Cricket 1896

34 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. M arch 26, 1896. with two not outs, gave him the very creditable average of just under twenty- three and a half runs. Leicestershire bowling gave him his best score of 1lie year, one of 118, by far the highest score so far recorded to his credit for the County. Against Yorkshire, early in the season, he had played excellent cricket for 67, and, after a spell of bad luck mid­ way, finished up the summer in fine style. The last match of Notts was against Kent, at Trent Bridge, and here he was seen to the greatest advantage, after a capital first score of 52, helping Arthur Shrewsbury, to put on 96, without the loss of a wicket, with 59 of them as his share. In the later matches, altogether, he was particularly successful, so much so, indeed, that he made four innings of fifty or more, including one against Lan­ cashire. On his form of 1895, indeed, there is every reason to believe that he has even yet to be seen at his best. With plenty of strength he has everything in his favour towards the making of a really good bat. With by no means bad defence he can hit well all round the wicket, and when set scores fast. In the field, too, he is very safe, and as be is a thorough tryer and very keen, can always be relied upon. In Rugby football he has also made his mark. Latterly, he has been identified with the Leicester Club, for which he has done excellent service. Bom on August 16th, 1873, he is well in his twenty-third year. Our portrait is from a photograph by Hawkins & Co., of Brighton. TH E N IN TH A U S T R A L IA N TEAM . ENGLAND v. COMBINED AUSTRALIA. With a view of testing the cricket of the team now on their way to England, a match was arranged for them against the rest of Australia. The Sydney ground was chosen, and the game, which was commenced on March 6, gave rise to con­ siderable interest judging by the large attendance, particularly on the second day. The play proved to be very excit­ ing, the team for England winning after a fine finish with only two wickets to spare. J. Harry and Hugh Trumble stood out of the English team. The Rest who won the toss, made a fairly good start, Lyons scoring fourteen from Mc- Kibbin’s first over. Still, in spite of the score of Lyons and Bruce, five wickets were down for 76, and the remaining batsmen only adding 41, the whole side were out for 117 runs. The chief cause of their dismissal was the effective fast bowling of the South Australian, Jones, who took five wickets at a cost of only thirty runs. When the English team went in, Darling was bowled at three, and Giffen run out at the same figure. Iredale hit brilliantly, scoring 40 of the next 65 runs. Meanwhile, Donnan had been playing sound cricket, and at the close of the first day he was in with Gregory, the score then showing 168 for four wickets. On the following morning Donnan was bowled at 195 for a capital 88 with only one chance when he had scored 26. Then the innings soon came to an end, the lust five wickets only add­ ing 35 runs. In arrears to the tune of 113, the Rest began again with Lyons and Bruce, and when stumps were drawn had scored 196 for two wickets. Hill, the young South Australian, played capital cricket for his 74. McLeod, who was not out 64, was caught on the Mon­ day following without adding a run. The later batsmen all got double figures with, in the result, a very creditable total of 355. With 243 to win, the English team began badly, losing Donnan for nine. Darling, who hit brilliantly, and Graham, however, offered a spirited re­ sistance, and when play ceased on March 9th only two wickets were down for 112. With still 121 to win and eight wickets to fall the chances of the English team were not improved by the heavy rain overnight. The ground helped the bowlers when play was resumed on March 10th, and three more wickets, including Darling’s, went down for an addition of only 16 runs. Gregory and Jones improved matters considerably, and at luncheon time the score was 187 for eight wickets, Gregory (not out) 33. On resuming, Johns kept up his wicket, while Gregory hit away brilliantly, and the 56 still wanted were got without the dismissal of another batsman. Score: C ombined A ustralia . First Innings. Second Innings. J. J. Lyons, c Darling, b Jones ............................... 23 b McKibbin 9 W . Bruce, b McKibbin 36 c Giffen, b Mc­ Kibbin ......... 38 C. McLeod, b Eady .......... 3 c Giffen, b Mc­ Kibbin .......... 64 C. Hill, c Iredale, b Jones A. Coningham, c Jones, b 6 b McKibbin 74 M cK ibbin........................ 3 c Darling, b Giffen .......... 20 J. Worrall, c Donnan, b McKibbin ........................ 