Cricket 1890

MAR. 27, 1890. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 35 N e w S o u th W a le s . First Innings. Jones, c M'Leod,b Trott...100 Bannerman,c Dr. Barrett, b Trott ........................ 49 Donnan, b Trott .......... 6 Turner, c Morris, b Trott. 17 S. Gregory, c Trott, b Trumble ........................27 Mosais, c Trott,b Trumble 48 Garrett, c and b Morris ... 20 Iredale, 1b w, b Trumble 53 Ferris, not out .................10 Charlton, c Morris, b Trumble ........................ 0 Deane, 1 b w, b M'Leod ... 3 E xtras........................16 Total .................3(9 V icto r ia . Second Innings. 1 b w, b M'Leod 24 c Over, b Drys- dale................. 0 c and b M'Leod 9 b M 'L eod .......... 8 1 b w, b M 'Leoi 0 not out ..........45 not out .......... 3 b M 'L eod .......... 0 Extras ... 3 Total ... 92 First Innings. E. BA. Barrett, 1 b w, b Turner ...................... 1 Bruce,c Ferris, b Charlton 12 Dr. Barrett, c Ferris, b C harlton........................22 Trott, c Deane, b Turner 6 Blackham, c Charlton, b Garrett ........................66 b Turner M'Leod, c Deane, b Turner ........................19 Second Innings. c and b Charlton 0 c D e a n e , b Turner ......... 45 b Garrett .......... 3 c Jones,b Turner 34 46 Drysdale, b^Garrett..........26 Over, c Deane, b Turner... 15 Morris, run o u t .................17 Worrall, not out................. 6 Trumble, b T u rn er.......... 4 Extras ........................ 22 Total ..216 c Deane, Turner ... c M o se s, Turner ... run out b Turner c Deane,b Charl­ ton ....................59 not out ........... 2 Extras........... 9 Total ...237 b ... 10 b ... 17 ... 12 0 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N e w S o u th W a le s . First Innings. Trumble Trott ... M'Leod... Bruce ... Over Worrall... Morris ... B. M.R. W. ... 288 2L 80 4 ... 276 17 108 4 ... 227 12 53 1 7 Second Innings. B. M. R. W ... 108 0 .. 38 0 4 0 . . 48 2 20 1 Drysdale 144 11 24 42 54 4 26 0 30 4 1 21 1 Trumble bowled 1 and Bruce 3 no-balls. V ic t o r ia . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Charlton........... 174 10 582 .............. 45 1 31 2 Turner ........... 357 27 715 ............ 234 12 97 6 Ferris .......... 54 3 310 ............103 6 85 0 D onnan.......... 18 11 00 ................38 0 14 0 G arrett.......... 180 21 232 ..............126 6 51 1 N EW SOUTH W A L E S v. SOUTH A U S T R A L IA . A new era in the history of Australian cricket was opened on February 14, when these Colonies met for the first time on the Association ground at Sydney. A. H . Jarvis was not able to assist South Australia, but on the other hand New South Wales was much weakened by the absence of C. T . B. Turner, the great bowler, who was suffering from a severe attack of bronchitis. G. Giffen, winning the toss, sent New South Wales in to bat, thinking he would get the best of the wicket by taking the field. Thanks to some excellent cricket, however, by Jones, and later on by Donnan, the home team were able to reach a respectable total of 240. In spite of a capital score of 52 by the South Australian captain, things went badly for his side, and though the tail made a plucky attempt to save the follow they did not succeed. W hen they went in again, however, Lyons made runs at a great pace, and when play ceased at the end of the second day, South Australia was only 26 runs behind w ith nine wickets to fall. W . L . Murdoch, it will be seen, was represent­ in g New South W ales. N e w S ou th W a l e s . A. C. Bannerman, b Jarvis .................21 S. P. Jones, c and b Jarvis .................68 H. Moses, c and b Jarvis .................10 W. L. Murdoch, c Tardif, b Jarvis ... 13 T. W. Garrett, c M'Kenzie, b Giffen 5 S. Gregory, b Giffen 25 W. Richardson, b Reedman................. 1 S o u th A u s t r a l ia . First Innings. H.Donnan,stM'Kcjnzie, b Giffen ................... 51 S. Deane, not out ... 23 J. J. Ferris, c Jarvis, b Reedman .......... 2 P. Charlton, c Hal­ dane, b Reedman 3 Extras. Total , 18 ..240 A.Hill, c and b Ferris 1 D. Ballans, c Mur­ doch, b Garrett .. 15 J. M'Kenzie, run out 23 J. Reedman, not out 24 F. Jarvis, c Gregory, b Garrett .......... 7 Extras................. 4 ...155 W. F. Giffen, c Moses, b Charlton .... 0 J. J. Lyons, b Rich­ ardson ............. 19 G. Giffen, c Deane, b Garrett ..............52 H. L. Haldane, b Richardson .... 4 H. Blinman, b Rich­ ardson ............... 0 Total J. Tardif, b Richard­ son ...................... 6 In the Second Innings Lyons scored (not out) 44, Reedman, c Moses, b Charlton, 15.—Total, 59. BOWLING ANALYSIS. N e w S outh W a l e s . B. M.B. W. B Reedman 166 1047 31Jarvis ... 168 G. Giffen 282 12 110 3 | S outh A u s t r a l ia . First Innings. B. M. R. W. B.M. R. W. 78 1 38 1 I Richardsonl08 4 43 4 66 1 29 1 I Garrett ...170 11 41 2 M. R. W. 7 65 4 Ferris ... Charlton Mr. David Scott, of Messrs. Boyle and Scott, of Melbourne, one of the greatest cricket enthusiasts we know, has forwarded us the follow ing notes on the two Inter-Colonial matches. As several of the moat prom inent players are am ong the Australian team now on their way to England, his remarks will be read with interest. The first m atch was a grand one. The weather was fine throughout. T he attend­ ance was large, and as our new Governor, the Earl of H opetown, was present on three days of the match, you can conceive he is very fond of the grand old game. H e came down each day at 3 o’clock and remained till the drawing of the stumps. The m atch lasted four days. It comm enced on B oxing Day, D ec. 26th, and this was the only afternoon on which the Governor was absent, owing to a previous engagement. His patronage will do a deal of good to the game, and I think cricket