Cricket 1898

M arch 31, 1898. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 37 In the list of matches in which a four- figure total was reached, which follows next, Sussex will again be found very prominent. One in every three matches played by the sea-coast county against the two University sides has resulted in such a total. Contrast this with the M.C.C. match results. Eich University played 50 games against the M.C.C. during the 25 years, 100 games in a ll; yet only five of these are included in the list, or one in twenty. It is stranger, too, that while not one of the twenty games between the Cantabs and York­ shire figures in the list, the only match which the Dark Blues played with that county is to be found therein. Lanca­ shire does not figure, though the Red Bose men played a couple of dozen games with Oxford, and also met Cambridge on three occasions. The 1410 of the first entry on the list is the Eng’ish record for a first-class match. MATCHES OF 1,000 RUNS. W§ Match. At. Year. 1410...23... Oxford v. Sussex..........Brighton ... 1895 1402 ..40... Cambridge v. Sussex ... Brighton ... 1891 1339 . 39... Cambiidge v. Sussex ... Brighton ... 1890 1332 .37... Cambridge v. M.C.C. ... Lord’s ... 1894 1235...36... Cambridge v. M.C.C.... Lord’s ... 1896 1217 24 .. Oxford y. Middlesex ... Prince’s ... 1876 1207.. 37... Oxford v. Kent ...Maidstone 1895 1197...25... Cambridge v. Sussex ... Brighton ... 1687 1179...38... Camb. v. Thornton’s X I Cambridge 1896 1166...36... Oxford v. Webbe’s XI. Oxford ... 1896 1149 32... Cambridge v. M.C.C. . . Cambridge 1896 1134...33... Camb. v. Thornton’s X I Cambridge 1895 1106...33... Cambridge v. Somerset Cambridge 1895 1101.. 35 .. Oxford v. Sussex....Brighton... 1894 1100. 33... Oxford v. Somerset ...Oxford ... 1894 1100...35... Oxford v. Cambridge ... Lord’s ... 1892 1095 40... Camb. v. Webbe’s X I .. Cambridge 1894 1091. 35... Oxford v. Webbe’s X I. Oxford ... 1888 1084...30... Cambridge v. Sussex ... Brighton ... 1895 1064 36... Oxford v. Gentlemen .. Oxford ... 1881 1064 39... Camb. v. L’pool & Dist. Liverpool... 1897 1063...35... Oxford v. Sussex........Brighton ... 1896 1063 . 36... Oxford v. Cambridge..Lord’s ... 1896 1057...27... Oxford v. M.C.C..........Lord’s ... 1896 1040...35.. Oxford v. Webbe’s XI. Oxford ... 1897 1034...40... Oxford v. Yorkshire ... Oxford ... 1895 1023 . 44... Oxford v. Gentlemen ... Oxford ... 1890 1019...30... Cambridge v. Surrey ... O val..........1887 1C07.. 30... Cambridge v. M.C.C. ... Cambridge 1895 J.N.P. [To be continued.') MR. STODDART ’S TEAM IN AU STR A L IA . THE FIFTH AUSTRALIA MATCH. TWENTIETH OF THE TOUR, Rayed at Sydney on February 27, March 1, 2, and 3. Australia won by six wickets. Although the defeat of the Englishmen three times in succession in the matches against Australia had rendered a fifth match unnecessary, it was hoped in England that the touring team would by winning it recover some of its lost prestige, Stoddart and Board stood out. MacLaren, who acted as captain, does not experience such untoward fortune as ktoddart in the matter of the toss, and therefore the fact that he won it in this match did not cause unbounded expres­ sions of astonishment. On the first day everything went well with the English­ men. The bowling of the Australians, said to be so remarkable, met with but little success on the excellent wicket, and when stumps were drawn only five wickets were down with the total at 301. Mac­ Laren, Wainwright, Hayward, Storer, Druce, and Hirst all batted well, although if one of them had scored a hundred as some Australian or other generally suc­ ceeds in doing, it would have been even more satisfactory. On the Monday morn­ ing the five remaining wickets put on 34 runs only, so that there was nothing alarming in the position of the Austra­ lians, who however did not very greatly distinguish themselves during the day. They lost five wickets for 184, the only score of importance being the 64 by McLeod. The other batsmen did not cause much trouble on the Tuesday, and the Englishmen had the extreme pleasure of going in a second time with a lead of 96. So far, so good. But a great shock was in store for the visitors. MacLaren was caught off the first ball in the innings; at 16 Wainwright was bowled off his pads, and at 30 Ranjitsinhji was l.b.w. With the two giants of the side gone it was uphill work for the rest. Hayward and Storer made a plucky stand, but the bowlers were on their mettle, and the innings fizzled away until when stumps were drawn nine wickets were down for 172. Still matters were not hopeless, for the Australians had to make 269, plus the runs made for the last wicket. The last wicket added six, so that the home team had to make 275. When McLeod was bowled by Heame with the total at 23, of which he had made four, and Hill bowled by Richardson for two with