Cricket 1884

APRIL 17,1884. CEICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OB1 THE GAME. 53 I N T E R C O L O N I A L MATCH, VICTORIA, v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. This match was commenced on Friday. February '22nd, on the Oval at Adelaide, and did not termiuate until late on the afternoon of the 27th. The five days’ play was of a most interesting character, and the Victorians, who had to fight an uphill game, won in grand style by four wickets. G. Giffen could not help the local eleven, and Victoria was weakly represented, owing to the absence of the fourth Australian team in Queensland. The South Australians went first to the wickets, and realised the fine total of 334, to which the Victorians replied with 285. In their second essay the local men totted up 319, leaving the visitors 369 to get to win. Few persons thought that they would accomplish this, but, thanks to tbe magnificent batting of Trinnick, 89; Deely, G9 ; Morris, 64 (not out); Harry, 60; and Slight, 37, the required number was obtained for the loss of only six wickets, and thus Victoria is credited with a most brilliant win. Trinnick, in the first innings of Victoria, made 109 in splendid form, and Jarvis, in his neat and telling style, scored 91 for South Australia in the first innings. W. Gillen, 89, headed tho list in the second essay of South Australia. The fielding was good on both sides with certain exceptions, but the bowling through­ out was of a very moderate description. The match was well attended, and the weather and wicket were perfect. Trinnick and Morris had the best batting and bowling averages for Victoria, and Claxton the bat­ ting for South Australia. In all 1,S07 runs were scored for 36 wickets—an average of nearly 36£ runs for each batsman. S outh A ustralia . First Innings. T. 0. Richards, run out .. 4 J. W. Rundle, c M’Shane, b Morris..................................15 W. Watling, b M Shane .. 24 J. E. Gooden, b Morris .. 1 H.C.Chittleborough,b Morris 9 A. H. Jarvig, c & b BrowniDg 91 W^,Giffen, o Trinnick, b M ackay....................... 20 F. King, run o u t ..................29 J.Bridson, c Hosie, b Morris 52 W^Jlaxton, b Browning .. 72 W fjones,not out.................. 2 Byes, &c...............................15 Total .................... 984 V ictoria . First Innings. J. Slight, run out......................53 J. Trinnick,c Chittleborough b C laxton ............................109 P. Ci. M’Shane, run out .. 9 G. Morris, b Jones .. .. 4 P.Deely, runout .. .. 9 J. Lawler, c King, b Rundle 0 J. Harry, b K in g ...................... 57 J. Worrall,b Rundle .. . . 1 1 G. Browning, 1b w, bJones 5 G. Mackay, c Jarvis, b Richards .. R. Hosie, not out. Byes, & c... . Second Innings. 1b w, b Trinnick 0 b M’Shane .. .. 7 b Worrall .. . . 5 4 b Hosie..................17 c and b M’Shane 7 b Worrall .. . . 4 0 b Worrall .. .. 89 c and b Morrin .. 0 b M’Shano .. .. 0 st Ilarry,bWorrall 78 not out..................26 Byes, &c. .. 6 Total.. ..319 Second Innings, b Claxton .. .. 87 c Giffen,b Claxton 89 c Richards, b Claxton .. .. 26 not out..................64 et Jarvis, b Jones 69 b Claxton .. .. 60 o Richards, b Ciaxton .. .. 13 10 , 5 . 13 n otou t.. .. Byes, & 3 . .. 1 .. 10 Total Total.. ..8 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S outh A ustralia . First Innings. B. M. R. W. McShane .. 168 8 6 S 1 H osio.. .. 24 1 14 0 Morris.. .. 240 II 81 4 Browning .. 78 2 48 2 Worrall . . 1 5 0 6 63 0 Lawler.. .. 24 1 13 0 Mackay .. 78 6 82 1 Second Innings. B. M. R.W. 168 8 61 8 78 3 87 1 102 1 54 1 42 0 20 0 222 7 93 4 12 0 13 0 48 3 6 o Trinnick 24 1 18 1 Deeley .. 18 0 6 0 Slight .. 8 1 5 0 Jones .. Bridson Rundle Claxton Richards King .. First Innings. B. M. R. W. 102 156 72 66 29 8 106 6 41 13 0 2 2 53 Second Innings. B. M. R.W. 5 Jarvis Giffen Chittleborough 138 6 66 66 2 36 96 6 40 309 10 116 60 5 88 168 18 23 36 18 12 C ombined E leven . C • First Innings. R.^Allen, b Palmer..................1 H. H. Massie, c Scott, b P a lm er................................. 20 S. P. Jones, b Palmer .. .. 88 H. Moses, b Midwinter.. .. 0 T H E FOURTH A U S T R A L I A N T E AM . P. Lewis, c Boyle, b Giffen .. 20 E. Evans, c Boyle, b Giffen.. 12 0^ |P. Marr, c Palmer, b Giffen.. 0 W. Powell, b Palmer .. .. 0 T\ W. Garrett, not out .. .. 23 F. R. Spcfforth, c Midwinter, b Palmer ..........................29 .. 10 FIFTH MATCH.