Cricket 1901

Nov. 28, 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 453 THE ENGLISH TEAM IN AUSTRALIA. S O U T H A U S T R A L I A N M A T C H . ( f ir s t of t h e t o u r .) P layed at A delaide on N ovem ber 9, 1 1, 12 and 13. For their opening match, in Australia the English cricketers were considerably handicapped from more than one cause. In the first place they had only arrived at Adelaide five days before; and again, the Australian light was bound to affect them materially till they had got in some degree used to it. South Australia were fortunate in getting first innings. Of the advantages they had they failed to make as much use as they might. Clem Hill, indeed, was the only one of the earlier batsmen to make any great stand. His innings of 107 was a painstaking and judicious display of batting. Subse­ quently Leek made a useful stand and Mackenzie stayed some time, carrying out his bat for 37. Bain had meanwhile caused an hour’s interval. When the Englishmen, who had made 7 for no wicket overnight, went in on the second morning, they found run-getting appar­ ently difficult, though there was nothing in the wicket to make it so. In the result, Giffen troubled them completely. The batting generally was disappointing, and excepting Gunn, Greave and G. L. Jessop, no one could do anything really with Giffen. He took seven wickets, and at the end of the innings South Australia had a useful lead of 112 runs. When they went in again Hill was once more the mainstay of the side. At one time he looked like scoring the double hundred and only failed by 20 runs. Next to him Hack and Reedman were the most suc­ cessful. Rain had fallen heavily on the third night and play was considerably delayed on the fourth morning. Then the bowlers had all the best of things and batsmen were all at a disadvantage. With 320 to win, the English team, as the wicket was, had hardly an outside chance. As it was, Giffen’s bowling was again irresistible. Lilley alone got over 20 and the whole side were out, leaving South Australia with a decisive victory by 233 runs. In the match, Giffen took thirteen wickets. Full score:— S outh A u str a lia . First innings. Second innings. F. Jarvis, c Lilley, b Gunn 0 cBames.bBraund 7 F. T. Hack, b Braund ... 2 run out ..........41 C. Hill, b Barnes.................. 107 c Blythe,b Barnes 80 G. Giffen, b Gunn .......... 7 c Lilley, b Blythe 19 J. £. Beedman, c Quaife, b Braund ... ................. 4 c Jessop, b Blythe 31 E.H.Leek, c Lilley, b Blythe 39 runout ..........li R. Bailey, c Jessop b tfames 15 c Quaife,b Blythe 2 J. Matthews, c Jessop, b Blythe..................................11 c Jor.es, b Blythe 6 J. Mackenzie, not ou t........ 37 c Gunn, b Blythe 0 E. Jones, c MacLaren, b Barnes................ ... 2 cMacLaren,bGunn 0 J. Travers, c MacLaven, b Barnes......... ................ 0 notout................. 4 Extras........................ 6 Extras.......... 6 M r. M a cL a rrn ’£ First innings. Braund, b Jones................. 7 Gunn, c Hill, b Giffen ... 21 A. C. MacLaren, b Jones ... 3 Quaife, c Bailey, b Giffen 28 Hayward, b Giffen .......... 1 Tyldesley,c Travers.b Giffen G. L. Jessop, b Giffen A. O. Jones, b Giffen... Lilley, c Leak, b Giffen Barnes, not out .......... Blythe, b Travers........ Extras................. Total ... . 38 . 0 . 2 T ram . Fecond innings, c Jones, b Giffen 4 c and b Giffen ... 5 st Mackenzie, b Travers .......... 6 c Matthews, b Travers .......... 9 b Giffen ..........12 b Travers ..........14 cTravers, b Giffen 0 c Hill, b Giffen .. 5 c Matthe s, b Giffen st Mackenzie, Travers ... not out......... Extras... 23 Total ... 86 Total ........230 Total ...207 THE VICTORIA MATCH. ( second of t h e t o u r .) Played at Melbourne onNov. 1 5 , 16,17 and 18. Owing to the wicket, the second match played on the ground of the Melbourne Club was like its predecessor one of com­ paratively light scoring. This time A. C. MacLaren himself stood down, and A. O. Jones who captained the team in his absence winning the toss, theEoglishmen took advantage of the choice of innings. Still they found run-getting far from easy, and though Jessop and Garnett began fairly well, the only lengthy stand was by Quaife who carried out his bat for 36. As it happened his score was better than the best contribution on the other side. Barnes’ fast bowling was the chief factor in the dismissal of the Victorians. He took five wickets, Blythe three, and Braund two. McLeod who had previously bowled well was the highest scorer with 29. With a lead of 33 runs the English­ men were fairly successful when they went in again. McGahey and Hayward did this time bore the brunt of the run-getting and their scores proved the highest of the