THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND.

Dunstan Times, Issue 857, 20 September 1878, Page 3

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND.

which Civett trickle the top score of 79. A hard-hearted man says that handsome bo mots can do mere toward securing a regular church attendance th in the most eloquent preaching. Young ladies are opposed to the telephone. They say they do not care to 'have a young f How whispering in their cars with his month twenty miles away. “ I find there are half-a-dozen partridges in the let ter,” said a gentleman to a servant, who replied : —“ Sir, lam glad you found 'hem in the letter, for they all flew out of the basket.” ■•••• A sharp Toledo girl said o f a gentleman to whom she had just been introduced, that, ho would be very presentable if Nature hadn’t turned up so much Of his legs to make feet of. A man who recently went into stock «peculation was met bv a friend the other day, who asked him if he had made anything. “Yes,” said ho, “ I male an assignment this morning.” 1 A cool business man was the citizen of Troy, N. Y., who. being on his dea'h.bef, ca’hd for proposals bom the undertakers of ' hat city for conducting his funera 1 , and ’■ad a contract made with the lowest tenet irer. The horse and bicycle contest at the Agriudtnral Kail, which lasted during the whole week, was brought to a close on Saturday night. Leon, the Mexican horseman, was the winner, baring ridden 030 m'les in the six days, and the second prize was obtained- by,- A. Gann, bicyclist, o r Shelicld, who covered.SJlO miles,, ~ : , Mr George Enrsome",, who appears to have bal great experience in. Brazil of the use of unshod horses under heavy loads on the roughest roads imaginable, has been maintaining in the London Times that are diminish the sureness of onr horses’ feet and foster all kinds of splints and other diseases by our practice of shoeing them. He maintains that all that is necessary would he to “keep the edges of the hoof slightly rounded off with a rasn, to prevent the ravelling up of the edges and that very soon horses would go morn easi'y in every wav en our hardest roads, and with far less liability of slipping and disease, unshod, than they do now when shed with iron.—Spectator. Advice to Mothers I —Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting tooth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mss. Winslow's SooTliiNfi Svrttp. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from rain, and the little cherub awakes “as bright as a button.” It soothes the child, it softens the guns, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best ) known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea I whether arising from teething or other I causes. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is I sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is. IJd. per bottle. Manufactured at 493 ,Ox - ford-street, London.

. ' ’ - _ 0 i_ *• ! ■ London, Sept. 11. The match between .the Australian Eleven .and the Gentleman of JSnglahd was not played out, and resulted in a draw. The followiug.are the complete scores :— Australians—Fiksx Innings. A. Bannerman, b Steel . ... 0 F. Spofforth, Li Steel 16 • C. Bannerman, coif Appleby 21 T. Horan, c off Steel ... , «■•’ .. 16 T. Garratt, c off Steel ' ... 8 ' il. Boyle, c off Steals/. . * . 6 F. Allan, c off Steel ... ... 3 - G., 11. Bailey,-b Appleby ... 9 I). Gregory, b Appjupy ... 15 ’ .1. Blackham, c off Ridley ... 14 W. Murdoch, not out... ... 44 Sundries ... 5 Total .' 157 Gentlemen—First Innings. Thornton, b Garratt ... ... 17 Lyltelt m, b Garratt 25 Kid ley, b Spoffbrlh 23 Webb, b Spofforth. H id Hornby, b Spofforth 0 Forbes, b Speiforth ... . 0 Haddon, b Spofforth" 4 Steel, c off Spofforth 3 Pearson, b Garratt 6 Evans, b Garrat 0 Appleby, not out 0 Sundaes 8 ' Total .... 109 Australians—Second Innings. A. Bannerman... ... ... 2 C Bannerman .. .. ... 45 Horan ... ... 00 Spofforth ... 13 Mumocb ... ■ 49 Garrat 3 Bailey 40 Boyle ... 9 Kaekhaui 15 Allan, not out... ... .. 1 Gregory to bat Sundries ... ... .. 27 Total 249 September 13. The Australians have played a two days’ match against the Players, iuolu ling those who were to have taken part in the first match. The game resulted in a draw, greatly in favor of Australia, whose aeores were.— m A. Binre’man... ‘ ... ... 1 C. Bannerman 61 T. Horan .. .» .. 16 F. Spofforth .. ... ... 33 W. Murdoch ... I. .. 14 G. H. Bailey .. .. .. 2 ]). Gregory .. ;.. • ... 57 ,T. Blackham ... 25 F. Allan, notout ... .. 5 j] Boylo ... 6 T Garratt ... 12 Sundries ... 4 Total ‘ ... 206 The Players’innings close 1 for 160, of