Cricket 1897

22 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F e b . 2fi, 1897. M R . P R IE S T L E Y ’S TEAM IN TH E W E S T IND IE S . THE FIRST AL L BARBADOS MATCH. (First of the tour.) Played at Bridgetown on January 13 and 14. Barbados won by an innings and 41 runs. played carefully, but no one else made twenty. M r . P riestley ’ s First innings. R. C. N. Palairet, b Cocks... 0 H . Stanley, c Browne, b C. Goodman .......................... A. E. Stoddart, c P., b C. Goodman .......................... 42 b C. Goodman S. M. J. W oods, lbw, b C. Goodman .......................... 12 C. C. Stone, b Cocks ........... 3 T eam . Second innings, c P.,bC.Goodman 10 2 b P. Goodman ... 25 16 A winter touring team which enters on its engagements almost immediately after its arrival at its destination must always be at a disadvantage in its first match, and there is nothing at all surprising that Mr. Priestley’s team, notwithstanding its strength as compared with Mr. Lucas’s team, was beaten by Barbados. At the same time there can be no doubt that cricket on the island has greatly im­ proved. In Clifford Goodman Barbados has a bowler who can not only bowl fast, but knows how to make use of his pace ; moreover he does not confine him­ self to fast balls. In the first match he met with very great success, taking in all twelve wickets for 104 runs, a perform­ ance of which any bowler, English or Australian, might be proud. The English­ men went in first. At the beginning of the innings, when the score was at five, a mistake was made by a Barbados man which might have been attended with serious results. R. C. N. Palairet was missed at slip. But the visitors did not profit by this, and very soon their wickets began to fall with unlooked for quickness. When S. M. J. Woods and A. E. Stoddart ■were together it seemed not unlikely that a big stand would be made, but Woods was out just when he was becoming well set, and after this Stoddart was the only man who ever looked dangerous. Stod­ dart played a careful innings, and was an hour making his 42. The innings closed for 106, a small total. Barbados, after losing Roberts, one of their best men, for 29, soon began to force the pace, and before the next wicket fell the score of the Englishmen had been passed. The two batsmen who made this fine stand were G. B. Cox and H. B. G. Austin, neither of whom found any difficulties in the bowling, notwithstanding that Woods bumped considerably at times. The second wicket fell at 121, and again there was a brilliant stand, H. Cole staying in with Cox until the end of the day, when the score had been taken to 172, Cox 57 and Cole 81. On the following morning the light, which had troubled the visitors on the previous day was less strong, The partnership between Cole and Cox was soon brought to a close, Cox being out at 195 for a finely played 67. Cole followed him three runs later, and after­ wards, except for a good stand by C Brown and C. H. Packer, who each made over thirty, the innings was uneventful. The total of 273 was made in four hours and a half. The Englishmen were 167 behind, and never looked like knocking off the runs. Woods hit hard and Stanley F. W . Bush, b C ocks.......... 5 C. A. Beldam, c P., b C. Goodman ....................... 14 L.Barratt,c P.,b C.Goodman 14 A. Priestley, c Browne, b P. Goodman ......................... 2 W . Williams, run out ... 2 R. P. Lewis, not o u t ......... 0 B 3, lb I ................. 4 b Goodman st Browne, b C. Goodman c Packer, b C. Goodman b C. Goodman ... b Cocks ........... c Packer, b Goodman not out.......... b Cocks Leg-byes 22 what more successful, but the odds against them were far too heavy, and they were beaten in an innings. G. Brisbane played very good cricket for 21. Stoddart bowled well. As on the first day, the St. Vincent team had to bat on a sticky wicket, for heavy rain fell during the night, so that they were very severely handicapped. S t . V incent X I. C. Total G. B. Y. Cox, c Priest­ ley, b Williams ...67 T. W . Roberts, c Stod­ dart, b W oods ...10 H. B. G. Austin, st Lewis, b Stoddart... 63 H . Cole, c Stoddart, b B u sh ............................. 38 P. Goodman,c Beldam, b Williams ............ 1 . Browne, c Bush, b S toddart................... ...106 B arbados . Total ...126 •W il- C. H. Packer, liam s.......................... D. McAulay, lbw, b Stoddart.................. P. Cox, c Woods, b W illiam s.................. S. Cocks, run out C. Goodman, not out B 14, lb 2, w 4 ... Total C. Goodman Cocks ........... P. Goodman McAulay ... Woods .. Stoddart Williams Bush B. 95 140 150 90 31 M r . P riestlby ’ B . M. R. W . 120 5 59 7 91 5 47 2 60 7 10 1 20 2 8 0 B arbados M. R. W, 6 45 1 12 49 3 11 68 4 1 B. 105 90 . 