James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

22 THIRD MATCH v. TWENTY-TWO OF STAWELL. Stil.well January 8, 9, a,nd 10, 1874. Four days were at our disposaJ before we had again to pe1·form. Sunday was only memorable, for an acci­ dent to Ht1mphrey, which p1·evented him assisting us for some time. Hi was thrown out of a ti-ap and strained the muscles of his thigh badly. Moral.-Do not ride in traps on the Sabbath even in Australia. On J\IIonday most of us went down a real gold mine. It v.1as called the Prince of Wal es and there was no deception. There was plenty of "the aureous metal,'> (lhe expression is not mine), sterling stuff and no tinsel. Some of us left that scene with an aching heart and all of us without more !gold in oar pockets. On Tuesday we set sail for Sta"·ell. When I say '' set sail ,, it was a coach that took tis, -so they said at l,aast, but the yoyage was not sugg�.. tive of any equipage drawn by beasts of burden. I would rather not recall the detailsof that ride of twelve ho11rs. The constant jolt of a ricketty vehicle is not cslculaied to quicken your senses, and the dust was searching enou g h to blind you if you felt so disposed. On the following day most of us had another underground exploration, this time to the North Cross Reef'' said to be the best paying gold mine in Victoria.'' It 11ever paid us any thi n g to my certain knowledge. W. G. G1�ace and Gilbert took their guns and had a days sport with the birds and Kangaroos. I ha, ,. e always understood that the animal is sociable and the two Gilberts expressed themselves highly sati�fied ,vith their outing. Sta,vell, as we found it, had not yet expended much labour on the preparation of · a cricket ground. The wickets were execrable, there was no grass, the grot1nd had been just made and not a ball but pla:},.ed faultily- We were all dismissed in an hour and ten minutes and a merciful release we had. I shall be brief for the subject is moltrnful. rhe Twenty-two won by ten wickets and on the third day day six of us p la y ed Twelve of Sta.wen at single wicket. The Twelve scored 29 and five (for four wickets). M'Intyre got one hit fol'· two and the rest scored not. Cricket is popularly st1pposed to be an uncertain game. ENGLANl>. W. G. Grace, c Cosstick, b Conway • • • 16 c Redfearn, b Conway • 1upp, run out 11 b Conwav. • • • • • ., Greenwood, c and b Cosstick • • • 0 c &dfe&m, b Conway • Gilbert c Conway b Cosstick • • • 0 c Telfer, b Co�Rtick • G. F. Grace; e White, b Conway • • • 8 c .J. Jenkins, b Cosstick • Oscroft, c Foote, b Conway 1 b Conway. • • • • • Boult, c Foote, b Oosstick • • , • 4 not out • • • M'Intyre e Dyer, b Cosstiek • • • • 0 b Oosstick. • J,jJJywbite, b Cosstick • • • • • 8 c liarshall, b Conway • Sontherton, not out 0 c Oo�stirk, b Con\\�ay • • • • • Bush, b Cosstick • 0 b Cosstick. • • • • • Total • • • • 48 Total . E:-(GLISR!BOWLING. Maiden Balls. overs. Ruus Southerton 120 12 52 M'lnt)'!C 201 81 36 G. 'B. 01-ace 111 8 27 Lillywhite 82 6 4 • • . B 7, lb 1 • • • WktR.. 9 12 6 1 The Tw (l 11ty-t" · o{ 6 cor e li. 71, aud 61 for 11 wiokets. • 14 • ! • 0 • 4 • 80 • 13 • 1 • 1 • 1 • 15 • 2 • 8 • 91