James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

• • 29 • -Tl-:IE · �LE \ 'EN Tit !fAT C H ' v� 'l'WENTY-TWO OF TASMANIA• • • • qn Monday, February 231·<1 we had a nice little trip by sea from Melbourn� t� 4Qnueeston. It �a.s ottly: a matter of two htmdred and fifty miles and we ,lid it ·t11 t?t�nty·nine ho11ra, the latter portion being in smooth water, a. p l e · sant finis h 1 � 0 a rough beginning. Wednesday · was an off 4aY, . and th& rest ,�a b�nefic1al to tn.ost of t1s, as event proved on the m o rr ow . . Thursday, February 26, 187� Aga.in the Australi&ns had the choice of innings, a� in compliance with a ,vi�e _ c t 1 s to m, took the bat. Only two of themi though, <>htainetl dot1.ble figu1·e�, J. C. Lord, (84), and E. H. Butler. ,. · (16). Public forin triu1nphe(l ' in · ih� oase oi the former, as some ten years. back he was weU-knowu i n · the county of Rants, and the Surrey men at lea t had had some ta$te of his , battin g for1 n. ' The battfug w as no t, generaµy li,·ely, but ours was brislt enough to makenn1ends. O s cr o ft - a.nd G. F. Grace 11nt on 82 1·t1na between the foru·th and fifth wickets, ' nnd W . . G . Gr&ce and ,Jlipp took an hour•and-a-�alf to make 65.. The . T wen t 1 · -tw o t w e r e 157 runs to the bad on the first, and heavy r"in thronghout the s econd . night, hardly i m pr o Yed thei1' chance . Lord again made 36 by good cricket-four�een r11t1a from one ov . er of Lillywhite-ancl . J, Artbtir 32, but the rest of the batting ,vas.not dashing. We ,v9n by au �nings snq. 32 runs . . . - # ' .. • • .. • • ENGLAND. .. · . 4 l ' , Jnpp, b Bailej - • • • . . • 88 Wintyre; o E. Butler, b ' H ogg . • • � M r . \'f. G. Grace, b Bailey • · . • · 83 Lillywhite, e C. Butler t b B'1iley • . • 8 Greenwood. b 1�. Butler • . , • , 15 Mr. A. J. Bush, e G. Arthnr, b Wru.ket • 2 Mr. W.R. Gilbert, b Bailey . • 6 South�rlon, not ottt • ., 0 Mr. G. F . "" G rne e , e _ Battett, b Hogg • 45 Byes 8, 1-b 2 , . w s , • . t; • • t() 0 c.roft, b Bailey . • .. . • 69 ,. _ H ari,r ltrey , rwi ou t . . . . .- · 9 · Total. • . . f • • ' ... . � , I , ,; ENG L ISH BOWLING ..L�ALYSIS, • • · lfa.i<len ' • Btillt. Overa. Buns.. $ot1therton • - 48 I • , i e I ·Lill,rwhit · 1 6 7 17 > ' • • , W. 0. Grcec • • • 128 15 • M. M'Intyr� • 24 a . • ,. . The . Twenty�o scored · 90 · and I�. • ' ' . • ... . . . 72 1 8 · 4.8 : 8 ( • • • .. '\\'"kt.,. 28 . , , G : �) , ·; Q . .� • • • • • • • 11 24 ' 6 • I I TBE , TWELFTH lt!ATCH v. TWENTY OF SOUTHES:N TASM•.\.NI�. I ' . . . . .. • I I > • . . · Hob:lrt Town. Mar-0 h . 3, 1874. From Launce s ton . to � obs.rt To,vn is a . ni ce little exctir ion of a . hwidred and t� e nty . miles. . A long j otrrney b c oach · , but · with thre acl<litiqn of pleasant stages for refres h ment�; p1·o�icl�d wi t - h a dmira hle . ·forethought, pleasµ:nt enough. · From 4 a.m. to 10 p.1n. on . 81111,Ja.y, M3rch 2 , . we co{\ched with _ oco � . � �orial halts, anq w e . wete JUeroifully - spnred from aocidents as on a former oeoasion,. For once W. . G. G1 .. a;ce be h a ve d h ims el f . ' � It · w as a splendid wicket, &nd no donbt thi s � enCO\lrtlged bim to · win . one toss fo1" us. The ch&inpi o n · d�ps.rted at 42, arid at luri che on · thn.o. t h ere · ,va s 011e wicket dow11 for 100. '.rhreo runs only frotn tho I) xt t,,,o · wi ck e t , · a n(l four batsmen w e r e . ou t · fo r . 1 23 . Then · oa m e th.a oh,.a n g e. ' · Ere<{ - · ·, an,1 Oscroft hatl tl1e sport to · th e m. sol v e� for a · pl�a.saut inter�al t u.ncl 109 · r uns were add e d . b e f o re ·os�toft fell. · G . . F. Gr a � - d e c lli;t od to more, a.i\d btlt . for a p i ee� . o f · I �ck - migli� h&v e · beeµ s l ogg � g - � way now. i �vity a.part, h"e ,vent in with the score at 112 and left ,v1th . It at 850, hi-a s eore , o� 154, a • ... . . . . ' . . • • • • ' . . , . ' . � . • ·, , . . - ' . ' ; .... \. . . " ,. . • . . . ' . . .. ..:: ,,;. . • .... • • • , I •, • .. "'