Cricket 1894

JAN. 25, 1893 CRICKET * A WEEKLY EECORP OF THE GAME.. 15 runs. Alfred Shaw (70), Luke Greenwood (66), and Tom Hearne (47) were the chief contributors to the Players' first innings of 250. The Gentlemen failed before Jem Lillywhite and George Wootton, and could only make 102 ; but following on they played in splendid style, and W . F, Maitland making 61, R. D. Walker 52, E.M. 48, the] Hon. C. G. Lyttelton 45, W.G. 34, and everyone else on the side except V. E. Walker (9) double figures, the total reached 352. Then W.G., aided by his brother and Mr. Maitland, disposed of the Players for 106, Tom Hearne (41) being a long way top scorer. There had been grumbles at Hearne’s play at Lord’s ; he was not worth his place in a good eleven, said many. He scored 138 for once out there, and 88 in two innings at the Oval, showing that he was not quite old enough to be dropped yet. The Lord's match in 1867 was a small- scoring one. The Players could only make 79 and 61. W.G. took eight wickets for 25 in their second innings ; and as he scored 18 and 37 (not out), more than double as many runs as anyone else made, may fairly be said to have been the chief instrument in the defeat of the pros, by eight wickets. He could not play at the Oval, being laid up w ith scarlet fever, and a game of which the most noticeable features were Alfred Lubbock’s 107 (Dot out), Posley’s 85 and E.M .’s 71 was drawn. W .G . first and the rest nowhere was the order of the day at Lord’s in 1868. Of the Gentlemen's first innings of 201 he made 134 (not out), the first ofhis many centuries in these matches; he took ten Players’ wickets in the two innings for 82 runs ; and the Gentlemen won with eight wickets in hand. The next highest individual score in the match was 29 ! I. D. Walker was the hero of the Oval match. He scored 165, and W.G. says he never played a better innings in his life. H . A. Richardson, the Cambridge wicket-keeper, made55, C. F. Buller 41, C. A. Absoloru, pluckiest and most untiring of cricketers, 41, and R. D. Walker (his last appearance) 33, the total reaching 379. Mr. David Buchanan was representing the Gentlemen for the fii st time ; he was now thirty-eight, twelve years older than Mr. Russell Walker, whose last match this was. The Players found his slow bowling very difficult to cope with, and he took nine wickets for 82 runs. Tom Humphrey scored 41 in the pros.’ first innings,Jupp 42 in their second, and Jem Lillywhite 39 and 37 ; but they lost by an innings and 87 runs. The Oval match that year was a grand one. Messrs. Bernard Pauncefote, C. I. Thornton, and C. E. Green were playing for the first time, Tom Hearne and H. H . Stephenson for the last. I. D. Walker made 52, and W .G . and Alfred Lubbock 43 each for the Gentlemen, whose first innings reached to just 200. The Players topped this by 33, Silcock (49), Jupp (40), and the rest scores ranging from 6 to 25. W .G . (83), A. Lubbock (36), and I. D. Walker (31) were again very much in evidence in the second innings of the Amateurs, and B. B. Cooper helping with 40, the total reached 266. Going in with 234 to get to win, the Players did badly for a time, though poor Summers scored 46, Frank Silcock 40, and Edgar Willsher 28; and when Wootton, the last man, joined Pooley, who was hitting in great form, 87 runs were still wanted. Wooton was no great bat; but he managed to keep up his wicket while Pooley hit, and the two put on 69 runs, and nearly pulled off the match. It only wanted twelve minutes or so of time when Mr. Absolon bowled Pooley for a plucky 52, and the Gentle­ men won by 17 runs. Willsher, the Players’ captain, had gone out to Pooley with a glass of water, the game being stopped for a minute or two; and there were those who asserted that it was done for the sake of wasting time— a course of which no one who knew Willsher could have thought capable. The dear Old Buffer has told us the real reason—how “ the glass of water was an excuse for giving Pooley his ‘ riding orders,’ ” which were worthy of a real cricketer like Edgar Willsher, and they were as follows : “ Win the match, if you can, but don’t play for a draw.” Frank Silcock’s bowling, Mr. I. D. Walker’s first innings of 71, Harry Jupp’s second of 52, and poor Summers’ good play in both innings for 45 and 47 were the chief features of the Lord’s match, which the Gentlemen won by three wickets, after the Players had had to follow on. Mr. A. N. Hornby made his debut for the Gentlemen. At the Oval in 3870 the Amateurs at their second attempt ran up the highest score ever recorded in these contests. Their first innings of 198 was chiefly remarkable for the fine batting of Mr. W . B. Money (70), and the hard hitting of Mr. C. E. Green (39, not out). The Players’ eleven(an unrepresentative one in the absence of Hayward, Carpenter, and others) only scored 