Cricket 1887

MAR. 31, 1887. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 35 CRICKET IN INDIA. C A L C U T T A y. B A L L Y G A N J (13 a side). T h e Jubilee on th e cricket grou n d at C alcutta w as celebrated w ith th e above m atch, p layed on F eb . 16 an d 17. A lexan der and K eeble m ade a good com m en cem en t for the latter, and 67 w ere scored before a w icket fell. T h e form er w as th e h ighest con tribu tor to th e tota l o f 199. C alcutta began badly, losin g tw o good w ick ets fo r 16. M ellor and M itchell, h ow ever, p u t quite a different com p lex ion on th e gam e, and n o ch an ce w as given till at 187 M ellor w as run ou t for an excellen t 66 . M ackintosh jo in e d M itchell, and th en cam e th e stand o f th e innings. M itch ell’s battin g w as particu larly fine, and it w as n o t till th e total h ad reached 407 that he w as caught. H is score o f 246, th e h ighest ever m ade on th e C alcutta ground, included tw elve fives, tw en ty-fou r fours, and tw elve threes. T h e innings w as really a faultless and a m agn ificen t one, m ade w ith ou t the shadow of a chance, and w ith h ardly a bad stroke. B allyg an j . G. F. Alexander, b Henderson ...........38 J H. Hechle, run out 33 Capt. Byland, b Hen­ derson .................. 0 H.R.Fagan, c Collins, b Ogbourne ...........26 T. G. H. Moncrieffe, c Prevost, b Collins 3 C. L. Johnstone, b Ogbourne ........... 2 J. B. W right, lbw, b P a tteson .................. 36 C alc u tta . W .T.W oods, c Pater­ son, b Patteson ... 7 W . H. McKewan, c Prevost, b Collen 6 A.S.Anderson,notout 28 F. G. Stewart, b M a ck in tosh ........... 0 S.K.DouglasbM itchell 2 J. C. Duffus, b M ack in tosh ........... 0 B 12,1 b 5, w 1 ... 18 Total ...199 W . M ellor, run out ... 66 J. P. Hewitt, c Alexander, b M on­ crieffe .................... 5 F. E. Patteson, c W right,bAlexander 0 C.Mitchell, c Stewart, b D u ffu s .................... 246 E. W . Collin, lbw, b M oncrieffe ...............23 E A. M ackintosh, b Duffus ...................... 67 L . C. Ogbourne, b Alexander ...............16 C.J.Paterson.bWoods 29 J.Henderson, not out 52 F. A. L'revost, not out 51 B 23,1 b 2, w 7 ... 32 Total ............587. CRICKET IN A U S T R A L I A ^ ^ ,^ V IC T O R IA v. N E W S O U T H W A L E S . O f th e th irty-eigh t Inter-colonial m atches betw een V ictoria and N ew S ou th W ales none has taken place under m ore unfavourable con ­ ditions th an th e last, fixed to begin at Sydney on Jan. 22. R a in prevented a com m en cem ent until Jan. 24, and play h ad to be prem aturely abandoned on the follow in g aftern oon from the sam e cause. On Jan. 26 and 27 the ground w as altogether u n fit fo r cricket, and it was n ot u n til th e fifth day th at the gam e was finished. D u rin g all this tim e on ly 260 runs w ere totalled fo r th irty-fou r w ickets, from w h ich it w ill be seen th at the bow lers had things all th eir ow n w ay. T h e ground, indeed, w as so bad that Charles B annerm an, w ho w as u m p irin g in th e m atch , stated that in all his experien ce he had n ever seen a w orse w icket. T h e bow lin g of F erris, T u rn er, and G arrett fo r N ew South W a les,“ F elix,” th e critic o f the Australasian , says, w as adm irable in each innings. T u rn er broke from th e off in a w onderfu l m anner and w ith great pace, and F erris broke from leg in m ost puzzlin g fashion, som etim es p itch in g outside th e leg stum p and passing outside th e off stum p b y inches. G arrett did n ot pu t on a great break, bu t his length w as excellent. F erris took 4 fo r 17 and 5 for 28, and in his open in g overs in the second innings h is results w ere sim ply splendid, nam ely, 4 w ickets fo r 1 ru n off 32 balls. T u rn er got 4 fo r 24 and 4 for 25. and G arrett 2 for 12 and 1 fo r 4. In the first innings o f N ew S outh W ales