CRICKET.

Evening Star, Issue 9582, 31 December 1894, Page 1

CRICKET.

ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. The second teßt match was begun at Melbourne on Saturday. Beautiful weather was enjoyed, with a fine drying wind, but the raiojfbf the previous evening rendered the wipt dead. Twelve thousand people were present. George Giffen, who captained the Australians, won the toss, and was dubious as to whether to go in or not, but after a long inspection of the wicket decided to send the Englishmen to bat, much to the satisfaction of the supporters of the Australians. At 12.28 p.m. Coningham opened to Maclaren, who played the first ball softly to Trott at point- amid loud applause from the moderate attendance of spectators, who greeted the downfall of a dangerous batsman. Stoddart followed and negotiated the rest of the over safely if streakily. Ward bepan operations by cutting Turner's second ball to cover-point for 2 and playing the last ball of the over to short leg for a single, following this up by sending Coningham to square-leg for 3. Stoddart started by an uppish hit off 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 scored a triplet for a stroke past point. After Stoddart had made another single he was clean bowled in attempting to draw Turner to leg. 19—2—10. Ward heralded Brown's arrival at the wickets by hitting Coningham to leg for 4, but the next over Brown played a bumpy one of Turner's into the slips, where Trumble made a nice catch. 23—3—0. Brockwell, the next man, after witnessing Ward soore 3 to leg, launched out at Coningham, lifting the ball ovet the bowler's head. Iredale made a brilliant run from the out-field and secured a magnificent catch. 26—4—0. Peel joined Ward, and appeared content to keep up his wicket while Ward scored intermittently. With the score at 36 Trumble relieved Coningham and was driven by Ward to the boundary for 4, but the bowler shortly after had his revenge, as the same batsman skied a lofty one to Darling at cover-point, and retired after carefully compiling 30, the telegraph board registering 44—5—30. After lunch Ford, who followed, shaped well, and Peel and he put on 14 runs, when, after driving Turner to the boundary for a quartet, Peel was caught in the slips by Trumble off the next ball. 58—6-6. Briggs came in to see Ford let off by Trott from & hot stroke, only to bo caught ouehanded by Giffen iu the slips off Trumble. 60—7 —9. Briggs scored 4 and a single and then gave the bowler, Trumble, a possible chance which was not accepted, but almost immediately he was taken by Bruce at square-leg. 70—8—5. Phillipson played oue to leg for a single, but a couple of balls later was caught by Darliug in the long field. Lockwood opened with a single, following it up with a brace, when he lost his partner, Richardson, who hit one up into the out-field, where it was secured by Iredale. Lyons and Bruce started for Australia, but with the total at 4 Richardson badly beat Lyons. 4—l—2. Giffen and Bruce brought the score to 12, when Bruce, who had been missed by Brockwell in the slips, was caught by Ford at third 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 relieved Richardson, and when the score was at 41 Darling sent him over the chains for 5, but a little later on was beaten by a beauty from the same bowler. 53—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 cautiously, and was batting 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 lO was caught by the wicket-keeper, 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 4's 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 : Englishmen.—First Innings. Ward, c Darling, b Trumble ... ... ... 30 Maclaren, c Trott, b Oningham ... ... 0 Stoddart, b Turner 10 Brown, c Trumble, b Turner ... ... ... 0 Brockwell, c Iredale, b Coningham ... ... 0 Peel, c Trumble, b Turner ... ... ... 6 Ford, c Giffen, b Trumble ... ... , ... 9 Lockwood, not out ... ... ... ... 3 Briggs, c Bruce, b Turner ... ... ... 5 Phillipson, c Darling, b Turner ... ... 1 Richardson, c.lredale, b Trumble ... ... 0 Leg-byes... ... ... ... ... 9 No-balls , 2 Total 75 Bowling Analysis. Trumble took three wickets for 15 runs, Turner five for 32 ; Coningham two for 17. Trumble bow'ed two wides. Australians.—First Innings. Lyons, b Richardson ... ... ... 