James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

48 At one time it was expected that a fairly strong Eleven would have been milstered, but, as is often the case, some of those who had promised were obliged to withdraw, and recourse was at last obliged to be had to the services of two professionals.‘ Trvo better all-round players could not, of course, hax'e been found than Ulyett arid Emmett, but still it 15 a matter for regret that the team could not be a purely amateur one as was ongrnally intended. Owing to important reasons, Mr. I. 1). Walker was unable to take Charge of the team, and it devolved on Lord Hams who is aeconipanrecl b)‘ the following eleven players z—C. A. Absolonr (Kent); L. Hone (Dublin); A. N. Homby (Lancashire) ; A. P. Lucas (Surrey); F. A. hlaclrinnorl (Kent); H. C. Maul (Bucks); V. Royle (Lancashirc); S. S. Schultz (Lan- cashire); A._]. \Vchbe (Middle-sex) ;Emrnctt (Yorkshire) ; Ulyett(Yorkshire) ; with F. Penn who went out by the November Mail. Tlrc tcarri is very strong ill the llCl(l, strorigislr in batting, but very weak in bowling, and generally Englisli cricketers, it must be admitted, do not feel very hopeful of their chances. The sensor] of 1878, too, will be memorable for the fact that the Committee of the Marylcbone Club during its progress were able to summon up Sufficient courage to grapple with the Amateur questtorr, though the publication of the resolution was withheld until cricket had long come to air end. On the 2nd of November appearal a notice iii the sportirrg papers that the Committee of the M.C.C. had passetl the following resolution :—-“’l‘hat no gentleman ought to make aproiitby' his services ill the cricket fieltl, and that for the future no cricketer who takes more tharr his expenses in any match shall be qualified toplayfor the Gentlcmcnvl’layers, atLorcl’s ; but that Harry gentleman feel tlifliculty injoining in the match without pecuniary assistance he shall not'bc debarrcd from playing as a Gentleman by having his actual expenscs defrayed.” It would not serve any good purpose to comment on the curl addi- tion to the nrle by the Committee that this rule has been strictly observetl by the M.C C.. but it will be eminently satisfactory to every Clans of cricketer to find that at last the head tribunal of cricket has awakened to the necessity ot'legishrting to remedy arr abuse of whose existence it had been well aware fot' sonic trmc previous. CHAPTER V PUBLIC SCHOOL CRICKET IN 1878. B\' A): 01.1) Pt'rruc Scriocrri CAl‘TAlN. 1110 summer of 1878 will long be memorable in cricket annals by reason of the Visi: of the Australial] Eleven. The indubitable success which they have met with may be ascribed to various causes. There are many points about their cricket which are well worth considering, and some well worth imitnr ting; but in this article I ill only allude to their doings in so far as they might and ought to affect Selrool Cricket. Different as may be the opinioll on then' batting, there can be but one voice as to their fielding antl bowling capabilities. Haw: not we irr England come to consider that batting is the chief par‘t of cricket ? Hm’e we not pl'arlt'tal’ ' ignoretl the fact that cricket is made u]; of three equally important factors : bowling, fielding (including