Cricket 1887

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 15 th , 1887. ‘g a i r i l m t f e s t p , The abstract and brief chronicle of tho time.— Hamlet. “ I t is almost certain,” writes the cricket critic of the Adelaide Observer, “ that the English amateurs who are to visit Aus­ tralia this winter under the auspices of the Melbourne Club will play three matches in Adelaide, viz., against eleven of South Australia on October 28 and fol­ lowing days, a return game on December 24 and following days, and a match against a combined Australian Eleven during January. With a probability of the inter - colonial match witli Victoria being played in November, this season in South Australia should be an ex­ ceedingly interesting one. I do not think our Association will fix any matches with the professional team that is to be brought out by Shaw and Shrewsbury. They will have to depend to a great ex­ tent upon New South Wales for support. The M.C.C. team will, 1 believe, visit Tasmania, New Zealand, and Queensland, in addition to the other colonies.” “ A coign of vantage ” is a phrase dearly loved by the descriptive writers who have to deal with large gatherings at cricket or other athletic sports. But I question if the term was ever more suitably applied than in one particular instance which came under my notice during the Hastings week. A game at cricket was never perhaps witnessed from certainly so lofty a coign of vantage as taring the course of