Cricket 1893

82 CBICKET: A WEEKLY RECOKD OE THE GAME. APRIL 27, 1893 CR ICKET IN AU STRAL IA . VICTORIA v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Though they were without the services of W . Bruce, H. Trumble, and J. M. Blackham, as well as of Dr. Barrett, the Victorian eleven had no difficulty in winning the last Inter­ colonial match of the season, begun at Adelaide on March 17th. The game, which was productive of some high scoring on both sides, extended over five days, with, in the result, a victory for Victoria by five wickets. Altogether 1,211 runs were made, which gives an average of over thirty-four runs for the thirty-five wickets. The honours on the Australian side were shared by George Giffen and Lyons. The latter was seen to great advantage, and his two scores of 72 and 62 were in every way worthy of his reputation. Giffen’s record was even more noteworthy. In the first innings he was batting for two hours and a half for forty-three. In the second he went in on the fall of the first wicket and was not out till his total had reached 181. For six hours and a quarter he had successfully resisted all the Victorian bawl­ ing. W ith the exception, too, of a hard return to Carlton, when he had got twenty, his play was absolutely without a fault. Until almost the end it did not look as if the Victorians were in for a very large score. When the seventh wicket fell, the total was only 163, and 79 were still wanting to equal the other total. McLeod, of the Australian team, however, found a useful partner in Laver, who had just before earned the distinction of the highest individual score in Australia. This pair altogether turned the scale in favour of Victoria. Each got over a hundred, and while they were together 198 were added for the eighth wicket. Though both played fine cricket, McLeod had all the best of the com ­ parison. His innings indeed was one of exceptional merit without a real mistake. Victoria had ro easy task before Ihem when they went in to bat for the second time. Still they managed to make the 203 wanted to win, for the loss of half the side, so that they won easily with five wickets to spare. S outh A ustralia . First Innings. W. F. Giffen, c Lewis, b Carlton ...........................21 J. J. Lyons, c Carlton, b Phillips ...........................72 A. H. Jarvis, c Bean, b Phillips .......................... 6 J. Reedman, c Harry, b Phillips ........................... 4 G, Giffen, c Trott, b Phil­ lips ......................................43 H. Blinman, b Harry ... 41 A. Hill, c Trott-, b flarry 13 J. Tardif, b M’L e o d ...........25 Second Innings, c and b Phillips 0 c Bean.bM ’Leod 62 c and b Phillips 10 run out b Carlton ... b Harry ... b Phillips ... c Tarrant, Phillips ... F. Jarvis, c Graham, b Phillips ........................... 8 not out W . Am os, c Carlton, b Phillips ........................... 0 E. Jones, notout ............ 0 B 4, lb 1, nb 4 ... 9 ... 32 .. 181 ... 18 ... 19 b ... 22 Total .............212 V ictoria . First Innings. P. Lewis, b G. Giffen ... 18 H. Stuckey, b G. Giffen ... 37 G H. 8. Trott, c Lyons, b G. Giffen ............................. 52 Ibw, b Carlton ... 3 b M’L e o d ........... a B 2,1b 6,nb.2,wl 11 Total ...363 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S outh A ustralia . First Innings. O. M. R. W. M cLeod Carlton Harry ... Bean ... Laver ... Phillips , 18 . 2J 18 3 12 31 2 77 5 47 1 1 2 18 0 0 6 18 0 23.3 7 39 6 Trott Second Innings. O. M. ft. W. ... 34 16 57 2 ... 23.5 2 68 ... 11 0 35 2 42 7 28 44 15 1«'0 5 0 22 9 18 V ictoria . First Innings. 