CRICKET NOTES BY SLIP

Otago Witness, Issue 2298, 17 March 1898, Page 35

CRICKET NOTES BY SLIP

• . • W. Howell's 95- for New South Water ' against England is the greatest score ever made in a first- class match by a batsman going in' > last. j • . * Says tha Bulletin : " George Giffen de» I raanded £25, and S.A.C A. offered him £20, 'as exes, in the recent ehield contests. The j extra £5 possibly cost S A. the trophy, but S.A. cricketers unanimously support the association, ' which is in low water as regards funds." • . • C. J. Eady has for the second time ia J his career scored a double century in a match. j Playing for the Break o' Day Club against I ■Wellington (Hobart) last month he scored 205' 1 and 120 (not out). The match produced four i individual centuries, as Burn and Dodds, fo? ! the Wellington Club, each gob three figures, j * . '*' No standing allowed in front of the j pavilion " is the notice 'posted at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. During the fourth test match _ this was taken very literally indeed by an aged > Scotchman, evidently nob. familiar with tbe usages of the ground. He sab in tbe front row i when Howeli went in to bat, ' and Maclaren, ; with a prescience amp!y justified by subsequent ; events in Sydney, fielded close up to the fence iin anticipation of a high drive. The venerable 1 onlooker leaned over the rose bushes, pointed | his umbrella at the fieldsman, and said, ■ " Young man, yfe're no allowed to stan' inironb o' the privilion." { * . • The performances of the different colonies j in ttm season's competition for the Sheffield J Shield are set out upon the following table :—: — •

•. • The proprietors of Wolffe's schnapps offered a prize of £50 to the person who1 guessed neareit to the result of the final twsj' ! m&tcb. There were 33,300 coupons tent in s j and of these 17,084 selected the Australians to win and 16,216 t&e Englishmen. Three hundred and fifty-tour, or over 1 per cent, hit the bull's-eye with a guees of " Australian team to win by six wickets and two runs." Consequently the dividend will be a fraction under 2s lOd, and those happy individuals who ! frhoufcod a small bottle on the night of the tesb I match on the ftrength of having won the £50 J have been " badly left." Two New Zealand competitors gave a correct guees, one of them being a Cavereham lady, the siater of a d«shing player wbo has done good service for Otsgo. •.•An English writer ("The Major") is To-day, <3it cussing the fact o? Wainwtighfe I having done little bowling in Australia, remarks :—": — " I happen to know that Maclaren considers Wainwright's bowling absolutely un1 suited to Australian wickets, and that he was. f strongly opposed to the Yorkshireman forming } one of the team. Maclaren thought that Mr F. G. Bull should have been asked instead. He has a very high opinion of (he capabilities* of the younjj%3ssex amateur." It is a coincidence. I thab some of the Australians expressed theI opinion as soon as the English team was, ; selected that the inclusion of Bull would. ; streDghtcn it. ! • . •Mr W. Maclean, secretary of the Otag»' | Cricketers' Association, has received word from j the Sotithlaud Association agreeing to Thnrsi day and Friday, the 24th and 25th inst., as the ! dates for the Ofcago-Southland match to be i played here. i •. • The lesson of ths test matches *ill, re- | marks the Bulletin, possibly be taken tf» heart by some of the wealthy English cricket ' clubs, and we may hear of professional bowlers ! being engaged to practise oa mattiog-covereti, i asphalt wickets during the winter months. i But, although the hardness of Australian, I wickets may be accountable for tho extra j " break " which Noble and Co. have learned toput into their deliveries, no amount of practice on the parfc of Ricbardaons, Hirsts, and Briggses i will ever make them as lean, lifche, and likelylooking b as the Australian boys who are now advancing to the attack in battalions. Richardson is manifestly hampered by his increasing bulk ; nuggety Hirst strains his broad round back in the effort to bowl curly balls. The best Engli-h bowler ever seen cut here was tbe lissom Lohmama, and Australia will ere long be producing ten cricketers of Lchmann's stamp to every