Cricket 1891

492 ORICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THU GAME; DEC. 31, 1891 The following are the results of matches up to date— November 20,21, 23—Adelaide, v. South Australia. Won by an innings and 62 runs. Eng­ land, 3?3; South Australia, 163 and 98. Novemt er £7, 28—Melbourne, v. Victoria. Won by an ioninga and 107 runs. England, 284 ; Victoria, 73 and 104. December 4, 5,7—Sydney, v. New Fouth Wales. Won by 4 wickets. England, 94 and 155 for six wickets, New South Wales, 74 and 172. December 9,10—Parramatta, v. XVIII. of Parra­ matta. Drawn. England, H3and 28(2 wickets). Parramatta, 67 and 144. December 11,12—Camden, v. XXII. of Camden. Won by an innings and 43 runs. Eng­ land, 184 ; Camden, 54, and 87. December 15, 16—Berrima, v. XXIV. of Bcrrima. Won by 77 runs England, 156 and 64 for 7 wickets (innings declared closed); Berrima, 77 and 76. December 18,19—Goulburn, v. XXII. of Goulburn. Won by an innings and 16 runs. Eng­ land, 187; Goulburn, 57 and 114. December 22—Melbourne, v. XVI. of Melbourne. Won by 19 runs. England, 175 ; Mel­ bourne, 156. Decemter 26,28—Ballarat, v. XX. of Ballarat. England, 424 ; Ballarat, 139 and 151. Won by an innings and 13* runs. MARYLEBONE CLUB. A largely attended special general meeting took place in the Dining Room at Lord’s, on December 7, to consider the question of the negotiations between, the Club and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. Mr. V . E. Walker (President) was Chairman. This meeting arose out of the expressed intention of the Railway Company to bring their Bill before Parliament again at an early date (the preamble of the Bill, it will be recollected, having previously been thrown out by the Special Committee of the House of Commons). Notice of the following resolution had been given by Mr. Denzil On­ slow Believing that the parting of any portion of the freehold of Lord’s Cricket Ground for the purposes of construction of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway would be fraught with the greatest danger to the interests of cricket generally, as well as to the interests of the M.C.C., this meeting respectfully requests the committee of the M.C.C. to oppose the Bill with the utmost vigour at every stage of its progress before Parliament.’ * Some matters connected with the election of members to the club, and the distribution of seats to members at the Oxford and Cam­ bridge and Eton and Harrow matches having been disposed of, the chairman desired Mr. Bircham, wrho is acting as Parliamentary agent to the club, to state to the meeting the terms offered by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, and that having been done, called upon Mr. Denzil Onslow to move the resolution standing in his name. The resolution was seconded by Mr. C. T. Murdoch, M.P., and opposed by Sir Henry James, who strongly advised the club to stand to the agreement which had already been entered into. In the discussion that followed, Mr. Brown, Mr. W . E. Denison, Mr. Harvey Fellows, Mr. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Quilter took part, and on a show of hands Mr Onslow’ s resolution was lost by 96 votes to 65. The result of this is, of course, that in the event of the Bill, passing through Parliament tho club will adhere to the arrangement provisionally agreed to with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. A t Colombo on November 7, the Nondes­ cripts were dismissed by the Colts for 11, this total including two “ extras.” CRICKETERS— B est G oods City Agents —• u f a r t h is M a r k . —Advt. P arton & L e st e r , 91, Q ueen S t ., C h f a p s id e . SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. VICTORIA. GREAT PERFORMANCE OF G. GIFFEN. The fifteenth match between these Colonies, played on the Oval at Adelaide on November 7, 9, 10, and 11, was chiefly memorable for the remarkable all-round cricket of George Giffen. The innings of South Australia lasted until the third morning, when it closed for a huge total of 562. The bulk of the scoring was done by the brothers Giffen and Lyons, who were responsible for 440 of the 550 made from the bat. George Giffen wTas batting for seven hours, and during his stay 511 runs were added. There were only two chances, the first at 90 to Blackham, the other at 155 to Marshall,to mar a trulyextraordinary display of cricket. It was George Giffen’ s match in every respect. In addition to his score of 271, he took sixteen out of a possible twenty wickets for 166 runs. Against Victoria, during the past five years he has scored 166, 135,19, 84, 9, 237, 271, or 921 for seven innings; average—131.57 runs per innings. He made 203 against the M.C.O, English team, and his highest score is 296, which stands as the record for South Australia. Lyons played a fine game for 104, marred by a couple of chances, and the Victorians assert that he was caught at the wicket by Blackham before he had scored and given in by the umpire, Walter Giffen was hurt by a very hard return of his brother and had to retire, hard luck as he was playing excellent cricket. The V ic­ torians, who were by no means well repre­ sented, had the worst of the luck, as the wicket helped G. Giffen’s bowling towards the close, and as the aggregate of their two innings only reached 398, South Australia had an easy victory by an innings and 164 runs. S o u t h A u s t r a l ia . J. J. Lyons, c Laver, b Phillips..............104 A. H. Jarvis, b Mc­ Leod ...................... 