Cricket 1896

D ec . 31, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 483 at Esher on May 3, 1833—he played for his county with much success as a wicket keeper, a bowler who could make the ball break a great deal, and a sound batsman. He played his last match for Surrey as recently as 1871. As a member of Clarke’s All England Eleven, he attracted general notice, and in 1861 he was chosen as captain of the first English team which visited Australia. Stephenson was well known to hunting men, and just before he went to Upping­ ham he acted as huntsman to the Duke d’Auoiale. He was always very pleased to talk of his hunting days. W. A. B ette s w o r t h . AUSTRALIANS IN NEW ZEALAND. THE AUCKLAND MATCH. Played at Auckland on November 6, 7 and 9.—Drawn. The Australians arrived at Auckland on Thursday, November 5, and on the following morning received a public welcome at the Municipal Buildings. Most of the men had a little practice on the afternoon of the day of their arrival, but as the match began on the following afternoon there was not much time for them to get into form. As was only to be expected, however, they had decidedly the best of the game, although several of the New Zealanders, notably J. Mills, with the bat, and R. Neill with the ball, shewed great promise. Neill, who is slow right, only requires accuracy to improve his bowling cent, per cent. kThe ground at Auckland is very large and very long, and notwithstanding that the ends were roped off, the area for play was greater than that of nine out of ten county grounds. As the highest scorer among the visitors, Trott was presented by the Australians living in Auckland with a table inlaid with New Zealand wood. X V i n o f A u c k l a n d . First innings. G. Mills, b McKibbin......... 16 T. Ball, c Kelly, b McKibbin 7 W. Stemson, run ou t.......... 4 L. A. Cuff, c Iredale, b Mc­ Kibbin ............................... 1 J.Mills,c McKibbin, b Trott 20 A. M. Labatt, o Gregory, b Trumble ........................ 4 F. J. Ohlsen, b McKibbin... 5 Dr.Pabst,c Eady, b Trumble 7 J. A. Kallender, c Jones, b Trumble ........ ... 17 R. Neill, c Darling, b Trott 11 D. Hay, c Kelly, b Trumble 15 b McKibbin W. Ford, b Trott................. 1 W. T. Wynyard, c Eady, b Trumble ........................12 not out................... 0 P. Marshall, not out ......... 14 b McKibbin ... 0 A. G. Holland, run cut ... 3 C. Stone, b Trumble .......... 0 W. Lawson, b Jones ......... 0 N. Williams, b Jones.......... 0 Leg-byes ................. 3 Second innings. b Trott.................10 not out.................11 c Trott, b Jones 2 b Jones c Kelly, b Trott 5 b Jones bJones b Jones b Trott... . c Iredale, b Eady B 2, lb 9 Total ............... 140 Total (11wkts.)lll A u stralian s . Iredale, st Ford, b Neill ... 0 Darling, c Ball, b Neill ... 5 Trott, b H ay........................41 Hill, c Pabst, b Kallender.. 1 Gregory, c J. Mills, b Neill 20 Trumble, c Lawson, b Neill 15 Eady, b Stemson.................37 Graham, c Williams, b Neill 26 Kelly, not out .................10 Jones, c Wynyard, b Neill... 4 McKibbin, b Stem3on......... 0 B 1, lb 2 ................ 3 Total .. ...162 c Hay, b Stemson 12 c Ball, b Stemson 32 c Kallender.bHay 24 c Ford, b Labatt 51 c Stone, b Labatt 5 c L a w s o n , b Stemson..........32 b Neill................. 5 b Stemson.......... 