Cricket 1891

JAN. 27, 1891 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME; INTER-COLONIAL MATCH. NEW SOUTH WALES v. AUSTRALIA. A match between these Colonies was commenced on the Adelaide Oval, on Dec. 19. George Giffen won the toss from Moses, the Captain of the New South Wales team, and elected to bat, Lyons and the elder Jarvis facing the bowling of Ferris and Charl­ ton. Sixteen overs had been sent down for 14 runs, when Lyons tried a hit and was caught at deep slip. While George Giffen and Jarvis were together, runs came very slowly, till the latter who had been in an hour for 14, was bowled off his pads. Giffen, after batting for an hour and a half, was given out lbw, and when the sixth wicket fell the total was only 86. Blinman and Walter Giffen, however, made a splendid stand, and after playing steadily for a time, got runs freely, in spite of the brilliant fielding of New South Wales. Except for two overs, Ferris bowled unchanged, but Charlton had to be moved, making way for Callaway and Richardson in turn. Still the score rose, until at 205 Giffen was well caught deep behind the bowler. W ith Blinman he had put on 119 runs, and his contribution was the result of fine cricket. The remaining batsmen gave little trouble, and the innings closed for 241, Blinman taking out his bat for a very well-played 73. Ferris was very successful with the ball. • He took eight of the ten wickets, at a cost of 84 runs. Only a few minutes were left for play when New South Wales went in, and during this time 6 runs were got without the loss of a wicket. On Dec. 20, the New South Wales eleven continued the batting with Bannerman and Richards to the bowling of Amos and G. Giffen. At the outsetthe play was very steady, and Richardson, Bannerman and Moses in three hours and a quarter only made 138 runs. Moses’ 67, however, was a finejdisplay of batting, though he was a little shaky at the outset. Later on, the three comparative Colts,Donnan, Iredale, and Gregory, batted in free style, and in less than three hours the score was increased by over 200 runs. Iredale, who is only in his second year as an Inter­ colonial player, made a very favourable impression, showing strong defence with powerful well-timed hitting. To demonstrate the contrast between the batsmen, it may be said that Richardson was batting three and a quarter hours, Moses two and three quarter hours, Bannerman two hours, Iredale only an hour, and Donnan an hour and a quarter. When play ceased on the second night, the Welshmen, with three wickets to fall, led by exactly 100 runs. Play was resumed on Monday, December 22, and another useful stand was made by the two bowlers, Charlton and Ferris, who raised the score from 341 to 406. Giffen bowled altogether 501 balls for 150 runs and six wickets, a good performance when it is considered that several chances were missed off him. South Australia entered on their second innings in a minority of 165, and so badly did they fare that when the seventh wicket fell, the total was only 72. Reedman and Gooden raised the score to 160, but with this exception, no lengthy resistance was offered to the bowling of Ferri3. He was un­ changed during the innings and was again very successful, taking six wickets for 108 runs. New South Wales, with only 27 to win, deferred the commencement of their second innings till the following morning, and as the runs were got for the loss of four batsmen, the result was an easy victory with six wickets to spare. New South Wales, it may be added' were without their great bowler, C. T. B. Turner. S outh A u str a l ia . First Innings. J. J. Lyons, c Callaway, b Ferris .....................10 A. H. Jarvis, b Ferris ... 13 G. Giffen, lbw, b Charlton 21 J. E. Gooden, b Ferris ... 28 J. Reedman, b Ferris ... 12 W. A. Magarey.b Charl­ ton ............................. 0 H. Blinman, not out...... 73 W. Giffen, c Iredale, b Ferris............................55 A. Hill, b Ferris.......... ... 6 P. Jarvis, b Ferris ........ 7 W. Amos, lbw, b Ferris ... 9 B 3, lb 4 ............... 7 T ota l............ 241 Second Innings. c Bannerman, b Ferris .......... 0 c and b Ferris... 33 b Charlton ... 17 lbw, b Ferris ... 39 c Wales, b Ferris ..........60 c Wales, b Cal­ laway .......... 7 c Moses, b Ferris .......... 4 c Wales, b Charl­ ton ................. 2 c ^ ales, b Charl­ ton ... not out c Wales, Ferris B 3, lb 1 Total ...191 N.S.W. First Innings Second Innings. A. Bannerman,* .lbw, b Lyons...............................44 lbw, b Giffen ... 17 0. A. Richardson, b Giffen...............................56 not out ......... 2 H. Moses, c and b Giffen 67 c A.,b F. Jarvis 3 H. Donnan, b Giffen..........58 c Blinman, b F. Jarvis .......... 0 F. Iredale, b G iffen ........67 A. P. Marr, c W., b G. Giffen............................... 4 c A.,b F. Jarvis 0 S. E. Gregory, c Blinman, b Amos ........................32 not ont ......... 5 P. Charlton, st Jarvi?, b Giffen...............................34 J. J. Ferris, b F. Jarvis ... 33 S. Callaway, b F. Jarvis... 0 1. Wale*, not out .......... 0 B 2, lb 9 .................11 Total . ...406 Total ... 