2 G. Giffen. c McLean, b Phillips...............271 H. Le Haldane, c Harry, b Phillips ... 9 H. Blinman, c Harry, b Phillips................ 32 W. F. Giffen, retired hurt ........................65 J. Reedman, c Mc­ Leod, b Marshall 11 J. Noel, c Harry, b Phillips ... .........10 C.W. Hayward, lbw, b Marshall .........27 H.Moore, c McLeod, b Phillips ......... 0 F. Jarvis, not out ... 19 B 8, lb 4 ...........12 Total ...562 V ic t o r ia . First Innings. Second Innings. F. H. Walters, b Giffcn ... 50 c and b Giffen .. 0 A. N. A. Bowman, lbw, b Giffen......................... 52 b Giffen .......... 0 R. McLeod, c Noel, b Giffen......................... 27 b Giffen J. Hnrrv, c and b Lyons... 17 b Giffen J. IV!cO. Blackham, b Giffen......................... 22 b Lyons H. Stuckey, b Giffen ... 7st Haldane, Giffen ... H. McLean, b Giffen ... 12 st Haldane, Lyons ... J. Carlton, c Reedman, b Giffen..........................16 c and b Giffen... 16 F. Laver, c Eeedman, b Giffen.............. ............ 5 c Scrymgour, b Moore ........ 1 J. Philips, c Hayward, b Giffen......................... 13 notout ........39 H. Marshall, not out........ 5c Noel, bGiffen 0 Extras.................... 9 Lb.................... 2 ... 0 ... 19 ... 31 b ,.. 22 b ... 33 T ota l......... .235 Total ...163 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S o u t h A u s t r a l ia . B. M. R. W. McLeod ...240 11 110 1 Laver ...16S 4 64 0 Marshall...2 5 6 96 2 Phillips ...360 7 156 6 Carlton 132 Black­ ham 12 Harry ... 78 MoLean 24 B. M. R. W. 1 72 0 4 0 0 11 0 First Innings. B. M. R. W. F. Jarvis Lyons... Giffen... Noel ... Moore ... Reedman ...13‘d 11 ...198 12 ...301 1-2 ... 96 4 ... 36 2 ... 24 1 30 0 f.9 1 96 9 26 0 13 0 2 0 Second Innings. B. M. R. W. 3 29 0 78 48 155 0 51 4 70 21 1 11 1 Noel bowled a wide and Reedman a no-ball. The record of matches played between the two colonies is now as follows Where Winning No. Date. Played. Side. Won by 1* N oy ., 1874Adelaide Victoria 15 runs 2* Feb., 1875 Adelaide S.A. 1 inn. & 70 rn. 3 Nov., 1880Melbourne Victoria 7 wickets 4 April, 1881Adelaide Victoria 151 runs 5 Mar., 1882Adelaide S.A. 32 runs C Mar., 1883Melbourne Victoria 1inn.&98rn. 7 Feb., 1884 Adelaide Victoria 4 wickets 8 Jan., J885Melbourne S.A. 53 runs 9 Mar., 3886 Adelaide P.A. 40 runs 10 Feb., 1887Melbourne Victoria 144 runs 11 Feb., 3888 Adelaide S.A. 1 inn. & 113r. 12 Dec., 1888Melbourne Victoria 15 runs 13 Dec., 1889 Adelaide Victoria 18 runs 14 Jan., 1891Melbourne S.A. linn.&62rn. 15 Nov, 1891Adelaide S.A. linn . & 164r. * On each of these occasions a Victorian Eleven piayed a South Australian Eighteen. STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY CLUB. At a meeting of the committee of the County Club, held at the North Stafford Hotel, Stoke, on December 23, Mr. F. R. Twemlow presided. It was resolved that a County bazaar should be held in the marquees on the County Ground, in the third week in July, and a strenuous effort made to wipe out the debt—about i^600—which hampers county cricket in Staffordshire. In addition to the county matches already arranged the com­ mittee decided to accept the challenge of Warwickshire, and open the season at Stoke with a “ cricket week.” June 1 and 2 being set aside for Warwickshire, and the two following days occupied with a visit from the Yorkshire Eleven. The affiliation of the Club and Ground with the North Stafford­ shire Cricket League was confirmed. Sixteen to twenty Club and Ground fixtures for Mon­ days and Thursdays are to be arranged by the Secretary, including Leek, Walsall, Denstone College, Burton-on-Trent, Silverdale, Lich­ field, Uttoxeter, Stafford, &c. CHESHIRE COUNTY CLUB. At a meeting of Cheshire cricketers, held at Crewe on November 28, the County Club was re-formed. The Duke of Westminster was elected President, and the following, vice- presidents :—Colonel Dixon, Mr. A, N. Hornby, Mr. VV. Bromley-Davenport, Mr. A. S. Cox (Rock Ferry), Mr. H. H. Grayson (Birkenhead Park), and Mr. R. Blackstock (Oxton), power being given to the committee to increase the number. Mr. H. Thornber was elected treasurer and Mr. J. Horner, hon. sec. The following were appointed as the com­ mittee :—Messrs. A. B. Hull (New Brighton), S. Hollins (Stockport), H. M. Grayson (Birkenhead Park), R. M. Crankshaw (Chel- ford), C. M. Sawyer (Knutsford), J. Ravens- crofb (Rock Ferry), C. Johnson (Nantwich), J. Curwen (Oxton), and T. M. Abraham (Crewe). ___________________ WHITE STAR CLUB. The annual dinner and presentation of prizes of the above club took place on Satur­ day, December 12, at the “ Salutation,” New­ gate Street. The chair was occupied by Mr. W. Wilson, who was faced by Mr. F. Harris, and a lengthy programme of musio was successfully carried out, Messrs. G. Richardson, Sharp, Elliott, J. Greer., and Linley Darby and others contributing several songs. The prizes were won by Messrs. F. Harris, E. J. Wood, and W. Lewis. The Chairman stated that the club had played fifteen matches, of which it was victorious in nine, losing five, and one being drawn. The proceedings terminated at a late hour, after a most enjoyable evening. CRICKETERS— B e s t ^ G o o d s City Agents — b e a r th is M a r k . —Advt. P arto n & LESTE1J, 94, QUEEN S t ., CHEAPSIDE. NEXT ISSUE JANUARY 28