UN MATCH DE CKICKET.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 219, 13 September 1872, Page 2

UN MATCH DE CKICKET.

.!' (From the- Pall, WathGazette). r ' (CONTINUED). -,'-< Letnis ipass^over! the > half-Boar which; ■ensues wbilS- ! thb J Englisj(iQJefl :;chaqgej emerge; jjeSanDelie'd ' f rpmf . thei , teijij,'^ are.^ ■intrdauc^M "W r 'tiigh' position ip the. deparindent, ood, to M. Tartifie, <chro^i|q,|]e / r, I <^ho, taie^i do.^ their, names all^lcaref^ullyil; mia-;. spelled ; and let us come^foF'ii'tlfe^tnt4H!irjg-' : moment, when vtKe two^elev'ens heing con-; gregated*near the stamps," the toss is miade Joe , inningsh^hk^rdnclmpH^ vifi^Ml with the courtesy/ .ymiuh ;^iraoved - the . .FpjhteiioyiJiM fijessietira .iesA^nglai^s ; tirez ? les prißmieff r,f iiMi;^^ , his fpemen; first : to thevwickets. : ;■ ; ; Accord- "j

Etonian, is :k :•*% &L yf. . Peking, „ are BPnt in 'to- ■'break. ,W' y »?g, and . tbo Frenchmen take theiVsv ß^ ? e ppisirions about the field, M. deWwj >uilly-himfltilf-holding the ball. ,At tV# iM fc ff| g r «*t hush falls upon thela'lieXia pal|jFpf fo^najpit 4^«M etfggf fypfy explains to Mdme. la VLStvtem^ C^n^ral^ whose son is fieldiDg ft* lone-legv'ibat M", do Grrenouilly is" aboa* to tirow the ball ;so; ; as to try and hit thY/ Englishman opposite him on the head. /If he succeeds it will count two points to tbe French, if he ou]^iT&i£jiP-!? n -$P. bo^^there will be but one poinT"~' u^:r m£, Wh«t a rough gaind !;", exclaims; •Mdrae.' r ia . Receveu.se, in hewilderment. *• The. Euglish are a hardy race," responds M,. Tartine.,, , r 1 Yes, hardy, perhaps, Hut for the p.flpce' not quite- at their cage,, .^M. de has tV'U^d gq^iipWjingly *o» J^ozd-g, he ; has .!iscr;ts : .2atGJ so j"^f^bus]y'., between the styles of Woottdn acd Souiherton, $$$ hctwppß, ifce V& tl '*R^ W'ethcidß. by w^icb Mr. <3raoe acorcs. three Mr. Thprpton slashes drives' to the p^villion, moreover, he haa dotted his men bo cir..cuJt I| sj>ecUy about .the field "that ,a vague impression fsHs-spOB- the. -English captain i(one f .of, the. M.C.C. men) that ihere ' may be disaster brewiDgj in the clistanco. All eyes, become fi^ed qpao tljio bowler, who. oqdpubi^ware of the'interest which ' bis • movements "excite, ad vance?, covers the w.icfeets with Ms eye, and, with cool rdpterminafcipD, bowls a - long?hop, There is a whistling thwack, and' the ball is BpsU'vfloatiog away in the empyrean toyy,ords where Mdme, la Recev.euse's son ■■S&. S'Pll r li!3gj &t \U$ £«^C tIIH2 ]n Zt " bravOs *'. : read the. air, for .. M. Tartjne, whpfe Kfjiowjedge^f-xh^^a^e Ilia's gathered if depse" circle. o( listeners roun^'him, cries put Ibflt the Englishman took a shot at the eon oi, madorae, and that it, be had struck him r: there woiild have' been a Frenchman hots de combat, but that, baying missed, it will-now be the priyilege of iiiaaarae-a |p?} to aim at"^»». .^ladanae, who does nofc^at'aU see Why her son should be ta J lien shot at, leans' out of h,er b,Bvquche with b^ggar4 I^?e «s hpv offspring, makiug giant strid.es witji his"l?oee-Doots, clears twenty yards of ground, pic^a up ball, and caattj it witl^ ' flD^rrjug precision straight ipjo tfte mjdst gf the entire. French elevep r j> ; bo h.#y<?, kiifried /rom all parts oF the flpjcl regariliess of their captain, who' clamours to them to remain where they are. Of course there is an overthrow, then a general scrimmage for the ball, *r~i ""^ overthrow* so that before then a bch.«~ - i _ , •the ball comes . to. , the wicset Keeper ß hands, seven have been scored to the I.Z. man. At this M.. de GrreDouilly frowns tbe frown of Napoleon at Leipsic, and points out that it; is -by panics of this, sort that battles are lost. Especially does he submit to the wicket-keeper that for' him 'to run to lon'4 leg when a ball is hit there

