Cricket 1884

m a y 1,1884. CRICKET;*- A WEEKLY RECORD OP 'THE GAME, 91 t h e F O U R TH A U S T R A L IA N T E AM . AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN v. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FIFTEEN. The match between the Australian Eleven and Fifteen of South Australia, the details of the first two days of which appeared in last week’s C r ic k e t , ended in a draw. With eight wickets down for 246, the Aus­ tralians continued their first innings. Scott and Boyle remained together until they had topped the score of the Fifteen by five runs, when the popular East Melbourne man played on. Cooper gave little trouble, and the innings closed for 268, being eight runs to the good, and Scott remaining not out for a stubborn 38. The South Australians! then went in for their second essay, but were not so successful as they were in their first innings. Noel and Slight were the pioneer?, and the former seemed in a fair way to repeat his previous performance, but he was tempted out by the insidious Cooper, and the nimble Blackham completed his downfall. Godfrey, however, who followed, realised expectations and when he was joined by Jarvis the run-getting became fast and furious. The two. took the total to 85 before Jarvis tried to hit a yorker, and was bowled. Brideson and Godfrey showed good ftfay* till Godfrey was dismissed for a genuine 48, compiled by careful and correct play. Brideson put together 35 ini a style which elicited general admiration, but the other3 did little, and Knill carried out his bat for an excellent 14. Tho total of the innings was 189, leaving the Eleven 182 to get to win. Of course there was not much probability of this being done in the hour and a quarter left for play. Bonnor and Bannorman, however, essayed the task, and they began to hit out with considerably more freedom than if they wei*o seriously at work. Still thoy played good cricket, and sent th« ball well along the ground, the giant, contrary to expectation, desisting from any sensational hitting. The bowlers and fieldsmen were evidently not on their mettle, and consequently did not throw that energy into their efforts which they other­ wise would have done. The “ antitheses” rattled up runs accordingly and retained possession of the wickets until six o’clock, Bonnor at that time having scored no less than 73, and Bannerman 34, and the total being 112. F ifteen of S outh A ustralia . The E leven .— First Innings. J. Blackham, b Jones 14 H. Scott, not out.. .. 38 G. Alexander, c Giffen, b Jone 3 ..................69 B. Boyle, b Caterer .. 19 W. H. Cooper,c Rundle b Noel .. ’ .. .. 3 Extras ..................7 A. Bannerman, o God­ frey, b Claxton .. 35 P. S. McDonnell, c Claxton, b Jones .. 22 W. L. Murdoch, b i Caterpr ., .. .. 0 G. Giffen, b Caterer .. 36 G. J. Bonnor, c Giffen, b Claxton.. .. .. 0 ^V. Midwinter, c Total , Richards, b Caterer 25 S econd I nnings . —Bannerman (not out), 84 j Bon- ,nor (not out), 73; extras, 5* total, 112. BOWLING ANALYSIS. . T he E leven . First Innings. B. R. M. W. Jones . . . . 180 74 18 3 Caterer .« 816 60 50 -4 Claxton .. 108 85 3 2 Noel .. ..1 5 1 31 25 1 Rundle .. 12 11 1 0 Second Innings* B. R. M.W- Cooper .. Midwinter 88 Bonnor (1 w) 52 Brideson King T he F ifteen .— Second Innings. B. R. M.W. B. R. M.W . 144 66 8 7 | Giffen .. 76 24 7 2 34 8 0 |Boyle .. 80 35 8 3 21 5 I f FirRt Innings. J. Noel, b Cooper .. C. Godfrey, b Cooper .. .. 17 A. IL Jarvis, b Cooper »r 2 W. Giffen,c Bonnor, b Giffen 16 A. Slight, c Bonnor, b Giffen 31 H.Blinman,c Boyle, b Cooper T) Rundle,c McDonne;l,bCooper 4 T.O.RichardS,st Blackham, b ' Cooper ..........................10 W.C.axton, run out .. ..1 9 A. J. Brideson,c and b Boyle 29 J. E. Gooden, b Cooper .. 24 F. King, c Boyle, b Giffen .. 23 W. Knill, b Cooper .. .. 10 W. Jcnes, c Bannerman, b G iffe p ..........................;. 1 T. A. Caterer, not out .. 0 Extras.......................... 1.1 Total .. .. ..260 Socond Innings, st Blackham, b ’ Cooper .. .. 7 b Giffen .. ..4 8 b Giffen b Bonnor .. b Cooper c Blackham, Boyle c and b Boylo st Blackham, Cooper .. run out c Boyle, b Cooper 85 c sub, b Cooper .. 0 st Blackham, b Coopor ,f .. notout..................14 c Murdoch, b Boylo .. ..2 c Bovle^b Coopor 0 Extras .. .. 