CRICKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 1823, 29 October 1886, Page 26

CRICKET.

NOTES BY SLIP.

Saturday unexpectedly turnei out fine, and all the cricketers were at work. The Cup matches were commenced, but did not excite very much interest. The principal match was between the Phcenix Club and the Carisbrook No. 2 team. Each team had an innings, but owing to the wonderful bowling performance of C. Frith the Oarisbrook men fared badly. His record of seven wickets for eight runs is not likely to be beaten in a hurry.

The match Phcenix v. Carisbrook No. 2 Team was commenced on Saturday afternoon on the Caledonian ground. The weather was favourable though rather cold, while from the heavy rain the previous evening the wicket was very soft. Owing to this and it being yet so early in the season, the scoring was very low. Frith trundled excellently for the Phcenix, and his figures will take a lot of beating in the Cup contests this season. A. W. Morris' performance against the strong array of batting talent opposed to him was also excellent. The match will be continued next Saturday, the Phcenix so far being 37 runs to the good, thanks to the vigorous hitting of Wyinks and'Haskell, who put on 30 runs foy the last wicket. Appended are the scores : —

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Runs. Mdna. Wkts.

The Cup match, Albions v. Wanderers, was commenced on Saturday, and a very even game it is. The Wanderers going first to the wickets ran up their score to 81 runs before they were disposed of. James Knox (44) and John Knox (14) were the only ones to reach double figures. The Albions followed with a score of 59. Parker (27) and Pellett (10) were the only ones to reach double figures for the Albions. The Wanderers commenced the second innings shortly before 6 o'clock, and when time was called had lost one wicket for 9 runs, Pocknall and James Knox being the not-outs. Carr, Shelton, Thompson, Henderson, and Parker bowled well for the Albions, as did Pocknall, M'Farlane, and Claffey for the Wanderers. The match Warehousemen v. High School Fifteen was played on the Oval on an extremely dead wicket. The match is, so far, in favour of the School. It will be continued next Saturday.

The School totalled 60 in their first innings, Burt making 10 and M'Lean 16 (not out). In their second innings the Warehousemen have three wickets down for 12 runs. Thomson (8 for 21) and M'Lean (4 for 9) bowled best for the School, while Hadfield alone of the Warehousemen did any damage with the leather. The Cup match North Dunedin v. Waverley Thirteen was commenced on the North ground on Saturday, and has so far resulted in favour of the former, the scores being — Waverley 50, North Dunedin 91. The principal contributers were : For the Waverley, Hope (18) and Hunter (9); and for the North Dunedin, Baker (19), Grieve (18), Grenfell (17), Crawford (not out, 16), and J. M'Farlane (12). Baker Cwho took eight wickets for 15 runs) and J. M'Farlane bowled well for the North Dunedin, as did Hope and M'Kinlay for the Waverley. The Cup match between the Carisbrook No. 1 Team and the Southern Fifteen was not played, owing to the condition of the ground. The match Waverley v. North Dunedin Second Elevens, played on the North ground on Saturday, resulted in an easy victory for the latter by 49 runs on the first innings, the scores being — North Dunedin, 63 and 77; Waverley, 14 and 26 (for five wickets). The principal contributors were: For North Dunedin — M'Millan (7 and 19, not out), Wilson (0 and 22), Grieve (0, not out, and 14), Peterson (19 and 0), Gilks (14 and 1), Murray (1 and 15) ; for the Waverley, Duke (9 and 16, nat out), Abernethy (0 and 6, not out). Davis and Murray bowled well for the victors, the former taking 10 wickets for 13 runs, as did Duke and Lees for the losers.

The Albion Second Eleven defeated the Roslyn Second Eleven, they totalling 87 runs to their opponents' 60. The Albions batted very well all round, four of the team reaching double figures — namely, Ireland (16), O'Driscoll (16), Ringer (12), Glendining (11). For the Roslyn Walker (19), Hall (7), and Arlidge (7) were the highest scorers. Ireland bowled well for his side, taking six wickets for 25 runs. Sonntag and Hall divided the bowling honours for the Roslyn.

