ANOTHER CRICKET ROW.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1111, 1 August 1882, Page 2

ANOTHER CRICKET ROW.

The Australians Eleven have not ’ been long in England without getting I tbemeelveu into an unsavoury scrape, It appears that on the first day of the Nottingham match, the local secretary bungled matters, and, by a quite unintentional oversight, omitted to reserve seats for the Antipodeans at luncheon. When the error was discovered the pavilion was crowded to excess, and no accommodation could for a moment be found, though all the members of the team were informed that room would be made for them in a moment. This, however, they curtly decided. Soon afterwards tne captain of the* Notts team, who had been absent, went to Murdoch and apologised, but the latter declined to acknowledge hia presence, and several insulting remarks were made to him by the Australians. Subsequently the hon. see. in discharge of his duty went into the ground for the purpose of seeing the wicket properly rolled, and was ' then ordered by the Australians to I leaye the ground, and told he had no ' business there. When the stumps ! were drawn that evening Mr Wright I

one of the Notts committee, went to Murdoch, and (says the “ Sportsman”) “expressed his regret that there had been any accidental omission with reference to the luncheon, and requested the Australian Eleven to lunch in the pavilion as his guests on the following day. Mr Murdoch, however, abruptly declined to accept any hospitality from Nottinghamshire, saying that he would not look upon it in any other light than a premeditated insult.” The conduct of the Australians in this matter is considered little less than idiotic by the general public. In reality however, there is more in it than at first meets the eye. You see the team are particularly tenacious of their dignity, for, though ostensibly u amateurs,” they iu reality play just as much for money as professional. Now professionals are never asked to sit down with gentlemen, and no doubt Murdoch thought that the accident the other day meant intentionally treating them as u pros.” In any case, however, it would have been only gentlemanly to accept the 'apology when it was offered, and no one need be sursuprised that the reputation of the eleven for good breeding has suffered severely.

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