Cricket 1896

F e b . 27, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 31 December, 1892, at Adelaide. New South Wales, 337 and 148 ; South Australia, 212 and 330. South Australia won by 57 runs. January, 1893, at Sydney. New SouthWales, 335 ; South Australia, 183 and 92. New South Wales won by an innings and 60 runs. December, 1893, at Adelaide. New South Wales, 118 and 234 ; South Australia, 106 and 483. South Australia won by 237 runs. January, 1894, at Sydney. New South Wales, 393; South Australia, 117 and 118. New South Wales won by an innings and 158 runs. January, 1895, [at Adelaide. New South Wales, 192 and 247 ; South Australia, 270 and 170 for 6 wickets. South Australia won by 4 wickets. February, 1895, at Sydney. New South Wales, 239 and 336 ; South Australia, 304 and 160. New South Wales won by 111 runs. January, 1896, at Adelaide. New South Wales, 320; South Australia, 152 and 134. New South Wales won by an innings and 34 runs. S um m ary . New South Wales, 3,915 runs for 153 wickets; average, 25'58. South Australia, 3,896 runs for 186 wickets; average, 20'176. NEW SOUTH WALES v. VICTORIA. The fifty-fifth match between these Colonies, began at Melbourne on Boxing Day, ended on December 31st in favour of New South Wales by 123 runs. Their victory was the more creditable as they were without C. T. B. Turner and S. E. Gregory, the latter of whom declined to go to Melbourne unless he received £20 for his expenses. New South Wales went in first and made an excellent show, thanks to the excellent cricket of the earlier batsmen, of Donnan, Richardson and Mackenzie in particular. When play ceased at the end of the second day, Victoria had lost three wickets for 105, and this total was increased to 357 on the following afternoon before the innings closed. Of the Victorian batsmen Hugh Trumble alone failed to get double figures. The best displays were by Graham and Harry Trott. The former’s 103, though not faultless, was a very fine innings up to 70, and was the more meritorious from the fact that he was suffering from a nasty blister on the palm of his hand. R. M ‘Leod’s 56 not out was free from a chance. New South Wales, 50 ahead on the second innings, scored well too in the second, ns the last wicket fell with the total at 331. The best stand was by the veteran T. W. Garrett and Kelly, who put on 121 for the eighth wicket. Left with 382 to win, the Victorians began badly, losing Harry with the total only 8. Bruce and G. H. Trott, however, put a very different aspect on the game, and at lunch time on the last day 101 had been got without another wicket. On the resumption things went all in favour of New South Wales, and McKibbin bowled with such excellent judgment and succcss that the remaining wickets only added 157. Bruce’s 90, which was in his very best form, quite overshadowed the rest of Victoria’s batting. McKibbin s’ bowling fairly won the match for New South Wales at the finish. In Victoria’s second innings he took eight of the ten wickets for 93 runs. The aggregate in the four innings was 1,353. This is the largest number of runs ever made in an inter­ colonial match between the two colonies on the Melbourne ground, and only 59 behind the record of 1,412 made in the memorable match on the Sydney ground in 1882, when W. L. Murdoch scored his 321 out of the mammoth total of 775 realised by New South Wales. Victoria on that occasion scored 315 and 332, and yet were beaten by an innings and 138 runs. The full receipts for the five days were £1,187 18s. 6d., as against £729 9s. the year before. Score and analysis :— N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. H. Donnan, b H arry ...........160 st Lewis, b A. E. Trott .. 46 A. Mackenzie, c H. Trott, b A. E. Trott ...................46 b A. E. Trott ... 19 F. Iredale, c A. E. Trott, b Trumble .......................... 31 c H. Trott, b Roche ... 21 W. Richardson, c H. Trott, b C. M‘Leod ..................76 b C. M'Leod . 5 F. Walters, c Trumble, b C. M‘Leod .......................... 2 c Trumble, b R. M‘Leod ... ... 69 G. Youll, hit wkt, b A. E. Trott ..................................34 run out.......... ... 3 J. Gould, c C. M‘Leod, b A. E. Trott .............. . 14 c Lewis, b R. M‘Leod ... ... 16 T. Garrett, c Laver, b A. E. Trott .................................. 5 c Bruce, b A E. Trott ... 70 T. McKibbin, run out ... 0 c Harry, b R. M'Leod ... ... 10 J. Kelly, not out .................. 7 not out.......... ... 58 W. Howell, c Bruce, b A. E. Trott ..................................20 b A. E. Trott ... 1 B 7, lb 2, w 3...........12 B 11, lb 2 ... 13 Total .................. 407 Total ... ...331 V ictoria . First innings. W. Bruce, b McKibbin ... 26 J. Harry, b Howell ..............16 G.H. Trott, b Richardson .. 66 A. E. Trott, c Kichardson, b Gould ............................13 H. Graham, c Gould, b Mc­ Kibbin..............................103 F. Laver, c Richardson, b M cKibbin............................22 H. Trumble, b McKibbin... 6 C. M‘Leod, run out ..........12 R. M‘Leod, not out ..........56 P. Lewis, c McKibbin, b Howell...................................17 M. Roche, b Howell ..........11 B 5, lb 1, n b 3 .......... 9 Total ...................357 Second inning3. st Kelly, b Mc­ Kibbin ..........90 b McKibbin ... 3 b McKibbin ... 27 c Mackenzie, b McKibbin ... 11 lbw, b McKibbin 16 c and b McKibbin 29 c Mackenzie, b McKibbin ... 26 b Howell .......... 6 b Howell .........12 b McKibbin ... 19 not out................. 6 B 8, lb4, w 1...13 Total....... 258 BOWLING ANALYSIS. H. Trott ... M. Roche ... C. M'Leod J. Harry ... F. Laver ... W. Bruce... H. Trumble A. E. Trott R. M‘Leod New South W a le s. First innings. B. M. R. W . 210 12 75 0 .. 114 3 54 0 .. 252 2) 55 2 .. 126 8 45 1 .. 42 3 9 0 .. 42 0 21 0 .. 192 15 36 1 . 210 11 77 5 ., 36 1 23 0 .. Second innings. B. M. R. W . . 78 3 35 0 . 78 2 38 1 . 168 11 50 1 . 12 0 10 0 . 18 1 16 0 . 96 3 38 V . 236 8 94 4 . 163 9 37 3 C. M‘Leod bowled one wide, Tiumble two wides and two no-balls. T. McKibbin .. W. Richardson W. Howell .. J. G ou ld......... T. Garrett........ H. Donnan G. Y o u ll...... V ictoria. First innings. B. M. R. W. 312 15 127 4 .. 1 .. 126 237 51 42 30 12 Second innings. B. M. R. W. 237 10 93 8 36 0 25 0 222 7 84 2 12 0 10 0 36 1 14 0 48 1 19 0 McKibbin bowled 3 no-balls, Richardson one wide. Madden did the hat trick for fifteen of Natal against Lord Hawke’s team at Durban on January 23rd. In the first innings of Lord Hawke’s team v. 18 of Port Elizabeth on February 8th, Mangold did the hat trick. G RTCKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-In Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. Pocket Scoring Book, 7d. each, post free. — To be obtained at the Office of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. 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