Cricket 1896

F eb . 27, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 27 LORD I IA W K E S TEAM IN SOUTH A F R IC A . FOURTH MATCH v. JOHANNESBURG. Johannesburg, January 14 and 15. F irst D a y .—J anuary 14. Winning the toss, Lord Hawke sent in Mr. Hewett and Lohmann to open the batting for the Englishmen. The amateur as usual, was busy, and his score proved to be the highest on the side. He did most of the run getting while he was in, for when Hayward’s (the third wicket) fell, the total was 94, of which his share was 57. O’Brien batted very carefully for his 25, the second best score on the side. Lord Hawke played 12 men, and as the wicket was all in favour of run getting, the total of 178 was rather dis­ appointing. Sinclair took seven of the eleven wickets at a cost of only 60 runs. When Johannesburg went in, Sinclair was in equally good form with the bat. When play ceased at the end of the first day he was not out with 47 out of a total of 83 for four wickets to his credit. On resuming the following morning (Jan. 14), Sinclair had his captain E. A. Halliwell, the wicket keeper of the South African team as his companion. Mr. Hill and Tyler bowled, and the score was raised to 121 before Halliwell was finely caught at point. Soon after, a smart one-handed catch by Tyler off his own bowling dis­ missed Sinclair, who had made 75 in excellent style. Slatem hit freely with some luck for 36, and his innings was the one noteworthy feature of the latter batting. The last nine wickets indeed only added 59 runs, so that in spite of their promising commencement, the Fifteen only had a lead of 15 runs at the end of an innings. Hayward’s bowling was very successful at the finish—his eight overs produced the dismissal of four batsmen at a cost of only six runs. After a short interval, the Transvaal team took the field, Sinclair and Innes starting the bowling to Lord Hawke and Mr. Hewett. The latter was out second wicket, having scored 36 out of 54. Mr. Fry and Hayward added 76, before the amateur, who had been twice missed, was run out for a freely hit 49. Mr. Woods and Tyler quickly followed, and at the end of the second day the score showed 148 for five wickets, Hayward not out 42. S econd D a y .—J anuary 15. On the following morning (Jan. 15), Hayward was clean bowled without adding to his score, and 11 runs later, Lohmann followed lbw. O’Brien and Hill added 55 for the eighth wicket, and at luncheon time the latter was still in with 40 to his credit. After the interval, Hill and Wright added 20 in ten minutes, and then Lord Hawke closed his innings, Hill being not out 58, and Wright not out 17. Hill played with great brilliancy and freedom right through, and gave no chance. The bowling and fielding of the local team were excellent. In the bowling Innes had the best analysis, taking three wickets at a cost of 66 runs. The analysis hardly expressed the value of his work, as he bowled well, but without luck. The Johannesbui'g men were thus left with 254 runs to make to win, and three hours in which to get them. Routledge and Innes were the first batsmen, while the bowling was entrusted to Lohmann andHayward. By good cricket 78 were put on before Innes got his leg in the way of one from Fry. Sinclair failed to maintain the form of the previous innings being caught at cover point for a couple. Halli­ well again hit freely, and his 31 was the outcome of very lively cricket. Johnson came in to be given out lbw the first ball he received. Slatem lent Routledge useful assistance, and 41 had been added mostly by the latter, when he was unfortunately run out. He had scored 86 in fine form, playing grand cricket and hitting cleanly and hard, giving, as far as could be seen, no chance. In his contribution were no less than eleven 4’s. After his departure, three more batsmen (Slatem, Smith and Solomon) were dismissed and then time was up. The game was thus drawn, the Fifteen wanting 56 to win with six wickets to fall. Score and analysis L ord H a w k e ’ s T eam . First innings. Second innings. Mr. H. T. Hewett, b Sinclair 57 c Halliwell, b Innes ............ 36 <i. Lohmann, b Sinclair ... 16 lbw, b Sinclair ... 14 T. Hayward, c Johnson, b Innes ............................11 b Sinclair ........... 42 Mr. C. B. Fry, c Halliwell, b Sinclair ... ................ 6 runout..............49 Mr. S. M. J. Woods, c Halliwell, b Sinclair .. 19 c Routledge, b Innes ........... 5 Sir T. C. O’Brien, c Hinggs, b Sinclair .................... 25 b Johnson ... ... 22 Lord Hawke, c Routledge, b Innes ...................... 4 c Halliwell, b Sinclair ................ 