Cricket 1895

54 CR ICKET : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p k i l 11, 1895. safe, cutting well. Brockwell scored much the faster, getting 41 not out to Ward’s 21 not out. During the night heavy rain fell, and the weather continued showery next morning, leaving the wicket at noon under water. The afternoon turned out fine, and the sun and wind dried the pitch sufficiently to begin play at 2.15- Saw­ dust was in frequent demand by bowlers and batsmen to obtain a foothold. Both batsmen showed to advantage on the wet pitch, hitting well, and forcing the game finely. Numerous boundary hits were scored, Ward hitting a “ sixer” to square-leg out of the ground. Brockwell, after reaching 73, was well caught at long on. The partnership had been the most prolific for the first wicket during the tour, viz., 146. The pitch at this stage was getting sticky, and Ward was shortly afterwards out. Two for 167. Brown succumbed one run later. Messrs. Stoddart and M'Laren then made a stand, both hitting well, though they were favoured with some luck. Mr. Stoddart made one magnificent straight drive out of the ground for six. The score was quickly taken to 210, when the captain left. Then without any alteration on the score-sheets Peel, Mr. Ford, and Briggs were all disposed of, the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh wickets falling for 210. Mr. Gay saw Vl'Laren hit a four, and also get out. Eight for 224. Humphreys only stayed while tbe amateur scored nine, which, with the aid of extras, brought up 241. As the ball was kicking badly Mr. Stod­ dart wisely decided not to send in Lock­ wood in case his hand might be struck and render him unfit for the test match, and the innings thus closed for 241. With less than an hour to play there was no chance of disposing of the Eighteen a second time, though the wicket was bad, so Mr. Stoddart gave some of his non-bowlers a trial. Mr. M'Laren, Ward, and Brown all had a turn, Ward of the trio alone securing a wicket. Humphreys at the close of the day’s play took three wickets for 5 runs off nine balls. When time was called five wickets had fallen for 87, the match resulting in a draw. Score and analysis : E igh teen of N e w c a stle and D istr ic t . Second Innings. c Ward, b Hum­ phreys ...........28 c Brown, b Hum­ phreys ... ,,.5 2 not out................... 0 First Innings. Camphin, b Lockwood Wooden, run out Ebsworth, b Lockwood ... 0 Lipscombe, b Humphreys... 0 Patrick, b L ockw ood........... 1 Harden, b Lockw ood........... 1 Gray, b Lockwood ...........12 Lindsay, b Humphreys ... 28 Giles, b Stoddart...................58 Johnson, c Gay, b Hum­ phreys .................................. 2 Hadley, b L ockw ood........... 1 W ilson, lbw, b Briggs ... 15 Cameron, b Briggs ........... 4 Lord, c Stoddart, b Briggs 3 Sneesby, c Stoddart, b B rockw ell........................... 1 Simon, not out ........... ... 22 Maddison, c Brockwell, b Ford .................................. 13 Shaw, c Gay, b F o r d ........... 1 B 7 ,1-b 1, w 5 ...........13 st Gay, b W ard 2 st Gay, b Briggs 1 c Ford, b Hum­ phreys ........... 0 Total B 3 ,1-b 1........... 4 ...189 Total (5 wickets' 87 W ard, c Ebsworth, b W ilson .................. 63 Brockwell, c Maddison, b Lipscombe ...........73 Mr. A . E. Stoddart, c Sneesby, b Maddison 27 Brown, c Hadley, b M addison................... 0 Mr. A. C. M ‘Laren, c Sneesby, b Shaw ... 40 Peel, c Maddison, b S h a w .......................... 0 M r . S to d d a r t ’ s T eam . Mr. F. G. J. Ford, c Johnson, b Shaw ... 0 Briggs, c Patrick, b Maddison.................. 0 Mr. L. H. Gay, not out .......................... 9 Humphreys, c Maddi­ son, b Shaw ........... 0 B 19,1b 4, n-b 6 ... 29 Lockwood absent, hurt 0 Total Lockwood did not bat. BOW LING ANALYSIS. N e w castle and D istrict First Innings. Second Innings. ...241 O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Lockwood ... 18 5 51 6 Humphreys ... 17 2 42 3 ............ 1‘3 0 Brockwell ... 20 8 47 1 ............ 7 2 Briggs ........... 19 8 21 3 ............ 2 1 Stoddart........... 4 0 10 1 F ord........... ... 3 1 2 5 2 W ard ........... 7 M ‘Laren ... 3 Brow n........... 2 Humphreys delivered five wides. M r . S to d d art ’ s T eam . O. M. R. W . 23-1 8 60 4 27 8 41 5 3 15 0 7 1 0 32 1 0 9 0 0 15 0 Shaw Maddison W ilson . 1 4 0 72 1 . 2 0 7 3 Lipscombe delivered six no-balls. Giles Johnson 1 Lipscombe 5 O. M. R. W . 3 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 22 1 NINETEENTH MATCH v. AUSTRALIA. F irst D a y .