THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND.

Dunstan Times, Issue 848, 19 July 1878, Page 3

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND.

London, July 10. Tho Australian Eleven are playing an Eighteen of Swansea, South Wales. In their first innings the Australians scored 219 runs, of which Bailey made 35. Tho Swansea Eighteen in their first innings scored 94.

July 11th. The Australians won in one innings with 38 runs to spare. Tho bowling of Spofforth and Boyle was very effective.

London, July (sth. The Australian Eleven aic playing against Leicester.

The first innings of their opponents closed for 193.

Leicester.— First Innings. Sankey ... ... ... 70 Wheeler ... ... 60 Panter ... 20 Marriott ... .. ... 7 Collier ... ... ... 20 Pannaham .. o Rodwell ... ... ... 4 Walker ... ... ... 2 Rylott ... ... ... 4 Rawdcn ... ... ... 2 Bishop ... ... ... 0 Sundries ... ... ... 4 Australians.—First Innings. Bannerman, not out ... ... 4 Murdoch, not out ... ... 8 There is a splendid wicket, and the at tendance is 10,000.

When a man is making love to a widow he always feels as if he had to begin where the other left off

A Miss Tanner, who recently married a widower named Hyde with eleven children, says she has given up tanning and is now dressing Hydes. A Jew, speaking of a young man as his son-in-law, was accused of misleading the Court, since the young man was really his son. Moses, however, persisted that the name he put to the relationship was the proper one, and addressing the bench, said: “ I was in Amsterdam two years and threequarters ; when I came Lome I finds this lad. Now the law obliges me to maintain him, and consequently he is my son-in law.’ ‘ Well,’ said the Judge, ‘ that is the best, definition of a son-in law I ever yet heard.”