Cricket 1896

O ct . 29, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 451 U n it e d S t a t e s . G. 8. Patterson,b McGiyerin 3 J. W. Muir, b Laing.......... 3 W. W. Noble, b Laing ... 0 A. M. Wood, c and b Mc- Giverin...................... . ... 5 F. H. Bohlen, b McGiverin 6 L. Biddle, b Laing .......... 0 E. M. Cregan, b Laiog ... 0 J. B. King, b Laing .......... 0 H. I. Brown, c and b Laing 1 E. W. Clark, b McGiverin 9 F. W . Ralston, not out ... 14 B 7, lb 4 .................11 Total ... 52 b Laing .......... 8 c Cooper, b Laing 10 b Laing .......... 1 b Laing .......... 6 b Laing ..........13 c Cooper, b Lyon 23 b Laing ..........14 c Lyon, b Laing 8 b McGiverin ... 3 not out.................18 b Laing .......... 7 B 9, lb 1, w 1 11 Total ...112 C a n a d a . B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W . King .......... 125 8 37 4 ........... 185 19 41 6 Clark .......... 25 1 8 0 ............ 20 1 15 0 Patterson ... 110 13 22 6 ............ 175 16 38 4 Brown.......... 20 0 8 0 ............ 15 0 7 0 Cregan ... 5 0 2 0 Patterson bowled one no-ball, and King one no­ ball and one wide. U n it e d S t a t e s . B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W. L a in g.......... 60 4 17 6 ............ 135 11 37 8 McGiverin ... 60 24 14 4 ............ 115 6 50 1 Lyon ... 15 1 3 1 Laing bowle^^^.^ide. ^ BOMBAY PRESIDENCY v. PAESEES. Played at Bombay on August 21 and 22. Bombay won by ten wickets. This match invariably arouses the deepest interest in the Presidency, and in view of the improvement said to have been made by the Parsees, the excitement this year was even greater than usual. Fortunately for the success of the match the weather, which had for a long time been abominable, was almost perfect, and the sun shone brightly. It cannot be said that the members of the Presi­ dency X I distinguished themseves, as a whole, in batting; in fact, of the 160 runs scored from the bat, nine of the eleven were responsible for only 42. But J. G. Greig played a wonderfully good innings, missing his hundred by two, just as he did in the same match last year. The only man who could manage to stay with him for any length of time was H. E. Cheetham, whose 20 was a very valuable innings. The Parsee bowling was, on the whole, very good indeed, and B. M. Billimoria had a fine analysis. Against the bowling of E. L. Sinclair and H. E. Browne the Parsees fared very badly, only three men making double figures. Sinclair and Browne both had wonderful analyses. In the follow on the Parsees did much better, and E. D. Daruwalla and D. D. Kanga played excellent cricket, putting on 48 during their partnership. Sinclair again had a splendid analysis. It was generally prophesied before the match that the Parsees would win easily, and perhaps if Greig had been disposed of for a very small sum the game might have been pretty even. B o m b a y . H. E. Cheetham, b Mistry J. G. Greig, c and b Billimoria ......... H. E. Browne, c and b Davur ................. K. Wigram, b Mehta P. F. Pocock, b Mehta C. G. Camegy, b Billi­ moria ................. M. R. Jardine, c Billi­ moria, b Mistry ... B. J. B. Stephens,lbw, b Billimoria ......... u Second innings: Greig, out, 4 ; extras 2.—Total, 11. 3 20 E. B. Raikes, b Billi­ moria ................. 2 H. C. Herbert, c Spen­ cer, b M istry.......... 9 R. L. Sinclair, not out 8 Extras.................13 Total ...173 P a r s e e s . D. E. Mody, c Stephens, b Sinclair ........................ 5 K. M. Mistry, b Raikes .. 1 R. D. Daruwala, c Cheet­ ham, b R aikes................. 6 D.D. Kanga, lbw, b Sinclair 0 D. M. Raja, c Cheetham, b Sinclair .......... B.C.Machliwala,stStephens, b Herbert ........................ 7 S. B. Spencer, b Browne ... 10 R. E. Mody, c Stephens, b Cheetham ........................12 B. M. Billimoria, b Browne 0 A. H. Mehta, c Cheetham, b Browne ........................ 0 P. H. Davur, not out.......... 5 Extras........................ 3 b Raikes ..........10 st Stephens, b Raikes .......... 0 run out ..........23 c Greig,b Sinclair 37 ..13 b Sinclair c Milne,b Sinclair 7 b Sinclair .......... 4 b Cheetham ... 10 not out.................13 b Cheetham ... 2 c sub, b Sinclair 3 Extras..........12 Total Davur.......... Billimoria ... Mehta.......... Mistry.......... Raikes.......... Sinclair Herbert Browne Cheetham ... ..........62 B o m b a y . R. M. W. 41 3 1 .. 10 4 .. 70 20 6 2 .. ... 153 41 13 3 .. P a r s e e s . 6 2 ... 6 3 ... 9 7 2 B. ... 90 ... 165 .. 90 31 ... 