CRICKET.

Evening Star, Issue 7473, 17 March 1888, Page 1 (Supplement)

CRICKET.

. « • CRICKET AT SAMOA. While lovers of the national game have been puzzling themselves how to revive cricket in Australia, the one-time barbarian Samoans have settled the difficulty in one act. Tiie game was introduced to the island about three years ago by the officers of H.M.S. Diamond, and the sporting Samoans at once saw there was much room for improvement. The ordinary rules were not to their liking at all, so they arranged matches with 200 a-side. The contests lasted for weeks. All work was neglected to watch the progress of 200 men going in to tot up big scores, with another 200 in the field. Any tendency to monotony was relieved by battles which led to the revival of heathen customs; and so the matches went on from early morning to dewy eve, in the midst of the most intense excitement. At last things became so bad, as all other interests were neglected for cricket, that the Government had to step in and legislate to put down the game. Men who played were expelled from the church, and this, with various other repressive measures, has subdued the enthusiasm of the Samoan Blackhams, Spofforths, and Boyles. The Rev. J. King, who recently paid a visit to Samoa, related the circumstances (says the ' Daily Telegraph') at a late meeting of the London Missionary Society. VERNON'S TEAM v. NEW SOUTH WALES. This the return match, and which i 8 also the last important match the Englishmen will play in New South Wales, took place on February 17 and following days. Vernon having won the toss decided to bat first. Stoddart and Abel started the batting, but Turner disposed of Stoddart in his first over, Peel (who followed) being bowled by the same bowler after making 27 ; the total then standing at two for 56. W. W. Read followed, and he had as successive partners Abel, Newton, O'Brien, and Rawlin. He had only just commenced to score when he hit a ball back into Turner's hands, but that usually Bafe catch failed to hold it. The miss proved to be a very costly one, as it was not until Read had made 119 that he ivas run out. While he and O'Brien were partners boundary hits were as plentiful as blackberries ; O'Brien made four of them in succession. During the innings, which closed for 337, five bowlers were tried, but despite numerous changes the bowling was literally knocked to pieces. The averages suffered all round. Turner's five wickets cost him 12S runs. The opening of the New South Wales innings was watched with interest, from the fact that the brothers Bannerman were once more partners at the wickets as representatives of the colony ; but the champion of the first Australian Eleven only made 6, when he was caught and bowled by Peel. The innings did not present any prominent feature, beyond the somewhat rapid dismissal of the batsmen in its early stage. The first six wickets fell for 89 ; A. Bannerman contributing 33, and Turner 27, of that num-' ber. Towards the close of the innings a somewhat better defence was made, and Hiddlistone and Burton punished the bowling somewhat, taking the total from 89 to 120, when the latter batsman was smartly caught by Stoddart. Garrett and Hiddlistone stayed together till 184 was reached, at which figure Garrett was caught, having made 45 by fair cricket. The ninth and tenth wickets were got at a cost of an additional 9 runs, and the innings closed for 193. The New South Wales Eleven, being 144 behind, had of course to follow on. A. Bannerman and Hiddlistone were the first batsmen, but both were dismissed just after reaching double figures. On Jones and M'Donnell becoming partnei'3 the field got just as much work as they cared for. After the captain had made 56 he was given out Ibw, Jones being got rid of in a similar manner after scoring 40. Turner closed a good intiogs for 45, and no prolonged stand was then made until W. Richardson and Wearne, the two last men, were in. They knocked the bowling about in first-class style. The total was 210 when they met, and it was not until 252 was reached that Wearne was caught. The Englishmen had just two hours left in which to get the 109 runs required to claim a victory, and at the outset it looked very much as though they would not be able to get that number, Abel and Stoddart were first in, but Turner bowled the latter before he scored. Peel, his successor, had scarcely reached the crease before Abel was run out. W. W. Read then joined Peel, and these two kept their places at the wickets until the necessary number of runs had been made. They literally knocked the bowling to piects, and scored the 109 runs in one hour and forty minutes, the champion Surrey batsman having made 53, and the Vorkshireman 52. Scores:— Vkrnon's Team. First [nnings. Second Innlnps. Stoddart, b Turner .. 4 b Turner .. .. 0 Peel, b Turner .. 27 notouS _ ..52 Abel, o Burton, b Turner 34 runout .. .. 0 O'Brien, c Burton,b Jones 45 Newton, b Wearne .. 17 W W. Read, thrown out 119 notout .. .. 53 Vernon, o M'Donnell, b Turner 0 Rawlin, o Allen, b Garrett 39 j Attewell, b Garrett ..25 Beaumont, not out ..2 Bowden, lbw, b Turner .. 4 Extras .. ..15 Extras .. .. 4 Total .. 337 Two wickets for 109 BOWLING ANALYSIS First Innings. j BiMs. Mdns. Runs. Wltte. Turner .. ..824 35 128 6 Garrett .. 295 35 91 2 Jones .. .. G8 4 29 1 Wearne ..44 3 39 1 Richardson ..28 0 28 0 Second Innings. Turner .. .. 97 10 31 1 Garrett, Wearne, and Jones also bowled. Nbw South Walks. First loninps. Second Innings. A. Bannerman, o Peel, b Stoddart.. . 33 o Rawlin, b Peel ~ 15 C. Bannerman, o and b Peel 0 o Bowden, b Rawlin 0 M'Dinneli, o Rawlin, b Beaumont .. ..4 lbw, b Boaumont .. 56 Jonee, runout . ..0 Ibw, b Attewell ..40 Allen, b Peel .. ..8 cßawlin.bStoddart 4 Turner, o O'Brien, b Stoddart 27 c Peel, b Stoddart 45 Hiddlißtone, b Attewell 33 b Peel .. ..14 Burton, c Stoddart, b Peel 18 c Abel, b Beaumont 22 Garrett, o Newton, bo Bowden, b BeauAttewell 45 moat .. .. 12 Kiohardson, lbw, b Attewell 0 not out .. ..30 Wearne, not out .. .. 2 o Beaumont, b Peal 11 Ex'ras ' .. ..16 Extras .. ..3 Total .. .. 193 Total .. .. 252 BOWLINQ ANALYSIS. First Innings. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkt?. i Beaumont ..188 27 63 1 Peel .. ..218 28 61 3 Attewell .. 114 14 32 3 Stcddart ..84 10 31 2 Second inning. Peel .. .. Sl4 43 S3 3 Attewoll .. 270 45 68 1 Beaumont .. 164 24 ei 8 Stoddart .. 100 11 35 2 Rawlin .... 58 8 12 1 SHREWSBURY'S TEAM v. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. A match between Shrewsbury's team and the sixth Australian Eleven, which leaves for England this month, was played in Sydney on February 25 and 26. M'Donnell (having won the toss) sent the Englishmen in to bat. The wisdom of this decision was at first questioned, but it soon became evident that the bowlers could make the ball work wonderfully; Trott especially causing it to jump about in a most puzzling manner. The innings closed for the small score of 173, towards which Shrewsbury contributed 51. Jarvia kept wickets, and though his wicket-keeping wa,s by no means f r?e from blemishes., due mainly to the great amount of work that the bowlers were enabled to get on the ball, he made amends for all his shortcomings by catching Read, Smith, and Preston, and stumping Ulyett. He also showed to great advantage in taking bowling on the leg-side. A perusal of the Australians'innings reveals the fact that they could do absolutely nothing with the bowling of Lohmann ana Briggs, both of whom bowled throughout the match without a change. Exception may be taken for the batting of Jones (27) and Bum (13) in the first innings, and Turner (29) in the second, who between them scored more than half of the grand total of 131. In the main, however, the two English trundlers were unplayable, and their average shows that on a wet wicket they can do quite as much as the best colonial bowlers. The fall of the wickets . in the second innings was remarkably rapid. . In some cases the batsmen were dismissed !by successive bulls, and'from any period of

