THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET MATCH.
WHAT THE HOME PRESS SAYS. [By yjBJtQRAPH—COPVBIOHT.J [P|§'P]jfSgß AggJOIAtIOK.J LONDON, !J. (Received January 8, 1892. at 10.60 a.m.) 1 The Times ’ admits that the cricket team taken to the colonies by Lord Sheffield is nearly, if not quite, the best that England has emit out. The paper adds that FanBritannic contests in the pripfcet field foster a taste which always inspired pnthuaiasp) among the Anglo-Saxons. ■ Tbs * Standard' asserts that the victory of Ail Australia over the English team upsets the theory that It is useless for a colonial team to visit England because it is 100 weak. It says the defeat of the visitors will be a valuable stimulus to colonial cricket.
The 'Dally News’ says that Australia will be jubilant at Lord Sheffield’s defeat, as the teim Is the upost representative since George part’s’ time. ■ ■■
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Evening Star, Issue 8717, 8 January 1892, Page 2
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140THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET MATCH. Evening Star, Issue 8717, 8 January 1892, Page 2
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