one who can avoid getting fafe in , England. Climate in the one place and beer in the other make for the superiority of Australian bowling. i • . ' The final innings in the final tesfc match was played at portions of its progress in a condition approaching white heat. The incident which gave rise to the excitement was an appeal by Richardson for lbw against Darling when he was 54. The bowler declared that ho had never seen a clearer case. Richardeou was bowling, however, round the wicket, and from the extreme outside of the crease, so that a lbw would have been difficult in any case ; but to make it more awkward the bowler ran right across the umpire, and completely shut out his view of the batsman. There was an excited feeling all over the ground. Bannerman was the umpire, and the English wicketkeeper, Storer, talked at him over the decision till tba captaiD, Maelaren, came up and stopped him. Presently a ball off Richardson went at Darling's body, and the crowd hooted, believing th« bowler intended it. Richardson was greatlj i annoyed, and others felt it too, for on some. , persons in the pavilion starting to hoot, I iStoddart, who was sitting close by, turned round and said, "ThanU youl" "When Stores

complained, Bannerman simply told him to mind his own business. It was a pity that the closing game should be marred by such unpleasantness ; but everyone was at fever heat, Trott and his men watching it from the balcony in front of their dressing room being as excited as the rest. ■ . ' Afc a meeting of the Victorian Cricket Asso- | ciation it was decided to suggest to the Cricket i Council that next year will ba an opportune ! time to ssnd a team to England, and that the council control and, if necessary, finance the ! tour. ; • . ' Last Wednesday afternoon the University j cricket team met the Albion on the Oval. ; Albion batted first and were all disposed of for j 61, four of them being ran out. Although the 1 University batted cautiously against prorok- ; ingly clow bowling, the first few wickets soon | fell. Dr Neil, Mosely. and Calder, however, j managed to make a good stand and reach ; double figures. When play was stopped the j . University had eight wicketa down for 73. • . On Wednesday last D." Neil, the exsecretary cf the University Cricket Club, was presented with a handsome double goldmounted ribbon alberb. In the unavoidable absence of the president, the captain (Mv Fitzgerald) made the presentation. Dr Neil ■was secrets ry for the club in 1896 and 1897, and it is in the main owing to him that the ; university has a cricket club at all. In the j service not only of that club, but also of other j university institutions, _he showed untiring ; devotion, and unless circumstances are very adverse his enthusiasm is expected to ensure the success in after life which his fellow j ntudent friends wish him. . j • . " As I hava nob beep placed in possession { of the detailed scores in the match between j fche Carisbrook A and Dunedin teams las'; j Saturday I regret that 1 am unable this week j to publish a further batch of Senior Cup averages. ' . ' Three centuries w^ro made in Christchurch on Saturday — one in senior aiid two in junior cricket. • . • A. C. Maclaren and K. S. Ranjifc«inhji have each scored over 1000 runs ihis season in i Australia. Both got into che four figures last i Saturday at Melbourne. j • . • If rumour be correct (" Observer" says) | Ranjitfeinhji will not be so long out of English j cricket as expected, for though he fetaya in j India en the road Home, there is a possibility of his getting back to iiiogland in time to play ! for the English Eleven at present in Australia ; agaicsb the rest of England. ; • . • There was nothing very entertaining iibout tbe play last Saturday on "the Caledonian «roond, wnere the match between the Caris- j brook A aud Danedin clubs was continued, Twenty-five wicket* fell {"o" 176 runs. On the jrrcTious Saturday five fell for 228 run 3. The last five CaivsVrook wickets added 70 runs to ! the score of 223 at which the innings was re- | sumed. Liggins added ten to the score of 53 j which he had cumpiled on the previous Satur- i day, and be was then disposed of by Lithanp. ', Rattray increased his reckoning by 17, and • Howden and Thomson