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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 164, 18 September 1880, Page 2

THK AI'STJtAUAN <.'RICKBTISRS IN i:.\CLANI). The Austral inn cricketers are jnbilnnt in euiisiiiniDiiiH! nl' their live-wickets; victory over thii Vork.ihirc County Eleven, ili« must important match played by llieiu since their arrival, Chjo<\ (ielding and howling undoubtedly won, tlieni the. match. They tire weak in luittintr, but, in our judgment, arc llio host fielding tcuin over .syen in this country. They ■■mi givo any quantity of start in the Holding department to. the best of tho English counties. t)i' the bowling powers of Spolforth and lSoyto llie exhibition in IH7H was couviticiUK proof, and tin' first-named has lost none* of his .-.kill. Of the new mon, I'uluier is a very straight fust howler, with enough spin to render him very diliieult, Alexander, too, eau howl I'nst round, nud QfOubil is II useful change howler of maximum rincc, !•> superior even to the is perhaps tlio best ■ world, unless there other. ISlackhuin is perhaps the best wicket-keeper in the world, unless there is a battel* lit home in Australia, and short, loir, his performance ill the hoi Yorkshire being little elm It is very unfortuna a foi the shadow of th > iiuple the Kngli-h tia n visted i if-t upon tlu'in.-i;uro| June. the team tint .santui.'ss when imtrhlin ihonld •an Muil,fl«tl\