STODDART'S TEAM V. VICTORIA. Melbourne, March 15.

Otago Witness, Issue 2299, 24 March 1898, Page 43

STODDART'S TEAM V. VICTORIA. Melbourne, March 15.

The weather waß dull and the wicket so£fc. Bruce retired hurfc from a blow off Richard "=ou. Layer put 19 together before ti e inuings clo-ed, but Ratijitfcinhji niisfed an easy cutch off him early. The Englishmen hit out freely, bub it; ■«»!• not till three wickets were down for 82 B»na K&njitsinbji and Hay ward got together 'bat say thing like big hitting was seen. These two plp,yed brilliantly and soon had the required mmber up, the Englishmen thus winning by t.even wickets. Scores :—: — Victoria. First Innings „.., ...328 Second Tunings. M'Leod, c Ma«on, b Richardson ... £*? Worrall, bli chardson , 41 Oilier, c Storer, b RicharJson 1 Stuckey, c Board, b Richardson „. 2 Hush, run out 0 Trumble, b lUebardeon 7 Trott, c Ms.c'ai'en, b Hayward... ... 7 Bruce, retired hurt .12 Tjaver, Lot out ... c » 19 Johns', c and b Mason ... «.» „ 4 Roche, c Hcarne, b Mat on ... . . 4 Extras ... .„ ,9 Total ... ... 132 Botvlii 3 Analysis.— Hearne, no wickets for 42 ; Mason, three for 12 ; Wainwrieht, none for 5:0 ; Kichardsoc, five for 35 ; Hayward, one for 14. Englishmen. Tirst Innings . . . „,. ... 289 Second Innings. Wainwright, c Layer, b Trott 36 Board, c Ls*ver, b Trumble 15 Maclaren, c Rush, b Trumble... ... 21 Kanjiteinhji, not out .. „. .... 61 Hayward, not out ... 39 Extras „ ... 11 Total for three wicke'.s ... 183 Bowling Analysis. — Trott secured one wicket fcr 41, Trumble two for 44. STODDART'S TEAM v. SOUTH AUSTEALIA. Adelaide, March 20. Glorious weather and a splendid wicket favoured the first dav'a play for the return match between the Englishmen and South Ans'rplia. The last bowling of Jones played bpvco with the Englishmen, and was responsible for 1 their moderate score. Stoddart made bis beat score of the tour in first-class matches. Board's innings waß a merry one, and Kanjitsiuhji showed elegant cricket. Maclaren did do* take part in the match Things looked b»d for the Englishmen at the oufcrefc, bat Hayward and Ranjit«inhji altered the position of affair?, although runs only came slowly. Jones missed Stoddart at 4 off his own bowling, and Bosrd had a couple of lives. Darling and Lyons were shaping well when stumps were drawn. The former made a tremendous hit for 5, and tbe batsmen had 50 up in 35 minutes. Scores : — Englishmen.— Eirst Inningß, Wainwright, b Jones „. 9 Mason, b Jonej ... ... 9 Ranjitsinbji, b Jones „■ .M. M ... 40 Storcr, b Jooes , ... 5 Hay ward, b Jones »• •.. 32 Druce, c an<i b Jones ... ... «,, 8 Hirst, c ll'Kenz'e, b Evans =-, ... 7 Stoddart, cJarvis, b Hugo ... «. 40 Board, b Jones .* , „.. 59 Hearne, not out . » 4 Richardson, c Green, b Hu^o 4 Extras j> Total 222 Bowling Analysis.— Jones took seven wickets for 80 runs. Hugo two for 31, Evans one for 79. South Australia.— First Innings. Darling, not out .„ ... ... ... 28 Lyons, not out ,„ ,„ . , ... 21 Extras „, M , „. 5 Total for no wickets 3 .. ... 54 March 21. In the cricket match between the English team and the Soubh Australians, the latter, who had on Saturday scored 54- for no wickete, concluded their first inningi for 287 (Lyons 79, DarliDg 88, Hill 8, Jarvig 17, W. Giffien 2*, Green 31, Jones not out 17). The Englishmen, in a minority of 65, commeuced their second innings, in which thay h&ve scored 32 for no wickets. Among the passengers by the Al&meda !9 Mr Maxe, who takes the place of Mr Cusack Smith as British Consul at Apii The secondclass booking includes 30 miners for Klotidyke. In tho strong room the Al&naeda ban £<•• 00,000 of specie for England, u.ud :-,n additional £60,000 was shippedi ati this port by tho Bank o£ Nsw Zealand.