Famous Cricketers No 77 - W.L.Murdoch

108. AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Kennington Oval, August 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) * c E.Peate b W.Barnes 211 551 346 1 85-2 109. Australians v Gloucestershire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 18, 19, 20 (Australians won by an innings and 136 runs) * b F.Townsend 89 402 183 83 1 110. Australians v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, August 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) * c M.Sherwin b W.Attewell 39 265 273 1 c A.Shrewsbury b W.S.Wright 5 141 15-1 111. Australians v Cambridge University Past and Present, Hove, August 25, 26, 27 (Australians won by 142 runs) * c A.F.J.Ford b C.H.Allcock 7 190 135 1 b P.H.Morton 0 180 93 112. Australians v South of England, Gravesend, August 28, 29 (Australians won by an innings and 107 runs) * b J.Wootton 59 358 178 73 1 113. Australians v North of England, Trent Bridge, September 1, 2, 3 (North of England won by 170 runs) * c J.Selby b W.Attewell 1 100 91 2 b R.G.Barlow 3 76 255 114. Australians v I Zingari, Scarborough, September 4, 5, 6 (Australians won by eight wickets) * b C.E.Cottrell 14 233 229 not out 36 139-2 140 115. Australians v South of England, Kennington Oval, September 11, 12 (Australians won by an innings and five runs) * b A.F.J.Ford 23 163 56 102 116. Non-Smokers v Smokers, Lord’s, September 15, 16 (Non-Smokers won by nine wickets) * b G.E.Palmer 4 250 111 did not bat - 15-1 152 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Test matches 3 4 0 266 211 66.50 1 - 1 - Other tour matches 27 45 5 1111 132 27.77 1 6 21 4 Other match 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - Tour 31 50 5 1381 211 30.68 2 6 22 4 Career 116 198 24 5635 321 32.38 8 21 100 18 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Tour (4 ball) 5 0 25 0 - - Career (4 ball) 53 11 128 3 1-22 42.66 1884/85 The season was dominated by the on-going dispute over the distribution of gate money between the 1884 Australians and Alfred Shaw’s all professional touring team, It hardly helped that three of Shaw’s side, including captain Arthur Shrewsbury, had declined to play for the Players against the Australians at Sheffield in 1884. In turn, Murdoch and his men refused to play for their states against the tourists. The first ever Test Match at Adelaide, commenced only four days after Murdoch’s wedding, at least saw the two teams on the field but it was possible only because the South Australian Cricket Association - at considerable loss - guaranteed £450 to each of the warring parties. Before the start of the Adelaide Test, Murdoch objected to James Lillywhite, one of the organisers of the English tour, officiating as umpire. A local was called in as a replacement. Further trouble was inevitable. It came before the next Test at Melbourne culminating in a refusal to play by eight of the Australian team, an action met with hostility from a large section of the Australian press. The Victorian Cricket Association, unsupported by their Sydney counterparts, responded by banning members of the 1884 23