The match Union v. Fitzroy Thirteen, played at Fitzroy on Saturday, resulted in a win for the former by five wickets arid two runs. Scores : Union, 13 and 25 (for five wickets) ; Fitzroy, 16 and 20. Fortrell (12) for the winners and Norman (11) for the losers batted well, while Payne, M'Farlane, Dunn, Watt, and M'Kenzie bowled well for their respective sides. The fielding on both sides was very good. The Clydesdale Club played a match captain v. deputy-captain, which resulted after a very good game in a win for the captain's side by 18 runs, the scores being 67 and 49 respectively. Mr A. M. Ollivier, of Christchurch, who is arranging dates for the Australian cricketers, proposes to play a three days' match in Wellington the first week in December if terms can be agreed upon. The Wellington Association offer 90 per cent, of the gross takings. The Lyttelton Times says : — From the following it will be seen that the Australians will not play a match with Otago, and that their opening match in this colony will be against this province on November 26, 27, and 29. Major Wardill has cabled to the Melbourne Cricket Club Committee that his team would leave on October 8 for New Zealand in the Arawa, to reach Dunedin about November 21. Three matches will be played in New Zealand — the first at Christchurch on November 26, 27, and 29 ; the second at Wellington on December 2, 3, and 4 ; and the third at Auckland on December 7, 8, and 9, The team will then go to Melbourne, and on December 17, 18, 20, and 21 will meet the Englishmen on the Melbourne ground.

Mr F. W. Maude, for M.C.C. v. Wiltshire, at Lords', played two splendid innings of 146 and 143. This has rarely been done. The only other instances which we can come across of a batsman making a centnry twice in one match are the following :— At Lords', in 1817, William Lambert, playing for Sussex (with Mr Osbaldeston and Lambert) v. Epsom, scored 107 (not out) and 157 ; W. G. Grace, playing for North v. South, at Canterbury in 1868, made 130 and 102 (not out)— his side losing the match notwithstanding ; John Smith, of Cambridge, playing for All-England v. Twenty-two of Malton in 1868, made 101 and 133 ; Mr D. G. Spiro, for Cambridge Athenaeum v. Bullingdon, made 117 and 106. Mr Maude's scores were larger than any of these.

In the second innings of the Old Alleynians v. Addiscombe, at Addiscombe, on August 21, H. G. Wyld, of Dulwich College, and F. Colclough, of the Crystal Palace Club, put on 66 for no wickets in 18 mintues— Wyld not out 41, Colckugh not out 21, byes 4. At one time off two consecutive overs 38 runs were made— ls (4, 4, 3, 4) and 13, The following, entitled " A'Wail from Leyton," appeared in Cricket. It refers to the match Cambridge v. Australia : — Sons of tli? reedy Cain} Jolly old Kangnrnos j Ypu make the Old Buffer d ,* And shake in his gouty shoes. Barring G. Giffen's score, A very gnocl one I trow, No single batsman made more Than J" cv tras," which bossed the show ! * Query : Subaudi " Dance 1" In a match played on August 18, between the officials at Stavely Works, a remarkable bowling performance was accomplished. E. W. M.ayLiham, an old Wellington blue, bowled four overs, in whidh he took eight wickets for five runs. In the first over he took four wickets in four balls,

fifth ball popped just over bails, and sixth bowled another man. He then changed ends, and took two wickets with the first two balls in the next over.

A well-known umpire in a recent county match in the North — in reply to an appeal for what was palpably not a catch at short slip, gave vent to his feelings in the following expressive fashion : " They are not usually out first bound, they are not usually out off the elbow, and you don't bustle me. Not Out !"

The bowling of J. Hulme for the colts of Derbyshire against the County Elevenat Derby was so exceptional as to deserve a prominent record. In the first innings he bowled 12 overs for one' run and four wickets, in the second; eight overs and a ball for no runs and five wickets, so that altogether he got nine wickets at a cost of only one run. This beats Frith. J

Mr Walter Read played a fine innings of 320 for Surrey v. Gloucestershire, and if he and hia namesake had not come off the Surrey total would have been meagre. W. G. Grace did not make many runs, so Gloucestershire lost the match by eight wickets. Grace wins most of the matches for his county.

A. certain hospitable nobleman got up a cricket match, and being short of men at the start put the gamekeeper, who had never seen the game before, into his eleven. Durmg the day there was lunch (with champagne), cigars, afternoon tea, and a good dinner in the evening. The gamekeeper, on being asked what he* thought of cricket, said it would be a fine game if it were not for "that scouting between meals."

Mr A. F. J. Ford played a fine innings of 216 for M.C.C. v. Baling at Lord's.

