Cricket 1895

M akch 28, 1895. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 35 doing himself justice, was at the -wickets two hours for 26 runs. Philipson, who is scoring very consistently, played nicely for 22. When Stoddart’s wicket fell there were only four wickets down for 142, but the other men fell with a rattle, and the innings closed for 193. The local men lost one wicket for 46 before stumps were drawn. Vieusseux having 29 and Herring 16, both not out. On Saturday these two stayed until 25 had been put on, and then Vieusseux was taken at slip. Herring, who fell into a similiar trap, only survived by a few runs. The only other batsman who gave any trouble was Wauchope, who played fine defensive cricket for 66 , and was the prime factor in the Englishmen’s score being passed by 31 runs. Brockwell and Humphreys, as at Broken Hill, did the best bowling, but Walter had a very poor average until he came with a rattle, and took five wickets at the end. The Englishmen went in again, and before stumps were drawn lost two wickets for 45. Full score and bowling analysis:— E nglish E le v e n . L. H. Gay, st. Wilkin- J. Briggs, c J. Keys (sub.), b Chandler... 0 J. Brown, c A . Duff, b John Roberts ... 9 A. E. Stoddart, c A. Duff, b R. Keys ... 81 W . H. Lockwood, b James Roberts ... 26 F. G. J. Ford, c Her­ ring, b Hyde ...........27 R. Peel, c Herring, b James Roberts ... 0 son, b Hyde ........... 1 H. Philipson, c Her­ ring, b H y d e ...........22 A. Ward, c Mailer, b H yde...........................15 W . Brockwell, not out 7 W . A. Humphreys, c Bence, b John Roberts ................... 1 B 1, lb 1, w 2 4 Total ..193 In the second innings W . Brockwell scored not out 36 ; L. H. Gay, st Wilkinson, b Hyde, 8; F. G. J. Ford, b James Roberts, 1 ; W . Lockwood, not out, 0.—Total (for two wickets), 45. D andenong E ig h te e n . T. Bence, b Lockwood 0 E. Vieusseux, c Ford, b Lockwood ....... 45 L. H. Herring, c Ford, b Brockwell ........24 A. Duff, ran out ... 3 R. Mailer, c Ford, b Brockwell...............16 Jas. Roberts, c Ward, b Briggs ............... 15 J. C. Sadler, b Brock­ well ......................... 9 W . Wauchope, st Gay, b Humphreys......... 66 G. Hyde, c Stoddart, b Briggs ................. 1 J. Miller, b Brockwell 5 R. Key,, st Gay, b Humphreys ...........10 T. Chandler, b Hum­ phreys ................... 0 I. Evans, st Gay, b Humphreys .......... 11 J. Grant, lbw, b Hum­ phreys .................. 0 C. Roberts, b Hum­ phreys .................. 2 H. G. Rankin, st Gay, b Ford .................. 0 Jno. Roberts, b Ford... 0 W . Wilkinson, not out B 4, lb 4, nb 1 Total 9 .224 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E n g lan d . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . Chandler ... 54 2 221 Jno. Roberts 134 6 502 Evans ... 36 1 26 0 Rankin ... 42 2 15 0 Jas. Roberts 78 3 18 2 ......................... 36 0 16 1 R. Keys ... 48 2 18 1 G. Hyde ... 84 2 40 4 ....................... 42 1 29 1 Hyde and Jag. Roberts each bowled a wide. D andenong E ig h teen . First Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . Lockwood... 54 4 112 ... Brockwell 132 8 36 4 Humphreys 216 10 686 ... Briggs ...114 4 44 2 f e e l .............108 10 110 ... W a rd ... 30 1 9 0 fetoddart ... 18 0 IS0 ... F ord ... 54 1 23 2 Phillipson... 6 1 00 Ford bowled a no ball. FIFTEENTH MATCH—V. AUSTRALIA. F ou rth T est M atch . F irst D a y .— F r id a y , F ebru ary 1. The first day’s play in the fourth test match maintained the extraordinary character of the cricket exhibited in the three matches already decided. The Englishmen having already credited themselves with a couple of victories, needed only one more to gi?e them the rubber in these fateful five contests, while by the same token the Colonials, to have any chance of winning the rubber, had to annex this game. The Australian executive left no stone unturned to get together the most powerful team. Every man who might be needed was available, and the selectors had no enviable task to select the eleven. They finally decided to leave out Worrall, Harry, and Calla­ way of those who played at Adelaide, and put in Graham (who, by two fine innings for Victoria against New South Wales earlier in the week, demonstrated his return to form), Turner (who, on the slow Sydney wicket is held to be a more deadly bowler than Callaway), and Moses, the great left-hand batsman. Certainly the eleven were a powerful lot, especially in batting. Stoddart still left out Hum­ phreys and Gay, preferring, even though Lockwood’s left hand was injured, to play him in preference to the Sussex slow bowler. Intense interest was taken in the game, and despite a miserable, showery, threatening morning, 8,500 people were present. At noon the wicket was sticky as glue, and when Stoddart won the