Cricket 1896

F eb . 27, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 29 to leg twice very prettily, but was bowled by the second ball in Lohmann’a over. 38 f6r two. Brooke joined Poore and the latter was splendidly held in the slips by Lohmann without scoring. Brooke added a single to the total and was caught at the wicket off Davenport. 43 for four. Cooley, the next man, was clean bowled by Lohmann without scoring, and at the end of the over stumps were drawn, the total being 48 for five wickets. On the following morning, the Natal innings was continued by Stuart and Turner, the overnight not outs, against the bowling of Davenport and Lohmann. Stuart carried his score to 21, including a hit for 6 out of the ground from Lohmann, when he was caught at cover-point with the total 69. The rest of the innings was chiefly noteworthy for the batting of Arthur Hime, whose dismissal just as the scare had reached 100 brought the innings to a close. The Englishmen commenced their second innings with Wood and Hill to the bowling of Llewellyn and Madden. Four runs were scored off the first four overs, and an adjournment was then made for lunch. On resuming, Woods hit Madden all over the field, knocking up 22 in a very few minutes. Without adding to this score, however, the Somersetshire captain was given out leg-before to Madden, the first wicket falling for 26. Hayward followed, and had made a couple when he was splendidly caught at mid-on by Christian off Madden. Fry joined Hill, but the latter skied_ Llewellyn, and was caught. 36—3—11.’ O’Brien partnered Fry, and runs again came quickly, the 50 going up as the result of half an hour’s play. At 59 a double change of bowling was tried, Lamport and Hime going on. Buns still came fast, but at 73 Fry put a ball from Hime up in the slips, where it was cleverly held by Lamport, the old Oxonian returning for 23. Lohmann and O’Brien brought on more than one change, till at 112 an adjournment for tea was made. On resuming,- after 3 runs had been added, Lohmann was given out leg-before to Madden. Wright followed, but had a narrow escape of being run out at the outset, the ball being well returned but badly taken. Shortly afterwards the Notts amateur was given out leg-before. 128—6—8. Davenport joined O’Brien, but did not make a long stay, being nicely caught in the slips by Davey off Cooley, after getting a couple. Heseltine, who went in was badly missed at square-leg by Lamport off the first ball he received from Cooley. Scoring now became painfully slow, and O’Brien also had a life before he was at last caught in the slips, having been batting three hours. On Miller going in Heseltine was clean bowled by Hime. Tyler was the new-comer, and started luckily with two lives. Miller having obtained 3, was caught in the slips by Davey off Robinson, who had relieved Madden. Butt, the last man, was bowled aft^r getting a single by Hime, and the innings closed for 173. Natal opened their second innings at twenty to six, Arthur Hime and Turner going in first, to the bowling of Tyler and Fry, 228 runs being required to win. These two played out time, making 13 before stumps were drawn, Hime having 10 and Turner 3. On the following morning (January 28) eight runs had been added when Hime was given out l.b.w. to Lohmann, the first wicket falling for 21. Davey filled the vacancy, and with an addition of nineteen runs lost Turner, who fell to a fine running catch. C. Hime followed, but before a run was added Davey was clean bowled by Lohmann. On Poore going in the cricket improved, and several bowling changes had to be made before Hime was caught in the slips. Whyte partnered Poore and a good stand was now made. At the adjournment for lunch at one o’clock the total stood at 101 for four wickets, Poore having 36 and Whyte 6. On resuming at two o’clock Hill took up the attack, but again runs came steadily. At half-past two the 150 was tele­ graphed, the Hussar, who was playing excellent cricket, getting 2 and 3 off consecutive balls of Lohmann’s next over. Woods now took the ball from Lohmann, and in the next over Daven­ port bowled Whyte, the wicket having put on 73 (159—5—18). Brooke filled the vacancy, and Poore continued to score rapidly, though at 170 Hill took the ball from Davenport, the score still rose and hearty cheering greeted the appearance of 200, Poore, having just previously reached his hundred. Natal now required only the 28 to win with nine wickets to fall and forty-five minntes in which to play. Tyler went on with slows, the field spreading out for catches, Miller tried at the other end, but still runs came, chiefly by means of singles. At 214 Hill tried underhand slows, evidently as a last resource. A couple of singles were notched off his first over, and then Brooke drove Miller for a couple and got 3 for a similar stroke. A single only was scored off H ill’s next over, and Miller sent down a maiden. Brooke then hit Hill for 3, and Poore getting a single made the game a tie. Poore then cut Miller for one, making the winning hit amidst tremendous enthusiasm. Score and analysis:— L ord H awkb !! First innings. Mr. S. M. J. Woods, c Davey, b Madden .......... 