Cricket 1888

“ Together joined in cricket ’s m an ly toil.”— Byron » No. 190- VOL. V II. Registered foe Transmission Abroad. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1888. P R IC E 2d. L IL L Y W H IT E ’S E N G L IS H T EAM IN A U S T R A L IA . T he com pletion of the return match with the Eighteen of Canterbury, at Christ Church (New Zealand), on Saturday, March 31, brought to a close one of the most successful, Shrewsbury and Lillywhite, the actual pro­ moters or responsible managers of the trip, reached, all of them , at least, with the ex­ ception of the managerial pair and Mr. Docker, the same port again on May 13, after an absence of nearly eight m onths from England. Commencing their first match at Parramatta, Stephenson, the well-known Surrey pro­ fessional, personally conducted the first com ­ bination of English cricketers to the Southern Hemisphere, under the auspices of a firfn of Australian caterers, who have since acquired a world-wide fame, Messrs. Spiers and Pond, The effect of the excellent cricket shown M r . G. Brann. M r. L . C. D ock er. J. L illy w h it e . J. M. Read. G. U l y e t t R. P illin g . M r. C. A. Sm ith. A. S h rew sb u ry. J. M . P rbston. J. B rig g s. M r. W . Newham . A. D. P ou g h er. G. A. Lohm ann. at least from a purely cricket standpoint, of the m any Australian tours in which English players have taken part. Leaving Plym outh on September 17 last year, in the steamer ‘‘ Iberia,” of the Orient Line, the party, which consisted of thirteen cricketers, including near Sydney, on N ov. 4, the really working by the pioneers of E nglish cricket in the part of the tour extended over six months, ! Colonies in 1863 has been conclusively proved ending w ith the departure of the team in the j during the last ten years. It came, indeed, as “ C optic,” from Port Lyttelton (N.Z ), on the |a startling revelation when Spofforth and last day of March, as already, mentioned. A i B oyle played such bavoo with the form idable quarter-of-a-century has passed since H. H. >eleven representing the Marylebone Club and