Cricket 1895

62 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 11, 1895. one of the most noteworthy incidents of the tour. Brockwell’s batting was some­ thing of a disappointment after the ex­ ceptionally fine form he showed in England last summer. Still, his all-round cricket was of great use thoughout. In the later matches Mr. Ford’s hitting powers had full play, notably in the last final fixtures against Victoria and Aus­ tralia respectively. With Richardson, Lockwood, Brockwell, Briggs, Peel, Humphreys, Mr. Stoddart had six bow­ lers all of them reliable, with what is more important the variety which is said to be charming. Besides them too, there were at least three fair changes in the Captain, Mr. Ford and Brown, either of them capable of keeping up an end with credit if required. Of the six, Humphreys perhaps would hardly be taken into account, as apparently he was either included in the team by desire of the Australian authorities, or mainly to create havoc among the country players in matches against odds. So far as figures are concerned the bowlers do not come out by any means as well as in some previous tours. Peel, Briggs and Richard­ son bore the brunt of the bowling, and the last named, considering how small has been the success of English fast bowling on Australian wickets in the past, may fairly be said to have upheld his reputa­ tion. Peel and Briggs, if more expensive than of old, did good work. The same can hardly be said of Lockwood, who from some cause or other, was a compara­ tive failure. Brockwell was at times successful, on one occasion particularly so. With two such c ipable wicket keepers as Messrs. Philipson and Gay, Mr. Stoddart was rightly considered to be very fortunate. As it proved he had to rely chiefly on the former, who kept after a time in all the important matches. In fielding the side was strong, mostly reliable, and in many cases brilli int. No higher praise can well be given to Mr. Stoddart’s team than that the high character as well as the good name of English cricket were worthily sustained in their hands. That their tour has done a considerable amount of good to the game in Australia will add, of course, to the many pleasing recollections they are bound to retain of the kindness and hospitality they received wherever they went. The results of the various matches and the averages of the different members of the team iu eleven-aside matches follow :— SUMMARY OF MATCHES. ELEVEN A-SIDE MATCHES. W on , 8 ; L o st , 4. November 9 to 14, at Adelaide, v. South Australia, Mr. Stoddart’s team, 476 and 130; South Austra­ lia, 383 and 226 (for four wickets). South Aus­ tralia won by six wickets. November 16 to 21, at Melbourne, v. Victoria. Mr. Stoddart’s team, 416 and 288; Victoria, 306 and 253. Mr. Stoddart’s team won by 145 runs. November 23 to 27, at Sydney, v. New South Wales. New South Wales, 294 and 180; Mr. Stoddart’s team, 394 and 81 (for two wickets). Mr. Stoddart’s team won by eight wickuts. December 7 to 10, at Brisbane, v. Queensland. Mr. Stoddart’s team, 494 ; Queensland, 121 and 99. Mr. Stoddart’s team won by an innings and 274 runs. December 14 to 20, at Sydney, v. Australia. Austra­ lia. 586 and 166; Mr. Stoddart’s team, 325 and 437. Mr. Stoddart’s team won by 10 runs. December 29 to January 3, at