CRICKET.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 246, 28 February 1860, Page 4

CRICKET.

VICTORIA V. NEW SOUTH WALES. (From the Sydney Era, February 11.) ■ This exciting match terminated on Saturday last in favor of the Victorians, who defeated their opponents by sixty-nine runs; a rather severe defeat it must be admitted. The poet, however, tell us that " it is not in mortals to command success," and the universal testimony, both of friends and antagonists, is borne to the noble struggle made by the Sydney men, under most disheartening circumstances, to achieve those laurels which fate appeared to have determined to withhold from them. The Sydney eleven commenced their second innings under the most disheartening circumstances. The result of the first innings had given the Victorians an advantage of 12 runs over their opponents, and at the conclusion of their second innings their score of 99 rendering it necessary for the Sydney men to soore 111, to attain even an equality with their antagonists.- The badness of the ground, and their unfamiliarity with it also told against thera. Still with unbated ardour they went to their wicket, and bravely struggled with their unpropitious fortune, permitting not one of the very few chances with which they were favored to. escape them. 11 is recorded in the annals of Roman history, that when one of their generals had suffered a most disastrous defeat, the senate unanimously awarded him their thanks, because in so dreadful a crisis " he did not despair of the commonwealth," but did all in his power to avert the effects of the disaster. The same honor is due to the Sydney eleven. To the last they played with spirit and determination, and took their whacking like Englishmen ; and it is but just to their opponeuts to remark that in the exultation of victory they never forgot for one moment what was due to their guests, and by no single word or action, added to the soreness inseparable from defeat. We append the correct score together with an analysis of the bowling. VICTORIA. ! FIRST INNINGS. A. Burchett, c Brown, b Thompson 1 F. F. Wray, c Hilliard, b Richardson 8 John Huddlestone, c and b Murray 1' J. M. Bryant, c Hilliard, b Murray .. .. .. 3 G. Marshall, b Murray 4 T. W. Wills, b Murray 4 VV. Hammersley, b Murray 4 T.Morres,runout, Thompson, st Brown .. .. 1 W A. Ross, b Richardson ■ n J. Thornton, b Richardson : .. 2 G. Elliott, not out : .... 3 Byes, 8; wides, 3; no balls, 2 13 56 SECOND INNINGS. A. Burchett, b Richardson 7 T. F. Wray, c Murray, b Richardson 12 John Huddlestone, c Brown, b Richardson .. .. 8 J. M. Bryant, c Brown, b Murray 8 G. Marshall, c Lewis, b Richatdson 0 T. W. Wills, c Dickson, b Richardson 20 W. Hammers 1 ey, c Dickson, b Thompson .. ..II T. Morres, b Richardson 10 W. A. Ross, b Thotnpeon .. 3 J. Thornton, run out, t Dickson, s Brown .. .. 2 G. Elliott, not out .. ■ 5 Byes, 4 ; leg byes, 4; wides, 5 13 99 NEW SOUTH WALES. FIRST INNINGS. E. Samuels, b Wills 5 J. Kettle, b Elliott 6 D. Dickson, b Wills 0 H. Hilliard, c Thornton, b Wills 15 N. Thompson, c Hammersley, b Wills 0 G. Gilbert, b Bryant 3 J. Clark, c Burchett, b Bryant _ 0 R. Murray, c Hammersley, b Wills 10 T. L. wis, Ibw, b Wills : .. 0 E. Brown, b Elliott 1 G. Richardson, not out 0 Byes, 2; leg bye, 1; wide, 1 4 44 SECOND INNINGS. E. Samuels, b Wills 2 J. Kettle, b Elliott 0 D. Dickson, bEI iott .- .. -0 H. Hilliard, c Hammersley, b Elliott 0 N. Thompson, c Thornton, b Elliott 3 ,G. Gilbert, b Hilliard ...13 J. Clark, b Thornton, b Wills.. : .. ..* .. O R, Murray, b Wi.ls 4 T. Lewis, c Hammersley, b Elliott 0 E Brown, not out 9 G. Richardson, run out ~ 8 Leg bye, 1; wides, 2 3 42 ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING. In the Victorian first inniogs—N. Thompson bowled 24 balls, 1 maiden, and 1 wicket, for 18 runs. Richardson bowled 88 balls, 2 no balls, 12 maidens, and 3 wickets, for 12 runs; and Murray bowled 64 balls, 3 wides, 6 maidens, and 5 wickets, for 13 runs. Second innings— Richardson bowled 3 wides, 154 balls, 42 runs, 21 maidens, 6 wickets. Murray bowled 1 wide, 120 balls, 25 runs, 15 maidens, 1 wicket. Thompson bowled 1 wide, 68 bulls, 19 runs, 10 maidens, 2 wickets.

