Cricket News.
ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. (Per Press Association.) Melbourne, January 4. The Argus devotes a sub-leader to the subject, maintaining that if in the Sydney match it may fairly be argued though the Englishmen achieved a victory, the Australians carried off the honours, in the match just fought on the Melbourna cricket ground the Englishmen won honestly by 94 runs. In the great score of 586 made by the Australians in Sydnej three batsmen made. 448 while the remaining 7 only contributed 143. The bowling on both sides makes great scores possible, and we may reasonably expect to see very high figures reached in the remaining test- matches. After luncheon yesterday, in replying to the health of the two teams, Stoddart expressed the view that the match had been won on its merit?, while Giffen expressed the desire that the rubber might be won by the best team, which he hoped they would excuse him saying was the Australian team. '
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 160, 5 January 1895, Page 2
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160Cricket News. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 160, 5 January 1895, Page 2
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