Cricket 1897

458 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 25, 1897. of South. Australia by 66. Stoddart was unable to bat. South Australia made a bad start in the second innings, Darling, for the second time in the match, doing nothing, but Lyons, who was not in a hitting mood, and Hill brought the score to 89 before the latter was caught at the wicket. Lyons was playing to carry his bat, but was bowled for a good 56 by the last ball of the day. In the remainder of the match little interest was taken, for it was known that the visitors were going to start early in the afternoon to see a horse race. The Colonials, who had lost three wickets for 124 over night, added 63 ; and so the match ended. S o u t h A u s t r a l ia . First innings. Second innings. J. Darling, c and b Richard- • son........................................ 0 b Hirst.................. 1 J.J.Lyons, c Briggs,b Hirst 36 b ltichardson ... 66 C. Hill, b Hayward ....... 200 c Storer, b Rich­ ardson .... 45 J. E. Reedman, c Hirst, b H eam e................................22 c Hirst, b Hay­ ward 37 W . Giffen, b Richardson ... 13 not o u t...............28 Evans, b H earne................20 c MacLaren, b Hearne ...... 9 F. Jarvis, c Mason, b Rich­ ardson ................................79 not out.................. 0 Green, b R ichardson........... 4 E. Jones, c Ranjitsinhji, b Hearne................................12 Mackenzie, c Mason, b Rich­ ardson ................................11 Drew, not out .................. 5 Extras ................... 7 E xtras..........11 Total ...409 Total (5 wkts.) 187 M r . S t o d d a r t ’ s T e a m . A . C. MacLaren, b Evans ........... 0 J. R. Mason, lbw, b Jones.......................... 78 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Drew, b Green .. 189 Hayward, c Jarvis, b Jones.......................... 6 Wainwright, b Jones 36 Hirst, b Jones ...........16 Storer, b J o n e s...........84 Briggs, b J o n e s ......... 0 Heame (J.T.), not out 31 Richardson, b Jones... 0 A.E.Stoddart (absent) 0 Extras ...........35 Total .475 S o u t h A u s t r a l ia . First inning Richardson Briggs ... Hirst ... , Hearne ... Wainwright Hayward Jones... Evans B. W . 127 5 UO 0 63 1 86 3 Xii 0 20 1 Second innings. E. W. ................. 80 2 .................. 5 U .................. 37 1 .................. 32 1 22 1 M r . S t o d d a r t ’ s T e a m . E. W . I E. W . ... 190 7 I G re e n ................... 32 1 ... 93 1 THE VICTORIA MATCH. (Second of the tour). Played at Melbourne on November 6, 8, 9 and 10. Mr. Stoddart’s team won by two wickets. Cricketers in Victoria are a little des­ pondent just now at the lack of really great first-class players in the colony, and few of them can have looked forward to seeing their men make such a splendid finish with the Englishmen, losing only by a mere trifle. Victoria won the toss (is not Trott the captain of the side?), but the result of the first day’s cricket was not, perhaps, as satisfactory to the home team as it might have been, for although 273 runs were scored for six wickets, this is not supposed to be a large total for Australia. The best cricket was show by C. McLeod and Bruce, who both played a brilliant game, but the scoring was generally consistent and there were no failures. On the next morning the last four wickets fell for the addition of very few runs, and it was not against a large total, for an Australian wicket, that the Englishmen had to go in. A good start was made by MacLaren and Mason, who put up 67 for the first wicket, but although each of the succeed­ ing batsmen showed good form they none of them got into their stride until Hirst and Storer got together with the score at only 161 for seven wickets. So far, the game had gone entirely in favour of the Australians. But the two professionals were not to be moved, and when the day’s play ended they had put their side in a far better position, bringing the score to 213. Even then the Australians had the best of it on paper, for the visitors were still nearly a hundred runs behind. When the game was resumed Hirst was run out for a very useful 36, but Storer kept up his end, and, scoring pretty quickly, made his total 71, and carried his bat. The Australians had a lead of 56 on the first innings. When they went in a second time there were many failures on the side, half a dozen of the best men doing practically nothing. Fortunately for them Worrall was in great form, and Harry batted in his best style. These two men made 133 out of a total of 247. Graham and McMichael were the only others who scored over 20. The lead on the first innings now looked likely to come in exceedingly useful, and as the visitors had to make over three hundred to win on a wicket which was not one of the very best that Australia can turn out, it was pretty evident that the match would not be easily won by them, if it were won at all. A splendid stand was made by Ranjitsinhji and Mason. The former made 64 in an hour and a quarter, and when he was 1. b. w. the