toss for the first time in these test matches, he had no hesitation, after consulting Peel and Briggs, in sending the Australians to the wickets. Trott the elder and Bruce were the first to bat, the former taking strike to Peel. A single came to each batsman, and then off the fourth ball Trott was splendidly caught at point by Brown. Giffen joined Bruce, and a fair stand was made considering the state of the wicket, which bumped terribly, especially at the end to which Richardson was bowling. The fast bowler not only bumped, but broke back a foot, and Bruce, who had to negotiate most of his bowling, was content to let the ball bump over the wicket. The left­ hander operated more successfully upon Peel, and with nice leg hits soon reached double figures, and had reached 15 when he planked a ball out to square-leg right into Brockwell’s hands. (2—15—20). Moses came in, and he and Giffen added half-a-dozen in about twenty minutes, before at 26 both were disposed of. Giffen being bowled, and Moses bowled off his pads. Graham and Gregory were now partners, and after stealing several runs, the former let out and hit Richard­ son twice off successive balls to the chains. They were still together at lunch-time, the total then being 50, with Graham 19 and Gregory 5. During the adjournment the sun dried the wicket a good deal, and within an hour it was playing pretty well—slow and easy. Without, however, waiting to see whether it had improved Gregory started to slog, but missed the first ball he went at and was easily stumped, only a bye having been added since lunch. Iredale gently potted back the first ball sent down to him, and six wickets were down for 51. Darling went to the assistance of Graham, and after hitting Peel for 3 and 4, landed Briggs, who was at the other end, clean thirty feet over the heads of the crowd for 5. Graham also went the pace, hitting the bowling in all directions, no matter how the field was placed for him. At 81 Richardson went on against the wind, and Briggs changed ends. Now came the turning point in the game. With the total at 84, of which Graham had made 37, the dashing batsman snicked a ball from Richardson straight to Brockwell, j ust a nice height to catch, but the fields­ man let it drop. If Graham had gone then the innings would probably not have passed 120. Darling, when he was 25, should have been run out, but Philipson fumbled a good return from M’Laren at third man, and the batsman was able to scramble home. With his score at 29 Darling lifted one from Richardson right into the hands of M ’Laren at long-on, but though that fieldsman had not to move for the ball he failed to hold it. The next ball, however, a loose full toss coming straight to his face was played by Darling on to his wicket. (Seven for 119). The pair had by fine batting put on 66 runs in 50 minutes. Just before Darling got out, Graham, who had made 33, was missed again. He skied a ball from Briggs, and the bowler running backwards, misjudged a catch, to the disgust of Peel, who was standing at mid- on, and could have stepped across and caught the ball with his eyes shut. Albert Trott joined Graham, and now the fun commenced in earnest. They made their first 35 in fifteen minutes. Peel relieved Briggs, and Ford was tried without troubling anyone but the scorers. Brockwell was also tried, and when Graham was 87 was offered an easy return, which he failed to hold. At the four o’clock adjournment Graham was 87, Trott 40, and the total 192. Very few hits after play sufficed for Graham to reach his century. He only made 5 more, however, before he ran out, missed the ball, and was stumped. He was batting two hours and a quarter, and though he gave three easy chances, it is impossible to too highly value his innings. His batting was of the same plucky character that secured his success in England. All the bowling, whether fast or slow, came alike to him, and there has been probably no finer innings played on a wicket which was difficult, because it was difficult until Graham had made half his runs. He hit thirteen fours, and, of course, with the help of the Englishmen, improved the Australians’ chance of winning. Eight for 231 was the record when he left. Jarvis only made five, and was out at 239, but Trott and Turner put on 45 for the last wicket before the latter was caught at mid-off by Lockwood. Lockwood, owing to a nasty cut on his left forefinger, did not field for an hour or so, and was put on to bowl as soon as he came back again. The most stylish batting of the day was young Trott’s. He was only at the wickets an hour and three-quarters, and for resolute, well-timed driving and cutting it would have been hard for any one to beat him. His hits included nine fours, The English fielding was shock­ ing, as besides the chances which were