11 Beldam Barratt. Stone B. 10 . 75 . 20 M. R. W . 4 45 5 2 54 3 1 3 1 M. R. W . 0 10 0 7 37 0 2 8 0 W oods bowled four wides. First innings. M. Hughes, b Williams ... 0 A.H.Dunlop,cLeigh,bBush 4 A. Holder, lbw, b Williams 7 C. Ollivierre, b Williams ... 17 C. Brisbane, b Stoddart 6 R. Ollivierre, c Stoddart, b Williams .......................... 0 F. W . Griffith, c Palairet, b Williams .......................... 8 V . Richards, c Barratt, b Williams .......................... 5 C. Turpin, c Woods, Williams .................. E. Thomas, c Barratt, b Williams ......................... 0 Dr. O’ Neale, not o u t ........... 0 B 3, lb 1 .................. 4 Second innings, c Palairet, b Stod­ dart ................... 0 b Stoddart........... 3 b Stoddart...........13 b Stoddart........... 0 c Barratt,b Elliott 21 c and b Elliott . c Woods, b Stod­ dart c Stoddart, Elliott ... 0 not out.......... 9 b ... 12 b Stoddart........... c Lewis, b Elliott B 8, lb 1 ... Total... 51 M r . P riestley 2 R. Total ... T eam . P. Lewis, b V. Richards .................. F.W .Bush. c O’ Neale, b Richards ........... H. Leigh, not out ... B 23,lb 7 THE ST. VINCENT MATCH. (Second of the tour.) Played at Kensington on January 15 and 16 Mr. Priestley’s team won by an innings and 139 runs. On a sticky wicket the St. Vincent Eleven, having been put in first after losing the toss, made only a poor stand in the first innings against the bowling of W. Williams, who took eight wickets for 20 runs. C. Ollivierre alone made double figures. When the visitors went in it was soon discovered that Stoddart had got into form, and the St. Vincent bowlers doubtless learned some valuable lessons during his stay at the wickets. The turf had recovered to some extent, and the by no means difficult bowling came along fairly accurately. The fielding was not at all brilliant, so that the bowlers had a trjing time of it. H. T. Stanley helped Stoddart to raise the score from 4 to 171, when he was caught at the wicket for 43, made in two hours. There was a doubt as to whether the ball was held long enough to be des­ cribed as “ caught.” Woods was un­ successful, and two or three others of the team did very little. But Stoddart was scoring so rapidly that this did not matter in the least. Towards the end of the day H. Leigh joined him, and the two batsmen carried their bats. Stoddart’s score of 153 was by no means madewithout mistakes, but it was a very fine innings. At the end of the day the score was 276 for five wickets. It was not thought worth while to continue the innings on the following morning, and so St. Vincent went in again. This time they were some- R. C. N. Palairet, b C. Ollivierre................... H. T. Stanley, c Dun­ lop, b C. Ollivierre 47 A. E. Stoddart, not out ............................153 S. M. J. W oods, c and b C. Ollivierre........... 0 Dr. Elliott. L. Barratt, W . Priestley did not bat. S t . V incent . First innings. B. M.R. W . W . W illiam s... 71 9 20 8 ., F. W . Bush ., 35 1 16 1 .. A.E.Stoddart... 35 7 11 1 ....1501429 Elliott ..105 6 31 M r . P riestley ’ s T eam . Total ...........276 Williams, and A. Second inniDg.s. B. M. R. W . . 45 4 17 0 B. M. R. W C.Ollivierre 170 9 97 3 R.Ollivierre 60 2 25 0 Thomas ... 60 2 42 0 B. Holder ... 100 Richards 70 Brisbane... 5 M, R .W . 5 44 2 3 33 2 0 5 0 THE SECOND ALL BARBADOS MATCH. (Third of the tour.) Played at Bridgetown on January 18 and 19. Mr. Priestley’s team won by three wickets. The Barbados men, warned by previous experience, did not make the mistake of supposing that they would have a walk over in the second match, but if it had not been for a very moderate second innings they might have repeated their victory. As it was they headed the visitors on the first innings by 29, a useful lead in a match of small scores. For the third time in succession Mr. Priestley won the toss and for the second time in succession put his opponents in on a slow wicket. It did not seem that this move was likely to meet with success, for Barbados, making the most of their opportunities, ran up a score of 172, which was big enough to make the visitors doubtful of what the result of the game would be. Woods had by this time found his length, and he met with considerable success. Later in the innings Stoddart carried everything before him, and had an excellent analysis. Of the batsmen who scored largely in the first match Austin and Cole again did well, and their efforts were well backed up by Percy Cox and P. Goodman. The innings of the Englishmen was not remarkable, and not particularly attractive except for the batting of Woods, who played a bold game on a bad wicket, and made some fine hits in his 28. The only other bats- N E X T ISSUE, THURSDAY , MARCH 25.