New-York tribune., 1867-08-20
CRltkEl.
BOSTON VS.. ST. GEORGE

,rto ,,,o,d match between the first elevens OF
, poston and st. George Cricket Clubs was commchceu
morning at ia o'clock 1t was just th day for
cricketbright clear and with fine breeze fhe gr ound
of the st. George Club than when there H do handsomer
or beter In the country was in Its usn excellent cond
ton little dead" by reason OF me heavy rains, but
st lively enough for good display OF cricket The Bos
ton Club appeared the Ounds short FIVE men OF their
regular eleven. To take such extensive balpaying
trip as their present one demands greater sacrifice OF
time than many make, and hence the deficiency Inc
substitutes however, did very fairly yesleruy I bn
went first TO the bat, sending IN two goOd paytrs
Mcssrs. f. Eastwood and Hammond to oppose the DOW DOW
ng OF Mr. w &90es ara M DR. anSS Mr. Charles V1ton for
St. George. The BostOnans opened play cautiously anu
three maiden overs resulted then MI Eastman gttuuS
good sight Of the ball commenced hitting finely, primer
paly on Mr. Morley. After well played lnnhg TOT H.
Mr. Edwards in long and ended his career by fine ore
handed running CATCH Mr. Want followed Mr HAM
mOnd meanwhile had been studying safety ana the nee
half hour of his play resulted in but runs leg m lSd
his score but careful defense, not good biting nae s
gles was taken by baer from Mr.. Morley; Inc nist
wicket had fallen for l6 the second for a. MI. a, -
wood, the professional OF the Gun tooweu cond
ming with fine leg hit off Morley for2 from wcn ne oU Jun
have had The bowling which had been eHGGgiI ainIt on
became still better, and rungetung "ds nSed with
NOrley's bowling wickekeeper was dispense t Mace
because no one IN the eleven c4G S %e living an other
presume. The OMISSION though gNinS nSa tbe hats
In the outfeld was iniudicous az IL eaV e c+D"v
yielded Mr. Hammond e on + THY @ bJsts,non as e
Mr.. Morley which evidently DeaJ the , 1'
eas,T rs stnnped After getting another hit for No Mr.
Eastwood nicely caught at wicket 0y Mr. Noey ou
wicket for 9g Mr. eastman followed, ana, after some
neat defense, lost his wicket to rapid shooter rom
Mr. Morley without scOrng 4th wicket for 40. lhus
score was anticipated than was actually made.
Mr.. Crossman now faced Mr. Hammond, and com
played inning of an hour and three quarters duration
Mr.. Hammond in attempting to drive an on pan rom rom
il descended into the hands OF Mr Earnshaw mr HAM
fnrQ N rlgu lis n
threes two and singles nth wicket ior ~ Inc heAO
batsman Mr. sullivan, stopped the thrG % 9a nc Co. re-
single. His namesake, Mr. VI. Sullivan, had not better
iate hethg soon 'SKeI ak n oy % pb f 70 Mr. IapCcv
followed and after Mr.. Crossman had obtained Tour from
the best hit OF the matcha drive to the on on MI GDDes
the bowling became accurate, that nine successive
madens served But the careful defense apparently
destroyed Mr. Gbbess accuracy and an over OF ms
was then hit by Mr. Lancey for 3driye 10 the on ana
2leg Int, and by Mr. Crossman for g. also leg INT In
his Mr. Morley avenged his cOmTadc Dy scat
terng Mr. CrOssman's stumps. His innings OF l3 was
marked T. 8, and 2 sth wicket for g. Messrs Beal
and Bates, the next men, did not score but Kept het
wickes up till Mr. Lancey had raised the score TO 70 al
which point the innings term mates, NY I1lcey nav.
have been secured by the BOstoIans had they
ed Rgn se sPer Pe dns a kf o he st. george Eeen high
esteem. The inning occupied exactly two hours.
After lapse Of an hour and half occupied In waiting
for dinner and eating It, ST. George seut IN MesSs Kaa
clife and Edwards 20 oppose the bowling or Mr EasI
life speedily taken by fine ball from Mr cross
land his wicket falling for c. Mr. Banee followed ana
style. After % had been placed upon the se9reGook
change OF bowling made Mr.. +. Eastwood going on
at Mr. CrOssands end. The wisdom OF the procedure
was speedily manifest on the second ball from
the new bowler Mr.. Radcliffe sent a catch 20
Mr.. Sullivan, in "ongOn," which was nicely
held, Mr. Radciffes Of 10 was composed
of 2 twos and single. Mr.. Morley followed and played
neatly for singles and then msudgcd well pitched
ball from MF, f. Eastwood, played forward to meetn
and lost his wicket; third for 49, That elegant player
Mr. Gibbes next handled the bat and though he dd not
in good fettle for getting, played seadly ana
prettily through a long inning Bances wicket was the
next TO fall his being IL, comprising g. IA ana
singles; fourth wicket for 45. Mr. Earnshaw now fOl
lowed and he and Mr. Gibbes bothered the bOwlersWho
were doing excelently-not atttle. When Mr.. Gbbess
wicket fell had been obtained OF which he had scored
49, twOs and singles S. Wriglt-"hme sam no longer
followed, but Mr. Earnshaw immediately I'M
taed Mr. Gibbess example. losing his wicket TO A. last
woods bowling for six singles. six wickets had now
fallen and SO had been obtained ana the prospect
was that would the score OF the Boston
eleven but the next four batsmen offered fra defense
wicket fell for 67 leaving Boston with vantage Of g. An
hour left before time 10 be called and IT
proved disastrous hour for the NewEnglanders. The
bowling Of Messrs Gbbes and Morley very accurate
OF good pace, and work, yet IL not not entitled
such results it achieved for before ve wckets
fell for six and two of them byes When the stups
were drawn, the sixth had fallen for 16 and five
being afterward got. the total Il for Boston, Mr.
Grassland being the only one TO make a stand. His
of II and not good and contained five
two hits Unless the tail end comes ont strong, the
BOstOniars have but little hopes Of winning The
| play was as follows: