Cricket News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 169, 16 January 1895, Page 2

Cricket News.

ENGLISHMEN IN AUSTRALIA. VICTORY FOR THE AUSTRALIANS (Per Press Association.) Adelaide, January 15. The Englishmen's second innings closed for 143. The Australians thus won by 382 runs. The weather was delightfully cool. The wicket played well, although it showed signs of the ordeal through which it had passed. A. Trott and Giffen resumed bowling to Stoddart and Brown, and at 62 Trott clean bowled the latter. Brockwell joined his Captain, and both played with great caution. Before the new comer had reached double figures Giffen missed an opportunity of catching him. After his escape Brockwell began scoring rapidly. Boundary hit after boundary hit brought up the century, but then the Surrey man sent one hard back to Trott, who made a fine one-handed catch. Peel came next, only to softly pat the first ball back to Trott. Ford partnered Ins captain, but after getting into double figures, cut A. Trott to H. Trott. The procession had now begun, Briggs only coming in to go down before the redoubtable Victorian, who was trundling brilliantly. Lockwood, who followed, essayed to lift him out of the field, but 1 he fell a prey to Iredale in the long field. Richardson was the last man and began hitting merrily till 143 were on the sheet, when he gave H. Trott a chance at point, which was eagerly snapped up, and amid tremendous cheering the Australians returned victors by 382 runs. One thing worthy of note is the fact that that Trott brothers had a hand in the dismissal of all the Englishmen in the second innings with the exception of Phillipson. The following are the scores in the second innings of the Englishmen : — McLaren, c Iredale, b A. Trott ... 38 Ward, b A. Trott 13 Phillipson, b Giffen 1 Brown, b A. Trott 2 Stoddart, not out 34 Broskwell, c and b A. Trott 21 Peel, c and b A. Trott 0 Ford, c H. Trott, b A. Trott 14 Briggs, b A. Trott 0 Lockwood, c Iredale, bA. Trott ... 1 Richardson, cA. Trott, b Giffen ... 12 Extras ... ... ... ... 7 Total 143 A, Trott took 8 wickets for 43, Giffen 2 for 74, Callaway none for 19. This Day. Stoddart made one of the biggest hits yesterday ever seen on the ground, the ball falling close to the edge of the asphalt in front of the scoring board, every inch of 120 yards from the wicket. When Trott caught Richardson it was the work of a second to transfer the ball from the hand to the pocket, with the remark : " That's worth keeping." A. Trott' s bowling was almost unplayable, and none of the batsmen from tlie beginning were easy when facing him. and t&e^^nj^jJSiyjaaied^jbhe^pjice'WitljL rare judgment, "but never once lost his length. Never since Palmer in 1879 took 9 wickets for 99 against Lord Harris' eleven has an Australian bowled with such astonishing success against an English eleven, and no young player, either English or Australian, ever made his debut in a test match so sensationally. Sir W. Clarke, President of the East Melbourne Club, wired: "Tell Albert I'll give him a guinea for every wicket he takes." At dinner, Stoddart, speaking to a toast, said he had been beaten— not by the wicket or luck, but by the best all round cricket. He heartily congratulated Trott on his success. London, January 15. The evening papers felicitate the Australians on their victory over the Englishmen. The Pall Mall Gazette says it is evident the elevens are evenly matched. Adelaide, January lp. A public meeting is being held to-night to arrange for a testimonial to recognise in a suitable manner Geo. Giffen's long cricketing career. A. Trott has been offered an engage* ment by Humphrey, with the Sussex County Club, but will not decide until he gets back to Melbourne.