Cricket 1897

A pril 15, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 07 to fall off. After a time, I began to be able to ride a little, and was congratula­ ting myself, when, right in front of me, two of the best riders in the hunt were shot off their horses like bullets, owing to a hidden wire fence. I remember that, tired as I was, 1 just had strength left in me to pull my pony up within six or seven yards from the fence. If I had been thrown off it would have been a very serious matter, but the two riders were experienced, and as they ex­ plained to me, had often been through the same performance before, so that they knew how to fall. I was very thankful when I at last came upon a high road again. They caught three kangaroos and two emus, but I did’nt see anythiDg of this. I had quite enough to do to attend to the vagaries of my pony.” Abel, as is well known, is by no means heavy, and this gave rise to an amusing incident last year at Hastings. “ When the South team were walking out to take their places in the field against the North,” said Abel, “ Killick and I were by the side of Mr. Grace. It occurred to me that we two little ones would, if weighed together, have a fair chance of turning the scales against W. G., so I challenged him to a weighing match. Mr. Grace turned to Mr. Stoddart and said ‘ Father (he always calls me 1 father ’ ) says that Killick and he would weigh more than I do, and if I had my heavy boots on it would be a near thing ! ’ ” W. A. B e t t e s w o r t h . YORKSHIRE. MAY. 17. Sheffield, Yorks. Colts, v. Notts. Colts. JUNE. 14. Wakefield, Yorks. 2nd X I. v. Durham. 28. Barnsley, Yorks. 2nd v. Worcestershire. JULY. 14. Hull, Yorks. 2nd v. Wiltshire. 19. Stourbridge, Yorks. 2nd v. Worcestershire. 21. Trowbridge, Yorks. 2nd v. Wiltshire. AUGUST. 16. Darlington, Yorks. 2nd X I v. Durham. Two-day Matches. MAY. 10. Lords, v. M.C.C. and Ground. 13. Bristol, v. Gloucestershire. 17. Taunton, v. Somerset. 20. Leyton, y. Essex. 24. Leeds, v. Leicestershire. 27. Cambridge, v. Cambridge University. 31. Bradford, y. Hampshire. JUNE. 7. Sheffield, v. Warwickshire. 10. Halifax, v. Kent. 14. Derby, v. Derbyshire. 17. Lord’s, v. Middlesex. 21. Leeds, v. Surrey. 21. Nottingham, v. Notts. 28. Sheffield, v. The Philadelphians. JULY. 1. The Oval, v. Surrey. (Henderson’ s Benefit.) 5. Southampton, y. Hampshire. 12. Sheffield, v. Sussex. 15. Dewsbury, v. Notts. 19. Bradford, v. Lancashire. (David Hunter’s Bnft.) 22. Huddersfield, v. Essex. 23. Leeds, v. Somerset. 29. Harrogate, v. Gloucestershire. AUGUST. 2. Birmingham, v. Warwickshire. 5. Canterbury, v. Kent. 9. Brighton, v. Sussex. 12. Manchester, v. Lancashire. 16. Sheffield, v. Middlesex. 19. Bradford, v. Derbyshire. 23. Leicester, v. Leicestershire. 26. Scarborough Festival. Three-day Matches. INTERCOLON IAL CR ICKET . VICTORIA v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. ( Continuedfrom page 51.) Played at Adelaide on February 27, 28 and March 2. This was the last match of the inter­ colonial season. Neither colony had been at all successful in its engagements, but Victoria had beaten South Australia in the first match, when Trumble caused so much discussion by bowling no-balls in order to prevent his opponents from following on. It was natural, therefore, that South Australia should strain every nerve to win the return match. As things turned out they had the Victorians at their mercy on the third day, for heavy rain on the Sunday gave the visiting batsmen no chance at all. On the first day of the match, the scores of which were given in the last issue of Cricket, the Victorians made an excellent start, scor­ ing 277 for seven wickets. As usual, Jones began to bowl at a tremendous pace, but he did not meet with the usual good fortune which attends his first few overs, for he could not get his pitch. It was left to another bowler, for about the first time this season, to secure the first wicket, Giffen dismissing Stuckey for five. After this, every man who went in during the day, with the exception of O’Halloran, made runs, although nobody stayed long enough to wear out the bowling. Jones was taken off after his ninth over, so that the Victorian batsmen were able to breathe freely very early in the game. Distinctly the best innings of the day was the 61 made by Trott, in an hour and twenty minutes. Towards the end of the afternoon Harry created some amusement by making a vigorous at­ tempt to hit, and overbalancing