Story The Re-History of International Cricket

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USA vs Canada
13 August 1886
Seabright Tennis Centre

Lineups:
- Francis Brewster, William Morgan, Walter Clark, Joseph Scott, William Brockie, Sutherland Law, George Patterson, Howard MacNutt, Henry Tyers, William Brewster, William Lowry
- Dyce Saunders, William Vickers, Benjamin Bell, Mossie Boyd, William Henry, Frank Harley, Walter Wright, Alexander Gillespie, Wallace Jones, Robert Ferrie, Rose Wilson
Debuts - Bell, Henry, Wilson

Canada won the toss, batted, and were quickly 8/63. Walter Wright held up his own, and Robert Ferrie attacked, hitting a quick 35 to get them to 132. George Patterson took 3/21, while the recalled William Brewster had 2/3.

The Americans also delivered a poor top order performance, being 5/47, before the lower order stood up. George Patterson and Henry Tyers especially delivered, with both considered to be batting too low. Patterson's 44 and Tyers' 37 delivered America a score of 197. Rose Wilson, on debut, took 3/37.

Dyce Saunders started Canada's reply well with 42 but few others stood up, leading to them being all out for 151. That was largely due to Walter Clark (4/18) and William Brewster (3/20). Lowry and MacNutt were expensive.

America collapsed quickly to 4/18, 5/23 and 7/52. But someone who wasn't one of those was George Patterson, who paired again with Tyers to hit the 36 runs needed to get the US home.

132 (Ferrie 35, Patterson 3/21) and 151 (Saunders 42, Clark 4/18, W Brewster 3/20) lost to 197 (Patterson 44, Tyers 37, Wilson 3/37) and 7/88 (Patterson 37*, Wright 2/8)
MOTM: George Patterson

 

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Scotland vs Australia
1 Sep 1886
Edinburgh

Lineups:
- Charlie Mannes, Herbert Caldwell, Augustus Asher, Stewart Carrick, Joseph Cotterill, Patrick Smeaton, Hubert Johnston, Alexander Pearson, Peter Thompson, Robert Macnair, Bob Scott
- Sammy Jones, Tup Scott, George Giffen, John McIlwraith, George Bonnor, John Trumble, Jack Blackham, Tom Garrett, Joey Palmer, Edwin Evans, Fred Spofforth

The Australian XI, many with this Test to save their careers, lost the toss, but bowled well. Bar for Asher's 31 and Smeaton's 29, Scotland's batsmen struggled to get a foothold, all out for 156. Spofforth and Palmer had three cheap wickets each, but Australia's most bowled bowler was confusingly John Trumble.

Australia's reply was poor outside of 31 for George Giffen, the only member of the batting lineup assured of his spot seemingly. The rest of the lineup forgot how to play Alexander Pearson, who was elite with 3/7 from 7.4 overs. Bob Scott also had three wickets as the Scots took a 24-run lead.

They didn't capitalise though. Other than a strong start with 26 from Charlie Mannes, the remainder of the lineup did not contribute. Trumble was again bad but 3/19 for Palmer and 3/27 for Garrett dismissed Scotland for 114, setting Australia 139 to win.

Did they get close? Well... no.


156 (Asher 31, Spofforth 3/20, Palmer 3/24) and 114 (Mannes 26, Palmer 3/19, Garrett 3/27) beat 132 (Giffen 31, Pearosn 3/7, Scott 3/28) and 109 (Palmer 21, Pearson 4/27, MacNair 4/36)
MOTM: Alexander Pearson

 

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USA vs England
5 Sep 1886
Germantown

Lineups:
- Francis Brewster, George Patterson, Walter Clark, Joseph Scott, William Brockie, Sutherland Law, John Thayer, Howard MacNutt, Henry Tyers, William Brewster, William Lowry
- Billy Bates, William Scotton, Arthur Shrewsbury, Billy Barnes, Maurice Read, Dick Barlow, Billy Gunn, Johnny Briggs, Wilf Flowers, George Lohmann, Mordecai Sherwin
Debuts - Sherwin

Playing a Test on their way to Australia, England won the toss and batted. Their 221 was not especially impressive, although this was a weaker team than the Australia series as the likes of Grace, Peate and Steel didn't tour. Billy Bates, recalled, score 50, while there were five other twenties. William Brewster took 4/25 as every American except keeper Joseph Scott and William Brockie bowled.

America came close to taking a lead thanks to fifties from George Patterson and Walter Clark. But Clark's attack and Patterson's grit weren't supported by any of the lower order other than Sutherland Law, and America came 12 runs short. Dick Barlow had 3/20, Wilf Flowers also taking three.

England's second innings was much better; 318 was the function of three fifties and a few other contributions. Maurice Read led the scores with 63, while Billy Gunn had 67 and George Lohmann 52 from No. 10. George Patterson bowled very well, taking 5/38, but also only bowled about 1/8 of the overs. Perhaps they would have been better for bowling him more.

America needed 331 and didn't get close, looking like losing by 200 runs until the final wicket added 64 as Henry Tyers hit a fifty and William Lowry supported. Johnny briggs' 4/22 dismantled the Americans.

221 (Bates 50, W Brewster 4/25) and 318 (M Read 63, Gunn 57, Patterson 5/38) beat 209 (Patterson 53, Clark 51, Barlow 3/20) and 171 (Tyers 55, Briggs 4/22)
MOTM: johnny Briggs