THE ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 322, 4 May 1877, Page 3

THE ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN.

Now that the English cricketers have | finished their series of matches, it will be mtera3:,ing to recall their perfir.nances, and to that end we (Uhristcliurch Htar) have carefully compiled a list of tne games played, with tl.eir results. The Adelaide match resulted in. a draw, the Eleven having put together 75 antl 148, and the local team 71 in their lirst innings. Wet weather was the cause of the non-completion of the game. The Englishmen have consequently played 23 matches, of which they have won 12, lost 4, and 7 were drawn. Those in which they were victorious were the tirsfc match at Adelaide, Newcastle. Goulburn, the first at Bxilarat, Geelong, Auckland, Wellington, Taranaki, Poison, (Jmistbined match at Melbourne. They lost two mate ies with b\dney Fifteens, one with a Victorian Fifteen, and the first combined match. In all the drawn inatcaes, save that at Uendigo, in icioria, the advantage was greatly o.i t:ie side of ttie iil.iglis.t»u-jn. i'.trf lj.-"g-'ou nii.n J-i. or runs tuo-y ever made in one innings w;u 2/0, in t.ie ma:c.i against li.Lt;von i.n Sydney. The smallest number tiiey ever made \va> 33, against Fifteen of tn« same place. Tne iargi.se number tiiey inj.de ir an innings in iNew Zealand was 258, against JNclson, in wiiicU match at one time one wicket was down for 14j. ine smallest nutnoel* they made in one inuia "a whs 70 against (Jiiris-c.iurcii. °; c uia bo oil looking at tae batting below, tnat Uiyett neads the list with the hue average of 22 5 runs per innings. His performance was mme third matiM at Syduey, wneii iie made iii in the only innings the eleven nad. l>c--8 Its this, he has at \ar.ous tiuus made 43, i»2, üB, and 63. Cuaiiwood also passes 20, amongst liis best peifoi manors being 60, 50 (f.v.ce), 05, and 45. Selby lias a good average of 17 7, his longest S-ore being 82 at iNelson. lie has ;iiso at tiuies put together 47 not out, 44, and 61). Greenwood is next with 1-5 5, 42, 4J, and 00 being his only scores above 40. J »pp P ro ~ babiy in consequence of the small nuiuuei of matches in which he took part, is fifth in order, 03, 35, and 34 being nis only scores of any note, fcjhaw occupies so high a position solely on account of ids (3b made at Ararat, in Victoria. Southerton was not out no less than 13 times, but he has only the miserable average of 4'9, and the total of his runs, after playing 32 innings, is only 54, the exact numoer Uiyett ran up :u one innings. The reason mat no bowling averages accompany iiie others is that it Las been impossible to get ail tne Australian av«.r-. ages, without whic.i it would be useless to compile any analysis. 1 here can be little doubt, however, but that fcjnaw would head the list, with probably Hid next to him. The following are the

BATT.XG AVERAGES. Name. i o c ZD ir. "S it J No. of times Not Cut. C g o 71 =f Ulyett CSuriwood .. Sett>y lireeawood Jupp Emmett Puotey bhaw Hilt Armitage .. „ .. Lilly-white .. Souchc; ton 70S 696 536 527 2-S5 441 2i0 32) 3D" 2S6 17S 04 94 66 52 t;s 03 4S 39 53 49 33 30 11* 35 1)5 31 35 10 34 20 32 33 32 33 3-2 1 I 1 1 0 1 3 2 4 2 C 13 2.1.5 20.5 17.'7 15.5 14.6 13.3 12.3 10.9 10.5 y.5 6.5 4.0 "Not out.