7 Total.. ,.189 On Tuesday the fourth Australian eleven bade farewell for a time to Victoria, having completed their preliminary colonial tour, with the exception of the Adelaide match, ’W hich commences to-day. It is somewhat i emarkable that, although this team has a •superlatively harder task to accomplish in the old oountry than any other of its pre­ decessors had, a certain section of so-called for rather so miscalled) cricketers has per­ sistently thrown every possible obstacle in their way, add endeavoured to surround them with an odour of unpleasantness. It is, however, equally remarkuble that on former occasions a number tif small hearted per­ sons and professional croakers fcavo similarly expressed themselves when the Australian ieleven have been starting on their enter­ prise ; but these foreboders of evil and breeders of discord Have invariably been found amongst tbe enthusiastic crow ds •Which have assembled in torchlight proces­ sion and to pyrotechnic accompaniment to welcome back w ith th u n d erin g applause the previously maligned ones, who have since been fortunate enough to command popu­ larity through having achieved success. The public have been taught to blame tbe managers of tho present team for not taking another player to England ; and the most kbsurd reasons have been given for the emission to do so. For instance, it is stated •that the thirteen want to divide as co m m o n spoil that share of the pecuniary profit which would have fallen to the lot of another player. But few persons possessed of common sense W ould believe that those most interested, the head and front of whose ioffending is said to be love of gain, would be such feeble financiers a3 to depend upon a weak team to draw the people. The facts are pimply these :—After long and careful consideration thirteen players were chosen, inclusive of tho manager, and these players, desirous of taking Australia’s full strength, strove tooth and nail to secure the services of Garrett or Evans, going so far as to make provision for the latter, if he chose to take his wife, free of expense. Neither of these players could go, and the team very pro­ perly preferred fighting their battles as at present constituted, to being badgered into taking men of meaner calibre simply to fill up. Thus it is that they have refused tho sage advice of journals, whose anxiety to fathom the mysteries of the game resulted in the ex­ pression of opinion that Turner and M‘Shane should be two of the first six chosen. This is the sort of advice the Australians are blamed for ignoring, and in truth, had they been guided by such balderdash, a pretty sort of team would have gone to England. To show the incongruous nonsense indulged in by the carping brigade on thi3 subject, attention may be called to the notice of the Australians’ departure in another paper, which has endeavoured to handle cricket amongst other subjects. In one column I read that “ theremust have been fully 15,000 persons present, and they left amidst cheers and good wishes of everybody present,” whilst on the next page a wailing complaint that the managers have refused to trumpet their private business to the world of para­ graph collectors is accompanied by the ex­ traordinary statement (poor Walter Scott being once more eruelly levied upon) that “ they left unhonoured and unsung,” ex­ cepting by their immediate friends. Happy Australians! to have on such unimpeachable authority, no less than 15,000 “ immediate friends” assembled to wish you bon'voyage I am happy to say I was one of them, and heartily endorsed the “ Good luck to yer ” which came with evident heartiness from tho stentorian voice of a sixteen-stone lumper who stood by my side on the wharf; for I am satisfied that the members of the .team have worked hard to secure to Australia full representation in the mother country, and although, like each of the former teams, th ey are minus Evans, th ey will, despite their work being so much harder than that of any of their predecessors, Jw orthily maintain the honour of Australia, and effectually silence tbe whimperings of the wretched few whose jealous delight is apparently to scandalise those who are popular .—Melbourne Leader. - I The following are the complete batting and bowling averages of the Fourth Austra­ lian team during their preliminary tour in tho Colonies. It will be seen that Murdoch is at the head of the batting, and Bayle of tho bowling:— B atting . " Name. to a 3M ■ Runs. Not Out. a x— 60 ■* .9 g a 2 h ti t-i 9> < Murdoch 9 477 1 *279 59*5 Bonnor .. 18 861 2 *73 38 1 bniinerraan .. ., 11 258 8 81 32*2 A1‘Donnell .. .. 12 365 0 111 30-5 10 176 4 *44 29*2 Alexander 6 171 0 68 28-8 Midwinter 11 296 0 58 26*11 iiiffen .. .. .. 12 287 0 58 28-1 6 93 2 *38 23*1 *Blackham 11 149 !{ *45 18*5 9 10 D 2 *24 142 9 68 2 33 95 B owmng . Name. H . « Maidens. aa PH j Wickets. < Boylo 846 Hi 267 38 71 Palmer 2,090 256 576 80 7-16 Giffen 970 113 424 42 10*4 Midwinter 1,189 1:3 814 80 11-11 Cooper ii84 72 4-27 82 ja-ii Alexander 76 4 29 1 29 Bonnor .. 152 18 72 3 21 Palmer bowled 13 no kalis and 2 widiB; Bonnor aui Midwinter 1 wide each. F. R. Spofforth is one Of tho Aus ralinn tea r, bat did not play in any of the-matches.