The English team now on the way to Australia is made up of A. Shaw, A. Shrewsbury, W. Seotton, W. Barnes, W. Flowers, W. Gunn, M. Sherwin, all of Notts ; J. Briggs and R. G. Barlow, of Lancashire ; M. Bead and G. Lohmann, of Surrey ; W. Bates, of Yorkshire ; and James Lillywhite, of Sussex, the last-named of whom will, probably under take,Jas heretofore, the management. The twelve who will form the playing strength are a strong combination, and are sure to render a good account of themselves. On September 4, at Brighton, H. Roberson, playing for St. Patrick's against the High School, carried his bat through the innings for 118 runs, including 18 fours. The Australian team (says Cricket) have had, indeed, more than their fair share of leather hunting just lately, as the scores made against them in the last four matches ending on Saturday, September 4, will show : — Cambridge Past and Present ... 349 149 (4 w ) Sussex ... ... ... 352 South of England ... ... 170 450 (9 w ) Lord Londesborough's Eleven ... 558 This gives altogether an aggregate of 2028 for 53 wickets, or an average of over 38 runs for each wicket. In a recent match in England a ball was hit from one wicket to the other. It struck the opposite bat and rebounded with great force. It then hit the umpire on the head, and went from there to mid-of, who caught it, but he, not knowing that the ball had touched the ground, ! threw it in sharply to the wicket-keeper, who ran the striker out, as he had only got a few yards up the pitch. Meanwhile one of the players had appealed for the catch, and got I the following reply, " Why it 'it me on the 'cad." This is a curious cannon, the more so. that the man whose bat the ball struck was named Cannon, and so was the umpire. The name of the Australian Eleven (saya Land and Water) does not carry such terror with it as it used to do, as the following dialogue will show : — Secretary of cricket club (to ground man): " Don't you think you have chosen the wicket for the Australian match too close to the pavilion ? " " Oh, no, sir," replied the ground man ; " they don't hit as hard as they did." Certainly the recent performances of the Australians have not been very great, and however well they may play from now to the end of the season, they can hardly expect to do more than render their visit a doubtful success. Against our best teams the visitors have failed in a marked manner - while their superiority over our county elevens has not been sufficient to warrant their being placed in a higher class than the majority of them. The match atLeyton, on the new Essex county ground, produced some remarkable play. Mr 0. W. Rock went in first on Monday, and defied the Australian attack all day, being not out with 75 when stumps were drawn. The feat of staying in all day against such good bowling and fielding is in iteelfagreat one, but we cannot understand how Mr Rock kept the runs downhe would be bad to bea* at single wicket in a oneday match. Spofforth had a bad day on Monday, for not only had he failed to dislodge the Rock, but had allowed a pickpocket to snatch his watch at the station. However, he got Rock the first ball next day. The appended figures show the result oi the matches between the nine chief countios this season : — Matches

A list of the batsmen who have made scores of a hundred and more this season in matches between the following counties— Notts, Surrey, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Kent, Sussex, Middlesex, Gloucestershire, and Derbyshire will be of interest. No Derbyshire cricketer has got into three figures this summer : — For Nottinghamshire— Shrewsbruy, 227 not ont: Barnes, 156 ; and Seotton, 110 not out. For Surrey— Mr W. W. Read, 120 and 115 ; Abel. 110; Lohmann, 107 ; and Mr W. E. Roller, 102 not out. For Lancashire —MrA. N. Hornby, 161 ; and Briggs, 107. For Yorkshire— Hon. M. B. Hawke, 144 ; Bates, 136 and 106 ; and Grimshaw, 122, not out. For Kent— G. G. Hearne, 126 and 117 ; P. Hearne. 142 ; Mr C. Wilson, 127 ; and Mr W. H. Patterson , For Sussex— J. Hide, 173 ; Tester, 130 ; Mr F. M Lucas, 121 ; and Mr Bean. 103 For Middlesex— Mr A. E. Stoddart, 116 ; and Mt A. J. Wobb, 103. For Gloucestershire— Mr F. Townsend, 108 • and Mr O. G. Radcliffe, 104 not ont. The following table will show the average of each wicket for and against in. the same matches : —

I am indebted to Cricket fox the following in-* teresting statistics, showing not only the doxtjga of the A^traUan. C«wtet % ej.* this summer,, bo*

also of the English batsmen and bowlers who have been most successful against them. The figures, I may add, are computed up to Saturday, September 4: — AUSTRALIAN TEAM. BATTING AVERAGES.