the total at 40, the Australians had none the best of it. But in the meantime Darling had become set, and when he was joined by Worrall the bowling was collared, and the match was almost won before the two batsmen were parted. Worrall was caught at 233 for a remarkably good innings of 62. There was no longer any question as to the result, but Darling, who had played one of the best innings of his life, was out just before the necessary runs were made. He had scored 160 in two hours and forty-eight minutes, and his innings included 30 fours. Thus, the last match of the five, like the three pre­ vious matches, ended in a victory for the Australians. M r . S to d d a rt’ s Team. First innings. Second innings. A. C. MacLaren, b Trott ... 65 c Darling,b Jones 0 Wainwright, c Hill, b Trum­ ble ......... ..........49 b Noble ........... 6 K. S. Panjitsinhji, c Gre­ gory, b Trott ................. 2 Ibw, b Jones ... 12 Hayward, b Jones ..........47 c Worrall, b Trumble..........43 Storer, b Jones .................44 c Gregory, b Trum ble........ 31 N. F. Druce, lbw, b Noble 61 c Howell,b Trum­ ble ....................18 Hirst, b Jones ................ 44 c Trott, b Jones 7 J. R. Mason, c Howell, b Jones ............................... 7 b Trumble..........11 Briggs, b Jones ............... 0 b Howell .......... 29 Hearne (J. T.) not out ... 2 Hearne, not out 3 Richardson, b Jones .......... 1 b Howell ... ... 6 Extras ........................10 Extras ... 12 Total........................335 Total ...178 A u stralia . First innings. Second innings. C. McLeod, b Richardson... 61 b Hearne .......... 4 J. Darling, c Mason, b Briggs..................... . .. 14 e Wainwrighf', t) Richardson .. i60 C. Hill,b Richardson......... 8 b Richardson ... 2 J. Worrall, c Ranjitsinhji, b Richardson ...............26 c Hirst, bHay­ ward ... ... .. 62 S. E. Gregory, c Storer, b Richardson ... ... ... 21 notout.. ........22 M. A. Noble, e Storer, b Richardson ...............31 notout... ... ....15 G. H. S. Trott, c Ranjit­ sinhji, b Hearne ... ... 18 H. Trumble, b Richardson 32 J. Kelly, not out ... ........ 27 W. Howell, c MacLaren, b Bichardson ...............10 E Jones,c Storer,b Richard­ son ..................... ............... 1 Extras ........ ............... 7 Extras..........11 Total ...............239 Total (4wkts)276 M r . S to d d a rt’ s Team. First innings. Second innings. R. W. R. YV. Jones ................. 82 6 .......... ................. 31 3 Trott ................. 56 2 .......... ................. 12 0 Noble ................ 57 1 .......... ................. 34 1 Trumble .......... 67 1 .......... ................. 37 4 Howell................. 40 0 .......... ................. 22 2 McLeod .......... 23 0 A ustralia , First innings. Second innings. R. W. R. W. Richardson 94 8 .......... .................110 2 Briggs................. 39 1 .......... ................. 25 0 Heame .......... 40 1 ............................... 52 1 Mason ... .......... 20 0 .......... ................. 57 0 Hayward .......... 12 0 ............................... 18 1 Hirst ................. 14 0 .......... ................. 33 0 Storer ................. 33 0 THE YICTORIA MATCH (Return). ( t w e n t y - f ir s t o p th e to u r .) Played at Melbourne on March 11, 12,14 and 15. Mr. Stoddart’ s Team won by seven wickets. It was not the fortune of the English­ men to win the toss, but on the whole they did well on the first day, getting rid of nine of their opponents for 283. The innings of the day was the 107 of Trumble. It was a sound innings, and made in decidedly reasonable time—two hours and ten minutes. Except for 59 by H. Stuckey, who is in fine form this season, and 39 by Trott, the bowling for a change had the mastery over the batting. Richardson was again expen­ sive. The innings closed on the Saturday for an addition of 45, Johns and Roche making a good stand for the last wicket. The batting of the Englishmen was dis­ appointing on the Saturday, for although Hayward was seen at his best in making 96, and Ranjitsinhji again got within measurable distance of a hundred, the rest of the team who batted were content with small scores. Three men in suc­ cession made a duck. At close of play the score was 238 for seven wickets, and thanks to good batting by Board this was increased by 40. The wicket had been upset by rain, with the result that when Yictoria went in again with a lead of 50, Richardson was at last able to do himself complete justice. The first two men, McLeod and Worrall, made a stand. After that there was a collapse of such a startling kind, that although the score was 72 when the first wicket fell, it was only 99 when six men went out. This gave Mr. Stoddart’s team a look in. The innings closed for 132 on the Tues­ day, leaving the visitors 183 to win. Ranjitsinhji again made 61, and carried