0 b Labatt ..........43 b Stemson..........17 not out................. 3 B 6, lb 3 ... 9 Total ...233 A u ckland . B. M. II. W. B. M. R. W. Jones ... ... 72 3 20 2 ........ . 132 10 36 5 McKibbin ... 96 5 43 4 ........ . 84 5 19 2 Trumble ...162 14 37 6 ........ Trott ... 66 1 37 0 ........ 78 3 44 3 E ad y............... . 30 3 1 1 A u stralian s . B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Kallender ... 80 3 28 1 .. ... 60 2 27 0 Neill ... ...138 3 71 6 ........ . 162 7 67 1 Labatt ... ... 72 5 15 0 ........ . 102 i; 27 3 H ay........ ... 36 1 23 1 ... . . 126 4 47 1 Williams ... 24 9 9 0 ........ Stemson ... 36 0 13 2 ........ 126 5 49 5 J. Mills .. . 6 1 o 0 Stone .. 18 0 7 0 THE WELLINGTON MATCH. Played at Wellington on November 12, 13 and 14. Drawn. The full scores of this match have not yet come to hand. Wellington 124 and 108 for 14 wickets. Iredale, caught ... Darling, bowled... Giffen, bowled ... Hill, caught......... Gregory, caught... Trott, caught Trumble, caught Eady, bowled Jones, bowled ... McKibbin, caught Johns, not out ... Extras ... Total ... A u stralian s . ......... 11 caught .......... 59 caught .......... 23 caught .......... 32 caught .......... 4 caught ........ 1 caught .......... 7 caught .......... 7 caught .......... 0 bowled .......... 0 not out .......... 0 caught ... 147 Total THE SOUTH ISLAND MATCH. Played at Auckland on November 18, 19 and 20. Australians, 178.—Iredale, 7 ; Darling, 31; Graham, 9 ; Hill, 12 ; Gregory, 2 ; Trott, 24; Kelly, 36; Trumble, 3; Eady, 21; Jones, 21; M’Kibbin (notout), 10; South Island 42 and 67. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. E. C. J. W.—Thanks for your letter. (1) The idea is worth consideration. (2) It would take too long. W. G. K u b ben .— An article by an expert appeared in Cricket on Sept. 17. This is probably j ust what you want. G. W h il e y (Kimberly).—Rule 53. The side which goes in second shall follow their innings if they have scored 120 runs less than the opposite side in a three day’s match, or 80 runs in a two day’s match. One day matches. The side which goes in second shall follow their innings if they have scored 60 runs less than the opposite side. The M.C.C. has sent out a circular asking for the opinions of the counties, &c., on the question, but the rules are at present as above. The following are some of the latest hundreds Oct. 24. W . F. Giffen, Blumberg v. Mount Pleasant (Adelaide)........................ 150* Oct. 31. G. S. P. Jones, Port Austial v. Hind- marsh (Adelaide) ........................ Oct. 17. F. Dredge, Northcote v. Cambswell (Melbourne) .................................. Oct. 29. S. Spedding, Malvern v. Richmond City (Victoria) ........................ Oct. 17. J. Pullar, Carlton v. South Melbourne Nov. 2, —. Douglas, Officers’ College v. Queen’s College (Hobart, Tas.) ... Nov. 16. D. C. Davey, Durban v. Ladismith... Nov. 9. C.M’Leod, Melbourne v.E.Melbourne Nov. 14. —. Warne, Carlton v. St. Kilda (M elbourne).................................. Nov. 8. A. Hopkins, Sydney Colts v, X I. ... Nov. 9. —. Trumper, Sydney Colts v. X I. ... Nov. 7. G. Freeman, Bendigo United v. Har- court (Victoria) ........................ Nov. 8. C. Simmonds, Placer Co. v. Nevada... * Signifies not out. 112 * 100 * 100 124 119 124 128 115 113 224* 147* THE BATTING CAREER OF D r. W . G. GRACE 1865-1896. B y F. S. A.