0. M. R. W. A m o s ........... 11 2 35 0 Jones .......... 21 9 43 0 G. Giffen ... fi425 147 9 Beedman ... 17 3 68 0 Jarvis.........31 11 64 0 L y o n s........... 3 1 16 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W 4 4 25 lfi 10 1 7 0 1 26 0 7 8S 2 4 46 3 2 27 0 H. Graham, c and b G. Giffen.. ... ................... 14 notout A. Tarrant, run oat......... 1J J. Carlton, c Reedman, b G. G iffen ....................... 2 J. thillips, b G. Giffen ... 0 R. M’Leod, c W., b G. Giffen ... .................... 10i bG . Giffen.. T. Laver, c F. Jarvis, b G. Giffen............................. i0i J. Harry, not out ............ 14 Decem ber 16,17,19, 20—Adelaide, South Australia v. New South Wales. South Austra'ia won by 57 runs. New South Wales. 337 and 148; South Au&tralia, 212 and 380. December 25, 27, 28, 59, 30—Melbourne, V ictoria v. New South Wales. Victoria won by eight wickets. Victoria, 375 and 187 for two w ickets; New Sou h Wales, 197 and 361. Decem ber 31, January 2 3, 4—Melbourne, Victoria v. South Australia. Victoria won by six wickets. South Australia, 73 and 347; Victoria, 180 and 241 for four wickets. January 7, 9, 10—Sydney, New South W ales v. South Australia. N.S.W. won ty an innings and 60 runs. N.S.W ., 335; -S .A . 18J and 92. January 56, 27, £8 30, 31—Sydney, New South Wales v. Victoria. Victoria won by 242 runs. Victoria, 331 and 261; New South Wales. 261 and 93. March 16,17.18. 20, 21—Adelaide, South Australia v. Victoria. Victoria won by 5 wickets. South Australia. 242 and 363 ; Victoria, 403 and 203 for 5 wickets. S ummary of the S eason . runs wks. opponents’ w. 1. d. m ade lost aver, runs wks.aver. ...4 0 0...2181.. 61.. 35.46 .1916...8 '...24.16 ...1 3 0 . 1731. .70 . 24.51...1971...72 ..5:7.27 ...1 3 0...18I2...80 .. 23 ...1817...69...31.18 THE TUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1893. Colony Victoria N.8.W. S.A. ... Second Innings, c and b Reed­ man ... ...........23 c Lyons, b R eed­ m a n ...................56 c Blinman, b G. Giffen ...........21 SURBITON CLUB. ... 21 ... 15 9 B. Bean, c Reedman, b G. G iffen ..................................39 B 6, lb 18, w 5, n b l 30 not out ........ c F. Jarvis, b Reedman ... 50 Total ...403 B 7, lb l,nb 1 9 Total ...203 May 6— We} bridge, v. Oatlands Park May 6—*Malden, v. Malden May 13—Surf iton, v. Banstead May 17—Surbiton, v. Kensington Park May 20—Surbiton, v. Upper Tooting May 20—* Too ing, v. Upper Tootii g May 2 ?—Surl iton, v. Teddingioa May 27—Surbiton, v. Ne’er do Wee’s Way 27—*Addlestone, v. Add estone June 3—Surbiton, v. Old Wyk»hamis<s June 10—Surbiton, v. G uy’s Hospital June 10— ’ Hornsey v. Hornsey June 14—St. Quintiii’s Paik, v. R em ington Park June 17—Surl iton. v. Oailands Park June 17—*Teddington, v. Teddington June 24—Surbiton, v. iwarlb .ro’ Hlues June 24—*8t. Quintin’s Park, v. Kensington Park June 28—Surbiton, v. The Wanderers July 1—*Teddington, v, Teddington Ju'y 1—Surbiton, v. Broadwater July 8—W im bledon, v. W imbledon July 8—*Surbiton, v. W im bledon July 15—Surbiton, v.Incogniti July 22—Hampstead, v. Hampstead July 22—*3urbiton, v. Blackheath July 24,25—Surbiton, v. S. Castle’ s XI. Ju'y 26—Surbiton, v. Streatham July 27—Surbiton, v. Wimbledon July 28—Surbiton, v. Surrey C. & Ground July 29—Surbiton, v. M.C.C. & Ground July 31—Surbiton, v. Erratics August 5—*Pallingswick, v. Pwllingswick August 7—Surbiton, v, Radley Rangers August 9—Surbiton, v. Hampstead August 12—Teddington, v. Teddington August 19—Streatham, v. Streatham August IP—*3urbiton, v. Richm ond August 26—Tooting, v. U pper Tooting September 2—^Surbiton, v. Long