CRICKET.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1400, 25 January 1873, Page 2

CRICKET.

TH.E StfQLJjjH; AUfATSURS W AMBBICA. The seventh match, in which the English Twelve have been engaged, took place at Germantown, Philadelphia, on September 21, Monday 23; and Tuesday 24. The Twenty-two comprised the pick of three powerful clubs— -viz., Young America, Germantown, and Philadelphia— and may be considered a fair representative team. 3Jhe ground was .in such ~ a good condition as to cajl forth the commenda^ tibii' of the Englishmen, &d tfieT'othe* " surroundings* of the match werVequall# satisfactory. On this occasion, strange to s.q,y,' the V natives'! won' the to§s^and cqin'menc.e.d tiattfrig ope'ratsns #itli ' $■£ Hewall and who. were b,owle4 to by Messrs Rose and Appleby. The §rs| thsep wickets, fell for §, 'the fourth, Mb, sixth, and seventh for 11, the eighth Ipy 19. Mr Grace relieved the slow bowler when the total was at 21, and by the time 30 were reached three other wickets hjtf collapsed. At 36, the 124, 13thY mkC l^th were disposed Q$ s^d the I§4 and, 16th with the total at 42, while the three next averaged only a run per wicket. The 20th collapsed at 51, but the last pair put on conjointly a dozen. The total was 63, made from 73 overs. Mr Rose captured two, Mr Appleby eight, and Mr Grace nine wickets. The twelve began batting, as usual, with Messrs Grace and Ottaway, two fast round-arm bowlers (C. Newhall and Meade) being their assailants. The fielding at starting was remarkably good. t( The Leviathan " was twice missed when he had scored 13. but after adding a couple, his off stump was ripped but of the ground, amidst the shouts of Young America, this innings being numerically the smallest he has yet made (his previous figures in 22 matches being 141, 81; 76, 7$ 68, 31, and 17); No sooner had Mr Hornby joined Ottaway than; the latter was badly run out.Mr A. &übbock joined Lubbock, and the score being augmented t6 4fc the aWmiij were drawn for the day, Mr' Fisher, ait Germanstown, entertained the English gentlemen at dinner. On September 23; at least 6000 spectators assembled to witness the batting of the Englishmen, the weather being everything that could be desired. Considerable disappointment was, however, felt at the insignificant scores made by the amateurs, their joint contributions not amounting to 60 runs, the nine wickets all beisg used, up at halfpast two for 10$. C. Newhall and Meade were unchanged throughput the innings:; the former obtained bjx and the latter three wic.kets. T wentjr-two, being 43 behind on the flrst ihninga, commenced their second batting easy as before, Messrs Appleby and Grace being the bowlers tlir.ough.out the innings, the latter' being very destructive. Only two of 1 the Americans (Dan. Newhall andLGlayYbucoeeded in reaching a double figure, the (remainder

cutting up very badly, 9 of them proving unproductive wickets. The Twelve had 23 runs to get to win tho match, and so good was the bowling and fielding of the Twenty-two, that not until the larger moiety of the English wickets had fallen was the winning run scored. Mr Grace only obtained ? ; Messrs Ottaway and Francis each registered a cipher, while the Hon. 6, Harris's 8 was the; largest item of the total. The English won by five wickets. O. Newhall and Meade were not changed, the former taking four, and the latter three wickets.