SECOND DEFEAT OF THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.
Upon this subject a writer in one of the Australian papers, says : —Young Australia is jubilant over the defeat of W. G. Grace's English eleven in the second of the test matches which was finally finished last week. The match was an unusually exciting one. After each side had bad an innings the gam 6 looked a foregone conclusion for the visitors, who had scored considerably more than double the total put up by the Australians. In the second innings, however, this state of things was reversed. The Australians scored heavily enough to wipe out the balance against them and put together a formidable total to the good which proved more than the Englishmen could rival. The latter were unfortunate in losing two of their best batsmen on Monday afternoon for merely nominal scores. This mishap which seemed to have more influence than anything else in deciding the fate of the match was attributed to the bad light and to the effect on the wicket of an untimely shower of rain. Against this must be set the fact that the Australians played one man short, Moses a bnllant batsman found tho injury to his leg prevented him from going to the wicket and his services were consequently lost to his side. The victory will give a new impetus to the pursuit of the game and will probably lead to an Australian eleven visiting England. It is urged with considerable force that athleticism and the various forms of out- ! door sports already obtain more attention than is due to thein. This may be so, but in my opinion it would be more correct to say that the attention is misapplied. Outdoor games in proper proportion are of invaluable assistance in maintaining physical health, and a sound body is the proper and normal foundation of a sound mind. It is only when they are perverted to become mere instruments of gambling, or when those who follow them become enslaved to mere pleasure, ilosing sight of their real usefulness that they become harmful to those who thus abjse them. In any case there are degrees, so to speak, of objectionableness, even in these things, and cricket is certainly one of the least harmful of the spectacles which draw the crowd. Of late years a tendency to decadence has been visible—the reaction probably, which followed previous excess—a revival, if it should come, will not be without its uses.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3059, 23 February 1892, Page 2
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410SECOND DEFEAT OF THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3059, 23 February 1892, Page 2
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