James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING. f* [ I * * • A ustralians .—F irst I nnings . S econd I nnings . Overs. Maidens. Huns. Wickets. Overs Maidens. Runs. Wkts - a ' V . t \ * O 1 A < ’ i - - C. T. Studd • • • 40 3) 35 2 f i t It 11 7 0 Barnes ......... 30 11 51 2 t « • 13 8 6 1 A* G. Steel t i i 33 * 16 08 o • ♦ • • w 9 4 37 0 W. W. Head • • • 8 • 2 27 0 • • •• — — Barlow ......... • ♦ ♦ 20 <> 37 0 • • • 4 0 (> 0 Bates . . ............... • t • 21 7 31 1 m % • 13.1 7 22 0 C . F. H . Leslie . . .• • • 11 I 31 3 — — — — Mr. Head bowled 3no balls, and Barlow 2wides. 4 t 1 ' * 4 I » . E ngland .—F irst I nnings . S econd I nnings , Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Overs. Maidens Runs. Wkts. Spofforth ......... ... 28 11 66 1 ... 41 15 65 -^— r w 3 Palmer ........ . ... 62.2 25 65 7 ... 36.1 11 61 3 Garrett ......... ... 27 6 1 .... 2 1 4 0 Giffen ......... — — 20 7 38 4 • Mr. Palmer bowled 3 no balls. • * / * * • • w ENGLAND r. EIGHTEEN OF NORTHERN TASMANIA. After a passage across Bass’s Straits, fraught with various degrees of pleasure or the reverse, we arrived at Launceston. Air. Leslie and Morley stood out of the team, which otherwise was the same as in our Jast match. The feature of the match was the innings of 99 played by Air. 0. T. Studd. • • , ' . 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Eighteen of Northern Tasmania 114 81 195 England 270 — 270 England won by an innings and 65 runs. . . * # m ENGLAND v .EIGHTEEN OF SOUTHERN TAS a Again we lost the toss, and had to take the field. There was little worthy of comment in the game: Alorley and Air. Leslie resumed their places in the team, and Ave again won easily. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Eighteen of Southern Tasmania 82 95 177 England \ 110 68- 178 England won by 9 wickets. On the following day we travelled overland to Launceston, and voyaging back over Bass’s Straits found ourselves at our old quarters in Melbourne. . . ENGLAND v. M b . MURDOCH’S ELEVEN (2xi) M atch ). • # ► t On January 19, our second match against Air. Murdoch’s team was commenced in thoroughly Australian weather. We Avon the toss, and Avent in on a hard Avicket. Two Avickets fell for 35, Mr. Palmer clean howling each of them with balls which broke hack just enough to beat the bat. Alessrs. Steel and Leslie then carried the score to 105, when the latter Avas finely throAvn out from covei'-point. Runs continued to come steadily, and things were looking very Avell, Avhen Mr. Giffen Avas put on to bow l: he disposed of Air. Steel and Barnes; and after nearly howling Ah\ Read, got Air. Tylecote and Mr. Bligh, both without scoring. Bote» came in, and in his Avell-known dashing style soon got to work;