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THE SHEFFIELD SHIELD
FIRST MATCH IN ADELAIDE.
NEW SOUTH WALES BATTING
CRANNEY DOES WELL
The triangular tournament for the pos-.
session of the Sheffield Shield hue been
• played;annually'-between the three recog
nised- "cricket" States—New South Wales,
Mic-toria,. apd South Australia—since 1892,'
■during the. four years of the war,'
except .during the four : years of the war,
and 'the result so far has been that New
South Wales have won the trophy in IS
seasons,': iyictoria > in'. 7, and South Aus
tralia in 3—18934, 19Q9-10, - and 1912-13.
Besides, that,, this State-—h^ - occupied
teeond' place, on six -occasions. - The- series
of. matches; arranged for the present sum
mer -was opened in Adelaide - - on - Friday,
iwhen .New South Wales and South - Aus
tralia - met for ' the 42nd -time since .1890.:
Though: the visitors formed the- strongest
eiderthat .could- he got together in Sydney,
they:-.did-/.not- represent?.the -full strength'
of cricket" in the senior State, because the
majorjty ".of. the -Australian Eleven now?
on .their-way hack- from South. Africa are
New. Scufch Welshmen.-On the-other hand;
South Australia was better represented,..as
C. E. Pellew .-is the -only ..member- -of—the
- Australian .Aeam. from;.this State. : The
Sydney , -team included-only; one-player ■
(Cranney) who had "played. m~ Adelaide
before; and in the ranks*" of "the-home-side
-. were ta-o young men-who were- making
■their debut in first-c lass'Cricket. They'were
C. Gray (West Torrens) • and C. - Bray-,
brook (Sturt).' r " :
- The day was idea] for;the game. "The
. sun-', shone' brightly - and a cool southerly;
• breeze: "made:- conditions delightful both
- for onlookers and players.. The oval was a
picture of - green;/and in. the centre ..Curator
Wright; had prepared a-fine wicketponAhe
snot where the last test matchZwasiplayed.
-Thenttendanee at the start; was moderate.
■■■: Ther umpires were Messrs. G. Hele anil
S. E. ,3mith. In the final - selection, G.
- W.': Harris was omitted from the home
side, and. Bock did not play for the visi
tors:-.The-teams, therefore, were:— --
South. 'Australia; . .. New South-Wales. •
Ar Smith, (capt,). R. C. M. Boyce -
W;*lE^viRiehardsoa (capt.)
. l-\.*'Ambler . H. Cranney
C. Braybrook. L. Wall
C. Gray - 0.- I'.-Asher
: L. -iV.-: Pellew - . G.; Morgan . .
D. Pritchard i . C.'Achurch.
A. Richardson B. Russell 1 -
■P. D. Rundell 1 S. Everett
R; .T.vB.'Townsend : H. S. Love
N. L. Williams. ■.; A. P. Wells . • ' r
. . A. Punch. *
New South Wales Batting.
■ • The toss oi-the coin-favored the visiting
skipper, vvho: !had no ^hesitation in taking >
.first use of the wicket, He sent iii Ashei-,
and'Cranney,- right-handers,;and Townseud.
' opehed the attack with-thebreeze from
the:' oou them end. C.. Gray, went : on. at
the'other end.. : !He is a slow-medium left-.
- am;*»bowler,^with.i:an,:-easy,iabtaon^vTh.c'i
'.'visiiore" began.quietly, and .the first three'
overs produced only 'tour runs. ;' When-play ,
; ivid been in .progress-. 17 J minutes Asher ;j
' ((7), returned a nall towarda Townsend,
arad'theSturfman, ever oh tihe alert,
dashed up, aud - throwing' himself forward,
1 took a wonderful right-handed catch; That
was .in the fifth over of the matcfy, and
:on!y 'eight runs had: been scored.. . 'The
fielding "was. smart and clean, , and Williams
- was: cheered for several smart pieces-V of
-work. Love (the wicketkeeper) came
next, and Cranney brightened, up Hie
. scoring by getting 17 off Gray's third over
—-•two . off-drives and two pulls to square j
leg-for four eadh, and a single to fine':leg. !
. Cranney got 29 in half an hour, and wita
the- total at-37 A. Richardson -relieved
Gr»v (none for 19), and liis fine length |
madcJtdifficult for tbe batsmen to score: .
-his-first:five oven, (three maidens) yielded J
only -eight: runs. At-47 Townsend (one I
for 21-in eix overs) handed the ball to" his,
cluhmate. B-raybrook ; fa slow;right-arm.
bowler, with an occasional wrong 'un).
and Love leg glanced him for three,, and
■broiighc-np the half century in 46 minutes.
While Richardson kept the batsmenquiet,
they scored steadily off Braybrook, whose
first; three overs cost 2Wruns".'.. The-cap
tain,'Smith, relieved Braybrook at.79," and
Lowe swung him round- to'Teg-for four.
Smith's'slows were to the liking of the
batsmen,. and seven of: the eight halls in
-his- first; over we're scored off,' the total
cost:. being Ili _' In that • over Cranney.
: reached- the halt century in 69 minutes, and
■ brought the total to "91. Love, when 33,
hit a-hall from Riahardson hard back, and
the East Torrens bowler;, picked" it' r .'up
smartly at his feeti' Therie was a .unani
mous appeal for a catch"; but"it was""dfsal
Ipwed. Love had made onlv four more
whpn he was badly, missed at mid-on by
.Braybrook off Smith.-.- The Sturt fields
man-had. to run 6ome'"distance,'~ but he
got to the ball in plenty oi time, *•
let it fall through his fingers. Love, with
a couple, brought up the century in 73
minutes. At 107 Smith (3 overs, for 15
•runs) made way for. Townsend. Richard
son bowled well, but without- success, his
nine overs before lunch.yielding only-19
runs. At the adjournment Cranney was
59 not out and . Love still unconquered
witn 43, with the total at 110..'. Some idea
of the keen fielding may be gathered-from.
the .fact that Cranney's score included 25
singles and-Love's 18.
: .2 ' (Scores, in Stop Press.)
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