is to d.splay a fundamental ignorauce of the sphere of lv» duties., the wicket-keeper's features cannot be seen during this lecfuT because of tbe rao^,^ckprotects thl', h « 'f^ and ™anwh.l|,J[. d^freao^roce^s* to deliver whtfh if a carefully judged Iml^vplk 7 .^ There( , i - eD(; hth l Etonian, who, putting his" foot foremost,, cote tho bill to Point; drawing thereby a . sudden but prolonged howl of anguish from, the gentleman who, is fielding there.; How/ dweribe this accident? The geafcleman att point was slaoding with hi* fece averted! Horn the batsman,, and he was in the* graceful act of waving a salutation withms hand to his intended and well-dressedi hride (tba .prefers. daughter) whe& the? oall ?K}fito lyip, wrfere it did. £ van is ifte re*uU, bub foam that hideo^a zaoraeni Hie Point iabent on ritriey^s^ disgrace, and upon tbe de)'.ver> «| the third ball to the I.A maoliQ a^iaa.bcaptly foyward, and, just as t l^ ia ehpotinjj off the players's l jfl^ checks ita course with his straw hat. The* ball jumjwi hajf through .the cro wi j bufe sticfea there* '' Comraerb '^ ? »»■ askßi . Point* de combat •!.. > Vj M *wera iW French umpire, and "tUi yhole Gallic: eleven, becoming epi^pXk?., leap aloft where:. . they stand a^d |a toanv cßses enabrae« .each Q\,hei; cord'ally. '.'Yes,", but- 1 beg ~ pardons catchipg with tbe hat's, against rules, interposes the 1., Z. naaa -with polfta ama^e^ewt, " JSTcn, non, nou& ovoas < chanp6 tout eela t s> replies the "Marquis breezily, acd, with his usual good nature^ ho esplahis that in importing a foreign game or institution one should adapt it to the tastes and natural proclivities of the people who are to -use it. Thus, it be«2s a frenchman's prooliviU- i*» etituh the. bai| a? he can, be should be ieee scopes the more 80, as the coup de chapeau tiea cleverly executed (as ju**- j jvc; ucn N i s " cx . ceedinjily: pretty ;-- a anistic> There" ia , nothing for it but to submit; but the English captain resignedly agfes to know whether Ihere are other ''adaptations" p.f which he and his men must beware. "Oh, not many, 11 answers' the Marquis, snijlteg, '< but I will point them out as occasion may arise; " and the occasion arises before another minute is over, for the wicfcet keeper, being also anxious to redeem his first error, makes a bound to the front of the stumps as the next tail "comes, undei Lfe~ -«1 uoVdndrcatches iU>ff,.lJuj oat, not a little to the stUß<*f"Cti6nTof tbe player,. an Oxonian, unused to this way of doing business. The umpire, 1 however, with much promptness, gives it "out," For remainder of neiss see fourth page-

yafi^^pM^ickets-of Albion lira ■.^dowfr r for v eigh;t- ; roiißr y,; ' •',„' '■"■ „.. /wickejl;;;C|u^ easy'to per-' ceij^i^ are overmatched. fr H^^ ! It jsYtiot so : much' the straw-h'attinp, or the wicket-keeping which" floors them, as the boftlingi for when tho first over is ; called, aFgeiitleman takes !ther ball aspect is; pensive, ; and who turns out later 10 bV "an ; expert at quoits and skittles. Holding -his ballas he would a qnoit, this gentleman — an artillery; officer with spectacles, poises it, then pitches it ; and what a pitch ! one of those full, pitches which lighl undeviatingly on the bails if you let /.them alone ; ; : Which you .cannot run out to, V; because the i, parabola tbey describe is too iihigh; and which' you cannot play " back " pain of knocking down your wickets. One after the other do the Englishmen retire before these diabolical, contrivances, which are also a "French adaptation," working on the system of efaelSs shot from cannons' mouths. The onlytwo players vHiombke a standarethe , Etonian and one of the Cantabs, who, both being \ Small, ojf stature,;; can calculate the . .fail of the: pitch: with greater precision, and when they see the ball is not bearing down upon them quite straight, make a step back, ntid punish it with severity. But the stand of the Etonian and his partner brings about a change of bowling ; the which change introduces a second gentleman of pensive mood — the local road surveyor — -who is