Cricket 1893

APRIL, 27, 1893 CRICKETs A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 87 THE INTER -COLON IAL CHAMPION ­ SHIP. The success of the Victorian Eleven in the last inter-colonial match against South Australia proved beyond all doubt the superiority of Victoria as the best Colony of the year. The results of the various matches proved conclusively what a great impetus had been given to cricket by the recent visit of Lord Sheffield’s Eleven, as well as by that noble sports­ man’s generous gift of the Silver Shield for competition. How creditable Victoria’s successes were will be gathered best from the brief review of Inter-Colonial cick e t written by “ Point ” o f the Adelaide Observer. The cricket season just now drawing to a close—in fact, actually closed so far as con­ cerns first-clas3 intercolonial matcbes—has been a remarkable one. It was anticipated with greater interest than any which preceded it,and the realization fu filled the anticipation. The contests were for the £150 shield which, with such magnificent generosity, the Earl of Sheffield presented to the Associations of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia before he left for England twelve months ago. This, too, was the first season in which home and home matches were played between the three leading colonies, and the experiment was watched with great interest. The result was six matches, all exceedingly interesting, and at least five of which were productive of exciting play. Another effect of having so many matches was that at one time and another leading players could not get away from business, and in really only one match were the two contesting teams fully representative. The absence of crack players robs matches of some degree of interest, and in future years it is to be hoped that special efforts will be made to obtain leave at any rate for such star players as Turner, Worrall, and Walter Giffen. Re­ garded in two particular aspects the season was an exceedingly satisfactory one. The attendances everywhere—in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide—were the largest on record in Australia, which is con­ clusive proof that the public interest in the king of games is thoroughly awakened. In the two larger cities, over £2,000 was taken in each of the two matches Victoria v. New South Wales ; while the gates in Adelaide, the popu­ lation of which is less than one-third of that of either Sydney or Melbourne, were quite one- third as large. For this aroused public interest we have in great mtasure to thank the Earl of Sheffield, the doings of whose brilliant team last season awakened the dormant interest. Long may the interest continue, and may the noble Sussex Earl bring another All-England Eleven out here n extseasoD . The other reason for satisfaction is that some young players of great promise came to the front. Graham and Laver, in Melbourne; Pierce, Gregory, and Youill, of Sydney ; and Hill, of Adelaide, all performed worthily, and while we have such bterling players to train on no fear need be entertained as to the quality of future Aus­ tralian cricket. The older players were still in the forefront of the battle, bile the fine all­ round cricket was shown by the men who are neither veterans nor colts, such as Trumble, McLeod, Trott, Laver, Stuckey, Barrett, Reedman, Blinman, Iredale, Donnan, and Coningham, and h11 these players ought to be in thevanguard of Australian cricket for years to come yet. The matches have proved the superiority of Victorian cricket at the present time. Powerful in every department of the game, it is doubtful whether even in the halcyon days of Percy McDonnell, Boyle, Blackham, Horan, and Palmer the garden colony could put a stronger eleven into the field than represented her this season. It is a wonderful record to have won all four of the matches engaged, and every one won easily too. They certainly had more than their fair share of luck in winning the toss three times out of four, yet it must not be forgotten that three times they went in at the end of the match against tall scores, and each time made them with the greatest t ase with wickets to spare. The South Australians and New South Welshmen are bracketed with one win each. Of course each beat the other once. They undoubtedly lost ground by inferior fielding. Whereas the Victorian field­ ing was simply marvellously brilliant and safe, the Sydney fielding at times brilliant was unreliable, while exactly the same remark applies to the fielding of the South Austra­ lians. A short recapitulation of the results of matches will doubtless be interesting. BEDM IN STER v. THORNBURY. Ih e G.O.M .,W .G., and his cider brother, E.M.- represented Thornbnry in this m atch a Bristol on Saturday. W .G. the junior, who is for the second year captain o f the U ifton Eleven, was also on the same side. Neither of the trio got double figures, and the batting honours were shared by three County players, Mr. Ferris.Murch and Board, vv ith the ball, however, W.G. was very m uch in evidence. Of the ten Bedminster wickets his share was eight. The m atch was for the benefit of E. W. Mallard, ^ho has been associated with the Bedm inster Club for som e years. T hobnbury . E M. Grace, b Buck- nell ........................... 5 Atfleld, c Gallop, b B u ck n e ll.................. 5 J. J. Ferris, b Buck- nell ...........................59 Murch, c M’Carthy, b M u rd o ck ...................49 W . G. Grace, jun., st Burland.b M urdock 6 Cowley, b Murdock... 0 C. Townsend,b Brown 12 W. G. Grace,b Brown 4 H. L. H ardwick, b Brown ................ 