Cricket 1896

76 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 16, 1896. L ord H aw ke ' s T eam . Kirk, st Hawke, b Samuels .......... .. 4 L o r d H aw k e, b Samuels .................17 S. M. J. Woods, c Lawton, b Bissett... 66 C. B. Fry, c Glover, b Samuels ................. 9 A. M. Miller, b Loh­ mann........................ 1 C. Heseltine, run out 7 Tyler, b Lohmann ... 10 C. W . Wright, b Loh­ mann........................ 0 Hayward, c Logan, b Bisset ................. 9 A. J.L. Hill, not out... 11 Butt, c Glover, b Samuels .................17 Sir T. C. O’Brien, not out ........................ 3 Extras................29 Total ..183 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L ord H awke ’ s T eam . 0. M. R. W. Sir T. C. O’Brien 12 C. B. Fry...12 Tyler ...28 O. M. R. W. IHayward... 8*2 1 55 1 1 47 1|Lord Hawke 9 0 27 1 2 54 1IS.M.J.Woodsl 0 7 0 4 79 8IHill .......... 9 1 1 5 4 Butt ......... 4 0 29 1 M r . L ogan ’ s T eam . O. M. R. W. Lohmann ...24 6 64 3 Logan... Samuels ...17 4 49 4 Challoner Bisset ...11 1 26 2 Boulton ... 2 0 4 0 Routledge O. M.R. W. ,.2 0 6 0 ..3 1 2 0 ..2 0 3 0 . 1 1 0 0 SEVENTEENTH MATCH v. WESTERN PROVINCE. C a p e T o w n , M a r c h 17 a n d 18. From Kimberley the visitors returned to Cape Town to meet the Western Province, and after their experience at Kimberley, when the attendance was extremely good, they were a little dis­ appointed in finding that no interest seemed to be taken in the game. Again the majority of the team failed, and again it was left to two men to do nearly all the scoring. At the beginning of the game it seemed more than possible that a rot would set in, but when Hayward and Mr. Wright were together, the home team had a great deal of practice in fielding. Both men played fine cricket, punishing the bowling at every oppor­ tunity and never allowing it to get the upper hand of them. Hayward made 83 and Mr. Wright 68. Thanks to their good cricket and a well made 22 by Mr. Woods, the total came to 224. Middleton was the only bowler who had any terrors for the visitors, but he distinguished himself a good deal. To the bowling of Lohmann the Western Province began to go down like ninepins, and it looked like a walk over for Lord Hawke’s team, until A. Richards and Lieut. Challoner were together. Then for the first and only time the bowling was almost collared. Richards, the captain of his team, hit with precision and with power, while Lieut. Challoner was content to keep up his end. Thanks to the efforts of the two batsmen the total was 122, and the follow-on was saved. In their second innings the visitors gave a good all-round display, but Mr. Woods, by his vigorous innings of 45, stood out prominently from the rest. The other chief scorers were Sir T. C. O’Brien, 24; Mr. Hill, 28 ; and Mr. Wright, 25. When stumps were drawn for the day (Wednesday) 9 wickets had fallen for 168, a total some­ what disappointing, but probably large enough to secure a victory if the match had been played out. But on the morning of the following day (Thursday) rain began to fall heavily when it was time for the game to be resumed, and as it continued without any signs of abate­ ment, it was decided to abandon the match. Score and analysis :— L ord H awke ’ s First Innings. Sir T. C. O’Brien, c Moore, b MiddJeton .................11 A. J. L. Hill, b Rowe........ 3 Hayward, stPrince, b Heame 83 Lohmann, c Watermeyer, b M iddleton........................ 1 C. W, Wright, st Prince, b Middleton........................68 S. M. J. Woods, b Rowe ... 22 T eam . Second Innings. b Middleton ,..24 htwkt, b Van der Byl .......... .... 28 st Prince, b Mid­ dleton ... ... 5 c Challoner, b Heame .......... 3 b Rowe c Middleton, Rowe Lord Hawke, c Bisset, b M iddleton........................ 0 b Rowe H. R. Bromley-Davenport, b Middleton ................. 8 b Middleton C. Heseltine, not o u t ..........11 runout Tyler, c Bisset, b Middleton 9 not out........... Butt, b Middleton .......... 0 Extras........................ 8 ... 14 ... 5 Total ... Extras..........10 ..224 Total (9 wkts) 168 W estern P rovince . C. Prince, c Woods, b Lohmann .......... 3 F. Heame,b Lohmann 6 T. Etlinger, b Loh­ mann ................. 7 H. Francis, b Loh­ mann ................. 3 M. Bissett, c Butt, b Lohmann .......... 3 A. Richards, c Hill, b Lohmann ..........58 V.Van der Byl, b Tyler 4 Lieut. Challoner, b Hill ........................21 J. Middleton, c Hesel­ tine, b Hill F. B. Moore, b Hill . G. Rowe, not out Extras .............. Total ... . BOWLING ANALYSIS. L ord H awke ’ s T eam . Middleton Rowe.......... Van der Byl Bisset.......... Heame ... First innings. O. M. R .W . 33 36 85 7 29 7 54 2 11 2 36 0 5 0 19 0 ....... 