THE ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 7, Issue 461, 3 February 1864, Page 3

THE ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN.

The doings of the cricketing world occupy a great part of the columns of the Victorian newspapers. The Eleven seem to have been over all the gold fields, and their playing at Ballaarat and Beudigo is duly recorded. In our last we reprinted a report of the grand match at Melbourne j we now add the account of a spirited single wicket match, in which two of the All-Englanders beat eight Victorians :— A single wicket match was then made — Grace and Tarrant against eight of the 22, consisting of Messrs Sweeney, Bryant, Phillips, Wills, Greeves, Oldham, Murray and Neap. Grace was the first to go in, and after some good play, succeeded in scoring eleven, when one of "Will's best" took his bails. Tarrant at first played very cautiously, until he got a couple of two's, one after the other. A single was then nicely got, after which another two and a single. Bryant then took Will's place at bowling, and after a few overs took Tarrant's wicket for 9, making a total of 20. Greeves then went to the wickets, Tarrant bowling, and Grace at long leg. One fieldsman, S. Cox, was allowed. After making some good play, and defending his wickets very well againpt 25 balls of Tarrant's, his bails were taken by the twenty-sixth. Sweeny took the second place, and after a doubtful case of leg before wicket, his bails were taken at the nineteenth ball by Tarrant after scoring nothing. Philips followed, and ba the tenth ball got a single, then two doubles. At the thirty-fourth ball, Mr. Grace took up the bowling, and the ninth ball took Philip's bails. Neap followed, and was obliged to succumb to Mr. Grace's second ball. Oldham then went in and made four singles, when Tarrant relieved Mr. Grace and took Oldham's wicket the first ball. Bryant was the next man. and midst loud cheers Tarraut took the wickets again withjhe first ball. Murray then appeared, and run himself out the first ball. The crowd here cheered lustily at the excellent cricketing powers of Grace and Tarrant, for there can be no doubt that such skill and neatness have never before been witnessed in the colonies. Wills was the next and last man, and through the excellent fielding of Grace assisted by Tarrant, he was run out for nought, thus putting the whole eight out for 11, the two of the Eleven winning by nine runs. Tarrant was seized by the crowd, and carried vi et armu to the pavilion. The cheering was immense, and the sympathy appeared to bo with the Englishmen.