James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

T H E I G H T HE N G L I S HT E A MI N A U S T R A L I A . 1 5 This was entirely due to Peel, who took 18 wickets (13 being clean bowled) for 7 runs . This has only once been beaten ; when Martin , McIntyre , and myself dismissed twenty-two of Kadina (South Australia ) for 13 runs, in 1873-74 , whenout with Mr. W. G. Grace's team. I might mention that all the matches played since leaving Melbourne were on cocoa matting . W en o wcometo the return match with N e wSouth Wales, whichwas completely spoiled , both in a cricket point of view and financially , by the wretched weather . The 26th of January is the greatest holiday of the year in Sydney, being the anniversary of the foundation of the colony . The match wascommencedon Saturday , the 24th , but before noon slight rain began to fall , andcontinued more or less for the rest of the day. The N e wSouth Wales team was weakened by the absence of Massie , who was out of practice , and Spofforth , who had sprained his ankle . A. Bannerman and Murdoch still refused to play. All the luck went with the stronger side , as Shrewsbury w o n the toss , and the Welshmenhad to bowl with a greasy ball all day; and right- well they bowled, disposing of the English team for 205. Bates hit brilliantly for 68, and Barnes played in his best form for 33, Attewell and Readmaking useful scores . Evans and Jones were the successful bowlers . With twenty minutes to play the Colonials lost two wickets for 21 runs , one that of the crack -Jones. In spite of the miserable weather quite 7,000 were present . Though rain fell all night , and all Sunday evening , an inspection of the wicket at noon on Mondayshowed that it was in fairly good order , and hopes were expressed that the ball would not take hold. It did, however, very much, and Peel , who took seven wickets for 27 runs, was unplayable , the whole teambeing out for 60. Following on in gentle rain , runs came freely ; when, however, the score had reached 42, a terrific southerly burster swept over the ground, quickly flooding it, and, of course , further play was out of the question . Upwardsof 10,000 spectators were on the ground, which would probably have been25,000 under morefavourable circumstances. Tuesdayfoundno improve- ment, and the match was quickly ended, the second innings of N e wSouth Wales closing for 108, Jones 32 and C. Bannerman37. England wonin one innings and 37 runs . Notmorethan 1,000 persons were present , and all seemed glad w h e nthe matchwas finished , so miserable wasthe weather. T h e Queenslandtrip followed. T h efirst match against twenty-t w oof Brisbane, the capital , was begun on Saturday, January 31st , in lovely weather. TheQueenslanders made 114 in the first innings , but failed in the second, and only scored 45, being beaten by nine wickets . Barnes' 60 and Briggs ' 28 were the only double figures in England's first innings of 128. The attendance wasvery poor , except on Monday, which was proclaimed as a general holiday , w h e nabout 5,000 were there. The next match was at Maryborough, a journey of eighteen hours by steamer. Here, again, the eleven w o neasily , scoring 131 and 183 against 92 and 93by the twenty-two. Ulyett scored 53 and (not out) 106, winning 250 shares in a gold mine, presented by Mr. Chappell to the highest scorer . The next, and last match in Queensland , was at Gympie, a rich gold mining town 60 miles by rail from Maryborough . Again the visitors were successful by eight wickets . Another prize of 250 shares was wonby Scotton , with a score of 41, Ulyett (30) andRead (23) being the other chief scorers in a total of 148. Ali three matches were played on cocoa matting , except on the first dayat Gympie; but the wioket played so false then that the matting wasused on the following morning. Ahearty reception awaited us everywhere , and abanquet was given at Gympiein honour of our visit . Theweather was delightful till the Gympiematch, whenit became terribly hot . Returning to Sydneywe journeyed to Maitland , where we played a drawn matchagainst twenty-two, who had the best of the draw. The wicket , a turf one, soon cut up badly, and hadnot heavy rain prevented play on the second day till after luncheon , most probably the eleven would have met their first r e v e r s e. The next match was at Singleton , a town about an hour's run by rail from