Spofforth took 6 w ickets fo r 47, T rum ble 2 for 10, and M idw inter 1 for 2 4 ; but these figures w ou ld have been m u ch better if rain h ad not fallen. In th e second innings M ’ Shane T h e fielding, w ith tw o or three exceptions, w as capital on b oth sides. B lackham kept w ick et alm ost in h is best form , an d B u rton w as in very fine trim , som e o f T u rn er’s nasty ones bein g taken b y h im in tru ly artistic style. F erris w on a han dsom e how ling trop h y , and G arrett w on M iss H u n t’s battin g p rize for h igh est individual score. V ictoria . First Innings. Second Innings. W . Bruce, 1b w, b G arrett 5 c Richardson, b F. W alters, c Allen, b Turner .......................... T. Horan, c Allen, b Gar­ rett .................................. J. W . Trum ble, c Burton, b Ferris .......................... 27 W . Midwinter, c Jones, b Turner .......................... 0 P. G. M'Shane, b Ferris ... 8 R. H ouston, c Jones, b F erris.................................. J. W orrall, c A. Banner­ man, b F erris................... J. M ‘C. Blackham, c Mc­ Donnell, b Turner........... 1 H. Trott, b Turner ........... 3 F. R. Spofforth, not o u t ... 0 B 6, lb 2 .............. ... 8 0 st Burton, Ferris ... 3 not out e Garrett, Ferris ... c Burton, Turner ... b G arrett ... W e i , b W o r r a ll........... IA. Slight, not out ^McKenzie, c H ouston, M orris................... ... » % 0 . 19 3 b Ferris ........... 3 c Richardson, b Ferris lbw , b Ferris b Turner ... b Turner ... Extras... Total ...................61 Total ... C N e w S o uth W ales . First Innings. Second Innings. P. S. M 'Donnell, b Spof­ forth ..................................25 A. Bannerman, b Spof­ forth .................................. 4 S. P. Jones, b Spofforth ... 3 c Bruce, b Mid­ winter ........... b Spofforth c Blackham , b M 'Shane H. Moses, c Midwinter, b S p o ffo rth ..........................10 R. Allen, c M'Shane, b M idwinter.......................... 6 not out T. W . Garrett, b Trum ble 28 b M 'Shane... C. Richardson, not out ... 3 C .11. Turner, b Trum ble 2 not^out IT Ferris, b Spofforth ... 3 J. Burton, bjSpofforth ... .. 26 Extras Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. V ictoria . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R . W . B. M.R . W. Turner 80 10 24 4 ... ... 84 30 25 4 G arrett ... 44 5 12 2 .,. ... 40 7 4 1 F e rris........... 33 2 17 4 ............ 90 12 28 5 N e w S o uth W alks . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R . W. Spofforth... 120 11 47 6 M idwinter 112 18 24 1 Trum ble ... 20 1 10 2 H oran ... 4 0 3 0 B. . 28 M. R . W . 3 14 1 3 12 1 1 1 0 M 'Shane 16 2 12 2 V IC T O R IA v . S O U T H A U S T R A L IA . T h ou gh the V ictoria n E leven to oppose South A ustralia in th e tenth In ter-colon ial m a tch played on th e ground o f the M elbourne C lub on Feb. 11,12 and 14, w as on ly a poor one, th e gam e, as th e follow in g score w ill show , resulted in fa vou r of the h om e team by 144 runs. T h e all-round cricket o f M idw inter and M orris contribu ted , as w ill be seen, greatly to th eir success. M cllw ra ith m ade 63 o f the first 90 in second in n in gs of V ictoria. V ictoria . First Innings. Second Innings. J. M cllwraith, lbw,b Gillen 0 c W. Glffen, b H aldane...........72 ^Houston, b Giffen ...........16 b G. Giffen ... 4 TP. G. M cShane, c Lyons, b G iffen .................................. S. M orris, b Giffen ... W. Midwinter, c Noel. G iffe n .......................... Trott, c McKenzie, G iffen .................. ... [Lewis, b Lyons ........... [W ood, not out ........... I,Worrall, b Giffen b G. Giffen 24 b M cKenzie 6 not out 52 secured tw o for 12, M id w in ter 1 fo r 1 2 , and V g v e r, b Giffen ... Spofforth 1 fo r 14. It w as a general im pression ^-Phillips, run out... that M id w in ter kept h im self on “ to o lon g in the first in n in gs.” Total 21 absent .13 bG . Giffen... . 