James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

T H EI R I S HC R I C K E T E R SI N A M E R I C A . 5 1 match against the Gentlemenof Philadelphia , whenhe carried his bat through the second innings . One of the best features in the Irish cricket , according to theAmericancritics , wasthe wicket -keeping of W. Vint, whowas described as the quickest and best wicket -keeper as yet seen in the United States . The team, it m a ybe added, were most hospitably received everywhere , and had a most enjoyable time of it . Thescores and averages follow . F I R S TM A T C H . G e n t l e m e nof Ireland v. N e wEnglandFifteen. G E N T L E M E N O F I R E L A N D . J. M. Meldon, c Pettit ,b Cracknell E.R. Thompson, b Chambers C. L. Johnson, b Cracknell .. 0 bC h a m b e r s 9 3 b C h a m b e r s... l b w, b Cracknell c S Wright , b Cracknell 1 b C h a m b e r s 1 B u dHamilton, c Shepherdson , b Cracknell 12 T. Considine, c andb Chambers J. W. Hynes, b Chambers F. F. Kilkelly , b Wright M .Gavin, b Chambers G. Green, b Wright W.F. Thompson, b Chambers A. P e n n y, notout. W. Vint , c Bixby , b Wright B.... Total. c G. Wright, b Cracknell..... 18 c S. Wright, b Cracknell .... 6 2 3 0 84 0 8 1 2 4 21 c Shepherdson, b Cracknell 0 2 cMansfield, b Chambers 1 5 0 0 1 0 n o tout 1 b Cracknell 1 b Cracknell 5 8 4 Total...... 4 1 Fifteenscored120. S E C O N DM A T C H . G e n t l e m e nof Irelandv. F o u r t e e nof B o s t o na n dL o w e l l. G E N T L E M E N O FI R E L A N D . J. Meldon, c Cracknell , b Chambers.. 1 b Cracknell 3 M. Gavin, e Thorpe, b Chambers 1 2 notout 2 C. L. Johnston, b Cracknell 2 n o tout 2 0 J. W. Hynes, c Priestley , b Chambers. 1 0 B. Hamilton, c Mudie, b Thorpe 20 b C h a m b e r s. 1 F. F. Kilkelly , b Wright 6 c Smith, b Cracknell . 0 W.F. Thompson, c Mudie, b Chambers 1 0 T. Considine, b Thorpe 1 cBruce, b Cracknell 1 E. R. Thompson, st Bruce, b Wright 3 3 cMeiklegrhan , b Cracknell . 4 A. Penny, b Cracknell 2 6 cBruce, b Chambers .... 2 G. C. Green, not out.... 1 2 D.Rutledge, b Cracknell . 1 E x t r a s 2 2 B Total. .156 Total 1 3 4 Fourteen scored 74 and 115 (S. Mansfield , 32 and 9) . T H I R DM A T C H . G e n t l e m e nof Irelandv. G e n t l e m e nof C a n a d a. G E N T L E M E N O F I R E L A N D . M .Gavin, b Bristowe 4 1 T. Green, runout 2 E. R. Thompson, b Laing 3 0 W .F. Thompson, c a n db Laing 5 C. L. Johnson, st W a r d e n, b Bristowe 1 5 A. Penny, c andb Bristowe 0 J. M. Meldon, b Bristowe 5 9 W .Vint, not out 0 B. Hamilton, b Bristowe..... 1 0 E x t r a s 6 F. F. Kilkelly , c Coste , b Laing . 0 J. W. Hynes, c Bristowe , b Laing . 0 Total. 1 3 1 Inthe second innings Gavin scored (not out) 0; Thompson, b Bristowe, 1; Johnson, b Bristowe , 0; Meldon(not out), 8; 1 b, 1. Total , 10.