James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

T H EE N G L I S HA M A T E U R SIN A M E R I C A. 1 9 3 Journeying on to Baltimore , the visitors met 18 of the local club . Mr. Roller w a sunable to play, but without their captain the Englishmen put together the goodscore of 257. A very fine display of batting by Mr. Keyin aninnings of 96wasthe chief feature . The 18 only scored 82 and 117, and consequently suffered defeat by an innings and 58 runs. Philadelphia was the next fixture , and was naturally looked forward to as being the best trial of strength with American cricketers . Mr. Sanders ' team again, however, asserted their superiority , defeating their opponents by an inn- ings and 17 runs , Mr. Key (109) and Mr. Roller (75) being the heaviest con- tributors. Thetwo remaining matches, one against N e wYork, and the other return against Philadelphia , also resulted in victories of the Englishmen by 9 and 6 wickets respectively . Thelatter matchbrought to a close whatmust have been a most enjoyable tour to all engaged, while the result must have been most gratifying to Mr. Sanders . The general opinion that the team would prove too strong for the Americans ,taking aline through the team that visited us in 1884 , was thoroughly justified ; still , we are sure such visits as these must help to improve the general cricket of our Americancousins , while they certainly help to cement the good fellowship that already exists between us and our cousins . Thepleasant reminiscences of the tour, however, were greatly marred, shortly after their return to England, by the sad decease of one of its most prominent members, Mr. A. R. Cobb. H e was far from well on the return voyage, and on his arrival home symptomsof typhoid fever setting in, he suc- cumbed to this dire disease . His loss will be greatly felt not only by his colleagues of the tour under notice , but by his numerous Oxford friends , with w h o mhe was most deservedly popular . F I R S TM A T C H . English Amateursv. Staten Island Club. N e wYork, September 1 and2, 1886 . Englishmenw o nbyaninnings and 49 runs . E N G L I S H A M A T E U R S . H. W. Bainbridge , c Wilson, b M'Gregor 29 C. E. Cottrell , b Butler 8 T. R. Hine-Haycock, b Lane 8 H. Rotherham, notout. 2 5 K. J. Key, b Lambkin 4 2 E. J. Sanders, b Lane 1 0 J. A. Turner, b Lane... 1 3 F. T. W e l m a n, b Lambkin 0 Rev. A. T. Fortescue , c Smith, b Lane 6 B5, 1b 2 7 E. H. Buckland , c Warburton, b'Lane . 0 A. R. Cobb, b Butler 4 7 Total 2 0 3 W .E.Roller, b Butler 8 J. R. Moore, c andb Roller S T A T E NI S L A N D . 0 bR o t h e r h a m 6 C. Wilson, b Cottrell 1 0 b R o t h e r h a m 6 Butler, c W e l m a n, b Roller. 0 c Turner, bRotherham. 2 8 W .M .Massey, runout... 2 2 b B u c k l a n d 1 0 E. Kessler , b Rotherham 10 cFortescue , b Hine-Haycock 1 0 R. M'Gregor, e Buckland , b Cottrell . 8 b R o t h e r h a m 6 J. H. Lambkin, 1b w, b Cottrell . 6 cBuckland, b Turner 0 Lane, c and b Cottrell 1 b R o t h e r h a m 5 P. W . Smith, not out....... B. Warburton,b Cottrell . E. H. Outerbridge , c andb Cottrell A. C. Townsend, b Cottrell B 1, 1 b 6, n b 1 6 c a n db Hine-Haycock 0 3 c Roller, b Rotherham 0 0 bR o t h e r h a m 2 0 n o tout 0 8 Β.. 7 Total ................ 7 4 Total....... 8 0 1 4