2 Bruce, c Ford, b Peel ... ... ... 4 Giffen, c Phillipson, b Briggs 32 Gregory, c Ward, b Richardson ... ... 2 Darling, b Lockwood ... ... ... 32 Iredale, b Richardson ... ... ... 10 Coningham, c 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 Bowling Analysis. Richardson took five wickets ior (i 7 runs, Briggs two for 26, Lockwood one for 17, Peel one for 21. Lockwood and Richardson each bowled a wide. SENIOR CUP. The following was the result of Saturday's play : ALBION V. GRANGE." This match was continued on the North Ground before a fairly large crowd of spectators, and the Albious succeeded in making a respectable fight of it. The game was won by the Grange on the first innings. Scores:— Grange. First Innings ... ... ... ...144 Second Innings. Downes, c O'Shea, b Tumbull ... ... 18 Baker, b Turnbull ... 3 W. Best, lbw, b Tiirnbull ... ... ... 29 Johnston, not out .. Dawes, b Turnbull 0 Parker, st Currie, b Bray ... ... ... 1 Crawfurd, c Turnbull, b Crawshaw ... ... 15 J. Best, c Currie, b Crawshaw ... ... 0 Weitzel, c Hinimel, b Crawshaw ... ... 0 Lawlor, b Crawshaw ... ... ... 4 Reatieaux, absent ... ... ... ... 0 Extras 10 Total ... 102 Bowling Analysis.-Ritchiesoballs, 36runs: Turnbull 75 balls, 37 runs, 4 wickets; Bray 45 balls, 14 runs, 1 wicket; Crawshaw 16 balls, 5 runs, 4 wickets. Albion. First Innings ... ... ... ... 75 Second Innings. Currie, b Downes ... ... ... ... 6 Alexander, c Lawlor, b Parker ... ... 3 Crawshaw, c Parker, b Downes ... ... 17 Gollar, c Parker, b Downes 24 A. TuhibuU, not out 33 Black, b Downes ... ... ... ... 0 Himmel, c Johnston, b Crawfurd ... ... 9 Bray, b Crawfurd ... ... ... 6 Ritchie, not out ... ... ... ... 7 Extras ... 30 Total for seven wickets ... ... 115 Bowling Analysis.—Downes 150 balls, 38 runs, 4 wickets; Parker 60 balls, 39 runs, 1 wicket;Crawfurd 85 balls, 25 runs, 2 wickets, 1 no ball.

Carisbrook A v. Ddnkdjn. The former continuing their innings (two wickets down for 167 runs) at Carisbrook, put up the large score of 348, of which Rattray claimed 137, and extras totted up 53. Rattray was heartily applauded on his return to the pavilion. Scores : Carisbrook.—First Innings. Bains, b Kinvig ... , v ... ... 53 Fisher, b M'Rorie 30 Rattray, bSkitch 137 Liggins, c Kinvig, bSkitch ... - ... ... 30 Tomlin, c M'Farlane, b Kinvig ... ... 8 Clayton, not out ... ... ... ... 2 MaeNeil, c Kinley, b M'Farlane ' 261 Spraggon, c Low, b M'Farlane ... ... 4 j Hope, b M'Farlane ... ... ... ... ' 1 i Stronach, b Low ... ... ... ... 1 Austin, st Croxford, b Skitch ... ... 5^ Extras 53 Total 348 DUNEDIN. First Innings 100 Second Innings. M'Farlane, b Hope ... ~. ... ... 9 Beck, not out ... ... ... ... 21 Kinvig, c Tomlin, b Spraggon ... ... 60 Skitch, run out ... ... ... ... 19 Croxfovd, b Fisher ... ... ... ... 0 M'Kirdey, not out ... ... ... ... 1 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 6 Total for four wickets ... ... 106 Carisbrook v. Ofoho. The Opoho, with four wickets down for 67, cbntinued their innings at Carisbrook. The stumps fell rapidly and the innings closed for 93 runs. Cooke bowled well, capturing four for 12 runs. With 30 runs to i the good, the B team started their second innings at 3.40, and at 4.45 they were all out for 50, Wells, Clarke, and Webb being responsible for the Bmallness of the score. Requiring 81 to win, Opoho entered on their second innings, H. Boddington and Clarke going first to the wickets. Clarke soon set to work and in a very short time had the bowline collared. His 56 (not out) included a fine drive for 7, all run out. Scores : Carisbrook B. First lunings ... ... ... ... 123 Second Innings. D. Cooke, b Wells - ... 0 A Harraway, b Wells ... ... ... 0 Morice, b Clarke ... ... ... ... 0 M'Lennari, c Boydell, b Wells ... ... 6 H. Harraway, b Clarke ... ... ... 0 Thompson, b Wells ... ... ... ... 0 Austin, b Wells 17 G. Harraway, c Boddington, b Clarke ... 5 Smith, c M'Lean, b Wells 0 Cheeseman, b Wells ... ... ... ... 2 A. Cooke, b Webb 13 Brodrick, not out ... ... ... ... t A. Harraway, b Webb 0 M'Gill, absent ... 0 Hartnett, absent ... ... ... ... 0 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 7 Total 50 Bowling Analysis.