Cricket 1896

J a n . 30, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 11 THE T H IR D ENGL ISH TEAM IN SOUTH A F R IC A . The English team with the exception of Lord Hawke, Sir T. C. O’Brien and Mr. H. T. Hewett, who were following in the steamer Moor, arrived safely in the Guelph, on Sunday, December 22nd. The party consisted of :—Messrs. C. W. Wright, C. B. Fry, S. M. J. Woods, H. R. Bromley-Davenport, C. Heseltine, A. J. L. Hill. R. Miller, with Hayward, Butt, and Tyler. When the boat got into dock a warm reception was given the visitors bysomehundreds of enthusiasts, including the Mayor (Mr. J. Attwell), Colonel Schermbrucker, M.L.A., Messrs. Graham Cloete, L. B. Smuts, W. V. Simkins, Maynard Nash (Hon. Sec. Western Pro­ vince C. C.), Bishop, G. A. Lohmann, F. Kuys, J. Anderson, F. Smith and other leading sportsmen. After handshakings and congratulations an adjournment was made to the saloon. Capt. Tyson, the commander of the Guelph, expressed the pleasure he had in handing over so excellent a set of cricketers and good fellows to the reception committee. The Mayor of Cape Town on behalf of the Corporation and City gave the team a right royal welcome, and proposed their healths. Mr. C. W. Wright, in the absence of Lord Hawke, responded. THE FIRST MATCH v. FIFTEEN OF WESTERN PROVINCE. The first match was commenced on the Newlands Ground on Boxing Day before a crowd of over 6,000 people and in dull weather. Mr. Milton, the Western Pro­ vince captain, beat Mr. C. W. Wright, who was acting captain, for Lord Hawke was coming on in the next steamer from England, in the toss, and the English team took the field, Mr. A. Richards and Hearne being the first pair of batsmen for the Province, Mr. Bromley- Davenport and Tyler starting the attack. With only 4scored Richards played on to Davenport. Street helped Hearne to take the total to 29, when Hearne was well caught one hand by Tyler at mid-off for 19. Mr. H. H. Francis, the old Gloucestershire amateur, was out leg-before to Mr. Fry, who had relieved Tyler, at 40, and at 46, Street, in trying to hit Fry to leg, missed, and was out leg-before. Prince and Murray Bisset got into double figures, but the only other batsman to do so was Smith, who equalled Hearne’s score. The innings finished for 115; Lohmann having taken seven wickets for 17 runs and Mr. Fry five for 31. The Englishmen commenced their innings with Messrs. Woods and Hill, to the bowling of Middleton and Rowe. Middleton bowled with great effect, and for a time was irresistible, while Rowe kept the runs down at the other end. A wonderful downfall of wickets occurred. With only 3 scored, Mr. Woods played on ; at 5, Hayward was smartly taken at short-leg; with one added, Hill was badly run ou t; at 14, Fry was caught at third man; and at 18, Mr. C. W. Wright was quite beaten by Rowe—half the wickets down. Mr. Bromley-Davenport, thanks to Van der Byl letting a catch slip* aided by Lohmann, took the score to 41, when he lost the Surrey professional. Continuing to hit freely, he scored 29, but, except Heseltine, who quickly rattled up 16, no one else did much, and the innings closed for 79, or 36 runs to the bad. On the following day, in the second innings of the Province, Street, assisted by Francis, again played well, and Smith followed with another useful score. Milton and Anderson, too, hit out very merrily later on, so that the total of 130 was reached, which gave the Englishmen 168 to get to win. When, after Hill had been bowled by Middleton, Hayward and Woods (the latter by especially big hitting) took the score to 60 before the second wicket fell, it began to be odds on the Englishmen. But on Wil­ loughby and Smith being put on to relieve Middleton and Rowe a remarkable and un­ expected change came over the game. In his second over Willoughby got through Hayward’s defence. (Total, 61.) Nine runs later Woods put up a ball to cover point, and at the same total Wright was bowled by Willoughby. George Lohmann joined Fry, who at 78 was given leg-before to the same bowler, and 2 runs later Lohmann softly pat up a ball from Smith also into cover-point’s hands. Though not half the required runs had been made, there were still many who believed the Englishmen could still pull the match out of the fire, certainly, nobody was prepared for the sensational rot which was to follow. Willoughby, continuing his wonderful success, cleaned bowled Mr. Davenport with the last ball of his over, uprooting Mr. Heseltine’s leg stump with the second ball of his next over. Then after two had been scored off his fourth ball, he spread- eagled Tyler’s wicket with the last ball again. Thus three wickets had fallen with the total at 80, and the ninth wicket was down at 82. Miller and Butt were the last pair, and they drew the agony for awhile. With 10 runs added, after Van der Byl and Milton had seen a skyer drop between them, Butt was caught by Willoughby off Smith, and the innings closed for 92, the Englishmen being defeated with the considerable margin of 77 runs. Willoughby was shouldered off the field by his comrades and borne to the Pavilion in triumph. His analaysis was remarkable. Score and analysis :— W estern P rovince X V . First Innings. Second Innings. A. Richards, b Bromley- Davenport ........................ 