— F r id a y M arch 1 st . Since the last test match the wonderful bowling of M ’Kibbin for New South Wales against Queensland (fourteen wickets for 82) and against South Australia (fourteen for 185 on a perfect wicket) had made it certain that he would be in the last test match. Question was whom would he displace? Moses was bound to go out because he has not been in form this season, and balance of public opinion was that Turner would not be worth playing on the fast wicket at Melbourne. The selectors, Messrs. Blackham, Giffen, and Turner, met the night before the match and the former placed Lyons and M ’Kibbin in the team, with Turner first emergency, Turner, who thought he should displace Lyons, being overridden. Stoddart decided to adhere to the same team which played in the second, third, and fourth matches, Gay and Humphreys standing out. The first day broke cloudy and dull, and as it seemed not improbable that rain would fall the attendance may have been affected, still there were nearly 18,000 people present, which was an immense attendance for a Friday in Melbourne. There was keen anxiety on the part of the two captains to win the toss, and have the first use of the perfect wicket, which had with great pains been rolled out for the historic struggle. Stoddart lost the toss, so that the Englishmen had to take the field. Harry Trott and ^Bruce were the first batsmen upon whom the honour of Aus­ tralia rested, and Richardson and Peel led the attack. In Peel’s first two overs, Bruce got three sweet cuts to theboundary, Trott adding another, besides glancing Richardson to leg for 4. When Trott was only 9, a serious blunder was made. He snicked a ball from Peel, which Ford, at short slip, so sadly misjudged. With 40 on the board, however, Bruce was prettily caught at third man by M ’Laren, and one good man made way for another —George Giffen to wit. The champion, for once in a way, started streakily. Peel especially troubled him, but he soon settled down into his groove. Trott was now batting beautifully, timing his leg hits off Richardson beautifully. Giffen began to get on to Peel, jumping out and making several perfect carpet drives. At 65 Lockwood replaced Richardson, and at 72, Briggs went on vice Peel, and both bowling splendidly held down the bats­ men so effectually that only one run more was made before luncheon was taken. The same bowlers were in charge when play was resumed. Giffen, who began by cutting Briggs beautifully to the boundary, scored with much greater free­ dom than he did before lunch. Trott drove Briggs for a fourer, but Lockwood’s splendid length bowling compelled respect. The century was hoisted, but with 1 run more added Trott made a mistake in missing a straight ball from Briggs, which he jumped out to hit. He was batting an hour and three-quarters for 42, and hit five fourers. Now came perhaps the finest all-round cricket of the day, Iredale, who had joined Giffei', played the bowling with ease, grace, and confidence, but the fielding all round was brilliant, try as they would, batsmen were rarely able to get the ball through the field. At 112 Lockwood, who had sent down 15 overs for only 21 runs, retired in favour of Richardson. Giffen hit the fast bowler to leg for 4, and made a few nice playable strokes off Briggs; but at 126 the Surrey demon, with a perfect trimmer, broke through Iredale’s defence and removed the bails. It had taken three-quarters of an hour to add 25 runs, of which Iredale had only been able to register 8 . Gregory, the next man, began with a leg hit for 4 off Richardson. Peel now relieved Briggs, and with telling effect, as at 142 Giffen dragged a fast full toss, which he tried to drive, on to his wicket. The Australian champion had been batting two hours and a quarter, and had not given a semblance of a chance. Four for 142 was not, on a perfect wicket, a wonderful record, and the gingerly way Darling opened did not suggest anything better. Ten minutes later the four o’clock adjournment took place, Gregory having made 15, and Darling, Peel and Richardson resumed the bowling, and when Gregory had only added 4 more he cut a long hop into Ford’s right hand, whence it hopped out again—an expensive error. The midget immediately showed his gratitude by driving Richardson to the fence, and hitting him to leg for 4. Darling also made several fine cuts and drives off Peel, many of which were, however, fielded. At 183 Briggs went on instead of Peel, and at 186 Brockwell relieved Richardson. Darling cut the latter for 4, but the Surrey bowler’s next over cost 13 runs, all made by Gregory. Both of the young batsmen now took advantage of the weariness of the bowlers, and 4’s, which early in the day were a rarity, became quite common. Lockwood and Peel were tried again, but still the runs came. Darling, when he was 46, was badly missed at short-stop by Philipson off Lockwood. Ten minutes