James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

1 8 0 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. mark, and the bowling of both Exhamand Hamilton proved very destructive . Throughout their stay the Irishmen met with a hearty reception , and the fol- lowing brief extract from a letter of one of the team will showthat they had no reason to complain of inhospitable treatment :--- n e s s. ' Wehave received the greatest hospitality . Youcannot imagine their kind - The committee of the clubs always meet us at the train whenwe arrive at any town : they make us members of their clubs : they place their theatres at our disposal : they drive us about on any off -day , and give us splendid dances and dinners in the evening ; and if all that is not good enough, I do not want to seebetter.' Hamiltongave the Canadians a taste of his athletic powers by winning the pole jump, for the Champion Medal of Canada , with a leap of 10ft . 4in ., three inchesbettert h a nthe secondm a n, Gentlemenof Ireland v. St. George's Club. NewYork, September 13 , 14, 1879 . Ireland wonby aninnings and 124 runs . G E N T L E M E N O F I R E L A N D . W.Hone, junr .,b Sprague ............. 9 G.D. Caseyrunout 1 N. H o n ec Giles b Moeran 2 3 G .H o n e lb w bM o e r a n 2 9 Sir G. Colthurst b Moeran........ 1 1 H. Hamiltonb Sprague 1 1 D.N. Trotterb Sprague.. 5 A .G. E x h a mn o tout 1 H . W .Broughamst Cross b Giles 3 3 Byes1, 1-b 3, w 3 7 J. H. Nunnb Sprague 2 W .Hone, sen ., c Soutter b Bance 5 2 Total 1 8 4 A .E x h a m H .H a m i l t o n J. N u n n St. George's Clubscored 25 and35. I R I S HB O W L I N G . . . B a l l s M a i d e n s R u n s W i c k e t s 1 0 0 1 1 2 7 1 1 7 6 7 1 5 S 1 9 2 2 1 G e n t l e m e nof Irelandv. E i g h t e e nof CentralN e wY o r k. Syracuse , September 16, 1879 . Ireland wonby an innings and 2 runs . G E N T L E M E NO F I R E L A N D. D.N. Trotter& Woodworthb Millward.. 7 G. D. Caseyrunout J. H .N u n nb Millward 8 G .B .H o n enotout 0 3 3 Sir G. Colthurst, Bart., c Ballard b A .G. E x h a mb Roberts 0 R o b e r t s 1 9 H .H a m i l t o nc Ellis b Roberts 1 W.Hone, jun., b Millward 8 L e g-byes1, n b 1 2 N .H o n ec V i n eb Roberts 3 R .A .MillerbM i l l w a r d 0 Total 5 7 H .W .Broughamb Roberts 6 E x h a m H a m i l t o n N u n n T h eEighteenscored 17 and38. I R I S HB O W L I N G . O v e r s M a i d e n s R u n s W i c k e t s 2 8 . 1 1 3 2 4 1 3 1 8 . 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 9 5 8 2