Cricket 1885

24 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. f e b .26, 1885. N O T I C E S . The last remaining Winter Monthly Issue will appear 011 MAR. 26 (.No. 82). The six Winter numbers will be .forwarded immediately on publication for 1/3, to be sent to W . R. W eig h t , Manager of C ricket , at this office. The Weekly Summer Numbers for 1885 will begin with No. 88, O n THURSDAY, APRIL 16, and terminate with No. 107, O n THURSDAY, SEPT. 24. RICHARD HUMPHREY, Member of Surrey and Australian Elevens. 16, K IN G ’S RD ., BO YCE ’S A V E N U E CLIFTON, BRISTOL, Every article in connection with C R I O K E T And other Sports supplied, of the Best Quality and at Reasonable Prices. Now Ready, at all Cricket Depots and Booksellers, 22nd E dition , J O H N W I S D E N ’ S C R I C K E T E R S ’ ALMANAC , FOR 1885- Price I s . 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Subscrip­ tions, as p er tariff above, can be f o r ­ warded to them. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 41,ST. ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, FEBRUAKY 26, 1885. - * 4 P 7 I Y m i 0 ] S v G ^ I P f r « - The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T h o s e C r i c k e t readers wlio remember the visit of the Aboriginal team to England in 1868, will still, I am sure, have a vivid as well as agreeable recollection of the really good all­ round form shown by their champion, Mullagh. The Aboriginals were taken in their rude state from Lake Wallace, in New South Wales, and con­ sidering that their training in the game onlyextended over fifteen months, the excellent cricket shown by some of them, notably Mullagh and Cuzens, was most surprising. T h e indefatigable compiler of “ Scores and Biographies ” mentions a rumour of Mullagh’s death in 1873 or 1874, but this was unfounded. The members of Lord Harris’ team, which visited Australia at the end of 1878, will not forget Mullagh, who was the highest scorer for the Eleven of Victoria in the second innings of the return match against them. A good friend of mine in Adelaide informs me that at the present time he is p la y in g jn that city with a South Eastern team. Mullagh, whose real name, by the way, I believe was Muaarrimin, in­ formed my correspondent recently that seven of the Aboriginal players who starred in England are still alive. None of them, though, are in good health, never having recovered from the effect the English climate had on their systems. T h e same correspondent writes me that on December 31st, in a match between Fifteen from the South East­ ern District and an Adelaide Club, on the Oval in that city, Mullagh went in first for the former, and carried out his bat for 43 out of a total of 116. He was at the wicket for two hours and a half, and considering that George Giffen was one of the bowlers to whom he was opposed, his batting must have been of a really high character. S a m M o r r is , who played for the combined Eleven of Australia against Shaw’ s team on New Year’s Day is, like Mullagh, a black, hailing, an Australian correspondent of mine is of opinion, from the West Indies. Though not lucky in this match, or for Victoria against the Englishmen, he seems to have been playing excel­ lent cricket in the Colonies this win­ ter. On December 20, for Richmond against Fifteen of Grosvenor, he scored 114 (Turner, not out 110) out of 283 for three wickets, although his be;,t performance was for the same club against East Melbourne, just pre­ viously, in the match for the McLean Cup. On this occasion he scored 54 not out, and 57 out of totals of 84 and 131, and so pleased were tbe spectators with his batting on a sticky wicket that a sum of £4 5s. was presented to him in recognition of an exception­ ally gcod display of cricket. I s e e , too, that he not only bowled with some success against the English­ men for the Combined Team, but his fielding must have also been very conspicuous to justify the eulogy passed on it in the Australasian, “ Sam Morris,” says the critic of that paper, “ was particularly swift in his movements, and his correct and true return from the farthest part of the outfield, combined with his dash in picking up, frequently brought down the house.” E n g l is h Cricketers of every class will thoroughly appreciate the good feeling which has prompted the Com­ mittee of the Melbourne Club to make a grant of ten guineas to the fund for the benefit of the widow and Next issue of Cricket Maroh 26-