Cricket 1898

30 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 24, 1818 27 not out) before the match had to be abandoLed. M r . S toddart ’ s T eam . J. R. Mason, c ..........30 Wainwright, c ..........28 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c audb .................60 Hayward, c and b ... 0 Storer, c and b ..........92 Birst, c........................66 * Innings declared closed. The Universities scored 76 for six wickets (Moses, not out, 27). N. F. Druce. not out... 54 Koaid, c and b .......... 9 A. fc. Stoddait, not out ........................14 Total (7 wktf.) *313 Stoddart Ranjitsinhji.. U niversities . R. W. I , 12 1 Druce... , 44 2 I Mason R. W. 6 1 10 2 THE QUEENSLAND AND VICTORIA MATCH. NINETEENTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Brisbane on Feb. 19, 21, and 22. Abandoned. Rain interfered with this match from first to last. It delayed the beginning of the game, and in the course of the one day’s cricket which was played an ad­ journment for an hour was necessary. The combined team was not as strong as it might have been, but there was no chance for it to distinguish itself. On a wet and heavy wicket the Englishmen went in and did as well as could be expected under the circumstances. No play was possible on the second or third day, and the match was then given up. S toddart ’ s T eam . MacLaren, c Giller, b Hewitt ................ 20 Mason, c Trott, b Giller ... _.......... ... 27 Ranjitsinjhi, c Hewitt, b Giller .................33 Hayward, b Hewitt ... 8 Storer, c Donahoo, Worrall .............. Druce. not out ... . iiirst, not out ... . Extras .............. Total (5 wkts.) 133 INTERCOLON IAL CR ICK ET . VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. Played at Melbourne on Dec. 27, 28, 29 & 30. Victoria won by 149 runs. This match will long be remembered by players and spectators on account of the intense heat which prevailed during its progress, sadly interfering with bowl­ ing, batting, fielding, and even looking on. Owing to an injured finger C. McLeod thought it advisable not to play for Victoria, in view of the approaching test matches. Trott, who played, was suffering from severe indigestion, al­ though the doctors apparently exercised themselves considerably to find a new name for it. In the course of the first day’s play, which, except while Graham was batting, was of the slowest variety, Gregory split his hand and had to retire, while Noble was attacked by sunstroke. One of the reasons why the batsmen could not score quickly was that one end of the pitch was much faster than the other, aud men found that they hardly knew where they were until they had been in for a long time. On the second day sunstroke claimed Kelly and Gregory for its victims, although the latter managed to make 22 runs first. New South Wales did badly enough on the whole, but the general failure was redeemed by splendid innings by Pye and Mackenzie, who each came very near to scoring a hundred. On the first innings Victoria had a lead of 57, but their second innings would have produced a very poor total if it had not been for the brilliant display of Trott, who, attacked with faintness on account of the heat when he had made 61, was allowed to continue his innings when he recovered sufficiently to be able to do so. He only missed his hundred by eight runs. As the wicket continued good on the fourth day, when New South Wales had to knock off 242 to win, they seemed to have a fairly easy task. But the day was even hotter than any of the others, and the batting was tame in the extreme. Nobody could play either Roche or Trumble, and the result was a severe defeat. Some of the best men on either side were conspicuous failures during the match, including Donnan, Garrett and Iredale. V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. W. Bruce, c Garrett, b Mc- Eibbin ........................13 runout...................21 Warne, c Kelly, bMcKibbin 6 notout............... 6 J. Woirail, lbw, b Nolle ... 49 b Pye ................ 0 H. Trumble, c Kelly, b M cKibbin........................40 b McKil bin ... 7 J.Giller.c Garrett, b Donnan 45 c Irpdale, b Fen is In G. H. 8. Trott,run out ...14 b Noble ... 92 H. Graham, b Feiris..........5i lbw b McKibtin 2 E. McMichael, not out ... 53 b Pye ................ 4 Murray, b Pye .................18 c Noble, b Mc- M. Roche, c Howell, b Me- Kibbin ............... 19 Kibbin............................... 4 bMcKibbin ... 4 A. E. Johns, bPye ......... 11 runout ........... 3 Extras........................14 B 7 ,lb 4 ........... 11 Total ............... 3 N ew South H. Donnan, b Trumble J. J. Ferris, c Trumble, b R och e............................... F. A. Iredale, b Trott......... L. W . Pye, c McMichael, b B ru ce............................... S. E. Gregory, c Giller, b Trumble ........................ A. C. Mackenzie, c Murray, b Bruce ........................ M. A Nuble. b Trott......... T. W. Garrett, st Johns, b Trott ............................... P. C. Charlton, not out ... T. R. McKibbin. h Trott ... J. J. Kellv, absent .......... B 3,*lb 2, w 3 .......... 