ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8989, 31 December 1894, Page 5

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA.

Pros* Association-Sir ?- MELBOURNE, December 2& \V:i At one o'clock this morning; moat ttaOt \ fell, and the wicket was completely drenched. There is not maoh chaise ati present of heavy scoring to-day. ' A-heavy, thunderstorm yesterday sod> dened the ground, and the pitch ira* covered with a tarpaulin for some time, bat the water soaked naderaea£a£*jy§nd tha . to tiutsßft* being '- protectedon: the ground of tbehf - ohances, the tarpaulin removed. The weather this nioraisig fa fine and drying, but overcast at v t|mes-. The play to-day will be uncertain. sf-Tha ArgurA has a sub-leader, urging the pcatponemenifi, of the match till Monday, but the >£gfs maintains that yesterday 5 * break m-'\^§r-- :- -----weather will emphasise the element of $g||£; ;•< The second test match, England v tralia, began to-day, when beaatifnl"; weather was enjoyed, with & fine drying wind, bnt the rain of the previous evening rendered the wicket dead, Uwehre thousand people were present. Geo. Giffen, who captained' the- Australians, won the tossy and was dubious as to whether to go in or not," but alter a long" inspection of the wicket he decided to oenct the Englishmen ~ in to bat, much to the satisfaction of the supporters of the Australians. At 18.28 p.m. Coningham opened to MacLaren> • who - played the first ball aoftly to Trotfe at point: amid loud applause from the moderate, : attendance of spectators, who greeted the s downfall of so dangerous a batsman. Btod«> dart followed, ana negotiated the rest of | the over safely, if atreakily. W»rd bsgaa

operations by cutting Turner's second ball to cover point for two, and playing the last ball of the over to short-leg for a single, following this up by sending Coningham to squareleg for 3. Stoddart started by an uppish hit, on" Coningham, to mid-off for 2, repeating the dose to the long-field, and after scoring a single snicked Turner in the slips for a brace, immediately after registering a similar number by a nice draw to leg, and Ward Bcored a triplet for a stroke past poinb. After Stoddart had made another single he was clean bowled iv attempting to drag Turner to leg. 19—2—10. Ward heralded Brown's arrival at the wickets by hitting Coningham to leg for 4, bub next over Brown played a bumpy oue of Turner's into the slips, where Trnmble made a nice catch. 23—3—0. 'Brockwell, the next man, after witnessing Ward score a 3 to leg, lunged out ab Coningham, lifting the ball over the bowler's head, and Iredale, making a brilliaub run from the outfield, secured a magnificent catch. 26—4—0. Peel joined Ward, and appeared content to keep up his wicket, while Ward scored intermittingly. ■ With the score ab 36 Trumble lelieved Coningham and was driven by Ward to the boundary for 4, bub the bowler shortly after had his revenpe, as the same batsman skied a lofty one to" Darling ab cover point and retired alter carefully compiling 30, the telegraph board registering 44—5'—30. Alter lunch Ford, who followed, shaped well, and Peel and he put on 14 runs, when, after driving Turner to the boundary for a quartette, Peel was caught in the slips by Trumble off the next ball. 58—6—6. Brigßs came in to see Ford let off by Trott from a hot stroke, only to be caught onehanded by Giffen in the slips off Trumble. 60—7—9. Briggs scored a 4 and a single, and then gave the bowler, Trumble, a possible chance, which was nob accepted, but almoßt immediately afterwards he was taken by Bruce ac square leg. 70—8—5. Phillipson played one to leg for a single, bub a couple of balls later lib was caught by Darling in the long-field. 71—9—1. Lockwood opened with a single, following it up with a brace, when he lost his partner, Richardson, who hib one up into the outfield where it was secured by Iredale. After the usual adjournment Lyons and Bruce started batting for the Australians, but with the total at 4 Richardson badly beat Lyons. 4—l—2. Giffen aud Bruce brought the score to 12, when Bruce, who had been missed by Brockwell in the slips, was caught by Ford at tbird man, after making four singles. 12—2—4. Gregory joined his captain, and only 2 runs were scored by the newcomer when he was well taken by Ward in the slips. 14—3—2. Darling, who followed, played sterling cricket, and made some pretty back cuts. Lockwood xelieved Richardson, and when the score was at 41 Darling sent him over the chains for 5, - but a little later on he was beaten by a beauty from the same bowler. 63—4—32. Iredale commenced freely and made 10 prior to being dismissed by Richardson, who with Briggs when the total was 67 had taken the places of Lockwood and Peel. 80—5—10. Giffen up to this time was playing most oaotioualy, and he had been at the wicket for an hour and three-quarters for 32, when he was smartly caught at the wickets by Phillipson. 86—6—32. Coningham was next and started cautiously, but after scoring 10 he was caught by the wicketkeeper, who was , standing well back. 108—7—10. Trumble, the next man, had a short life, being dismissed with a trimmer from Richardson after scoring a single 110—8—1. Trott put 16 together with much care, and was then foolishly run out by Jarvis, who refused to budge an inch. 116—9—16. Jarvis had a couple of fours and three singles to his credit when he was caught at point, the innings closing for 123 runs. The fielding of the Englishmen was not up to their usual form, and at times they fumbled the ball badly. . The following are the scores :—> ; ENGLAND. . First Innings. Ward,o Darling, b Trumble... <M 30 MaoLaren, c Trott, b Coningham ._ 0 Stoddart, b Turner ... ... ... 10 Brown, c Trumble, b Turner... .« 0 Brockwell, o Iredale, b Coningham . M 0 Peel, o Trumble,-b Turner ... .' .„ 6 Ford,o Giffen, b Trumble ... ... 9 Lockwood, not out ... ... ... 3 o Bruce, b Turner ... ... 5 Phillipson, o Darling, b Turner .„ 1 Richardson, c Iredale, b Trumble ... 0 Leg byes ... ... ■ ... 9 No balls ._ i# . ... 2

Total ... ... ... 75 . Trumble took three wickets for 15 runs, Turner five for 32, and Coningham two for 17. AUSTRALIAN. First Innings. Lyons, b Richardson ... >M 2 Bruce, o Ford, b Peel ... ._ 4 Giffen, o Phillipson, b Briggs ... 32 Gregory, o Ward, b Richardson .„ 2 Darling, b Lockwood ... ... 32 Iredale, b Richardson ... ... 10 Coningham, o Phillipson, b Richardson 10 Trumble, b Richardson ... ... 1 H. Trott, run out ... ,_, ... 16 Jarvis, c Brown, b Briggs ... ._ 11 Turner, not out .„ ,„ ... 1 Wides ... ._ ... 2

Total ... ... ... 123 . Lockwood and Richardson each bowled a wide. December 30. In the Australian first innings Richardson took five wickets for 57 runs, Briggs 2 for 26, Lockwood 1 for 17, Peel 1 for 21. The no-bolls in the English team's innings were bowled by Trumble. There ia every prospect to-night of fine weather and a good wicket to-morrow.