THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN AS SPORTS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5255, 26 January 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN AS SPORTS.

■;Tho, , Sandhiwptpporrp3p9pdept;/pf ;t}io Jspl-) bourne Ajf/itSipnakßs folio, reference to the/qualiUcationsrpf! some |of;;the Eleyen in other matters than cricket, .and to their conplayedwere;:— ( Luring the dinner,giyenrby the Combined, Australian, lEleyen) to,,,the Bendigo players, which took place' at the City Family Hptel recently,,,,the /subject />, of pedestriahism 'cropped; up ■ in i the, ■ course/ of/, conversation.. Tb.o,,team; have amongst .them one hr.-two smart runners,; and our;’representatives Wore' not ;tc| apd, offered to find a Ben;digpnipu to ; run either/Charley Bannerman or • Spofjfprth. A, gopfhdpalsfjfj,breat]r [wasted; Inqbl’pViibut'.atclengtlt.ai.mqtpp was made -bptjyyeen.jSpoifprth,. whp- is ; , considered one tof the amateur ypedp ]ip,/Sydney, and A. [AUsop, distanqe,!,ijso;yar,dsi fpr'£lo a-side. Thetraoe! plaop onjthplßnclt Qrepk Cricket G-roUnd, number An excellent starfcwaa, effected, but .at. 8,0 yards Spofforth was beaten! and; he/cpul4rr!9ti.rpalce]tlie little one travel, pyhp/cppspquently Jfon pagy; bytwo yar/ds : rp.A.gpod/deal 'of belting wasdia-i ,dntged ,i jm,, ,pnd ,[the. yisitopji jyhpy of! course backed their_man,-lo3t’_tlieir-_moueyj,muchi to, /'the idelightibf ttukbaokerS ipfcitliS, local yman.i Spofforth states,that,lWisUlbt injpdhdilibn for .running, but ifijiioiliadijbeoniinrpi*6pcr jtrim hdi oouldr diaveuwow by ten yaltls;,whichjaasertioni is InotTcredited i hero.HlSubsequently Charles! Bannerman offered itbirim the iwinnar thu same i distance, libuf he. xnoc[®ptty asked for £ls to ho .v-.jio/J .vi i.J

staked against his £lO, which was declined: -Whilst writing about the Combined Eleven, ’may 4 ' bo permitted -tb remark ■ that their conduct yesterday was the theme ofiadmira’tibn..- 1 They ’played the game of: cricket truly and faithfully, and did their level beat (to, ■‘wim and-T afar glad to say-'they did jvjiuWhat would'have been easier for the Eleven ’yesterday, "afternoon -than -to ■'have bowled Uoose.'sO that l -the' Behdigonians 1 could have scored well, instead of doing 4 4 their best to' put them all out. 'Had they taken -the former course, and allowed 4 say six’or seven batsmen to got about 100-runs, what’-would’-ihave been/, the result-:tb-Uhy?" Why,i 'hundreds wppld. have flocked’ tb ’the ground’ to see the comple-’ >tion-6fi the game/in the-belief'that the locpb Wen-would eventually win-lt. 1 - What was the result to-day, although -it was Announced that 'a : one-innings match -would be played, aud that: the Eleven I '-would -go 1 to-the - wicket firsthand that Allan would also- play ?’ Why, a miser 1 -' rblo array of empty benches; only between; 200 and ’3OO persons being present. 1 Such patronage’ bn - i the i phrt: of- the . peopleof uSahdhurst is simply disgraceful, whilst the manner in which the'Eleven played and won is-highly creditable tothom.- - -I--; ’ 1 It" - ,' 1 '’'