J MC Blackham has bowled 18 overs, (8 maidens) for 31 runs and no wickets. Matches played 33— won, 9; lost, 7 ; drawn, 17. The following are the batting averages of the principal batsmen who have played not less than six innings or get an average of twelve and over against the Australians : —

The following are the bowling averages against the Australians of players who have taken not less than eight wickets :—

Total Wkta. Total Wkts. runs. lost. Aver, rns.agsistku. Aver. fotte ... 3865 178 21-137 3793 238 15-223 'iirney ... 6400 246 31-134 4883 289 16-258 jiwciißhire ... 3331 911 IJH6S 3186 221 14-92 Yorkshire ... 53P-7 295 18-87 4136 256 16-40 £ent .., 5852 241 2032 4808 245 19-153 liddtesex; „. 3542 168 21-14 38G3 158 24 71 .ussea; ... 3760 211 17-173 4264 206 20-144 Htvjcestershjre 4004 224 17-166 4603 199 23-26 >erbyshire ... 1971 175 11-48 258? 137 18'12S

fotts ... J iurrey jancaahiro forkshire Cent iliddlesex iussex Houcestershire Derbyshire playe( 14 16 14 16 14 10 12 13 9 id. Won. 7 12 5 4 5 3 4 3 0 Lost. '. 0 3 5 5 0 4 6 & 8 Drawn. 7 1 4 7 ii 3 2 4 I

vyabbhuuskmhn — jsirßc inniig ladfield, b Thomson iarraway, c Lovegrove, b Campbell Yilliams, not out ... Jresham, c Hunter, b Thomson 'enkins, b Thomson dartin, b Thomson... foung, b M'Lean ... driver, c Lovegrove, b Thomson blinders, c Thomson, b M'Lean iardy, b M'Lean ... I'Donald, o Hunter, b M'Lean Extras ... 0 ... IS ... 6 ... 6 ... 1 ... 7 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 5 ... 3 Total ... 43

Frith ... r J Moore iontgomery 109 3tf 72 8 9 S 12 2 7 7 0 3

* M'Kerrow bowled 2 widea. .C.C..C. No. 2 Team.— Firat Innings. 4. V Smith, b Frith... ... ... § Levy, b Frith ... ... ... 7 Longford, b Montgomery ... ... 0 *\. W Morris, c Mnfcom, b Frith ... 3 Drabble ( captain), b Montgomery ... 3 Fitzgerald, not out... ... ... 1 Morrison . b Montgomery ... ... o Mves, b Frith ... ... ... 1 BJ'Kprrow, b Frith... ... ... 2 Dooke, bPrJfch ... ... ... 0 Lawßon, b Frith ... ... ... 0 Extras ... ... ... 6 Wotal „. " ... „. 31

i r Fitzgerald W Moms [orrison ... M'Kerrow F Cooke a mxiv Balla. 37 89 42 6 12 Huns. Mdns. Wkts. U 1 1 28 3 6 8 2 2 2 0 0 10 0 0

ifHCENii. — i<irai< innings, larris, b A W Morris ! T Moore, c Alves, b W Fitzgerald dalcolm, c Levy, b Morrison ... Jiven , b A W Morris lontgomeTy, b A W Morris ... Vest, b Morrison ... laßkell, not out ... V J Moore, c and b A W Morris frith, b A W Morris Vyinks (captain), b A TV Morris Ipring, absent Extras... ... 1 ... 6 ... 10 ... 0 ... 8 ... 2 ... Id ... 2 ... 0 ... 19 „. 0 ..." 8 Total ... 68

Overs. Mans. Buns. Wkts. Aver. lOWhitby... 43 ... 28 ... 35 ... 9 ... 3'B rones (Surrey) 65-2 ... 41 ... 60 ... 8 ... 7*4 Vafcson ... 115-1 ... 63 ... 87 ... 12 ... 7-3 Jropper ... 59 ... 33 ... 63 ... 8 ... 77 LHJOoehrane 81-2 ... 23 ... 100 ... 11 ... 9"1 James ... 182-2 ... 109 ... 210 ... 21 ... W0 Jhnw ... 123 ... 78 ... 94 ... 9 ... 104 ?eate ... 208 ... 117 ... 225 ... 20 ... 11-5 Vootton ... 178 3 ... 82 ... 264 ... 20 ... 13-4 Jurton ... 104-2 ... 37 ... 192 ... 14 ... 13-10 SrIKES ... 345-1 ... 192 ... 401 ... 29 ... 1324 johmanu ... 327-2 ... 156 ... 470 ... 32.... 14-22 Voof ... 157 ... 79 ... 184 ... 12 ... 15-4 IV Page ... 78 ... 29 ... 126 ... 8 ...15-6 Jowley ... 162 ... 86 ... 192 ... 12 ... 16-0 Jarlow ... 271-2 ... 146 ... 325 ... 20 ... 16-5 V Q Grace ... 278-2 ... 119 ... 443 ... 20 ... 22-3 Jlvett ... 150 ... 79 ... 225 ... 10 ... 22-5 i Hide ... 175-2 ... 90 ... 227 ... 10 ... 22-7 3 W Eook ... 348 3 ... 159 ... 483 ... 21 ... 23-0