—Second innisgs: Wells, 75 balls, 7 maidens, 22 runs, 7 wickets; Clarke, 60 balls, 3 maidens, 17 runs, 3 wickets; Webb, 15 balls, 1 maiden, 4 runs, 2 wickets. Opoho. First Innings. Second Innings. Clarke, c Thomson, b Austin 6 not out 56 H. Boddington, c Harra- c Harraway, b way, b Harraway ...39 Cooke 0 E. K. Boddington, run out 12 not out 4 Boydell, c Austin, b Cooke 6 Haskell, b Cooke 2 M'Kenzie, b Cooko ... 0 b Cooke 4' Gooch, b Austin 4 M'Glashan, c Morice, b Cooke 0 M'Lean, not out 8 b Harraway ...13 Webb, lbw, b Austin ... 9 Wells, c Cheeseman, b Cooke 2 Extras 5 Extras 5 Total 93 3wktsfor ... 82 Bowling Analyses.—First innings: Austin,, 85 balls, 4 maidens, 33 runs, 3 wickets; Hartnett, 70 balls, 5 maidens, 28 runs; I). Cooke, 75 balls, 1 maiden, 2(i runs, 5 wickets; G. Harraway, 20" balls, 2 maidens, 2 runs, 1 wicket. Second innings: Cooke. 35 balls, 32 runs, 2 wickets; I Austin, 50 balls, 18 runs; G. Harraway, 20 balls, 14 runs, 1 Wicket; -M'Lennan, 10 balls, 4 runs; H. Harraway, 5 balls, 9 runs. JUNIOR CUP. Both the Albion junior teams suffered disappointment on Saturday, neither the Anderson Bay nor the Carisbrook D team putting in an appearance. The former team, however, gave a day's notice, but the Carisbrook sent no notice at all. Opoho No. 1 met Opohe No. 2. No. 2 team, batting first, made 58, Nichol scoring 34 and Sharp 12 runs. Espie (four for 22) and Jelly (two for 12) bowled well. No. 1 team lost one wicket for 178. Wilson ran up 64 (not out), W. Thomson 64, and Gough 47 (not out). OTHER MATCHES. A match was played on Wednesday betweeu members of the Opera Company Cricket Club and a team from the Dunedin Cricket Club. Yiotory rested with the former, who won by 41 runs. The following are the scores : Opera Company. Ford, b Low ... ... ... ... -4 Beaumont, b MacFarlane ... ... ... 11 Define, c and b Low... ... ... ... 7 Rice, c Beck, b Croxford ... ... ... 61 Neilson, retired hurt ... ... ... 1 Brownlow, b Philp ... » ... ... 6 Sullivan, b Groxford ... ... ... 6 Watson, not out .. ... ... ... 27 Kieley, b Croxford ... ... ... ... 6 Salisbury, b Croxford ... ... ... 1 England, b Philp ; 8 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 24 Total 164 Dunedin. Williams, b Deane ... ... ... ... 54 Croxford, c and b Deane ... ... ... 29 MacFarlane, b Deane ... ... ... 3 Philp, st Ford, b Deane 12 Beck, run out ... ... ... ... 8 Latham, c Ford, b Beaumont ... ... 4 M'Lean, st Ford, b Deane ... ... ... 5 Fraer, not out ... ... ... ... 3 Low, absent... ... ... ... ... M'Kinlay, absent ... ... ... ... M'Kenzie, absent ... ... ... ... Extras ... ... ... ... ... 5 Total 123 The Opera C.C. v. Union Steam Ship C.C., played on the Oval on Saturday, was won by the former by 75 runs. Scores : Opera C.C. Rice, b Brodrick ... ... ... ... 15 Ford, b Smythe 18 Deane, c Eva, b Smythe ... ... ... 20 Beaumont, run out ... ... ... ... 5 Watson, c and b Smythe ... ... ... 25 Sullivan, c Smythe, b Reynolds ... ... 11 Brownlow, c and b Smythe .. ... ... 18 Ramage, hit wicket ... ... ... 1 Lissant, b Reynolds... ... ... ... 1 Lauri, b Reynolds ... ... ... ... 0 Kieley, not out ... ... ... ... 0 Byes , 2 Total 115 U.S.C.C. Watson, c Ford, b Deane ... ..." ... 0 Burt, st Ford, b Deane ... ... ... 0 Falkner, b Deane 1 Smith, b Rice 21 Eva, not out ... ... ... ... 7 Smythe, st Ford, b Rice ... ... ... 0 Brodrick, c Ford, b Rice ... ... ... 8 Patterson, c and b Rice ... ... ... 0 Reynolds, b Deane ... ... ... ... 2 Ramsay, b Deane ... ... ... ... 0 Cope, st Ford, b Deane ... ... ... 0 Bye 1 Total 40 The Midlands met and defeated the Privateers A after an exciting match by one, run on the first innings.—Waverley A claimed their match which was to have been played on Saturday by default, tho United failing to put in an appearance.—Waverley B defeated Privateers B by five wickets. Sir Henry Thomas Wrensford&ley, Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands, and formerly of Western Australia* Tasmania, and Victoria, in a long letter to the London 'Times,' suggests that the existing Legislative Councils should constitute a Federal Privy Council for Australia, to deal with bills of an intercolonial character, five members of each Government being allowed seats in the Council. He suggests that the place of meeting should be selected by the Queen, in order to avoid jealousy, and that the decisions of the Council be final. ~