Cricket 1895

J an . 31, 1895. CB ICKET : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 13 The rain gave them, their chance, and they seized it. Peel and Briggs bowled magnificently, and the fielding was in the main excellent. The plucky up-hill fight of the Englishmen made them not undeserving of victory, yet they were the first to admit that if the rain had not fallen they would have had no chance of winning. The total receipts of the match amounted to £2,945, and the tour from the financial point of view is an assured success. I had almost forgotten to mention the last record broken, the total number of runs scored in the match was 1,514, which is a world’s record for a first-class game, the previous record having been 1,412 made in the match between New South Wales and Victoria in February, 1882. The actual playing time in the late match was twenty-three hours and six minutes. After the con­ clusion of the match the health of the Englishmen was proposed by Mr. Phil Sheridan, and Mr. Stoddart, in respond­ ing, while admitting that the Australians had experienced hard luck in having to play on such a wicket on the last day, after making such a splendid start, ex­ pressed pride in his own team. When he selected them he felt that every man would work with a will on all occasions, and every man had fully justified his most sanguine anticipations. Stoddart then proposed the Australians’ health, paying a special compliment to Bltck- ham’s gameness. Blackham briefly re­ plied. Score and b oilin g analysis :— A ustralia . G. H. S. Trott, b Richardson 12 c Gay, b Peel ... 8 J. J. Lyons, b Richardson .. 1 b Richardson ... 25 G. Gilfen, c Ford, b Brock- well ..................................161 lbw, b Briggs ... 41 J. Darling, b Richardson ... 0 c Brockwell, b P e e l.................. 53 F. P. Iredale, c Stoddart, b Ford ..................................81 c and b Briggs ... 5 8. E. Gregory, c Peel, b Stoddart ..........................201 c Gay, b Peel ... 16 •J. Reedman, c Ford, b Peel 17 st Gay, b Peel ... 1 C. M 'Leod, b Richardson ... 15 notout.................. 2 C. T. B. Turner, c Gay, b Peel .................................. 1 c Briggs,bPeel .. 2 J. M ‘C. Blackham, b Richardson..........................74 c and b Peel ... 2 E. Jones, n o to u t.................. 11 c Laren, b Briggs ........... 1 Byes, &c........................12 Byes, &c. ... 7 Total... ..586 Total . .166 E ngland . A. C. MacLaren, c Reed­ man, b Turner.................. 4 A. Ward,c lredile,b Turner 75 A. E. stoddart, c Jones, b G 'iffen..................................12 J. T. Brown, run out.......... 22 R. Peel, c Gregory, b Giffen 4 F. G. J. Ford, st Blackham, b Giffen ..........................30 W . Brockwell, c Blackham, b Jones ..........................49 W . H. Lockwood, c Gitfen b Trott .......................... J. Briggs, b Giffen .......... L. H. Gay, c Gregory, b Reedman .......................... Richardson, not out ......... Byes, &c....................... b Giffen b Gitfen ... 20 ...117 18 33 . 0 21 c Giffen, b Turner 36 c Jones, b Uiffen 53 b Gitfen ...........17 c and b M 'Leod... 18 b Jones b Trott b M'Leod ... b T rott.. not out Byes. &c. Total ...................325 Total............437 Umpires, J. Phillips and C. Bannerman. BOWLING ANALYSIS. A ustralia . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Richardson 55.3 13 181 5 .. .. 11 3 27 1 Stoddart .. 30 0 31 1 Peel .. . 53 14 150 2 .. .. 30 9 67 6 B riggs.. . . 2 8 4 96 0 .. . . 1 1 2 25 3 Brockwell .. 22 7 78 1 Lockwood .. 3 1 2 0 ........... 16 3 40 0 Ford bowled one wide. Lockwood bowled 4 no-balls. E ngland . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Turner 44 16 89 2 .. .. 35 14 78 1 Jones .. 19 7 44 1 .. .. 19 0 58 1 Giffen 43 17 75 4 .. .. 75 25 164 4 M'Leod 14 2 25 0 .. .. 30 7 67 2 T r o t t .......... 15 4 59 1 .. .. 12 4 22 2 Reedman .. 3.3 1 12 1 .. .. 6 1 12 0 Lyons .. 2 2 0 0 .......... 2 0 12 0 Iredale 2 0 3 0 THE NINTH MA /rua.—V. EIGHTEEN JUNIORS. F i r s t D a y . — S a t u r d a y , D ecember 22. The team, with Gay and Richardson left out, began a match on the Sydney Crick«t G fou n i on December 22 against eighteen juniors. Loveridge, the captain of the local men, won the toss, and as the weather and wicket were favourable he elected to bat. The two first in were Hinchey and Woods, the bowling being entrusted to Humphries and Briggs. Woods left the score well at 16, being taken at point by McLaren off Briggs. Trumper followed and played remarkably fine cricket, treating the whole of the bowliug with the greatest disrespect. The fielding was not so close as was expected, and it was apparent that the Englishmen had not accurately measured the stamp of the batsmen they had to oppose. Trumper made 50 in as many minutes, and it was not until 96 was up that Peel, who displaced Briggs, got rid of Hinchey. Poidevin, a very promising Glebe player, joined Trumper, who did not last much longer, being bowled by Peel, swith the total 113. Trumper’s 67 was one of the prettiest innings seen on the