Cricket 1893

JAN. 26 1893 CRICKET i A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 7 T IIE INTER-COLON IAL MATCHES. NEW SOUTH WALES v. SOUTH AUS­ TRALIA. The fears expressed a year or so ago about the decline of the public interest in Aus­ tralian cricket were happily removed by the impetus given to the game by the vi«it of the Earl of Sheffield’s Team list winter. The boom created by the excellent all round cricket of the English combination lias, to judge by the experiences of the above match, by no means been exhausted. On the contrary the popularity of Inter-Colonial matches was confirmed in every way by the result of this c mtest, the fourth, it mav be added,between the two Colonies. In view of th° forthcoming selection of the team to represent Australia in England next summer, most of the leading players were thoroughly on their mettle, and the excitement naturally was reflected on tha outside public. So genenl indeed was the interest in Adelaide, that the Oval, on which the match was played, was attended by a larga crowd eich day, so large, iu fact, as to constitute a record for Inter­ colonial matches in Adelaide. Among the spectators was the Governor, the Earl of K'ntore, who followed the play with great attention during ths greater part of the game. The match wa^ begun on Monday, December 1(5, and as the wicket was as usual in perfect condition, the choice of innings was of considerable importance. This fell to New South Wales, and they of course elected to bat, fending in Bannerman and Jones. The South Australian bowling was entrusted to George Giffen and Jones, and though the latter soon made way for F. Jarvis, the score was only 29 oa the "fall of the third wicket. With Jone3, Bannerman, and Gregory, three of the best batsmen, out, the game looked very promising for South Australia. There, though, their successes, ended, and some cipital cricket by Moses and Donnan give quite a different appearance to the game. Moses was the first to go, but before he was bowled 151 runs had been made. The partnership had lasted over four hours, and Moses, who was unlucky enough to fall just short of his 100, only made one mistake which could be magnified in to a chance. At th e end of the day, Donnan was still in with 97 of 243 for four wickets to his credit. Loose fieldin? helped him considerably towards the'end, but his inuing3, which rose to 120 on the following morning, was on the whole worthy of great praise. His first mistake was when he had got 69. George Giffen’ s batting was the chief feature of the early part of South Australia’s first innings, as the sound cricket of a youngster, A. Hill, was of the later. When New South Wales took the field a second time, with 125 to the good, they were unlucky enough to give Lyons a second innings,the bowler missing him at the very out­ set. For this mistake they suffered heavily and the want of such bowlers as Turner, Charlton and Cunningham was severel/ felt before the end of the day. After his life Lyons played in h;s very best stvle, and his share of a total of 195 for four wickets was 124. On the fourth day (December 29) the Reedmans gave the New South Wales bowlers a lot of trouble, and thanks to them the total ultimately reached 830. W ith 203 to win New South Wales begin very badly and when stumps wero dra vn the score was 85, with five of the best batsmen out. N ew S outh W ales . S. P. Jones, c Reed- man, b Giffen 0 A. C. Hannerman, c Delaney, b Jarvis 16 Moses b Giffen ... 99 8 . F. Gregory, run 2 H. l>onnan,h Tones 12) F. I redile, lbw, b Giffiii ................. 22 8 . Callaway, b Jones 19 J. Yuil', not out ... 36 A Newell, c A. H. Jarvii. b Giff*n ... 5 M. Pierce. r>Giffen.,. 3 I. Wales, b Giffen ... 2 B 7, lb 6 ...........13 Total ... 3 7 In the Second Innings Jones scored st Jarvis, b Jones G, A. C. Bannerman (not outi 25. H Moses, »» Jones 5, 8 . E. Oregory, c and b Giffan 13, H. u on n a n .c and b Giffen 20, P. Iredale (not out) 5, 1 b Jarvis, 6 ; extras, 6.