CRICKET.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1205, 5 April 1895, Page 25

CRICKET.

STODD ART’S ELEVEN IN AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, March 28. The Englishmen began the final match of their tour in Australia to-day, when they met a South Australian eleven for tile! sririofid tittle; 'rlid wriathrif Ms iiiagmfieent and the ticket ill perfect of'drif: _ , Stbddritt Mas unable to as lie, had Hot quite recovered from his reCeiit illriesf, and his place as captain of the teani was' filled hf PHiilipsidri: . ; . . . The Soittii Aprittaliahs wferit first to the tickets aiid alt the close , of .the .dny’s .play had lost seven wickets for 5!36. , Thqy made a poor start, and had three wickets down for 49. George Giffen and Reedman raised the total to 118, the latter playing a dashing innings until he was run out through a misunderstanding on his own part. Briggs dismissed Dyer the first ball. Gridfgri Giffen was fairly set and looked like ihakihg ft big score; when he was gnidrtiy taken by Gay beliiiid the tHckets; Sliririiari was sb'dn disposed of, arid then ybutig Hill and Walter Hifferi niade a fine fit-arid arid, prit a different complexion oil the gariie for the Coloriials. Both batsmen showed grand fofrii . and complete y mastered the bowling. The former scored very rapidly, making numerous beautiful cuts and drives to the boundary. Richardson was never seen to better advantage with the ball, and ha d all the batsmen in trouble till he was checked by the last partnership. The fielding of the Englishmen was excellent;

AnrinAiDE, March 29.•The match Erighind v. South Australia Ms resumed to-day in fine weather; Mill and Walter Giffen; the two not out riien of the pfevibils day; continued their aggressive play; rind piled up thei rrinS at a great rate; the partnership being Still tindissolved at the luncheon adjournment, with the score standing at 32C. Shortly after resuming play, Giffen was clean bowled by Lockwood. He batted admirably throughout, although he gave a COUple of hard chances. F. Jarvis ably assisted Hill iff making things merry for the field until his sturrijris write scattered by Richardson. Jones, the last riiari iii; .was soon disposed of, and the innings closed for 397. Young Hill, who carried out his bat for 150, played one of the finest innings ever seen on the ground. He showed splendid and faultless defence, dashing cutting and driving and great judgment in placing the ball. He punished all the bowling alike, and several changes were tried without having the slightest effect on him. The youngster received a great ovation on the team leturning to the pavilion at the close of the innings. The Englishmen opened well, and when the stumps were drawn had lost one wicket for 82, the first wicket falling with the score at 61. The following are the scores: — South Australia.— First Innings. Lyons, cPeel, b Richardson ... ... 6 A. Jarvis, b Richardson ... ... ••• 5 G. Giffen, c Gay, b Briggs ... 51 Darling, b Richardson 15 Reedman, run out 46 Dyer, b Briggs... ... - g Blinman. c Peel, h Ricnardsoti ... ... o Walter Giffen, b Lockwood 81 F. Jarvis, b Richardson ... ... ... 31 Jones, o Ward, b Brockwell 1 Hill, not out 150 Extras 8 Total- 397 Adelaide, March 30. The weather was fine to-day when the cricket match England v. South Australia was resumed, and there was a very large attendance. Greater interest was centred in the match to-day, as the Englishmen had started so well, and when they began to pile up the runs at the rate they did, it was apparent that every opportunity was being taken of the last chance of displaying Their powers of tall scoring. When the stumps were drawn for the day four wickets only were down with the fine score of 451, and of these three had reached a century or over. Ward and Brown, the not-outs of the previous evening, began slowly at the start, but were not long before they opened out, and not only were the field kept busy, but the scorer also was hard at work. Ten after ten was registered in quick succession, and Brown, who was laying the wood on with the greatest effect, soon overhauled the Lancashire man, and an exciting race took place between the pair of professionals until the Yorkshireman fell a victim to a trimmer from George Giffen, just after he had brought up the century opposite his name. Brown’s score included eleven 4’s, and he never gave a chance. The retiring batsman was especially effective in squareleg strokes. This partnership was re- .. , •> I*7/1 nn i 1 BpUUBiWiO J-Vx j-t x, ■ - 236.

McLaren came next, and he, too, began to make things lively, knocking up 18 runs in as many minutes. Joy reigned among tne Beiusmeu vviivm uc scm oiiw back to George Giffen which was accepted ; but the trouble was not yet over, as Ford, who joined Ward, got to work, and hitting both hard and lucky gave the field no rest. All the bowling appeared the same to him, and he sent the South Australian champion for three consecutive 4’s. Innumerable changes were made in the bowling, but it had no effect on the rate of scoring. Everything Ford could get hold of went near to the boundary or past it, but in attempting a short run he was dismissed, Reedman, who fielded the ball, making a sharp return. At 98 he was badly missed by Walter Giffen. Ward played a patient and scientific innings, but occasionally, as he did in the last test match, became strongly aggressive. He gave two hard chances to Geo. Giffen, both off his own bowling, but the champion was suffering from a damaged finger and was handicapped.

