James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

39 Another finely contested game, in which the Australians thoroughly deserved then success, and had to work very hard for it. Perhaps the greatest credit is due to Blackham, who, in the second innings, when things were going all against his side, scored an admirable 46 (not out). Though the scoring was by no means large, the game was played all through on a batsman’s Avicket. The bowling and fielding on both sides were excellent. Giffen in the two innings took 9 Avickets for 110 runs and Palmer 8 for 104. ForNotts, there Avere no exceptional boAvliug performances, but Attewell and Barnes each took 4 Avickets, and Shaw and FloAvers each 3 Avickets. The chief scorers for the Australians were, Blackham 9 and 46 (not out), Giffen 22 and 25, M'Donnell 3 and 38, and Murdoch 24 and 14; while for Notts, Barnes made 33 and 37, Walter Wright 11 and 26, Selby 25 and 7, Shrewsbury 26 and 1, ShaAV 12 (not out) and 19, and Scotton 16 and 12. m R 1st I n n s . 2nd I n n s . T o ta l . June 16, Australians 378 _ 378 Cambridge. Cambridge University 204 93 297 Australians Avon by an innings and 81 runs. Cambridge cricketers having three times pro\'ed victorious against Australia, this match avos anticipated Avith an amount of interest out of proportion to its real importance. Up to a certain time on the opening day there seemed every prospect of a fine match, the Cantabs scoring 135 for 3 Avickets. Then the game turned in favour of the Australians, and in the end they Avon very easily. Murdoch played a superb innings of 132, being at the Avickets about four hours and a-half, and scarcely making a bad stroke. Palmer, with 68, and Bonnor, Avith 44, Avere his best supporters. For the University, Mr. Bainbridge scored 61 and 7, Mr. J. E. K. Studd 59 and 3, Mr. Marchant 34 and 8, and Mr. Paravicini 4 and 25 (not out). Messrs. Bainbridge and Studd played especially well. Palmer and Spoffortli took 19 Avickets betAveen them. AUSTRALIANS v. NORTH OF ENGLAND. r June 19 and 20 were the dates of this important fixture at Manchester, and in few other matches during their tour were the Australians seen to such singular disadvantage. They were out-plaved at every point, and at five minutes past four on the second day they were beaten by an innings and 22 runs. The main cause of the English victory was Peate s bowling, and, all things considered, it is doubtful whether the Yorkshire ®ian has ever accomplished a better performance. The Australians seemed altogether unable to hit him, and in the two innings lie took 10 wickets at a cost of only 51 runs. His achievement was the mote remarkable as the ground was hard and fast. Ulyett was more expen. sive, hut he also bowled remarkably well. A feature of the game was the innings of 94, played by Mr. Hornby, who bad never before met with any success in England against the Australian bowlei s. Though finely bit, however, liis innings of 94 w i . i — . .. . missed at slip in the first over—a mistake for "which the Australians had to pay verv dearly—he gave a second chance when he had made 41, and a third just before completing his 50. In point of merit, Barnes’s 67 was decidedly a better innings. Blackham played a plucky second innings of