Cricket 1897

J an . 28, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 13 A R R IV A L OF TH E AU S T R A ­ L IAN S IN MELBOURNE . When anEnglish team arrives home from Australia, its members are received on landing by a few friends and journalists, one or two of the men are briefly inter­ viewed as to their enjoyment of the tour, and then the team retires into private life. Australians returning from a successful tour in England are, on the other hand, received with great enthu­ siasm on their arrival, and they are not allowed to retire into private life until they have been feted and generally made much of. The recent team, although it did not accomplish all that was hoped of it, more than worthily upheld the honour of Australia, and there was nothing to mar the greeting which was extended to it on Dec. 15th, the day of its arrival at Melbourne. To meet the travellers a large crowd of cricketers, who cheered and cheered again, assembled at the landing stage. The thought that seemed to be uppermost in the minds of these specta­ tors, enthusiastic as they were, was that nearly every member of the team looked of more substantial proportions than he was before his departure for England. The tour may be said to have come to an end with a lunch given to the team by the Melbourne Cricket Club, who, to do honour to its guests, had invited to meet them everybody of importance in Mel­ bourne and some members of the New South Wales Parliament, who had been playing cricket in Victoria. The chairman spoke of the vast interest which bad been taken by all Australia in the telegrams re­ lating to the matches; of the pleasure it had given to everybody to find that Harry Trott was such a good captain, and Mr. Musgrove such a good manager; of the honour which the cricketers had reflected on their various colonies. He could not omit a reference to the great success of Hugh Trumble, who as a Melbourne man and a general favourite, had covered himself with glory. Trott in reply said that the chief reason for the success of the tour was that the team captained itself, and that it had such a capable manager. When it cime to the turn of Mr. Musgrove to speak, he pointed out that the great ability of the captain had very much to do with winning the matches. He remarked on the willing­ ness of the members of the team to be managed, and their exceeding punctu­ ality, which indeed, must have been so great as to strike awe into the heart of an ordinary cricketer, who knows what it is to be late, and even to miss trains. With the Australians, Mr. Musgrove said, punctuality was the order of the day. Not a single member had missed a boat or a train. He claimed this feat as a record, and found no one able to con­ tradict him. Trott disposed of the comforting legend which had been freely circulated in Australia, to the effect that when he was introduced to the Prince of Wales, at Sheffield Park, he not only shook hands with his Royal Highness, but accepted a choice cigar from him, afrer smoking which he threw away the end. The Prince certainly was smoking, said Trott, but did not produce a cigar. George Giffen,in a good natured speech, spoke of the pleasure he and his com­ panions had felt in the way in which Trott had captained the team, and Mr. Musgrove managed it. It did not damp the enthusiasm of the assembly, when, as a modern substitute for the carrying round of the coffin at Egyptian dinners, he reminded his hearers that they must not forget that Englishmen could play cricket. Nevertheless, he hoped to see some future team (urn the tables on Englishmen in the rubber. Hugh Trumble, in a speech which met with a great reception, attributed the success of the team chiefly to the unani­ mity of its members. C. Hill expressed his liking for tours, and said that he would gladly go back to England on the following day. As a cricketer who had made the tour for the first time, Iredale hoped that other new men would in the future enjoy a visit to England as much as he had. Jonesremarked that Usabilities in speaking and in batting were about on a level, and promptly sat down. Johns claimed to have been of more value to the team than might have appeared to the casual reader, inasmuch as, during his frequent periods of rest, he undertook the superintendence of the watches of his companions. He was loudly applauded in the course of an excellent speech. Much amusement was caused by a remark by one of the speakers, who referred to the “ Enormous moral support ” which had been given by the Australian Council to the team. After the luncheon was over, Giffen, Jones, and Hill left for Adelaide, where at the railway station, a large crowd met them. On the following day, Iredale, Gregory, Kelly, and McKibbin went to Adelaide with the other members of the New South Wales team who were to play against South Australia. CR ICKET IN IN D IA . LUCKNOW t . CAWNPORE.