James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

1 9 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. N E WS O U T HW A L E S . Royston College Club, Sydney, N.S.W.--Matches played , 12 ; won , 6 ; lost , 3 ; d r a w n,3. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s I n n s. notout. R u n s. M o s ti n a nI n n s. Average. A .W a t s o n 5 1 1 0 8 3 8 25.8 H .M e y m o t t 1 1 5 1 4 7 6 3 24.8 S.Gregory 6 2 8 4 3 0 2 1 J. Williamson..... 1 1, 4 9 2 5 6 18.1 B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . R u n s. W i c k e t s. S.Gregory T. M a c M a h o n . A. W a t s o n 9 2 1 6 Average. 5 . 1 2 8 3 1 4 5.13 1 2 2 1 4 8 . 1 0 C H A P T E R I V. T H EE N G L I S HA M A T E U R S IN A M E R I C A . T H EVisit to Americaof Mr. E. J. Sanders' eleven in 1885 wasso successful as well as enjoyable that the manager had little difficulty in persuading another team to undertake the trip in August last year . The following left Liverpool onAugust 19th in the White Star Liner " Adriatic " :- W. E. Roller (Surrey and Cambridge ), J. A. Turner (Leicestershire and Cambridge ), A. R. Cobb (Warwick- shire and Oxford ), T. R. Hine -Haycock (Kent and Oxford ), Rev. A. T. Fortescue (Devonshire and Oxford ), H. W. Bainbridge (Warwickshire and Cambridge ),C. E. Cottrell (Middlesex and Harrow),H. Rotherham (Warwickshire and Upping- ham), F. T. Welman (Somersetshire ), E. H. Buckland (Middlesex and Oxford), and K. J. Key(Surrey and Oxford). Ofthese , the four first -named , in addition to Mr. Sanders , took part in the first trip . Colonel Walrond was to have accompanied the team, and taken charge of them in the field , but Parliamentary duties , consequent on the change ofGovernment , prevented his leaving England , and in his absence the captaincy devolvedo n M r .Roller. Reaching N e wYork on August 29th , the team commencedtheir first match on September 1st , against the Staten Island Club . Curiously this was on the sameday of the year and the samematch with which the previous team com- mencedtheir tour . Thevoyage out did not seem to have had any detrimental effects on the tourists , as the match resulted in a decisive victory for them in an innings and 49 runs. The bowling of Messrs . Cottrell and Rotherhamwas the chief cause of the collapse of the Americanteam. September 7th found the team over the Canadian border at Ontario . The Canadians fared little better than their neighbours at the hands of the English- men, as they lost the match by 8 wickets . Sixteen of Montreal were the next opponents . The Englishmen w o nby an innings and 107 runs . Thewicket was much cut up after the long innings of the Englishmen , and the bowlers , Messrs . Cottrell and Roller , did pretty muchas they liked on it . Thefourth match, against 15 of LongwoodClub, Boston, proved the most exciting of the tour . Heavy rain on the second day, with a very hot sun on the third , proved very disastrous to the batsmen . The last 12 wickets of the Bostonians only scored 25 runs , and the 63 runs required by the Englishmen to w i ncost them7 wickets. The next fixture is best described as a " pick -up ," to finish the day's play ,