made 18 and 15 refpsc- j tirely. The battiug was nob spirited— indeed ' it was sr.ni3wbafc elow — but the bowling waa [ ggpd. Facirg a total of 298, the Dunedin team : made a melancholy disp^y against the_bowl>Dg ! of G. ,Ausi,io end Fisher. Tne f .imer got his , fi«t three wickefs ior no runs. Croxford was . beaten all -the way by a ball that was pitched a ; beautiful length ; H'Kebzieknew nothing aHout I the ball that despatched tim ; and Kiuvig played a hall from the off on to the leg stump Clarke made a ft:W nice hits, including a sweet t drive eff Austin, and Skitch nude one gigantic ,' s liffccfflhe same bowler, while A. Slicleau, a recruit from the eecond fclevtn, -who nn.de his , debut in eenior cricket; and shaped very j nervously, made a cjupla of rather streaky cuts i off F'sher, but none of Ihe others did anything I and tbe venture realised 57 only. The Dunedin ' < followed en, and instead of tfisher and Au&tin, Harknf S3 ar.d Howdeu operated with the ball, ' the result being a worse coUspse, for the whole i side were cut ior 49. A truly lamentable t-x-hibition! < • . • Nearly a<» complete as tbe Carisbrook's defeat cf the Danedin team was that sdminis- J tered by the Grange to the Opjho. The former J had on the previous Saturday mads 235, whila ' ths latter had four wicke's down for 31. Con- ■ •] tinuing their innings, -the Opoho lost three more wickets for an addition of 18. M'Lean ' < and Collett then became associated, and made j a very serviceable stand, which caused a change \ 1 of bowlers and produced 60 runs. Both bats- I men went at about tbe same total", and the innings closed for 117. Following on, the Opoho (with two men absent) made a very poor stnnd, scoring 32 only, co that the Grange vron by an innings and 86 runs. The fielding of the winners was, with one or two exceptions, j ■wretched in the first innings, but the team ' somewhat retrieved themselves in the second \ j inningp. j j • . • The wickets at Christchurch on Saturday ] j latst favoured the bowlers. The United, who j had on the pivvioua day scored 82, dismissed J the Lancaster Park Eleven for 86 (Cobcroft 3S), 'J and then t cored 54 for one wicket (Mendelson not oui. 35). The Midland Eleven cccupied the wickets tbe wbole afternoon against fivdenham, and sc< r<;d 321 (K. Smith 135, T. W. R-ese 37). The Lancaster Paik Thirteen made 122 against 1 the United Thirteen, who had previously scored t 200, snji who, going in for their second innings, t made 43 tor four wickets. r * . " Raiijitsinbji's second dismissal furnished f one of tbe sensations of the last test match, iv j f two of wbich Banneimau was, unfortunately J i for himself, the; chief actor. R'-mji was about | < to play one of Jones's to the off, but changed < his intfntion, and fo? a second bat and pads ■were all mixed up together in front of the I wicket, while the ball glanced away to leg. ' Kelly jumped excitedly in the air, thinking he J was bowled, but Jone3 made no appeal until *Trotb, who had a clear view from point, called s Dub, " That hit the pad iirat; did you appeal, Jonah?" Then he appealed, and Bannerman f gave it out. There was some uncertainty, j t though Jones tossed up the ball, and it was not | < nntil Ranjitsinhji had asked, "Did you appeal < 1 for that ? " thai he left tha wicket, mnch dig- 1 satisfied with the decigion. In addition to i Trott, Darling, Hill, and Gregory were ail quite confident that the ball struck the pad i first, and were looking for an appeal, while I there was no doubt about the batsman's leg ' being in fruiit. From the press box, elniost 1 behind the bowler, it looked lik'J a stroke. I Ranji was in hopes of getting his thousand in 1 this innings, his aggregate being now 960, and it ii rather a singular circumstance that while ] in very bad health he got the hundred three < times in his first six innings, he has not since 1 scored it. i ______ i BTODDAET'S TEAM v. YIOTOEIA. : Melbourne, March 11. ] The return match English Team v Victoria j was favoured with fine weather to-day, but the ( attendance was limited. The play, with the ( exception or the performances of Trumble, I Trott, and Stuckey, calls for little comment. 1 Trurablehit 14 4's, and received a great ovation. ! At the close of the day's play nine wickets were i down for 333. . ' i