5 Lohmann, c and b Madden 36 Hayward, b Madden.......... 1 Mr. C. B. Fry, b Madden ... 33 Mr. A. J. L. Hill, c Whyte, b Llewellyn ................. 7 Sir T. C. O’Brien, c Poore, b Lamport........................25 Mr. C.W.Wright, b Madden 1 Mr. H. B. Bromley-Daven­ port, b Madden................ 0 Mr. C. Heseltine, c Cooley, b Madden........................ 0 Mr. A. Miller, not out ... 22 Butt, run out.......... Tyler, b C. Hime ... Extras ... T eam . Second innings. lbw, b Madden... 22 lbw, b Madden... 31 c Christian, b M adden......... 2 c Lamport, b C. Hime ......... 23 c T u r n e r , b Llewellyn ... 11 c Robinson, b C. Hime ..........37 lbw, b Cooley ... 8 c Davey, b Cooley 2 b C. H im e..........13 c Davey, b Robin­ son ................. 3 b Hime................. 1 not out................. 8 Extras..........11 Total........................154 Total ' ...173 N atal . First innings. Davey, b Lohmann ..........23 C. Hime, c Butt, b Daven­ port ................................14 Poore, c Lohmann,b Daven­ port ................ ... ... 0 Brooke, c Butt, b Davenport 5 Cooley, b Lohmann ... 0 Stuart, c Davenport, b Lohmann ... .................21 Turner, c and b Lohmann... 6 Second innings, b Lohmann ... 11 c Davenport, b Fry ................... 16 not out..................107 notout....................35 Whyte, c Woods, b Loh­ mann ............................... Robertson,c and b Lohmann Lamport, st Butt, b Loh­ mann ................................ i Christian, c O’Brien, b Davenport........................ 3 Taylor, st Butt, b Lohmann 0 A. Hime, b Davenport ... 16 Madden, c Butt, b Lohmann 1 Llewellyn, not out .......... 0 Extras........................ 7 c Hayward, b Lohmann ... 17 3 b Davenport ... 18 Total ... ..100 lbw, b Lohmann 12 E xtras..........12 Total (5wkts) 223 BOWLING ANALYSI8. Lord H aw ke’s Team. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Robinson ... ... 12 3 24 0 ... . . . 4 1 6 1 Madden ... 34 9 88 7 ... ... 22 3 68 3 Llewellyn ... ... 15 1 27 1 ... ... 10 3 19 1 Lamport ... 7 3 5 1 ... ... 8 3 18 0 C. Hime ... 21 0 2 1 ... ... 15 4 25 4 Cooley ... ... 14 1 26 2 N atal . First innings Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Lohmann ... ... 32 4 42 9 ... ... 23 7 40 3 Hill .......... ... 2 0 6 0 ... ... 8 1 26 0 Davenport... ... 28 11 45 5 ... ... 20 5 45 1 Tyler ... ... 11 1 28 0 Fry . ... 12 3 32 1 Hayward ... 5 0 12 0 Woods ... 8 1 23 0 Miller... ... 4 1 10 0 THE SEVENTH MATCH v. TWENTY- TWO OF KING WILLIAM’ S TOWN. King William’s Town, Januiry 27 & 28. The English team arrived at King William’s Town on January 27 from Dur­ ban minus Mr. Hewett, who had been obliged to leive the party at East London summoned home by important private business. Lohmann, who had not left the Itoslin Castle at East London with the others, was also an absentee. The local players having won the toss made good show, scoring 177 for thirteen wickets before play ceased. The best cricket of the day was shown by Taberer, the old Oxonian, who played all the bowling with equal confidence. On January 28th the match was completed in gloomy and thowery weather. The English team made a poor show with the bat in the first innings and had to follow on. G o iD g iu again they were seen to better advan­ tage, Mr. Fry was again the principal scorer with 50. The game was drawn. Score:— K ing W illiam ’ s .T own T wenty -T wo . First Timings : C .‘Warren, b Fry, 14; A. Geradie, c Butt, b Fry, 26; C. Hopkins, b Davenport, 2; W. Taberer, c Miller, b Hayward, 51; J. D. Ellis, o Hill, b Heseltine, 24; McDonagh, b Hill, 0 ; R. Randall, b Heseltine, 15; Simpson, b Tyler, 6j G. Hopkins, b Hayward, 5 ; S. W. Field, c Heseltine, b Hayward, 0; K. Curaming. b Hayward, 0; C. Weir, b 'Tyler, 11; T. Mills, b Hayward, 0 ; Simpson, 17 ; Gerardi, 5 ; Edmondson, 1; Harahan, 7 ; Warren, not out 7 ; Sutton, 0; Snooke, 0; Gordon, 1; Clack, 0; Extras, 8 .- Total, 200. Bowling Analysis: "Woods took 0 wickets for 13 runs ; Tyler, 8 for 75; Fry, 2 for 13; Davenport, 1for 19 ; Heseltine, 8 for 18; Hayward, 7 for 24. NEXT ISSUE, THURSDAY, MARCH 26th,