Cricket 1896

O ct . 29, 1896. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 445 THE AUSTRALIANS IN AMERICA. THE FIRST GENTLEMEN OF PHILA­ DELPHIA. MATCH. ( first of the tour ) Played at the Manheim Ground on September 18, 19, and 21. Australians won by 123 runs. Allowing themselves a reasonable amount of rest before entering upon their first match, the Australians were able to give a good account of themselves, and were never in any danger of defeat. As the wicket had been greatly affected by heavy rain, it was just as well that Trott won the toss, but even if he had lost it his side would probably have won, for at all stages of the game it held its own easily. The Australians had vivid remembrances of the bowling of King, the fast bowler, in the match in 1893, and the members of the team who had then played again st him would probably have considered hi m the most dangerous bowler they were likely to meet. But as the wicket was not quite suited to him he was not put on until second change, and met with hardly any success in the match. On the other hand Trott did not put on Jones at all. After losing Dirling for 2 the Australians settled down to their work, and soon began to cause uneasiness to the Philadelphians, who must have begun to wonder what was going to happen when Hill and Giffen were together for the third wicket. But when Giffen went at 112 the bowlers began so rapidly to gain the upper hand that the side was out for 192. Of the half-dozen b;w le rs who were tried, Baily and Brown were very successful, but the rest did not take a wicket between them. Against the bowling of Trumble and Giffen the Philadelphians were at first almost hopelessly at sea, but E. W. Clark and H. 1. Brown, at the end of the innings, showed by their excellent cricket, that there was plenty of life in the team. It was by no means a bad performance for the side to make 123 against Trumble and Giffen on a bowler’s wicket. In the second innings of the Australians, Iredale, Darling, and Giffen came off, but the tail were quickly dis­ posed of. The game had to be postponed on the Saturday afternoon owing to a storm of dust and wind, which was followed at once by rain. The Australians had then lost nine wickets for 157. It was thought not unlikely that the rest given to the wicket on Sunday would improve it, but although the not outs, Kelly and Giffen, made hay of the bowling for a time, bringing up the total to 180, the look out for the Philadelphians was very poor. As in the first innings they began badly, and when Trott went on and succeeded in getting his pitch they were soon tumbled out. Clark again played a most useful innings, and may justly be con­ gratulated on his all-round play in the match, for he scored 73 runs for once out and took four wickets in the second innings for 40. Giffen was in great form for the Australians both in batting and bowling. A ustralian s . First innings. F. A. Iredale, b BrowD J. Darling, b Baily .......... G. Giffen, c Patterson, b Baily ............................... C. Hill, b Brown................. S. E. Grfgory, c Muir, b Baity ............................... H. Graham, c and b Brown G. H. S. Trott, c King, b Brown............................... J. J. Kelly, b Baily .......... C. J. Eady, b Brown.......... H. Trumble, c Biddle, b Baily ............................... E. Jones, not out................ B 4, lb 4, nb 1 Second innings, c King, b Clark... 23 b Clark ..........69 c and b Baily ... 42 c Biddle, b King 8 N e w J e rsey . run out .......... b Clark .......... b Clark .......... not out.......... ... c Brown, b Baily Total.............. 192 G entlem en ok P h ila d e lph ia . cRalston,bBrown 15 b King.................. 1 B 9, w 2, nb 2 13 Total.......... 180 J. W. Muir, b Giffen.......... 5 L. Biddle, lbw, b Trumble 6 J. B. King, c and b Giffen 4 G. 8. Patterson, b Trumble 3 W . W. N.oble, b Giffen ... 15 F. H. Bohlen, b Trumble... 4 E. W . Clark, jun.. not out 38 F. W . Ralston, b Giffen ... 7 E. M. Creger, b Trumble .. 8 H. I. Brown, run ou t.........22 H. P. Baily, b Giffen.......... 5 B 5, w 1 ................. 6 Total b Giffen .......... 5 b Trott................. 0 c Trott, b Giffen 0 b Trott ..........15 c Hill, b Trott ... 31 c Gregory,b Trott 3 notout.................35 st Kelly, b Trott 6 o and b Trumble 11 st Kelly, b Trott 5 c Gregory, b Trumble.......... 8 B 5, lb 2 ... 7 ..123 A u stralian s . First innings. O. M. R. W. Total ...126 Second innings. O. M. R. W. Baily . ... 27 11 61 5 ... ... 12 2 5 22 2 Patterson ... 27 13 35 0 ... ... 10 2 28 0 Brown . ... 25 6 45 5 ... ... 8 2 16 1 King . ... 8 1 16 0 ... ... 20 5 44 2 Muir . ... 3 0 13 0 ... ... 2 0 17 0 Clark . ... 3 0 13 0 ... 18 3 40 4 Baily delivered one no-ball and one wide, King one wide, and Clark and Brown one no-ball each. G entlem en oe P h ila d e lph ia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Trumble .......... 