THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3897, 13 October 1880, Page 4

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

In a letter to the Argus, one of bhe.fctus tralian team gives Home particulars "of"- the Scarborough match, in wltidh Spofforth'o unfortunate accident occurred, and • the eolonista met with their first defeat. " Sinec my laßt," he says, "we have suffered onr-Grst defeat, the Scarborough Eighteen defeating xv by 90 runß. Wo defected 1 easily in one innings and 30 odd runs to*pare, Bonnor and Blackham playing two go«d. innings. We then had a supplementary mttch, •which we also won, Sarvk coming outraa c bowler, getting 10 wickets for)4o runs. Wo had a reet for three days, and then started play against the Scarborough Eighteen, -who had a very strong team, and were cspfwinejl by Charlwood, the Susocs .c-iwkoter. kTlipy made 171 runs in their -fr-'st innings. WVve started our iniiinga late at nij.<li'in a •m'j* .su£l light, and lost seven wickets j r. 86 runs/.itut the other batamen rapidly pu ! >n iune f vivnd then came the trouble. "J '«-.-=j put>-cn a bowler called FraDk, who k tuts most wnci)-' takeable thrower I have ever-oeen. lTuo-Scar-borough umpire, however, .allowed him to bowl without calling him. The -wickets*'? ell rapidly, we only saving tho follow-on- Yy 7 runs. They only made 96»uns.in: their seoond inningß, Boyle getting ten wiokcts for 41<iuins; The thrower Frank was started against us; ! *nd£Bannerinan would not ploy against kfe; his wicket was bowisd down, and vfcliert Murdocli protested agoinst 'blm -noiinoU'cs wa» taken, and they would not take himJßi:;" he shortly u,ftrr got Bannenaan •GaughfrrifefP lirf-finger, tha ball removing : the* nail ak'&he aamertime. Bnl tho worst .wae to come^tS the same man broke t'hs thirdrSageirin Spof • forth's right hund, compelling him to retire,' anel.ibis doubtful if he will be-able to'-bcwl agom^n England. Several of the other mec 1 beta, of the team were also considerably' "knocked about. It ifl a^reafroaiisfortune^ea" we^laj the best team England- can produeo at Seainiiigton Oval on Bept.'C,T7,^and»jßi«nntL his afeetco will weaken i*li« team jjery much. When \?e got to Yeadon, >wo dietind in tbp Eighteen ev.ch playera ao -Bel^r.-Scottop, anjL Shrewabury, of Notte -county -.faneo. The,jj^ howeyei's ocered very ilittle rrssksiance, «?ly-; scoring nino between them ia the bwO'inningfl. Wa wont to the wiefcets fi«t, andiaadQ 217.^ Alkk Binnerinan wactop -B€orep>withis.B, rttt' adajirab^e defensive ianings. flCheVYsadon ie theiiv £rst innings asored SIC-5. i ßoyle did great execution witk ithe hall, -bagging. I^, wiokets .for £8 runs. The Yeadon .teem bein^ more-, than tho requawd number of rurr behind had to follow cw,, but offered<n feebU, 1 resistance., the whole ■fecam collq.pi:d^ f on £% num. Bojlt again bo wlsd finely. *A&txandeb also trundled splendidly getting.nine-^vickoti for 22 Jiina." ' :

i: -SiNCTJET TO 13HE TEfcST. ! Tfee..iiajor of Loods ((Alderman fflathaup^ entertained the Australian cricketed to liamieifr on August 2d t in his roorce at the fEowc .Hall,! and acvited r a ziiimber o£ >the leading rrepre- 1 sentativeß ,a'nd"fE3nd3 of <s?icket in ths,b£ov/n' to meet.them' This act o£ i- pitalityris thd more.-nptioeablo in that &we £rst^ public invitation of tlieiind thul ; ; been^gimi: to! otir Au3,tralian" r vlei:orß dani:n hek* preaent cricked tour. UpfcrtutateEf ■•:■. - eralißaemberß of the^teani were,ei39nt, tw». • >: them nm ing to tbe.injories' they have rascally eusfiainadiinthe crwlet £• bld.i * . Xl-3 Mayor presided. '