match. McLeod as in their first innings was successful with the ball, though Collins also took five wickets. Rain it may be stated had saturated the ground on the third night, and the play on the fourth day favoured the bowlers com­ pletely. Victoria at the finish had 208 to win, but this was, under existing conditions quite beyond their powers. Barnes again wanted very careful watching, and Graham whose brilliant hitting with the Australian teams of 1893 and 1896 will still be remembered in England, was the only batsman to get over 20 runs. In the result the English team won by 118 runs. M r. M a c L a r e n ’ s T ram . First innings. Second innings. G. L. Jessop, st Fry, b Saunders ........................26 b M cLeod........... 0 H. G. Garnett, c and b Me- c Graham, b Col- Leod ...............................17 lins ................. 3 Tyldesley, c Saunders, b McLeod ........................10 c Graham, b Col- Hayward, c Collins, b lins ................. 9 Saunders ........................12 c Ollins, b Mc­ Leod. 38 Quaife, not out .................36 b Collins .......... 11 Li.ley, b Saunders .......... 6 c McMichael, b McLetd ......... 9 A. O. Jones, c Stuckey, b McLeod ........................18 lbw, b McLeod ... 5 C. McGahey, c McAllister, c Stuckey, b Col- b M cLeod........................15 lins ............... 67 Braund, c McAllister, b c Armstrong, b McLeod ........................ 2 Collins .......... 9 Barnes, c Laver, b Arm- c Graham, b Mc- strong...............................19 Leod................ 6 Blythe, st Fry, b Armstrong 1 n otou t................. 3 Extras ................. 4 Extras..........14 V icto ria . J. Worrall, c Jones b Barnes 0 C. McLeod, b Barnes......... 29 H. Graham, b Barnes........ 26 W.Armstrongs and bBames 6 S. McMichael, lbw, b Barnes 14 H.Stuckey,cBraundbBlythe 9 P. McAlister, c Barnes b Braund ........ ..........22 F. Laver, c and b Blythe ... 10 F. Collins, b Braund.......... 1 H. Fry, not out ................. 6 J. Saunders, b Blythe......... 1 Extras ................ 9 Total................ 133 b Barnes .......... 8 cBraundbBarnes 0 b Barnes ..........26 c Braund bBarnes 1 c Garnett bBlythe 4 cLilleybEayward 17 b Barnes .......... 5 cGarnettbBarnes 6 b Barnes .......... 3 b Hayward........ 8 not out................. 0 Extras ... 11 89 Total Total ...174 THE NEW SOUTH WALES MATCH. (t h i r d o f t h e t o u r .) Played at Sydney on November 22, 23, 25, 26 and 27. Under favourable conditions the Eng­ lishmen began the third match of the tour on Friday, the 22nd inst. Sydney Gregory was lucky enough to win the toss for New South Wales, and of course took the innings. Trumper, who opened the batting with Noble and the two members of the last Australian team, made a good commencement. Both fell to Braund, who also got rid of the younger Gregory for a “ duck.” Later on Hopkins, Poidevin, Kelly, Clarke, and Howell all added useful scores, bringing the total finally up to 288. At the end of the day MacLaren and McGahey had made 25 without the loss of a wicket. On the following day the former played finely, remaining at the wicket till he had scored 145. As in the case of the Australians the tail lent valuable assist­ ance so much that the Australian scores was eventually headed by 44 runs. With a short time left Sydney Gregory put in Howell and Kelly, and when stumps were drawn both were still in with 18 up. Continuing on Monday the EDglish bowlers were successful for some time. When things were going very much against the Australians, how­ ever, Noble and Poidevin got together, and they changed the whole aspect of the game. Noble was dismissed for 74, and then Iredale came to keep Poidevin remaining in with him till the end of the day. On Tuesday a determined stand was made by the later batsmen of New South Wales. Poidevin continued to play fine cricket, and with Iredale, who is well-known on English cricket grounds, the score rose steadily. The latter, after making 67, was caught off Jones. Kelly, Clarke, and Howell all lent Poidevin useful assistance, and the total was raised to 422 before the innings closed. Poidevin was still unbeaten at the finish, carrying out his bat for 151, a great performance which did much to deter­ mine the result. With 379 to win the Englishmen had a very difficult task for the fourth innings. They opened badly, too, McGahey being caught when he had only made a couple. The captain, how­ ever, was again in his best form, and his stand with Hayward improved that con­ siderably for the Englishmen. Both were out before the end of the day, when the total stood at 160 for four wickets. With 218 to get and six wickets to fall the odds were slightly in favour of New South Wales when play was resumed