THE DEMON BOWLER.
The Home News by the last mail, in cricket notices, has the following paragraph :—A feat, probably -without parallel in the history of cricket, was performed last week by Spoffortk, the Australian bowler, in a match against eighteen of Burnley, including five local professionals. The Australians had made 148 in their innings ; the Burnley eighteen were disposed of in their first innings for 4$ runs. Spoffor-fch, in this innings, bowled 14 overs, of which 11 were maidens. In 3 overs —that is, the eighteen balls—ten runs were made off his bowling, but at the cost of twelve wickets. The "Demon" has never done anything like this hitherto, and there is no similar record in English chronicles of the king of sports.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 3 August 1880, Page 2
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124THE DEMON BOWLER. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 3 August 1880, Page 2
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