Cricket 1894

26 CRICKET s A WEEKLY BECORD OF THE GAME- FEB. 22, 1894 T he big score o f 483 by the South Australians in December assists the memory to recall some of the tallest scores made in intercolonial matches, and it may be interesting to give all over 400. Although New South Wales still holds the record, and has five times topped the fourth century, South Australia is a good second. Feb., 1892, Sydney, N.S.W. v. Victoria. .......... 775 Jan., 1888, Sydney. N.8.W. v. Victoiia .......... 576 Nov., 1891, Ade'aide, South Austra'ia v. V ictoria............................................. 562 Dec., 1893, Adelaide, South Australia v. N.S.W. 483 Dec., 1884, Melbourne, Victoria v. N.S.W. ... 482 Jan., 1831, Melbourne, South Australia v. Victoria.......... ............................... 472 Dec., 18S5, Melbourne, Victoria v. N-S.w. ... 471 Dec., 18S3, Melbourne, Victoria v. N.S.W. ... 420 Dec., 183*, Melbourne, N.S.W. v. Victoria .. 412 Feb., 1888, Adelaide, South Australia v. Vic­ toria ................................................... 407 Dec., 1883,Adelaide, N.S.VV. v, South Australia 406 Dec., 1S81, Me'bourne, N.i.W . v. Victoria ... 403 In the matter of the best individual scores, too, New South Wales take the ca—-I should say the palm. But here again South Australia is very much ere evidence. As the list will show, George Giffen has got into the third hundred no less than four tim e3 in representative matches. 1883 W. L. Murdoch. N.S.W. v. Victoria ... 321 1888 IT. Moses, N.S.W. v. Victoria .............. *297 1834 W. L. Murdoch, Australian E'even v. Combined Australia........................... *2-6 1831 G. Giffen, South Australia v. Victoria.. ^71 1886 P. S. McDonnell, N.S.W. v. Victoria ... 219 1831 G. Giffen, South Australia v. Victori i . 227 1833 A. Shrewsbury, Eng ish Team y. Aus­ tralian Eleven ................................ 203 133t f*. Giffen, South Australia v. N.S W. ... 205 1837 G. Giffen, South Australia v. English Team .............................................. 203 For the above statistics, I may add I am indebted to “ Point,” of the Adelaide Observer . T iie schoolmaster doe3 not appear to be very much abroad, at least, in a particular part of the South-Eastern district of Greater London, if the following answer to an application in reply to an advt. for an under-ground man is to be accepted as a fair example. In any case, it will bear reproduction in its entirety :— Bleakheath, Feb. 17,1891. Silt,— Seeing as bow you want an extry groundman i ave had twenty years’ experience of theis class of work, and for the last ten years have teen engaged by the gents, of the ------Cricket Club, i bowls fast underand ani as to ave 2 longstops, i also ave kep wicket not so well as your Mister----- bat ap­ proaching him in stile i can also mxke 3 or 4 runs a matoh if requisite, I am unmarried, total abstainer, and know how to warter one wicket for your slow b oiler and keep the other dry and fast for your fast ones, i can refer you to your Mister------for a karact9r oping as how i may suit. Tour obedient servent VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. Tlie match between these counties, begun on Boxing Day at Melbourne, ended after an interesting game in favour of Victoria with only three wickets to spare. The wicket at the outset was rather in favour of the bowlers and New South Wales were able to get a lead of 29 runs on the first innings, a result chiefly due to a very fine score of 71 by Moses, and subsequently the effective bowling of Turner and Newell. The feature of the innings was the stand of Murdoch and Iredale, who were responsible for 101 of the total of 174. Murdoch ultimately carried out his bat after a very careful display of cricket. W ith 204 to win Victoria started baily, losing Bruce without a run. Trott, and later on Graham, however, played in excellent form, and it was, in a great measure, their batting which finally determined the result. In the match altogether Turner took ten Victorian wickets for 142 runs. As showing the difference in the rate of scoring by the two teams the following com ­ parison will be of interest : Balls. Runs. Mdns, Victorian bowling .. New South Wales bowling 1,246 843 319 316 77 37 The numbers who paid for admission are as fo llo w s F ir s t day (4,502), £262 4s.; second dav (10,415), £617 10s.; third day, (4,635), £281 6s.; fourth day, £122 4s., making a total of £1,283 4s , as against £1,970 Is. for last year. N ew S outh W ales . first Innings. O T. B Turner, run oul... 0 A. C. Bannerman, cLarer, b Trumble....................... 6 W. L. Murdoch, run o u t.. 0 H.Mosea.cMcLeod.b Trott 71 F. Iredale, c Blackham, b Osr.ton ........................27 S. Callaway, runout......... 0 T. W. Garrett, c Cat1ton, bTrott .. A. McKenzie, b Trott ., W. Moore, c and b Trott ., A. Newell, nob out ... . M. Pierce, c and b Trott. E xtras..................... Total .............. TCvery cricketer should send 7 stamps to the office of this paper for this year’s C r ic k e t C a l e n d a r (25th year of issue). It contains chief fixtures for the season arranged in chronological order, table for registration of players in matches to come, pages for the insertion of other engage­ ments, Laws of Cricket, etc , etc.. Handy size for the pocket, bound in cloth : in leather wa'lets, gilt lettering, Is 6d , 16 . 