our fast bowlers found the ground too hard, and consequently too painful for their feet. Several of the St. Vincent team batted well, a black man, Holder, playing particularly well. Fully 4,000 were present, and there was the greatest enthusiasm at the end of the match. E nglish T e am . L. Barratt, c Dunlop, H. R. B. Davenport, b Osment................... 2 b Osment................... 0 J. M. Dawson, b OsA. Priestley, b Osment 0 ment ........................... 7 M. M. Barker, not out 0 R. S. Lucas, c Branch, R. L. Marshall, b b Davis ................... 22 Holder ................... 2 J. H. Weatherby, b W . H. Wakefield, b Thomas ................... 0 Holder ................... 2 R. Berens, b Davis ... 8 Byes 2 ,1-b 1 3 R. P. Sewell, b Osment 2 — H. S. Turbeiville, c J. Total........... 48 Richards, b Davis .. 0 S t V in cen t . H. Dunlop, b Lucas... 4 W . E . Davis, c Lucas, E . Thomas, lbw, b b Sewell ................... 6 M arshall................... 9 E . St. J. Branch, b A. Holder, st W akeDavenport ........... 4 field, b Davenport... 32 V. Richards, not out... 26 A . Baptiste, b MarC. Summons, not out 16 shall ........................... 0 J. A . Vanloo, did not T. Osment, c Berens, bat .......................... 0 b Sewell ................. 19 B 10,1-b 1 ........... 11 J. Richards, b Daven— port ........... ........... 0 T ota l...........138 F.W.Griffiths,cPriest- lty, b Davenport ... 11 BOW LING ANALYSIS. E nglish T eam . O. M. E. W . O. M. E.W . T. Osment 18 7 29 5 IW . E. Davis 10 2 9 3 E. Thomas 6 0 26 1 IA . H older... 1‘2 0 1 2 S t . V in cen t . O. M. E. W . O. M. E. W . H . E. B. I R. P. Sewell 7 1 28 2 Davenport 21 7 33 4 L. Barratt ... 2 0 9 0 E. 8. Lucas 9 1 28 1 |R.L.Marshall 7 2 29 2 EIGHTH MATCH.—v. QUEEN’S PARK, VJ.M'ENT. IV All grades of Society, including the Governor and Lady Broome, crowded the boundaries of the Queen’s Park Cricket Ground on Thursday, February 28th, to witness the inauguration of the match between the Englishmen and the Queen’s Park Cricket Club. The stores in the town were closed at mid-day, and all told, there must have been nearly 5,000 people on the ground. It was a quarter past eleven when Mr. Warner and Mr. Lucas spun the coin. The local captain won the toss, and chose to send his men in. The wicket was in magnificent condition, though a trifle slow. The small score of the Queen’s Park was due to the unplayable bowling of Bush, which none of the home men could learn to understand. Scott was the only man who made anything like a stand. The fielding of the Englishmen was very smart, a chance that would prevent a run never being missed. An incident of the innings was—where the wicket on being hit by a ball failed to remove the bail, which clung to one of the stumps. The visitors fell fast, the the first four wickets going down for the grand total of 0 before the bowling of Taitt and Leotaud. The bowling of the home team was on the whole innings a bad average. The fielding was faulty in many respects ; J. L. Agostini, however, kept wicket admirably. The Englishmen occupied the wickets for three hours, the best individual stand during that time being made by Weatherby, whose free hitting was greatly admired. The game was only seven minutes old when one of the most reliable wickets of the home team fell for 5 runs. The remainder fell rapidly, and the innings closed for 71 runs. Edgar Agostina played a steady innings for only 3 runs, and carried his bat out. The fielding of the Englishmen was excellent. Bush was absolutely unplayable, nine of the twelve wickets coming down to his credit for 22 runs. At half past two Lucas’s team com­ menced batting, and by some good play ran up a total of 164, giving them a lead of 93 runs on the first innings. On the second day the wicket played faster, and the Queen’s Parkites, in their second innings, batted on the whole in a praiseworthy manner. Before the fall of the eighth wicket, and when scoring was at its briskest, the deficit was rubbed off, and runs were made ad libitum till 181 all men out, had been hit up. Davenport was more successful