March 12. The lasb Victorian wicket gave the Englishmen a great deal of trouble, both batsmen hitting briskly. The Englishmen's play was of a Tory uneven character. Ranjitainhji was badly misged by Worrall after making a single. With two wickets down for 59, Hayward and i Ranjifcainhji entered inLo a five partnership, 145 1 appearing before a dissolution was effected. 1 The Indian's innings was, however, of an uneertaiu character. The second century had ! just been turned when Hayward was dismissed, ; and the next three men fell for " ducks." At | the close of tbe day's play Btorer and ;■ Board looked like making a good display. J Scares : — I Victoria.— First Inning 3. ; M'Leod, o Board, b Mason , 16 '• Worrall, st Board, b Storer 13 ! Trumble, c Hearne, b Storer ... #o . 107 I Stuckey, b Mason 59 | Rush, st Boa 1 d, b Storer 0 ' Gilles, c and b Mason 37 Trott, c Uirst, b Richardson 39 Brucf>, b Mason 0 Layer, b Richardson 15 Johns, not out 31 Roche, c and b Storer ... 24 Extras 7 Total 328 i Bowling Analysis. — Richardson took two ! wickets for 301 ; Storer, four for 79 ; Mason, four | for 53 ; Hearne, none for 53 ; Hirst, none for 29. j March 14. i Rim fell last nighfc and softened the wicket. The Englishmen werß Boon disposed of. In , the Victorian second innings Worrall and j M'Leod put up some fa3t scoriDg. Rain I stopped the play for a while, but Worrall again j displayed his gift of getting runs on a web ! wicket. When both men had been dismissed, , I rain came on heavily and play was frequently ; i stopped. Richardsou becaEoe deadly on what was not? a thoroughly bad wicket and the batssjea had no chance. Scores :—: — Englishmen. — First Innings. \ Wainwvight, c Trumble, h Trott ... 8 llaclaren, c Johns, b Trott 2D i Ranjitsinhji, c Johns, b Gillei- ... 61 \ ! Hay ward, c and h Roche £ifs | Di-ucs, c and b M'Lsod U ! Hirst, c Tiumblc, b Roche 0 : Mason, h Roche 0 i Storei 1 , c Bruce, b Wilier 31 I Board, c Johns, b Koche ... .. 36 ; i Richardson, c Bruce, b Roche 10 j | Hearne, not out 2 ] ■ Extras 7 j ' Total 289 j Bowling Analysis — Roche took five wickets j ; for 77 : Trotf, two for 55 ; Giller. two for 51 ; > ■ M'Laod, one for 36 ; Trumble, none for 54. i Victoria. Fiist innings 328 i FesoDil Innings. i M'Leod, c Mason, b Richardson . . 26 Worrall, l> Richardson 41 Gilles, c Storer, b Richardson 1 Stuck>-y, c Board, b Richardson ... 2 i Rush, run out 0 > Trumble, b Richardson 7 j Trott, not out 7 i Bruce, not out (i Extras !9 Total for six wickets 99 Richardson has secured five wickets for 22. •4> ; SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. Grange v. Opoho. Tbe above match was continued on Saturday at Opoho, the Grange winning by an innings and 86 runs. Scores :—: — Grange. b\vA Tunings , ... 235 Opoho, First Irsnings. Second Inning 3. Gollav, c T. Downes, b A. Downes 4 bT. Downes ... 4 M'Gavin, c Johnston, b T. Downes 7 absent — Webb, c A. Downes, b Parker 19 lbw, bT. Downes 11 Gooch, run out 1 c Henderson, b A. Downes ... 0 > Nichol, bT. Downes ... 0 absent — j White, b Parker ... 8 b A.Downea ... 0! Gough, c Johnston, b ' j Parker 9 not out 6j M'Lean, bT. Downes ... 41 c Lawrence, b A. j JJownes ... 2 > Collett, bT. Downes „, 17 c Lawrence, bIV i Downes ... 0 J Kilgour, not out ... 9 c I'-arker, b A. i Downes . . 3 Gunthorpe, c and b T. Downes 0 ibw.bT. Downes 5 Extras 2 Extra ... 1 Total 117 Total ... 32 BOWLES ANALYSIS. First Inningp. Oveis. Mdns. Runs. Wkfcs. A. Downes 24 4' 55 1 T. Pawnes 17 5 37 5 Parker fi 1 20 3 Henderson 1 — 3 — Second Innings. A. Downes 8 1 14 4 T. Downes 9 3 17 4 i THIRD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP. I The Dunedin No. 1 meh the Blorniogton No. 1 on the Caledonian ground, and defeated them by 125 runs. Dunedin put together 193, towards which Cameron and Reid respectively contributed 4-1 aud 32 (putting on 80 for the first wicket), Melville 48, Dcumm no"; oui; 19, and Fleming 11. filornington, bailing eight men, iotaliel 68 (Cameron 21, Nautnann 15). j Cameron (Jloruiugfcon) 3nd R.-id (Dunedki) did most datcaga with the ball. Trinity defeated MorniDgfeon by six wickets. Scores : Moraington. 