Cricket 1887

4 6 8 C R IO K E T : A W E E K L Y BEOOBD OF THE GAME . d e c . to T h ir d D ay— M o n d a y , O c t o b e r 31. At noon on Monday, the sun blazed fiercely, and there were very few spectators. Abel had to take Giffen’s first over, while Mr. O’Brien was opposite Lyons, whose first ball came in from leg, and took the middle stump. (8—15 —136.) Peel joined the little Surrey man, and a long stand was made. Neither batsman scored rapidly although the wicket was in capital order. Most of the runs came from Lyons, who gave way to Masgrove with the score at 179. Just before Peel had played one from Giffen into Liston’s hands at mid-on, but the opportunity was declined. Musgrove came on for Lyons at 179, but the runs continued to come. At length, with 196 up, Pee was clean bowled by Musgrove for a useful 26 Rawlin stepped into the vacant crease, but Giffen bowled him without troubling the scorers. Bates made 5 in two hits, and then was sent back in the same way as Rawlin. (6— 5—205.) Mr. Bowden, the new comer, was very nearly caught and bowled by Giffen when he had only ’made 2. The score was at 212 when an adjournment was made for luncheon —Abel 90 not out. On resuming, off Mus- grove’s first ball Mr. Bowden was caught at point by Giffen. (7—5—212.) Mr. Newton took the remainder of the over. The score mounted steadily to 226, when Abel, trying to get Giffen round to leg, was bowled. The little profes­ sional had been batting nearly four hours and had not given a chance. He received a hearty welcome from his companions in the pavilion. The little Surrey player was at the wickets for four hours. He gave a splendid exhibition of defensive batting, and yet seldom failed to punish a loose ball. His score included three 4’s, seven 3’s, sixteen 2’s, and thirty singles. With Abel in the pavilion, the South Australians thought the innings would be quickly finished, but Mr. Newton and Attewell, however, surprised them. The amateur began badly, but, as he went on, got more confidence, and as Attewell hit out lustily, the tens mounted in rapid succession. The board showed 260 when Lyons relieved Musgrove. Still the runs came, Giffen especially being heavily punished. The separation, though, came at 279, when Lyons beat Attewell. Beaumont, the last batsman, was content to keep up his wicket while his partner hit Giffen, and just as it seemed probable that the third hundred would come the Surrey man was caught at cover. Mr. Newton played a most praiseworthy innings, and had ample revenge for his failure in the first innings. Lyons was far and away the mo3t successful bowler. He has an easy delivery, and bowls f iirly fast, with any amount of command over the ball, and a break from leg stump. Lyons is mentioned as a probable member of the team which it is proposed to take to England next summer. Giffen’s average does not read so well, but he had all the bad luck, two or three chances being missed off his bowling. Musgrove was fairly successful. He bow’s very fast, without using his head sufficiently to get into the first flight of bowlers on a good wicket. The fielding of some of the South Australians was miserably bad. The South Australians had to make 278 to win, and as the wicket was almost as good as when the match started, the task was considered quite possible. George Giffen and Jarvis went to the wickets at a quarter-past four, and remained there until five minutes to six, when Jarvis’s wicket was foolishly sacrificed. No less than seven bowlers tried their hand, but the two batsmen defended their wickets splendidly. Giffen was freer than in his first innings, and scored quite as quickly as Jarvis, who was unusually slow. The latter had, however, had little or no practice, and he had no chance of setling down. Just 3 runs before his dismissal he gave a difficult chance to Newton off Rawlin. He was badly run out, Giffen starting to make a second run, and then running back to his crease before Jarvis. The score stood at 93 for one wicket when play ceased. F ourth D ay — T uesday , N ovem ber 1. O n this, the last day, despite th e possibility o f a close finish, few people patronised the O val. A thunderstorm