Cricket 1886

APRIL .20,1886 - >6 y * [) f fytyrtjz »A w * CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THp GAME. *\» M , (*J 4 ( P V <91 C R IC K E T IN A U S T R A L IA . k U ? INTER-COLONIAL MATCH. T he third day of this match (March G), on the Adelaide Oval, was favoured -with bright weather, the sun being tempered withta nice breeze from the South! The attendance must ' have been double what it was on the previous day, despite the /act that the Show kept many away. The Stand and Reserve were not nearly as full as they generally are on the occa­ sions of a biermatch, but they were much better patronised than on the previous days. The cricket was very interesting. Giffen and Godfrey made such .a splendid stand that at one time it looked as though South Australia would make a very large score. At lunch time the two G’s had raised the score from 74 to 144, and they were not separated until the •total was 184, or 139 more than it was when they became associated on Friday evening. At the time Giffen “ played on ” the Victorian bowlers seemed fairly collared, but soon after the Norwood crack’s retirement Godfrey was bowled,’ and the rest of the men failed to do much. Knill, Kemp, Phillips, and Wilkinson all played the bowling with apparent ease, but one after another they threw their wickets away in trying to hit, and when the last man was out the total was only 275. The wicket played splendidly, and, as mentioned above, none of the batsmen seemed to have the least difficulty. in playing the bowling, but they lacked the fine patience exhibited by Giffen and Godfrey. Phillips afid Trott did most of the Victorian bowling^ and the former came out with the very respectable average of'5 for 85. The fielding was very good, but Bruce and Blackham each missed a difficult chance off his own bowling, and there were oue or two .other trifling mistakes. The Victorians began their second innings, anS before time was called 75 of the required 26Q runs had been knocked off withgut the loss of a wicket. Bruce was in splendid form, and he hit all the bowling with great freedom. Mclllwraith began Carefully, but he was scoring at a telling rate towards the finish. Giffen did not seem to be in form with the ball, and he gave way to Wilkinson before time was called: On the following Monday the match was finished, the South Australians winning, a most interesting {jame by 40runs. The attend­ ance was very limited, owing to the game being over so early. Had the match lasted until 4 or 5 o’clock there would have been plenty of people down to see the finish, but the last 5 wickets of the Victorians were disposed of in thirty-five minutes, and the match was over at five minutes past 3. The 700 or 800 people on the ground were very liberal in their applause of Giffen and his comrades when the fortunes of war began £o turn in favour of Adelaide, and the .cheering, was enthusiastic when the" Norwood crack upset Barnard’s wicket and won the match. Directly after play was started Bruce was caught atmid-off. Lewis, who followed, though, made runs so freely that 120 was soon on the board, and the chances of South Australia were not improved by Jarvis missing Mcllwraith at the wickets. However, the Hindmarsh man quickly atoned for his mistake, hy first catching Lewis and then stumping Mcllwraith. Jarvis was wonder­ fully quick in putting down the Victorian crack’s wicket. After this Houston and Trott played well for a time, but at 163 Giffen again came to the rescue, and bowled first Houston and then T r u n d le . Blackham was very offen­ sive, and \yheu the luncheon hour arrived tli6 score was 185 with only 5 wickets down, but on' restimmg Trott was caught. The chances of the visitors then rested upon Blackham, but unfortunately for them the skipper ran himself out, and virtually settled the match in favour of South Australia, as Slight was not well enough to do himself justice, and Ross, Barnard* and Phillips are hardly up to intercolonial form as batsmen. Ross attempted a hit and was oauglit, and when 40runs were still wanted GiffenbowledBarnard and the match was over. Giffen again did nearly all the damage in the bowling depart­ ment, and without him South Australia would have made a sorry show. On Monday he bowled 8 wickets for 75, and his average foij the innings was 8 for 110. Thus in the twof innings he captured 17 wickets for 201, a truly* grand performance on such a perfect wicket as this match was played upon. Yesterday he. was severely punished in the early part of the! day, especially on the leg side, but after lunchl the batsmen could do very little with his puzzling deliveries. Kemp, Turner, and Phil­ lips shared the other end, and the left-hander got 1 wicket, while Mcllwraith was missed off him. Phillips should also have secured a wicket, as Blinman, who was not in his best form yesterday, missed an easy chance off his bowling. The fielding was fairly good, Kemp, Knill, Phillips, and Wilkinson being very smart and sure. Blinman did a lot <^f good work, but he was not as safe as usual, and lost a wicket for Giffen as well as Phillips. Jarvis was very smart behind the wickets toward the close of the innings, and he made up for his one mistake by stumping Mcllwraith in brilliant style. Both the trophies fall to South Australian men, Godfrey taking Mr. J. W. Colton’s prize for the highest aggregate scorer in the match with 118 runs, and Giffen has won Mr. Oliver’s prize for the best bowling average. Giffen secured 17wickets for 201 runs, Trott 7 for 121, and Phillips 7 for 140. S outh A ustralia . First Innings. G. Giffen, b Phillips.......20 J.Lyons,c Ross, b Trumble 29 A. H. Jarvis, c Blackham, b Phillips......................... 