Cricket 1895

22 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 28, 1895 Sunday was spent by the Englishmen admiring the beautious surroundings of the town. The Botanic Gardens are splendidly arranged and kept and there is a lovely lake close by. Several members of the team went out riding. One party consisted of M ‘Laren and Gay. The latter had the misfortune to get astride a mild buck- jumper, and the horse had around or two with its rider, and what is more came off triumphantly, or, to be strictly correct, the rider came off. Luckily no damage was done except to dignity. On Monday the wicket had improved, yet the local Eighteen could only muster 103. "Walter Humphreys’ lobs were altogether too much for them to cope with. Christy was the only batsman who really coped with the bowling at all successfully. As there was no chance of finishing the match little interest was taken in the Englishmen’s second innings. Some of them played excellent cricket, but the feature of the innings was that Briggs was caught on the boundary for a duck, so that he baggeda brace, the first mem­ ber of the team to do so. He promptly wrote home to Mrs. Briggs, and told her he had bagged a brace of ducks for the twins. The match was drawn. The next day again was spent by the visitors enjoying the sights of the place, and some of them went down deep mines, and saw sights they had never seen before. Score:— E nglish T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. W . Brockwell, c Graham, b B ailey.................................. 19 lbw ,b Pearce ... 35 A. C. M‘Laren, c Herring, b Heame ...........................34 not out ............. 2 A . Ward, lbw, b Pearce ... 0 A . E. Stoddart, c J. Bailey, b Pearce ...........................12 e Love, b Pearce 32 W . H. Lockwood, b Pearce 0 c C. Bailey, b Greaves ... ... 26 J. Briggs, run out ........... 0 c J. Bailey, b G reaves........... 0 H. H. Philipson, c and b Greaves ...........................41 b S. Radcliff ... 28 F. G. J. Ford, b Pearce ... 1 b G reaves.......... 5 L . H. Gay, c Bailey, b Pearce................................... 2 c Kissling, b Pearce ........... 2 J. T. Brown, c Herring, b Pearce.................................. 64 not out.....................19 W . A . Humphreys, not out 7 Byes, &c....................... 7 Total ...................187 Total (7 wkts) 149 Bowling.—First Innings: Pearce, seven for 95. Second Innings: Pearce, three for 62; Greaves, three for 45. B allarat . G. Bailey,lbw,b Briggs 10 S. Badcliff, b Stoddart 1 Peari e, b Stoddart .. 2 Morgan, c Ford, b Humphreys ........... 5 Mann, run out .......... 0 W illiams, c M ‘Laren, b Humphreys........... 1 Kissling,bHumphreys 2 Herring, st Gay, b Briggs ................... 6 Champion, c Ward, b Humphreys ...........16 Greaves, st Gay, b Humphreys ........... 1 Dawson, b Humphreys 0 T. Antcliffe, b Briggs 2 Graham,b Humphreys 1 J. Bailey, c Brown, b Humphreys ........... 8 G. Antcliffe, not out... 17 David, b Humphreys 0 Christy, b Briggs ... 26 Love, st Gay, b Hum­ phreys ................... o Byes, &c............. 5 Total ...........103 Sloddart BOW LING ANALYSIS. B allarat .—F irst I nnings . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . 4 Hum phreys 19 '2 3 10 Briggs 24 10 43 4 TWELTH MATCH.—ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. F ir s t D a y .— F b i d a y , J a n u a r y 11. Having already lost two test matches running, Australians felt that not a stone should be left unturned which might stand in the way of their winning the third match, because if they lost it the rubber would go too, and there would be no interest in the last two games. There was no reason why the very best team should not be put into the field. The South Australians and New South Welsh­ men had just finished their match, and, being on the spot, made twenty-two players to pick from, besides which the two Trotts, Worrall, Bruce, Harry and Blackham, of Victoria, were over practis­ ing ready to play if chosen. Messrs. Blackham, Giffen and Turner had cast upon them the onerous task of selecting the team, and they gave general satisfac­ tion when their choice fell upon G. Giffen, J. Darling and A. H. Jarvis, South Australia; W. Bruce, G. H. S. Trott, A. E. Trott, J. Harry and J. Worrall, Victoria; E. A. Iredale, S. T. Callaway and S. E. Gregory, New South Wales. Boom would have been found for Moses if ho could have resisted the claims of business, but he had to hurry back to Sydney. Turner never having been a success on the fast Adelaide ground, was given the go-by in favour of Callaway, who played in two of the test matches against the Earl of Sheffield’s