Cricket 1893

MARCH 23, 1893 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 45 some victory. Tne Australians’ batting was disappointing on such a good wicket, though it must be said they had the worst of the luck apart from their playing “ short.” A ustralia . First Innings. H. P. Jay, b Gledbill........... J. A. Joske, run o u t ........... F. Spence, b Epeli ........... R. Caldwell, b Gledhill ... W . O. G room , c Henry, b Epeli .................................. T. Steel, c Kadavu Leva, b Oledhill ........................... R.C.Bentley.c and b Epeli D. 8. Benjam in, b Gledhill A. Gray, not out................... Extras ................. ... Second Innings. b Kadavu Levu b Kadavu Levu c Swann, b Kad­ avu Levu ... c and b Berkeley b Kadavu Levu not out ........... cSwann.bBerke* ley ... ........... cSwann.bBerke- ley ................... E xtras........... Total .......................... 32 W orld . Total ... 32 J. S. Udal, b Caldwell 35 A.T.Swann.c Caldwell b G ro o m ................... 4 Ratu Epeli. b G room 0 H.G. Berkeley, b Cald­ well ........................... 3 Kadavu Levu, c Cald­ well, b Bentley ... 20 A. B. Joske, not out 22 F. S. Henry, b Cald­ well .......................... E. A. Gledhill, lbw,b Caldw ell................... C.Hooker, b Caldwe 1 R. Irvine, b Bentley A. Griffiths, b Cald­ well ........................... Total .................. SUVA v. BENCH AND BAR. “ Annexation Day” (September 1st) was commemorated in Suva by a cricket match under the above title,when the Suva Club was defeated by a strong team mostly composed of its own members. The club batted first on a capital wicket, and playing “ two short ” were disposed of by Caldwell and Baxendale for the moderate total of 72. The lawyers commenced well, the first five wickets all making double figures, their two bowlers being also the highest scorers. Their batting, however, fell off at the finish, the last three wickets falling at the same total, and the innings closed for 125. Bentley was the most successful of the club bowlers, obtaining six wickets for 42runs. On Suva going in again, a great improvement was shown in their batting, Kadavu Levu and Gledhill again playing well, and 129 was reached before the last wicket fell. Bench and Bar thus won by 53 runs on the first innings. S uva . First Innings. J. A. Joske, c Spence, b Baxendale.......................... 1 A. J. Swann, c and b Caldwell ........................... 6 Second Innings, b H. G. Berkeley 23 b st Caldwell, Berkeley Kadavu Levu, c and b Caldwell .......................... 18 run out T. Steel, c H. S. Berkeley, b Caldwell.......................... 9 A. B.Joske, b Baxendale .. 4 W . O. G room , b Caldwell 1 E. A.G ledhill,bBaxendale 13 R. C. Bentley, not out ... 19 6 C. Hooker, c H.S.Berkeley, b Caldwell.......................... 1 Nailovolovo, a b se n t........... 0 run out ......... 0 b Caldwell......... 1 c Henry, b Jay 27 b Henry .......36 c Irvine, b Berkeley ... 0 not out st Caldwell, Henry ... Extras Total ... ...........73 B ench and B ar . J. S. Udal, lbw, b Bentley .................. 37 H. P. Jay, b Groom ... 17 F. R. Baxendale, b Bentley ...................37 H. G. Berkeley, b Bentley ...................13 R. Caldwell,cNailovo- lovo, b Bentley ... 22 H. S. Berkeley, c J. Joske, b Groom ... F. S. Henry, bGroom F.Spence, b Bentley J. H. Garrick,not oat C.H. Irvine,bBentley Extras................... Total bowling, suffered a defeat, notwithstanding their borrowing a couple of the best Fijian Armed Native Constabulary bowlers. On the present occasion they were much strengthened by the addition of Crawley (late of the “ Orlando ”) and Wall (late of the “ Katoomba ” ),but again found the club bowl­ ing a little too strong for them, Groom and Caldwell in the first innings, and Bentley and Gledhill in the second, having nothing much to choose between them in the end. Although the wicket played well, no large scores were made on either side, Crawley being the highest with a well-hit 23. The fielding was good throughout. 0 Total ...129 ...125 SUVA v. H.M.S. CURACOA. This match took place on September 24, and was a “ return ” to one played soon after the arrival of H.M.S. Curacoa in F iji, in May last, when the visitors, who were weak in H.M.8. C uracoa . First Innings. Lieut. Warren, b Caldwell 0 Crawley, c and b Groom 23 Wall, b G room ................... 0 Titcom be.c U dal,bG room 16 Lieut, de Crespigny, b Caldwell .......................... 10 Dunn, b Caldwell ........... 2 Hannah, b G room ........... 0 Lieut. W orthington, b Caldwell.............................. 0 Organ, b Caldwell ........... 0 Lieut. Lowry, not out ... 5 Law, c Groom , b Caldwell 0 Extras ................... 3 Total ........... 59 Second Innings. b B e n tle y ........12 b G ledh ill......... 3 b B e n tle y .......... 6 b G led h ill.......... 3 b B en tle y ........12 b G le d h ill......... 8 b B e n tley .......... 0 b B e n tle y ......... 3 c Jay, b Gledhill 3 not out ........... 3 c Gledhill, b B e n tle y ......... 4 Extras ... 4 Total ... 61 J. S. Udal, lbw, b Wall 16 H.P. Jay, b Worthing­ ton .......................... 2 J.A. Joske, c Warren, b W all .................. 4 R. Caldwell, c Lowry, b Worthington ... 19 W.O. Groom, c Craw­ ley, b W orthington 19 A.B.Joske,bWorthiDg- ton .......................... 