10 lbw, b McKibbin 36 C.T.B. Turner, c McKibbin, b Jones ........................ 13 c H. Trott, b McKibbin 29 P. S. McDonnell, c Johns, b Jones ........................ 1 c Darling, b Giffen .......... 17 A. E. Trott, b Jones .......... 10 st Johns, b H. Trott .......... 23 Kelly, c and b McKibbin ... 2 not out................. 15 Howell, not out ................. 0 b Jones .......... 10 Extras........................ 10 Extras.......... 20 .................117 A nglo -A ustbalians . Total ...355 First Innings. J. Darling, b H owell.......... 2 H. Donnan, b Coningham... 88 G. Giffen, run out ........ . 0 F. A. Iredale, c and b A. Trott ...............................40 H. Trott, st Kelly, b Con­ ingham ........................30 S. E. Gregory, st Kelly, b Turner..................... . ... 40 H.Graham,stKelly,b Turner 10 C. J. Eady, b Turner.......... 4 E. Jones, b A, T rott.......... 3 W . McKibbin, not out ... 1 A. Johns, c Howell, b A. Trott ............................... o Extras........................12 Total........................230 Second Innings, st Kelly,b Howell 75 b Turner .......... 9 run out ..........10 b Howell .......... 0 not out.................75 run out ..........27 b Coningham ... 0 b Coningham ... 22 c Worrall, b Con­ ingham .......... 8 not out.................15 Extras.......... 4 In view of the visit of the Australian team to England this year, it will be of interest to give the performance of the principal Australian cricketers during the season just closing. The following are the complete batting and bowling analyses for the inter-colonial matches between New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia up to date. The members of the Australian eleven are indicated by asterisks:— N ew S outh W ales .—B atting . Runs. Innings. Not Out. Average. Donnan*......... Walters .......... Mackenzie Iredale* .......... Garrett .......... Kelly................. Turner .......... Gregory* .......... W. Richardson 344 180 214 202 189 70 39 i-4 45 42-4 402 37*4 35 19-1 19-1 16*2 Howell '... 66 5 ... 1 ... 162 Gould ... 30 2 ... 0 ... 15 Youll.......... ... 39 3 ... 0 ... 13 Newell ... 12 1 ... 0 ... 12 M’Kibbin* ... 21 ... 5 ... 0 ... Bow ling. 4-1 Balls. Mdns.. Runs. Wkts. Avge. M’Kibbin* ...1139 ... 47 ... 558 ... 27 .... 20-18 Howell ... ... 979 ... 49 ... 342 ... 15 ... 22-12 W. Richardson 422 ... 10 ... 210 ... 7 ... 30 Gould ... 66 ... 2 ... 31 ... 1 ... 31 Turner ... ... 438 ... 23 ... 145 ... 4 .. . 36-1 Newell ... ... 24 ... 0 ... 20 ... 0 .. — Garrett ... ... 78 ... 1 ... 45 ... 0 .. __ Donnan*... ... 90 ... 3 ... 39 ... 0 .. _ Youll ... ... 12 ... 0 ... 9 ... 0 ... — V ictobia.— B atting. Runs. R. M’Leod .. 125 5 ... 3 . 62-1 Harry* ... . . 211 6 ... 1 42-1 Graham* . 253 6 ... 0 . . 42-1 C. M’Leod . . 168 4 ... 0 . . 42 H. Trott* . . 245 6 ... 0 . . 40-5 Bruce .. 150 4 ... 0 . * 37*2 Laver ... . . 173 6 ... 1 . . 34*3 Lewis ... . 82 4 ... 0 20-2 Peryman .. 39 2 ... 0 . 191 Donahoo... .. 35 2 ... 0 . 17*1 A. E. Trott* 79 6 ... 0 . . 13*1 Trumble* .. 33 3 ... 0 . 11 Roche .. 32 4 ... 1 . . 10-2 Phillips ... 9 2 ... 1 . 9 Carlton ... .. 10 2 ... 0 5 Johns* ... 3 ... 1 ... Bowling. 0 . 3 Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Avge. Carlton........ 65 . . 2 ... 39 ... 3 ... 13 Harry*........ 510 . 27 .. 205 ... 12 ... 17'1 A. E. Trott* 762 . . 29 ... 332 ... 14 ... 23-10 R. M’Leod .. 420 . . 19 ... 144 ... 5 ... 28-4 Trumble .. 774 . . 53 ... 206 ... 7 ... 29*3 R och e........ 553 . . 16 ... 228 ... 6 ... 38 Laver ......... 114 . 7 ... 40 ... 1 ... 40 C. M’Leod .. 582 . . 37 ... 162 ... 4 ... 40-2 A. Trott* .. 426 . . 17 ... 239 ... 4 ... 593 Phillips 54 . 0 ... 32 ... 0 Bruce ........ 72 . 1 ... 48 ... 0 ... — Jones* F. Jarvis ... Giffen* H ill*.......... Darling* ... Lyons A. Jarvis ... Dyer.......... Reedman... Blinman ... Scrymgour Martin Claxton ... Evans Jones* ... F. Jarvis Giffen* ... Reedman Lyons ... Claxton South A u stralia.—B atting. Runs. Innings. Not Out. 78 90 116 108 64 27 Average. . 39 . 30 . 29 . 27 24 . 20-2 . 16 13*1 10-2 10*1 4-1 41 4-1 4 B owling . Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Avge. 530 ... 20 ... 220 ... 12 .. . 184 264 . . 6 ... 136 ... 5 .. . 271 . 789 ... 19 ... 389 . .. 11 . 35*4 , 114 ... 7 ... 41 . .. 1 .. . 41 . 84 .... 2 ... 47 .. 0 , 36 . .. 0 . .. 21 . .. 0 ..,. — Ormsby Jones was presented with gold watch and chain at the annual dinner of the Dulwich C.C. in recognition of his valuable services as Hon. Sec. of the club for ten years. T ENTS.—Tents, second-hand Government Bell Tents, 40ft. in circumference, with lines, pegs, &c., 20/- each. Dozen quantities cheaper. Cash with order.— W ood & Sons, Government Contractor Brandon Street, Walworth, London.