I Is si i I Head ... 358 ... 6 ... 186 ... 0 ... 59*4 V Q Grace ... 654 ... 14 ... 170 ... 0 ... 46'IC *hmaon ... 151 ... 8 ... 43* ... * ... 37-3 flowers ... 253 ... 8 ... 93 ... 1 ... 36-1 Ihrewsbury ... 431 ... 14 ... 164 ... 2 ... 86-11 Jates ... 211 ... 7 ... 57 ... 1 ... 351 iM Lucas ... 169 ... 6 ... 93*... 1 ... 33-4 VWRead ... 432 ... 14 ... 94 ... 1 ... 333 Lmphreya ... 137 ... 7 ... 51*... 2 ... 27"2 LG Steel ... 156 ... 7 ... 55 ... 1 ... 26-0 V H Patterson 181 ... 8 ... 44 ... 1 ... 2V6 icotton ... 280 ... 11 .... 71 ... 0 ... 255 r H lirain ... 153 ... 6' ... 70 ... 0 ... 253 Jarlow ... 249 ... 12 ... 113 ... 2 ... 24-9 }WEock ... 249 ... 10 ... 75 ... 0 ... 249 lames ... 188 ... 8 ... 58 ... 0 ... 23-4 JBStudd ... 147 ... 8 ... 48*... 1 ... 210 SPSTylecote 124 ... 7 ... 33 ... 1 ... 20-4 JFVernon ... 114 ... 6 ... 37 ... 0 ... W0 Jlyett ... 209 ... 12 ... 48 ... 0 ... 17"5 VB Roller ... 102 ... 6 ... 63 ... 0 ... 17-0 IV Page ... 93 ... 6 ... 66 ... 0 ... 15-3 10 Kemp ... 88 ... 9 ... 21 ... 3 ... 14*4 Jriggs ... 171 ... 11 ... 53 ...,3 ... 130 * Signifies not out.

I *jg a 5 S 3 B Giffen ... 53 ... 8 ... 119 ... 1287 ... 2827 5 P Jones ...51 ... 2 ...151 ... 1272 ...2424 KJ H Scofcfc ... 55 ... 4 ... 123 ... 1125 ... 22-3 6 B Palmer ... 48 ... 3 ... 94 ... 905 ... 205 Gr J Bonnor ... 34 ... 3 ... 49 ... 581 ... 18-23 rWTrumble... 45 ... 7 ... 6b* „. 682 ...17-36 JM'CBlackham42 ... 4 ... 71 ... 614 ... 16-6 W Bruce ... -10 ... 3 ... 106 ... 588 ... 15-33 \ H Jarvis ... 42 ... 5 ... 9«* ... 542 ... 14-24 B Evans ... 34 ... 13 ... 74* ... 289 ... 13-16 r W Garrefcfc ... 42 ... 5 ... 49* ... 464 ... 12-20 J M'llwaith ... 32 ... 5 ... 41 ... 320 ... 11-23 P H Spofforth... 28 ... 7 ... 37* ... 166 ... 7*19 RJPope ... 8 ... 4 ... 12 ... 31 ... 7-3 * Signifies not out B0WLIN& AVEBAGES. Overs. Mdna. Buns. Wkts. Aver. G Giffen ... 1437*3 ... 614 ... 2268 ... 137 ... 16-76 Plt Spofforfch 9!59-3 ... 371 ... 1527 ... 89 ... 17-14 rWGarrett... 1367 ... 647 ... 1784 ... 98 ... 18-20 BHvans ... 433-2 ... 220 ... 499... 25... 19 24 GB Palmer ... 11871 ... 479 ... 1956 ... 93 ... 213 J W Trumble 330-3 ... 128 ... 561 ... 15 ... 376 SP Jones ... lOi ... 37... 197... 5 ... 39-2 W Bruce ... 241 ... 78 ... 462 ... 9 ... 513