4 H.G.Berkeley, b Wall 0 A. J. Swann, st de C r e s p i g n y , b W orthington........... 5 E. A. GledhiU, c Hannah, b Wall ... 0 R. C. Bentley,not out 11 F. S. Henry, b Organ 4 E x tra s.................. 1 Total ... 85 SUVA v. THE FLEET (RETURN). The arrival of H.M .S. Katoomba,” one of the new vessels on the Australian station, in October, whilst H.M.S. “ Curacoa ” was still in Fijianwaters, made it possible for the Suva Club to play a match under the above heading by way of return to the one in which it had proved victorious over H.M.S. “ Orlando,” “ Curacoa,” and ‘ Royalist,” last August. The club, batting first on a good wicket made a bad start, the first five wickets falling for only 16 runs, and seven for 43 did not look lively for the home team, when Udal joined A. B. Joske. The former scored fast, and before he was out for a well-hit 37, the hundred was passed. Swann played steadily for 29, and eventually Joske brought out his bat for a well played 89, the largest score of the season. The total reached 213. the record for or against the Suva Club. It could hardly be expected that the Fleet would make a long score after their long out ing in the sun, and though Wall hit very hard and fast for 40, no one else could do anything with the Suva bowling. On the Fleet follow­ ing on, Crawley hit away merrily during the time that remained for play and brought out his bat for 30. S uva . F. R. Baxendale, b A .B .Josk e, n otou t 89 Wall .......................... 0 J. S. Udal, lbw, b J. A. Joske, b Seloon 2 W all.......................... 87 F. Spence, b Seloon ... 0 A. J. Swann, c and b W . O. Groom, c and b W all........................... 29 Seloon .................. 6 E. A. Gledhill, c R . C. Bentley, c and b Wall, b W orthing­ Seloon .................. 3 ton ........................... 13 H. G.Berkeley, b Law 17 E xtras.................. 4 R . Caldwell, b Law ... 13 — Total ...........213 T he F leet . First Innings. Second Innings. Crawley, b Caldwell ... 6 not out Lieut. D o Crespigny, b G room .................................. 3 b Baxendale Lieut. W arren, c Bentley, b Caldwell........................... 0 b Gledhill ... Wall, b Caldwell...................40 c Bentley, G ledh ill... Titcom ve, b Caldwell ... 3 b Baxendale Townsend, c Udal, b Caldwell ........................... 6 Kelly, c and b Gledhill Seloon, b Gledhill ... Til6ey, b Caldwell ... Lieut. W orthington, Gledhill ................... Law, not out................... Extras ........... Total ... 1 c Benjam in, G ledh ill... 1 2 not out , 30 4 I 13 0 0 5 , 67 b G ledh ill... Extras ... Total 13 , 2 68 SUVA v. ARMY AND NAVY. On 2tfnd October the Suva C.C. played a combined team from H.M.S. “ Curacoa” and the Armed Native Constabulary, under the above title. Suva batted first on a capital wicket, in beautiful weather, and made the most of it. Groom and Jay playing two very fine innings of 60 and 41 respectively, and declared the innings closed at the fall of the seventh wicket for 183 runs. This just left them time enough to get the combined team out, Bentley bowl­ ing extraordinarilywell,and taking ninewicket- for 16 runs, whilst only Wall and De Cress pigny succeeded in making double figures. The result was a hollow victory for the club. S uva . J. S. Udal, lbw, b A. J. Swann, not out 19 W a l l ........................... 18 E. A. Gledhill, b J. A. Joske, b W all ... 1 E peli ........... ... 2 W . O. G room , run R. C. Bentley, not out ........................... 60 out ................... ... 4 A. B. Joske, run oat... 13 E xtras........... ... 12 R. Caldwell, c De — Crespigny, b Epeli 13 Total ... ..183 H. P. Jay, b Organ ... 41 Innings declared c’osed. A rmy and N avy . Crawley, b Bent­ ley ........................... 4 Lieut. De Crespigny. b B en tley...................10 Ratu Epeli, b Bentley 0 Titcom be, b Bentley 2 Kadavu Levu, c and b Bentley ................... 7 Wall, b Bentley...........13 J. R. Farewell, b Caldwell ................... 0 Organ, b Caldwell ... Nailovolovo, b Bent­ ley ........................... Lieut. Warren, b B en tley ................... Law, c Groom, b B en tley ................... Wainiu, not out ... Total 47 C IVIL SERVICE v. ALL COMERS. The public holiday given on the Prince of Wales’ s birthday (9th Nov.) usually sees the wind-up of cricket in Suva. On this occasion the match was Civil Service v. All Comers, a return match to the one played in July, but unfortunately neither side was represented as strongly as it might have been. The ground was in capital condition, the wickets generally this season having amply repaid the care bestowed on them during the last recess, when the whole of the centre of the ground was “ top-dressed,” with the most satisfactory results. Sufficient advantage apparently was not taken of the excellent wicket, for the scores all round were moderate, the bowling on both sides being very good. A. Joske and Jay for the winners, and Udal and Farewell for the losers, were the only ones to make anything like a stand against it, though both the native Civil Servants played good cricket. Caldwell and Jay bowled unchanged throughout both innings of the Civil Service, whilst Bentley, Baxendale, and Groom were the most success­ ful on the other side.