0 . 19 . 9 . 3 . 4 .155 V ictoria , First Ianings, tf. S.uckey.c and b Turner 29 J.Harry, c Moore, b Newell 5 G. H. S. Trott, c Turner, b Newell.............................. 0 H. Graham, run out......... C J. Worrall, c Iredale, b Newell.............................. 21 W. brace,clre lale.bTurner 26 H. Trumble. b Turner......... 5 F. Laver, b Newell .......... 1 R. W M‘L.od, c Pierce, b Turner ........................ 0 Carlton, lbw. b Turner ... 17 J. M'C. Blackham, not out 11 E xtras........................ 5 Second Innings. c Trott, b C. M 'L eod .......... 3 c Blackham, b Trnmole ... 4 notout .......... 64 c and b Trurable 4 c Tr amble, b Carlton ..........37 c Trott,b Carlton 0 cTrott.bTrumble 3 c Blackham, b Carlton ..........33 c WorralJ,b Trott 12 c Trumble, b C. M 'Lcod........... 4 st Blackham, b Trott .......... 4 B 3, lb 3 .......... 6 Total ...174 Turner ... Newell ... Garrett ... Callaway... V icto r ia . First Inninss. O. M.R. W. .......... 29.5 9 58 5 ... ....... 25 1048 4 ... 1 010 0 5 1 5 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W* ... 81 6 84 5 ... 1G 4 SO 1 It 5 83 . 16.3 2 38 0 Peirce 2 0 10 U Total ...126 Second Innings. c McKenzie, b Turner ..........29 not out .......... 21 c BannermaD, b Garrett ..........64 cNewell.bTurner 68 b Turner ..........10 c Mo re.bTuroer 0 clredale, bTuraer 0 not out .......... 0 lbw, b Newell ... 12 Extras .......... 9 Total ...204 Trumble.. McLeod .. Carlton .. Harry Trott... .. BOWLING ANALYSIS. N e w S outh W alk s . S.cond O. ... 19 First Innings. O. M. R. W. , */7 21 21 9 . 3 0 20.2 6 12 3 ? 8 33 1 0 2 1 ... 9 0 4 5 ... Bruce Laver Innings. M. R. W. 8 28 3 14 25 2 15 6J 3 13.2 4 41 2 SOUTH AUSTRALIA V . VICTORIA. South Australia gained a very creditable victory in the match commenced on Jan. 1, on the ground of the Melbourne Club, a n d brought to a finish three days later. South Australia, who went in first, had got a useful lead of ninety-one at the end of an in n iD gs. By virtue of the new rule they did not compel their opponents to follow on, but batted a second time themselves. They were more successful, too, than in the previous inningp, G. Giffen and A. H. Jarvis adding 138 while they were together. When the Victorians went in a second time 373 were wanting to win, and at the close of the third day’ s play they had lost Stuckey for 18. On the following morning Worrall punished the South Australian bowling severely, his partnership with Walters yielding exactly the same result as that of G. Giffen and A. H. Jarvis, the pre­ vious day. Walters batted in fine style for his 95, and was rather unlucky in being run out after 200 had appeared for the loss of but three wickets. Though after this Laver quickly put together 42, the other wickets fell rapidly, and South Australia eventually won by 74 runs. K i n 7 - S ooth A u str a l ia . First Innings. J. Lyons, c Stuckey, b MLeod ........................81 A. Jarvis, c Harry, b Carl­ ton ...................................51 G. Giffen, b C arlton ........ 24 J. Reedman, 8t Lewis, b T r o tt...................................17 J. Darling, not out ............. 63 W. Giffen, c Woriall, b MLeod ...........................18 F. Jarvis, b Trott .......... 7 H. Blinman, b Carlton ... 3 H. Haldane, b M'Leod ... 14 G. Parkin, b M Leod ... 0 E.Jones.c Lewis,b M'Leod 4J B 1, nb 1 .................. 2 Total ............... 272 V ic t o r ia . First Innings. J. Harry, run out .............21 H. Stuckey, lbw.b G.Giffen 10 H. Trott. c F. Jarvis, b G. Giffen ......................... 2 W.Bruce, c Lyons, b Jon s 55 J. WorralJ, run out ............ 43 Second Innings. b lk‘Leod ......... 15 Carlton, rott b Hairy c Bruce, b Carl ton .................25 c rrott.bCarlton 0 c Map’estone, b M L e o d ..........10 b Harry .......... 5 noi out ..........15 c Bruce b Trott 16 c Map'.estone, b Barry .......... 5 b Harry ..........14 B l.l 5, w l.n bl 8 To'.al .. 281 F. Walters ran o a t ..........19 P. Lewis, b F. Jaivis ...10 F. Laver, b Jones ......... 4 J. Carbon, b G. Giffen ... 0 C. M'Leod. b G. Giffen ... 2 H. Maplestone, not out... U Pccond Innings. h Jones ..........11 b Jones .......... 8 c Rf-e3man, b Giffen ..........21 c Lyons, b G. Giffen .......... c Reeilmaa, b G. Giffen .......... run out .......... b G. Giffen st A., b F. J&rvis 42 lbw, b F. Janis 2 0 5 B 5, lb 5, nb 1 Total .......... DOSOUt c Jones, Jar b F. 28 ...181 B 9, lb 9, w 1 19 Total ...298 M‘Leod ... T rott.......... Maplestone Carlton ... Harry......... Laver......... BOWLING ANALYSIS. S o u th A u s t r a l ia . First Innings. Second Innings. O. BJ. R. W. O. M. R. W. 30.5 6 £8 5 . 28 5 81 2 , 5 0 14 0 , 34 5 85 3 , 4 3 5 0 4 1 17 0 39 19 4*5 35 2 ill Worrall Bruce . _ Hairy bowl d two no*talls,aDd Maplestone bowled one wide 2 0 28 5 12.3 7 9 4 . 7 2 4 II o 5 0