himself, he was discovered seated in the middle of the pitch watching the ball slowly re­ bound from the wicket. All through the day Giffen changed the bowling with excellent judgment. On the following morning, Saturday, the innings was finished off for an addition of two runs. The South Australians made a brilliant start with Lyons and Darling, and from the first the rate of scoring was in great contrast to that of the Victorians. The latter made 27 in a little less than an hour; the South Australians made 30 in fifteen minutes. Lyons reached his hun­ dred with the score at 157, Darling, who had been playing a much slower game, having scored 55. The runs had been put on in ten minutes less than two hours. Darling, well caught on the asphalt by Laver, was the first to go—it will be remembered that at Adelaide the edge of the turf is the boundary for a hit unless the ball is caught, when the edge of the asphalt is the boundary. Darling’s 75 was made in two hours. By this time Lyons was evidently becoming tired, and soon followed Darling, putting up a very easy catch to point. He had made his 113 in two hours and twenty minutes, and it was generally admitted that he has never played better cricket. Clem Hill began very slowly, but warmed to his work when he had become set, and gave his best exhibition of cricket in intercolonial matches this season. It was patent to everybody that rain would soon come down heavily, and the order was given to the batsmen to make runs as quickly as possible. Hill and Reed­ man put on exactly a hundred in an hour and brought the score up to 294, when Reedman was out. He was fol­ lowed by Giffen, who, with Hill, kept up his wicket till the close of the day, the total then being 343 for three wickets. On the Monday the wicket was very wet, and it was surprising that the first bats­ men did so well. Hill was at last out when within five of his hundred for a very sound innings, and when Giffen left for 47 the batting broke down. Never­ theless, the total was 497. Under the circumstances, Worrall with five wickets for 68, accomplished a fine performance. It will be noticed that Truxble was not playing. When the Victorians went in, with a leeway of 145 runs to make up, they soon found that their task was hopeless, for the wicket had become diffi­ cult in the extreme. Jones, and a new bowler, Carracher, were irresistible, aad the innings only lasted a short time. Carracher is left-hand medium pace, and makes the ball work a little both ways. V ic t o r ia . First innings. C. McLeod, b Evans .......... 48 H. 8tuckey, b G iffen ........... 5 J. Worrall, b Jones ...........2S G. H. S. Trott, c Darling, b Reedman ..........................61 F. Laver, b Giffen ..........27 O'Halloran, c and b Giffen 5 J. Harry, b Giffen ...........20 J. Giller, run o u t.................. 42 S. McMichael, b Carracher 28 T. Hastings, not out ........... 0 W . Roche, b Carracher ... 0 B 5, lb 11, nb 1 ..............17 Second innings, c Giffen, b Jones c Darling, b Jones c R e e d m a n , b Carracher c Bailey, b Car­ racher .......... st McKenzie, b Carracher c Hill, b Carra­ cher .................. c Jones, b Carra­ cher .................. not o u t................. b Evans .......... c McKenzie, b Jones ........... b Jon- Total ..279 B 5 , lb 4, nb 1 10 T o ta l.......... 78 S o u t h A u s t r a l ia . J. Darling, c Laver, b Worrall ..................... 75 J. J. Lyons, c Trott, b O’ Halloran ........... 113 C. Hill, c Hastings, b Worrall ..................... 95 J. Reedman, b Trott 49 G. Giffen, c and b Worrall ......................47 B.T.R.Bailey, c Laver, b W orrall 2 E. H. Leak, c Giller, b Roche ................. o A.E.H . Evans, not out 2 A. J. Carracher, b Worrall .................. 4 E. Jones, c Hastings, b Roche ..................11 J. McKenzie, c Trott, b Roche ..................18 B 3, lb 5, nb 3 ... ll Total., . 427 V ic t o r ia . First innings. O. M. R. W . Second innings. O. M. R. W . 26 4 8 0 6 1 24 5 2 0 Jones ... ... 32 7 59 1 ........... 24-214 Giffen ... ... 31 7 71 4 ......... 2 0 Evans ... ... 15 0 63 1 ......... 3 1 Carracher ... 12 5 3 27 2 ........... 21 11 Reedman ... 15 2 33 1 ........... 3 2 Leak ... . . . 4 1 9 0 ........... Evans bowled two no-ball. S o u th A u s t r a l ia . Roche ... 31 5 106 3 Laver ... 6 Trott 8 0 56 1 O’H-illoran 12 Giller ... 21 3 54 0 W orrall... 24 McLeod 14 4 40 0 Harry ... 6 26 0 47 1 68 5 16 0 Roche bowled two no-balls and O’Halloran one noball.