Cricket 1895

A p r il 11, 1895. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE CAME. 61 N ew S outh W a le s . 37 First Innings. A,f, Jones, b Metcalfe...................32 */£,M cKenzie, c McDonnell, b Coningham........................... j a Iredale, c McDonnell, b *' Coningham ...................20 ^ £ Gregory, b Austin ...........17 ^T, Trumper, c Austin, b Coningham ................... 6 Donnan, b Austin ...........35 0 0 7 1 0 8 Callaway, b Austin ........... ^.H ow ell, run o u t ................... i * « Turner, c and b Coningham rVKelly, b Coningham ........... T McKibbin, not out ........... T,V Extras ................... Second Innings, run out ........... 1 c Coningham, b Austin ...........10 not out...................14 cAustin,bConing- h a m ......... . ... 7 not out ........... 5 c McDonnell, b Austin ...........14 Total ...163 Extras ... Total BOWLING- ANALYSIS. Q u eensland . First Innings. _ __ Second Innings. O. M. R. W . Turner ........... 21 7 36 2 Howell ........... 14 3 25 0 Callaway ... 17 10 18 0 McKibbin ... 19 11 19 5 Iredale ........... 4 3 5 3 O.M. R. W . ... 14 3 32 1 ... 1 01 0 ... 22 2 68 9 ... 6 3 4 0 N e w S outh W a le s . First Innings. [Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Coningham ... 32 6 63 5 .............. 14 4 20 1 O’Brien ........... 5 0 27 0 McGlinchy ... 14 2 32 0 Austin .............. 13 2 32 3 .............. 14 2 31 2 Creswick........... 2 0 3 0 M etcalfe........... 2 1 2 1 VICTORIA y. TASMANIA. The Inter-Colonial match between Victoria and Tasmania, played at Hobart Town on January 26, 28, 29, 30, was remarkable for the fact that three scores of over a hundred were made. The great feature of the game was the exceptionally fine performance of Charles Eady for Tasmania. He scored 116 and 112 (not out). A couple of hundreds in a first-class match has only been previously accomplished on five occasions, on three of these by W. G. Grace. Score:— T asm an ia . First Innings. Second Innings. C. Eady, c McLeod, b Bean 116 not out................. 112 G. Gatehouse, c Wame, b McLeod . 45 c Philpott, b W arne ...........19 A. Douglas, c and b McLeod 2 c Warne, b Roche 64 K. Burn, c Vautin, b Bean 48 not out................. 28 S. Howe, b Roche .......... 1 E. Windsor, c Lewis, b Bean ............................... 23 B. Campbell, c Tatchell, b McLeod .......................... 1 W. Sidebottom, b McLeod 0 E. Maxwell,c and b McLeod 55 J. Watt, c Lewis, b McLeod 16 J . Bingham, not o u t .......... 9 Extras .................... 14 Extras........... 27 Total ...........330 VlOTOBI A. First Innings. A. J. Philpott, c W att, b Windsor ...........................16 G. Stuckey, b Windsor ...51 T. Wame, b W indsor.......... 2 W. G. Ingledon, b Windsor 0 P. Lewis, b W att...................46 ■T. Tatchell, c Burn, b W att 3 G. Vautin, c Burn, b W att 4 Wilson, c W indsor, b Watt ... ................... ... o Bean, b Windsor ... 1 x".Roche, c Maxwell,b Howe 25 ■L). McLeod, not out ...........27 Extras...........................11 Total ...250 Second Innings. lbw, b Burn b Bingham... b Bingham... b Bingham... b Bingham... b Bingham... c Douglas, Bum ........... Total ... -186 c Eady, b M ax­ well .................... l not out................... 2 b Sidebottom ... 77 c Douglas, b W indsor............107 E x tr a s ........... 8 Total ...393 STODDART’S TEAM IN AUS ­ TRAL IA . The brilliant victory—a win quite on the post, as there were only three minutes to spare—over South Australia at Adelaide, on April 2nd, was in every sense a fitting ending to a singularly successful tour. Mr. Stoddart, indeed, has reason to be proud of the interest shown in the doings of his team through­ out Australasia. There have been cap­ tains of English teams who have won for themselves universal popularity with the Australian public. One in particular will occur to every Gricleet reader so readily that it is hardly necessary to mention his name. Nor would it have been easy for a party of English cricketers to ingratiate themselves with the Australians so thoroughly as did Lord Sheffield’s team three years ago. None the less, the fact remains that the recent tour of Mr. Stoddart and his men has been the most successful yet recorded in the history of Austra­ lian cricket, and from every point of view. Financially, the tour was a good thing for the promoters, which is eminently satisfactory considering that the promotion came from the Melbourne Cricket Club and the trustees of the Association Ground at Sydney. But what was still more satisfactory the cricket throughout—and on both sides— was worthy of the best traditions of the game. The interest taken in the