Cricket 1896

A phil 16, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 75 LORD H A W K E ’S TEAM IN SOUTH A FR IC A . FIFTEENTH MATCH v. FIFTEEN OF GRIQUALAND WEST. Kimberley, March 7. After their very easy victory over Johannesburg, the team went to Kimber­ ley, where some of them must have felt sorely tempted to break the Tenth Commandment. When they began to play Griqualand West, on the Saturday, it was seen that Sir T. C. O’Brien and Butt were not taking part in the game. Possibly the sight of diamonds and diamond fields may have disorganised the team; at any rate, they did not do them­ selves justice when they went in to bat. Mr. Wright and Hayward seemed likely to make a long stand for the second wicket, but just when they seemed thoroughly settled they were dismissed, and afterwards only Mr. Woods could give a good account of the bowling. The total was 95, and its smallness reflected great credit on the bowling of Mr. Samuels, who took 7 wickets for 42 runs. The home team did not begin well, but the backbone of the eleven proved to be sound, and thanks to S. Street 20, D. Lloyd 18, and C. W. Smith, 25, the score was in advance of that of Lord Hawke’s team by 49 runs. It was not to be expected that the visitors would make such a poor show in the second innings as in the first, and no one of the South Africans could have been disappointed when he saw that Mr. Hill and Mr. Woods were in remarkably fine form. The rest of the team were a little “ off colour” but their ill success was more than atoned for by the powerful cricket shown by Messrs. Hill and Woods, who aided by a little uncertainty in the field, put on runs at a very rapid rate. Mr. Hill made 89 and Mr. Woods 63 out of a total of 231. By far the most successful bowler was G. Glover, who, notwithstanding that he had more catches missed off him than is good for a man’s peace of mind, took six wickets at a moderate cost. Although the visitors had made such a large total in their second innings, the game was not yet over, for with 183 to win Griqualand West made a very stubborn fight. Indeed, towards the close of the innings they seemed to have more than a reasonable chance of winning, and when T. Back- man hit out finely for the tenth wicket, any sportsman would have felt inclined to take evens on the result. At this period of the game the happy thought occurred to Lord Hawke to take off Lohmann, who had been bowling finely, and try Hill. The change was instantly effectual, and Lord Hawke’s team won by 13 runs. It was a most interesting ending to a splendidly fought match. On the side of the visitors, Mr. Woods and Mr. Fry were the bowlers with the best analysis, and Lohmann was also in excellent form. Score and analysis L ord H awke ’ s First innings. Mr. A. J. L. Hill, c C. Glover, b Samuels ......... Mr. C, W. Wright,bSamuels Hayward, c C. Glover, b Samuels ........................ Mr. C. B. Fry, c G. Gloyer, b Street ........................ Mr. H. R. Bromley-Daven- port, b Samuels ......... Mr. S. M. J. Woods, b Samuels ........................ Lohmann, b Samuels Lord Hawke, c C. Gloyer, b Samuels ........................ Mr. A. M. Miller, run out Mr. C. Heseltine, not out... Tyler, b Street ................. Extras ................. E leven . Second innings. 9 c Jones, b Lloyd 89 16 c Humphries, b Glover ..........17 24cSamuels, bLloyd 12 4 b G. Glover....... 4 7 c Backman, b Lloyd .......... 4 24 b Glover ....... 63 0 b Samuels........ 4 4 c Backman, b G. Glover .......... 8 0 b G. Glover......... 3 3 c B. Powell, b Glover ............ 10 0 not out............ 0 4 Extras..............17 Total 95 Total ...231 G riqualand W est . First innings. W. H. Humphries, run out G. Glover, c Hill, b Loh­ mann ............................... J. Powell, c Woods, b Loh­ mann ............................... 8 J. Doig, run o u t ................. 0 S. Street, c and b Bromley- Davenport........................20 D. Lloyd, c Miller, b Brom- ley-Davenport.................18 C. W. Smith, c Fry, bWoods 25 F. Glover, b H ill................. 0 B. Powell, b Hill................. 0 T. B. Samuels, c Hill, b Lohmann ........................10 R. H. Jones, c Woods, b Lohmann ........................ H. Yon Schade, b Woods... C. Glover, not out .......... T. Backman, b Woods B. Harvey, b W oods.......... Extras ................. Second innings, b Lohmann ... 0 19 lbw, b Fry . Total b Fry .......... lbw, b Fry ... b Lohmann c Hayward, b Fry 13 c Hayward, b Fry 7 run out .......... 