Cricket 1897

12 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 28, 1897. first innings of New Zealand was not very promising', but in the second after a wicket had fallen for 3, Cuff and Williams made a remarkable stand. They were not out at the close of the second day’ s play, Williams with 25 and Cuff with 47. Total 74. They were not parted until the score was 78, when Guff was bowled by Jones for 50, a really excellent innings. Wil­ liams went at 186, the fifth wicket, after batling for three hours for 73, which was a great feat against the bowling of the Au tralians. Several other men played good cricket, notably Biker, and the Australians were left to make 73 to win and an hour’Hbatting before them. The Australians have hardly ever been com pelled to force the game, and con­ sequently they did not show to very great advantage. Fifteen runs were wanted 14 minutes before time, and 5 runs 3 miuut.es before time, but even with the gam* at this critical stage it did not occur to the batsmen to try to make a big hit, but by stealing singles they managed to pull off a victory for their side just in time. Gregory was run out after the necessary runs had been made; owing to a misunderstanding about the score the game was continued for a minute. A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. J. Darling, c Mill*, b Pearce 29 c and b Pearce , F. A. Iredale, b Wilding ... 75 b Pearce ... . G. Giffen, c Upham, b Neill 29 G. H. 8. Trott, c Niven, b W ilding ......................... 29 S. Gregory, run out ... . 8 H. Graham, st Niven, Pearce........................... H. Trumble, c Niven, W ilding .................. J. J. Kelly, c Williams, Upham .................. C. J. Eady, c Pearce, Robertson.................. E. Jones, c Wilding, R obertson.................. T. R. McKibbin, not out B 15,lb 6 ........... c and b Pearce run out................ i . 13 b Upham ... . 0 not out................ i 53 41 0 21 Leg-bye ... 1 Total ... ...........304 Total (5 wkts.) 73 N ew Z ealand . First innings. Second innings. T. Mills, b Jones L. A. Cuff, b Jones ........... 1 M. De Maus, b G iffen.......... 8 J. Baker, b Jones................... 0 A. B. Williams, b Giffen ... 21 R. Neill, c Trumble,b Gillen 12 A. Clarke, b Giffen ........... 3 A. R. Holdship, c Eady, b Jones ..................................13 D. Hay. c Trott, b Jones ... 10 F. Wilding, b McKibbin ... 14 A. E. Ridley, st Kelly, b McKibbin ........... ... ... 23 W . Pearce, b Jone^ ... 6 10. Upham, not out ......... 1 .T.Niven. c Trumble, b Jones 0 W . Robertson, b Jones ... 0 B 7, lb 6 ... ........... 13 bEady..» b Jones b McKibbin b McKibbin b Jones b Jones b Trumble ... c Eady,b Jones... b Jones b McKibbin run out b McKibbin run out b McKibbin not out........... B 6 ,lb 4 ... Total .................. 129 T ota l...........247 A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . U pham ......... ,.. 25 7 61 1 ... ... 11 3 28 1 Robertson . ... 23 5 59 2 ... Pearce ... . . ... 22 4 66 2 ... !!! 11 0 44 3 Neill ... . . ... 9 0 33 1 ... Hay................ , . . . 3 0 8 0 ... W ilding... . . ... 10 1 29 3 ... Bak-r ... . . ... 2 0 20 0 ... Holdship . . . . 2 0 7 0 ... N ew Z ealand . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Jones........... .. 30 4 10 60 8 ... ...2 2 5 58 5 Giffen ... 24 9 48 4 ... . . . 9 3 30 0 McKibbin... . . . 7 4 8 2 ... ... 18-1 5 37 5 Trott ... ... 7 1 36 0 Eady ... ... 10 3 17 1 Trumble ... 17 1 69 1 No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. J. J. Kelly ... ...........6 .. 1 ... 143 . . 53 .. 286 G. G iffen........... ...........5 .. 0 ... 125 . . 38 .. 25 C. Hill ........... ...........7 .. 0 ... 173 . . 51 .. 24*71 J. Darling ...........9 .. 0 ... 222 . . 59 .. 2355 G. H. S. Trott ...........9 .. 0 ... 183 . . 41 .. 20 33 F. A. Iredale... ...........9 .. 0 ... 180 . . 75 .. 20 C. Eady ........... ...........8 .. 0 ... 131 . . 41 .. 1637 H. Trumble ... ...........9 .. 2 ... 113 . . 32 .. 1614 S. E. Gregory... ...........7 .. 0 ... 73 .. 25 .. 10-42 E. J o n e s........... ...........8 .. 0 ... 70 . . 21 .. 8-75 H. Graham ... ...........7 .. 0 ... 49 . . 26 .. 7 T. R. McKibbin ...........8 .. 5 ... 15 . . 10*.. 5 A. E. Johns ... ...........2 .. 1 ... 0 . . 0 .. 0 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. C. J. Eady ... ... 34 . 14 .. 43 .. 9 . . 4 77 H. Trumble ... ... 122-2 .. 46 . . 214 .. 34 . . 6-29 T. R. McKibbin ... 116 .. 43 .. 208 .. 27 . . 7-70 E. J o n e s ........... ... 114-2 .. 40 .. 213 .. 26 . . 8-19 G. H. S. Trott... ... 79 .. 16 .. 238 .. 27 . . 8-81 G. G iffen........... ... 71 . . 25 .. 167 .. 18 . 