threatened, and m ade th e w eather close and m uggy, the visitors, especially the captain, feelin g the heat very m u ch . T h e w ick et w as still in splendid order. L y on s accom pan ied G iffen to th e w ickets, and lost no tim e in trou blin g the scorers, A ttew ell and R a w lin bein g treated alike, th ou gh the form er bow ler soon g o t on the spot, an d kept th e runs dow n. P eel took the ball from R aw lin at 114. A fter seven m aiden overs, L yon s cut P eel n early to the boun dary. T w o runs w ere easily scored, and there w as plenty o f room for a third. G iffen called for the run, and Lyons responded, but w as disgusted to see his co m ­ pan ion return to hi3 crease. A n oth er w icket w as thus sacrificed, an unfortunate circu m ­ stance, as L yon s w as b attin g w ell w hen he was run out. H e is in the fron t rank o f A ustralian batsm en, his average in cu p m atches last season h avin g been 66. W alter Giffen partnered his brother, and after ten m in utes’ battin g h ad m ade a solitary single. T h en the elder broth er had a sudden craze for short runs, an d as W alter did n ot expect th is, he too w as run out. (3—1— 121.) A m ost pecu liar and silly contretemps arose in co n ­ n ection w ith this ru n out. G . G iffen cu t the ball to Peel, and ran. T h e um pire at the striker’s w icket w as K ing. T h e batsm en crossed, and W .G iffen , w ithout w aitin g to hear K in g ’s decision, w alked aw ay as soon as M r. N ew ton had lifted off the bails. T h en Mr. O’B rien , w ho th ou gh t the batsm en had not crossed, asked th e opinion of F isher at the other end. F ish er gave the opinion, n ot the decision , that th ey h ad n ot crossed, in w hich case, o f course, G eorge G iffen w ould have been out. H earing F ish er’s rem arks, G . G iffen also left th e crease, and neither bats­ m an w ou ld com e back. A h ot argum ent then ensued fo r about h a lf an hour. M r. H aw ke and the um pires w ent in to the Pavilion, w here the question w as discussed. T h e E n glishm en con ten ded that K in g w as n ot asked fo r a decision, bu t that F ish er had given one, and, therefore, that h is opin ion should be taken. T h e m atter w as eventually left w ith the um pires, and F ish er agreed that it w as K in g’s decision, and W alter G iffen had to leave. A ll interest in the gam e w as now ended, as there w as no hope that th e rem ain ing batsm en w ou ld m ake the required 157 runs. O ne after another w ent, and eventually B ates tem pted G iffen, and M r. Stoddart effected a m agnificent run n in g catch in th e long-field. G iffen had played perfect defensive cricket during his fou r h ou rs’ occu pation of the w ickets. H al­ dane m ade a grand leg-h it off Peel over the boun dary, and then B eau m on t dism issed him w ith a fine one-hand catch at m id-off. W eeks and M usgrove ow ed m ore to lu ck th an good cricket fo r the runs th ey m ade at th e end of th e innings A ttew ell w as the m ost success - fu l bow ler, and his figures read w ell consider­ in g th e alm ost perfect state o f th e w icket. T h e fielding w as good, bu t th rou gh ou t th e m atch th e lo n g grass assisted th e fieldsm en very m aterially, and saved quite 100 runs. T h e E n glish m en w on b y 71 runs, although had the local m en displayed better ju d g m en t in ru n n in g betw een th e w ickets th e difference w ou ld h ave been less. S core and a n a ly sis:— M r. V e rn o n ’s Team. First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b Mus­ grove ......................................25 ** T.vons ...... 64 Abel, c Lyons, b Musgrove 8 b Giffen ......95 Bates, b Giffen ................... 2 b Giffen ........ 5 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Knill, b Musgrove .................... 4 b Lyons ......15 Peel, b Lyon s ...................... 28 b Musgrove ... 26 Hon. M. B. Hawke, c Liston, b G. Giffen ... 6 b Lyons ... ... 0 Rawlin, c and b Lyons ...8 3 b Giffen ........ 0 Mr. M. P . Bowden, not out 0 c G. Giffen, b Musgrove ... 5 Mr. A. E .N ew ton,b Giffen 0 n otou t ...........41 ^ttewoll, b Giffen ............ 0 b Lyons ......28 Beaumont, b G iffen........... 