FIFTY YEARS AGO

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21853, 16 July 1934, Page 6

FIFTY YEARS AGO

EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALD The following are extracts from the New Zealand Herald of July 16, 1884: The curtain which has so long hidden the figure of the brave man at Khartoum from the eyes of the world lias been partly raised, and we get a glimpse of him still holding the citadel against the rebels and occasionally sallying forth to do battle with them. . Our cable messages to-day state that the Government have received intelligence from Khartoum that General Gordon is safe, but that the city it still invested and tbat his attempts to disperse the rebels have been attended with varying success. The Home News contains a report of the cricket match between the Australians and an English eleven at Birmingham. " There was a remarkable „ day's cricket yesterday on a wicket almost bare of grass," it is stated. " It is evident from the scores made that the ground must have been all but unplayable, for not only did the scratch eleven of English cricketers fail ludicrously in batting, but the Australians themselves lost 16 wickets for 109 runs. We have seen over and over again that when tbe wicket favours him, */ Spofforth is the most difficult of bowlers; and yesterday, after taking seven wickets for 34 runs in the first innings of the English tea;a, he accomplished the remarkable feat of bowling seven wickets in the second innings for only three runs. The Australians won the game by four wicket®."