facetiously termed by his compatriots "Le Faucher," or "the Mower." And with good reason, alas ! for .at his very first ball this Mower emits one of those magnificent " daisy-croppers" whichvehaving the ground all the way, shoot in unexpectedly at the end like a "racehorse within sight of the winuing- ,, post, and lay the. stumps supine. The . Etonian is dismissed, reddening, crestfallen, and astounded at the second of these visitations, and the English innings terminated at the end of an hour and a half, and amid what triumphant and patriotic exhilaration it is needless to. say. Now, as to the final result of the match itself, let us quote Mr. Tartine's short account of it in the Cigaie : — A cricket match was played .yesterday in the park of M. le MarquisGrenouilly, one of our most distinguished sportsmen, between eleven gentlemen riders of old England, and as many riders (cavaliers) representing la belle France. The, victory was in every way a complete one for us. Hop, hop, hurrah ! Waterloo is avenged ! Trafalgar is niJ longer a disgrace to us ! Thanks to an ingenious dodge, the boot dodge (le coup de botte) with which the English did not seem to be acquainted, and which consists in defending the* wickets as much with the biotas the bat, M. de Grenouilly was able to crown our side with victory. Our riders contributed 120 runs against 54, the total of the strangers ; and as the match was to be decided in one innings, the laurels remain with us. A ball, preceded by a sumptuous champagne dinner, brought this enjoyable cricket day to a close ; and we must be allowed to say that tiie English bore their defeat like real gentlemen. But the fact remains the same. The gentlemen from White Albion should feel keenly the fact that their supremacy in all sporting.raatters has disappeared. . An Indian editor makes the following announcement : — " W* positively decline to publish any "anonymous" communication in ihe future^ unless it .is accompanied with the name of the "writer," The report of the Civil Service Commission in Victoria is nearly ready for publicaatioiu The evidence alone amounts to upwards of 450 printed pages, and the in* dcx- and analysis make 150, more, ,",^ We shall -probably have spine such valuable and , , interesting; work published in this colony- befoKe next session. A Good Deal of uneasiness is excited in Melbourne' respecting the large quanti-: ties of powder* stored in the magazjnes. There is '150 tons inT.tne Royal Park Magazine; liable t,p be surrounded in summer by 'burning grass, and < from ,150 ; to 200 tons at Footscray, which is dealt with in such a careless manner as to be liablei to ignition from ' sparks. It is that the explosion pf ; one of^these would "wipe out the capital of. Victoria."- AndCol. Anderson sayß that^their yexplpsion, if continued in their present sites, is merely' a question of time. „ Tfiislaa lively pros,peofc^v;r,&£':::"". . ■■ •- ■■ • ViCTORiAN Papebs state that the arrival of twa Royal personages inthat colony may be looked; for -inja-very^hort time. His Excellency^ tne\Gdvernor-received by the mailtai:comm^ioatidn frpni the S|sretary; p|"Stete'cpnimejQd ■Vtheir^r*OTgiio^s ! P^nc^ :^rin^^ga|PiC^ : : : ?an^^tna;gwh^;#S^U^«^^|»? a^ Slyi^Mlfli^ir^s^;|^^^ ;

grandson* of Louis Philippe, the late? Kins v The t)T3BftLlub 4 TELEGRAPH from A ? lie* laide to Port Darwin was completed at one; p.m. on Thursday, 22nd ult., when a telegram direct passed between these' termini. The line was formally opened the same evening by; My. Todd, and congratulatory messages exchanged . There was a holiday at the Government offices, flags ; were flying, on .the main buildings of -AdeJaide, apd\the ; church,, beiUs -rang ; out a merry peal. The communication by the cable was still interrupted at the date of latest advices. Return -Tickets.