Cricket 1895

J a n . 31, 1895. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. BOW LING ANALYSIS. E nglish E leven . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . M 'Leod ........... 253 13 89 2 ... 312 25 71 4 A- E. Trott ... 252 13 10* 6 ... 270 14 110 2 H. Trott ......... 96 1 60 2 ... 62 0 39 2 Mitchell ......... 12 0 14 0 Palmer ......... 48 2 36 0 ... 6 1 40 0 R. M 'Leod ... 66 1 48 0 ... 144 8 40 2 Laver.................. 42 3 19 0 ... 24 9 9 0 Harry................. 60 1 29 0 ... 18 0 13 0 A. E. Trott bowled one wide. Palmer, R. M ‘Leod, and Harry bowled one no-ball each. V ictoria . First inning3. Second Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W. Richardson ... 192 6 92 1 ... 85 2 45 0 Brie-gs ......... 228 4 97 5 ... 180 6 95 3 Peel .................. 106 4 27 3 ... 230 15 83 5 Humphreys ... 206 3 71 1 ... 45 0 38 1 Brockwell......... 12 0 7 C Peel bowled one wide. FOURTH MATCH—v. NEW SOUTH WALES. F iu st D a y .— F r id a y , N ovem ber 23. Another royal welcome awaited the Englishmen at Sydney. They have, indeed, been splendidly received every­ where, and the enthusiasm about them equals even that with which the Earl of Sheffield and W. G. were welcomed three years ago. The interest shown in the match was shown by the large atten­ dances. On the first day there were 10,000 persons, a magnificent attendance for a Friday. The amount taken at the gates was £179. This is the more remarkable because the New South Wales eleven was even locally regarded as very weak, and not strong enough to push the Englishmen. The team included no less than four men new to first-class cricket— Howell, Farquhar, M’Kibliu and Kelly. Mr. Scoddart decided to rest Richardson, who will have to be nursed for the big matches, and, of course, Philipson stood out, Gay being in such fine form. For the first time this tour Stoddart lost the toss, Richardson, the New South Wales captain, being the lucky spinner of the coin. The captain and Callaway opened the innings, Peel and Lockwood having charge of the bowling. Callaway, a tall batsman, opened freely, but when he had made 8 was beaten by Lockwood. (1 — 8 — 11). Sid. Gregory was the next man, and he opened with care. He, however, had only made half-a-dozen when, while an appeal for leg before was being settled, the ball rolled on to the wicket and shifted the bails. Two wickets for 25 was a poor result of twenty-five minutes’ play on a first-class wicket. Iredale, who was a candidate for the last Australian Eleven, and who, with Reed­ man, had to give way to Graham, joined his captain, who was stonewalling to perfection, and at once began to play with ease and grace, but not putting much wood into his strokes, runs came fearfully slowly, and as the result of the first hour’s play only 45 runs appeared. Not until the board showed 61 did Stod­ dart make a change in the attack by putting on Briggs and Humphreys, and the scoring became slower than ever, till at lunch-time the total was 65. Iredale, as he warmed to his work, hit harder, and scored at a tolerable rate, but Richard­ son’s batting was miserably slow. Out of the 65 Iredale had made 29, and Richardson 18. After luncheon Iredale showed partiality for the l»bs, which he placed neatly on the leg side, and he put on 16 while Richardson was making 3. At 89 Peel replaced Briggs, and checked the rate of scoring, but. the change at 95 of Lockwood for Humphreys had an opposite effect, as Iredale seemed to like the fast ones. A fourer to leg brought up the century, and a little later Brock­ well was tried vice Lockwood. Iredale drove the last two balls of his first over for 4 each time, and then Richardson brought down the house by getting Peel to leg to the boundry. Stoddart repeat-: edly changed the bowling, Briggs, Ford,I and Peel going on at short intervals at the- same end. Richardson having brought up 150, came in front of Brock­ well, who, greatly to the delight of his comrades, clean bowled the stonewaller. The partnership put on 120 runs. Richardson stonewalled for over three hours without giving a chance, and without once being tempted to hit out. Occasional snicks and hits, and glances to leg contented him. He only made one boundary hit. Donnan went to the assistance of Iredale, who was batting splendidly, having then 79 to his credit. Several fine all-round strokes carried Iredale’s score into three figures. Don- nan, who was as a colt a batsman of the brilliant order, settled down to stonewall, a la Richardson. The 200 was hoisted, and the score had reached 229 when Iredale placed a ball to mid on and started to run. Donrian did not respond ; a smart straight return by Peel gave Iredale his quietus. Iredale only gave one real chance, to Gay off Lockwood, when his score was over 100 , but twice early in his innings he had narrow escapes of being caught in the slips. He hit twenty fourers during his four hours’ innings. Farquhar made 1 before he was bowled by a fast yorker, and then no more wickets fell before “ T im e!” was callen. The total was 244 for five wickets, of which Donnan in two hours had made 29 and Howell 9. S econd D a y .