Cricket 1890

JAN. 27, 1890. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME 15 N .S.W .C .A . pay th« expenses of their own team when travelling and in Adelaide, the S. A. A ssociation to take the gate-m oney and pay expenses of the m atch ; on the return match South Australia to pay travelling expenses, &c., and New South Wales to take the gate-m oney. It was decided to acknow­ ledge the receipt of the letter, and not to take further action upon it at present. Som e cor­ respondence between Mr. E . D . Heather, Sec. of V ictorian Association, and Mr. W ardill, Sec. of Melbourne C.O., relating to the conduct of intercolonial matches w ith Viotoria was read to the m eeting. The chairman and several other members pointed out that the M.C.C. had not yet uttered any express wish to have the control of the matches on behalf of V ictoria handed over again to the V .C .A ., and on the m otion of Mr. Bevill the following resolution was carried :— “ T hat the secretary write to the M.C.C. to the effect that the New South W ales Cricket A ssociation are willing to transfer the matches to the V .C .A ., but before doing so the N .S .W .C .A . desire a defi­ nite expression of opinion from the M.C.C. as to their wishes in the m atter.” An application for admission to the associa­ tion from the Sydney C.C., on the m otion of Mr. Bevill, was postponed. Pierce, the bowler, has been asked to join both Sydney and Carlton, but has declined. The Adelaide Club, the N orwood C.C. play the Belvideres, in Sydney, on Jan. 17 and 18. The Melbourne lolk have chosen a large selection comm ittee, to pick teams for the Colony. Messrs. Bruce, H oran, Slight, B rowning and Gordon were seleoted. W hat a mess there w ill be. The Sydney W arehousemen send a team over to Melbourne to play at Christmas. Boyle took six wickets for 18 runs recently. There’s life in the old dog yet. George Palmer is up country surveying. His leg gives him little, if any, trouble now. H e may reappear on B oxing Day. Billjr M urdoch is practising, and says he is in good form , but there is a lot of “ b e ef” yet to disappear. In Melbourne, M.C.C. played Essendon, and going first to the wicket made a total of 300 runs, Bruce 89, Blackham 52, Trumble 49, and Ross 42 being the principal scorers. Essendon was very weak, 6o and 85 being the totals. The M.C.C. bowling was good, but the fielding was wretched— so says the A rgvs. Trum ble took 6 for 30 in the first innings. M.C.C. with 339 for both innings Jhad to face South Melbourne, who had scored 221 in their first essay. The match was won by two wickets, South Melbourne, making 120, of which 36 by J. E . Barrett was the only notable score. The m atch was played on the South Melbourne ground, and as it was rain­ ing heavily in the morning, South Melbourne had a cocoa nut m atting put over the wicket to keep it dry. However, it made the ground worse. M.OlC. have entered a protest. University beat Carlton by three wickets. Carlton’s first innings realised 82 against 203 from University, and this put them out of it altogether, for despite 250 made in the second innings they were defeated. East Melbourne and University had a well fought contest. The form er went in first, and by aid of 74 from H arry B oyle, 52 from Tomm y H oran, and 51 from Moore, they scored a total of 311. University was out of all form on the next Saturday, and 77 was their total, Boyle taking three wickets for 1 run in six balls. H ow ’s that for an old ’un? St. K ild a played a somewhat similar m atch w ith W illiam8town, m aking 205 against 49. R . Smith 76 and P. M ’Shane 65 were the tw o best scorers. A good m atch was played between South and North Melbourne. Soores.—N orth 160, South 262 for eight wiokets, J. E . Barrett making 62 and T rott 37. IN T E R C O LO N IA L C R IC K E T MATCH .— V IC T O R IA v. SOUTH A U S T R A L IA . The thirteenth annual cricket m atch between Victoria and South Australia was comm enced on the Adelaide Oval on December 13, in the presence of a m oderate attendance. The weather was extrem ely hot, but there was an excellent wicket prepared. Blackham, who captained the visitors, won the toss from Giffen, and decided to bat. E . Barrett and M ‘I1wraith were the first batsmen, but when 8 runs were up the form er was caught by Lyons. T rott came next, but with 26 up M ‘Ilwraith was caught by Reedman. Trott and J. Barrett made a long stand, both batting well, Trott freely, but Barrett slowly. Trott at length gave place to Blackham, who played a dashing innings of 48. Drysdale, who should have been given out for a palpable catch, made the biggest score of the day. W ith the exception of a few strokes, his innings was almost faultless. Barrett stayed at the wickets a long tim e for his 41 runs, whilst Morris batted freely for his 50. The fielding of the home team was wretched. •The weather was m uch cooler on December 14 tnan on the previous day, when, owing to the heat, J. Barrett, one of the visiting team, was sun struck, but fortunately not seriously. Phillips took his place in the field. T he attend­ ance as the afternoon wore on became large and included his Excellency the Governor and Lady Kintore. On the previous day Victoria had made 278 for the loss of seven wickets, Harry being not out 16. H e was accompanied to the wickets by Lewis, and both batsmen at once began to score. Harry carried his score to 28, when a good ball from Reedman clean bowled him . Lewis, who had been running out to hit, was neatly stumped by Jarvis, while Trumble only added 4 when he was caught off Reedman, and M ‘Leod remained not out with 1 run to his credit. The innings close 1 for 320. The fielding of the local men was by no means good. Reedman obtained the best bowling average. South Australia commenced badly, as with only 17 up Jarvis was caught at long-off by Blackham. Lyons, after hitting out for 38, was bowled by M ’Leod, and then W igley fell an easy viotim to the same trundler. Haldane and