CRICKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2151, 16 May 1895, Page 34

CRICKET.

NOTES BY SLIP. A London cable s*ys:--"Stoddarb, speaking at the reception given to the returning cricketers, staged tba& during the early part of tbe tour Richardgou's customary style of bowling was ueolee*, and he g-.ve away 400 runs for nine wicketa, and was nut effective until he began pitchiog'the balls two yard j shorter than usual." A London caMo at&tes that in the course of an interview Riohsrdson, tie Surrey bowler, declared that George Giffc-n waa ceo of the greateut of batsmen, and that among the most pronais'ng of the Australian cricketers are Iredftlo, Darling, A. B. Trotr, and Clem Hill. Both Btoddait and Brown concur in this opinion. In an article in the Pall Mall Gazette Mr George Gifftn says that Stoddort's team in a marked degree revived Australian cricket, aud tbab a more popular t>>am never toured tK?' colonies. Giffon co:sideis that the bestAustr*Si*n tkvon is olighMy stronger than Stoddarfc's team.

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