The Mayor eaid ho-rr extreczely glafiihcvswss; to see .-tlio Austrdii^i! eriefcotora at hjfiibs.'^.; fie had no. pfac'tkai knowiadge of *wkket, butwben he reaA" how these -jt/olonial gen tie-; men were carrying ell befoae them en . tl*o ; cricket 4U\i', he thougat he gfaould like do free! them,^uid-{|hat n itjwoHii be welt for repeesen-i. tatives •o& ; *ihe n T"ariotis cricket cclubs ie -tb©| borough tOimbet'with'tliom. So liked fcSrSee'J a fair .contsa.t, and to hia >r«^n eide <«;jp.f There hadu/esen sonM .;h:tch ia. the coedirill relationship 'between "ijta English and (the Australian .-, cricket ertj .with the detail* .of! which he .^axi ', not familiar. Bn£ he ktMvw! this, tbat therower'e'rou^h. people «Tery wher<;, |j and therefore a whole' eoia a unity «ras not 60 ' be condenased because t)L ths uia«-iße action ! of a few. Rather le£ uj ,-roe to it that ova 1 behaviocr !wa%B'-l the befcte?. He «&3 pleased jj to beliero thjat, forme^ -<i;fi.-;'r« 'Ces )had been healed, and that, the 'Amtxn'm is ware likely soon to bo ,piy o i agairigfc'.oi-- •1: of (the best cricketers jn ihis .'country that iEnglish eleven, if ithey .'played w.^--" eipaiAed of them, ought :h<y.jl°£j the 'wofV- '•, and «en the Aufltralianc. iHe.^ishpd th ; e Asclrflliatuf every auccess and health , while'ii i^gland, *^d a safe return to Australia.' ' Councillor Emrfiey sajd thafcas cne wb* jhad taken an interest in cricket for 'ratnyyeew, he could say tho?-, he.kpew of no finer fielder in England than Boyle,, and no'fib«r bowler tican Spofforth, and .it waaoiily'fair ta^-f ivo credit where credit waa due. ' '" '

Mr Murdoch;, captain of th* Australia team, in ro^ljj ttbankecl ttie Mtjyor inofifc .cordially for the inyitaiion he 'bad jiven to fthem. When tvo_gotJ^ict' invitatior. he wax «t a loss to knanr the .^motive "Which had prompted it, bee&use, since their ia 4his country there ihad b^^ no sucU.-racogni-tipn of their prese&ce,.,bttt -hfe "put to the mayor's kindo&)3 of h.e£?t. Wti>h;r?gard to-^heir cricket, he «]i4 nofc think it jsr^s right that he should Bay jinytMrA v W&epi '.-hey left Australia the peajue had" Dot so high an opinion of them Ab they jigi^ht perhaps hwo now, or a& the- E^gliah pub—f had. No dtubt, . thr jAfze there was room for implement, o^d they had improved. So mjght-iay that had nejor gone through any jipe^ia.l cou'we^r training. They kept early jhqurs, $$.d no heav*dinoan^end there was vecy littlo, f champagnA drunfc. vThe secret of th&r suqceijc' had'bee-i', their ateylinesa ever since tfc?y Ja^si in Bag- \ land. '.W.a3n they left Aoo'^alia t^sj' were < told that^ay would bo BntA.bed.a^ treated aa a team of professionals in England. ■■■They had more , faith in Englist " f airn^K?) and believeitb,aL tho English pubfe wo'uldrnofc be • satisfied .uctij they had heard AUoir^fCile. As far as tUeir-liaar had gone he wus.aorry^fcp say that thero ivgi room for compijjint bn l( their aide. He thought they would ogr«3 .wit^h tjbem that a disburhciase, such aa occurred, in .Alia* tralia, might .oc^cur on any crictat jronpd j and if tbo tlqwest clais of flyecl,atojii,i it Hunslet, ifor example, had "", at^kedl any of them, wouV-1 they be justified fcatbla^a-' ing the whole oriflfoting public of England?) It was with the samo amount of fairnedathatl they had been folamsd in connection w&b{thei' disturbance in Australia. Thoro was mot af crickeLar to blaoie in (h? whole affair. S^,as the batsman who was out on. the aacaaion, vu only too glad.Hi the opportunity ai atating tee whole facts the EngUsb pubfic,, \ for he thought that LordcQarris at toe time ; wrote in a aianner whiflh'lje must since have regretted. With regard to their treatment by the Eogliah public, fch^y, could detire no better apprecution than hac^sen shown toward* them. When they wex^at Clifton, as muob applause was bestowed ap. their play as that of the County Eleven. Wlien they returned to Australia, Leeds and the&uidneas of the Mayo/ .would nob be forgottec t by them, for they weyja glad to think that JthQre were thoße in England who appreciated tihqp, and were willing to jsntertain them as His ly^ship hod done,