James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

ENGLAND v. EIGHTEEN OF MAEYBOEO’ . F ebruary 8 and 9.—The weather was similar to that at Brisbane, n only moreso: ” it rainedharderandfelt hotter. 1st Inn©. 2nd Inns. Total. England 179 — 179 Maryboro’ 42 79 121 England won by an innings and 58 runs. ENGLAND v. A L L AUSTEAL IA . On Saturday, February 17, our match against the combined Aus- tralian team was commenced. I t was as stubbornly contested a match as any ever played in the colonies, and was not won or lost till the last ball had been bowled. In our first innings Mr. Steel’ s 135 (not out) was a magnificent display of batting against one of the best bowling teams ever put into the field; he was missed twice, and was unfortunate in causing the downfall of Messrs. G. B. and C. T. Studd the latter being well set when he was run out—but these blemishes must not be weighed too heavily against such a very fine score. For the Australians, Messrs. Bonnor and Blackham were most effective, and it is a curious thin<r that the former was missed no less than six times—for more than one of which misses Mr. Steel must be held responsible. Mr. Blackham played a fine innings in his own peculiar style. The wicket on which we played our second innings was the only really difficult one in the match ; and on it the score of 197 was, perhaps, our best performance in Australia. Bates played more carefully than usual for his 48 (not out). This left our opponents 199 to get—a task which they accomplished with the loss of C wickets. Mr. Blackham again batted splendidly and did not give a chance ; while Bannerman and Mr. Giffen had the upper hand of our bowling, and were in their very best form. How many times this match was lost and won it is needless to speculate; after the first chance was missed, our fielding, as far as catches were concerned, was demoralised. Catch after catch went to hand and was dropped, and yet in spite of ourselves we very nearly won the match, which (luring the whole of our opponents’ first innings we had, apparently, tried our best to throw away. However, we had to put up with the fortune of war, and, in this particular case, it was very hard fortune. Score and analysis:— ENGLAND. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Barlow, c Murdoch, b Midwinter ... • i t 2 c Bonnor, b Midwinter • • • • 20 C. T. Studd, run out ......... ... 48 c Murdoch, b Midwinter 31 C. F. H. Leslie, c Bonnor, b Boyle... • i t 17 b Horan ............... • • • • 19 A. G. Steel, not out ............... ... • « » 135 b Spolforth ......... • • • • 21 W. W. Head, c Bonnor, b Boyle • • • 11 b SpofForth ........ • • • V• # • • 7 K. F. S. Tylecote, b Boyle «• • 5 b Palmer ......... • • • • 0 Barnes, b SpofForth ............... • • • 2 c and b Boyle........ • • • * 20 Bates, c Bonnor,^b Midwinter........ • • • 9 not out ............... • • • $ 43 Hon. Ivo Bligh, b Palmer ........ • • * 19 c Murdoch, b Horan • • • • 10 G. B. Studd, run out ............... 9mm 3 c Murdoch, b Boyle • • • • 9 Morley,*b Palmer .............. . . . ... 0 c Blackham, b Palmer • • » • 2 Extra* m « • • • # • • C l « 12 Extras . . . • i f ■ 10 Total ... m i . . . . . .• • • 2(53 Total . . . • • • I I I M # 197