AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS AT HOME.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 21, 20 August 1886, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS AT HOME.

SPLENDID SCORE RY THE ALL ENGLAND TEAM. THE COLONIALS “NOWHERE.” (Reuter's Telegrams). London, August 13* Rain fell to-day and delayed the resumption of the Australians v. All England match. At 1 p.m. the score of All England stood at 005 with live wicket* down. Later.

The cricket match. Australians v. All Kngland, was rrsuiai'tl to-day at K< nnington Oval. The Home team, with 27'J to their credit lor two w ickets, continued their first innings. Shrewsbury and Head, thenot-onta of the previous day, resuming their positions at the wicket*. Shrewsbury was caught when his score reached 44, and Head, who played a good game, was caught with I*4 up. Jiriggs (caught -t:tl was the only other principal scorer. The innings closed tor 4114. 1 lie visitors tlii'ii went in for their first innings, and were all put out for (is. Being 3«6 behind the Home team's score the Australians followed oil lor their second innings, and when play stopjied for the day had scored b runs without the loss of a wicket. August 14. The cricket match, Australians v. All

England, was concluded to-day at Kenniugton Oval. The weather was fine, but the attendant-* was only moderate. Imw icket was much cut up. The \ isitors resumed their second innings, which closed for a total of 145. The principal scorers were Git Ten (caught ami bowled) 47. Palmer (s«iiin|>ed) 85. and Truuible (caught) 18. The Home team thus won the match with one innings ojid 22U runs to spare.