-— 'f I want to go to Albany and back, to see my grandson," said a respectable-ioolcirig simple-hearted lady, tb the ticket-seller of the Hudson River j Railroad. "We don't sell return tickete, ma'am," replied the clerk, with deferential politeness. Dont sell return tickets ! " exclaimed the lady, with surprise. " Then I shan't.go, for I wouldn't like to go away from home for ever! " A gentleman riding round an estate that he bad recently bought, came to a gate in a lane which was opened by a boy with a respectful bow. "Whose boy are you, my little man ? " said he. "Noah Cltirk's boy, sir," was the reply. On his return some hours after, the same boy returned and opened the gate for him. The gentleman thanked the little fellow, and asked, not recognising, the lad, "Whose boy are you ? "— " The same man's boy I was this morning, Sir," replied the little fellow gravely. Not Such a Fool as he Seemed.— Lawyers make a point of crossTquestioning witnesses in a merciless manner. Sometimes the former get the , worst of it. •' William Look, who made you ! " demanded a learned coun3eller. William who was considered a fool, screwed up his face, and looking thoughtfully and Bomewhat bewildered replied— "Moses I s'pose." "That will do," said the counsellor, addressing the court. " The witness says be supposes Moses made him; that is an intelligent answer— more than I thought him capable of giving, for it shows that he has some faint idea of scripture. I submit that is not sufficient to entitle him to be Bworn as a witness capable of giving, evidence." Mister judge," said the fool, "may I ax the lawyer a question ?" Certainly," said the judge. " Well then, Mr. Lawyer, who d'ye s'po3e made you?" "Aaron I s'pose," said the lawyer/imitating the wftness. After the mirth had somewhat subsided, the witness drawled out — " Wa'al neow, we do read in the book that Aaron once made a calf, but who'd a thought the critter'd got in here ? " He was sworn. , A Clever Smuggling Feat.— On the Belgian frontier the smugglers are doing a prosperous business. A few days ago information was given to the Custom-house authorities. that at a certain hour a waggonload of straw would pass in a certain direction, amongst which a quantity o f tobacco would be concealed. The waggon arrived at the time and place indicated, and was stopped by the Custom-house officers.. , Iv reply to their questiona > ..the waggoner answered in an evasive and unsatisfactory manner, which created suspicion, and a strict examination was commencedl'. It waß ascertained that the wood was solid, and that there was no double bottom to the waggon, and therefore the tobacco must be in the bundles' of straw, which' the Custom-House officers : commenced probing with their long skewers without coming in contact with anything which felt like, a, bale of tobacco. They therefore decided 'upon un- ! loading ihe^woggon, and examining the straw, bundle* by When they were in the. midst of this, operation, a funeral came up, preceded by little boys carrying incense and tapers, the 'cross', and the priest; chanting psalms,: accompanied by the sound of the ' serpent.' The employes hastened to make robin for the funeral to pass, and remained uncovered until jt did so, when they set to work again, undoing the bundles of straw,, and examining them one by one. Whilst this was going on, the ( hettrße and; funeral cortege was continuing its route, and had been long out of sight , before the, waggon,, had been 'searched 1 and the bundles of straw tied up and and to ; the disappointment of the Custom House officers, not an ounce of tobacco was found. The wagon at length was allowed to continue its route, but was followed at a dis-, tane'e, iiS'-'oi'der "lo 1 discover" stbe5 tbe secret ■whictuiappjiiarfid fabo i concealed from them, i But there being nothing , to, conceal, ijbejr, disebv^ftd^nothing 1 : ti'fifir w} &e^foUpWi&g, dayi wneiSall^hV*^^ disposed pf, andtt^ reach, v- Th t £^ s^iirely V!of J:f -ißmug^ieiPSji , *\ the''^riesj^^ ythV : on.;vA f and]';' t^'thio : vcort^ge- '> 1 ■''aa^yireli^aß