22 6 50 4 .. ... 10 3 2 24 2 Giffen .......... 21 1 2 67 5 .. ... 25 5 56 2 Trott. ... 22 7 39 6 Trumble bowled one wide. THE NEW JERSEY MATCH. (second m atch o r th e to u r). Played at Bergen Point on September 23 and 24. Partly owing to cold weather, and partly to the very great doubt felt as to the ability of the New Jersey team to hold their own against their redoubtable opponents, very few spectators came to see this match, which was from first to last altogether in favour of the visitors. It had been suggested that the New Jersey team should include All New York, but this idea was not acted upon, and the result was as may have been expected. The home team was powerless against Jones, and made but a poor show. The Australians, when their turn came to bat, hit very hard, making some sur­ prisingly big drives. The order of g oiD g in was considerably altered, but this did not make much difference, as most of the batsmen made runs easily. New Jersey did better in their second innings, but the result of the match was a foregone conclusion. A u stralian s . J. Darling, b Calder .. H. Trumble, c Hur- ditch, b Tyors.........54 S. E. Gregory, lbw, b Tyers................. ... 25 H. Donnan, c Tyers, b C obb....................... 6 T.R.McKibbin,b Cobb 21 A. E. Johns, b Cobb... 4 G.H. 8. Trott, c Byers, b Kelly .................55 H. Graham, c Tyers, b Calder ................. 0 E. Jones, run out ... 0 C. Hill, b Kelly........13 C. J. Eady, notout ... 1 F. A. Iredale, b Kelly 0 B 25, lb 1 ........26 Total ....... 253 First innings. Tyers, b McKibbin ..........10 C. J. Byers, b McKibbin ... 2 C. P. Hurditch, b McKibbin 2 M. R. Cobb, b Jones.......... 7 F. F. Kelly, c Trumble, b Jones ............................... 0 H. C. Wright, b Jones ... 0 J. Adam, b Jones ......... 0 H. C. Clarke, b Jones......... 2 F. C. Calder, b Jones......... 0 W . D. Hickie, b Jones ... 1 J. Forbes, b Jones .......... 0 A. Gunn, not out................. 2 B 1, lb 1 ................. 2 Second innings. b Trumble......... 8 b Donnan ......... 15 st Johns, b Trott 28 bTrumble.......... 9 c Johns, b Trott 27 b Trumble.......... b Trumble......... b Gregory ......... ht wkt, b Trott... c Trumble,b Trott not out................. b Trott................ B 12, lb 1 ... Total ... . . 28 Total... ...126 A u stralian s . O. M. R. W 0. M. R W. Cobb... ... 24 4 68 3 Tyers ... 10 1 31 2 Kelly ... 17*4 2 57 3 Adam ... 4 0 19 0 Clarke ... 2 0 18 0 Calder .. 9 1 34 2 N e w J ersey . First innings. Fecond inning!*. O. M. R W. 0. M. R. W. Jones ......... 8-2 4 6 8 ... McKibbin ... 8 2 20 3 ... . Eidy ... . . 10 4 24 0 Donnan . 10 4 20 1 Trumble .. 16 7 14 4 Trott ... ... 16 2 55 5 Gregory .. o-a 0 0 1 THE SECOND MATCH AGAINST GENTLEMEN OF PHILADELPHIA. ( t h ir d m a t c h o f t h e t o u r ) Played at Elmwood on September 25, 26, and 28. Australians won by an innings and 71 runs. It was on the Belmont Ground in 1893 that the Philadelphians, after scoring 525 runs against the Australians, defeated them by an innings and 66 runs. It was therefore to be expected that the visitors would strain every nerve to get level with the home team, and except that the score on each side was somewhat smaller they succeeded in almost exactly reversing the result of 1893 match. Again winning the toss, the Australians, who were, of course, at full strength, made a determined resistance to the American bowling, scoring very much faster than had been their custom in England. The innings, which lasted only a little over four hours, produced 422 runs. Some enormous hits were made during the innings. Giffen, who only missed bis hundred by four, was seen at his very best; he played a game which any young hitter might have envied. Nearly evei ybody made runs. Eight bowlers were tried, but King alone met with any great success. Against such a big score it was not to be expected that the home team would be seen to advantage. The first innings would have been insignificant if it had not been for the good play of Clark and Brown, who had so greatly dis'inguished themselves on the Manheim Ground, and Wood. The second innings produced much better cricket. Wood again played very finely, and he was well backed up by Coates and Bohlen. McKibbin was the successful Australian bowler. A u stralian s . F. A. Iredale, c Baily, b King .................67 J. Darling, c Baily, b K in g ........................77 G.Giffen.cand b Clark 96 C. Hill, b King .........11 S. E. Gregory, c Baily, b King .................19 H. Donnan, c Wood, b King ................. 7 G. H. 8. Trott, c Fat- terson, b Noble ... 16 H. Trumble, c Bohlen, b Patterson ..........46 J. J. Kelly, c Coates, b Baily .................20 E. Jones, c King, b Patterson.................30 T. R. McKibbin, not out ........................ 2 B 25, lb 1, nb 5... 31 Total . 422 N E X T ISSUE, T HURSDA Y , NOVEMBER 26.