Cricket 1894

78 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, APRIL 19, 1894 appearance, scored 76 in a little over a hundred minutes. Mr. W . W . Read played a fine innings of 50, and he and Mr. Dixon put on nearly 70 while to­ gether. Mr. Stoddart batted well for 39, and Mr. R. N. Douglas for 30. The match at Lord’s was drawn through bad weather, and was notable only for Shrewsbury’s great performance of carrying his bat right through the Players' innings for 81, a feat enhanced by the fact that his innings was several times interrupted by rain. The Hastings match at the end of the season ended in an easy win for the Players, who scored 390 against the 68 and 194 of the Gentlemen. Gunn played grandly for 169; and Ulyett (68) and Chatterton (58) showed good form, though in distinctly different styles. W .W . made a good 77 for the Gentlemen, and Messrs. Stoddart and Murdoch both scored over 30 in the second innings. The three great Notts batsmen were in fine form at Lord’s in 1892. Gunn made 103, Shrewsbury 98, and Barnes 84 ; and Wainwright carrying his bat out for 56, and Abel contributing 36,the total reached 454. The Gentlemen had to bat on wickets damaged by rain; and, though they made a plucky fiyht, W .G ., Stoddart, Scott, J. A. Dixon, Ernest Smith, and Lord Hawke all batting well, they were beaten by an innings and 26 runs. Wain­ wright took five wickets for 37 in their second innings, thus making as favourable an all-round dehut as even he could have desired. W.G. could not play at the Oval, where the Players won by ten wickets. Shrews­ bury carried his bat right through their first innings for 151, Abel helping him to put on 61 for the first wicket; and Hen­ derson and Wainwright each made over 30. Mr. A. E. Stoddart made 27 and 29, Mr. T j . O. H . Palairet 30 and 22, and Mr. C. M. Wells 40 and 13, for the Gentlemen ; but W .W .’s 70 in the first, and Stanley Scott's 80 in the second innings were the features of the batting. At Scarborough, where the sides were hardly representative, Maurice Read scored 66 and 34; and Mr. Perris carried his bat right through the first innings of the Gentlemen for 62. Lockwood took ten wickets for 90; and Messrs. Ferris and Ernest Smith also bowled well, The result was a draw. The game at Hastings was chiefly re­ markable for the second innings of the Players, in which 388 runs were scored for the loss of seven wickets, Abel scoring 117, Lohmann 58, Peel 56, arid Attewell 51, the last two not out. W.G. scored 54 and W .W . 56 in the first innings of the Gentlemen ; and Mr. O’Brien 57 (not out) and Mr. Palairet 38 in the second. Sammy Woods took 8 wickets for 46 in the first innings of the Players, but was punished to the extent of 201 runs in the second. The matches last year were not specially interesting, except for the close finish at the Oval,where the Players pulled through by eight runs, in spite of Shrewsbury being absent in the second innings. Gunn scored a fine 88; Alec Hearne made a good debut with 22 and 43, not out; wlile W.G. batted finely for 57 and 68, Ferris (60) helping him to make a long stand for the first wicket in the first innings. At Lord’s the game was drawn, the Players in their second innings exactly equalling the Gentlemen’s