Giffen, however, carried the score from 89 to 197, when Giffen was bowled by Trumble, for a splendidly made 85. W hen he was 9 he was given out for hit­ ting his wicket, but Giffen disputing the umpire’s decision, it was ultimately decided that the m atch should be continued. Blinman joined Haldane, who at 220 was well caught by Trumble off his own bowling, 'ih e out­ going batsman had shown splendid form for his runs, and with the exception of a couple of terrifically hot chances, his play was fault­ less. Blinman was disposed of for 10, while W . Giffen and Reedman at the end of the second day remained not out, the total being 235 for six wickets. The wioket on the third day (D ecem ber 16) was still in very good condition, being only slightly affected by the wear it has been sub- ' jected to. W . Giffen increased his total to 12, when he was bowled by Trumble, who also disposed of the rest of the batsmen, the inninge closing for 282. V ictoria made a very bad start, as M ’llw raith and E . Barrett were bowled by Giffen when the total was 3. Barrett and Trott, however, carried the score to 45, when Jarvis neatly snapped Barrett up behind the wickets after he had made 27 w ith­ out a chance. Blackham made 20, out should have been caught first ball, w hile Drysdale only put on 9. Trott in the m eantim e had been playing splendidly, and had not given a single chance. However, with the total at 147, Giffen got the ball past him , and he had to retire, after having played the best innings of the match. Harry and Lewis were easily disposed of, and when the stumps were drawn the Victorians’ score stood at 179 for eight wickets. The play on the kist day (December 17) was very exciting. The wicket showed signs of wear, and towards the last proved most treacherous. The V ictorians completed their second innings for 221, leaving South Australia 260 to make in order to win. M ’Leod batted well in adding 26 to his over night’s score, ,whUe Trum ble played steadily fcr his runs. Jarvis was brilliant behind the wickets, while the fielding of the local team was m uch better than during the first innings. Lyons and W igley started batting for the local men, but none remained long with Lyons, who was scoring rapidly, and 6ix of the best bats were out w ith the score at 97. Trumble secured all these, as with the bad pitoh he was very hard to play. Blinman made a long stay with Lyons, but did not score many. Fred Jarvis, however, came to the rescue, and the score was carried from 143 to 203, when Lyons was caught and bowled by Trumble for 134. His innings was a magnificent one, and was only marred by one easy chance when he was 27, which M ’llw raith failed to hold. The excite­ m ent was intense as L yon s’ score gradually m ounted up, but when he was disposed of, the South Australians’ chance of winning was considered very remote indeed. Jarvis and Parkin, however, made a fair stand, while it also looked as though Parkin and Phillips would pull the m atch off. The form er, how ­ ever, played very wildly at a straight ball from Trumble and was clean bowled, leaving the visitors 18 to the good. T he visitors made several mistakes in the field, but Trumble bowled splendidly. H e took eight wickets at a cost of 110 runs. The Adelaide Observer gives the following details of the incident which led to G. Giffen’s refusal to go out in the first innings of South Australia :— A m ost unfortunate dispute occurred when the hom e total stood at 50. George Giffen, who had then made only nine, received a fast ball from Trumble, which hit him on the leg. Trumble made an appeal for l b w , which was prom ptly dis­ allowed by Fisher. A fter the ball struck him Giffen fell w ith his feet towards the wicket, which, according to the Victorians, he broke, a bail falling off. An appeal was made to Flynn, the umpire at the striker’s end, for hit wicket. Flynn said “ Out,” but to the astonishment of the Victorians Giffen refused to go out. Asked his reason, he said he had been given not out by Fisher in connection with that particular stroke, and therefore would not go out on F lyn n’s decision. B lack­ ham, the Viotorian skipper, obtained a copy of the law s of cricket as revised by the M.C.C., and pointed out L aw 47, which says, “ The umpire at the bow ler’s wicket shall be appealed to before the other umpire in all oases except in those of stumping, hit w icket , run out at the striker’s wicket, &c.’> A ccord­ ing to the rule, therefore, Flynn had a perfect right to give a decision. Here, however, Giffen’s version of the affair differs m aterially from that of Blackham . H e says he had got up from th e ground and had walked away from the wioket when a player noticed that the bail was off, and caused an appeal to be made to Flynn. Giffen contends that the wind m ay have shifted the bail fas a matter of fact the strong wind blew off the bails several tim es during the afternoon), and that as the appeal was not made imm ediately he fell the ball was dead, and the appeal wTas made too late. Therefore he absolutely refused to go out. The Victorians, on the other hand, assert that Lewis appealed to Flynn as soon as Giffen fell, but Fisher again supports Giffen’s contention. Blackham seriously contemplated not going on with the game, but after consultation with his com ­ rades and the manager, Mr. Greig, it was decided for the sake of the public, and to save future friction, which could do no good to the cause of the grand old game, to play on under protest. A form al protest was sent to the South Australian Association by Mr. Greig, and the point in dispute was to be at once forwarded to the Marylebone Club. The pith of the case, as submitted in the letter, is that the batsman refused to go out when adjudged out according to Law 47, and the Victorians claim the m atcn. Gifien was expected to also send his version of the affair to the club which makes the laws that rule cricket throughout the world. NEXT ISSUE, FEBRUARY 27.