148. Going in again, W.G. scored 215, the biggest innings ever made in these matches either at Lord’s or the Oval, and only beaten elsewhere by his own score at Brighton in the next season. Mr. Money followed up his 70 with a still finer 109, not out; Mr. J. W. Dale scored 56, Mr. B. Pauncefote 48, and Messrs. I. D. Walker and C. J. Ottawav 26 each, the total being 513. The four University men playing all did excellently. Mr. W . B. Money, one Cantab, made 179 for once out: Mr. J. W. Dale, the other, 58 for twice ; and of the two Oxonians, Mr. Ottaway scored 50 in the match, and Mr. Pauncefote 63. Good batting by Jupp, Tom Humphrey, and Silcock enabled the pros, to play out time, and made a draw. Mr. G. F. Grace, making his first appearance, failed to score in either innings. (To be continued). ‘ Best Sixpenny Book published—both Interesting and Amusing,’ vide Press. ‘ Sportive Snatches, 1890,’ now ready at all booksellers, or post free 7|d. from 41, St Andrew’sHill,Doctors’ Commons,E.C.— A d v t " I N T E R C O L O N IA L M A T C H . SOUTH A U S T R A L IA v, N EW SOUTH W A L E S . This match, comm enced on December 15 at Adelaide and concluded on tlie 19th, ended in a decisive victory for the Sonth Australians by 237 runs. The visitors were not well represented, with Murdoch, Coningham, as well as Turner and Moses absent. The scoring at the outset was very even, and at the end of the first innings there was only a difference of twelve runs. In the second innings of the South Australians Lyons hit up fc2 of 13G in about an hour an a half, including nine fours. G. Giffen was also in his b e:t form . rl he total of 211 for three wickets at the end of the second ca y was increased to 483 before the innings closed. Giffen was responsible for no fewer than 205. He was batting six hours an I a half, and his brilliant di=play was only marred by one chance when just over 100, New South Wales had a heavy ta.sk before them for a fourth innings with a worn wicket. Donnan and Fierce, too, were unab!e to bat, and under these disadvantages their defeat was hardly a surprise. .A .H Jarvis’ wicket- keeping for South Australia was quite up to his best form . S outh A ustralia . First Innings. Second Inning*. J. J. Lyons, c McKenzie, b Callaway ........................33 c Caraway, b Newell ......... 82 J. Reedman, c Pierce, b Callaway ........................ 2 c Pierce, b Newell ..........23 G. Giffen, c Bannerman, b Callaway ........................47 c sub., b Banncr- m an............... 205 A. H. Jarvis, c Ireda!e, b Newell.............................. 0 c Callaway, b G arrett..........25 W. F. Giffen, c Garrett, b Callaway ........................11 b Newell ....13 F. Jarvis, b Newell .......... 1 c Callaway, b flam tt ... ... 31 H. Le Haldane, run o u t... 0 b Newell .............21 J. Darling, run out ........... 5 lbw, b Newell ... 32 H. Blinman, b Newell ... 0 not out ...........28 G. Parkin, not out ........... 4 b Newell ........... 10 E. Jones, c Youill, b Ca li- way ............................... 0 b Newell ...... 0 £ ............................... 3 B8,lb 4,wi,nb2 15 Total .................103 Total .. 483 N ew S outh W ales irst Innings. sectnd Innings. A. C. Bannennan, c G. Giffen, b Jones .......... 0 b Jarvis ...... 1 A. McKenzie, c Jones, b B eedm an........................... 24 c Jones, b Reed­ man ...................21 F. Iredale, c Parkin, b Jarvis... .......................... 2 c Reedman, b Giffen ............ 41 H. Donnan, b J o n es............16 absent.................. 0 S.E/iregory, c A. H. Jarvia, b Reedman .................... 12 b Jones ............ 4 G. Yonill, c A. H. Jarvis, b J o n e s ................................ 6 st Jarvis, b Giffen ............ J6 S. Callaway, b Jones........... 1 b Parkin .............71 T. W. Garrett, b Jonea ... 13 c Blinman, b Jarvis ............ 24 M.Pierc?, lbw, b Reedman 0 absent.................. 0 W. Moore, c G. Giffen, b R eedm an........................... 16 not out ............. 31 A. Newell, not out ........... 9 c F. Jarvis, b Haldane............ 10 B 3, lb 3, w 3 .......... 9 B 10, lb 5 ... 15 Total .................118 Total .. 231 BOWLING! ANALYSIS. S outh A ustralia . Firat Inning3. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Callaway ... 2.3.3 6 5» 5 ............. 31 10 67 0 Newell ..........26 10 *3 3 ........... 75.116 190 7 Garrett .......... 3 1 5 0 .......... 39 6 98 2 Pierce ... 19 3 57 0 Iredale ... 6 0 16 0 Youill ... » 0 15 0 Bannerman 8 1 25 1 N ew S outh W ales . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Jones ..........18.2 4 50 5 .......... 15 1 39 1 F. Jarvis......... 9 0 32 1 .......... IS 2 63 2 G. Giffen.......... 2 1 2 0 ........... 21 4 63 2 Reedman ... 1L 3 25 4 ........... 10 2 34 1 Parkin ... 5 1 13 1 Haldane ... 1.3 0 7 1 Jones bowled two wides and Jarvis one wide.