Cricket 1894

18 CRICKET i A WEEKLY BECOED Ctf THE GAME, FEB . 22, 1893 CRICKET IN FIJI. The Hon. J. S. Udal, the old Incog who has for the last two or three years been located in Suva, by virtue of his official position as Attorney General of the Fiji Islands, has not in any way lost active touch with the game siuce he left England. On the contrary, under his watchful care cricket has shown a remark­ able development in the Islands, as the occasional references in the columns of this paper have demonstrated. Through Mr. Udal’s kindness we are able to give now a full summary of the matches played at Suva during last year. The best comment, too, on the progress of cricket out there will be to give Mr. Udal’s remarks verbatim et litteratim . W e have lately had a terrible disappoint­ m ent to our cricketers. The new Canadian Pacific line to Australia via V ancouver, and F iji (which now brings us within a m onth of London !), has recently been opened, and last m onth, just at the end of our season, the s.s. “ W arrim oo,” with tVn Australian Eleven on board, called in at Sava. W e had been hoping to arrange a match w ith them—with 16 of Suva C.C. (we daren't have played more, our “ tail ” is so bad ; and our ground being small I am quite sure if 16 couldn’t get them out 22 w ouli n o t!), and had made preparations for a luncheon, with the Governor (the President of our Cl ah; in the chair. Unfortunately it was found that Coningham and one or two other passengers had measles, and, as that is a disease we are striving hard to keep out of the colonies, m indful of the terrible calam ity mong3t the nxtives in 1875, and so far with auccess, there was no alternative but to quarantine the vessel, and the “ W arrim oo,n m uch to our chagrin, left again for Sydney after only a few hours* stay, and F iji lost a glorious opportunity of advertising her cricket. W ith reference to the contemplated trip of a F iji team to N ew Zealand I m entioned to you last year, I have recently had a tour in the Australian Colonies, and whilst in New Z ea ­ land last September made it m y business to confer with several of the officers o f the different associations with a view of ascertaining the desirability or otherwise of such a trip.. I must say that everywhere the idea was m ost courteously and cordially received by the New Zealand people. Since m y return to F iji I have received very liberal terms from two or three of the asso­ ciations, and, I think, that if we took up a team composed of no less than half of it natives, though our cricket m ight not be of a very high class, we should be assured of a warm welcome. I have every hope therefore that at the end of our next season our trip may become a fa it accom pli , as there is no time now to arrange it for the present N ew Zealand season. I need hardly say that we should look forward with pleasure to such an outing, and I feel sure the stimulus afforded would give an impetus to cricket both in New Zealand and F iji. SUVA v. H .M .S. R A P ID . Played at Suva on the 29th A pril, and won by Suva by 13 runs on the first innings. S o v a . First Innings. Second Innings. J. S. Udal, b Davis .......... 17 not out .......... 20 H. P. Jav, b Davis .......... 0 b Wattg .......... 29 A. B. Joske, c Jennings, b Sparro w ........................ 33 b Watts .......... 1 R. Ca’dwell, c and b Davis 0 cCcnmbs.bDavis 2 W. O. Groom, b Sparrow 1 b Davis .......... 1 J. A. Joske, b Sparrow ... 3 b Spairow ......... 2 R. C. Bentley, c Alton, b Sparrow ........................ 0 b Watts .......... 16 D. Duncan, b D avis.......... 2 b Davis .......... 4 D. H. Martin, not out 0 c Alton, b Davis 0 H. Scott, b Davis .......... 0 b Watts .......... 5 F. Spence, c Coombs, b D a v is ............................... 0 c Coombs, b Davis .......... 1 L b ............................... 1 B ................. 1 Total ................. 57 Total ... 62 Watts, b Groom... Brooks, b Groom ... a Dr. Sparrow, c A. B. Joabe, b Caldwell ... 15 Davis, c Martin, b Caldwell ................. 5 Lieut. Bolton,cGroom, b Caldwell................ 0 Lieut. Loftie, b Cald­ well ........................ 2 H.M.S. R a pid . 1 Lieut. Alton, cUdal, b Caldwell .......... Lieut. Martin, b B entley................. Bailey, b Caldwell... Coombs, not out ... Jennings, run ou t... B 2, lb 4 .......... Total .......... A return match was played on the 13th May with a still m ore decisive result in favour of Suva, the club scoring 144 (A. B . Joeke 38, Udal 28) to their opponents’ 24. SUVA v. A RM Y A N D N A V Y . Played at Suva on the 6th May, and won by the Arm y and Navy by 15 runs on the first innings. The A rm y and Navy were composed of a com bined team from H .M .S. Rapid and the^Armed Native Constabulary. A rm y a n d N avy . First Innings. Kadavu fLeon [(A.N.C.) c McOwan, b Caldwell ...10 Alton (R.N.), c Caldwell,"b Groom ................. 