Melbourne, v. Aus­ tralia. Mr. Stoddart’s team. 75 and 475; Aus­ tralia, 123 and 333. Mr. Stoddart’s team won by 94 rims. January 11 to 15, at Adelaide, v. Anstralia. Austra­ lia. 238 and 411; Mr. Stoddart’s team, 124 and 143. Australia won by 382 runs. February 1 to 4, »t Sydnev, v. Australia. Australia, 284; Mr. Stoddaii’s team. 65 and 72. Australia won by an innings and 147 runs. February 15 to 19, at Brisbane, v. New South Wales and Queensland. Mr. Stoddart’s team, 192 and 279; New South Wales and Queensland, 107 and 86. Mr. Stoddart’s team won by 278 runs. March 1 to 6. at M^lbourn^. v. Australia. Australia. 414 and 267: Mr. Stoddart’s team, 385 and 298 (for four wickets). Mr. Stoddart’s team won by six wickets. Maroh 21 to 25, at Melbourne, v. Victoria. Mr. Stoddart’s team, 131 and 270: Victoria, 269 and 137 (for three wickets). Victoria won by seven wickets. March 2<*to Anril 2, at Adelaide v. South Australia. South Australia. 397 and 255; Mr. Stoddart’s team. 609 and 45 (for no wicket). Mr. Stoddart’s team won by ten wickets. MATCHES AGAINST ODDS. W on , 1 ; L o st , 0; D ra w n , 10, November 3 and 5. at Adelaide, v. Eighteen ^f Gawler. Mr. Stoddart’s team. 368 (for eight wickets^. innings declared closed; Gawler, 153 and 22 (for five wickets). Drawn. November 30 and December 1, at Armidale (New South Wales), v. Twenty-two of Armidale and District. Mr. Stoddart’s team. 67 and 196; Armidale, 147 and 15 (for one wicket). Drawn. December 4 and 5, at Toowoomba (Queensland) v. Eighteen of Toowoomba. Toowoomba, 113 and 105 ; Mr. Stoddart’s team, 216. Drawn. December 22 and 24, at Sydney, v. Eighteen Sydney Juniors. Juniors 443 (for nine wickets'), innings declared closed; Mr. Stoddart’ s team, 151 (for six wickets). Drawn. January 5 and 7, at Ballarat, v. Eighteen of Ballarat. Mr. Stoddart’ s team. 187 and 149 (for seven wickets). Ballarat, 103. Drawn. Januarv 18 and 19, at Broken Hill. v. Eighteen of Broken Hill. Broken Hill. 68 and 102; Mr. Stoddart’s team, 178. Mr. Stoddart’s team won by an innings and eight runs. January 25 and 26. at Dandenong, v. Eighteen of Dandenong. Mr. Stoddart’s team, 193 and 45 (for two wickets); Dandenong, 224. Drawn. February 8 to 11, at Armidale, v. Eighteen of Armi­ dale. Mr. Stoddart’s team. 187 and 112 (for seven wickets); Armidale, 111. Drawn. February 22 and 23. at Newcastle (New South Wales), v. Eighteen of Newcastle. Newcastle, 189 and 87 (for five wickets) ; Mr. Stoddart’s team,' 241. Drawn. March 9 to 12, at Launeeston, v. Fourteen of Northern Tasmania. Northern Tasmania. 178 and 219 (for thirteen wickets) ; Mr. Stoddart’s team, 291. Drawn. March 15 and 16. at Hobart, v. Fifteen of Southera Tasmania. Mr. Stoddart’s team, 91; Southern Tasmania, 189 (for thirteen wickets). Drawn. In the eleven a-side matches Richardson has taken 68 wickets for 1,617 runs. Peel 57 wickets for 1,367 runs, and Briggs 44 wickets for 1,032 runs. The following individual scores of over 100 have been hit for Mr. Stoddart’s team:—Brown, 115,117, 140. and 101 ; Albert Ward, 107, 117. and 219; Mr. M ‘Laren, 228, 106, and 120; Mr. Stoddart, 149 and 173; and Mr. Ford, 106. The individual hundreds for the Australians have been Iredale. 133 and 140 ; Geora-e Giffen, 161; Gr^srorv. 