Cricket 1883

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B e f o r e another week has passed the majority of the team who have been hybernating at the Antipodes, will, all going well, have reached England. Four of them, with whom there is no need to hurry back, are to prolong their homeward voyage to admit of an excur­ sion to New Zealand, and some weeks will probably pass before they again sight an English cricket field. With the rest, though, a hasty return has been a matter of urgency. Barlow, Bates, Barnes, and Morley, the quartette who represented the professional element in the team, arrived last week, and if, as is most likely, the four amateurs, who were to follow a fortnight afterwards, select the quickest possible route overland, they should be due in London on Tuesday or Wednesday next. As far as we can rely on the very scanty information vouch­ safed by the Australian newspapers, Messrs. C. F. Leslie, C. T. Studd, W. W. Bead, and E . F. 8. Tylecote are on board the P. and 0 . steamer “ Parra­ matta,” due to arrive at Suez yesterday, and Brindisi on Sunday next. The Hon. Ivo Bligh, Messrs. G. B. Studd, G. F. Vernon, and A. G. Steel will take things more leisurely, returning homeward by San Francisco, and there is little chance that any of them will be able to partici­ pate in the earlier contests of importance. Whether a match between Mr. Bligh and his men and a team of England will be found practicable is a matter of doubt. But whether the opportunity for what we may term an official reception arise or not, we shall now be only representing the universal feeling when we express the hearty congratulations of English cricketers on the success o f the trip from the highest point of view— the display of good cricket. As nearly eight months ago we sped the parting, so we now heartily welcome the coming guests. We were doubtful as to their chances in the face of Morley’s weak ankle and with only one extra man, but they proved themselves to be a better all round team than had been expected, and their bowl­ ing, though no doubt helped by the prevalence of wet wickets, quite exceptional in Australia, was certainly more successful than was anti­ cipated. The accident to Morley, of whose pluck in playing up so long with an injured rib Mr. Bligh properly spoke in terms of admiration at the farewell dinner, left them to a great degree with­ out a fast bowler, certainly without one at all to be relied upon. In other ways they were also unfortunate, but they played up from the commencement until the close of the tour with the same resolu­ tion. No higher praise can be bestowed on a cricketer than to say that he plays the game, and this testimonial can honestly be awarded to every member of Mr. Bligh’ s team. It was indeed the thoroughness they showed one and all throughout the tour that won for them the hearty appreciation of the sport-loying public as well as of the entire press of Australia. Their double victory over Murdoch’s eleven was the result of hard and careful practice, and they left no stone unturned to secure the desired end. The earnestness they evinced in their preparation for the more important struggles of the tour was not only highly commendable of itself but