ATTEMPT TO GET AWAY ONE OF THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.
There has been much talk, says " Truth," about the squabble which arose, it is said, between the Australian players and W. G. Grace, as to whether Midwinter should play for the rest of this season for the Antipodes or Gloucester. But the whole affair resolvedntself into the exercise of his own choice in the matter. His {Australian colleagues, on the one hand, offered him £500 and a benefit for his services at the wicket and in the field during the remainder of their stay. Mr Grace, on the other hand was able to ofier him a permanent situation at Clifton College as ground bowler and coach to the boys at a salary of £200 a-year, with, of course, extra pay and expenses when he should be called away to play for Gloucester or the South of England Eleven.
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Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2602, 20 August 1878, Page 3
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