Cricket 1895

36 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. M a k c h 28, 1895. missed, the ground-work of no one except Stoddart (who was brilliant all through). Ward, Brown, and M ’Laren was up to the mark. With ten minutes to bat M’Laren and Ward went in, and off the last ball of the first over—H. Trott’s— the amateur was beautifully stumped. Then Ward and Briggs played out time. S econd D a y .— S a t u r d a y , F e b . 2. No sooner was the play over than rain began to fall, and it rained all night. In the morning the clouds broke, and everyone thought the Englishmen would be put out twice during the afternoon, but at eleven o’clock rain began again, and shower after shower fell, until at 2.30 all hope of play for the day had to be abandoned. T h ir d D a y .— F e b r u a r y 4. When the rain finally put play beyond question on Saturday, the Englishmen were hopeful that they might make a good fight against the Australian’s score of 284, and the clerk of the weather in­ dulged them all day Sunday by making the sun shine gloriously. Stoddart, Philipson, and Ford, accompanied by Major Wardill, drove down to the Australians’ head-quarters at Cooye Bay, on Sunday Evening, and were quite delighted with the turn the weather had taken. Hopes were, however, soon shattered. They were just preparing to leave on their return drive, when rain began to fall. On Monday morning the sun streamed down, and by midday the pitch was a perfect quagmire, as sticky as glue, and likely to be for full three hours. In these circumstances Englishmen and Australians alike anticipated that the match would be finished that afternoon. Harry Trott (bowling faster than usual) and Turner were the bowlers when play was resumed. The former kept an excellent length, but Turner was too short, and while the batsman had to play at Trott, they were able to let Turner’s more venomous-looking, yet less harm­ ful balls, bump over the wicket. Neither batsman was comfortable, yet the score crept to 24 before Ward was smartly caught and bowled by Turner, and Briggs was beautifully bowled by Trott. Mr. Stoddart, regarding the case as desperate, made two or three good hits, then ran yards down the crease and was stumped by Jarvis, who brought the ball—a huge leg break—in about two feet from outside the off stump. (4 for 31). Brockwell’s luck is clean out. In the test match at Adelaide he was out in each innings to a wonderful one-handed catch, and here again before he got going he fell in the same way, Darling at mid-on, about three yards from the wicket, jumping up and making a marvellous right-handed catch. Immediately Ford came in Giffen went on, and with his first ball at the left-hander, who is considered a gift for him, got him caught at point off a tame stroke. (6 for 43). Brown, who was batting finely, and Peel were together till 56, but six of these were byes, from two big breaks from Giffen which easily beat bat, batsman, and wicket-keeper. Peel had not scored when he was stumped. Philipson stayed with Brown until luncheon, when the total was 59, the Tyke having made 20. Philipson, when play was resumed, hit a good fourer off Giffen, and was then caught at short- square leg. With Lockwood’s arm in a sling, Richardson was last man. He made a pair off Giffen, who had his revenge by catching a terrific return in his left hand. The innings lasted an hour and three-quarters. Brown, who was the only batsman in the least able to cope with the difficulties under which the batsmen laboured, deservedly remained not out, although he gave Giffen a diffi­ cult, hot, high return when he was 17. The second innings only lasted a hour and a half, Giffen and Turner bowling un­ changed throughout. The fielding, brilliant in the first innings, was more brilliant still this time. For a few minutes the wicket was terribly difficult, but afterwards it became easier, and the tail end batsmen were able to top the first innings’ score. Brown and Ward began the innings, and the former going in to hit, missed Giffen’s fourth ball, and had to retire. (One for 0). Stoddart made one hit without scoring, and was caught in the long field. (Two for 5.) M ’Laren’s leg stroke was blocked, yet he went for it, and Bruce caught him one hand. (Three for 5.) Brockwell then went in and hit, but at 12 Ward was caught in the long-field, and at 14 Peel was stumped. The Yorkshireman was out in precisely the same way each time, and bagged a pair—his second of the tour, and both in successive test matches, With five down for 14, people had visions of a record small score. Brock­ well and Ford, however, set their minds at