27 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S outh A u str a l ia . Firat InniDgs. Ferris B. M. R. W. 30 84 8 , Charlton... 270 19 74 2 Callaway... 96 Marr.......... 12 Richardson 30 5 44 0 ... 0 11 0 0 21 0 N.S.W. First Innings, B. M. R. W. Am os......... 120 3 87 1 G. Giffen... 501 35 150 6 Reedman... 144 9 54 0 Lyons ... 168 13 59 1 F. Jarvis ... 180 9 45 2 Second Innings. B. M.R. W . ... 26413 108 6 ... 2L013 63 3 ... 53 3 16 1 Second Innings. B. M. R. W. ... 543 10 1 ... 59 4 17 3 T he annual meeting of the Lancashire County C.C., takes place at the Albion Hotel, on Friday, Jan. 30th. I n a recent match in New South Wales, between the Silvermere and Willoughby Clubs, the Silvermere, after making 45,closed their innings before a single wicket had fallen, and won the match. “ W isd e n ’ s A l m a n a c k ” for 1891.—The Almanack has become so indispensable to the library of every cricketer that the appearance of each succeeding issue is awaited with general interest. Of the twenty-eighth edition it only need be said that it is fully up to the standard of the best of its predecessors, the highest possible testimony to the accuracy of the statistics, as well as the variety of the information. The frontispiece consists of excellent photographs of five great wicket­ keepers, in the persons of J. McC. Blackham, G. Macgregor of Cambridge University, Pil­ ling, Sherwin. and Wood. The fact that these are the work of Messrs. Hawkins and Co., of Brighton, will be ample proof of the excellence of the likenesses as well as of the high character of the reproduction. CRICKET CHIRPS. W . E. R o l l e r , the Surrey Amateur, is wintering at Pau. A C olom bo cricket team is visiting Singa­ pore on a lengthened tour. L ord W e n lo ck , the new Governor of Madras, was sworn in last week. T h e Belvideres scored 558 against tho Warwicks, at Sydney, at the end of November. G. W e l l s (known to the old school of cricketers as Tiny Wells), of Sussex, died on Thursday last. ^ W . L. M u r d o c h , the Australian Captain has been taking part in the pigeon shooting at Monte Carlo. I t is proposed to play a match between Old Etonians and Old Harrovians, at the Lyric Club in July. A C ounty Club has been formed for Buck­ inghamshire. Mr. G. R. Ward, of Great Marlow, is the Hon. Sec. J am es L il l y w h it k ’ s Annual for 1891 will be out in a few days. The Kent Eleven of 1890 form the frontispiece. G eo r g e P a lm e r , the well-known Australian cricketer, has been batting well for tho St. Kilda Club this winter. T h e London Playing Fields Committee i3 about to engage a Secretary. A well-known cricketer or footballer preferred. T h e great Australian bowler, C T . B. Turner, is now Manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank at Goulburn (N.S.W.) G . G if f e n ’ s 296 for Norwood against South Adelaide, at Adelaide, on Dec. Gth, is the highest individual score in South Australia. G. A. L o h m a n n , the well-known Surrey pro­ fessional, is making preparations for the visit of a mixed English team to South Africa next winter. N orw ood scored 627 against South Adelaide at Adelaide on Saturday s, November 29 and December 6. This is the highest innings so far recorded on the Adelaide Oval. J. J. L yo n s scored 102 not out, of 177 for two wickets made by Norwood v. North Adelaide, at Adelaide on Dec. 31. He got the ruus in about an hour and a half. T h e Norwoods have been doing some high scoring in Adelaide lately. G. Giffen has made 382 runs fur twice out, J. E. Gooden 283 for twice out, and J. J. Lyons 1G0 for once out. T h e Colombo team drew their first match in Singapore, against the Native States, played on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. They won the second (against Hong Kong on Jan. 6) by ten wickets. T h e Sydney Grammar School won the Inter-colonial Public Schools Championship on Dec. 17, at Melbourne, beating tho Melbourne Grammar School in the final by an innings and 66 runs. I t is proposed to play a home and home match next summer between the second elevens of Surrey and Notts, the first at the Oval on Whit Monday, and the return at Nottingham on August Bank Holida}7. O n Saturday, Nov. 29, on the Adelaide Oval, in two matches 722 runs were made in four hours for four wickets. Norwood scored 389 runs for three wickets against South Adelaide, and Adelaide 333 for one wicket against Hindmarsh. Mr. L. A. H, HAMILTON ( of K e n t ). An unfortunate accident of the engraver at the last moment has prevented us publishing the portrait and biography of Mr. L. A. H. Hamilton, of the Kent County Eleven, which had been specially prepared for the opening number of the tenth volume of C r ic k e t . Their appearance, however, is only postponed, and we shall give a sketch of the career, with accompanying portrait, of the young cricketer who made such a successful debut in first- class matches last year, in C r ic k e t of Feb. 26. The fact that the omission is due to cir­ cumstances over which we ourselves have no control will, we feel sure, be sufficient excuse for any apparent shortcomings. NEXT ISSUE, FEBRUARY 26,-