CRICKETING ITEMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 41, 15 March 1884, Page 7

CRICKETING ITEMS.

The following list of matches and dates, arranged for the fourth Australian Eleven m England, has been supplied to the Australasian by their special correspondent, and will, no doubt, prove of interest to the iiiiinv lovers of the noble

game m this district : — May 12— Lord .Sheffield's ? Sheffield Eleven ) Park. 15 — Oxford University Oxford. lil—Sitmjy ... ... Oval. 22— Munclioftcr Club ) T , • n , > Lords, and Ground j 29 -Gcntlomi rt of f r Ao v> i j h Lords. England j Juno 2 — Derbyshire ... Derbyshire. f) — Lancashire ... Manchester. •)— Yorkshire ... Bradford. 12 —Nottinghamshire. . Nottingham 16- University o£ 7 Cl . imbridge . Cambridge ) ° ID— .North of England Manchester. 25— Gentlemen of,, Oval. ■JO— Player* of „ Sheffield. July 10 — All England ... Manchester. 14 — Leicestershire ... Leicester. 17— Middlesex ... Lords. 21— All England ... Lords. 04__Susscx Brighton. 31 — Players of England Ova 1 . Aug. 4— Kent Canterbury. 7 — Gloucester ... Cheltenham. 11— .All Knglnml ... Ovn). 18 — Gloucestershire ... Cheltenham 21 — Nottinghamshire . . Nottingham 25-PasUml Present) Cumbricl Can tabs ) to 28— South of England >;> Oval. Sept. I —North „ „ Nottingham 4 — Zing;iri ... ... Scarborough

B— Yorkshire ... c Sheltield. ° Doubtful. Dates from the Ist to the 10th July hove been left open.

The names of the team referred to are, as far as is known, as follows ; — McDonnell, "Bannennan, J\]urdoch, GiiTen, Bonnor. Midwinter, Scott, Blnekham, Palmer, Boyle. Cooper, and probably Spoilorth. Alexander, the manager of the team, has arranged for their departure for England by the Sutlej on this day (March 15th).