CRICKET.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8054, 1 November 1897, Page 2

CRICKET.

STODDART'S TEAM V. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Adelaide, Oct. 30. England's first innings closed for 475. Ranjitsinghi made 189, Wainwright 36, Hirst 10, Storer 84, Briggs J, Hearne (not out) .31 , Richardson 0, sundries 34. Stoddart is suffering from a severe attack of influenza, and did not bat. Bowling analysis : Jones 7 wickets for 190, Green 1 for 32, Evans 1 for 93, Lyons 0 for 29, Jarvis 0 for 60, Reedman 0 for 50.

South Australia's second innings resulted : Darling 1 , Hill 45, Lyons 56, Reedman (not out) 15, sundries 7 ; total for three wickets, 124. Yesterday saw a record attendance at the Oval. Kanjitsinghi showed better cricket than on the preceding day. He had another life at 154, although the chance was difficult. Afterwards he punished the bowling hotly and with He/irne and Storer together, the spectators were treated to a lively game. Hill banged both Richardson and Hirst all over the field with great vigor, but had two narrow escapes of being run out. Lyons looked like the Lyons of old with his brilliant clean drives. London, Oct. 31. The newspapers suggest that Stoddart should cable to the Cape for Brown, the Yorkshire professional, to proceed to Australia with a view to strengthening the batting department of the team. The Standard, commenting on the South Australian match, says the absence of Giffen was intensely disappointing to English cricketing circles.