— S a t u r d a y , Nov. 24. The unexpectedly large score the Sydney men made on the previous day caused great interest to be taken in the continuation of the match, and, as the weather was again beautiful, no less than £1,250 was taken at the gates. The attendance was 24,000, which is the largest seen on the Sydney ground since 1882, when 28.000 people witnessed a struggle for the ashes between Murdoch’s famous 1882 Australian Eleven and the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s team. Amongst those present were His Excellency the Gover­ nor, Sir Robert Duff and suite, and a Grand Stand crowd representing the elite, the youth, and the beauty of the City and suburbs. The innings of the Sydney men collapsed miserably, and in an hour the last five wickets fell for 40 runs. The chief incidents of the morn­ ing’s, play were Peel’s fine bowling and the running out of Turner in the most exasperating manner by Kelly. Peel was most difficult to play, and none of the batsmen were comfortable when he opposed them. The fielding of the Englishmen both on Friday and Satur­ day could not be excelled. Briggs, Stoddart, M’ Laren, and Peel stand out as deserving of special mention. It was not until after lunch that the Sydney men took the field, Ward and McLaren following them. Turner and Newell were entrusted with the bowling, and both being on the wicket runs did not come quickly. The first ten went up in due time, but a moment later McLaren, trying to send a loose ball to leg, made a mishit, and was easily caught behind the wicket-keeper by Richardson, who ran across from slip. Stoddart joined Ward, and when he had made 8 , cut a ball from Turner straight into Callaway’s hands—and out it went again. This let off made the captain cautious, and he played thereafter a most unusual game for him. The spectators expected him to be brilliant, as he generally is a goer, but instead of hitting he would not, after his escape, take a single risk. The total having risen to 51, M ’Kibbin and Callaway went on to bowl. The latter bowls very short stuff, and Stoddart made some nice strokes off him, but he got on to M ’Kibbin to the tune of 9 in one over. With 72 on the board, Ward, who had batted patiently, snicked a fast low ball, and was smartly taken at slip. The tall Lancastrian seemed to be well set, and his comrades were hoping that he was in for a long score. Brown part­ nered Stoddarfc, and very soon had the scorers busy, and short balls from both bowlers being pulled with judgment. At the four o’clock adjournment the total w»s 102 for two wickets, Stoddart being 47 and Brown 15. Turner and Newi 11bowled again when the batsmen resumed their stand at the wickets. At first runs came slowly. Turner for once in a way bowled for Stoddart to hit, but the captain would not let out. He hit hard, but every hit went beautifully along the sward, his downfall in Adelaide and Melbourne having taught him lessons of caution. He hit three balls running from M’Kibbon to the chains, but the third smack gave Howell at square-leg a difficult chance. The let off did not avail him much, as with 10 runs added to his score he was beaten by Howell, who was tried for the first time during the innings. Stoddart played a sound innings, blemished by only the one easy chance to Callaway. His innings lasted two hours and three-quarters, and he hit seven chainers. His total was 79, and it is curious that his last three scores were 77, 78, and 79—grand average scores. Brown after Brockwell’s advent continued to play dashing cricket, and when stumps were drawn had made 83, while Brockwell was 5, and the total was 208 for three wickets. Brown up to date had not given a chance. In the evening, the trustees of the Sydney Ground entertained the team at dinner. There was a brilliant and repre­ sentative gathering, which included the Governor, the Mayor of Sydney, the NEXT ISSUE FEBRUARY 28.