0 H. Blinman, run out ... 14 C. Godfrey, run o u t....... 38 W. Knill, b Trott .......22 L. W. Evan, b Trott ... 2 C. Kemp, c Blackham, b B ruce.............................25 A. Wilkinson, b Trott ... 10 E. G.Phillips,c Barnard,b T r o tt................. ........... 9 T. Turner, not out W ..........„... Total ..........172 Second Innings. b P h illips..........82 cBruce,bPhillips 23 cTrott,b Phillips 13 b Trumble.......... 1 b P h illips..........80 cBarnard,bTrott 14 run out .......... 0 c Bruce, b Trott 11 c M'llwraith, b Trott ..........21 c Houston, b Phillips..........18 not out .......... 5 B 1, lb 2, w 3 6 Total ...274 V ictoria . First Innings. W. Bruce, b Giffen ..........13 J. Slight, c Wilkinson, b Giffen..................................42 Turner, b Second Innings, c sub, b Giffen... 49 c Blinman, b Giffen .......... 2 R. Houston, Giffen...............................28 b Giffen J. Mcllwraith, c and b Giffen............................... 7 H. Trott, not out ..........54 W. Trumble, b Phillips ... 8 J.M.Blackham,lbw,bGiffen 23 P. L^vis, c Godfrey, b Giffen............................... 2 C. Ross, c Kemp, b Giffen 2 Barnard,cGodfrey,bGiffen 1 J. Phillips, c Blinman, b Giffen............................... 5 Extras ........................ 2 ... 17 Total ...187 st Jarvis,bGiffen 50 c and b Giffen ... 21 b Giffen .......... 0 run out ..........27 c larvis, b Kemp 32 c Knill, b Giffen 1 b Giffen .......... 4 not out .......... 4 B 8, lb 3, w 1 12 Total ...219 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S outh A ustralia . First Innings. Second Innings. B. R. M. W. B. R. M. W. Trumble 188GO 23 1 .......... 110 50 10 1 Bruce ... 5621 7 1 .......... 36 26 2 0 Phillips 18456 19 2 .......... 252 84 28 5 Trott ... 10426 10 4 .......... 238 95 24 3 Houston... 16 3 2 0 Blackham 20 10 0 0 Bruce bowled 5, and Trott 1 wides. V ictoria . First Innings. Second Innings. B. R. M. W. B. R. M. W. Giffen ... 278 91 29 9 ...... 188 110 12 8 Wilkinson 32 14 1 0 ...... 20 9 1 0 Turner ... 128 .35 15 0 ...... 5G 25 5 0 Phillips ... 110 45 13 1 ... ... 68 19 7 0 Kemp 80 44 J 1 Turner bowled one wide. The following is a complete record of the matches played between Victoria and South Aus­ tralia :— Where Date. Played Won by *Nov., 1874 Adelaide Victoria, by 15 rims ’"Feb., 1876 Adelaide S.A., by 1 inns, and 70 runs Nov., 1880 Melb’rne Victoria, by 7 wickets' Apl., 1881 Adelaide Victoria, by 151 runs Mar., 1882 Adelaide S.Ai, by 32 runs Mar., 1883 Melb’rne Victoria, by linns. & 98runs Feb., 1884 Adelaide Victoria, by 4 wickets Jan., 1885 Melb’rne S.A., by 53 runs Mar., 1886 Adelaide S.A., by 40 runs * On each of these occasions a Victorian Eleven played a South Australian Eighteen. T he Adelaide Observer contained thefollowing comments on the important part G. Giffen played in the success of the South Austra­ lians :— . m • To George Giffen the South Australians are indebted for their victory. His performance with the ball stands out as one of the best ever accomplished by any man, and he fairly won the match for his side, as in addition to taking 17 wickets for 201 runs on one of the best wickets ever seen, he scored 20 and 82 with thejsat, .Giffen is generally recognised as the best all-round cricketer in the colonies, and it would be difficult to point to any one man in England who can claim to be his equal in this respect. I am glad to see that the Association intend to recognise Giffen’s per­ formance in the match by making him a pre­ sentation of a gold medal. All who take an interest in South Australian cricket vfrilF be 1glad to hear that this is to be done, as Gtffen’s feat deserves some recognition of no ordinary character, and coming from the Committee of the Association, who are the representatives of the cricketing community of this colony, the presentation will be far more gratifying to Giffen than any gift from a private person.. No one has done so much for South Australian !cricket as Giffen, and his exploits in the late match afford a very favourable opportunity to Mr. J. W. Colton and his brother Committee- •men for letting the Norwood crack know that the cricketers of the colony are proud of pos­ sessing such a remarkably good player. LEATHERHEAD CLUB- F ixtu res for 1886. May 1. Leatherhead, v. Sutton May 8. Leatherhead, v. Burlington. May 15. School Ground, v. St. John’s College . May 18. Ewell, v. Ewell May 22. Leatherhead, v. Long’s XXII. May 24. Leatherhead, v. Cheam . ' May 29. College Ground, v. St.John's (2nd Elevens) June 2. Mickleham, v. Mickleham - June 5. Leatherhead, v. £t. John’s College • June 8. Dorking, v. Dorking June 12. Wimbledon, v. Wimbledon _ June 14, Reigate, v. Reigate Hill June 19. Leatherhead, v. Epsom June 23. Leatherhead, v.Ockley June 26. Streatham, v. Streatham July 3. Leatherhead, v. Old Brucians July 10, Leatherhead, v* Surbiton July .14. Leatherhead, v. St. John’s (2nd Elevensl, July 21. Leatherhead, v. Mickleham July 24. Chessington, v. Ne’er-do-Weels July 31. Epsom, v. Epsom ' Angust 2. Leatherhead, v. Wimbledon August 3. Leatherhead, v. Surrey Club & Ground August 4. Leatherhead, v. Reigate Hill August 5. Leatherhead, v. Ne’er-do-Weels August C. Leatherhead, v. Streatham August 7. Leatherhead, v. M.C.C. August 9. Leatherhead, v. Crystal Palace August 14. Leatherhead, v. Ewell August 18. Ockley, v. Ockley August 19. Leatherhead, v. Dorking August 28. Surbiton, v. 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