first total— 258. Walter Read scored a splendid 79 for the Gentlemen, and Wells, the Can­ tab, made 44. For the Players, Shrews­ bury, with a second innings of 88, brought to a close by a successful appeal for lbw, Maurice Read, 42 and 44, and Lock­ wood, 15 and 31, did best. Mr. 0. J. Kortright made a fairly successful first appearance for the amateurs. (To be continued.) THE AUSTRALIAN AVERAGES. The following are the averages of the various cricketers who have taken part in the Inter-colonial matches played in Aus­ tralia during the season just ending. South Australia, it may be added, won the handsome Silver Shield presented by the Earl of Sheffield. The appended table will show how the six matches resulted. Colony S.A. N.S.W. Vic. Won Lost S. Australia ..................— ... 1 0 ... 1 1... 8 ... 1 N.S.W...............................01 ... — ... 0 1... 2 ... 2 Victoria .........................0 0... 1 0 ... — ... 1 ... 3 The South Australian team played con­ sistently good cricket, and well deserved their success. Still there were two grounds for regret. In the first place it was a great pity that so many matches were affected by unfavourable weather. No less than four out of the six were influenced by rain, and it is remarkable that the only two which were not thus affected were those between South Aus­ tralia and Victoria. It is further worthy of notice that in absolutely every in­ stance the New South Welshmen were the gainers by the summer showers— remarkable luck which would have placed a stronger eleven at the head of the tables. Another regrettable circum­ stance in connection with the season’s play was that Victoria on only two occasions put her full strength into the field. For various reasons Trumble, Graham, and Blackham Btood out of the first match against South Australia, while Bruce, in addition, did not visit Adelaide, and unfortunately New South Wales could not send her best eleven to Adelaide in December. On the other hand, the interest taken by the public in the matches was very encourag­ ing. Generally the attendances were good, and, in the case of the last game, the largest ever scored in an Inter-colonial contest at Adelaide. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inns. Aver. G. Giffen, S. *. ... 8 ... 1 .. 526 ... 205 ... 75.13 H. Moses, N.S.W. 5 J. J. Lyons, 8.A. 8 ... 0 .. 214 ... 104 ... 42.80 ... 0 .. 81S ... 101 ... 39.62 S. C a lla w a y , N.S.W............... 7 ... 1 .. 22^ ... 71 .. 36.66 H. Graham. Yic. 4 ... 0 .. 129 ... 68 .. 33.25 J. Harry, Vic. .. 8 ... 1 .. 223 ... 8J .. 31.85 J. Rtedman, S.A. 8 ... o .. 251 ... 113 .. 31.37 J. Darling. 8. A. .. 8 ... 1 .. 216 ... 87 .. P0.85 F. Walters, Vic. 6 ... 0 .. 172 ... 95 .. 28 66 A. P. Jarvis, S A . 6 ... 0 .. 171 ... 64 .. 28.50 Times Inns, not out. Most in Buns, an Inns. Aver, F.Ledale.N.S.W. 7 ., W. L. Murdoch, .. 0 ... 182 .. 64 ... 26.00 N.S.W.............. 5 .. . 1 ... 91 ... 64*... 23.B0 J, Worra’l, Vic. 6 J. McC. Black,. 0 ... 187 .,.. £8 ... 22 83 ham. Vic. ... 4 .... 2 ... 44 .,.. 12 ... 22.00 W. Bruce. Vic. ... 4 .,,. 0 ... 82 ..,. 56 ... 20 50 F. Laver, Vic. ... 7 .. 0 ... 141 .. 44 ... 2U4 A.Newell, N.S.W. 7 .. 2 ... 100 ..,. 60 ... 20.C0 H. Blinmar, S.A. 6 . 2 ... 76 ... 28*... 