total was 116 for two wickets. So far so good. But Hayward did nothing, Druce was out when he seemed well set, Stoddart and Wainwright were failures, and six wickets were down for 178. At this stage of the game Victoria seemed to have the match in hand. It is true that Mason was still going strong and that Storer, who is evidently at home on Australian wickets, had to come in, but few people on the ground can have expected any other finish than a some­ what easy win for the home team. Then, however, Storer and Mason made a stand, which will long be remembered as one of the events of the tour. Everything that a captain could do was done by Trott to separate the two men, but it was not until only 16 runs were required that a sad mistake in running ended in the downfaU of Storer, who had played a great game for 47. The fortunes of the game had veered round entirely, but even now there was just a possibility that Victoria would win. Hirst was out for seven when only four more were required, with Hearne and Richardson in reserve. Heame proved equal to the occasion, and Richardson was not called upon. Mean­ while, Mason had gone steadily on, scoring whenever he had the least chance, and playing very sound cricket. He carried his bat through the innings, and, when the victory was won, his score was 128, an innings to be proud of for ever afterwards. V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. J. Worrall, c Wainwright, b Hearne ..........................25 b Richardson ... 83 C. McLeod, c Stoddart, b Hearne..................................63 c Storer,b Hearne 14 G. H. S. Trott, c Hirst, b Richardson..........................25 c Storer, b Hay­ w ard..................12 W . Bruce, c Mason, b Rich­ ardson ..................................88 c Mason, b Hay­ ward .................. 5 H. Graham, c Richardson, b Hayward..........................33 b Hayward.............25 W . J. Giller, c Mason, b Hearne..................................22 b Hayward............. 2 J. Harry, b Hearne ..............18 c Wainwright, b Richardson ... 50 S. McMichael, lbw, b Rich­ ardson .................................. 1 not out.................. 25 A. E. Johns, c Richardson, b Hearne ........................... 0 lbw,b Richardson 17 H. Trumble, c Druce, b Richardson ...................23 run out ............. 3 M. Roche, not out ........... 6 c Richardson, b Hayward.......... 0 Extras ................... 2 Extras..........11 Total.......... 306 Total ...247 M r . S toddart ’ s T eam . First.innings. Second innings. A . C. MacLaren, b Roche... 26 b Trott ...........10 J. R. Mason, c Trumble, b R o c h e ..................................36 notout................... 128 Hayward, c McMichael, b Trumble .......................... 7 st Johns, b Trott 5 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Trum­ ble, b Trott.......................... 13 lbw, b Trumble 64 A. E. Stoddart, c Trumble, b Trott..................................26 c Trott, b Giller 0 N.F.Druce, c Johns, b Trott 13 c Johns, b Giller 26 Wainwright, run o u t...........13 cJohns,b McLeod 6 Storer, not out .................. 71 run out .............47 Hirst, c Worrall, b Trumble 36 cGraham;b Roche 7 Hearne (J. T.), b Trumble 2 notout................... 4 Richardson, b Trumble ... 4 Extras.......................... 3 Extras............ 7 Total .........250 V ic to r ia . Total (8 wkts.)304 First innings. Second innings. R. W . R. W . Richardson ................. . 127 4 ................... 71 3 Heame ......................... . 69 5 ................... 44 1 Hayward......................... 31 1 ................... 66 5 Hirst........................ .. 31 0 Wainwright ... . 24 0 M r . S t o d d a r t ’ s T e a m . First innings. Second innings. R. W . R. W . Trum ble......................... 80 4 ................ .. 95 1 Roche ......................... . 60 2 ................ .. 55 1 Trott................................ . 52 3 ................ .. 66 2 Giller ......................... . 34 0 ................ .. 52 2 M cL e o d ......................... . 17 0 ................ .. 27 1 Bruce ......................... 4 0 ................ H a r ry ................ ” 2 0 THE NEW SOUTH WALES MATCH (Third of the Tour). A MATCH OP SURPRISES. TWO HUNDREDS BY M ACLAREN. Played at Sydney on Nov. 12, 13, 15 and 16. Mr. Stoddart’s Team won by eight wickets. After beatingVictoria on theWednesday the members of the team had very little rest before opposing New South Wales, for they had to go from Melbourne to Sydney—a tiring journey—and to begin the New South Wales match on the Friday. The New South Wales men, who won all their matches in 1896-97, were generally considered to be able to put a stronger team in the field than Victoria or South Australia, and on paper the eleven which opposed the Englishmen was extremely formidable. It will be remembered that last season the all conquering South Wales team played all its matches without making any change in its members; in the match against N E X T ISSUE, THUR SDAY , D ECEM BER 30.