James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

8 0 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (14) Gloucestershirev. Australians. Bristol , July 10 , 11 , and 12 . The county was strongly represented , the only notable absentees being Mr. H .V. PageandW o o f. TheAustralians omittedBurnandWalters. Murdochw o n the toss , but wisely decided , in view of the recent rains , to take the field . A t the luncheon interval , four wickets were downfor 75 ; but afterwards no one save Painter (whomade23 out of 25 while in) could touch the bowling of Ferris and Turner, whogot the last five wickets for 10 runs . O nthe Colonial team going in to bat, the weakness of the county was manifest from the start , and three batsmenwhohad been out of form lately came off successfully . These were Trott (102)-thefirst " century " of the tour-Jones (98), and Lyons (68) . Thepartnership of the two first -namedlasted nearly three hours and realized 159 runs , both playing sound and watchful cricket to the end. But the most brilliant cricket was that of Lyons, w h owith Turnerscored 99 for the first wicket-these runs being made from ninety -three balls . Rain on the third morning, combined with the good cricket of Messrs . W. G. Grace (43) and Radcliffe (45), saved Gloucestershire from a severe defeat , as whenstumps were drawn they still required 174 to save the innings . The game was drawn. Australians , 408. Gloucestershire , 94 and 140 (six wickets ) ; total , 234. (15) Gloucestershirev. Australians. Cheltenham , August 21, 22, and 23. TheAustralians ' batting was very uneven ; four membersof the team being responsible for 140 out of 176 fromthe bat. The four best batsmen on the side were disposed of for 16 runs ; but Turner (36) and Charlton (26) improved matters considerably , while later Ferris (54 not out) and Burn (24) added 62 for the eighth wicket, though both madeseveral mistakes . Thanks to Dr. E. M. Grace (24), the Gloucester score was48 whenthe second wicket fell ; butTurnerand Ferris bowled so finely that the last eight mencould only add29, and the county was forced to follow on 107 to the bad. In the follow , too, matters wentbadly with them till Messrs . W . G. Grace and Page got together . This pair scored 53 in anhour and three -quarters , and Mr. Pullen followed with abrilliant 40. Still , whenthe last wicket fell it was found that the Australians had only 24 runs to get, and these cost them two good batsmen. Australians w o nb y eight wickets . Australians , 184 and 25 (two wickets ) ; total , 209. Gloucestershire , 77 and 130 ; total , 207. Ferris (Australians ) Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 6 5 1 0 O v e r s. 5 6 2 9 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. notout. R u n s. a nI n n s. A v e r a g e . W .G. Grace 2 5 2 8 3 2 *1 0 9 3 6 . 4 J. Cranston 2 4 1 7 9 8 1 5 2 34.16 Painter 2 4 1 6 5 2 1 1 9 2 8 . 8 C.F. Belcher 7 2 1 2 7 *6 0 2 5 . 2 E .M .G r a c e 2 5 0 5 1 2 9 6 2 0 . 1 2 A.C. M .C r o o m e 8 1 1 3 2 7 1 1 8 . 6 O. G .Radcliffe 2 6 1 4 2 6 6 1 1 7 . 1 H .H . Francis 1 0 1 1 5 0 4 0 16.6 F . T o w n s e n d . 1 2 2 1 4 6 *8 5 14.6 H.V. Page..... 7 2 6 8 3 8 13.3 W .W .F. Pullen 1 7 1 2 1 6 4 7 1 3 . 8 G .S.d eW i n t o n 6 1 5 3 1 9 1 0 . 3 J. A.B u s h 9 3 5 8 2 0 9 . 4 F.L. C o l e 5 0 4 6 2 8 9 . 1 Roberts 2 4 6 1 3 3 3 5 7.7 W .O. Vizard. 6 0 3 9 1 7 6 . 3 W o o f 1 0 1 5 5 1 3 6 . 1 M u r c h . 6 0 3 1 1 1 5 . 1 H .W .B r o w n 6 1 1 6 7 3 . 1 Greenway 4 0 8 6 2 . . . D. L. Evans played in three innings , scoring 6, 1, 2; J. H. Isles , in two innings , 7, *0; and Pace, *1, 13.