Cricket 1895

M a y 9, 1895. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 119 partnership of the previous day, the Driffield batsman scoring more rapidly than his confrere, and they reached their 50 together. No wicket could be obtained, and at lunch time the pair had continually passed and repassed one another in their scores, Ward at that point having totalled 88 and Brown 83 of an aggregate of 212. After the interval Brown ran ahead and reached his century first—this being his fourth of the tour, but with one added Giffen beat and bowled him. Brown was batting as nearly as possible two hours, and excepting for the two lives he had on Friday evening no mistakes could be urged against him. His strokes, while not so beautifully clean asWard’s, were splendidly placed, and most of them, especially those to the on-side, well-timed. His innings included 11 fourers. The partnership of the two Northerners was responsible for 174 runs, so that it failed by only 18 runs to come up to the 192 compiled by Hill and Walter Giffen. A curious coincidence which probably few spectators failed to notice was that when Brown got out with 101 to his credit exactly that number of runs was on the board opposite to Giffen’sname. Ward, who was now joined by M‘Laren, quickly added another to his list of centuries, his number for the tour, like Brown’s, now standing at 4. After scoring 18 M'Laren returned one to Giffen who took the chance splendidly and three wickets were down for 262. Ford went in for forcing the game for the bowlers were tired. Thispartnershipproduced 181 runsmade in 105 minutes, which compares favourably with a good many hitting performances. Two of Giffen’s overs in its course were curiosities. In one of them Ward hit 4, 4 and 3, and Ford 2, 4 and 1, 18 in all; in the other Ford did all the work, scoring 4, 2, 4, 2,2,2. His off-driving’wasmuchadmiredby the colonials. He was out after all through a mis-j udged run, Reedman brilliantly throwing the wicket down. Peel came in and with Ward played outtime, when four wickets were down for 452. F ourth D a y .— M on day , A pr il 1st. The weather was again very pleasant, and great interest was taken in the game, about 3,000 people being present, which was a fine attendance at a match that the local men had no likelihood of winning. The play was very interesting, although there was no sensational batting as on Saturday. Play was begun shortly after 12, in the presence of a small attendance. Ward 181 and Peel continued the batting for the Englishmen, and runs came steadily, Ward reaching his 200 by 4, 2, and 2 off consecutive balls of Giffen’s. Still the score rose until to the last ball before lunch, Ward got his leg hit by a straight one and had to retire with the score 5—219—536. Ward’s innings lasted 6| hours, and except for the two chances he gave in one over off Giffen—one with his score at 128 and the other at 132— and a chance to Clem Hill at the wickets with his score at 202, his innings was faultless. His late-cuts, his square-cuts, his cover-hits, and his off-drives were all beautifully executed, and though his on-play was not quite so clean and decisive there wasno serious fault to be found with it. His fine score is the second highest of the Englishmen’s tour, M’Laren holding the record with 228. After the luncheon interval, Lockwood accompanied Ptel to the wickets, but the run of sensational scoring was over and the second half of the team put on only 73 runs, Briggs not out with 27 being most successful. The innings closed for 609, which is 15 runs behind the best score of an English team in Australia. Shaw and Shewsbury’ s team in 1887-8 having made 624 against Victoria. Naturally the splendid total of 609 at the end of the tour caused the most intense satisfac­ tion to Stoddart and his men. Coming to the bowling, Giffen achieved two records for first-class cricket. He bowled 522 balls, and had 309 runs scored off him. Never did a bowler, at any rate in Australia, send down 500 balls in an innings in a first class match. R. McLeod, of Victoria, once bowled 499 against New South Wales. No other bowler has ever had anything near 300 runs scored off him in a single innings; in fact, it is extremely seldom that one trundler has even 200 runs made off him in one innings. Lyons was the only other successful bowler, and a study of his figures would suggest that more use might have been made of him. The fielding, although mistakes were made, never degenerated into looseness, but Jarvis was sadly missed from behind the wickets. At 5 minutes to 4 Lyons and Reedmanwent forth to begin South Australia’s battle for an honourable draw, the home eleven being 212 runs behind with one clear day’s play in hand. Peel, who began the bowling with Richardson, thoroughly mixed up Reedman, and in his second over bowled him. A cheer welcomed George Giffen, and another went up as Lyons drove Richardson to the boun­ dary. A repetition of the stroke led to Gay being placed out there to save fourers. Giffen at last cover-hit Peel to the edge of the ring, and added another to his long list of double- figure scores; he has only thrice failed to reach doubles this season. Peel’s next over was fatal to Lyons, who was caught at the wickets after playing a dashing innings. 2 for 46. Darling first troubled the scorers by driving Richardson for a triplet. The scoring until time was called was funereal. The batsmen would not take a risk and simply contented themselves with keeping up their wickets. The last ball of the day from Peel Darling cut for four. Lockwood tried his hand instead of Richardson without success. F ifth D a y .