Both the bowling and fielding were brilliant-, until towards the finish of the day, when t£e men tired out, and it then became a little loose. - . ... April ( L The match England v. South AusUaTiT was resumed to-day. The weather was again fine, and the wicket in excellent condition, but the attendance was poor. Ward and Peel continued to score at a gjo'vf pace,- the fielding being an improveiflerifTaMrir the day’s fe§t< The Lancashire ri'rack-Vtari,i6,udlv applauded <m reaching His second iiuriclfri'd-' Giffen again had several . .ch'alrices' til dgtCh'irig. Ji'iirr,. but missed them all through; His'injured finger.• After Ward’s dismissal zoi , thte’ total of 219 ; no one else made a stain'd of: dri-T cd’riseffuence,' arid tli!e last wicket fell at 609. A , Lyons began tile’ Priftth.. Au’sfrahaTi, second innings by some free bitting; affd was rapidly piling up the score when ne‘ was caught. The following is the score England.—First Innings. Brockwell, 1.b.w., b George Giffen ... 35 BiPwri; b Giffen Mi McLrirriri; c and b Giffen ... ... ... F.drd; run otft ••• '' MS ■vyard, Hb.w., H Gifferi Peel, b Lyons ... ... ;u ::: ••• 57 Lockwood, ruri out ... ... a; g* Briggs;not out May,,’ c' Hill, b Lyons ... ... j> Phillipson; c Reedman, b Giffen 7 Richardson, 8 arid b Lyons 0 Extras ... A. ... 13

Total MV Giffen took five wickets for 289, and Lyons three for SO. Adelaide, April 2. Thri E'rigliehnien wound up their tour today by ridriiiriistei-'lfig »• handsome beating to; the Sduth Australians Oil ilid ground ivltefe they riie't witli thriir first defeat dtiring tliri torir; Thd weather, M§, y, itrid the wickdt fehiairied gjood to tiie last: , . The scoring •vthile tlie lo'dal riieii werri' in was slow, as they were apparently lrife'rehf trying to keep their wickets up for a draw, and moreover they had to contend witli very fine fielding. The only period of the play worthy of notice was when Hill and Dyer were together. The former again biitted iii dashing style, and gave an excellent display; England knocked tip triri fediiisifcri fttfiS without the loss of a itidii; arid thus wrift by 10 wickets. The scores were as follow : South Australia.— Second Innings. Lyons, c Phillipson, b Peel 32 Reedman, b Peel ... ... ... ••• 1 G. Giffen, c Brown, b Richardson ... 27 Darling, b Briggs 36 W. Giffen, c Phillipson, b Richardson ... 4 Hill, c Phillipson, b Richardson 56 Blinman, c Phillipson, b Richardson ... 17 Dyer, notout... ... ... ... ... 40 F. Jarvis, b Briggs ... ... ... ... 27 Jones, b Lockwood ... ... ... ... 3

A. Jarvis, absent ... ... ... ... 0 Extras 12 Total 255 Richardson took four wickets for 91, Briggs two for 54, Lockwood one fot 36, and Peel two for 62. En&land. —Second InnihgS; Brockwell, not Out . ;i ... 24 Ford, not out ... ... .;. ... 18 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 3 Total ... 45 London, March 28. The Surrey and Lancashire counties have promised to facilitate Lord Sheffield’s efforts to form a team to meet Mr Stoddart’s eleven on their return from Australia. PROPOSED INTERCOLONIAL MATCHES. Mr Wanklyn, tho Taranaki delegate on the New Zealand Cricket Council, visited Australia recently fully accredited as the representative of the Council. He interviewed the secretaries of the New South Wales and Victorian Associations, Australian Cricket Council and Melbourne Cricket Club, and went fully with those gentlemen into the question of interchange of visits. It is understood that both Victoria and New South Wales are willing to send teams to the Colony if the New Zealand Council guarantee expenses, and that the visit of the Australian Eleven next season is open if the Council can arrange terms. The hospitable reception given to Mr Wanklyn is an evidence that the Australians are fully in sympathy with the New Zealanders.

A meeting of the committee of the Wollington Cricket Association was held on Monday, Mr C. A. Knapp presiding. It was decided that at the conclusion of tlie junior matches now in progress, the junior matches be discontinued. On the motion of Mr Taylor, seconded by Mr Stevens, it was decided that communications should be sent to the Wellington Football Association and the Rugby Union, asking them to act with the Cricket Association in regard to debarring defaulters to cricket clubs playing football, the Cricket Association to do the same with regard to defaulting footballers.