James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1878

23 amateur, E. M. Grace, to Australia, and in his case eleven of the team were professionals. ^A mixed twelve, consisting of amateurs and professionals, visi­ ted the Colonies in 1873? under the care of Mr. W . G. Grace, but the trip was marred by sundry disagreeables and the introduction of a team of similar com­ position is not likely to be again attempted. Lillywhite’s twelve, of which we have now to treat, were not by any means the best to be found. In bowling they were undeniably strong with Alfred Shaw, Hill, Emmett, Southerton, Lillywhite, and Ulyett, and their fielding was sure to be brilliant. They had further the best wicket-keeper of the day, but in batting they might have been considerably strengthened, and Daft, Lockwood, and Shrewsbury might well have taken the places of Southerton, Armitage, and Charlwood, although the last-named secured the second batting average of the Twelve. The space at our disposal prevents more than a hasty glance at their doings. They arrived at K ing’s George’s Sound on Nov. 2, 1876, at 7.30 p.m., and five days after­ wards were safely located in the Globe Hotel, Adelaide. On the 17th, they commenced their first match against twenty-two of Adelaide, and though not yet recovered from the effects of the sea, won it easily enough by an innings and 46 runs. On Dec. 7, they met with their first defeat at the hands of fifteen of New South Wales, at Sydney, and after a defeat by fifteen of Victoria in the Boxing Day Match at Melbourne were a second time forced to succumb to the New South Wales Fifteen, on Jan. 12, 1877. The New Zealand part of the trip was a triumphal match for the team, although Pooley was absent owing to a charge of wilful damage from which he was subsequently honourably ac­ quitted. A humourous narrative appeared in the “ Sportsman ” of the moving incidents by flood and field, through which the Englishmen passed in this New ZealandTrip, and after their hairbreadth escapes it is the more regrettable that this portion of the programme was, owing to mismanagement, financially a complete failure. Three times the Englishmen played the same number of Australians, twice at Sydney, and once at Melbourne. Of the two single- handed matches at Sydney, one was drawn in favour of the Englishmen, and the second resulted in a win for the Colonials by forty-five runs, a feather in their cap, and a distinction that no Englishman will grudge them. A t the third meeting at Melbourne the Englishmen, who were in better form, carried the day with six wickets to spare, and this was their last win, as the only re­ maining match at Adelaide just before their departure was drawn. On April 19 they left Glenelg, homeward bound, and on June 2 arrived in London safe and sound, without Pooley, who reached home at a later date. F IR ST MATCH England v. 22 of South Australia. A d e la id e , Nov. 17, 18, and 19,1876. ENGLAND. T. Armitage c 35 28 H. Jupp c. and b Whitridge . . . . G. Ulyett c Millard b King __ J. Selby b Cole ........................ 59 H. Charlwood c Bright b Whit­ ridge ...................... ............. 3 A . Greenwood b. Whitridge__ 2 E. Pooley c Morcom b Whit­ ridge ............... 3 T. Emmett b Goodfellow ......... 6 Fetherstone b Goodfellow....................... o A . Shaw c Wallace b Goodfellow 9 T. Lillywhite (captain) not out t , A.Hill b Cole ............................. o B 2 l b l , W2 .................................. 5 1 S 3 The Twenty-two scored 54 and 53. England won by an innings and 46 runs. V i