Cricket 1889

14 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JAN. 24, 1889. SIXTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM AT HOME. FIRST MATCH—T. SOUTH AUSTRALIA The Sixth Australian Team, who only arrived in Adelaide on Nov. 22, began the first of their home matches against eleven of South Australia on the Oval at Adelaide on the following day. George Giffen, who captained South Australia, thinking that McDonnell and his men would not be at their best after their long voyage, decided to put them in on winning the toss. The result proved that his decision was right, as no one but Jones and Worrallmade any stand against the South Australian bowlers, and the total only reached 134, though the fielding of the local players was hardly up to the mark, Jones played fine cricket for his 45. He was in two hours and a half without a palpable chance. G. Giffen took five of the ten wickets at a cost of only 54 runs. South Australia had a little over an hour left for batting on the first day, and during this time W igley and Reedman scored 81 without a wicket, the former 37, the latter 44. llesuming on Nov. 24, the innings of the local team ended for 248, McKenzie, who had kept wicket very credit­ ably on the first day, hitting in fine stj^le towards the close, as did Blinman. Reed- man’s 63 was a thoroughly sound display of batting. Jarvis was in brilliant form behind the wickets. He did not allow a bye, and stumped three besides catching one batsman. On Monday, the 26th, the match was concluded. The bixth Australian team, who were 114 to the bad on the first hands, made a bad start when they went in a second time. McDonnell, Ed­ wards, and Trott were soon disposed of, and the only stand was by Lyons and Turner, both of whom hit with great freedom, scoring at one time 50 runs in twenty minutes. South Australia with only fifty-two runs to win sent in George Giffen and Reedman, and thanks to the excellent batting of the former the runs were got for the loss of only two batsmen, South Australia tlu s winning with eight wickets in hand. A ustralian E leven . First Innings. Second Innings. H. Trott. c M’Kenzie, b G iffen........................... 11 c M’Kenzie, b Reedman 4 A. C. Bannerman, c Phillips, b Giffen ......... 4 not out 1 S. P. Jones, c M’Kenzie, b Giffen............................ 45 st M’Kenzie, b Delaney ... 16 J. J. Lyons, run out......... 4 c G. Giffen, ‘b Delaney ... 59 A H. Jarvis, run out........ 8 c W. b G. Giffen 8 P S M’Donnell.c Blinman, b Reedman ............... 10 c and b Reed­ man ......... 7 C. T. B. Turner, b Giffen 5 c M’Kenzie, b Delaney ... 41 J. M’C. BlacLham, b Peedman...................... 1 c Phillips, b Delaney ... 1 J. Worrall, c Watling, b Giffen.............................. 81 c Phillips, b Giffen ... 6 J. D. Edwards, not out ... 9 c Wigley, b Giffen ... 14 J. Ferris, c and b Delaney 0 c Blinman, "b Giffen 4 Extras...................... 6 Extras... Total ............... 131 Total ...165 S outh A ustralia . First Innings. Delaney, b Turner... M’Kenzie, st Jarvis, b Worrall .........32 Turner, not out ... 11 Phillips, st Jarvis, b Trott ................11 L b ...................... 5 Wigley, b Ferris ... 41 lleedman, b Ferris... 63 w. Giffen, b Ferris .. 16 G. Giffen, c Jarvis, b Turner .............. 3 Watling, b Trott ... 5 Baldane, c and b Worrall ............ 30 Blinman, st Jarvis, b T rott...................24 In the Second Innings Reedman scored c Jones, b Trott, 8, W. Giffen, c Lyons, b Ferris 0, G. Giffen (not out) 35, M’Kenzie, (not out) 5; extras 4.— Total, 52. Total First Reedman G. Giffen Turner ... Delaney BOWLING ANALYSIS. A ustralian E leven . Innings. B. M. R. W. ...101 7 51 2 ...13* 15 51 5 ... 32 2 8 0 ... 16 1 12 1 Second Innings. B. M. R. W. ... 81 7 58 2 ... 119 12 72 4 40 3 29 4 First Innings. S outh A ustralia . Turner Ferris ... .. Trott ... . Jones ... .. Lyons....... Worra’l Blackham . B. M. R. W. 2 3 3 Second Innings. B. M. R. W. 16 0 196 61 32 24 76 15 87 6 22 2 18 0 2 16 o 5 20 2 0 6 0 28 63 44 17 15 SECOND MATCH.—v. VICTORIA. The Sixth Australian team began their second match in the Colonies on Friday, Dec. 7, on the ground of the Melbourne Club, their oppo­ nents being an eleven of Victoria. Blackham stood out of the Australian team and Jarvis kept wicket. Bruce won the toss for the Vic­ torians,who were, except for the absence of T. Horan and Over, well represented, and went in with Morris to the bowling of Turner and Ferris. The captain made 18 out of 21, but the best show was by the tail, Drysdale, a junior, just promoted to senior rank, and Barrett contributing more than half of th e total, 149. Ferris, it will be seen, took five wickets for 52, and Turner two for 38. At the end of the first day the Australians had made 14 without the loss of a wicket, Jarvis (not out) 4, and Edwards (not out) 10. On the second day Jarvis was soon bowled, but M‘ Donnell and Edwards made a good stand, and the former hit wrell for his 39 with only a hard chance early in the innings. Trott saw Edwards leave for a well-played 52, but the former did even better, getting his 59 in the best style. Jones did well, and Lyons was again seen to advantage, carrying out his bat for a freely-got 44. The innings closed for 274, Trumble taking two wickets for 94, Phil« lips one for 52, Drysdale one for 32, and Bruce six for 47. Victoria, who were 125 behind on the first innings, made a poor start in the second, and when play ceased on Dec. 8 had lost two wickets for 7 runs. Continuing their innings on Monday, Dec. 10, the Victorians only made a poor show against the bowling of Turner and Ferris. Mcllwraith and Trumble made a stand, but no one else gave any trouble, and as the innings closed for 105, the Sixth Australian Team were left with an easy victory by an innings and 20 runs. Turner, it will be seen, took five wickets in Victoria’s second innings. V ictorians . lirst Innings. W. Bruce, b Ferris ... M. Morris, b Turner... J. M’llwraith, lbw, Ferris...................... P. Lewis, Ferris .. Jarvis, b F.J.Burton.cBannerman.b Turner ... ............... J. E. Barrett, not out H. Freeman, c Trott, b Ferris............................ C. Letcher, run o u t......... J. Phillips, c Jones, b Lyons ............................ E xtras...................... Total ............... 149 Total ...1(5 A ustralian E leven . Second Innings. 18 b Turner ......... 0 3 lbw, b Ferris ... 4 2 b Turner ........ 41 2 st J a rv is, b Jones ......... 20 3 run out ......... 0 33 c Bannerman, b Turner ......... 11 10 run out ......... 2 40 b Turner ......... 2 10 b Ferris ......... 17 7 not out............... 0 11 c T r o t t , b Turner ......... 4 10 Extras......... 4 ...248 J. D. Edwards, c and b Trumble .........52 A. H. Jarvis, b Phillips ............... 6 P. S. M’Donnell, c Freeman, b Drys­ dale ......................39 S. P. Jones, c Lewis, b Bruce ............... 36 A. C. Bannerman, c M’llwraith, b Bruce 4 H. Trott, b Bruce ... 59 J. J. Lyons, not out 44 C. T. B. Turner, b Bruce ............... 3 J. J. Worrall, b Trumble...............17 J. J. Kerris, b Bruce 4 H. F. Boyle, b Bruce 0 Extras .........10 Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. V ictoria . First Innings. B. M. R. W. Turner... Ferris ... Worrall Lyons ... Jones ... . 192 25 38 2 . 176 17 52 5 ........ . 36 4 13 0 Trott.. . 77 7 22 1 ........ . 56 8 14 1 ........ Second Innings. B. M. R. W. 32 CO 167 23 28 20 1 11 1 40 6 11 5 2 12 0 0 1 Ferris bowled a no ball in each innings. A ustralians . B. M. R. W. Trumble ...150 5 94 2 Phillips ...128 14 52 1 Barrett ... 48 0 15 0 Drysdale ... 48 2 32 1 Barrett bowled two andMorris one no-ball, Bruce bowled a wide. B. M.R. W. Morris ... 201 15 0 Bruce ...1537 47 6 Letcher... 48 8 9 0 THIRD MATCH—v. EIGHTEEN OF SANDHURST. The Australian team had all the best of the draw in their third match, against Fifteen of Sandhurst, played at Sandhurst on December 12and 13. The eleven, who went in first, did not make a very good start,but the last five batsmen all scored freely, Turner and Worrall in par­ ticular hitting well for their runs. The Eighteen, after getting out for 129, had scored 115 for the loss of nine wickets in their second innings, when the match came to an end. They still wanted 27 to avert an innings defeat when the match was over. A ustralian E leven . A. C. Bannerman, c J.Pabst, b W.Harry 8 J. J. Lyons, b Bes- w ick .............. . ... 13 H. Trott, b W. Harry 2 S. P. Jones, b W. Barry ............... 6 J. D. Edwards, c W. Bruce, b G. Mackay 31 P. S. M'Donnell, c Solomon, b W. Harry ...............10 Total J. Worrall, b G. Mackay ............... 48 E ighteen of SANnnnitsT scored 129 and 115 for nine wickets, truce 4.1, M'Gregor 39, and All­ day 32. C. T. B. Turner, c M‘Gregor, b Bes- wick............... . 65 A. H. Jarvis, c Os­ borne, b R. Bruce 23 J. J. Ferris, not out 28 H. F. Boyle, c I tew ird, b W. Barry ................25 Extras............... 12 ..271 ...274 The following account of an interview with Mr. Beal is taken from the Adelaide Observer: Mr. C. W . Beal, the genial manager, like all the other members of the team, looks none the worse for the trip. While not at all downhearted that the boys did not win all their matches, he expresses his satis­ faction that they did so much better than many critics predicted. “ You know,” he remarked, “ we were told by the Australian Press that the trip would be a failure. When England was reached we found the pressmen there imbued with the same idea. To dispel the illusion a match was soon arranged with a strong team combined by Mr. Thornton. Our men played all they knew to win, and they did win. Four brilliant victories followed, and the financial success of the tour was assured. I knew we could do well. But I do not know where we should have been without Turner and Ferris. They had a great deal to do with the success of our tour. Turner is the best bowler that ever picked up a ball. Yes, McDonnell has been blamed for not changing his bowling oftener with the view of giving the crack a rest. But they did not want a change. They were quite good enough, and, besides, stood the wear and tear of the tour remarkably well. I cannot speak too strongly in praise of Turner’s bowling. All the English judges have the same opinion about him. W. G. Grace, Walter Read, and Thoms, the umpire, amongst others, spoke highly of his bowling. Robert Thoms, who has been a first-class umpire for twenty years, said he never saw a bowler like Turner. ; The Terror ’ has a letter to that effect. At Chel­ tenham W. G. could not play Turner a bit. The balls broke all about his wicket until at last the centre stump was pegged out. Turner took 314 wickets, or two more than the Demon (Spofforth) took in 1880. The NEXT ISSUE, FEBRUARY 21.