James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

C R I C K E TI N A U S T R A L I A . 2 8 3 C H A P T E R X . Cricket in Australia . THE season of 1880-81 in Australia was a busy one . The return of Murdoch's team produced several extra matches of importance , and in addition there were four International contests . The twenty-fifth match betweenVictoria and N e w South Wales was played at Melbourne during Christmasweek, and despite the good play of D. Gregory, Evans, and Massie for N e wSouth Wales, the Victorians w o nby two wickets , after a close fight ; Allan , " the bowler of a century ," and Elliott literally pulling the game out of the fire . In the return at Sydney, in February , Victoria again wonby 31 runs, chiefly through Allan's fine bowling, and this victory m a k e sthe Victorians four matchesahead. In both matcheswith South Australia Victoria was also successful . In the first , at Melbourne, Horan, a prominent member of Gregory's eleven of 1878 , made 113 in the first innings , and in the return at Adelaide Boyle, whovisited Englandwith both Australian teams, got 108 out of a total of 191 in first innings of Victoria . At Melbourne Jesse Hide , a few years ago one of the Sussex Eleven , played an excellent second innings of 48 for South Australia . Victoria w o n the first matchby seven wickets , the return by 151 runs. TheInter- University match between Victoria and New South Wales took place , but on this occasion NewSouth Wales had a most decisive victory by an innings and 125 runs , J. Coates , the same, if we mistake not , who played for North v. South in 1877, at Lord's , scoring 102 for the winners . B A T T I N GA V E R A G E SI N F I R S T-C L A S SM A T C H E S . I n n s . T i m e s n o to u t. M o s ti n M o s ti n a nI n n s. aM a t c h. Total . Average. W .M c E v o y 8 0 1 4 5 1 4 5 3 2 8 4 1 T. H o r a n 2 2 8 1 1 3 1 3 1 757 3 9 - 1 6 W .H. G a g g i n 7 1 7 5 7 5 2 2 9 3 7 - 7 H .B u r y 7 0 6 0 9 8 2 4 6 35.1 H .Scott 1 1 2 9 1 9 1 2 8 9 3 21 V. Trapp 1 4 1 7 3 7 3 4 0 6 3 1 - 3 R .D i c k s o n 7 2 6 0 6 0 1 5 7 3 1 - 2 R .P a t e m a n 9 2 6 6 6 6 2 1 4 3 0 - 4 T. J. D. Kelly 1 6 1 8 4 8 4 4 3 5 2 9 C .S c o w n .. 1 0 2 7 6 7 6 2 2 1 2 7 - 4 C .M a i n o n 7 2 1 0 5* 1 0 5 1 3 8 2 7 - 3 G .T r o t t 1 2 1 8 3 8 3 2 9 4 2 6 . 8 J. M e n z i e s 1 1 0 7 4 7 4 2 8 1 25.6 E.P. Hastings 8 1 6 1 6 1 1 7 7 2 5 - 2 E .L a w l e r 5 1 3 3 3 8 1 0 1 2 5 - 1 C .D u n n e ... 1 6 1 8 8 8 8 3 7 4 2 4 - 1 4 J. H o s i e 7 3 4 3* 4 3 9 7 2 4 - 1 J. H e a l y 1 4 1 5 3 5 3 3 1 0 2 3 - 1 1 E .T u r n e r 1 0 0 8 5 8 5 2 3 3 2 3 - 3 J. Coupar. 6 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 8 2 3 - 3 H .M c E v o y . 5 0 5 0 5 0 1 1 7 2 3 - 2 C .G .Allee 1 1 2 6 3 7 1 2 0 2 2 2 - 4 W .Midwinter 1 1 1 7 6 8 0 2 2 3 2 2 - 3 G .Wilkie 5 1 5 3 5 3 8 9 2 2 - 1