John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

47 America liad lost 2 wickets for as many runs. - weather, and before a large company, play was resumed, and the Light< eu were disposed of for 71. The Eleven had made 85 for the loss o f four wickets when the stumps were drawn. B ates hit hard for 27, but the feature of the afternoon’s cricket was B arlow ’ s 33 (notout), got under very great difficulties, the wicket being very much cut up, and bumping dangerously. The match was concluded on Monday. B arlow increased his score to 59, and S haw hit hard for 26. The Eighteen could only make 77 in the second innings, being defeated by 100 runs. The same evening the team took the cars for St. Louis, just over 1,000 miles west, and arrived there at 10 a.m., Wednesday, after a thirty-six hours’ journey. The match was against Twenty-two of the St. Louis and Chicago clubs. The Eleven won the toss, and scored 144 for the loss o f five wickets— U lyeit , 55, B ates , 37, and B arlow , 30, being the chief run getters. On Thursday heavy rain prevented further play, and the match was left drawn. On Friday morning, at 9.50, we took the cars for San Francisco. Arriving at Burlington at 8 p.m., we joined the direct through train from New York and Chicago, and reached Omaha at 10 a.m. on Saturday, leaving at 1 p.m. for Ogden, a distance of 1,032 miles, which we com ­ passed by six o’clock on Monday evening. The route was through undu­ lating prairie country till we reached the Itocky Mountains. The scenery for many miles was very fine as we approached Ogden. Leaving Ogden at 7.30, we arrived at San Francisco at noon on Wednesday, or a little over five days and nights from St. Louis. Unfortunately we crossed the Sierra Nevada in the night, missing some of the finest scenery in the world. The nights were very cold, sharp frosts and biting winds pre­ vailing, but the sleeping cars were very comfortable and well heated. The dust on Tuesday, whilst we were crossing the Great American Desert, was very unpleasant, and found its way through every little crevice in the carriages. J The last match on the American continent was commenced at San Francisco on October 20 th, against a Twenty-two. The Eleven won the toss and took first innings on a bad wicket, and at lunch time had made 80 tor the loss of tour wickets. After lunch wickets fell rapidlv and ■,il were out for 98, only ten men playing, Lillywhite standing umpire. The ban Franciscans batted feebly, nineteen wickets having fallen for n runs when the stumps were drawn. 11 On Friday the remaining tw o ' wickets fell without increasing ti,P scoie. U li Ef l ’ and B arlow made 172 runs before they were parted in the