James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

32 ANALYSIS OB' THE BOWLING. Nr.w S outh W alks .—F ihst I nnings . Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wks. Overs. Mdns. Rnnt "mu,. Morley 20 10 32 0 C. T. Studd m 22.1 12 19 Barlow • • • 54 34 41 1 Barnes ... • • • 2 1 z A A, G. Steel • • • 28 7 32 5 Bates 14 7 U 19 If 1 S econd I nnings . A. G. Steel t M 23 13 26 1 W. W. Read 23 10 25 T Morley # « • 17 10 15 0 Barnes ... • t # 7 3 12 A o C. T. Studd • • • 20 9 28 3 Bates ... • t t 32 17 31 o Barlow 26 19 18 3 V / E xgland .—F irst I nnings . Evans « ! • 85 33 146 6 Geary ... • i t 19 7 45 0 Wearne # » • 14 1 62 1 Allen t f i 14 1 32 0 Turner ... 45 16 76 1 Powell ... • M 13 5 32 1 Marr 29 15 46 1 Moses • It 2 0 16 0 ENGLAND v. EIGHTEEN OF WEST MAITLAND . D ecember G and 7. —This match was played in wet weather, on a bad ground, and was unproductive of any good cricket. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. England 155 —• 155 Eighteen of West Maitland 49 91 140 England won by an innings and 15 runs. ENGLAND v. EIGHTEEN OF NEWCASTLE. D ecember 8 and 9.—Newcastle went in on an excellent wicket, l>ut were disposed of for 67. Mr. C. T. Studd obtained 7 wickets for 10 runs. Mr. Bligh, who played for the first time in Australia, started the batting with Barnes, and at 6 p.m. we had lost 4 wickets for 130; the next day our innings closed for 339, Mr. Bead (64), Mr. Leslie (51), Mr. Yernon (41), being the chief contributors, and at the call of time Newcastle had lost 15 wickets for 54 runs. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. England 339 — 339 Eighteen of Newcastle 67 54 121 Drawn. Newcastle had lost 15 wickets. ENGLAND v. EIGHTEEN OF BALLAEAT. D ecember 26, 27, 28.—On an excellent ground, in first-rate order, our opponents kept us fielding all day, while they compiled 226 (Worrall 52, McGregor 53, Lawler 37), made by the best cricket we had yet witnessed. Our score was made pi*incipally by Messrs. Bead 55, C. T. Studd 33, Bligh 45, Tylecote 40, Yernon 34. T. Duffy bowled very well, and got 5 wickets for 54 runs. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. England 272 — 272 Ballarat 226 171 397 Drawn. Ballarat had lost 14 wickets. ENGLAND v. M r . MUEDOCH’S ELEVEN. D ecember 30.— The day on which we were to play our first great match had arrived—and a gloriously sunny day it was. The Melbourne ground was in splendid condition, and the number of spectators was