—Total, SO. S outh A ustkalia . First Innings. Second InniDgs. J. J. Lyons, b Pierce ... 15 c Wales, b Iredale ... .. 121 A. H. Jarvis, c Wales, b C allaw ay................. ... 1 c Jone*, b Pierce 40 A. W ilkinson, c G regory, b Pierce ................... ... 0 c Donnan, b Pierco ... ... 3 G. Giffen, c Moses, b Pierce.......................... ... 75 b Pierce ... ... 10 J, Reedman, c and b Pierce.......................... ... 11 b Donnsn ... ... 73 A. H i 1, b P ierce......... ... to b NeweH ... ... 9 F. Jarvis, c W a’es, b Pierce.......................... ... 0 c J o n e s , b Fierce ... ... 13 G. Parkin, b Callaway ... 0 not out ... 3 Ff. R eedm m , b Pierce ... 23 c and b D onnan 30 W . Delaney, n* t out ... 2 b Donnan ... ... 3 E. Jones, b Pierce ... ,... 0 c Bannerman b Pierce ... ... 3 B l \ l b 4 ........... ... 15 Extras .. ... 16 Total ................ ..212 Total ...1-30 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N ew S outh W ales . B. M. R. W . B. M. R . W. G. Giffen 41533 131 6 M . Lyons 33 9 11 0 E. Jones 216 8 91 2 G. Parkin 182 G 40 0 F. Jarvis 132 6 45 1 f.Reedman 24 2 2 0 S outh A ustralia . First Innings. B. M. R. W. M. Pierce ... 279 13 111 8 ... 8 . Callaway 193 7 G» 2 ... A . N ew ell... 9o 8 20 0 ... S. P. Jones 18 2 1 0 ... Gregory Iredale Donnan Secord Innings. B. M. R. W. ... 236 2 154 5 ... 84 5 3') 0 ... 162 11 ... 42 0 ... 48 2 ... 18 2 ... 54 2 59 1 28 0 39 () 3 1 26 3 Pierce bow led a no-ball. THE MADRAS TEAM IN CEYLON. The visit of a Madras team to Ceylon at the end of last year attracted more than ordinary interest among the cricketers of the island. The visiting teim contained more than one player who had figured prominently against Lord Hawke earlierjin December. The irst match, which was against the Colombo Club was begun on Boxing Day and concluded on the following afternoon. The scoring in the first innings on both sides was small, and Colombo, thanks to the good batticg of Stephens and Sergt. Balderson, were able to claim a lead of 35 runs with a total of 100. When the home team went iu again, however, the Madras bowlers had a very different expe­ rience. Colonel Skinner was in the best vein for hitting, and runs came at a great rate. Eight overs realised 51 runs,and the score was raised to 152 before Colonel Churchill, who went in first with him,was bowled. Stephens was again seen to good advantage, and lent Col. Skinner useful assistance. With the total 36*5 for four wickets Colombo closed their innings, leaving Madras 302 to get to win. Such a task was quite beyond their powers, and although Sewell and Stephenson shaped well, the side were all out for 160. Colombo accordingly won by 111 runs. Sewell took six wickets of Colombo at a cost of 87 runs, and Raffel nine of Mtdras for 60. Kelaart’s six wickets for Colombo were got at an expense of four runs a piece. C olombo .—*First Innings. M adbas . 0 33 23 4 Co1. Skinner,b Sewell Col. Churchill, c Stephenson,bSe well F. Stephenp.c Smith, b Sewell ... .......... Sergt B^lderson, 1 w, b S e w e ll............... Capt. Block, b King J. Kelaart, st Alston, b King ................... (3 1 In the Second Innings Stevenson, b Sewell, 10*. 49, F. Stephens (not ou ). Alston, b King, P, Capr J. Kelaart, (run out), JG; (Innings declare closed) L. T h om as/, b King 12 St. J. Cox, b Sewell... 5 A. Baffel, run out ... 4 E. Vanderi-pir, not out .......................... 2 T. Kelaart, b King ... 0 Extras .................. 2 Total ..103 Col. Skinner scored, st Co'. Churchill, b Haig. 46 Sergt. Balderson, o block (not out). 12, extrag, 31.—Tota 263, First Innings. Second Inningi. H. P . Ains'ie, b R a ffel.. 4 b T. K elaart........... n J. G. Smith, runout ... 7 not o u t ................... 9 Conductor Haig, b Raffel .......................... 