Cricket 1895

26 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F e b . 28, 1895. ball from Peel straight into the hands of Brown at point, and play was then adjourned for luncheon, the total being 283, and Iredale’s score 101 . Albert Trott now went in, and 64 runs were put on before Peel tossed up a head ball to Iredale, and the batsman, trying to hit a fourer, did no more than sky it back to the bowler. Iredale was batting just over four hours. While his defence was of the soundest possible description, as soon as he got set again after the breaks he did some splendidly-timed hitting. From first to last his cutting was perfect; in fact, the cut is his best stroke, and with it he made most of his seventeen fourers. The off theory does not terrify him as it does many Australian batsmen. The two chances mentioned were the only spots on a fine innings. This is his second century against the Englishmen; as for New South Wales he made 133 before he was run out. His return to the Pavil­ ion was the signal for an ovation. Still there was trouble for the bowlers, nearly all of whom had a try. Callaway kept up his end, while Trott, batting with astound­ ing confidence, hit more fourers than singles. At last, when 64 runs had been added, the same number as for the last wicket, Callaway was bowled. Trott was not out with 72, so that without being disposed of he scored 110 in the match—a splendid performance for a colt making his debut in a test game. His innings, which lasted exactly ninety minutes, was even more brilliant than Bruce’s, and cleaner, harder driving has seldom been seen on the Adelaide Oval. No less than 44 out of the 72 runs were accounted for by fourers. Towards the end of the Colonials’ innings the fielding became a trifle slack, but the fine example of the captain prevented it becoming loose. The only serious mistakes were those which gave Iredale three innings, and, unfortunately, they were expensive. Richardson bowled with tremendous energy, and achieved fair results,while Peel, who! trundled with unvarying skill,,i as he always does, obtained^ a slightly better average. ^W ith 526j needed to win, M'Laren and Ward began the hopeless task, to the bowling of Giffen and Callaway. This time they scored off Callaway, M'Laren, who batted prettily, making 24, while Ward scored 4. At 28 Albert Trott relieved Callaway, and a change came o’er the scene. With his score at 35 M'Laren cut a ball from Albert Trott with terrific force to point, too hot;ou for. Harry Trott to hold, .though he tried all he a knew, andm ade iu spcotadrlltt grab at it. The second V ie w of B oulders on road to H illg ro ve G old M in es . life was not utilised by M'Laren., who hit I one of Trott’s next over to long-field, and Iredale judged its flight splendidly. 1 M'Laren played forcibly and neatly. (One for 2 .) Trott in his next over bowled Ward with a fast one, and then Philipson, who had come in to play out time, was bowled by Giffen. Brown joined Stoddart, and stayed until he re­ ceived a nasty knock from Trott. As it wanted only two or three minutes to six o’clock Giffen at once led his men off the field. Trott bowled nine overs for two wickets and 10 runs. Stoddart was not out 1 and Brown 2, the total being 56 (for three wickets). F o u r t h D a y .— T u e s d a y J a n u a r y 15. The weather was again beautifully fine and pleasant, and the Englishmen expected to make between 200 and 350. The innings, however, ended sensationally. Albert Trott bowled Brown off his pads in his first over, and thereafter was almost un­ playable. Wicket after wicket fell in rapid succession. Brockwell was missed at slip by Giffen when he had made 2 , but afterwards hit out splendidly, and was going well when a magnificent catch by young Trott dismissed him. One ball was enough for Bobby Peel, who thus bagged a brace, and Trott’s third ball at Briggs beat him head over heels Ford, however, batted nicely until he put a ball up very softly to point. Richardson hit up a dozen, and after lsating 2 hours 50 minutes, an inglorious innings ended for 143, leaving the Australians victorious by 382 runs. Stoddart for an hour and forty minutes, played magnificent defen­ sive cricket. Trott not only varied his pace with rare judgment, but never once lost his length. An Australian colt has never, since Palmer in 1879 bowled nine wickets for 90 against Lord Harris’sEleven, bowled with such astonishing succ­ ess against an English Eleven, and no youngster, either English or Australian ever made his debut in a test match so sensationally. Two scores of 38 not out and 72 not out, and a bowling average of eight wickets for 52 consti­ tutes a performance with which any veteran might cap a reputation. He will not be twenty-two years of age until February 6 . In neither innings could the famousEnglish bowlers,with all their skill, get rid of him, and his total of 110 is the second highest of any individual partici­ pating in the game. Albert Edwin’s confident, vigorous batting was quite a feature of the game now in progress, and quite justified the Victorian cricket expert who said before the game began— “ Mark my words, young Trott is nearly as good a bat as his brother.” His success with the bat is the more gratifying because he was “ brought out ” as a bowler. He is also a bril­ liant fieldsman, and seems to be the most likely of all the young players to take Giffen’s mantle as champion of Australia when the present cham­ pion’s powers wane. The Englishmen have a great opinion of his cricket, and one of them has bet him a new hat that he will be a member of the next Australian Eleven which visits England. The Victorian, no doubt, will be happy to hand over the price of the hat at Sheffield Park. : (Itis interesting tp com- rate at which .the rival team* scored. Tfes fiwit ittRings of the Australians 1 lasted four o ihomacfamdl tiv& minutes, and 238 runs were .a t 11DAAM ilUBSI T 'A iL /1 NEXT ISSUE MARCH 28