65 10 ... 15 ... 10 Total ..121 B. R. M.W. , 14 7 1 0 ! 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 Greis 1 ... 3 ... 1 ... 80 22 107 40 15 9 , 30 10 45 23 10 5 Herbert bowled one no-ball. o b i t u a r y , m e . p e e c y m c d o n n e l l . At the end of September, Mr. McDonnell, who came to England with the Australian teams in 1880, 1882, 1884 and 1888, died from heart disease. In 1883 he was captain of the team. He not out, 5 ; Browne, not was remarkable for the brilliancy of his hitting, which was equal to that of any of the great hitters which Australia has produced. Although he was more fre­ quently to be relied on to make runs than most hitters, it was when his side was in extreme difficulties that he was generally seen at his best. He was not at all the sort of man to be affected by a rot, and even on the very worst of wickets he was likely to make a great many runs. In 1880, his first year on tour, he had an average of 23'4 in eleven-a-side matches, scoring 1020 runs in all matches. This performance was the more remarkable in that his highest innings during the tour was less than 80. In the test match this year, when England won by 5 wickets, he made s;ores of 27 and 43. .In 1882 he was not as successful as before, his average being only 1716—sixth on the list and he was not chosen for the test match. He was second in the averages in 1884 with 23 39, Mr. Murdoch holding the first place. With a highest total of 103 (against England at the Oval), he scored 1,235 runs during this tour. His fourth visit, as captain, was perhaps a little disappointing, but he still showed that when set his batting had lost none of its power. In matches in Australia against English teams he was, on the whole, successful, and two or three of 'them were practically won by his de­ termined play at a pinch. His best perfor­ mance was, without much doubt, his 124 and 83 at Adelaide against Shaw’s team. FRED LEE. In his day one of the best of Yorkshire batsmen, Fred Lee died at Baildon, near Bradford, on September 13, aged 39. His best year for the County was 1885, when he was second in the averages to Ulyett with 31' 12. He ceased to appear in the team after 1889, during which year he made 789 runs and had an average of 20-29. He was particularly strong on the off side. NAT THOMPSON.; Another of the old time Australian cricketers has passed away in the person of Nat Thompson, who was bom on May 20, 1839, and died Sept. 2, 1896, thus being in his fifty-eighth year. He played for N.S.W. v. Victoria from 1858 to 1879 in 21 matches, his batting average for 39 innings being 13.41, and his bowling average for 20 wickets 22-2. He was also a splendid wicket-keeper. Thomp­ son played against all the early English teams until (and including) Lord Harris’s. He played in the first eleven-a-side match between English and Australian cricketers (January, 1877 ) ; and was a member of the first eleven that represented Australia (March, 1877), he was also asked to accompany Gregory’s team to England (1878) but was unable to take the trip. In eleven-a-side matches against English teams he had an average of 18'3 for ten innings. As a cricket coach Thompson was particularly successful, bringing out amongst others such great players as Messrs. Murdoch, Massie, Moses, and Bonner. SUTTON T . SUTTON FOOTBALL CLUB (12 a-side).—Played at Sutton. S u tto n . A. C. Havers, c Col­ lins, b R. Bell..........24 J. T. Illington, lbw, b R. Bell .................10 G. A. Bacon, c Morri­ son, b Haycraft ... 25 W.S.Holford, b R.Bell 3 F. J. Nightingale, run out ........................ 4 L. V. Straker, b Hay­ craft ...................... H. Nickalls, not out... 3 0 B 9, lb 2, nb 1, w 3 15 J. A. Knight, run out A. R. Dagg, c J., b R. Bell ........................ 0 W. A. Hunt, c and b 8. Jackson .......... 6 P. H. Dagg, run out... 22 G.R.Blades,bHaycraft 22 Total ..........134 S u tto n F.C, V.R.Bromage,b Bacon 14 W. M. Bell, c Blades, b Knight................. 2 F. W. R. Morrison, b Bacon .................25 D.Jackson, c A. Dagg, b Havers................. 4 A. 8. Jackson, lbw, b Bacon ................. 0 J. Bell, c A. Dagg, b Havers ................. 3 Total ..........70 W.B.Haycraft,bBacon 0 R. M. Bell, c Knight, b Havers................. 0 F. Collins, c A. Dagg, b Havers................. 0 C. Nickalls, not ou t... 6 H. J. Barclay, c Stra­ ker, b Havers......... 10 L. G. Lee, b Havers... 2 Byes ................. 4 N E X T ISSUE, T HURSDA Y , NOVEMBER 26.