CRICKET.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 864, 2 April 1877, Page 3

CRICKET.

MATCH BETWEEN U.C.C.C. AND

COLLEGE,

The above match, which has been going on for three Saturdays of the last month, was concluded on last (Saturday in favor of the College. In the first innings of the U.C.C.C. Dawc made 22, Parkerson 18, including a 4 and three 3’s ; Nalder, 17, and Macquarie carried his bat out for 10. The first innings of the boys was chiolly marked by a splendid innings of 64 by W. Milton, not out. He got one 4 and nine 3’s; J. Milton and Herbert were the only others who made any stand. This left the boys 41 a-head. In the second innings Wilson, 11. Cotterill, and Dawc broke the College bowling, so that when Parkerson and Macquarie got together they soon ran up 31 and 18. When time was called on the second Saturday, eight wickets were down for 132; on the match being resumed, the whole side were out for 144. The boys now went in with 103 to win. The commencement looked very gloomy seven wickets down for 38—but Hartlancl, who was playing very well, and R. Mathias getting together raised the score to 106, tlii’ee a-head of their opponents. Mathias commenced his innings by two 4’s and a 3. The following arc the scores : U.C.C.C.

First Innings. Second Innings. Dawc, c 11. Mathias, b Rhodes 22 c Hamilton, b J. Millton ... 10

W. Cotterill, c R. Mathias, bJ. Millton... ObJ. Millton ... 0 H. Cotterill, b J. Millton 5c Smith, b Rhodes ... 15 Condcll, b,I. Millton 8 b Hartland ... 2 Nailer, c L. Mathias, b Hartland 17 run out 4 Warner, c and b J. Millton 0 not out 10 Parkcrson, c Hartland, b Rhodes 18 bJ. Millton ... 33 E. Cotterill, c Herbert, b Rhodes ... ... 9b J. Millton ... n Macquarie, not 0ut7... 10 bJ. Millton ... 18 Field, c and b J. Millton 1 Wilson (sub), b Hartland ... 22 Mounior, bJ. Millton 3 Field, b Rhodes 4 Extras 14 Extras ... 15

Total ... 107 Total ... 144 COLLEGE. First Innings. Second Innings. Smith, c Field, b H.

Cotterill 2 run out Herbert, bE. Cotterill 19 Ib w, b E. Cot-

terill ... ... 1 W. Milton, not out ... 64 bE. Cotterill ... 0 G. Westenra, c Parker-

son, bH. Cotterill 1b H. Cotterill ... 1 L. Mathias, c Field, bE. Cotterill ... 3b E. Cottcrill ... 0 K. Hamilton, b H. Cotterill 0b E. Cottcrill ... 8 A. llbodcs, c Field, b Nailer 7 bll. Cottcrill ... ‘d J. Millton, c Wilson, b Kalder 20 c Condell, b 11. Cotterill ... 7 Bor ton, b Parkerson... 0 c E. Cottcrill, b Parkerson ... 0 Hartland, b H. Cotterill 4 not out 21 B. Mathias, c E. Cotterill, b It. Cotterill 4c H. Cottcrill, b Parkerson ... 27 Extras 24 Extras ... 23 Total ... 148 Total ... 106 ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA. It may be permitted to the Australians (says the Melbourne Argus ) to take some credit to themselves for the signal victory which they have just gained over the English cricketers. Forty-five is a large majority for mere colonials to have gained in a well-fought cricket field against the pick of English professionals. So far as wc can recollect, English cricketers have never before played outside England on equal terms and been beaten. In Australia they have before now played teams exceeding themselves in numerical force with varying results ; but the match just concluded is the only one in which an English Eleven'has contended with an equal number of opponents not of English birth and met defeat. Of course it may be said that Lilly white’s Eleven now in Australia is not the best possible English Eleven, and it is certain that it docs not comprise all the very best English batsmen, since a very large proportion of these is always to bo found among the gentlemen players, who are not always available for travelling teams. But our visitors number in their ranks the best English bowlers and fieldsmen, which is much, while it has also to be borne in mind that the combined team that was opposed to them did not include the whole of the best cricketing talent of Australia. Three of our best bowlers, Evans, Spofforth, and Allan, were absent, and one of our best bats, Bannerman, was disabled in the first innings. So far as the statistics of the contest show Sydney had the best of us in batting, through the splendid performance of Dannorman in ; the Australians’ first innings; but some of our own men also handled the willow with excellent effect, when wc remember the quality of the opponents they had to face. And on the other hand, the bowling of our Kendall, Midwinter, and Hodges was above all praise. Either of these three bowlers would elicit the highest commendation of the most fastidious cricket cognoscenti in the world by such play as they showed during the match just concluded. Australia has every reason to be deeply gratified by the results of the match, though, of course, the issue is no sufficient reason why our cricketers should not strive after a still higher degree of excellence and ' skill than they have yet exhibited."