In the New South Wales first innings—Elliott bowled 85 balls, 13 maidens, and 2 wickets; for 13 runs. Wills bowled 104 balls, 1 widej 14 maidens, and 6 wickets, for 23 runs; and Bryant bowled 20 balls, 3 maidens, and 2 wickets, for 4 runs. Second innings—Elliott bowled 2 wides, 80 balls, 23 runs, 8 maidens, 6 wickets. Wills bowled 79 balls, 16 runs, 10 maidens, 3 wickets.

For Victoria—Captain, T. W. Wills. Umpire, C. F. Cameron. Scorer, C. H. Hipwell. Hon. Secretary, J. B. Thompson.

For New South Wales—Oaptain, Gr. Gilbert. Umpire, W. Tunks. Scorer* P. C. Curtis. Hon. Secretaries, W, Tunks, B. Priver, junior.

Since the termination of the match the Sydney eleven have been f6ted in the most hospift able manner by their Victorian friends. On Saturday night the two elevens visited Qremorne, when Mr. Cappin. presented gold pins to the Victorian eleven, and to Gilbert, our crack batsman. On monday night a dinner was given to the combatants, by the Emerald Hill Club, and on Tuesday the usual dinner at Nunns Hotel was to take place.

Upon the abstemiousnes of the Sydney men, which exposed them to some chaffing at the time Bell's Life in Victoria makes the following excellent remarks :—

.." Every hospitality has been offered, and we are sure will be paid to our plucky visitors, but we oannot agree with our contemporary the Argus that it was at all discourteous to them to refuse the kindly invite of Tom Nunn to a breakfast on Wednesday morning. Discretion whispered it were better to avoid friend Tom's liberal supply of iced sparkling, nor can they be blamed for determining to keep heads and hands cool. It must be borne in mind that not only the dearly loved glory of fatherland or adopted home rests upon those who do ' mimic battle' for his sake, but that many huridreds of pounds depend upon their exertious; and far from being a stigma on their politeness, we, as sporting journalists, consider it a proud feather in the (cricketing) caps of the Sydneyites, that they thought' discretion the better part of valour/ and declined the well-meant offer of Tomaso. What would be thought of the Oxford and Ciimhridge boat crew, trained as they are in the strictest diet and discipline, if they were to indulge in a champagne breakfast together on the morning of the Great Putney race ? What would be said by the respective backers of Tom Sayers aud the Benicia Boy if they were to have a merry hob-m.bhing feed on the day previous to their mill? Surely the gentleman whi. has lately exhibited such a cacoethes for sporting writing in the columns of the Argus, and who seems to take special delight in rendering his entrees pecularly-jp^Kawite to his own individual taste by a ruthless dash of bitter sauce whenever he serves up a racing, cricketing, or pedestrian dish, must be a lamentably deficient in training lore, or he would not. have trumpeted that as a fault which he should have acknowledged as a virtue ! We are far from wishing to throw the slightest drop of cold water on the liberal intentions of Mr. Nunn, for his invitation was most hospitable and sincere; but right well we know that the N.S.W. boys intended no rudeness, and would feel proud and happy at any other time to put their legs under his groaning mahogany, whether victors or losers. As for the breakfast itself, it was a truely magnificent feed, worthy of both founder and guests, and we felt cotivinced whilst partaking ofthe luxurious viands and delicious wines that had been under the necessity of controlling our constantly tittivated appetites for the sake of our health, we should rather have been ab sent than present. About fifty gentlemen, including nine'of the Victorian team, sat down at about ten o'clock, Mr. D. S. Campbell in the chair, and a right merry foieuoon was passed in mingled toasts and bumpers. Bye-the-bye, our meu were particularly abstemious of the ' rosy,' as Dick Swiveller ; said, and we quite pitied their necessarily imposed refrainment."

Crinoline. —To criuoline is ascribed a very painful accident which occurred a short time ago in York to a young lady named Miss Rose Watson. Miss Watson is well known throughout the whole of the county of York as a rising vocalist. It appears that the unfortunate lady, whilst reaching something ftom the cupboard near the fireplace, set fire to the back part of her dress. Unconscious of what she had done, she sat down; bnt shortly perceiving a smell of something burning, she got up and found the back part of her dress in flames. There was no other person besides herself down stairs at the time. Her screams, however, brought assistance to her aid, aad the fire was extinguished, but not until she had been most severely burnt. She did not survive long. [The above is one of some half-dozen cases of death by burning which crinoline has occasioned during the past month.] -Home News. A terrific affair occurred some evenings ago at a crossing near Lewes on the London and South Coast Railway. By an accident which is not, yet satisfactorily explained, a horse and van with two men were upon the rails exactly as an express train came tearing along at the rate of 40 miles au hour. The train swept both horse and van before it at a terrific pace, and, after a dreadful crash, smashed them to atoms, and killed both of the men. Why is a kiss like cieation?—Because it it made of nothing, and yet it is something. Calculation —The hairs on the tip of a dog's tail of the average length of thirteen inches (tail not hair) are made to traveise 25,433 miles by the simple act of wagging, during au ordinarily happy life of nine-years two months and eleven days, which is the meat, life-time of a dog.