Cricket 1897

Ja n . 28, 1897. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 11 THE AU STRA L IAN S IN NEW ZEA LAND . ( Continued from page 483 .) THE WELLINGTON MATCH. (Second of the Tour). Played at Wellington on Nov. and 14.—D awn. 12, 13 This match, of which the full score had not reached us in time for the December issue, was considerably in favour of the Australians, but it was so spun out that ihe Wellington team managed to save themselves from being defeated. The wicket was very slow on the first day when the Australians batted. Darling v as batting for two hours for 59, but despite the general slowness of his scoring he made some big hits, including two out of the ground. In the second innings of the Australians the fielding of the local men was shockingly bad, but the batsmen were not to be tempted by this to hasten their rate of scoring, until Jones came in and made 19 in a few minutes. Jones was not as successful nor as fast as usual with the ball, and the batsmen were able to get out of the way of his short ones without much difficulty. Holdship bowled exceedingly well for Wellington. A ustralians . First innings. F. A. Iredale, c Levers, b Ashbolt ..........................11 J. Darling, b Upham..........59 G. Giffen, b Smith ... ... 23 C. Hill, c Levers, b Holdship 32 S. E.Gregory, c & b Hold.ship 4 G. H. S. Trott, c Waters, b Holdship ... ................ 1 II. Trumble, c Williams, b Holdship .......................... 7 C. J. Eady, b U pham .......... 7 E. Jones, b Upham ........... 0 T. K. M’Kibbin, o Holds- worth. b Upham .......... 0 A. E. Johns, not o u t .......... 0 B 2, lb 1 ... 3 Total Second innings. c Holdship. b Smith ... 33 c R. Goye, b Ash­ bolt ..................37 c & b Waters ... :J8 cUpham,bSmith 30 c Benbow, b U p­ ham .................. 9 c Upham,b Smith 14 c Smith,b Upham 19 c Niven, b Ash­ bolt .................. 2 b Upham .......... 19 not out.................. 2 c T u c k e r , b Waters ......... 0 B 1, lb 2 ... 3 Total ...206 W ellington . First innings. A.Ashbolt, lbw, b M’Kibbin G. Burton, b M ’Kibbin ... U. Gore, b Trumbie ........... A. Williams, b M ’Kibbin A. Holdship, b Jones.......... Second innings. II. W anen, b M ’Kibbin ... 23 W. Levers, b Giffen ........... ik R..Gorf», b Giffen.......... R. T w ler, c Johns, b Trumble ......................... 10 A. Howard, b Giffen ..." ... 1 F. Holdsworth, cM ’K ilb n, b Gitfen ..........................30 W . Dickson, b Trumble ... 4 C. Benbow, b Trumble ... 0 f / ^*a>tou. lbw. b Gitfen ... 3 V. Waters, b Giffen .......... 10 ft. Upham, u and b G.ffen 4 N. Niven, run out .......... 1 F. Siniih, not out .. .. n B 11. lb 2 .. ... 13 b Trumble ... b Trott.................. c Johns, b Trott c & b Jones cT*umble, b Trott ... . c Ti umble. b Trott .......... 5 b Troit .......... 2 ttJobns.b Trott . c M ’ Kibl.iu. 'I rott ... b T rott......... b Tiott.......... b M’Kibbin notout . ... b M ’ Kibbin b M’ Kiblin... B 2, lb 9 ... 11 Tofcal ............. 121 Total (14wkts.) 108 A ustralians . Second innings. B. M. R. W. ... 120 3 52 2 ... 175 5 71 3 ... 96 2 55 3 3 i 2 11 o ~ ........... 2 4 1 6 0 Waters... 24 1 8 2 First innings. . , , B. M.R. W . Ashbolt ........... 90 1 46 1 ........... 132 9 30 3 ” miih................... 42 1 20 1 . " ei™ow .......... 30 20 0 . Moldship .......... 76 3 28 5 . First innings. W ellington . M ’Kibbin . Trumble Jones ... . Giffen... . B. M. R. W. .. 108 ... 114 .. 24 ... 138 4 . 36 4 ... 9 1 ... 38 7 ... Trott Second innings. M. R. W . 3 13 8 4 10 1 6 20 1 B. 30 57 90 120 3 54 9 THE SOUTHLAND MATCH. (Third of the Tour). On November 18 and 19, the Australian team met Eighteen of Southland at Invercargill. As the ground was rough the match was placad on a matting pitch. The Eighteen winning the toss went in first, but made a poor show, the innings failed to produce a double figure. Trumble and Eady bowled unchanged ; the former had the better analysis, his ten wickets only costing 13 runs. Kelly was the highest scorer for the Australian team with 36. In their second in n iD g s the Eighteen improved slightly on their previous display; they were in an hour and a half, but only made 67, so that the Australian Eleven won by an innings and 69 runs. A ustralians . J. Darling, c Purdie, b Robertson ...........31 F. A. Iredale, c and b Robertson ........... 7 H. Graham, b Findlay 9 C. Hill, b Robertson .. 12 S.E.Gregory, cWatson b Findlay................... 2 H. Trott, c Boys, *b Finlay .................. 24 J. J. Kelly, c Wilson, b Robertson ...........36 H. Trumble, b Finlay 3 C. J. Eady, b W ilson 21 E. Jones, b Wilson ... 21 T.R.McKibbin,not out 10 Extras ........... 2 Total ..178 S outhland . C. Purdie, b Trumble Boys, b Eady ........... G. Purdie, b Trumble Findlay, b Eady........... W ilson, c Jones, b E a d y .......................... Grimm, b E ady........... Widdas, not out........... Dulrymple, b Trumble Extras ........... Fox, b Trum ble........... 2 Robertson, b Trumble 0 Wilson, b E ady........... 3 Bell, b Trum ble.......... 3 Burnes, c McKibbin, b Trumble ........... 