6 Dr. Sparrow (R.N,), c Martin, b Caldwell ... 11 Epeli (A.N.C.), b Caldwell 3 Loftie (R.N.), c Groom, b Caldwell ........................ 1 F. Spence, c Caldwell, b Groom ........................ 0 Lieut. Bolton (R.N.) c McOwan, b Caldwell ... 0 W. S. Kettlewell, c Cald­ well, b G room ................. 1 Mailovolovo (A.N.C.), not out ............................... 5 Tevita (A.N.C.), run o u t... 1 Mataitini (A.N.C.), c Bent­ ley, b Caldwell................. 3 Tevita (A.N.C.’>, run o u t... 0 Second Innings. c'A. B. Joske, b Caldwell ... 1- b Caldwell.......... I b Bentley .......... < b B entley.......... I b B en tley.......... I b Caldwell......... i b B entley.......... ! b B entley.......... : b B en tley.......... I b Bentleyj.......... I run out .......... I not out .......... i rTotal .......... 41 Total , 28 S uva . J. A. Joske, b Kadavu Leon ........................ A. J. Swann, b Kadavu Leon ........................ W. L. Allardyce, c Ttvita, b Kadavu L e o n ........................ J. McOwan, c Tevita, b Kadavu Leon W.O.Groom,b Kadavu L e o n ........................ A. B. Joske, b Epeli... R. Caldwell, run out 3 R. C. Bentley, c M a ilo v o lo v o , b Epeli ............... . 1 D. Duncan, c and b Kadavu Leon ... 4 D. H. Martin, c and b Epeli ................. 0 H. Scott, c Epeli, b Sparrow................. 5 B. Irvine, not out ... 0 Total ... ... 26 Subsequently a series of matches was played between the Suva C.C. and the A rm y and Navy, resulting in each side winning two matches, in the last of which J. A . Joske made 53 (not out) for the club. NOR TH v. SOU TH OF T H E LIN E . Played at Suva on May 24th (Queen’s B irth­ day), and won by the North by eight wickets. First Innings. Kadavu Levu, b Dixon ... 1 D. Duncan, b Sparrow ... 11 Loftie (R.N.), c Allairdyce, b Davis ........................ 4 R. Caldwell, c Dixon, b Davis ............................... 4 H. P. Jay, c Joske, b D ixon ............................... 0 W. O. Groom, b Dixon ... 4 A. J. Swann, b Davis......... 4 T. Steel, not o u t.................12 D. H. Martin, c Kettlewell, b Davia ........................ 2 Epeli, b Davis ................. 0 A. M. Duncan, b Davis ... 4 B 1, w 2........................ a Second Innings. b Davis ..........15 c Dixon, b Davis 9 b Dixon run out ... 11 c Bolton, b Davis c Watts, b Dixon b Davis .......... b Davis .......... c Joske, b Davis 0 b Davis .......... 0 not out .......... 1 Lb 2, w 2 ... 4 Total .................549 N orth . First Innings. Total 67 W. S. Kettlewell, b Kadavu Levu ... 21 Davis (R.M.L.I.), c Loftie, b Jay.......... 6 Lieut. Bolton (R.N.), b Kadavu Levu ... 6 Alton (R.N.), not out ........................ 3 B 3, w 1 .......... 4 Total Dr. Spooner (R.N.), b C aldwell................. 3 J. S. Udal, lbw, b Groom .................16 A. B. Joske, b Cald­ well ........................ 2 Brooks (R.N.), b Groom ................. 0 W. L. Allardyce, b C aldw ell................. 9 J. D. Dixon, c Groom, b Caldwell .......... 1 Watts (R.N.), c Jay, b Kadavu Levu..........18 In the Second Innings Sparrow scored (not out) 17, Joske (not out), 11, Brooks, c Epeli, b Caldwell 0, Alton, b Groom 0; w 1.—Total, $9. A return m atch was played on June 17th ending in a draw, the North m aking 101 (Udal 33), and the South 83 (Bentley 28), for five wickets. SMOK ER S v. NON -SM OKER S. Played at Suva on June 3, and wen by the Non-Smokers by 4 runs on the first innings. S mokers . First Innings. Second Innings. Dr.Sparrow(R.N.),bGroom 5 c Loftie, b Cald­ well ................. 0 Davis (R.M.L.I.), c Joske, b Gioom ........................ 3 c Scott, b Cald­ well ................. 1 Watts (R.N.', b Caldwell... 4 b Groom .......... 0 Kadavu Lavu, c Scott, b Caldwell ........................ 3 st Udal, b Groom 11 D. Duncan, b Groom 7 c and b Groom 5 Epeli, b Groom ................. 0 c Udal,b Groom 0 R. C. Bentley, c Joske, b Groom............................... 0 b Caldwell.......... 0 E.A. Gledhill,hw,b Groom 7 b Caldwell.......... 1 Bailey (R.N.), b Caldwell 3 not out .......... 0 T. Steel, run out.......... ... 0 P. Spence, c andb Groom 5 run~ont .......... 3 Lieut. Martin (K.N.), not out ............................... 0 bICaldwell.......... 2 B2, w 1 .......... .......... 3 Total ................. 40 Total... 23 J. S. Udal, run out J. A. Joske, b Bentley Lieut. Bolton (R.N.), c Duncan, b Gledhill W. O. Groom, b Gled­ hill ........................ Alton (R.N.), b Da\is Loftie (R.N.), c Gled­ hill, b Davis .......... R. Caldwell, b Gled­ hill ........................ A.J.Swann, b Gledhill N on -S m o k e r s . 15 A. M. Duncan, c Watts, b Gledhill W. L. Allardyce, lbw, b Gledhill .......... L. E. Benjamin, not out ........................ H. Scott, b Gledhill B 2, w 3 .......... Total .......... A return m atch was played on September 2, when the Non-Smokers again scored a narrow victory, m aking 74 (Groom 29), to their opponents’ 66.