the innings there was not the eligbtest hope of a one - innings defeat being averted. Throughout the match Lohmann took nine wickets tor G7 and Brigga eleven for 67. Scores : English Eleven—First innings.. Reid, o Jarvis, b Turner .. ~ ..10 Newham, b Turner .. .. .. .. 6 Ulvett, st Jarvis, b FerrU .. .. ..18 Briggs, b Turner ~ .. .. 1 Lohmann, b Turner .. .. .. ..7 Docker, lbw, b Trott 8 Shrewsbury, bTurner .. .. .. ..61 Smith, c Jarvb, b Trott -10 Preston, c Jarvis, b Trott .. .. • • 27 Pougber, b Ferris .. .. .. 22 Pilling, not out .. .. ■ ■ ■ ■ 3 Extras .. 11 Total 173 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Trott 128 9 76 3 Turner 212 31 64 5 Ferris 99 13 21 2 Australian Eleven. First Innings. Second Innings. Jarvis, at Pilling, b Briggs 3hw, b Briggs .. 6 MoBCj, o Smith, b Loh- b Lohmann .. 8 mann .. ..2 Turner, b Briggs .. 1 o Preston, b Lohmann .. ..29 Lyons, lbw, b Brigsjs ..8c Pougher, b Lohman .. 0 M'Donnell, c Ulyett, b cNewbam.b Briggs 2 Lohmann .. .7 Blackham, lbw, b Loh- c Shrewsbury, b mann .. ..5 Lohmann .. 2 Edwards, b Lohmann .. 4 o and b Lohmann .. 1 Jones, o Lohmann, b c Pilling, b Briggs 6 Briggs ..27 Trott, o Pilling, b Briggs 0 c Shrewsbury b Briggs .. .. 2 Burn.stPillimr.bßiiggs 13 o Shrewsbury, b Briegs .. .. 0 Ferris, net out .. 0 not out .. .. 0 Extras .. ..5 Extra .. „ 1 Total „ .. 75 Total .. f.fl BOWLINQ ANALYSIS. First Innings. Ballp. Mdliß. Runs. Wkts. Lohmann .. 172 27 31 4 Briggs 171 26 40 C Second Innings Lohmann ..72 8 37 6 Briggs .. C 9 a 18 r. The Englishmen won by an inniugs and 42 runs.