9 1 22 1 Van der Byl delivered two no-balls. W estern P rovince . Second innings. O. M. R. W. .23 5 63 3 . 20*4 5 56 3 1 21 1 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Tyler.......... 26 4 49 1 I Hill......... 15 5 29 3 Lohmann 36 11 56 6 |B.-Daynprt 4 1 6 0 Hill and Bromley-Davenport delivered one no-ball each. once, Mr. Hill and Hayward obtained such a mastery over the bowling that the dis­ missal of the latter for 31 was hailed with the greatest relief. For a moment hopes were entertained that the rest of the team, as had happened before, would collapse. But afterMr. Bromley-Davenport was out for seven, Mr. Woods helped to raise the score considerably, though by no means as rapidly as usual. He was bowled at last for 30, but Mr. Hill still went o n ; then two valuable wickets fell quickly, but all the tail except Tyler played fine cricket, and enabled Mr. Hill to score his hundred. He was at last out for 124, a really brilliant innings, total 265. The position in which the South Africans were now placed was practically hopeless, unless the weather came to their rescue in some extraordinary manner. But not by ♦hat of a vast amount of luck in their second innings, and a small earthquake in the middle of the pitch just before the Englishmen would have to go in again, would have saved them from defeat. As it was their luck was bad, and it was not necessary for the visitors to go in a second time. Frank Heame batted very prettily for 30. Mr. Sinclair made 28, and Messrs. Halliwell and Seccull scored double figures. The remainder of the team found the bowling of Mr. Hill too much for them, with the result that the total only reached 117. Thus Lord Hawke’s team won by an innings and 33 runs. Score and analysis:— S outh A frica . First innings. T. Routledge, b Lohmann 24 Hearae(F.),candbLohmann 0 FINAL MATCH v. SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town, March 21 and 23. On the two previous occasions that Lord Hawke’s team had played South Africa in this season’s tour, they had been easily victorious, so that there was no great excitement about what would be the result of the third match. Neverthe­ less, it was still possible for the South Africans to win some glory, and they had collected together about their strongest team. They lost the toss, but the visitors wisely enough as it proved, did not take advantage of this, and preferred to put the home team in. Once more Lohmann was a thorn in their side, and nobody was able to do anything with him. T. Routledge and E. A. Halliwell each made over 20, and on a happier day might have considerably increased their scores. Lieut. Poore and G. Glover also made double figures. Total 115. Lohmann took seven wickets for 42. It was very soon seen that the visitors were not likely to get out for a small score, for after Mr. Wright had been disposed of at Lieut. Poore, c Woods, b Lohmann ........................17 J.Sinclair, c Woods, b Tyler 2 A. Richards, c Woods, b Lohmann ........................ E. A. Halliwell, c Heseltine, b Tyler...............................23 A. W. Seccull, c and b Loh­ mann ............................... 6 G. Glover, not out ......... Middleton, c Hayward, b Tyler ............................... 2 J. Willoughby, b Lohmann 5 G. Rowe,b Lohmann.......... 5 Extras ................. 7 Second innings. b Woods .......... c Hayward, b Tyler.................£ b Woods .......... c H a w k e , b Davenport 6 b Woods ... b Hill .......... not out.......... c Woods, b L mann 28 3 c Hawke, b Hill 6 st Butt, b Hill ... 3 b H ill................. 3 Extras .......... 4 T o ta l.................life Total ... L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . ..117 C. W . Wright, c Sec­ cull, b Willoughby 2 A. J. L. Hill, c Poore, b Middleton ..........124 Hayward, b Seccull .. 31 H. R.Bromley-Daven- port, b Seccull ... 7 S. M. J. Woods, b Rowe....................... 30 Sir T. C. O’Brien, c sub., b Glover.......... 2 BOWLING Lohmann (G.A.), b Willoughby .......... 8 C-Hestltine, c Heame, b Rowe .................18 Lord Hawke, not out 12 Tyler, b Middleton .. 0 Butt, c Sinclair, b Middleton ..........13 B 12; lb 4, nb 2 ... 18 Total ANALYSIS. S outh A frica . ..265 First innings. Lohmann Heseltine Tyler ... O. 24 6 18 M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 8 45 1 23 9 42 7 0 17 0 , 2 50 3 ......... 11 3 16 1 W oods.......... 13 5 28 3 B.-Davenport 9 3 16 1 Hill .......... 8 4 8 4 Lohmann delivered a wide and a no-ball; Tyler and Bromley-Davenport each delivered a no-ball. L obd H awke ’ s T eam . O. M. 11. W. Willoughbyl4 2 37 2 Rowe ... 32 9 72 2 Seccull ... 12 2 37 2 O. M. R. W. Sinclair ... 7 1 23 0 Middleton23-4 6 50 3 Glover ... 13 4 28 1 Rowe and Middleton each delivered a no-ball.