AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS FOR ENGLAND.

Kumara Times, Issue 2912, 27 February 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS FOR ENGLAND.

The final selection by the Melbourne Cricket Club of the Australian Eleven wjiich is to vi.Ht England during the Koine, summer months has been made, Victoria sends J. Blackham, W. Bruce' J. M'llwraith, G. Palmer, H. J. Scott’ F. Spofforth, and J. W. Trumble, New South Wales sends G. J. Bounor E Evans, T. Garrett, and S. P. Jones’ ami South Australia sends G. Giffeu ami A. H. Jarvis. Bruce, Evans M'llwraith, and Trumble (“Felix” in the Australasian slates) have never b« en to England with any cricket team, and it they show anything like their true Australian form, the verdict of the connoisseurs in England will be that they are a really first-class quartette. Evans name is a household word in Australia, and in England everybody will be delighted to see him, and to know him not only as a cricketer but as a man. It is well known that all previous Australian teams tried hard, but unsuccessfully, to secure the services of the New South Welshman, and the M.C.C. may there fore be regarded as being especially fortunate in getting him to take the trip. The Hon. Iv o Efigh stales that Evans will be a greater attraction than any Ans. i aliaa crcketer who has ever visited England, Tffa

precision and accuracy as a bowler will be just the thing for the sticky wickets in England, and on fast wickets no bowler can surpass him in keeping down runs. In batting, too, he will make his mark. All the remaining men have been to England with previous teams. Blackham and Spofforth have been with all former teams, so that this will make their fifth tour. Bonnor and Palmer have been three times, Garrett twice, G. Giffen twice, Jarvis once, Bcoli once, Jones once. The team will piobably take their departure from Melbourne on the 25tb proximo, arriving in England on the 4th May. The following is a complete list of the fixtures arranged for the Australian Eleven : May 13. —Lord Sheffield’s Eleven, at Sheffield Park. 17. —Nottinghamshire, at Nottingham. 20. —Surrey, at the Oval. 24.—Marylebone, at Lord’s. 27.—Oxford University, at Oxford. 31.—North of England, at Manchester. June 3.—Gentlemen of England, at Lord’s. 7. —Derbyshire, at Derby. 10.—Cambridge University, at Cambridge. 14. —Lancashire, at Manchester. 17.—Gentlemen of England, at the Oval. 21. —Players, at Nottingham. 24.—Middlesex, at Lord’s. July 5.—A1l England, at Manchester. 8. —Nottinghamshire, at Nottingham. 12.—Yorkshire, at Sheffield. 19.—A1l England, at Lord’s. 22. —Yorkshire, at Huddersfield. 26.-—Eleven of England, at Stoke-on-Trent. 29. —Past and Present of Cambridge University, at Leyton Leyton. August 2.—Kent, at Canterbury. s.—Gloucestershire, at Clifton. 9. —Surrey, at the Oval. 12.—A1l England, at the Oval. 16.—Gloucestershire, at Cheltenham. 26.—Sussex, at Brighton. 30. —South of England, at Gravesend. September 2.—Scarborough (Festival), Zingari or Gentlemen of England.