test matches was shown by the intense anxiety evinced by all sections of the English public to get the latest and fullest particulars. How thoroughly the de­ mand was satisfied is now a matter of ancient history. The enterprise of the Pall Mall Gazette, in particular, enabled English cricketers to have a thoroughly reliable account of the progress of eich of the important matches hour by hour and wicket by wicket. This was of itself a boon, which cricketers well re­ member with gratitude, and we ourselves should like to tender to the P.M.O. the hearty thanks of all those who were able for the first time to follow every impor­ tant incident of the play without trouble or serious expense. Fortunately, too, the all-round cricket shown by the English players was worthy of the pains taken to keep the public over here so closely in touch with the doings of the English players. Opinions were, it must be admitted, a little divided as to the real capacities of the eleven. That it was not quite representative will be readily conceded, yet results showed what a good-working side can accomplish under the guidance of a really good Captain. The first impression when the names of the English players were given, was that the bowling had been considered at the expense of the batting. The inclusion of J. T. Brown of Yorkshire, and Mr. A. C. McLaren at the last moment, to some extent, at all events, restored the balance. Even then the general feeling was that the bowlers would have to play the chief part in any success. The actual experience of the tour showed that the batting on the sides had not been appraised at its proper value. As events proved, it was curiously enough the batting that proved the great strength of the team. For the first time five test matches were arranged, and though the other games were, over shadowed by them, still, the absorbing interest shown in the five fully warranted the arrangement. In all, twelve eleven-a-side matches were played, and of these eight were won, the rest lost. Three matches were won against Combined Australia, and the team also defeated New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, a combined eleven of Queens­ land and New South Wales, and South Australia. Combined Australia won both at Adelaide and Sydney, South Australia and Victoria also one. In more than one case the batting was quite out of the common. The first of the test matches was sufficient to prove the capacity of the side to make runs all through. It was a splendid performance to go in against a huge total of 586 and win, as the English­ men did after all, by ten runs. It was a memorable game from every point of view, even to the extent of a record, as 1,514 runs were scored, which is con­ siderably the highest aggregate in a first- class fixture. In the last of the test matches, too, the English team had to go in against a total of 414, and yet won. Nor is anyone likely to forget the brilliant finish at the close of the tour, in the return match against South Australia. Here again the Australians got a good start with a total of 397, so that the victory of Mr. Stoddart’s team, which was only gained within three minutes of time, was the more meritorious. Cii- cumstances combined in a way to secure the success of the tour. That each side should have won two of the test matches was so fortunate that it gave an extraordinary interest to the fifth game, which was won by the Englishmen. Collectively, the team proved themselves to be a very strong combination. The main secret of their success was that they worked thoroughly well together, and were, to use an expressive phrase, thorough tryers. With a captain in whom they had complete confidence, a captain of great judgement as well as of infinite variety, and one who set the side himself a bril­ liant example in batting, this was not to be wondered at. Mr. Stoddart’s innings of 173 in the second of the test matches at Melbourne was one of the very best exhibitions of the tour. His position at the head of the averages in eleven a-side matches, too, proved the consistency of his batting. Mr. A. C. M'Laren comes out second on the list. The best of of several good innings was his 228 against Victoria, at Melbourne, the second highest innings recorded to an English­ man in a first-class match in Australia. T. Brown and Albert Ward both upheld their English reputation thoroughly. Ward twice scored over 200, and more­ over, has the credit of the highest aggre­ gate. Brown’s inclusion in the team at the eleventh hour, was a fortunate cir­ cumstance. Brown and Ward between them won the last test match, and their brilliant cricket at the finish was