with the ball than in the first innings. The visitors began their second innings with 88 runs to make. F. Collins and Taitt were the only bowlers, the former’s bowling throughout being most creditable t o h im . M u c h e n th u s ia s m p r e v a ile d as th e in n in g s a p p r o a c h e d its c lo s e . T h e re w a s n o t h in g v e r y r e m a r k a b le in th e b a t t in g till it b e c a m e liv e ly to w a r d s th e fin ish . T h e r e q u ir e d n u m b e r o f ru n s w e re m a d e u p s o o n a fte r t h e fa ll o f th e e ig h th w ic k e t, a n d th e v is ito r s re tire d w ith I r u n t o t h e g o o d a n d th r e e w ic k e ts t o fa ll. S c o r e s :— E n g lis h — F ir s t in n in g s , 164; s e co n d in n in g s , 89 (fo r e ig h t w ic k e ts ). T o ta l, 253 . Q u e e n ’ s P a r k — F ir s t in n in g s , 71; s e c o n d in n in g s , 181. T o t a l, 25 2 . A t th e c lo s e o f th e m a tc h t h e c a p ta in o f t h e Q .P .C .C . (M r . A . W a r n e r ) s p o k e fr o m th e p a v ilio n p r io r t o c a llin g fo r ch e e rs fo r t h e v is ito r s . H e sa id th e m a tc h h a d b e e n a v e r y g o o d o n e , a n d a lth o u g h t h e y h a d b e e n d e fe a te d , y e t th e y t o o k th e ir d e fe a t w ith g o o d g r a c e , a s i t c a m e fr o m m e n o f a g o o d s o r t. F u ll s c o r e a n d a n a ly s is :— Q ueen ’ s P akk . Mr. H. J. Massy, 1b w, b Bush .................................. 8 b Bush................... 0 Mr. J. L. Agostini,b Bush 2 1b w, b Bush ... 18 Mr. T. Warner, b Bush ... 12 c Sewell, b Bush 21 Mr. H. Collins, st Berens, b Bush .................................. 7 b Davenport ... 10 Mr. E. J. Scott, c Barker, b Bush ..................................11 c Davenport, b Bush.................. 3 Mr. C. Dainain, l b w , b Marshall ........................... 6 cBerens,b Daven­ port ........... ... 0 M r A. Warner (captain), c and b Bush.......................... 5 c Barker, b Bush 40 Mr. E. Agostini, not out ... 3 cBarratt,bDaven- p o r t ........... ... 6 Mr. H. Hutton, b Bush ... 0 not out...............37 Mr. M. J. Lcotaud, b Bush 2 b Davenport ... 22 Mr. F. Collins, st Berens, b Bush .................................. 0 b Davenport ... 2 A. Taitt, c Turberville, b Marshall ........................... 5 b Davenport ... 0 Byes, &c........................10 Byes, &c. ... 22 Total...................71 Total............181 M r . L ucas ’ s T eam . Mr. F. W . Bush, b Taitt ... 0 c and b Collins ... 7 Mr. J. M. Dawson, b Leotaud ................ 0 Mr. R . Slade Lucas (captain) 1b w, b Taitt ................... 0 b Taitt.............. 15 Mr. R. P. Sewell, b T a itt... 0 c Agostini, b Collins ........... 0 Mr. R. Berens, c Scott, b Taitt ..................................27 c Agostini, b Collins ........ 27 Mr. M . Verton-Barker, b F. Co’, i: s ............................ 6 n otou t.............. 7 Mr. H, 11. Bromley-Daven- port, b Collins .................... 5c Damian, b Taitt 0 Mr. Leigh Bairatt, c and b Leotaud ..............................14 not out ......14 Mr. J. D. Weatherby, b Taitt ..................................... 42 b Collins .......... 6 Mr. H. Smith-Turberville, c and b Collins .......................11 st Agostini, b T aitt.................... 7 Mr. A. Priestly, not out ... 14 c J. L. Agostini, b Collins............ 4 Mr. R. L. Marshall, run out 22 Byes, &c...........................23 Byes, &c. ... 2 Total....................164Total (for wkts) 89 BOW LING AN A LYSIS. * Queen’s Park. First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O, M. R: W. M r . L ucas ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R.W . B. M. R. W . L eotau d........... 90 7 34 2 ... T a it .................. 163 8 62 5 ... 120 5 49 3 Collins ........... 90 8 28 3 ... 125 5 38 5 Damain .......... 20 1 17 0 ... Collins bowled one wide. NINTH MATCH.—v. ALL TRINIDAD. A gloiious day and a splendid wicket, with two apparently well-matched teams, gave promise of a good game of cricket, on Monday, March 4, when the English cricketers, and the All Trinidad team