will soon be as popular in V ictoria as ever it was. The fielding on both sides was really first-class, and though I have seen better batting throughout, I have never seen better individual batting than Bruce 61, Blackham 63, Dr. Barrett 69 in the first innings for V ictoria, A. Bannerman 117 in the second innings of N.S. W ales, and Trott 71* not out and Dr. Barrett 29 not out in the second innings of V ictoria. I think under the peculiar circum stances Bannerm an’s innings was mar­ vel’ous. B e was playing all he knew for his colony, and though he has not the brilliancy of a Bruce or a Trott, yet he put the wood on when he got the chance. He was at the wickets just 6 hours’ actual cricket time. He went in on Friday after­ noon at 4.45, was there at 6 when stumps were drawn, resumed at 12 next day, r tired for lunch at 1.30, resumed at 2.15, retired for refreshment at 4 and finally was run out at 5.15 for 117. W hen he retired five wickets were down for 248, and the innings closed for 261. I almost venture to say had it not been for him Victoria would almost have won in one innings, so I think I am right in stating that under the peculiar circum stances he played the innings of the match. Trott’s innings for 71 not out was also a very brilliant one, as the wicket was damaged considerably at the end that Turner was bowling to, and he required playing. T rott played all that re­ quired caution and hit all the loose ones in dashing style. Of the bowlers, H. Trumble, a brother of J. W . Trum ble who visited Eng­ land in 1886, bowled in splendid style for Victoria, taking ten wickets for 108 runs. He stands 6ft. 4in. and when on the spot is a very awkward custom er. H e is only 21j years of age, but is a long-headed youngster, and the secret of his success is his way in varying his bowling, hardly ever giving two balls alike. He comes up from the pitch very quick and for a long tim e the N.S. W ales batsmen could scarcely get a run off him . Bannerman especially played him very carefully. H e has grown very quickly and is therefore not very strong, but in a year or tw o if he continues to improve he w ill be a real clinker. H e bowls right hand with a nice, easy delivery, and varies pitch and pace wonderfully. R. M cLeod is another Australian giant, and stands 6ft. 2in. He is also a right hand bowler and puts some balls in at a terrifio pace, but is m ostly medium. He has just a nice little break that does not look much but is very deceptive. He bowled Moses, the N .S. Wales crack, in both innings. H e took seven wickets for 105, a splendid performance for a first appearance. Turner and Ferris were not in their best form, but old Tom Garrett was all there, taking four wickets for 44 in the first innings. M e l b o u r n e , J a n . 31. In the return we were fairly beaten, and I do not wish to make any excuses. Still, the team that went up was scarcely as good as that we had in Melbourne, E . Barrett, W . Over, and W orrall taking the places of J. Edwards, J. W . T ium ble, and J. Harry. W orrall was equal to Trumble, but the other two were not so good. T he N.S. Wales, on the other hand, was stronger by the inclusion of Jones, Ire- dale, and Gregory. N.S. W ales won the toss, and went in on a first-class wioket. Jones and Bannerman made a splendid stand, and 156 was up before the first wicket fell, when Sammy retired for 100, made without a chance. H e played a beautiful innings, I believe, and scored fast, while Bannerman played the stonewall game, being in four and a half hours for 49. The colts, Iredale and S. Gregory, also played well, m aking 53 and 27. Young Gregory, who is a nephew of Mr. David Gregory who visited England in 1878, played well, and got a splendid reception. lie is only 17 years of age, so he has started Inter-Colonial cricket early. His father, Ned Gregory (lion-hearted Ned), was one of N.S. W ales’ cham pions for m any years, and every­ one was pleased to see the youngster shape so well. I believe he is also a magnificent field, so that if all goes well he has a great future before him . Our fellows hardly fielded up to their best form at the beginning of the innings, and the consequence was they made the good score of 349. This was net such an overpowering score on a good wicket, but the luck was against us, and Turner being in splendid form , we only reached 216, Blackham playing a splendid innings for 66. In the follow-on we did better, as, though we lost one wicket (Morris) for 0, B ruce and Trott, by superb cricket, made 80 before they were separated. T he rest of the team played well, W orrall m aking 59, Blackham 46, Bruce 45, Trott 34, Drysdale 17, the innings closing for 237. Turner again bowled in grand form , taking six wickets, and his total for the match was eleven wickets for 162 runs. This left N .S.W . w ith 105 runs to win. The com ­ mencement was sensational,Bannerman being disposed of for 0. Moses and Jones, by good cricket, made 52, and then M cLeod came with a rush, getting five wickets for very few runs. A t the close of the day, when stumps were drawn, N .S.W . had lost six wickets for 92, Moses 45 not out. The next morning, which was the fifth of the match, the two not outs, Moses and Garrett, resum ed, and as the wicket was easy knocked off the runs, N.S.W . winning by four wickets. The game was somewhat sim ilar to the one played in Mel­ bourne, as both cases the home side won the toes, and the visitors had to follow their innings, each home team w inning by wickets. The Colonies are again even, 22 matches each, and the excitement will be very great next season. Victoria has had a good season, as they have played four Inter-Colonial matches, w inning three, w hich is not at all a bad record. NEXT ISSUE, APRIL 17.