James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

illils‘clfifct" fili‘zegflit, h‘iel‘y kind of ceurtcsy’ had beeii exten led to them weleonr 1‘ ’ fl ". “l f ‘ “ls hit“: Where _th zy arrived on the titli, they' were . A :t Wit) a 5generous hospitality that. as nccortletl to them without ex- tbefitlon llt cVel'?’ district they Visited during their stay’ on Englisli shores. As J '>C,°r'~‘>, wit 1 notes on all the principal events follow, there is no need for any thinghut a lmef SliClCl\ ottheir doings. They were most unlucky in having tclmeet [xrst su_eh a powerful eleven > ' Notts, under the obvious disadvantage of iaving only live days pr ‘tice, an' ill inure unfortunate in having to con- tend aflillust §tic_h huwlers Alfred Shaw and Morley on a heavy wicket, and one all in their_tarour. that the should have been defeated oii this occasioii, eveii'hyau"min:7 and fourteen runs, \ h‘ neither-a irprise nor a disgrace, but ”l “1m“ 01 “W” l" éuFE‘C-‘S, gotttl judg were not ' u'w til i to aflirm that they would make an exhibition ut' moat of the English Couiit' There was really’ “115 “10k“ "I “It'll, that was eritlenty though the miserably damp weather anti the sodderr ground were all : rainst a tirst appearance. They Wcrc under excellent discipline, they were sniart, very smart in the field, and they knew what to do With the hall when thei' had got it. In this match owing to illness Boyle, Bile of the best bowlers) could run pl~ -, but they had plenty of change, and as potl’ortli did not come all", it was a ‘I. irly gnml perlbrmance to get AOlllflflll-WI“ out [Of l53. Tl ~ second match is entitlixl to rank . historical. How they earned undying t iie by getting a very strong batting eleven of MJC.C. and (lrouiitl. including Mes “rs. \V‘ G. Grace, Hernhy, Ridley, AJ. \§ chbe, and \\'tld, Flowe and I'Iearne out for totals of thirtr-three and nineteen is not likely to be forgotten and it I“ v safely he i .erted that their i'ietory' (.n this oceasinxi, in conjiinetiuu with tli r extraordinary perfurni mees With the hall assuretl the suce ss of the trip. which it afterward triuniphal march in the matter ul [inane A Two consecutive victories ei'er a not particu- larly relii'e‘eiitzitii'e of Yurl: iii‘c.’and a strmigisli eleven nf Surrey, proved that their teat at Lord's w a not altogether a tluke, and Spotl'urt "s deadli‘ accuracy with the hall caused people to wonder what manner of man he was. Matche ‘L lilliflltl, Batl . and Loiigsightpreeeded the meat cngagcnieiituf the tour, that against the Gentlemen of England, at l‘rince's, on junc i7 and t“ \Vliether it was the ground or temporar staleness, or probably theirinahility to play slow bowling as well as fast, is best known to tlicniseli' , but they were all abroad with the delivery of Me rs. \\", (i. tirnce and A. (i. Steel. and were defeated by an innings and a run. A win ei'ei' Middles ' was counterbalanced l)\‘ a defe- the hands at Yorkshire at Shetlicld but after this, with the ptinn ol the worst Ufa drawn game with the O s ("lulh and a Very decl: licking by Cambridge l'nii'e y at Lnrd's, th prngress was aii uninterrupted niarehol‘succe.‘ '. l.Clt.'t.‘>lt:l'sllilL‘, :\ misedcleren at ill! I. Sussex, 11 SCCOnd-rate eleven of Players, and Gloucestcrshirc, all had to _ i e way before the ctl'eetirc bowling or the Culnnial tmiii, and indeed, after tli, r reverse at the hands of the Cantal , they never liatl anything: like the worst of n gozid match, as‘ well their drawn gaiii ‘, tn wit—those with Laneashiie, the Gentlemen OI" liiigl.iiitl at Searhnrougln and the Players at Prince‘s, were all left in a state most favourable for tliemi Their dc not quite such a surprise as it would hare been 1 v before, as the \\7estt County was obviously not in anything like the « id form it showed in H, ,, but still the victory heyond all doubt is entitled to rank, and will be regarded by' the Australians, as the greatest success of the tour, the more so that it is the only’ occasioii on which the Gloucestcrsliii'e team have been heaLen Oil their own ground. Strangely entrugh the trip concluded a ' a defeat, but it may safely' be affirmed that their \' t was successful beyond their most sanguiiie expectations. Out of 17 eleven a~sirle matches the ' only lest 4, those with Notts, the Gentlemen of England (at Prince’s), Yot‘ shtrc B2 t of Glouees erqhire rt it l'tlttl commenced with