James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

.. s it mu t h ......,,. __:; .:: J11p1 who · �=-t . he til li ve like th B y of i � tiU 1', l>,1t i J ,LllOUc:Jr not h,=.ce the remark as h J�time11t · good. ble u. nrtai11, f o the · re co 1 · d . · of the trip I must ref r you to the stat isti c s - that · fo ll ow.. tie ei in A.t L \o\ tra llr. li · im p roved w o n d e r f ttll y of late yeaTS and i till improving. & lb ol tme , indeed, can boast a very strong team at all p o int , llan � a th e be t bowler that we met, though Sam Cosstiok showed almo s brilliant form, n ver tiring but always on the ticks. We m e t , too, really fin bowler t Hobart Town in Bail e y , and occasionally some bat - men of a cla much above the average. 011r own . doings you must estimate for oursel es. '' On theit own merits modest me n - are dttmb• . r. Bttsh' i�-t-keeping was simply t _P lendid, equal to the best I haTe v r ·een in the Old C o un t ry. Compai111on are no doubt odious, but th leasant st time th t we had was in New South W a l e s , Tasmania and South nstr&lia. . To all o� friends on the o ther s i de , h�arty gteeting .. ' • •• Results of Matches . • · at-ohes played lo, wo.n 10, drawn 2, lost 3. • , - -- ; .. . Cl 11,b. Opprmt, . JVl18're · When Pla11ed. Pl<MJe£l. 1st I 2nd lt I 21itl ln:,.,. Lz,1-11. t lnn. f I,11!� Matclics u·oo (10} · # • �2 of War1"1lombool .••• Warnbl Jan 14-15 104 *17 51 \ 9 wickets *1 w d 22 of Sandhurst •.• .' •. Sndhrst Fb 121814 1 1 ,.,, "'J 90 1657 wickets •aw d '22 of Bathurst , .•.•••• Bath.mt J n 81 1."'2- 1 •47 65 84 8 wickets *2 w d '22 oi Ca tlemaine •. : .•• C t111ne Feb 16-17 7 - *40 57 5 6 wickets *5 w d 15 of Vi o tor ini ••••••.• Mlbrne 19*21 188 *50 110 126 7 wickets *8 w d 22 o f Tasmania ......... Lnscatn F 2 6- 2 7 - 28 24 ....,.. 90 125 I 11ns & 32 rung 22 of S.. Tasmania ..•. Hbrt Tn Mch 8-4-.6 868 •25 195 1 9 7 1 8 wickets *2 , v . 2 of York' e s P e n iusul a l{a-dina ,...,�ch22-28 64 - 42 IS Inns & 9 rnns 22 of S. Australia ..•.. « delde M 26-27 - 28 108 *88 68 827 wickets *8 1V d.: 15 of Victoria & • S. W , Sydney Feb 5-6-7 17 286 98 90 218 runs ' Matclte draw,� (2):. . . 22 of Ballarat •• , .•••• Ballarat Jax1 1 ..2.. s · 470 -. 276 --- Bet1i a rk s 18 oiVictoria•••••••••. Melbrne M 12-18-14 166 - 150 *6 *10 wickets - • Matches z��t (8} 18 of Victoria ...• , ••. Melbrn 26-27-25 11 185 266 22 of Sta ell . . ... . . .. . Stawell Jan 8-9 I 48j � ! 1 . 71 ,, • of New South \Vales Sydney J 24-26..27 . 92 w 127 . · 8 \ . , Lo · $t b y . - Inns & 22 · ru n e *6� lOw i c ke t s • ll w cl *57 8 wioketa *9 v.,- d . . . '