19.00 H Stuckey,Vic.. 8 .... 0 ... 143 ..,. 37 ... 17.87 P. Lewis. Vic. ... 4 .,,. 0 ... 70 ..,. 41 ... 17.50 G.H.8. Trott,Vic. 8 ., A. McKenzie, .. 0 ... H3 .. 54 ... 16£0 N.S.W............... 5 .. S. E. Gregory, . 0 ... 82 ..,. 33 ... 1640 N.8.W............... 4 .. T. W. Garrett, . 1 ... 46 .. £0*... 15 33 N.S.W............... 4 .. . 0 ... 59 ... 24 ... 1475 W. Moore.N.S.W. 7 ..,. 1 ... 88 ..,. 31*... 14P6 C. McLeod, Vic. 7 .. H. Le Haldane, .. 3 ... 57 ..,. 28*... 14-25 S A .................... 4 . .. 0 . 51 .. 21 ... 12-75 W. F. Giffen,S.A. 6 ..,. 0 ... 64 ... 1« .. 10-63 E Jones, S.A. ... 8 .. .. 1 . .. 62 .,.. 42 ... 8-85 F. Janis, S.A. ... 8 .. H. Trumble Vic. 4 0 . .. 70 .... £0 ... 8-75 .. 0 . .. 33 26 ... 8-00 J. Carlton, Vic.... 6 ., C. T. B. Turner, .. 2 ... 25 .. 17 ... 625 N 8.W ............... 5 .,,. 0 . .. 29 .. .. ?6 .. . 5-80 G. Parkin, S.A. .. 6 A. C.Bannerman, 2 ... 19 .. ,. 1) . . 4.75 N.S.W............... 4 .. . 0 . .. 11 ... 6 ... 2.75 The following alBO batted: — South Australia. — A. Hill, 2.6; J. Noel, 8,17; H. Dyer. 40. n ; B. V. Scrymgout, 4,4; B. J. Hiscock, 1,1; R. J. Hill 3*, 0. New South Wales—H. Dorman. 56, 6, IS*; G. Youll, 6.16; M. Pierce. 0, 8, 4 ; L. Moore, 8 A. Coningham, 8,10,1; H. Macplierson, 32,16, 7. Victoria—H. Maplestore, 0, 9 ; J. Phillins, 3, 0 : R. W. McLeod, 16, 70; R. Mitchell, 15, 4; A. E. Trott, 0, 0*. BOWLING AVERAGES. C. T.B. Turner, N.SW, A. Coningham, N.S.W. C. McLeod, Vic............. H. Trumble, Vic........... A, Newell. N.S.W. ... E. -tones, 8. A.................. F. Jarvis, S A................ J. Carlton, Vic., ......... G. Giffen, S A................ J. Beedman, S.A............ S. Callaway, N.S.W. .., O ers Ms. R e s . 1571 35 61.1 94.4 15 149 90 421 152 181.3 53 401 148 4 86 889 159.4 27 417 163 53 337 175.3 31 519 58 76 17 159 19 165 W&8. Aver. 3) 12 30 13 12.41 57 15.59 0 16.88 22 18.V2 19 20.47 16 26.06 H 28.08 17 30.5! 5 31.80 5 33.00 The following also bowled :— S o u t h A u s t r a l ia . Overs Mdna. Runs. Wkts G. Parkin .......... ..........18 .. 8 .. 32 . . 1 H. Lc Haldane ... .......... 7.3.. 1 ... 26 . . 1 J. Noel ................ ..........20 .. 5 ... 43 . . 2 J. J. Lyons .......... ..........17 .. . 2 ... 52 . . 0 N e w S o u th W a l e s . T. W . Garrett ... ..........62 .. 12 ..146 . . 3 A. Bannerman ... .......... 8 .. 1 ... 25 . . 1 M. Pierce .......... ..........21 .. 3 ... 67 . . 0 F. Iredale .......... .......... 6 .. 0 ... 16 . . 0 G. Y ou ll................. .......... 3 .. 0 ... 15 . . 0 V ic t o r ia . J. H arry.............. . ..........29.3. . 13 ... 59 . . 4 J. Phillips .......... .......... 9.1.. 3 ... 15 . . 3 A. E. Trott .......... ..........17 .. 5 ... 56 . . 1 B. W. McLeod ... ..........35 .. 11 ... 79 . . 1 F. Laver................. ..........22 . . 6 ... 49 . . o H. Maplestone ... .......... 7 .. 0 .. 31 . . 0 J. V- orrall .......... ..........10 . . 8 ... 16 . . 0 W . Bruce .......... .......... 6 . . 2 ... 17 . . 0 G. Giffen and C. T. B. Turner, ifcwill be seen, fully upheld tlieir reputations in the battin" and bowling departments re­ spectively. T he B lu es and T h e ir B a ttle s (1827 to 1893) ■witn scores of all Cricket Matches played between the Universities. 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