James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

47 was a good deal to be said for both parties, and with alittle concession on eacli side the public might not have been compelled to witness a secondd‘ate, instead ofa first-class, match. Most of the chief English players refused to play for less than twenty pounds, alleging as their reasoii that the same charge had been made by some of the Colonists themselves on a similar occasion in Melbourne, and, as the Australiatis not only repudiated the alle- gation, but refused to accede to the English terms, the result was a comparatively weak Eleven of Players. Fortunately foi‘ the Englishmen, whose strength \\ s in bowling, tlte wickets were heavy, and the Australians only just managed to win on the post by' eiglit runs, amidst the greatest excitement. A match between North and Soutli was got u!) at the fag end of the season in aid of the sufferers by the loss of thc Princ Alice, and though the weather was very unfavourable, and the match tine iting, rt sum of over/£160 was sent to the Mansion House Fund. Cricket at Prince‘s was confined to the annual meeting between Nortli and South for the Cricketers’ Fund, the two Australian fixtures anrl minor engage- ments, and iii the Norththe only contest worthy of note. outside County cricket. was that between North antl Soutli for the benefit Of George Parr, which did tint prove altogether a success, Barmtt‘s feat in taking all ten wickets of the Australians in the first innings of their match against the Players at the Oval without bowling one, was the greatest curiosity of the season. As a special chapter is reserved for extra- ordinary feats botli with bat and ball, I shall only glance at the more notable events. Few will forget how the Australians dismissed a strong batting,r Eleveti of M.C.C. in the second innings for only nineteen runs, but the mnst wonderful in tancc ofsmall scoring that came under my notice was in a match between Christowc and (iartli Garmon, in the first draw for the Second Eleven Challenge Ctip at Cheltcnhant College. I should hardly fancy that a tnore peculiar“ contest has evei' been clironielctl, and iii the second innings of Garth Gannon J. Vaughan, who went in first, was not out after seeing the whole side dismissed for seven without a run front the bat, arid Cornwall on the other side actually took seven wicket w' h SCvcn successive ballsi For full particulars of this and other peculiar . iii connection with Cricltet in 1878, I would refer the reader to a later portion ofthe ' Annual." Several eminent cricketers of a bygone era, joined the majority during the past year, and of such playc s \\'alter Parker Myuti, brother of Alfred of hi otic memory, Julius Cmsat‘ and Toni l'lumphrcy, of the grand old Surrey ELeren, Mr. A. H. “Walker. one of the well-known Southgatc family of Amateurs. Alfred Clarke, of Nottingham, nothing rcmni s btit the memory of good men, which is saitl to blossom in the dust. B)’ the dcatli of Mr. C. j. Ottaway, crickct lost oiie of its best antl truest representatives. and there was not a player, amateur or professional, btit showed heart felt grief at the demise of this singularly accomplished crick ‘ter and amiable gentleman. An unlucky blow rm the cricket-field proved fatal to W'illiani Jtipp, a cousitt of the Surrey Stonewall, who had himself on a few occasions played for his county, and another younr,r professional passed away in the person of I. C. Davey, of Sussex, sometime engaged at Lord‘s, who, but for the seeds fit" the fatal disease that carried him oil", might have taken honours in the world of cric (at. During the season it was rumoured that negotiations were on foot foi‘ the visit Dfa strictly amateur teatit of English lavcrs to the Antipodes. The arrangements on this side were in the capab e hands of Mr. I. D. \Valkcn actittg on bchalf of the Melbourne Club, anrl it was understood that the expenses only of the visiting tcaiii would be paid, the profits, if n'uv, passing into the coffers of the leading cricket clttb of Australia. '