2 b Fry .................10 c Lord Hawke, b Lohmann ... 20 c and b Lohmann 0 b Hill ................. 1 b Heseltine ... 14 not out.................15 b H ill................. 1 Extras..........18 Total ..........169 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L ord H awke ’ s T eam . First innings. O. M. R. W . G. Glover .......... 0 Samuels ..........21 Harvey .......... 5 Street.................13 1 6 0 8 42 7 .. 0 11 0 .. 3 32 2 .. Lloyd . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ...32.3 7- 75 6 ...19 2 75 1 ... 3 ...11 0 13 0 1 51 3 G riqualand W est . First innings. Lohmann ... ... Woods................. Heseltine ......... Hill ................ Bromley- Davenport O. M. R. W . 26 10 53 4 ... 18.2 9 5 4 11 6 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ...28 12 61 4 36 4 0 19 2 17 2 Fry .13 . 9 34 4 .10 6 5 0 .30 11 47 6 SIXTEENTH MATCH v. M k . LOGAN’S TEAM. Matjesfontein, March 16. J. D. three wickets for one run. Lohmann made things lively, and hit Fry out of the ground for 5. At 80, Hayward re­ lieved Fry. Lohmann stepped out to Tyler, and sent the ball over the fence, ‘ ‘ well on the way to Kimberley,” as some­ body remarked. Challoner made some pretty strokes, but at 93 he was caught and bowled by Tyler; a very neat catch over his head with one hand. Sykes was bowled by Tyler almost immediately, and Lord succumbed to Hayward. With Lieutenant Hawke in, Lohmann once more lifted Tyler over the fence, and 130 was the score, but he walked out to Tyler once too often, and at 142 was stumped by Wright. The Laird was greeted with loud applause. When he went to the wickets shortly before lunch, Lord Hawke was bowling lobs at the time, and the Laird, after hitting up a couple, was ensnared by a slow ball. Samuels and Lieutenant Hawke kept the pot boiling before and after lunch. With the score of 185, Hawke was beaten by Tyler, and Samuels, after scoring 23, knocked his stumps in essaying a cut. Armstrong and Marshall became associated, and the second century was raised shortly before three o’clock, when Hill and Tyler were bowling. Five runs later, Marshall was bowled by Hill. Armstrong was scoring consistently, but the new-comer (Spence) was clean bowled by Hill at 218. At 220, Butt bowled instead of Tyler, and Gray, the next man, was bowled by Hill, who at this period had three wickets for 8 runs. Hands gave way to Penrose after making a couple. Armstrong knocked up a couple of 4’s, and yet a third, followed by a 5, Butt proving an expensive bowler. At 257, Armstrong, who had played an excellent innings of 54, was caught by Hayward in the long field off Hill. Fry took a spell of bowl­ ing, and got Penrose run out with 6 runs added. Simkins hit Lord Hawke (who had resumed his lobs) for 4, and snicked Fry for a similar number. Boulton hit the fast bowler similarly, but was run out next ball. The innings closed for 277. Lord Hawke’s team commenced batting at four o’clock, and at six the last man was batting. Woods did some heavy execution on the bowling, and the captain knocked up 17. Hill, Butt, and Sir T. C. O’Brien adopted the stone-wall game towards the end of the match, with a view to making the game a draw, and in this they were successful. Mr. Logan’s team, however, had all the advantage of the draw, the English team, with one wicket in hand, being 94 runs in arrear at 6.15, when stumps were drawn. Score and analysis M b . L ogan ’ s T eam . On March 16, Lord Hawke’s Team played a match against a team got up by Mr. J. D. Logan, and played at his seat at Matjesfontein. After the game, the team were royally entertained by Mr. Logan, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. Mr. Logan’s team, who went in first, made a fairly good start till Tyler went on to bow], and he began by taking D.Routledge,bO’Brien 19 C. Glover, c O’Brien, b Tyler .................27 M. Bisset, b Fry.......... 1 A. Lawton,bTyler ... 6 Lieut. Challoner, c and b Tyler .................15 S. Doig, b Tyler.......... 0 Lohmann, st Wright b Tyler .................64 Lieut. Sykes, b Tyler 0 A. Lord, b Hayward 6 Lieut. Hon. H. B. Hawke, b Tyler ... 22 J. D. Logan, b Hawke 2 F. B. Samuels, ht wkt, b Tyler ................. Lieut. Armstrong, c Hayward, b Hill ... D. Marshall, b Hill ... Spence, b Hill .......... Gray, b Hill ......... H. Hands, b Butt ... Penrose, run out G. Boulton, run ou t... W . V. Simkins, not out ........................ Extras................. Total ..........277