2 cJ.Ke’aart.bRaffel 17 F.H.Stephenson.bRaffel 3 cB lock,bT, Kelaart 34 G. H. Alston, b Raffel ... 11 b R a ffel.................. 9 H. C. King, b Raffel ... 19 c T. Kelaart b Cox 8 E. H. P. Sewel1, c Cox, b Raffel .......................... 0 b CLurchi’l ........... 47 J.G. wedderburn.not out 8 b 1'. K elaa it.......... 2 B.C.LeggHtt.cChurchM, b T. Kelaart ........... 0 c T. Kelaart, b R a ffe l................... 2 R. Foulfees, b T. Kelaart 0 C. Pre't, run out ........... 0 b T. Kelaart.......... 5 Extras ................... 11 Extras .. ........... 27 Total ... 65 Total .......... 160 T h e second m a tch w as against A ll C ey lon . T h is was played at K an dy on D ecem ber 29 and 20, and here again th e M adras eleven had all th e w orst o f th e gam e. It w as a bow lers’ m atch th roughout, and on ly one o f th e four com p leted innings exceeded a hundred. N ine w as th e h ighest score in th e first innings of M adras, and in th e second T . K elaart and A. B affel again proved veryeffective w ith the ball B o th had an excellen t analysis, th e latter takin g eigh t w ickets for 38, the form er nine for 36 runs. R affel, too, was th e m ost successful batsm an on the side o f C olom bo. H e m ade 62 in the m atch fo r once ou t. S ew ell’ s eleven w ickets for C olom bo w ere got at an average cost o f eigh t and a h alf runs. T h e A ll C eylon team included G F. C ornish, the y ou n g cricketer w ho played occasion ally fo r th e second eleven o f Surrey. A ll C eylon . First Innings. Second Innings. Co1. 8kinner, c Wedder- turn. b Sewell ........... 3 b S ew ell................... 2 E. F. Barter, c Sewell, b King ..........................18*11 w, b H a ig .............41 G. F. Cornish, 0 King, b Sewell ............................ 4 c Sewell, b King ... 5 A. O. Whiting, c Alston, b King ............................ 1 b S e w e 'l.................... 4 F. Stephens, c Sm ith, b H aig................................. 5 run ou1; .................... 5 L. Thomaez, c Ainslie, b Sewell ..........................18 c Leggatt, b Sewell 14 C. Inglis, c Alst n, b H aig.................................... 0 c Foulkes, b King 6 E. Weinman, c Leggatt, b S ew ell......................... 8 b Sew ell................... 2 J. Kelaart, c King, b Sewell .......................... 7 not out ... ...........15 A. Raffel, not o u t ......... 23 c Sewe'l, b Ki g .. 39 T. Kelaart, c Alston, b Sewe’l .......................... 9 c Stephenson, b Sewell................... 4 Extras.......... ... 7 Extras........... 5 To al ... 98 Total ...143 First Innings. H. P. Ainelie. b Rafftl .. J. G. W edderbnrn c W einman, b Raffel ... F.H.Stephenson,*R »ffel G. H. Alston, c W ein­ man, b T. Keliait H. C. King, c Barter, b Raffel .......................... E .H .P.Sew ell,bCom i h Conductor Haig. c W hiting, b T. Kelaart B. C. Leggatt, c Wein­ m an, hln glis ........... J. G. Sm iih, n oteu t ... C. Prpst, c and b T. K elaart.......................... R. Foulkes, b Raffel ... Extras.................. Second Ionings. 1 c and b Raffel ... 5 3 b T. Kel »art.......... 6 0 b T. K e'a a rt.......... 0 1 b R a ffe l.................. 0 3 c Inglis. b Cornish 40 5 b T. K elaart.......... 0 9 c and b Raffel ... 1 0 b T. Kelaart ... 4 b T. Kclaart ... 0 b T. Kelaart ... 0 not out ........... G Extras ... , 16 . 2 1 14 Total ...........32 Total ...........87 G loucestershire C ounty C lt * b .— Several alterations have been made in the programmo for next season. The match of Mav 11, against Yorkshire, will take place at Glou­ cester insteal of B ristol; Kent will be met on June 5 at Bristol; the Somerset match, origin­ ally arranged for June 8, etc , at Bristol, is to be the first item of the Cheltenham Week, which commences on August 14 ; and the home match with Middlesex is to take place on August IQ *t Clifton, instead of Bristol.