-C. (Continued from page 471.) GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. Until Dr. Grace made his appearance in these matches the Players had for many years been winning game after game, but when he appeared all this was changed. He played his first match at the Oval in 1865, when he scored 23 and 12 not out, and took seven wickets for 125 runs in the two innings. In spite of his efforts, however, the Players managed to win, but they were not again victorious until 1880, although one match was drawn greatly in their favour. The following week he appeared at Lord’s and assisted the Gentlemen in winning their first match since 1853, after losing 19 games in succession. TABLE 1.—TABLE SHOWING D e . GEACE’S BATTING AVERAGES IN GENTLEMEN v PLAYERS MATCHES, 1865-96. Year. Matches. Inns. Not out. Runs. Average. 1865 ... 2 ... 4 ... 1 ... 72 ... 24-00 1866 ... 2 ... 4 ... 0 .. 77 ... 19-25 1867 .. . 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 55 ... 55-00 1868 ... 2 ... 2 ... 1 ... 153 ... 153-00 1869 ... 2 ... 4 ... 0 ... 158 ... 39 50 1870 ... 2 ... 4 ... 0 ... 341 ... 85-25 1871 ... 3 ... 6 ... 0 ... 363 ... 60*50 1872 ... 2 ... 3 ... 0 ... 306 ... 102-00 1873 ... 3 ... 3 ... 0 ... 391 ... 130-33 1874 ... 3 ... 6 ... 0 ... 229 ... 38-16 1875 ... 3 ... 6 ... 0 ... 233 ... 38-85 1876 ... 3 ... 5 ... 0 ... 309 ... 61-80 1877 ... 3 .. . 4 ... 0 ... 91 ... 22-75 1878 ... 2 .. . 4 ... 0 ... 195 ... 48 75 1879 ... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ... 29 ... 14-50 1880 ... 2 ... 4 ... 0 ... 70 .. 17-50 1881 ... 2 .. . 4 ... 0 ... 140 ... 35-00 1882 ... 2 .. . 4 ... 0 ... 33 ... 8-25 1883 ... 1 ... 2 ... 0 ... 40 ... 20-00 1884 ... 2 .. . 4 ... 1 ... 211 .. 70-33 1885 ... 3 ... 5 ... 0 ... 288 ... 57-60 1886 2 ... 4 ,... 1 ... 136 ... 4533 1887 ... 2 ... 4 .... 0 ... 123 ... 3075 1888 ... 2 ... 4 ,... 0 ... 35 ,... 8-75 1889 ... 3 .. . 6 ... 0 ... 158 .... 26-33 1890 ... 2 ... 3 ... 0 ... 25 ,... 833 1891 ... 3 ... 4 , ... 0 ... 44 ,... 11-00 1892 ... 2 .. . 4 ,... 0 ... 107 .... 2675 1893 ... 2 .. . 4 ,... 1 ... 164 ,... 54-66 1894 ... 3 ... 4 ... 0 ... 278 ,... 69-60 1895 .. . 1 ... 2 ... 0 ... 137 ,... 68-50 1896 ... 2 ... 4 ... 1 ... 122 ... 40-66 — — — ------ - ____ Total ... 71 125 7 5113 4334 TABLE 2.—TABLE SHOWING THE GROUND UPON WHICH Db. GRACE HAS SCORED IN GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS MATCHES 1865-1896. ’ i i -da ° 3 s,cl S, 3 2 0 <D<D £ ft « £ o a •a a o o ft Lord's . 1865 ...32 ...67 ... 3 Oval........ . 1865 ...27 ...60 ... 1 Prince’s .. . 1873 ... 5 ... 8 ... 0 Hastings... 1889 ... 4 ... 7 .,,. 0 Brighton... 1871 ... 2 ... 2 ... 0 Scarboro’ ... 1885 . .. 1 ... 1 ... 0 M ...2175 ...2032 ... 281 ... 231 ... 217 ... 174 ,sg MS ...169. ...215,. ...110.. ...131. ...217.. ...174.. . 40-27 . 4417 . 35-12 . 33-42 .108-50 .174-00 Total... 1865 71 125 7 6113 217 4334 TABLES.—TABLE SHOWING THE CENTURIES SCORED BY D b . GRACE POE THE GENTLE­ MEN v. PLAYEES, 1865-96. Year. 1868 1870 1870 1871 1872 1872 1873 1873 1874 1875 1876 1881 1885 1894 1895 Ground. Lord’s Oval Lord’s ... Brighton Oval Lord’s Lord’s Oval Prince’s. Lord’s Lord’s Oval ......... Scarborough Hastings Lord’s ........ Score. 134 not 215 109 217 117 112 163 158 110 152 169 100 174 131 118 N E X T ISSUE, T HURSDA Y , J A N U A R Y 28.