The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-11 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.

h _ favourable weather for harvest work than
have
we
bEtve enjoyed during the past week could not
. h
veell experienced. What has hitherto been want ing—
urilliant sunshine i
—we have had to perfection, and f
it lias caused oppressiveness in the cities it h?.s been
°f incalculable benefit in the agricultural P districts.
ng reat progress has been made with cutting and stack-
i, and in the southern districts the harvest may be
rstaalidnetdo be at an end, the result, so far as can be ascer-
, being decidedly satisfactory. In the Midland
counties the out-turn does not appear to have been
quite so succ •
essful, but up to the present there cer-
Thtainly can be no complaint of the harvest as a whole.
e dry weather will doubtless have a beneficial effect
;1.1 9h.ecking the spread of the po,tato disease, and thus
1111141%1g further loss on that score.—Magnet.
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Alore

XCITING CRICKET MATCH—ENGLAND
V. AUSTRALIA.
14 cricket match between the English and Australian
42.4e1nvias begun on Monday at the Oval, Kenningto The
n the
g..
rhs7,ece of a very large number of spectators. he E
the aln, of which Lord Harris Is captain, went in first. At
?se of the day's play the English a lost eight wickets
i*,:"),„runs, of which Dr.iNy. G. Grace h had, made 152, Mr.
t. i,..l,licits 55, Lord Harris 52, Mr. Gnn. Steele 42, Dr.
the Grace 38, Barnes 28, and bir. F. re 23 We take
Tiniefsol.lowing account of Monday's proceedings from The
Le
h before the time appointed for commencing
esttlities had arrived streams of spectators could be
'leen Ivending their way to the Oval at Kennington,
4htisd bY ten o'clock there were about 10,000 persons
t`se,sent. Extra accommodation had been provided,
el.° en the western side of the ground a stand had
4 en erected, with chairs to seat from 1,200 t01,5N
Ll
ttectators, The utmost enthusiasm was shown, and .
• ere has probably never been so large and appre tive an audience present at any match in England
th °re ; at one time there were over 25,000 persons on
he crowd had arranged themselves in a very orderly
se
thanAner before 11.30, and five minutes afterwards
I.lstralians, who had lost the toss, entered the field.
P.ZI-6- M. and W. G. Grace appeared on behalf of
4tta'tzld LMessrs. Boyle and Palmer conducted the
fe-,e'L The first hit of im,portance was to square leg
tr,' 'cur by Dr. E. M. Grace, after which his brother
Tea;,ted the bowling with considerable freedom.
tll-4tY runs were obtained in as many minutes, and
lalsrate of Scoring was preserved for half an hour.
'
Tsi,„il received some acceleration through the deter-
11C efforts of Dr. W. G. Grace, who, among other
111:'re8, obtained two threes by a cut and an off-
11e. Mr. Boyle, who had bowled 13 overs for 22
The
110 w gave up the ball to Mr. Alexander. r
,vairn." advanced at the rate of three an over until
calrert,who had delivered 16 for 32 runs, handed tile.
aieet? 4-sannerman. This did not have the effect of
44i the scoring, and 60 runs occupieGd less than
6a,ve°4l. in their attainment. Dr. E. M. . race now
%tee," return chance to Bannerman, but this,,was,,
be
and to show his gratitude for this
dlife
.de
for "? the two following balls to the off and on side
effsrOr each. Dr. W. G. Grace having aided d
for four,
hiB b 8 .each. Dr. off drive for three and
.a cu
rother it the ball hard but straight to me
,fsbte it was carefully held. One for 91 runs.
Mr.
Noleaerra'ice of Mr. Lucas was the signal !o
the b to resume at 92; but this did not disconcert
hoistA4atsineil, as five overs later the ~ hundred " was
erithii-: It need hardly be stated that this elicited
Preseii-itae. tic cheers from the large enpay
t° Air. Lucas now caused some anxiety
1311Cees .elleraleS by scoring four off each 'bowler in
atid diB 11. e °VerS, hitting a b e
all of Mr. Palmer's to leg
again a.a rving another to Bannerman's as nearly straight
ter
at 121 Mr. Alexander superseded Ban-
re thetiTesible,
iin al
n. terixat
kt, and
.3
but, rhere was now a lull in the score-getting
4110t04 content with this, the bowling underwent
.change at 136 (two houis- having been ex. ii h
reaching this number). Mr. Alexander,
s-„`esigned in favour of Mr. Boyd, the last ball of
4e-he °Pening over pr. Grace cut splendidly for four.
Nse
isrvie3c,t ten runs came at the rate of one and over,'
"ei
n" rest t ten minutes to two o'clock.
s,°ll-driveb b y 61D r. erGraoe and a couple of singles
t Le
Q? _,\-tce:-I,to this, when Mr. Boyle handed the ball
lionnell. The two overs of the latter re-
t}ls liberal liberal treatment, as 11 were recorded from
!cur t,the two best hits being one to square leg for
.
f, air. Lucas, and another hit in the same direc
44ti01lor three by his companion. Luncheon was now
Whlleeci, and the total stood at 167.
ell Play was resumed, Mr. Palmer and Banner;
the attack. Dr. W. G. Grace sent the firs
With 'l,‘e received to le,' for font and followed it up
irvi,ith Couple of singles. To this Mr. Lucas replied
etraiglit drive for two, and, after a few singles,
Withtlace effected another leg hit, which he followed
hi1t111"° cuts, for which five were recorded. Thiis free
Isf,,•g.„%vas continued by Mr. Lucas, who sent a ball
almer's to leg for four. It was evident that this
-" thing would not do for the visitors, so at 203
rseeivacties underwent another alteration, Mr. Boyle
frosa titlLS' the ball from Mr. Palmer. The parting came
15,jayedzle the other end, however, as at 211 Mr. Lucas
fo',, all Oll to his wicket. His chief items were
„..l'eesive'- rr• Eames, whose good play during the season
;1,41 warm acknowledgment from the spectators,
stii,,,,e,pext to go in. He started with a rather lucky
overs- .to leg for four. Three singles came from five
alld then Dr. Grace, having made off and Poiotfi
on
ior four, gave the only chance_ up to o thisfront
;)i th„."Y driving the ball to the long-field in fion
it-,Pavilion to Mr. Alexander, who, however,
telit ta,"r°P. Profitins, 'by this escape Dr. Grace
Wsre .me ball to the on for four, and three threes
~04-4`iPla•ced to the credit of Barnes by cuts and an
.4.t 269, Mr. Alexander supplanted
hard 03e "lan, and his third bad]: amiesotoathe.regret,
who il
admire his style of batting, played
Iturien to his wicket. Three for 269 runs. Lord
ha. • 4 110 W made his appearance, and Dr. Grace,
tavkitrl,F added two fours by a drive and cut, had his
?linen struck high up. His innings was composed
s"Pa',l37 of 12 fours, ten threes, and 14 twos, and
retis-4, at the 'wickets four hours and a quarter. He
11S2 iscareid the most deafening round of cheers that
‘ha.bly ever 4-reeted him. Four for 281 runs.

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