Cricket 1897

38 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a r c h 25, 1897. THE ALL ST. VINCENT MATCH. (Sixth of the tour.) Played at St. Vincent on February 15, 16 and 17. Lord Hawke’s team won by 138 runs. L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . First innings. 0 Second innings. P. F. Warner, b Layne ... 2f | b Layne ...........156 G.R.BardsweU, c & bLayne 32 b Layne ........... 0 R. Beiens, b Layne ...........19 c Brisbane, b Layne ........... 4 H . D . G. Leveson-Gower, b Olliviere .......................... 0 c Layne,b Osment 11 A. D. Whatman, b Olliviere 19 c Baptiste, b John 24 Lord Hawke, b Olliviere ... 0 c Baptiste, b Olli­ viere ...................51 J. M. Dawson, b Olliviere .. 4 b J oh n .................. 16 C. Heseltine. b Osment ... 22 b Iv a n .................. 2 A . E. Leathern, b Layne ... 3 cOsment,bLayne 5 R. W . Wickham, n otou t ... 6 c Layne, b Olli­ viere .................. 0 W . H. Wakefield, b Osment 1 not out.................. 0 E xtras...............................6 Extras ...........18 Total ...................141 T ota l.........287 S t . V incent . First innings. Second innings. C. John, b H eseltine........... 1 not out.................... 7 H . Ivan, c Bardswell, b Warner ........................... 62 c Hawke, b Lea- Iham .................. 0 C. Brisbane, b Heseltine ... 0 c Bardswell, b L.- Gower ........... 23 F. Layne, b Heseltine........... 12 b Warner ............ 58 J. Richards, c Warner, b L.-Gower ........................... 24 c Bardswell, b L .- Gower ........... 1 R. Olliviere, cBerens, b L .- Gower .................................. 12 c Wakefield, b W arner ........... 2 W . E. Davis, run o u t............ 4 c Whatman,b L.- Gower ........... 0 C. Pimmons, c Wickham, b L.-Gower ........................... 8 lbw, b W ickham 0 J. Osment, not out ........... 18 b L.-Gower............ 21 A. Baptiste, run out ........... 1 runout.................... 1 Wells-Durant, b Bardswell 2 b Hawke ............ 12 E xtras........................... 10 E x tra s............. 8 Total ...................154 L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . T ota l...........136 Osment... Davis .. Olliviere Layne F ir3 t innir-gs. O. M. R. W . Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 10 0 33 1 ............... 11*4 2 21 2 ........ ................ 6 0 26 0 ... ... 9 0 29 0 li i .......... 12 1 49 4 .................... 171572 17 1 <19 i ...9 1 a 7ft 4 L.-Gowc r Heecltine Leatham B trdswell Warner Wickham Hawke ... . 17 1 39 4 ... ... 21 3 78 4 John ........ 13 1 37 2 Brisbane ... 7 0 22 0 Ivan ........ 6 1 13 1 S t . V incent . O. M. R. W. . 23 4 . 10 5 . 5 0 . 11 4 21 22 13 19 , 6 3 . 7 4 50 3 ... 16 3 ... 14 0 ... 1 ... 1 ... 12 0 ... O. M. R. W . 27 8 41 4 ... 9 5 21 ... 18-2 8 26 ... 7 3 7 ... 3 0 1 0 2 1 13 1 THE FIRST ALL BARBADOS MATCH. (Seventh of the Tour.) Played at Bridgetown on February 25, 26 and 27. Drawn. So well had the Barbados men per­ formed with Mr. Priestley’s team that a very great amount of interest was taken in tbe first meeting with what may with­ out much doubt be described as the stronger all round team. A heavy shower in the eaily morning rendered the wicket eomewhat soft and Lord Hawke, winning the toss, thought it advisable to put his opponents in. An extremely bad start waH made by the home team, three wickets falling for three runs, which had taken half an hour to make. It was nearly thiee-quarters of an hour before ten appeared on the scoiing-board. Ruus came faster afterwards, but no important stand was made until, with the total at 91 for 9 wickets, Clifford