THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKTERS IN ENGLAND. London, July 18th. CRICKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 1601, 29 July 1882, Page 21

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKTERS IN ENGLAND. London, July 18th.

CRICKET.

The cricket match at Bradford was resumed ito-day. The Yorkshiremen were all disposed •of in their first innings for 68, or 64 behind the Australians. , , The latter in their second innings only made <f>7 ' ' , The Home team then requiring 132 runs to win, went in for their second innings, and when the stumps were drawn for the day they baa put together 11 runs without the loss of a wicket. , , , , Tho weather was showery, and play wad frequently stopped during the day. me wicket was heavy and the ground in generally bad order owing to the rain. There was a very large attendance, notwithstanding the ( bad weather. _ T , in ., London, July 19fch. , The match' Australians v. Yorkshire, at Bradford, was concluded to-day, and resulted in a victory for the former by 47 runs. The Yorkshiremen in their second innings required 132 to win, but only succeeded inputfing together 85. The bowling of the Aus- j tralians was dead on the wicket, and their fielding was excellent. The weather to-day was fine, and there was again a large attenLondon, July 20th. The Australian Cricketers commenced another match to-day against an Eleven ■of Yorkshire, the scene of the contest being on this occasion Middlesborougb. The Australians were all disposed of for 222. M'Donnell played a splendid innings for 82 (caught and bowled) ; Murdoch, who was bowled for 44, also ' batted well. .When the stumps were I drawn for the day the Yorkshiremen had put together ,57 run's for the loss of five wickets. ! The weather during the day was very fine, and there was a very large attendance. „ ( July 21st. The cricket match between the Australian i Cricketers and Eleven of Yorkshire was resumed at Middlesborough to-day. The Home team continued their first innings, and were all disposed of for a total of 129. J. Grimshaw was the highest scorer, with 30. Garrett {bowled splendidly for the Australians. ■ The Yorkshire men, being 93 runs behind the Australians, followed on in their second innings, and at the conclusion of the day's play had lost one wicket for. 3 runs. ,',', >J 7 ' London, July 22^id. ,• The cricket match, at Middlesborough— , Australians versus Yorkshire— resulted to-day in a victory for the former by seven wickets. The Australians required 48 runs to wini and these were, obtained for the loss of three pickets. M'Donnell was not out with 23] He bajtted splendidly, and never gave a chance. ' lUie weather was very fine to-day, but the wicket was not in good order.

Horan, writing to a friend in Australia about Massie's big innings at Oxford, says':—" I shall never forget Massie's'performance, and I think the Bame will be said by those who had the pleasure of witnessing it. He scored exactly 100 while Jones was making five. His hitting all through was very hard, and that it was clean, and take may be gathered from the) fact that during his two hours and 49 minutes at the wickets tie.'gave only one chance, and that a difficult one in the slips. His second 100 runs were made in the short space of 59 minutes j and 1 bis hitting during this time was simply perfect. Concerning Massie's brilliant achievement I had a yam .with a very old Oxford cricketer, one whoi has played for 50 yeaVsj'ahd who has seen all the best cricket in England during that long period, and he assured me that in his career he had never BJen any hitting display equal to Massie's in the present match, it is unparalleled, and the more one contemplates it the more astonishing does it seem. 104 out of 145, 200 out of 257, and 206 out of 265. Massie is certainly the ,lion of the hour in cricketing circles in England, and , I am sure that all Australians are pleased that the quiet and unassuming Sydneyite has met with such wonderful success in his maiden effort on English soil.'?

The match Australia v. Marylebone, which was commenced on July 10th, and, owing to rain, could not be resumed till the 1 12 th, resulted in a draw. The Marylebone team went in first, and scored 302 ; while the Australians in their only innings made 138. The following are the scores :—

Marylebohe.

The match Australia v. United North of England, which was commenced at Dewsbury on July 14, also resulted in a draw through bad weather. It will be seen that the ' United North' was anything but a representative team, there being none of the Lancashire or Nottingham cracks in it. The following were the scores: —

V. G. Grace, bowled .. L. N. Hornby, stumped l. P. Lucas, caught . . !. T. Studd, bowled .. ,ord Harris, caught •• V. Barnes, bowled l. G. Steel, caught kB. Studd, lbw ' f. Flowers, caught . . !. P. S. Tylecote, not out '. Morley, bowled Extras .. 41 .. 4! .. 41 .. 11< .. , I I .. 21 .. ( .. ! .. : Total.. .. 30!

Hassle, caught Uannermao, caught tfurdocb, caught J'Donnell, caught loran, caught.. Bonnor, stumped 3iffen, not out 3lackham, caught Sarrett, caujtht Palmer, bowled jpofiorth, bowled Extras .. a .. 0 .. 3 .. 16 .. 42 .. 25 .. 14 .. 0 .. 0 .. 1 .. 28 .. 4 Total .. .. 138

Australians.

iannerman, bowled lassie, caught! lurdoch, bowled loran, caugrht Jonnor, stumped I'Donnell, caught Jarrett, bowled 'ones, caught . . Palmer, bowled 3oyle, not out.. Jpoflorth, caught .Extrus .. 34 .. 0 .. 30 .. 25 .. 0 .. 14 .. 12 .. 6 .. 0 .. 3 .. 0 .. 11 Total ... «4 9P ... 11l

Australian.

First Inmngs. lawke, bowled . . I. Ullyet, bowled /. Hall, caught .. jj. Lockwood, bowled ?. Emmett, caught joudon, caught . . . Grimshaw, bowled L Hill, caught .. 3. Peate, bowled . . !eel, bowled Hunter, not out . . Extras Second Innmg . . 0 not out .. 4 bowled .. .. 8 .. 61 .. 8 .. 0 .. 20 .. S .. 0 .. 1 .. 9 .. 2 Extras .. ?8. .. 21 .. 3< Total • 129 For one wicket .. 6<

Unitrd North.