D itton Village * H alf Day Matches, Playing for the Harvey C.C. in Victoria Park, last Saturday, D. McMurtree took six wickets of the Marlborough C.C. with succes­ sive balls. A. H. Belcher, the captain at B righton C ollege , has only two old colours to support him. These are C. G. Smith and E. B. Jacques. C. G. Ames, who has lately come to the College, has already impressed the authorities with the idea that he will be of great use. A. J. Adam is also likely to train on, and be of help as a batsman. As far as one can judge, E ton should have a very strong batting side this year. G. Bromley-Martin, the captain, had a batting average of twenty-four last year, C. C. Pilk- ington one of twenty-two, and P. W . Cobbold one of fifteen. The fourth old choice, H. F. W. Bircham, whose batting average was nine, Pilkington, and Cobbold in addition are bowlers. Both are slow right hand, and the latter was at the top of the bowling averages in 1892. Besides the old choices, three of last year’s twenty-two are left, R. H. Mitchell, who playei against Winchester, and was really twelfth man, H. F. Meeking, who played several times for the school, and Hon. J. W. G. Egerton. All this trio are batsmen. Though there seems plenty of slow bowling, the eleven want a steady fast or fast-medium bowler. Though M arlborough C ollege loses the valuable services of P. R. Creed, the big scorer of the Rugby match of 1892, it retains in its eleven W. Mortimer, who shared with him the honours of the long partnership which made that occasion remarkable. Besides him N. F. Druce, the captain, will have of last year’s eleven (i. B. Cheales, J. Graham, and G. H. Beloe. There are only two players of real promise as far as can be judged at present. Still, as cricket does noc- ^egin till next Wednesday, it is hardly possible to give any reliable idea of the prospects of the eleven for this summer. U ppingham will have G. R. Bardswell, ore of the befct Public School cricketers of 1892, again as its captain. He will have the as.-ist- ance of no less than seven of last year’s eleven in C. E.M.Wilson, S. A. Sharp, E.Cowan, G. S. Clover, E. F. R. Holroyd, A. W. Watsou, and T. P. Bell. It will, of course, be hard to fill the place of Hemingwaj', who has opened the season so well at Cambridge this week. Sti-1 there are two or three likely youngsters who are sure to train on. The Eleven will havo last year’ s bowling at their command, and Wilson, Clover, and Holroyd should male a lot of runs. Tbeground undei H. 11. Stephen, son’s careful attention is in excellent condition. The W inchester E leven are very fortu­ nate in having as their captain J. K. Mason, who was beyond a doubt one of quite the best all-round players in the public schools teams of 1892. He will have the assistance of three old choices in J. B. Stephens, C. W . Turner, and G. H. Gibson, as well as of T. Leese, the twelfth man last year. Winchester’s great want this summer will be a capable wicket-keeper, to supply the place of R. P. Lewis, who has gone up to Oxford. Considerably above the average of public school oricket as he was, it will not be an easy task to find a fitting suc­ cessor. At present there is no sign of a likely candidate. BRIGHTON COLLEGE. May 20—Brighton, v. Brighton Club. Juue 10—St. L eonaid’s, v. South Saxons. June 15—Brighton, v. M.U.C. & G. June 20—B righton , v . T onbridge S chool . July 1 —D ulw ich , v. D u lw ich C o lle g e . July 6—Brighton, v. Crystal Palace. July 8—Brighton, v. St. Bartholom ew ’s Hospital. July 13—Brighton, v. Lenoing College. July 18—Brighton, v. Blue Mantles.