3 c Wright, b Fry 1 Hearne (F.), c Tyler, b Bromley-Davenport ... 19 b Fry ................. 3 Street, lbw, b Fry ..........13 st Butt, b Fry ... 21 H. H. Francis, lbw, b Fry 5 c Miller, b Hill... 17 C. F. Prince, c Hill, b Fry 11 b Lohmann ... 4 M. Bissett, b Lohmann ... 12 c Wright, b Loh­ mann .......... 4 V. van der Byl, b Lohmann 7 c Lohmann,b Hill 0 Smith, c Fry, b Lohmann. .1 9 c Davenport, b Lohmann ... 20 L. B. Smuts, lbw, b Fry ... 1 b Fry ................. 0 W . H. Milton, b Lohmann 2 b Lohmann. ... 23 J. Anderson, c Hayward, b Fry ............................... 5 o Hayward, b Lohmann ... 14 A. Reid, b Lohmann......... 3 b Lohmann......... 7 Middleton, st Butt, b Loh­ mann ............................... 2 b Lohmann.......... 6 G. Rowe, c Heseltine, b Lohmann ......... .......... 0 b Fry ................. 2 J. Willoughby, not out ... 0 notout........... 1 B 7, lb 5, nb 1 ... 13 B 4, w 2, nb 1 L ord H awke ’ s T eam . First Innings. S.M. J. Woods, b Middleton A. J. L. Hill, run out.......... Hayward, c Willoughby, b M iddleton........................ C. B. Fry, c Richards, b M iddleton........................ 5 C.W.Wright(capt.),b Rowe 5 Lohmann, lbw, b Middleton 11 H. R. Bromley-Davenport, c Richards, b Middleton 29 Butt, c Smith, b Middleton 0 Second Timings, c Francis,b Smith 45 b Middleton ... 3 1 b Willoughby lbw,bWilloughby b Willoughby ... c Middleton, b Smith .......... b Willoughby ... c Willoughby, b Smith .......... b Willoughby ... Tyler, not out ................. 0 C. Heseltine, st Prince, b Rowe .............................. 16 b Willoughby A. M. Miller, c Milton, b M iddleton......... .......... 4 not out............ B 2, w 1, nb 1 .......... 4 B 5, nb 2 Total . 79 Total.. ... 92 Total.. ..115 Total ..130 BOWLTNG ANALYSIS. W estern P rovince . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W B. Davenport 10 4 23 2 ......... 1 0 5 0 Tyler ........... 15 3 31 0 ......... 3 0 8 0 F ry.......... . 1 8 9 31 5 ......... 25 10 51 5 Lohmann ... 10’2 4 17 7 ........... 27*212 43 7 Heseltine 4 3 8 0 Hill ... 1 0 8 2 Fry delivered two wides and one no-ball. L ord H awke ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M, R. W. Rowe .......... 23 113 25 2 ......... 11 1 32 0 Middleton ...23 6 50 7 ......... 11 3 16 1 Smith ... 14-1 4 22 3 Willoughby 14 6 15 6 Smith delivered two no-balls. SECOND MATCH, v. ELEVEN OF WESTERN PROVINCE. Encouraged by their success, and after the abrupt termination on Friday even­ ing, the Western Province agreed to play an eleven against the visitors, who left out Lohmann and Mr. Wright, and put in the new arrivals Sir T. C. O’Brien (captain) and Mr. H. T. Hewett. The match was played on Saturday, and the absence of Lohmann was severely felt. The Englishmen got first innings and some free hitting was indulged in by the Somerset pair, Woods and Hewett. Hayward also played in his well-known finished style. Forty were scored for the first wicket, and the total was 60 before the third wicket fell. Bromley-Daven- port and Tyler hit out merrily towards the end, and the total reached 148. The Province innings opened unpro- misingly. Three wickets fell for 27, but Heame and Richards took the score to 83, both playing fine, confident cricket. The fifth wicket (that of Richards) fell at 100, and the game looked all in favour of the home eleven when the ninth wicket was down, yet Hill proved so successful that the total was only 134, or 15 runs still required to win. The spectators were preparing to cheer the Englishmen for a victory, when a series of blunders ensued which lost them the match. Willoughby whipped in, and Smith made a single off Hill’s second ball. A leg-bye followed, and Smith cut the next ball for a single. Willoughby hit up a catch off Hayward to cover-point, where Tyler badly missed it. Then Smith hit Hay­ ward to leg for 2, the ball was thrown back, and Hayward might have put the wicket down. This sent the 140 up. Profiting by his reprieve, Smith leg-hit Hill for a couple. Fry took the ball from NEXT ISSUE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27th.