Goodmau, the list man, joined Seiners- Cjcks. The two bowlers of tbe Barbados team proceeded to Lit tbe Euglish bowling all over the field, ai:d it was not uutil the score had b e e n ra ise d t o 166 th a t th e y w e re p a rte d . T h e y b o t h p la y e d fin e c r ic k e t a n d h it h a r d . L o r d H a w k e ’ s te a m lo s t fo u r w ic k e ts fo r 98 b e fo r e th e d a y ’ s p la y e n d ed . B a r d s w e ll w a s o u t ju s t b e fo r e tim e fo r an in n in g s o f 54, w h ic h w a s co n s id e r e d b y th e h o m e te a m t o b e a b o u t th e b e s t e v e r seen in t h e isla n d s. T h e E n g lis h m e n d id n o t s h o w a n y im p re s s in g fo r m o n th e n e x t d a y , a n d e ig h t w ic k e ts w e re d o w n fo r 194. W ic k h a m a n d W h a tm a n , h o w e v e r , D u to n 38 fo r th e n in th w ic k e t, a n d , as in th e B a rb a d o s in n in g s , a g r e a t s ta n d w a s m a d e b y th e la s t t w o m e n , W h a tm a n a n d W a k e ­ fie ld , w h o b r o u g h t th e to t a l u p t o 290. W h a tm a n p la y e d a r e m a r k a b ly g o o d in n ­ in g s o f 67, th e h ig h e s t o n t h e sid e. In th e ir s e c o n d in n in g s B a rb a d o s w e re n o t c a u g h t n a p p in g a g a in , a n d w h e n stu m p s w e re d r a w n th e y h a d p u t o n 143 fo r th e loss o f o n ly o n e w ic k e t, so th a t w ith n in e w ic k e ts t o fa ll th e y w ere 19 ru n s to th e g o o d . P. C o x w a s n o t o u t 58 a n d C o le n o t o u t 71. W ith th e g a m e in su ch an e v e n p o s itio n it w a s n o t s u r p r is in g th a t a la r g e c r o w d a s s e m b le d o n t h e th ird d a y o f th e m a tch , a S a tu r d a y . T h e sp le n d id b e g in n in g w a s n o t a t first fo llo w e d u p as w e ll as m ig h t h a v e b e e n w is h e d , a n d b e fo r e v e r y lo n g fo u r w ic k e ts w e re d o w n fo r 166. T h e b a t t in g o f C o le a n d C o x c m h a r d ly b e t o o h ig h ly p ra ise d . A ft e r th ese t w o m e n w e re o u t th e ta il d id w e ll w ith th e r e s u lt th a t t h e E n g lis h m e n h a d to m a k e 195 t o w in . A s th e y o n ly h a d an h o u r a n d th r e e -q u a r te rs b e fo r e th e m it w a s o b v io u s th a t th e g a m e m u s t e n d in a d r a w , u n less th e re w as a n e x tr a o r d in a r y co lla p s e . A s it h a p p e n e d ra in c a m e d o w n a n d s to p p e d p la y . O n t h e w h o le th e v is ito r s h a d s o m e w h a t th e b e s t o f th e g a m e w h e n th e m a tc h e n d e d . B arbados . First inniDgs. Second innings. G. B. Cox, c Bardswell, b Leveson- Gower.................... 1 b Heseltine........... 2 T. W . Roberts, c Wickham, b Heseltine............................ 2 run out ...........24 H. Cole, c Heseltine, b Leveson-Gower.................... 9 c Bardswell, b Wickham ... 78 H. B. G. Austin, ht wkt, b Heseltine .......................... 0 b Heseltine..........36 P. Goodman, c Wakefield, b Leveson-Gower..................17 c Whatman, b W ickham ... 0 0. H. Packer, c Bards.well, b H eseltine.......................... 7 b Leveson-Gower 2 P. Cox, c and b L.-Gower... 13 b Heseltine...........74 D. McAuley, c Warner, b Wickham ......................... 15 n otou t.................. 9 C. Browne, b L.-Gower ... 25 c H a w k e , b Leveson-Gower 23 A. S. Cocks, b Wickham ... 36 lbw, b Leveson- Gower ..........22 C. Goodman, not o u t..........35 c Bardswell, b Heseltine..........28 B 4, lb 2 .................. 6 B l l, lb 8, w 2 21 Total ...........166 Total ...319 L ord H awke ’ s T eam . First innings. Second innings. G. R. Bardswell, bM cAuley 54 b C. Goodman ... 