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 7 himelf to meet us with a large box of beautiful grapes , besides entertaining sevenl of the team at his own house . Agreat change came over the weather on Sunday, and fires were a comfort . O rnext matchwas at Armidale, a town 3,000 feet above the level of the sea, w t h a climate so like that of our o w n that the district is n a m e dN e w England The match was drawn, the twenty-two scoring 91 and 139 for seventeen wickets , against a first innings of England of 183. Bates (50), Ulyett (39), and shrewsbury (26), were the chief run-getters . It was here that Briggs m e twith an accident. H ewasthrownfroma horse in the middle of the street , and, besides cutting his face badly , sprained his wrist , which prevented his playing for nearly a fortnight . Returning to Sydney, a three days' match was played against eighteen Juniors at Ashfield , a populous suburb about six miles by rail . The Juniors , after losing ten wickets for 27 runs, played up splendidly , scoring 100 and 184 for twelve wickets against 190. Readmade 52 not out, Flowers 42, and Barnes 25. Several of the Juniors bowled exceedingly well . W eleft the same evening for Wellington , a distance of 250 miles by rail over the famous zig -zag railway , arriving there at eight o'clock the next morning. Here, as everywhere else , a hearty reception was given us. The match ended in a draw, the twenty -two scoring 70 against 198 by England . Readcontributed 3 and Hunter 33. The weather was very hot. W enowreturned to Sydney for our final match against all Australia , Murdoch's menhaving consented at last to meet us. Thegamewas commenced on Saturday , March 14th . The ground was in splendid condition , and the weather perfection ; quite 12,000 people were present . Shrewsbury wonthe toss , and, with Ulyett , opened the English innings , which lasted all day, except for ten minutes batting of the Colonials . Bates scored 64, Barnes 50, Read47, and Shrewsbury 40, the total being 269. The Colonials lost one wicket (Palmer's ) for eleven runs. O n Monday the weather was again fine , and up till four o'clock the gamewas all in favour of the Britishers , seven wickets having rallen for 134 runs. ThenJones and Bonnorbecame partners , andcompletely changed the aspect of affairs , increasing the score to 288 before Bonnorwas dismissed for 128. His play at first was very shaky, and till he had madeover thirty every over looked like being his last . He then hit brilliantly , and no doubt, assisted by a very patient 40 by Jones , wonthe match for Australia . At the close of the day eight wickets had fallen for 308. Rain fell at night, andwhat would have been an interesting four days' match, was on Tuesday over in three hours . The two remaining colonial wickets only added one run, and the Englishmen were all dismissed in the second innings for 77, the bowling of Spofforth and Palmer being unplayable . The 3 8runs required to win cost twowickets-those of M'DonnellandBannerman. W enowbade farewell to Sydney, and the manykind friends there , to play the return and final match at Melbourne. This was commenced on Saturday, March 21st . Horan having won the toss , sent in Bannerman and Bruce. W h e ntwenty runs had been made a series of disasters took place , and at lunch time Bannerman, Bruce, Horan, Giffen , Jones, and Walter were all out for 45runs. Jarvis , M'Shane, and Garrett helped Trumble to raise the score to 99, whena big stand was made. Spofforth hit the bowling all over the field , and rattled up 50 in less than an hour, when he was bowled by Attewell . Trumble carried out his bat for a very patient 34, the total being 163. Scotton and Barnes had made 40 when time was called , Barnes being clean bowled by Giffen by a no-ball just at the close of play. The attendance was moderate. O nMondaythe Australians had a day's leather hunting , five wickets only falling for 270. Bruce, as usual, soon bowled Scotton , Readmade 13, and Spofforth bowled Ulyett off his legs . Then Shrewsbury joined Barnes, and the two Notts menstayed a long time . On Barnes ' retirement , Bates , who was unwell , hit fast and furious till he had made 54, when he retired , being sick . After Flowers had been bowled Briggs and Shrewsbury played out time. In beautiful weather the innings was resumed on Tuesday, and taken to