Cricket 1895

84 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 25, 1895. THE TWELFTH ENGLISH TEAM IN AUSTRALIA . Continued from Cricket , April 18th. THE TWENTIETH MATCH—v. EIGHTEEN O F NORTHERN TASMANIA F irst D a y .— S a tu r d a y , M arch 9. Previous to starting Mr. Stoddart arranged ■with, the local captain, Mr. Sidebottom, that though eighteen men would bat only fourteen would field, as he has a great objection to his side batting with eighteen or twenty-two in the field, thinking it is detrimental to a bats­ man’s play in having all the ordinaryopenings in the field filled up, which is found to be the case when eighteen or twenty-two men are scattered over the sward. The English captain again lost the toss and of course had to take the field. Richardson and Peel, owing to their hard work in the recent test match, were given a rest. The wicket was a turf one, and played much better than it looked—the first appearance leading one to expect the ball to bump—indeed it performed very well. W. H. Savigny and C. V. R. Westbrook made a fine stand for the second wicket, adding 77 before they were parted. West­ brook is atypical Cornstalk, standing 6ft. 4in. in height, and extremely slim. He soon showed that he could hit, twice despatching Humphreys out of the ground to square leg for 6’s, and making some fine boundary hits and shaping like a coming batsman. Clemow also afterwards punished the lobs well, scoring his first fifteen in three hits from them—a 4, 6, and a 5. Towards the close of the innings the battingwasvery slow. Taylor and Ewart taking a long time to get their runs, the innings closing for 178. Of the bowlers tried Brockwell came out best with four for 16, Humphreys, with ten for 98, also doing well. The fielding of all was at times very brilliant, with the exception of Humphreys, who at point was responsible for several serious blunders, it being the exception rather than the rule when he accepts catches in that position. S econd D a y .— M o n d ay , M arch 11. When play was resumed the weather was warm and pleasant. The local team, as arranged before starting, only fielded fourteen men. Th« not outs, Messrs. Ford and Philip­ son, with 8 and 3 runs respectively to their credit, had not further augmented the score when Windsor clean bowled the latter. Brockwell and Ford then by good and bril­ liant cricket carried the score to 67, when the amateur was taken at extra slip for a nicely-played 34. At 120 both Guy (who followed) and Brockwell left. The Surreyite’s innings of 69 was much admired by the local players and spectators. He had displayed brilliant form, and his score included one 5, nine 4’s, three 3’s, six 2’ s, and only seven singles. Afterwards Messrs. M'Laren and Stoddart, Brown and Hum­ phreys all gave the fielding side some leather hunting, the most prolific stand being that batween the English captainand Humphreys, in adding 68 runs for the ninth wicket, but the play was rather too slow and uneventful. In fielding on the first day Briggs slightly ricked an old sprain in his leg, and Mr. Stoddart decided to allow him to take a com­ plete rest for the remainder of the match, to permit of its early mending. The ninth wicket falling just upon time, the innings was considered over, the eleven holding a lead of 113 runs on the first innings. T h ir d D a y . — T u e s d a y , M a r c h 12. The weather was much hotter, in fact quite oppressive, rendering play far from agreeable, especially to the fieldsmen. Just when the eleven took the field, as the ball was being thrown about for pastime, Brownaccidentally received a severe blow from it upon the lower part of the body, which prevented him from playing that day. The Eleven, holding such a good lead, appeared to have a capital chance of victory, but owing to the fine batting of Westbrook (forty-six) and Windsor (thirty- eight), Fernandes (thirty-one, not out), and Wilson (thirty), the Eighteen only lost 13 wickets for 219, the match thus ending in a draw. Westbrook, who was top scorer for his side in the first innings, again shaped splendidly, watching the ball well and hitting vigorously when an opportunity occurred. Windsor’s batting was also correct and attractive. Briggs’s bowling was missed more than once during the afternoon, the best work being done by Mr. Ford in securing 5 for 48. In bowling, the Eighteen were very weak, with the exception of Windsor (medium right) and N. Rock. None of the others tried impressed the onlookers as likely to ever excel in that department of the game. Full score and analysis:— N o rthern First Innings. E. A . Windsor, b Hum­ phreys .................................. W . H. Savigny, c Ward, b B rockw ell.......................... N. R. Westbrook, c Brown, b Lockwood .................. W . L. Sidebottom, b Brock­ well .................................. M. M ‘Leod, c M'Laren, b L ock w ood.......................... J. H. Savigny, c and b Humphreys ................... J. M. Martin, c Briggs, b B rockw ell........................... G. H. Bailey, c and b Hum­ phreys .................................. J.S. Clemons, b Humphreys L. Sams, c Lockwood, b Humphreys ................... H . Wilson, st Gay, b Hum­ phreys .................................. T asm an ia . Second Innings. 