rest, and it was not till 29 that Brock­ well was taken in the long-field by Bruce. Ford and Briggs carried the score to 47 before Bruce with his left hand brilliantly took Briggs at short mid-on at the second attempt. Then at 52 Darling made a fine catch in the long-field which disposed of Ford. Philipson and Richardson made the longest stand of the day, adding 20 for the last wicket by plucky hitting. The Australians won by an innings and 147 runs. Graham’s plucky batting, miserable fielding by the Englishmen, and perfect brilliant fielding by the Australians sums up the history of the match. Jarvis was in wonderful form with the gloves, and Bruce, Darling, Iredale, the Trotts, and Giffen all excelled themselves, while Gregory, Graham, and Turner had very little to do. Score and analysis :— G. H. S. Trott, c Brown, b Peel.......... 1 G. Giffen, b Peel ... 8 W . Bruce, c Brock­ well, b Peel ...........15 H.Moses,b Richardson 0 H. Graham, st Philip­ son, b B riggs.......... 105 S. E. Gregory, st Philipson, b Briggs 5 F. A. Iredale, c and b Briggs .................. 0 J. Darling, b Richard­ son .......................... 31 A. E. Trott, not out... 86 A. H. Jarvis, c Philip­ son, b B riggs......... . 5 C. T. B. Turner, c Richardson, b Lock­ wood ..........................22 Byes, &c............... 6 Total ...281 E n gland , First Innings. Mr. A . C. M ‘Laren, st Jarvis, b H. Trott ........... 1 A. Ward, c and b Tinner... 7 J. Briggs, b H. T rott...........11 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, st Jarvis, b H. Trott ........... 7 J. T. Brown, not o u t...........20 W . Brockwell, c Darling, b Turner.................................. Mr. F. G. J. Ford, c H. Trott, b G iffen.................. R. Peel, st Jarvis, b Turner Mr. H. Philipson, c Graham, b Giffen .......................... T. Richardson, c and b G iffe n .................................. W . H. Lockwood, absent, injured.................................. Byes, &c....................... Second Innings. c Bruce, b Giffen 0 c Darling,bGiffen 6 c Bruce, b Giffen 6 c Iredale,bTurner 0 b Giffen ........... 0 1 c Bruce, b Turner 17 c Dailing,bGiffen 11 st Jarvis,bTumer 0 c and b Turner... 9 not out...................10 absent................... 0 Byes, &c. ... 13 Total.......... ... 65 Total 72 BOWLING ANALYSIS. A u stralian s . —First Innings. Peel .......... 24 5 74 3 I Brockwell 5 1 25 0 Richardson 22 5 78 2 Ford............2'2 0 14 0 Briggs ... 22 4 65 4 |Lockwood 8‘5 3 22 1 Briggs bowled one wide, and Lockwood one no-ball. E n g lan d . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . H. Trott ........... 14 5 21 3 ... Turner....................19 10 18 3 ... 14'1 6 33 4 Giffen ................ 5'5 1 14 3 ... 15 7 26 5 Turner bowled three no-balls. SIXTEENTH MATCH— v. NEW ENGLAND TWENTY-TWO. The success of the New England Twenty-two in December, when they put out the Englishmen for such a small score, a long way under the century, induced the promoters of the tour to arrange a match. The result justified their action, because great interest was taken in the game in the district around Armidale, where it was played on both days, Feb. 9th, and 11th. Stoddart won the toss and decided to bat, but a disast­ rous start was made, Cooper, a left-arm medium paced bowler, clean bowling the first three men, and getting Ward caught at the wicket, with the score at 20 , the captain then went in, and hitting with might and main, knocked off Cooper. Stoddart then settled down to play steadily, while Briggs kept up his wicket. Twice Stoddart was missed, and before the Lancastrian was disposed of the century was hoisted. The next three men fell with a rattle, all cleaned bo wled, but M’Laren stayed with the captain and saved the innings from a disastrous con­ clusion, Finally they were both caught in quick succession, and the innings closed for 187. This score may seem small against countrymen, but the bowling was excellent, and the Englishmen all consider Cooper one of the best bowlers in the Colonies. Allingham, who took four wickets in the first match, was not so successful this time. The local men lost one wicket before time was called, and that was the only one, Humphreys, who, for W ant of practice, was clean out of form, took on Monday. The batsmen nearly all stonewalled, and it was four o’clock before the last wicket fell. Peel obtained the fine average of eleven for 45, and Brockwell came on at the finish and obtained a good average. With about an hour and three-quarters to bat, most of the Englishmen went in and forced the pace, losing seven wickets for 112 , so that the match was drawn in