3 A. H. Arnold, b Brown ................ 5 Board, c Hall, b Brown ..................23 E . S. H. Grace, not o u t ............................ 4 Extras................. 5 Total ...180 B edminsteb . Rev. G. B. W ood, b W . G. G r a c e ...........10 H. G. Ha1!, st Board, b Ferris.......................... 0 E. G. Murdock, c Board, b W. G. G race.......................... 11 H. W. Brown, h w , b W . G. G ra ce........... 0 H. W . Burland, lbw, b W . G. Grace ... 2 Dr. E. H. Cook, b W. G. G ra c e ...........17 E. S. Gallop, b Ferris 19 T. Hemm ons.b W .G. Grace ................... A. N. Langdon, st Board, b W . G . Grace ................... J. M’Carthv, st Board, b W . G Grace ................... J. Bucknell,st Board, b Kerris ................... H.G. Harris, not out Extras ........... Total ... 71 TAUNTON v. W IVELISCOMBE. Mr. S. M. J. W oods represented W ive’iscom be in this m atch at W iveliscom be on Saturday. He was successful, too, as he scored exactly half o f the total, tesides taking seven wickets. G. B. Nichols, the Som ersetshire professional, who played for Taunton, took six wickets for fifty runs. T aunton . G. Fowler, b W oods 0 J. W ood, not out ... 44 G. P. Nichols, b Woods ................... 4 E. J. Lock, b Hancock 0 C. D. Drayson, b Woods ................... 0 C. W. Hensman, b W oods ................... 6 A.E. Moss, b Luxton M. Sturt, b W oods ... E. S. Hayman, b W oods ................... E. Keats, b W oods ... E x tra s................... Total . 72 W iv e l is c o m b e . S. M. J. W oods, c D rayson, b Nichols 92 E. L.H ancock, c Lock b Flensman ...........20 Rev.Luxton, b Fow!er 0 E. A. Bickley, b N ichols ............ 0 H. B- T. Boucher, b N icho!s .... ............ 6 W . Randolph, b N ichols ............ 0 L. H odges, b L ock 0 C. H ancock, b N ich ols....................19 T. Hancock, b N ich o ls ...................11 W. Brown, c end b Hensm an ........... 3 T. Boucher, not out 2 Extras ...........31 Total ...184 CR ICKET | IN,* CEYLON. b w ] Dr. J. E. Barrett, the Victorian cricketer, though not a member of, or in any way associated with the Australian team just arrived, is now in England on a tour. A passenger in the P. and O. Steamer “ Hima­ laya,” during her brief stay in Colombo, he arranged a match between the local Club and a team from the ship. The Doctor’s all-round cricket was the chief feature of the game. The wicket was not fast, and just suited his left-hand slow bowl­ ing. As a consequence, he bowled right through the innings, and with success, as will be seen, taking six wickets at a cost of 62 runs. But for his batting, the team would have made an ignominious show. Going in second wicket down at 10, he made 101 out of 136 while he was in. He was only in about two hours, and though he had very considerable luck towards the last, the only chance of a win for his side was to play a hitting game. As it was, the finish was very exciting, and after he was out at 146, the tail collapsed so quickly that Colombo were able after all to win, with three runs to spare. The match was thiiteen a-side. C olombo . F. Stephens, c Ryan, b B a rrett...................25 Sergt.Riches.c Moses, b B arrett...................35 W . Moir, b Barrett ... 3 Capt. Granville, b S to c k le y ................... 1 W. Courtenay, c Bow­ man, b Stockley ... 23 Pts. Price, c Moses, b M ile s ..........................18 G. P. CampbelJ, c Moses, b Stockley... 5 A. Scott, b Miles ... 16 W. Shakespeare, c Stockley, b Miles 4 Pte. 8attler,c Moses, b Barrett ........... 0 F. Williams, b Bar­ rett ..........................11 E . A. Clive, c Shields, b Barrett ........... 4 R. F. Gray, not out 0 Extras ... ... 8 T ota l... 153 D b . B arrett ’ s T eam . B ow m in, c and b W illia m s................... F. Moses, b Sattler ... Stockley, b Sattler ... Dr.Barrett cW il iams, b Sattler .. Miles, c Stephens, W illia m s........... Lieut. Ryan, c and Sattler ........... Hughes, b Sattler ...101 b ... 4 b ... 0 ... 10 Shields, c and b Sattler ................... 0 Nicholson, c Gray, b Sattler ................... 4 Ramsden, lbw, b Sattler ...................16 Block, run o u t .. Phillips, not out ... Crowther, b Sattler E xtras................. Total , ...150 UXBRIDGE CLUB. May 13—Uxbridge, v. London Hospital May *0—Windsor, v. Heme Park May 22—U xbridge, v. South Hampstead May 27—W atford, v. West Herts May 31—Uxbridge, v. Hamp3tead .Tune 3—Uxbridge, v. Marlow June 10—Uxbridge, v. The Wanderers June 17—Uxbridge, v. Ne’er-d^-W eels June 21—Uxbridge, v. W est Herts July 1—Hampstead, v. Hampstead July 8—Uxbridge, v. Old W ykehamists July 15—Uxbridge, v. Hampstead Nondescripts Ju y 22—Uxbridge, v. Ealing July 26—Uxbridge, v. M.C.C. and Ground July 29—Kensington Park, v. Kensington Park Aug. 5—Uxbridge, v. North of Ireland Aug. 7—Uxbridge, v. Hornsey Aug. 16—Ealinsr, v. Ealing Aug. 19—Uxbridge, v. Kensington Park Aug. 26—Marlow, v. Marlow N obthamptonshibe E leven v . E ighteen C olts and C a p t a in .— In this match, played on the County Ground at Northampton on Satur­ day, the two sides were fairly well balanced. The best show with the bat by the Colts was quite at the finish of the innings when Pollard and Trasler, both of North­ ampton, made a good stand. Poole, of Northampton, Panter, and Gunn’s, of borough, though, all shaped fairly well The earlier batsmen could do little with the bowling of F. Smith, who took the first seven wickets for six runs- When the eleven batted it was the tail, too, which was of service. Beale and Smith, the ninth and tenth on the list, made 70 out of 116 from the bat. The former’ s share was 51.