— T u esday , A p r il 2. There were very few people at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday, when the match was con­ tinued. it being apparent on the previous day that the colonials would either be badly beaten or that the game would terminate in a draw very much in favour of the tourists. The weather was perfect for cricket, although a little sultry, while the wicket was in grand condition, only one little patch at the northern end indicating that over 1,000 runs had been made on it. Giffen and Darling started very slowly, only 15 runs coming in the first half-hour. The pace then slightly improved, but at 90 Giffen was well taken by Brown close to the ground at slip, the Australian champion being dissatisfied with the decision. Hill, on the strength of his big score in the first innings came in next and again played in capital form, seeming quite at home with Richardson, from whom he scored in rapid succession a low drive for 4, a cut for a brace, a 4 and a 3 both to leg. Just before lunch Briggs got Darling stuck up and bowled him for 36. Walter Giffen accompanied the colt to the wickets on resuming, but their former stand was not repeated, for Giffen snicked a fast ball of Richardson’s and Philipson held it safely. Until this wicket fell Richardson had taken one wicket only for 70. Blinman and Hill played good but slow cricket, and there was much excitement when the latter reached his half-century, but two wickets soon fell, Blinman being taken in the same way as W. Giffen, and Hill following suit, the wicket-keeper thus having disposed of three batsmen in succession, rather an un­ usual performance. Dyer and F. Jarvis were now together and the former took a rest from scoring of twenty minutes. In view of a possible draw this was all right from the local standpoint, but the more lively play that followed was better appreciated. It was not until the board showed 249 that Jarvis was bowled by a bailer and Jones whipped in, A. H. Jarvis being, of course, absent. Lock­ wood was given a turn, and with the last ball of his over he bowled the last wicket of the tour. Tue South Australians left the Englishmen 44 to make to win, and they had 25 minutes in which to score a victory. Ford and Brock­ well went in, and hitting brilliantly, knocked off the runs, but only with three minutes to- spare, Surrey were well in at the finish, as Lockwood and Brockwell got the last wicket and made the last score respectively. Scores- and analysis:— S outh A ustralia . First Innings. Second Innings. J. J. Lyons, c Peel, b Richardson ................... 6 c Philipson, b P e e l............... 32- A. H. Jarvis, b Richardson 5 absent................... 0 G. Giffen, c M’Laren, b B riggs...................................51 c Brown, b Rich­ ardson ........27 J. Darling, b Richardson ... 15 b Briggs .......36 J. Beedman, run o u t ...........46 b P e e l................... 1 R. H. Dyer, b Briggs........... 0 not out .......40^ H. Blinman, c Peel, b Rich­ ardson ................................... 3 c Philipson, b Richardson ... 17 C. Hill, not out ...................150 c Philipson, b Richardson ... 56 W . F. Giffen, b Lockwood 81 c Philipson, b Richardson ... 4 F. Jarvis, b Richardson ... 31 b Briggs .......27 E. Jones, c Ward, b Brock­ well ... ........................... 1 b Lockwood ... 3 Lb 4, nb 1, w 3 ........... 8 B 5, lb4, nb 1, w 2 12 Total Total ...........255 E ngland . First Innings. W . Brockwell, lbw, b G iffen...........................35 A. Ward, lbw, bGiffen 219 J. T. Brown, bGiflfen...101 A. C. M'Laren, c and b Giffen ...................18 F. G. J. Ford, run out 106 R. Peel, b Lyons...........57 W . H. Lockwood, run out ...........................23 In the Second Innings Ford scored (not out), 18 Brockwell (not out), 24 ; b 3.—Total, 45. BOW LING ANALYSIS. S ou th A u st r a l ia . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M . R. W . O. M. R. W . J. Briggs, not out ... 27 L. H. Gay, c H ill, b Lyons ................... 1 H. Philipson, c Reed­ man, b Giffen........... 9 T. Richardson, c and b Lyons ................... O B 9, lb 4 ...........13 Total ...609 Richardson Peel Briggs ... Lockwood Brockwell Ford 37 26 32 12 148 5 7 62 0 6 92 2 1 43 1 ... 44 17 ... 29 7 ... 17 3 ... 11.5 1 91 10.4 3 25 1 6 1 19 0 Lockwood delivered four wides, Briggs one, and Richardson two no-balls. E n g lan d . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M . R. W . O. M. R. W . Jones ........ 37 10 840 ............. 2 0 19 0 F. Jarvis ... 21 2 850 ............. 1.4 0 10 0 G. Giflfen ... 87 12 3095 ............. 4 0 13 O Lyons ......... 21.1 6 80 3 Reedman 15 5 38 0 The teams were entertained at the close of the last match, on the evening preceding the departure of the Englishmen, by Sir E. T. Smith at his residence. The toast of the evening was, of course, “ Mr. Stoddart and the English Team,” and it was most heartily received ; many kind things being said by the host. Mr. Stoddart, in returning thanks, expressed his sense of thekindness with which he had everywhere been received. The trip to Australia had been most enjoyable, and much as he disliked speechifying, he almost regretted that this was the last occasion on which he would get on his legs. Mr. Giffen also spoke warmly of the merits of the English team, and heartily wished them good