0 c Gay, b Ford ... 38 22 b Lockwood ... 9 51 c sub., b Ford ... 46 5 c M ‘Laren,b Ford 2 run out 4 c Stoddart, Brockwell 13 b Lockwood 6 b Lockwood 17 0 c M ‘ Laren, Philipson 3 c Humphreys, Brockwell R. W . L . Fernandes, c Philipson, b Humphreys 4 not out H. Ewart, c Brown, b Hum­ phreys .................................. C. Taylor, b Brockwell b ... 30 ... 31 18 b F ord.................. 8 16 c Humphreys, b Stoddart........... 4 2 c sub., b Ford ... 12 1 J. E. Wall, run out ........... O.G.Douglas, b Humphreys C. Hammond, c Stoddart, b Humphreys .................... 0 N. V . Rock, not out ............ 0 B 8, lb 6 .......................14 Extras............18 Total ....................178Total (13wkts) 219 S to d d art ’ s T eam . F. G. J. Ford, c Fer­ nandes, b W ilson ... 31 H. Philipson, b W ind­ sor .......................... 3 Brockwell, b Windsor 69 L. H. Gay, b N. Rock 13 A. C. M ‘Laren, c Wall, b Windsor ...........24 Ward, b Windsor ... 6 Lockwood, b W indsor 1 A.E.Stoddart, not out 73 Brown, b N. Rock ... 35 Humphreys, c Ewart, b N. Rock ...........21 Briggs, absent ........... 0 Byes 3 ,1-b 8, n-b 1... 12 Total ...291 BOW LING ANALYSIS. N orthern T asm an ia . First Innings. O. M. R.W . Lockwood ... 22 13 29 2 . Humphreys...26-5 4 98 10 . Briggs ......... 8 3 21 0 . Brockwell ... 23 15 16 4 . Second Innings. O. M. R. W . 18 11 27 3 2 47 0 11 10 37 Philipson 6*3 3 13 Ward Stoddart Ford 1 5 6 48 Lockwood delivered three wides and Ford two. S toddart ’ s T eam . O.M. R. W Windsor... 33 2 117 5 Clemons... 15 2 33 0 N. Rock... 29-3 5 73 3 O. M. R. W . Wilson ... 11 1 35 1 Sams ... 10 2 12 0 Sidebottom 7 1 9 0 It got known that Monday, the 11th inst., was Mr. Stoddart’s natal day, and at the afternoon’ s adjournment for tea, upon taking his seat, he found placed in front of him a very choice cake, bearing the words: “ Wish­ ing you many happy returns of the day.’* This being the first intimation that many of his team had of his birthday, it was indeed a surprise. At the conclusion of the refresh­ ments, Mr. Stoddart sincerely thanked the ladies for their kindness, which came to him as a pleasant surprise. Clemons delivered one no-ball. THE TWENTY-FIRST MATCH—v. FIFTEEN OF SOUTHERN TASMANIA. F irst D a y .— T h u rsday , M arch 14. The journey south from Launceston to Hobart, a distance of 133 miles by rail, was. accomplished on the Wednesday evening (March, 13th), and occupied about six hours, the mountainous country passed over was. very interesting, both for the many and frequent curves in the railroad and the thickly timbered country, which at some places in, close vicinity to the line was ablaze, giving the members of the team an opportunity of seeing a bush fire by night, a sight which, seen for the first time, suggested to the on­ lookers a huge groundwork of set pieces in a firework display. Hobart was duly reached about nine o’clock, and the team were at once driven to the local Town Hall where, over a glass of wine, they were formally welcomed by the Mayor and leading citizens. Next morning the weather was cloudy and threatening, and at noon, just after the captains had tossed for choice of innings, which Mr. Stoddart won, the rain began to fall and continued steadily till three o’clock, and as it showed no signs of abatement play was postponed till next day. S econd D a y .— F r id a y , M arch 15. The weather was equally unpropitious, but after waiting till half-past two the rain ceased. As there were nearly 2,000 spectators present the ground authorities were naturally anxious to start play. The fifteen who were to take the field were also ready to begin, so to oblige everyone, though the wicket was too wet for play, the game was proceeded with, but had not proceeded ten minutes when rain fell heavily, causing an adjournment, Ward and Brockwell, the first batsmen, having put together 14 during that time. After waiting upwards of an hour the rain, though still falling, was much lighter, a drizzling, misty kind. The umpires were not of opinion that it was fine enough to begin, but the local committeemen, antici­ pating a large monetary loss which the visit of the Englishmen would mean to the Cricket Association if the money would have to be returned to the public that day, waited upon and requested Mr. Stoddart to continue the play for a while longer. This, after some consideration he decided to do. So the game was resumed in misty rain and the wicket almost a quagmire, unfavourable both to batsmen and bowlers. After it had progressed fifteen minutes the rain entirely ceased, and operations were continued until 5.20, when the English innings closed for 91, batting one naanshort, Peel not having arrived at the ground, thinking play would be quite impossible. Nearly all the batsmen tried to force the game, it being very hard to obtain a foothold, the players sliding about more as if they were skating than playing cricket. Messrs. Stoddart (21), M‘Laren (14), and Ward (14) were the only ones to reach double figures. The most remarkable part of the play was