Cricket 1897

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Garrett, the captain of the New South Wales eleven, has had a souvenir in commemora­ tion of his thirty-first match against Victoria. The presentation took the shape of a silver vase, the ball which finished the match being in the centre. On one side the inscription reads:— “ Thirty-first match New South Wales v. Victoria. To their esteemed friend and captain, T . W. Garrett, Esq., from the New South Wales team, Christmas, 1896.” On the other Bide the names of the members of the team are inscribed. The occasion for the presentation was the fact that the match gave Garrett the distinction of having played in more intercolonial matches than any other player. Blackham stands next to him with 30. I n a match played in February in South Australia, between St. Mary’s and St. Paul’s, A. H. Hill and H. Bellhouse scored between them 28 off one over. In the same match Hill subsequently looked like beating that record himself. He scored 10, 6, 4, and 2 off the first four balls of an over. He did not score off the fifth, and the sixth bowled him. A t Adelaide on Feb. 20th, E. H. Leah made 98 not out, J. Reedman 99, and A. Green 100 not out. On the same day at Sydney, F. Iredale made 98. At Mel­ bourne batsmen had no chance of distinguishing themselves, play being impossible for about an hour and a half.