James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

5 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. February 22 and 23-Grahamstown, v. Twenty-two of Grahamstown. Drawn. W. W. Read's T e a m, 78 and27 for no wicket; Twenty-twoof Grahamstown, 69and77. February 26 and 27-Port Elizabeth , v. Eighteen of Eastern Provinces . W. W. Read's Team won by 66 runs. W. W. Read's Team, 77 and 113 ; Eighteen of Eastern Provinces , 50 a n d7 4. March 3, 4, 5-Bloemfontein , v. Twenty-two of Orange Free State . Drawn. W. W. Read's Team, 162 and 14 for two wickets ; Twenty-two of Orange Free State , 142 and 130 for nine wickets(innings closed). March7, 8, 9-Kimberley , v. Twenty-two of Griqualand West. Drawn. W. W. Read's Team, 118 and96 for three wickets ; Twenty-two of Griqualand West, 135 and 136 for fourteen wickets(innings closed). March12, 14, 15, 16-Cape Town, v. Fifteen of Western Province . W. W.Read's Teamwonby nine wickets . W. W. Read's Team, 204 and48 for one wicket ; Fifteen of Western Pro- vince, 144 and107. March17 and 18-Cape Town, v. Twenty-two of Country Clubs . W. W. Read's Teamwonby an innings and 102 runs. W. W. Read's Team, 201 for two wickets (innings closed ); Twenty-two of Country Clubs , 72 and 27. March 19, 21, 22-Cape Town, v. Eleven of South Africa . W. W. Read's Teamwonby an inn- ings and189 runs. W. W. Read's Team, 369 ; Eleven of South Africa , 97 and83. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o tout. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. Chatterton . 3 1 8 9 5 5 *1 0 5 41.52 G .B r a n n 1 6 2 4 1 8 1 4 2 29.85 W .L. Murdoch 2 8 5 6 3 3 7 7 2 7 . 5 2 W o o d 1 5 1 3 1 5 *1 3 4 22.50 Hearne(A.) 2 7 2 5 1 6 9 1 20.64 Brockwell 1 3 3 1 8 0 3 8 1 8 B a r t o n ... 1 4 3 1 9 2 4 2 17.45 Leaney... 7 2 8 5 5 4 1 7 W .W .R e a d 2 3 0 3 7 1 6 7 16.13 Hearne(G. G.) 2 2 2 3 1 2 5 6 15.60 Pougher 1 9 2 2 6 8 *5 2 15.76 Hearne(J. T.) 2 0 5 1 8 6 5 0 12.40 J. J. Ferris 2 3 5 1 6 4 2 6 9 . 1 Ayres 4 0 2 9 2 3 7.25 M a r t i n 1 9 7 7 7 1 9 64 1 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Average. Hearne(A.) J. J. Ferris Pougher Hearne(J. T.) . M a r t i n W .W .R e a d... 1 5 6 . 4 7 8 2 3 4 3 5 6 . 6 8 931.2 4 5 1 1 2 6 9 2 3 5 5.40 255.4 1 1 6 3 9 3 6 1 6 . 4 4 739.2 3 3 2 1 1 1 5 1 6 3 6 . 8 4 593.4 2 7 3 9 1 9 1 0 9 8 . 4 3 2 4 4 7 4 4 18.50 Chatterton (21.4-9-47-4) bowled in two innings , and G. Brann (14-3-30-1), Brock- well (15.7-31-5), and Hearne (G. G.) (1-0-1-1) once only. C H A P T E R V I. T H EI R I S HC R I C K E T E R S IN A M E R I C A . IRISH cricketers have always been very popular in America, and the teamwhich visited the States last autumn was no exception to the rule . In all eight matches were played , and of these only two resulted unfavourably for the Irish- men. Oneof these was in the first fixture against Fifteen of the Boston Club, and the defeat mayto a great extent be explained by the fact that the Irish teamhadnot got over the effects of the sea voyage, and were in anything but the best condition . The other was against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia , and here the Americans wonafter an exciting finish . The match against N e wYork was also full of excitement throughout , and was wonat the finish by the excep- tionally fine hitting of F. F. Kilkelly , who was credited with an extraordinary performance , no less than the addition of 37 runs in ten minutes . M. Gavin was responsible for another noteworthy achievement . This was in the first