201; Darling, 117; Graham, 105 ; and Hill, 150 not out. ENGLISH BATTING AVERAGES. ELEVEN A-SIDE MATCHES. No. Most Times of Total in an not Inns. Runs. Inns. Out. Avg. A. E. Stoddart ,,, 18 ..,. 870 ... 173 .,. 1 ... 51-3 A. C. M ‘Laren .,. 20 .... 803 ... 228 ... 3 ... 47-4 .. 825 ... 140 ... 2 ... 43-8 22 . . 946 ... 219 . .. 0 ... 41-14 , 11 . . 186 ... 39* .. 5 .. 31 F. G. J. Ford ... 20 .,.. 508 ... 106 . ... 1 ... 26-14 Brockwell ................... 22 .. . 503 .... 81 . ... 1 .. 23-20 ..... 21 .. . 421 .... 73 . ... 1 ... 21*1 . 360 .. 57 . ... 1 ... 18*18 ..... 14 . ,. 224 ... 39 ... 2 ... 17-3 H. Philipson .............. 15 .... 187 ... 59 , ... 1 ... 13*5 ... .. 7 ..,. 42 ..,. 18*.... 3 ... 10-2 ...... 19 .. . 113 ..,. 20 .... 5 ... 8*1 “ Signifies not out. BOW LING AVERAGES. Runs. Wickets. Averages. Briggs ................... 1032 ........ 44 ........ 2345 Richardson........... 1616 ........ 68 ........ 2376 Peel ...................... 1414 ........ 57 ........ 24*80 Lockwood ........... 793 ........... 18 ........... 44-05 Brockwell ........... 317 ........ 7 ........... 45’28 Humphreys ....... 314 ........ 6 ........... 52’33 F. G. J. Ford...... 159 ........ 1 ........... 15900 A . E. Stoddart took one wicket for 31 runs. A U S T R A L I A N B A T T IN G A V E R A G E S . ELEVEN A-SIDE MATCHES. No. Most Times of in an not Inns. Runs. Inns. out. Avg:. A . E. T rott................... 9 ... 331 ... 85*... 4 ... 661 tt. G iffen....................... 13 ... 675 ... 161 ... 1 ... 56 3 F. A. Iredale............... 33 ... 5»0 ... 140 ... 1 ... 45 0 W . Bruce...................... 9 ... 311 ... 80 ... 1 ... 38*7 S. E. Gregory............ 13 ... 486 ... 201 ... 0 ... 375 J. Darling ................... 13 ... 463 ... 117 ... 0 ... 358 H. Graham................... 5 ... 150 ... 105 ... 0 ... 30*0 G. H. S. Trott.............. 13 ... 360 ... 95 ... 0 ... 27 9 J. J. Lvons................... 10 ... 211 ... 55 ... 0 ... 21’1 A. H. Jarvis ............... 10 ... 134 ... 34*... 2 ... 16 ’6 “ Signifies not out. With the conviction that a record of the doings of the famous English teams in Australia will be of interest; we append particulars:— H . H. STEPHENSON’ S TEAM—1861-62. Highest score, 305. H. H . Stephenson (capt.) Roger Iddison Georsre Bennett Thomas Hearne William Caffyn Charles Lawrence George Griffith William Mortlock William Mudie Thomas Sewell, jun. E. Stephenson I George W ells This team played 12 matches ; won 6; lost 2 ; and 4 drawn. GEORGE PARR’S TEAM—1863-64. Highest score, 310. George Parr (capt.) IMr. E. M. Grace George Anderson j Thomas Hayward Julius Cfesar John Jackson William Caffyn Thomas T.ockyer Robert Carpenter George Tarrant Alfred Clarke IR. C. Tinley This team played 16 matches ; won 10; lost none and 6 were drawn. MR. W . G. GRACE’ S TEAM—1873-4. Highest score, 470. Mr. W . G. Grace (capt.) Mr. F. H. Boult Mr. J. A. Bush Mr. W . R. Gilbert M r. G. F. Grace Andrew Greenwood Richard Humphrey Htnry Jupp James Lillywhite Martin McIntyre William Oscroft James Southerton This team played 15 matches; won 10; lost 3 ; and 2 were drawn. JAMES LILLYW H ITE ’S TEAM—1876-77. Highest score, 270. James Lillywhite (capt.) T. ^rmitage Henry Chariwood Thomas Emmett Andrew Greenwood Allen Hill Henry Jupp Edward Pooley J. Selby Alfred Shaw James Southerton George Ulj ett This team played 23 matches ; won 11; lost 4 ; were drawn. and