24 and 43 (Ross 13) ; Trinity, 47 (Barroo 22), and 24 for four wickets, j For tbe losers Ro r s and M».rks eecuiv.d roost ' wicket", and for Trinity Kenuard and R~s? ' shared the bowling honours. j The Oeeana No. 2 defeated the NorLht-ru, at Moatecillo, by' four wickets and 77 runs. ; Scores : Northern 79 (Morrison 21, M'Nair 11); i Oeeana 156 for six wickets (Mitchell 50, C. j Burke 44, Melville 13). Burke (eight for 23) bowled well for the Ocaana, and Johnston j secured most wickets for the Northern. Carlton defeated Grange Third ab the North ground by 19 runs after an exciting game. Scores: Carlton, ]03 (C Stewart 23 not out, Gilroy 23, Marks 16) ; Grange, 84 (Sinclair 29, Pricp 21, Rofisbobham 10). Stewart and Gilroy j for Carlton and Muriaon and Morgan for Grange bowled well. The match between PortChalmers and Oeeana No 1, who are now leading for the shield, is causing a great deal of interest. Hunter, winning tbe toss, decided to bat, and his team gave the Oeeana a merry lime, the inning 9 closing for the rejpecfcab'e total of 128. D. Jack, vho batted frealy for 66, was top-scorer, Ward (17) and Collhorpe (10 not out) also reaching double figures. Oeeana started very poorly, three wicket* going for 11. Blakeley (15) and Campbell (13 not out) then came to fche rescue, and when stumps were drawn for the day the side had losb seven wickets for 65. Mason (two for 12) and Campbell (two for 34) bowled besb for Oeeana ; wlvbt Jack (three for 12) and Neil (four for 17) trundled very effectively for Port. The match will be played out some evening during the present week, '

OTHER MATCHES. A team from the Carisbrook went out to Mosgiel on Saturday, and, after a very pleasant J although low scoring match, defeated the home team by 5 runs. Csriabrook, winning the tpss, went in, but made a very poor stand against the bowling of Lndbrook and Stevenson, who I disposed of the whole team for the small total | of 47, Spraggon (10) alone getting into double figures. Ludbrook had a hand in getting every j wicket, as beside 3 getting eight wickets for 27, he caught the other two men. The Taieri on going in fared even worse, the last man being disposed of with the total at 42. R. Inglis (14) and H. Allan (10) were the only players to reach double figures, C. R. Smith (with six wickets for 17) and Geo. Harraway (four for 23) getting the wickets. Afternoon tea was provided by the ladies, and was very much appreciated by the visitors. Green Island School beab Mosgiel School by 57 runs, the winners making 55 and 31, the \ losers 31 and 8. For the former C. Harraway | made 24 aud J. O'Sullivan and J. Alexander j each 10, while Murdoch's 10 was tho latter's top score. As specimens of splendid bowling, C. Harraway got eleven for 18 and M. Harraway nine for 7, this latter bowler ge'.ting his last six wickets for no runs. } Kensington School defeated Albany street School by 67 runs. Scores : Albany street, 33 ; Kensington, 100 for four wickets, at which stage the innings was declared closed. For tbe ] winners Courtis made 51 (not out), M'Beath 19 i (sob out), and W. Lees 15, the trio showing ; good form in making their runs. Lees also j fir-cured five wicket 3at small cost. Wilkinson, i ior Albany street, secured the four wickets of j | thr-ir opponents. j The Roslyn Club sent a team to Oatram on I Saturday to play a return match with WeaS : ! Taieri. Roslyn won the toss and tcok th** , field. Wt-sc Taieri were disposed of for 62 I (Nichol not oub 28, Grant 13), but Roslyn at ! S the call of time had only lost fou- wickets for 103 (Allnutt 29, Anderson 27, W. Wilkinson not out 22). For Koslyn Hector Fisher was the most succersful bowler, securiug six wickets for 19. After the match the visitors were treated to a splendid spread ab the Terminus Hotel, and did &mple just'ee to the good things pro- I vided by Hostess Resta. Alter a pleasant hour's singing, items being supplied by Messrs Low, M'Bryde, M.'Phai!, Alinutt, Wilkinson (2), and Fisher, a very enjoyable outing was j brought to a close by singiug " Auld lang syne," with hearty cheers for West Taieri.

'.Matches Total Runs. Total ( Aver* Wkts. { agt. , § 1| •- 1 : 71 77 2S-35 2254 80 71 37-64 23-85 77 i 80 21-22 25-51. Total ( Wkts. Colony. I 5 -I I I <i_ 3 1 1798 1622 2 2 iH63 li)oi> 1 3 1698 1929 i Victoria i S. Australia I N.S. Wales ;