3 Hanner, b Eady........... 0 Kingsland, b Trumble 0 Carvar, b Trumble ... 4 Wann, c Kelly, b Eady 2 Moor, c Jones, b T ru m ble................... 0 Total ... 42 In the second innings the Eighteen scored 67. E ighteen . B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . 114 7 25 7 | Trumble 112 9 13 10 A ustralian T eam . B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . Robinson 162 4 79 4 I W ilson ... 34 0 24 2 Findlay 132 3 69 4 | Dalrymple 6 0 4 0 Eady THE OTAGO MATCH. (Fourth of the Totir). Played at Dunedin onNov. 21, 23 and 24. Australians won by 17 runs. The result of this match, high credit­ able as it was to the local team, was not altogether surprising, for the wick-it was exceedingly tricky, and the visitors were not seen to advantage. Perhaps the most interesting batting during the match was shown by Spraggon, who in making his 36 hit with considerable energy to the on-side. Fisher, the New Zealand bowler, is undoubtedly a good man, and would be worth a place in any team. He is left hand “ last medium,” and besides making the ball come with his arm, possesses a break-back, and it is by no means easy for the batsman to decide which kind of break he has to deal with. Fisher took 6 wickets for 39 in the first innings, and 5 for the same number of runs in the second, a splendid perform­ ance on any wicket. On the side of the Australians, Giffen in the first innings and Trumble in the second each had a remarkable analysis. A ustralians . First innings. J. Darling, bFisher ............ 6 F. A . Ireaale, c Rattray, b F ish er.................................. 34 G. Giffen, b Fisher ...........13 C. Hill, b Wells ..................34 H. Graham, lbw,b Fisher... 0 G. H. S. Trott, c Spraggon, b Fisher .......................... H . Trumble, c and b Downes .. .............. 1 0. J. Eady, b Downes...........10 J. J. Kelly, c & b Downes... 0 E. Jones, b Fisher ........... 0 T. R. M’ Kibbin, notout ... 0 Leg-bye ........... 1 Second Innings, b Downes ........... 2 b Fisher ........... 4 b Fisher ...........22 c and b Fisher ... 13 c Baker,b Downes 1 31 c Rains, b Fisher 6 not out.................. c Rains, b Fisher run out ........... c L ig g in s , b b Downes b Downes ........... Byes........... Total Total . ... 95 O tago F ifteen . First innings. J. Baker, c and b Trott ... 11 W . Johnston, lbw, b Trott 9 A. E. Clarke, c Jones, b Giffen .................................. 8 18 A. H. Fisher, c Jones, 1 G iffe n ................................. A. G. Rains, c M’ Kibbin, 1 G iffen .................................. C. W . Rattray, b Giffen A. Downes, c Darling, I Darling ......................... F. D. Clayton, b Trumble... 18 W . Parker lbw, b Giffen ... 5 F. C Liggins, c Hill, b G iffe n .................................. 7 A. Kinvig. b Giffen ........... 4 R. D. Spraggon, b Jones ... 36 J. Hope, not o u t ........... ... 3 F. Wells, b Trum ble........... 4 H. Gunthorpe, b Jones ... 0 B 10, lb 2 ...........12 Second innings, c Eady, b Jones 0 b Jones ........... 3 c G i f f e n , b Trum ble.......... 0 2 b Trumble . Total ..................144 A ustralians . First innings. B. M. R. W . Fisher................. 164 5 39 6 ... Downes ........... 144 3 42 3 ... H o p e ................... 54 0 2 4 0 ... W ells.................. 36 0 24 1 ... O tago F ifteen . First innings. b Trumble . b Trumble . b M ’ Kibbin ... c & b Trumble ... not out.................. c Hill, b M ’Kib­ bin ................... st Kelly, b M’ Kibbin ........... b Trumble........... b Trum ble........... b Trumble.......... st K e l l y , b Trum ble........... E x tras........... Total................... 12 1 T rott......... M’Kibbin . Giffen... . Trumble . Jones ... . B. M. R. W . 84 5 29 2 . 36 2 19 0 . 90 5 51 7 . 60 3 29 3 . 23 1 4 2 . Second innings. B. M. R. W . ... 150 7 39 5 ... 136 6 $8 4 ... 18 1 10 0 Second innings. B. M. R. W . ... 108 7 22 3 ... 127 9 3 ) 9 ... 24 1 6 2 THE NEW ZEALAND MATCH. (Fifth of the Tour). Played at Canterbury on Nov. 26, 27 and 28. Australians won by 5 wickets. The New Zealanders were unfortunate i j being depiived of the services of Fisher, their best bowler, who U ex­ ceedingly well spoken of by the Austra­ lians, and they missed two other good men in Riius and Downes. At first it seemed as if the Australians, who won the toss, were going in for hitting, for Darling played au innings somethin*? like th*it which he played agiiust E irl de la Warr’s Eleven, but the re^t of the team were content with a slow game. A hundred was up for only one wicket, and Giffen and Iredale had been in such a long time that a big score seemed probable. But after this the home team had a run of fairly good luck for a time, until Kelly and Eady got together and obtained almost a mastery over the bowling. The N E X T ISSUE, THUR SDAY , F E B R U A R Y 25.