James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

40 ENGLAND. C. T. Studd, b Cooper........................ E. F. S. Tylecote, b Cooper .......... b Palmer ... ... •»» ••• C. F. H. Leslie, 11) w, b Palmer A. G. Steel, b Cooper........................ W. W. Read, c Midwinter, b Cooper Barlow, not ont ... «•« ... ••• ••• Barnes, run o u t ............................... G. F. Vernon, b Boyle ................. G. B. Studd, b Palmer ................. Hon. Ivo Bligh, b Palmer................. Leg bye 1, n b 1 ... Total ... i.. *•• ••• 1st Inns. • • • 11 c Blackliam, b Palmor mmm 4 b Palmer......... • mm • • • 0 b Palmer................ • mm • • • 0 c Horan, b Midwinter mmm • • • 11 b Palmor................. • mm • • • 7 b Palmer................. • mm • • • 4 c M‘Donnell, b Palmor %mm mmm 11 c Blackliam, b Turner • mm 3 c and b Palmer mmm • • i 2 not out ................. mmm • • • 0 st Blackliam, b Turner mmm • • • 2 Byes 4, n b 1 • mm 65 Total ... • • • 2nd Inns. ... 3 ... 0 ... 21 ... 9 ... 7G ... 9 ... 27 ... 2 0 2 6 ••• ANALYSIS OF T1IE BOWLING. VlCTOIUA. Over5. Mdns. Runs. Wks. Overs%Mdns. Runs. Wks. A. G. Steel... ... 5;> 25 79 2 C. T. Studd •m 23 ie 13 0 Barnes ... 61.2 23 70 5 W. W. Read mm 6 3 6 0 0. F. L slie ... 19 9 17 0 Barlow ... mmm 25 l i 31 1 Bates ... ... ... 37 21 52 1 E ngland .—F irst I nnings . Cooper ... 13 5 29 4 Boyle mm 3 l 3 1 Palmer ... 16.1 0 21 4 Coopor bowled 1 no ball. S econd I nnings . Boyle......... ... 21 7 29 0 Coopor ... mmm 9 3 11 0 Palmer ... 48 19 05 7 1 Horan ... mmm 3 2 3 0 Midwinter ... ... 15 5 17 i i I Turner ... mmm 9 1 18 2 M‘Shane ... ... 4 2 8 0 Palmer bowled 1no ball. Our tour, which had been made so pleasant by the very hearty good­ w ill shown to us in every part of the Colonies, was thus brought to a close. Want of space has obliged us to om it details of the picnics, dinners, dances, kangaroo drives, &c., &c., to which we were invited; suffice i t to say that we were everywhere most libera lly entertained. Australian weather (we except Tasmania), which was reported to be so exemplary, took it into its head to be fractious; and of the seven eleven-a-side matches played, two on ly were favoured by fine weather from start to finish. One match only was entirely prevented by rain, namely, that ari'anged against Tamworth. A cocoa-nut matting pitch had been laid down, and players had come from great distances—one enthusiast, we were told, having undertaken a three days’ ride, some 180 miles. A l l the first day rain fe ll without intermission, and on the second day the cricket ground was covered w ith water. The match eventually resolved itself into a two hours’ practice on the village green (?), and we left the good, kind, worthy Tamworth people anathe­ matising the weather, which had been so unpropitious to them. From a cricket point of view , however, our v is it must be regarded as eminently satisfactory: no previous team had played a series of test matches against the very best Australian cricketers so severe as did Mr. B lig li ’ s team— and of the four big matches, three against Mr. Murdoch’s Eleven, and one against United Australia, two were won and two were lost.