—v. A COMBINED AUS­ TRALIAN ELEVEN. (Continued from page 36.) On Saturday Feb. 16 the match was resumed under far less favourable circum­ stances, almost a gale of wind blowing across the ground throughout the day. This of course was much against tbe bowlers, buton the other hand it was found that tho wicket had been badly cut up on the previous day, and the result proved its treacherous nature, particularly at one end. Massio made twenty out of twenty-six while he was in, but Moses, who had shown such fine cricket in the Intercolonial as well for tbe Fifteen of New South Wales against Alexander’s team, to the general disappoint­ ment failed to score. Garrett got his twenty-six in much better form than usual and Spofforth let out so freely as to score twenty-nine runs in about twelve minutes, hitting at everything, the wisest policy on a bad wicket, especially as he was out of practice: Lewis showed splendid defence, but by far tbe best performance was that of Jones, and his batting was certainlythe feature of the match. He gave a hard cbance at the wickets,but altogether his play was masterly, and on a wicket which played execrably throughout, his play can not be over-highly praised. Being 96 behind, the combined team had to follow, and when play ceased they had lost four wickets for 52. The wicket bumped terribly, and on the third day (Feb. 18), the innings soon came to an end, Lewis again showing very fine defence for his 19 not out. All the ten wickets fell to Giffen at a cost of 66 runs. The wicket, of course, he’ped him considerably, but it was a splendid performance, and indeed it is the only occasion in which all the wickets have fallen to a bowler in a first-class match in Australia. The Fourth Australian Team had only 18 to win, and they got them for the loss of one batsman (Giffen). The combined eleven were thus defeated by nine wickets, A nglo -A ustralian T eam . First Innings. J. M. Blackham,b Marr 15 H, E. 3cott, 1 b w, b M a rr.......................... 1 G- E. Palmer, not out 24 H. F. Boyle, c Lewis, b Spofforth..................0 W. H. Cooper,c Massie, b E v a n s .................. 6 B 11,1 b 1, n b 1 .. 13 P. S. M ’Donnell, c Evans, b Spofforth.. 61 A. C. Banuerman, b M arr..........................1 W. L. Murdoch, c Allen, b Spofforth.. 83 G. Giffen, c Powell, b Evans ..................1 G. J. Bonnor, b Spof­ forth ..........................67 W. Midwinter, c Moses, T o t a l ...................318 b E v a n s ..................46 A ustralian T eam (2nd inns.)—Bannerman (not out), 10 ; Giffen, b Spofforth, 2 ; Scott ’(not out), 8 '; 1 wicket for 20 . UV +- - ' p ^ 1. '^ T. Nunn, b Palmer. B 13,1 b 1, n b 2 .. . . 1 6 Second Innings, c Palmer, b Gif­ fen .................. 0 c M’Donnell, b Giffen .. .. 29 c and b Giffen.. 10 c Alexander, b Giffen .. .. 14 not out .. .. 19 1b w, b Giffen.. 2 b Giffen .. .. 5 b Giffen .. .. 3 c Scott, b Giffen 3 c Bannerman, b Giffen .. . . 1 4 o Blaekham, b Giffen .. .. 0 B 9, w 2, n b 3 14 T o ta l..........................222 Total .. ..113 BOWLING ANALYSIS A ustralian E leven . First Innings. Second Inuingg. B. R. M. W. B. R. M.W. Evans .. . . 1 5 8 73 16 3 . . .. 16 10 1 0 Marr............. 140 50 19 3 Spofforth.. ..212 101 18 4 .. .. 19 10 2 1 Garrett. . . . 68 42 6 0 Jones .. .. 40 21 4 0 Allen................... 8 18 0 0 Spofforth bowled a no ball. C ombined E leven . Second Inniug 3 . B. R. M.W, First Innings. B. R. M. W. Midwinter .. 96 50 7 1 Palmer .. .. 227 75 25 6 .. .. 64 27 8 0 Boyle . . . . 52 19 7 0 . . . . 32 6 3 0 Giffen .. .. 100 62 8 3 .. .. 104 66 16 10 Palmer bowled five no-balls and two wides. The following comments on the match from the pen of “ b'elix ” in the A ustralasian will be interesting. Tho striking characteristic of the match is Giffen’s magnificent performance of taking the whole ten wickets in the second innings of the combined team. True, he had a wicket that suited him to a nicety, but no one would for a moment advance this as serving in the slightest degree to detracc from the merit which attaches to the extra­ ordinary achievement of the deservedly popular South Australian. It is indeed something to be proud of, und I daresay his comrades will not let this opportunity pass without presenting to South Australia’s sole representative some slight token that will keep green in remembrance a feat which stards without parallel in the history of first-class cricket in Australia. Palmer bowled uncommonly well in the first innings, and aided as he and others were by the wicket, it speaks volumes for the batting of the combined team that his six wickets cost 75 runs, that Giffen’s three cost 6*?, and that Midwinter’s one cost 50. Marr was the most successful bowler for the combined team, three wickets falling to him for 50. Evans got three for 73, and Spofforth, who bowled in as good form as ever, took four for 101. The fielding on both sides was not up to first-class form, with four or five exceptions, notably M ‘Donnell, who covered any amount of ground, and picked up and returned with a celerity which greatly pleased the specta­ tors, and reminded many of them of those dexterous and brilliant fielders, G. B. Studd and V. Royle. Percy Lewis kept wicket excellently,but Blackham was not at his best, the severe blow he received in the inter­ colonial doubtless affecting him. In addition to this, the bowling got up so high, and kicked so much, thatBlackham was consider­ ably knocked about, and in the second inn­ ings was relieved by Murdoch, who did 1m work very well, considering how erratic the bowling became after it had pitched. It must not be forgotten to mention that