4 Mr. A. J. L. Hill, c John­ son, b Innes ............... 5 not out..............58 Mr.C.W. Wright, b Sinclair 0 not out.............. 17 Mr. H. R. Bromley-Daven- port, not out ............. 15 C. Heseltine, st Halliwell, b Sinclair ...................... 4 Tyler, b Innes i.............. :l b Innes ......... 0 Extras.................... 13 E xtras..............21 T otal.............178 Total (8 wkts) *268 * Inning's declared closed. J ohannesburg . First innings. Second innings. T.A. Routledge, c Lohmann, b Fry ...............................18 runout...............86 A. R.. C. Innes, c Tyler, b Fry .......... ........ ... 7 lbw, b F ry........35 J. Sinclair, c and b Tyler ... 75 c Hayward, b Fry 4 C. D. O. Mainon, c Wright, b H ill............................... 7 C. L. Johnson, c O’Brien, b Tyler ............................... 0 lbw, b F ry ......... 0 E. A. Halliwell, c Heseltine, b Tyler..............................18 c Wright, bHill 81 J. Slatem, c "Wright, b Lohmann ........................36 c Hayward, b Lohmann ... 13 C. Smith, b Lohmann ... 7 b Hayward....... 11 A. W . Seccull, c O’Brien, b Lohmann ........................ 0 not out................ 4 F. Smith, c Hill, b Hay­ ward ................. „. ... 0 L. Tancred, b HaywaW ... 0 Ochse, not out ... ........... 1 notout... .... ... 2 Allsop, b Hayward .......... 6 Hinggs, c Wright, b Hay­ ward ............................... 3 W . R. Solomon, lbw, b Lohmann ........................ 3 e Hewett, b Hay­ ward............... 7 B 8, lb 4 .................12 E xtras............ 2 Total .................193 Total (8wkts) 195 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Lord H awke ’ s T eam . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Innos .......... ... 28 9 57 4 ... ... 36 15 66 3 Johnson . ... 7 0 16 0 ... ... 21 9 51 1 Hinggs........ . ... 9 0 32 0 ... ... 3 0 13 0 Sinclair........ . ... 29 10 60 7 ... .,.. 33 5 91 3 Mainon ... ... 4 0 21 0 Seccull ... . . . 2 1 5 0 J ohannesburg . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . T.ohmann ... ... 23 2 12 47 4 ... ... 20 4 65 1 Fry .......... ... 17 8 36 2 ... . 1 4 2 74 3 Hill .......... ... 12 3 24 1 ... ... 12 4 20 1 T yler.......... ... 19 1 66 3 ... B.-Davenport ... 4 2 3 0 ... Hayward ... ... 8 4 6 4 . . 17 9 34 2 FIFTH MATCH v. PIETER­ MARITZBURG. The English cricketers arrived at Maritzburg by the mail train from Johannesburg two hours late on Friday night, January 20th. A large crowd assembled at the station, the visitors being received by the Mayor, Officers of the Garrison, and officials and committee­ men of the Cricket Union. Lord Hawke was a guest at Government House, two members of the team were staying with the 7th Hussars, while the others were put up at the Club and the principal hotels. The team that was to oppose them was arranged to be a representative Natal XV ., but owing to the number of refusals on the part of those originally selected, was practically narrowed down to a XV . of Maritzburg, the only Durban representative being D. C. Davey. Five Durban players were asked to assist, namely Davey, Robinson, Cooley, Whyte, and H. Taylor, but, with the exception of the first-named, all had been obliged to decline. Three of those selected from Maritzburg—Bosomworth, Arnold, and Godley—also withdrew their names, so that the Selection Committee had to fill seven vacancies since making their original selection. The first of the two Natal fixtures commenced on Saturday, January 21st. From eight o’clock on Friday night until the following morning the rainfall was incessant. Play in the match was timed to commence at noon, but an inspection of the ground during the forenoon made it quite plain that a start could not possibly be made until two o’clock, Lord Hawke, having won the toss, elected to bat. Just before three o’clock the Natal fifteen walked on to the Oval. Hewett and Lohmann were the first bats­ men. The former scored 10 off three hits, but in trying to drive Wilford Henderson to the boundary, was caught. His place was taken by an equally dangerous run-getter, S. M. J. Woods. Lohmann, completing his 10 in three hits, brought up the 20, and Woods prepared to first take an over from Henderson. He lifted the ball to the leg boundary, and it looked like going for 6, but fell short, and Brooke, without moving a yard, held it in capital style. Two for 20. Fry was the new-comer, and he started by playing very carefully. Lohmann, on the other hand, went in for hard hitting, and had a couple of “ lives ” conceded him. Eventually he succumbed NEXT ISSUE, THURSDAY, MARCH 26th.