27 P. F. Warner, c G. Cox, b McAuley ..........................27 b C. Goodman ... 37 R. Berens, b McAuley ... 0 c Browne, b C. Goodman ... 18 Lord Hawke, b C. Goodman 23 J. M. Dawson, b McAuley 2 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c P. Goodman, b McAuley 33 not out.................. 0 C. Heseltine, c P. Cox, b McAuley .........................21 A. E. Leatham, b McAuley 4 R. W . Wickham, c and b C. Goodman .......................... 9 A. D. Whatman, c Cole, b Austin..................................67 not out.................... 7 W . H. Wakefield, notout... 19 B 13, lb 13 ...2 6 B 4, lb 4 ... 8 Total ..................219 Total (3 wkts) 97 B arbados . First innings. O. M. R . W . Heseltine ... 26 15 52 3 ... L-Gower ... 24 4 64 5 ... Warner ... 7 2 17 0 ... Wickham ...6‘4 1 13 2 ... Bardswell ... 3 0 14 0 Second innings. O. M.R. W . ... 47 18 86 4 ... 17-2 1 62 3 ... 12 4 34 0 ... 24 9 82 2 Leatham ... 7 0 34 0 L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . First innings. C. Goodman 34 Cocks ........... 26 P. Goodman 16 McAuley ... 21 Austin........... O' M. R. W . 9 97 2 6 76 51 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 14 4 33 3 ...93 0 35 0 THE RETURN ALL BARBADOS MATCH. (Eighth of the Tour.) Played at Bridgetown on March 23 and 24. Lord Hawke’s team won by four wickets. It was quite on the cards that this match would end in a draw like the first one. It was a race against time when the Englishmen went in a second time, and they only obtained the runs after a des­ perate struggle. Indeed, if the Barbados captain had chosen to play the game as it is ordinarily played in England and Aus­ tralia the Englishmen would not have been victorious, for the winning hit was made two minutes after time. Moreover, during the latter part of the innings the rain continued to fall, and everything was against the bowlers and the field, but although he might reasonably have with­ drawn his men, the captain preferred to play the game out. Throughout the match the scoring was remarkably even, and at no time could either side claim to have anything like a commanding lead. For the second time in Barbados Lord Hawke won the toss, and as the wicket was in no condition for run getting he again put his opponents in. The first innings of the home team was only re­ markable for the excellent batting of Percy Goodman, who made 52. The inn­ ings closed for 149 and before the close of the day the visitors had done badly, los­ ing three good wickets for 32. Bardswell again played a remarkably good innings, his score of 73 being quite invaluable to his side. The only other man who did well was Leveson-Gower, in whose 47 was a fine hit out of the field. The Englishmen had a lead of 16 on the first innings. When Barbados went in again nearly every man added to the score and although no one did anything of great importance the total came to 203, leaving the visitors with 188 to make in three hours and ten minutes. As the wicket was still not in order for run getting this was not an easy task, and the rate of scoring seldom exceeded the one run a minute required. The batsmen, with the exception of Warner, could do very little with the bowling, and there was more than a chance that the innings would be concluded before the runs were made. But when the rain began to fall, and the wicket became easier, the only question was by how many wickets the game would be won. Warner continued to play fine cricket, and in the end carried his bat for 113, which was nearly six times as many runs as made by any of the other batsmen.