Lives in Cricket No 29 - AN Hornby

56 leading caterers were willing to organise such a function. Once off-field matters had been sorted out, Hornby managed 78 out of an all-out total of 185 in the tourists’ first innings in reply to the home side’s 110. Hornby hit just three fours in a three-hour stay, according to CricketArchive, but he did manage a five. According to Royle, the South Australians were bowled out for 135 in their second innings, leaving the visitors to score a modest 63 for victory, but they lost seven wickets in doing so. Hornby, once again, was the top scorer, making 22. Here, Royle seems to have got his figures in a twist, Wisden reckoning that SA’s second innings ended on 137. On Royle’s own figures Lord Harris’s side would have needed 61 and not 63. Perhaps the sea-sickness had taken its toll on Royle’s arithmetic! It was estimated that the first day’s attendance totalled 3,300, which grew to 9,300 over the three days with gate receipts for the match reaching a very healthy £536. The local newspaper, The Voyage of discovery 2 Lord Harris’s side in Australia, 1878/79. Standing (l to r): F.Penn, A.J.Webbe, C.A.Absolom, S.S.Schultz [later Storey], L.Hone (wk). Seated: F.A.MacKinnon, A.N.Hornby, Lord Harris (capt), H.C.Maul, G.Ulyett. On the ground: A.P.Lucas, V.P.F.A.Royle, T.Emmett. Harris and Hornby were later to fall out over Schultz’s birth qualification for Lancashire (see page 82).