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Evening Star, Issue 3393, 6 January 1874, Page 3

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M O [By Telboraph.] The .the7£ollhwing addi-< tional particulars regarding the match between ttie picked Eighteen pi, Victoria and the All-. ® eve ?. :— 4 The Englishmen are splen- ; S^^ B,r £°tfhly Jupn and Greenwood. r-Tbe 1 Victorian fielding waßTar''from ‘bring as brilliant on the last day pf the match as on the: second. _Midwinter let two balls clean through; nis legs in succession, and. some others’ fingers! appeared to^ be sfneared with butter. The; An particular, was vety. wild The two "Graces and Lilly white, noticing 'this, rani for hits that riever'ought to 1 have counted. Saturday a fielding would have reduced the. English score one-third, let . alone the miss by' Goldsmith. East Melbourne could scarcely blame their player for that particular misad▼e.ntm. ‘He : was yelledjat hy the;crowd.- The ball had to be run at sideways, and came with a spin that hurst hia little finger. StiUit wasa -iHjftj&QHMment for the colonials to see the ball ■go into ms-grasp' como T our agam" and ! Grace spared oncemore. The exception to the ; falling-off. in the fielding was Bishop, whose long-stopping throughout was perfections to which fact the score hears testimony. ‘‘The' ,of , the .Eleven,-was Oscrbft. The Euglish-umpite nlldwed Conway; to bowl ahbxtra ball in the over, When Oscroft went irtp-aTnd-the ball he received was-the best bplP. of Tt.pitchedrqlear off the stump, jbreajd9g ; m, and took the leg stump.. 9‘ ra . ce ® .Viokota a long.-time for’ f? 8 Mj of.th» day he began to score fast and fumua, and his drive clean over! tfie Qraw4 was repeiyed. with enthusiasm. It was terribly riear'from the first that the Eleven • were overmatched in batting and bowling; but! oh the whole the game must bb 'pronounced to; be; one of best ever Oplayhd' In 'the Colony, The full scores were—-.vOTß-ENgUshmek. Ist 2nd V7 i-’V* 1 -I”*'* 1 ”*'* - M IhWfigs. Innings, w. G. Grace. ~., ~.33 51 '• V, &BP* Gilbert ... it . • 13 q Greenwood ' ’ ..; 5 ia ,6''- : > f 5 28 ! • Ofecroft ,r i2 Humphrey ! 4 ' Lillywhite ; r4 - j 9 MTntyre ... ; 91 j ; , ,- 4 j Bush ... ... 0 q \ Southerton ■ < . n n ' ... ' 3 . . ) ,r.lieg:hyM -2 - 0 ilO ' 153 ;o r . ; in ■ Grand total ... ... 246 ; ; VIcYOBIAKSi ’■ Goldsmith... ... ~v 17 -Gibson ... ,f ”, ,9 t ; g oo f . , ‘ 'B4 I ; - V I .... ... : 30; I .. ... .::: , Hobertson... ... - Gaggin. s ;■ .Midwinter... •• ...is,") 7 M*Gan ... . 7 . ' Cary..-;. ■; v \ Cosstick ... .(- - ? . ' a I i , Wyndham... - !;! 0 . - Byes" ! oLog’byot'M-. ; :. ••-.g- ; . Wides.., , M i T0ta1,,,. .U265 THE I^ERiPROVINCIAI! MATCH. 1 .e'KiT/f,.! hnji * . v-riji .h&played on Mon-j Wfofpw mr* Me: Canterbury! ” ai ? {(jdleot^..and is much‘ 9**k pi»y*d against: The ’ team' comprises ' Bains,; A. J. ( Cot.terill,, Davie, E. Fowler, J.! Fowler, Fuller, MdSk, Moore, Souter, and! Wontuer; and they leave Lyttelton on Friday! -night ;Our : eloven-,will ;be selected oh Thursdayfrom Reade, lynch, Downes, Paranopr, Allen,; MacdonnelL. Kettle, ’Tait,, Clarke, .Rambert! ‘ I wltttyb r.ThPhlsoh, ind Creagh. •