9-31 AVERAGES OF THE TOUR. The following are the batting and bowling averages of the Australians in their New Zealand tour:— BATTING AVERAGES. S. Gregory bowled 6 balls, 1 maiden and one wicket, and C. Hill 4 balls for 6 runs and one wicket. THE AU S TR A L IAN S IN TA SM AN IA . THE HOBART MATCH. Played at Hobart on Dee. 10, 11 and 12. Australians won by 7 wickets. This match was a complete triumph for Kenny Burn, the Tasmanian batsman, who when he came with the Australian team to England in 1890 failed to do himself justice, like Eady iu the tour of last year. In the two innings he made an aggregate of 114, and played all the Australian bowlers in a manner which only a really first-class cricketer could do. He was never in difficulties with any of them. The wicket was, it is true, of great excellence, and the Australians after their travels were hardly likely to be at their best, but when everything is said, the performance of Burns deserves to be ranked among the best made against the Australian team of 1896. Trott, as usual, won the toss, and, as usual, decided that his men should bat first before a fairly large assembly, in which everyone who considered himself of note in Tasmania was present. The feature of the innings was the batting of Graham and Giffen. The latter in his usual careful and accurate style made 104, and Graham, who at times went in for big hitting, only j ust failed to do so. Iredale and Kelly also played much more lively cricket than usual, while Hill was as painstaking as ever in making his 4s1. The Australians kept in, on a perfect wicket, the whole of the first day. On the next morning the first three Tasmanians made an excellent start, but threewickets were down 71 and five for 77. Wickets now fell far too rapidly to be pleasant for the home team ; with the score at 117 Jones went on and established a panic for a short time by his great pace, although the ball did not get up much above the wicket. Three men fell to him for two runp, but when Penne- father joined Bum, who had been batting finely, the rot was ended. Pennefather and McAllen, who succeeded him, both played well, and Bum’s cricket was ir­ reproachable. Thanks to the resistance offered to the bowling by these three men, the score reached 256, a good total though not large enough to save the follow on. In the second innings Tas­ mania again did well, but no one made a large score. The Australians had all their work cut out to make the 53 runs which were required to win, for they only had 35 minutes before them, and their strong point is certainly not forcing the game. On this occasion however, they went to work with vigour and wou the match eight minutes before lime. A ustralians . J. J. Kelly, c Bing­ ham, b Pennefather 32 H. Trumble, not out... 15 E. Jones, c Maxwell, b Sams .................. 0 T. R. McKibbin, c Watt, b Windsor ... 23 B 6, lb 9 ...........15 C. J. Eady, b Windsor 14 F. A . Iredtle, c Bing­ ham, b W a t t ...........52 G. Giffen, b Maxwell 104 C. Hill, b Maxwell ... 48 8. E. Gregory, c and b W a tt.......................... 6 H. Graham, c Max­ well, b Sams .......... 83 G. H. S. Trott, c M c­ Allen, b Windsor ... 18 Second innings: Eady, b Sams, 1; Hill (not out), 0 ; Gregory, c Savigny, b Sams, 12; Graham, b W ind­ sor, 21; Trott (not out), 5; extra, 1.—Total (for three wickets), 54. F ifteen op T asmania . Total .415 First innings. Second innings G. Gatehouse, b Giffen 30 b Giffen .......... 11 J. H. Savigny, b Eady 13 c Kelly, b Jones 26 C. Campbell, c Hill b Giffen 26 c and b Trumble 10 L. H. McLeod, lbw, b Giffen 0 lbw, b Giffen ... 25 K.Bum , c Giffen, b Trumble 87 c Giffen, b Trum­ ble .................. 27 E. Maxwell, c Jones, b Eady 0 b Trum ble........... 0 E. A . Windsor, c Kelly, b G iffe n .................................. 9 st Kelly, b Trum­ ble .................. 15 A. Douglas, b Jones ........... 3 b Trum ble........... 5 C. W . Butler, b Jones.......... 1 not o u t................. 23 W . Dodds, b Jones .......... 2 c Trott, b Trum­ ble ........... ... 11 G. S. Pennefather, c Kelly, b Trum ble.......................... 21 b Trum ble........... 6 C. McAllen, not out ........... 29 lbw, b Trumble 15 A . Bingham, c McKibbin, b Trum ble.......................... 1 b Jones ........... 18 J. Watt, st Kelly, b Trott... 5 b Trum ble........... 2 R. Sams, c McKibbin, b Trott .................................. 18 c Trott, b Giffen 4 B 5, lb 6 ................... 11 B 9, lb 3........... 12 Total ...................256 Total ...211 A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Windsor . 30 4 101 3 .. .. 4*3 0 28 1 Sams ... . . 28 4 68 2 .. ... 4 0 25 2 Pennefather. . 18 2 82 1 .. Watt ... . . 21 1 100 2 .. Dodds ... . 4 0 24 0 .. Savigny... . 4 3 5 0 . . Maxwell . 10 3 20 2 .. T asmania . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . 0> M. R. W . G iffen ........... 22 3 79 4 ... ... 24*1 10 51 3 Eady ........... 19 8 39 2 ... . . 4 0 18 0 Jones ........... 15 4 41 3 ... ... 15 5 32 2 McKibbin .. 8 0 29 0 ... Trumble 11 3 30 3 ... 43 11 90 9 Trott ........... 54 1 27 2 ... ... 1 0 8 0 MONMOUTHSHIRE C.C. The following are the fixtures arranged for 1897 :—June 10, 11, Oval, v. Surrey 2nd X I . ; June 18, 19, Newport, v. Gla­ morgan ; July 9, 10, Swansea, v. Glamor­ gan ; July 16, 17, Newport, v. M .C .C .; July 28, 29, Newport, v. Wiltshire; July 30,31, Newport, v. Surrey 2nd X I . ; August 27, 28, Trowbridge, v. Wiltshire. N E X T ISSUE, THUR SDAY , F E B R U A R Y 25.