team, and who bowled splen­ didly in the recent Intercolonial match. Lyons is clean out of form, never having recovered from an attack of influenza, and had to give way to Worrall, while Blackham’s thumb, which was injured in the first test match, prevented him playing. The team as chosen was strong in batting, only fair in bowling, with three good bowlers in Giffen, Callaway, and Albert Trott, but the fielding promised to be perfect, as, with the single exception of Callaway, who is no duffer, every man is a crack at his particular station in the field. Intense interest was taken in the match throughout Australia, and in South Australia itself, where the match was played. Special trains were run into the city, while fully 500 people journeyed nearly 500 miles by rail from Melbourne to Adelaide especially to see the match. The attendance on Friday was about 6,000. The betting on the game was evtn money; in fact, it was difficult to find backers for England, as it was felt that the Australians must win a match some time. Friday was a terrible day, with the thermometer at 155 deg. in the sun, and 102 deg. in the shade. Giffen was of course chosen captain by the Australians, and the preliminary business with Stoddart was soon trans­ acted. The toss having been won by Giffen the Australians of course went in. Harry Trott and Bruce were the first Australian batsmen. Bichardson bowled to Trott, who cut his first ball, and a single was scored, but if Brockwell had returned straight it would have gone hard with Bruce. Peel was Richardson's vis-a-vis, and Trott knocked 13 off his first over, two leg-hits and a cut all reaching the chains. 22 runs had been made in five minutes. When Bruce had made ten he hit one to M ‘Laren at square-leg, who omitted an easy chance. The let-off availed him nothing, as directly he faced Richardson he pulled a ball on to his wicket. One for 31. Giffen followed, and it was only thirty-five minutes after the start that the half century went on the board. At 68 Brockwell, who won the Melbourne match by so summarily getting rid of both Giffen and Trott, went on instead of Richardson. With one run added the Englishmen had a stroke of luck. Peel made an appeal for l b w against Trott, which was answered in the batsman’s favour. The ball went away to leg, and Giffen started for what should have been an easy run, but Trott was distracted by the appeal, and did not at first see Giffen coming. Then he ran, but simply at the sacrifice of his own wicket to save his captain’s. Trott made no less than eight 4’s during his fifty minutes’ innings, which was of the most brilliant descrip­ tion. Iredale joined Giffen, and the scoring was slow until lunch time, when Giffen was 14, and Iredale 7 ; total 80. Richardson and Peel resumed the bowl­ ing after luncheon at opposite ends to those from which they bowled in the morning. Giffen got 2 off Peel, and then lost Iredale, who was beaten by a beauti­ ful break back from Richardson. Darling came in, and Peel, after sending down a couple of overs to him, turned his ankle so sharply that he not only could not bowl, but had to leave the field, Gay taking his place. Briggs bowled instead of Peel, and five singles off his over brought the hundred up. Darling made three efforts to hit Briggs in his next over to square leg, but each time he failed, and the third attempt, a miss hit, put the ball into the wicket-keeper’s hands. (Four for 103). This was bad, but worse was to follow. Gregory took a long time to make 6 , while Giffen scored steadily, but at 120 the midget chopped on to a fast one, and left the ball in the hands of Brown at point. Then at 124 a splendid length ball from Richardson clean beat Harry. Richardson had now taken four wickets for 57. His pace was terrific, and the pitch wonderfully accurate. Harry Trott and Giffen were the only men who played his bowling with con­ fidence, and it was the more remarkable that Giffen should do so, because in England in 1893 he was at Richardson’s mercy. Worrall, the next man, stayed while Giffen added 13, and then foolishly ran himself out by attempting an im­ possible run for a hit to cover. (Seven for 137). Jarvis ran in to double figures in five minutes. First he hit Briggs to square-leg for 4, and back cut him for 3, then sweetly sent a loose ball from Lockwood, who had relieved Richardson, to the boundary. A quarter-off drive by Giffen brought the 150 into sight, but at 157 Giffen lost Jarvis, who returned the ball to Lockwood, and that bowler made a splendid right-handed catch. Play was then adjourned for tea. Directly it continued Giffen drove a ball from Brock-