33 b N oel........... . 3 c Kemp, b Giffen ... 0 c and b Noel . 3 lbw, b N oel Extras... G. S outh A u stralia . First Innings. C. G odfrey, b M orris...........40 c W . Knill, c W orrall, b Mid- \ w in ter..................................24 Second Innings. and b Mid­ winter ...........13 ; M cShane, b M idwinter ... 6 J. Lyons, c M idwinter, b M orris..................................24 c Lewis, b Mid- G. Giffen, c and b M orris 4 A. H. Jarvis, c and b W or­ rall .................................. 4 W . Giffen, c Trott, Over .......................... b ... 25 winter ........... 10 b M orris ........... 0 st Lewis, b M id­ winter ........... 3 McShane, b M orris ........... 4 ... 0 c and b Morris... 2 ... 16 c and b Mid­ winter ........... 1 b ... 6 c M cllwraith, b Morris ........... 4 _aldane, b P h illip s .25 b Morris .. 4 fK em p, c Over,bW orrall 2 not out ............ 6 Extras........... 1 Total ...................170 Total ... 54 BOW LING ANALYSIS. V ictoria . First Innings. Second Innings. B. 11. M. W . B. R. M. W . N o e l........... 64 24 8 0 ........... 119 43 11 3 G. Giffen ... 168 83 14 8 ........... 156 104 9 4 L yons ... 106 29 16 1 ........... 60 20 5 0 Haldane 24 21 1 1 Kem p... 28 16 M cKenzie 28 8 S outh A ustralia . First Innings. Second Innings B. R. M. W. - ~ ~ , T ro tt... . Morris M cS hane. W orrall . Over ... . Midwinter Phillips 36 17 3 104 59 8 . 28 13 3 . 127 59 16 . 72 11 5 80 20 9 72 15 10 B. R . M. W . ... 100 21 13 5 ... 88 22 12 12 10 1 0 The following is a com plete record of the m atches played between Victoria and South Australia W here W inning Date. Played Side. W on by ♦Nov., 1874 Adelaide Victoria 15 runs. ♦Feb., 1876 Adelaide S.A.......... 1 ins.and 70ms. Nov., 1880 M elbo’rne Victoria 7 wickets. Apl., 1881 Adelaide Victoria 151 runs. Mar., 1882 Adelaide S.A......... 32 runs. Mar., 1883 M elbo’rne Victoria 1 ins. and 98 m s. Feb., 1884 Adelaide Victoria 4 wickets. Jan., 1885 M elbo’rne S.A.......... 53 runs. Mar., 1886 Adelaide S.A.......... 40 runs. Feb., 1887 M elbo’rne Victoria 144 runs. ♦ On each of these occasions a Victorian Eleven played a South Australian Eighteen. MELBOURNE CLUB AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. The averages of the Australian Team, com­ piled below, include those matches played in the Colonies previous to the team’s departure for England, matches played in New Zealand, and the three matches against the English Eleven now in the colonies:— BATTING AVERAGES. ...138 rlota l ...230 Tim es M ost in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inns.Aver. S. P. Jones ... 16 ... 1 ... 586 ... 150 ..., 39.06 H .J . H. Scott 3 .. . 0 ... 101 .,.. 74 ..., 33.66 J. M'llwraitfh 14 .. . 2 ... 353 .... 121 .... 29.41 J. Blackham 11 .. . 2 ... 254 ... 63 ..., 27.12 J. W. Trum ble 15 .. . 0 ... 386 ,... 60 .... 25.73 G. J. Bonnor... 4 .. . 1 ... 77 ... 34 ..., 25.66 A. H. Jarvis ... 17 .. . 2 ... 357 .... 77 ..., 23.8 W . B ruce ... 17 ... 1 ... 342 .... 48 .... 21.7 T. W. Garrett 13 ... 2 ... 220 .... 76 ..., 20-0 G. E . Palm er 17 ... 0 ... 338 .... 76 ... 19.76 E. E vans...........13 .. . 3 ... 88 ... 26 ... 8.8 F. R . Spofforth 11 .. . 0 ... 46 .... 25 ..., 4.18 BOW LING AVERAGES. Balls. Runs. Mdns. W kts. Aver. E. E vans ......... ,. 1114 .... 234 ... 166 ... 44 ... 5.31 G. P a lm e r......... . 2516 ... 8 ' 5 ... 305 ... 77 .. . 10.45 T. G arrett . 1283 ,... 365 ... 158 ... 31 ... 11.77 S. Jones ......... . 222 ... 147 ... 36 .. . 10 .. . 14.7 G. G iffen ......... . 575 ... 209 ... 55 ... 14 .. . 14.92 J. W. T ru m ble..,. 708 .... 217 ... 92 ... 13 ... 16.60 G. J. Bonnor .. . 52 ... 19 ... 2 .. . 1 .. . 19 F. Spofforth .. . 1059 ... 441 ... 101 ... 22 ... 20.04 W. B ruce ......... . 856 ... 328 99 ..,. 14 .. . 23.42 Next Issue April 14