120 Total..........181 W ales . 11 st Johns, b Roche 14 4 cJohns.bTrumHe 7 13 c Worra’l,bRoche 4 80 c McMichiel, b Roche ......... 15 32 c and b Trumble 17 88 st Johns, b Gil!er 8 22 not out.................16 10 cTrumble,bRoche 5 5 iuriout................ 1 0 c(jraham,bRoche 1 0 absent................. 0 8 B 2, w 2 ............ 4 Total ... ...263 T otal..........92 V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. It. W. M cKibbin........ 42 8 108 4 .......... £2 8 79 4 N oble................. 2) 6 59 1 ........... 2 4 0 4 1 Charlton .......... 15 4 34 0 ........... Ferris................. 24 9 47 1 ........... 18 4 S6 1 Pye ................. 20 6 42 2 ........... 28 11 54 2 Donnan .......... 9 3 16 1 ........... McKibbin delivered one no-ball and one wide. Noble one wide, Charlton two wides, and Ferris three wides. N ew £ outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Trumble.......... 44 16 74 2 ......... 17 8 20 2 Koehe .......... 23 6 57 1 ........... 37 13 51 5 Trott.................243 10 44 4 ............ Giller .......... 8 2 26 0 ........... 20 10 17 1 Murray .......... 5 0 13 0 .......... Bruce .......... 9 1 30 2 ........... Worrall .......... 2 0 11 0 ........... Trumble delivered four wides and Trott one wide. thing wrong with the pitch, and the bowlers always had considerable assistance from it, while the grass in the outfield was too long for comfort. The most important points in the game were the failure of McKibbin and George Giffen with the ball and the great success of Jones, Howell and Noble. At the close of the N.S.W. first innings, which lasted all the first day for 228, it seemed likely that South Australia would win their second victory in intercolonial matches this season, but when Darling, Lyons and Hill were all out for very moderate scores, it was pretty evident that their side would have to fight hard to hold its own. The only man in the team who could make anything of the bowling was the redoubt­ able George, who played a very steady and very useful innings of 49. New South Wales with a lead of 89 added 65 in their second innings for the loss of a wicket, and the total runs scored during the day was 204. On the third day, the hottest during the match, the innings was completed for 316—total for the day 251, a considerable increase on the rate of scoring of the previous two days. The best innings was played by Noble who made his runs at a fair rate, his ecore of 80 taking him two hours and twenty minutes. South Australia had to make 406 runs, but in the queer state of the wicket they had very little chance of c jming out of the matchwith much credit. They nearly all batted in a painstaking manner, but their efforts were not crowned with success. Perris made his second appearance this season for New South Wales. He was not put on to bowl, but his innings of 51 was made by some of of the best and most interesting cricket of the match. N ew South First innings. Donnan, b Jones................. Iredale,^c Hill, b Jones Pye, c Jones, b Evans........ Noble, c Jarvis, b Giffen ... Mackenzie, run out ......... Garrett, c Jarvis, b Giffen... Trumper, c and b biffen ... Howell, b Jones ................. McKibbin, b Jones ......... Fc-rris, b Jones ................. Carttr, notout ................. Extras ................. NEW SOUTH WALES v. SOUTH AUSTBALIA. 872 RUNS IN FOUK DAYS. Played at Adelaide on Jan. 8, 10, 11, and 12. New South Wales won by 216 runs. With the thermometer varying from 101 to 113 in the shade the players in this match can be excused if they did not feel able to greatly excite themselves while they were in the field or at the wickets. There was some- "W alks . Second innings. 0 c McKenzie, b Reedman.. 2 c McKenzie, Reedman .. 11 b Evans 40 c and b Jones 50 b Jones........ 9 b Jones........ 48 b Jones........ 3 not out........ 3 b Jones........ 51 b Jones........ 6 c and b Evans 5 Extras ... .. 81 b .. 51 . 14 . 8 . 13 . 21 25 . 0 . 15 Total................ 228 T otal.........316 S outh A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. Darling, b N oble................ 8c Carter,b Howell 74 Lyons, cTrumper, b Howell 14 b Howell .......... 6 Hill, lbw, b Pye ................ 20 b Noble..... .” 2 Reedman, b Howell .......... 6 c Howell, b Me Kibbin ............25 G. Giffen, b Howell ......... 49 c Garrett,bNoble 12 Jarvis, b H ow ell............... 6 b Noble................ 0 W . F. Giffen, b Howell ... 11 b Noble......... 2 Drew, c Ferris, b Noble ... 9 notout. ... 33 Evans, b Noble ............... 0 b Noble . 9 McKenzie, not out .......... 7 c Carter, b Me Kibl in .......... 3 Jones, c Trumper, b Noble 0 c Iredale, b Me Kibbia ......... 8 Extras .................. 9 Extras .............16 Total..................139 T otal........... 1S9 N ew S outh W ales . Second innings. O. R. M.W. ... 28 71 7 6 .. 19-4 50 4 2 .. 34 116 4 0 9 36 2 0 First innings. O. R. M. W. Jones .......... 26 5 54 6 5 Evans .......... 17 43 5 1 Giffen .......... 30 93 2 3 Jarvis .......... 13 33 1 0 Reedman 8 11 2 2 Lyons ... (J 14 1 0 Drew ... 5 10 1 0 N E X T ISSUE , T H U R S D A Y , M A R CH 31.