0 c Giffen, b Lyons ........ 1 B .................................. 3 E xtras...........11 Total ...................104 Total ...M l S o u th A u str a l ia . First Innings. Mr. A. H. Jarvis, c Abel, b Peel .................................. 0 Mr. W. Giffen, run out ... 19 Mr. J. Lyons, b P eel...........39 Mr. G. Giffen, not out ... 37 Mr. J. E. Craigie, st New­ ton, b Peel.......................... 7 Mr. A. E. Weeks, c Peel, b B a te s......................... ... 5 Mr. H. Haldane, b Peel ... 3 Mr. W. Kni 1, b P e e l........... 0 Mr. C. Kemp, c Attew ell, b Bates ........................... 0 Mr. G. Liston, b Attewell 6 Mr. J. Musgrove, e O’Brien, b A ttew oll.......................... 0 B l . n b l ................. 2 Total ...................118 Total ...‘JCe BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. M r . V ernon ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. R. M.R.W. B. M. II W . M usgrove... 12) 950 3 ............. 181 21 60 2 L yons ... 68 619 2 ............. 187 19 75 5 G. G iffen ... 113 1332 5 ............. 316 29 124 3 Kem p 20 0 21 0 S outh A ustralia . First Innings. Second Innings B. M.R.W . B. M. R . \V. Peel ........... 212 3331 5 ............. 156 18 38 0 Beaum ont 152 25 CM 0 ............. 1(>4 14 34 1 Attewell ... U.' 2224 2 ............. 275 88 47 3 Rawlin ...11*' 1714 0 ............. 64 8 18 0 Abel ... ... 16 011 0 .............. C8 6 23 1 B a te s........... 56 712 2 .............. 80 7 41 2 Stoddart 4 0 3 0 Second Innings. run out ...........45 run out ........... 1 runout ...........2J c Stoddart, b Bates ...........81 b A ttew ell... ... 1 c Bates, b Beau­ m ont ...........21 c Beaum ont, b A ttew ell.......... 8 o Peel, b Abel ... 1 o Peel, b A tte­ well ................... 3 not out ........... 8 e Peel, b Bates 15 B ................... 2 SECOND MATCH.—v. VICTORIA. F ir s t D a y — W e d n e s d a y , N o v e m b e r 9. Mr. Vernon’s team began their second match on the anniversary of the Prince of Wales’s birthday. Their opponents were a strong eleven of Victoria, including as it did all the cracks but Bruce and Murdoch. The day was beautifully fine, and there were between 4,00i) and 5,000 people present. Mr. Hawke lost the toss, and had to lead his men into the field. Mr. Walter Read took his place in the team, and Mr. Bowden stood out with Mr. Vernon, who had not sufficiently recovered to be able to play. For several days just before the commencement of the match heavy rain had been falling, and the ground was somewhat dead in consequence. M’llwraith and Houston, one of the steady order, began batting, Peel and Beaumont being entrusted with the ball. The score mounted slowly, the close fielding of the English eleven preventing fast scoring. Attewell was tried instead of Beaumont at 23, and 7 runs later Rawlin was given a chance at the other end. M’llwraith, with a drive t* the chains, brought 4 ) up, and soon caused the half-century to be hoisted, as well as the retirement of Rawlin and Attewell in favour of Bates and Abel. Had Mr. O’Brien picked up the ball at the first attempt, one of the men might have then been run out. An adjourn­ ment was then made for luncheon, the score standing at 55, of which M’llwraith had made 43. At luncheon, Mr. Frank Grey Smith President of the Melbourne Club, welcomed the Englishmen to Victoria. The Hon. M. B. Hawke, in returning thanks, congratulated the club in bringing out a team, knowing to what financial risk they would be exposed by the presence of Shaw’s powerful team. On re­ suming after luncheon, M’llwraith infused still more dash into his batting. Houston lifted Bates to long-off, but Beaumont only just managed to touch the ball. Peel again went on at 70, and in his first over Houston was caught at third man after a very cautious innings. Horan, suffering from a severe cold, began stiffly, whereas M’llwraith continued tokeep the scorers busy. At 85Mr. Hawke tried Beaumon1 apain, and Horan drove him for 4. M’llwraitt then f died to got hold of a fast one, and was neatly caught at deep third man. Horan greeted J. W. Trumble’s appearance by Tifting Petl to the deep-field. H e, howtver, N E X T IS SU E . JANUARY 26.