—This inter-station match was played at Lucknow on December 29 and 30, and resulted in a draw. L ucknow . Major Phipps-Homby (R.A.), b Foulkes ... 12 Ser.Neapean (D.C.Q.I.) not out .................. 27 Extras..............20 Major F. F. Crawford (A.V.D .), not out... 103 W . K. Legge (Essex), b Foulkes.................. 4 Capt.Thurston,(M.S.), run out ..................89 Rev. H. Menzies, c Total (4 wkts)...*292 Stainport, b Foulkes 37 A. C. McLachlan (18th H .),H. A. Williams,C. I. Thackwell (18th (H .), R.B. Gibbins (18thH .), and T. Clarke (R.A.) did not bat. Second innings : -103 for five wickets. • Innings declared closed. C awnpore . Capt.Vanderzee(R.A. ] b Thurston ...........24 Capt. Stainport (4th B.C.), lbw, b Thack­ well ..........................21 W . A . Bailey (I.S.C.), c Menzies, b Thurs­ ton .......................... 5 W . D. Foulkes (R.A.), c McLachlan, b Gibbins ..................26 H. P. Reynolds, b Nepean .................. 28 C. E. Thornton (16th B.C.), c Hornby, b Thurston..................33 A. H. Newemen, c Crawford,bMc Lach- C. Bailey (16th B.C.ji c Hornby, b M c­ Lachlan ...................26 J. C. Tregear (N.I.), c and b Thurston ... 7 R.S.Vaughan (I.S.C.), not out .................. 10 W . D. Hemy, c Legge, b Thurston ........... 9 Extras...........21 Total .232 UR ICKET AT MELBOURNE . TWO INTERESTING PENNANT MATCHES. MELBOURNE v. EAST MELBOURNE.—Played at East Melbourne on November 9th, 14th and 21st. Melbourne won by 255 runs on the first innings. M elbourne . J. O’ Halloran, b Trott 12 P. Jennings, b Laver 0 C. Ross, c Stuckey, b L aver........................ 0 W . Roche, not out ... 0 B 3, lb 3, nb 1 ... 7 W . Bruce, c Stuckey, b Harry .................. 71 C. McLeod, run out ...124 G. L. Wilson, c Carter, b Trott ................. R. Greene, b Laver ... 12 A.Aitken,c and b Trott 18 C. Peryman, b Trott... 29 Total ...........361 J. Blackham, c Laver, b Trott .................. 8 Second innings :—Bruce, c McMichael, b Ilarry 33 ; McLeod (not out) 18; Wilson (not out) 2 ; Jennings, st Howes, b Trott 32; b 2, lb 1.—Total (2 wickets), 88. E ast M elbourne . First innings. P. McAlister, b Roche ... 9 H. Stuckey, b R o ch e ...........18 A.E.Trott,candbO’Halloran 1 F. Laver, b Roche ........... 9 A. S. Carter, c Aitken, b R o c h e ..................................11 P. Lewis, b O’Halloran ... 1 J. Harry, c Blackham, b R o ch e ..................................27 McMichael, b R o c h e ...........23 Vautin, c and b Roche ... 0 Howes, c and b Roche ... 0 Lynes, not out .................. 5 Second innings, c O’Halloran, b McLeod ..............16 not out................... 143 b Bruce .............32 c Roche, b W ilson 69 b Roche c J en n in g s, O’Halloran 16 > 10 E xtras... Total b Bruce ...........41 b McLeod . ... 32 c Bruce, b Itoche 11 b O’Halloran ... 3 c J e n n in g s, b Roche ........... 3 B 20, lb 9, nb 2 31 Trott Laver Lynes Harry Carter 193 78 138 ...........106 M elbourne , M . R. W . 11 107 5 . 5 104 3 . 2 46 0 . 4 67 1 . 0 30 Total ...407 B. M. R. W . . 90 31 47 1 18 66 Harry bowled one no-ball. E ast M elbourne . Roche ... . O’ Halloran Bruce ... B. M. R. W. 39 8 ... 68 2 ... 7 0 ... Wilson McLeod Peryman . 159 13 . 138 5 . 12 0 B. ...282 ..144 ...120 ... 90 ...180 12 M. R. W . 12 115 3 6 52 2 5 53 2 3 53 1 8 90 2 13 Roche and O’ Halloran bowled one no-ball each. EAST MELBOURNE v. RICHMOND.—Played on November 28 and December 5 and 12. East Mel­ bourne won by 468 runs. E ast M elbourne . P. Lewis, b Lanigan 0 G. Vautin, c and b Parsons ........... J. Lynes, b Wade F. Laver, b Wade E x tras......... ... 94 ... 10 ... 7 ... 16 Total ..625 V. Thompson, not out 228 J. Harry, c L itton, b Lanigan .................. 11 A.E.Trott,lbw,b Wade 9 H. Stuckey, b Blake... 35 P. McAlister, b Blake 1 S. M. M i c h a e l , c Honeybone, b Kelly 211 A . S. Carter, b Wade 3 R ichmond . C. Blake, b Trott.................. 4 A. Wade, c Laver, b Trott 0 c McAlister, b Trott ...........52 A. Haddrick, c Lewis, b H a rry .................................. 9 b Harry ........... 21 D. Sutherland, b Trott ... 2 not out.................... 5 A. Whitehead, c Laver, b Trott ..................................71 n o to u t................... 4 R . T. Kelly, c McAlister, b Trott ..................................50 A. E. Jones, b Trott ........... 0 c Trott, b Lynes 0 G. Honeybone, c Laver, b Trott .................................. 0 H. Parsons, b H a rry ...........11 H. Tritton, not out ........... 3 D. Lanigan, b H a rry ........... 4 Byes ........................... 3 iVides........... 1 Lanigan Blake ... Kelly ... Wade ... Total ................ .157 Total (3 wkts.) 83 E ast M elbourne . R . W . R. W . ........... 52 2 Haddrick ... ... 60 0 ... 153 2 Whitehead ... 18 0 .......... HI 1 Parsons ... ... 61 1 ...........154 4 R ichmond . B. M . R . W . B. M . R. Wi 144 6 62 3 Laver ... 48 0 31 0 150 11 39 7 Lynes ... 36 2 22 0 N E X T ISSUE, THUR SDAY , F E B R U A R Y 25.