oval, and was without a chance. Cruickshank, who was next, played steadily, and Poidnvin and Robinson hit freely for their respective scores. Noble then became associated with him, and the two brought up the second century at 4 o’clock. After the adjournment the scoring was more rapid, Noble playing perfect cricket. Cruickshank was got. rid of at 223, and Aitken, who followed, after opening streaktly, settled down to hard work despite all the efforts of Brockwell and Lockwood to effect a separation. Briggs was then tried vice Brockwell, and Aitken ought to have been run out, but the ball was fumbled at the wickets. The scoring continued till 283 was posted, when Aitken was taken in the slips off Ford. Pye joined Noble, and the two played out time, when the score stood at 327 for the loss of 7 wickets. S econd D a y .—M o n d a y , D ec . 24. The Englishmen had another day’s leather-hunting on the second day against the Juniors. The weather was fine and pleasant, and the pitch was per­ fect, Noble (80) and Pye (11), the not­ out men, resumed their innings with the total at 327 for 7 wickets. The former for a while played steadily to the bowling of Briggs and Lockwood, but then began to lay the wood on and passed the century. Ford and Stoddart then went on, and Pye going out to the former was stumped. Hoskens and Noble carried the total over 400, the latter doing most of the work and play­ ing charming cricket, being both free and safe. The English bowling was quite demoralized, and Brown was put on as an experiment, while Phillipson was taken from the wicket and asked to try his luck with the ball. Hoskins was at length dismissed by a catch at point off Brown. This was before lunch, and as the match was only to last for two days, the Juniors decided to declare their innings closed with the total 443 for 9 wickets. McLaren and Ford were the first batsmen sent out by Stoddart, Connell and Hogan taking up the bow­ ling. Both men batted well, but at 44, Ford, after being missei in the field was bowled by Noble. Lockwood was his successor, and helped McLaren to add 10, when the latter was splendidly caught in the slips by Hoskins. As matters were looking none too favourable, Ward was sent in. He played very carefully and correctly, while Lockwood indulged in hard hitting, with the result that at 91 he was caught by Shea off Trickett. Neither Stoddart, Brockwell, nor Brown could do much with the excellent bowling they had to face, and when stumps were drawn the Englishmen had 6 wickets down for 151. Scores S ydney J uniors . Woods, c McLaren, b Briggs ................ 4 Hinchev, c Philipson, b Peel...................... 35 Trump -r, b Peel .. 67 Poidevin, c Philipson, b Peel ...............23 Robison, c Ward, b Humphreys .. .. 33 Cruickshank, b Brock­ well ......................39 O’ Shea did not bat. ’ Innings declaredcloscd. M r . S toddart ’ s tea '. i . Brockwell, c Robison 2 Brown, c Hinchey, b O’Shea ..................10 Ward (A), not out .. 42 E x tra s..................11 Total (6 wkts)...151 Aitkin, c ?Brown, F o r d .................. Noble, not out .. Pye, st Philipson, F o r d .......................... Hoskins, c Humph­ reys, b Brown .. .. 29 Extras..................8 Total (9 wkts) 442 30 152 22 Mr. F. G. J. Ford, b Noble..........................16 Mr. A. C. McLaren, c Hoskins, b Reynolds 34 Lockwood, c O’Shea, b Trickett..................23 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c (Jruikshank, b Noble 13 ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING. S ydney J uniors .— First Innings. O. M. R. W. Humphreys 25..5..77.. 1 Briggs ----- 26. .4...89. .1 L<*ckwood.. 26..9..86..0 Peel .......... 24..6...64..3 Ford .......... 13..4..36..2 Lockwood bowled two no balls. O. M. R .W Brockwell .. 7. 3..19..1 Stoddart___7..1 ..2 2 ..0 Brown ___ 4..0 .32..1 Philipson ... 4 ..1 .. 9..0 The following is the full programme with result up to date:— NOVEMBER. 3, 5—Gawler v. 18 of Gawler (S.A.), drawn 9—14—Adelaide v. S outh A ustralia , lost (six wks.) 16--21—Melbourne v. V ictoria , won (145 runs) 23—27—Sydney v. N ew S outh W ales , won (8 wks.) 30, Dec. 1—Armidale v. Armidale (N .S .W .), drawn. DECEMBER. 4, 5—Towoomba v. Towoomba (Queensland), drawn. 7—10-Brisbane v. Q ueensland , won ("aninnings and 274 runs) 11—20 —Sydney v. A ustralia (1) won (10 runs) 22, 24—Sydney v. 8ydney Juniors (N.S. W .), drawn 29—Jan. 3—Melbourne v A ustralia (2), won (94 runs) JANUARY, 1895. 5, 7—Ballarat v Ballarat (V.), drawn 11—15—Adelaide v A ustralia (3) lost (382 runs) 18—19—Broken Hill v. Broken Hill (N.S.W .), won (innings and 8 runs) 25, 26 —Dandeuong v. Dandenong, drawn FEBRUARY. 1—5—Sydney v. A ustralia (4) 9 -11—Tamworth v. Tamworth (N.8.W.) 15, 19—Brisbane v. Q ueensland (return) 22—23—Newcastle v. Newca-tle (N.S.W.) MARCH. 1, 6—Melbourne v. A ustralia (5) . ) Tasmania v Hobart 12, <xc. f Tasmania v Launceston 25, 26—Melbourne v. Melbourne C. C. 29! April 2 -Adelaide, v. 8 outh A ustralia N.B.—Representative matches are printed in small capitals. NEXT ISSUE FEBRUARY 28