The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-17
FIRST EDITIO o N
CRICKET.
The First Grand Match Between the
English Eleven and American twenty

The First Grand Match Between the
English Eleven and American Twenty
two.
The N. Y. Times of this morning gives the fol.
lowing, relative to the cricket match yesterday:
The largest assent blage Of spectators seen at
a cricket match in this vicinity since the advent
OF the All En Hand Eleven in 1859 was in attend-
ance on the II. George grounds, Hudson City,
yesterday, to receive the English crIcketers on
the occasion Of their first appearance on this
Visit ina match in this country.
The game began at 1920, the English Eleven
having won the toss. sending Humphrey aud
Jupp 10 the bat, Morley aud Harry Wright
handling the ball. Humphrey opened the game
by stopping Norey's straight one tor maiden
over, Jupp being the first to score, a leg hit for
two OH Harry Wright being the hrst scoring
done. In the third over from Wright, Hum
but the ball was dropped, aud toe little 'unn
from Surrey had allie given him. The next over,
however, Harry sent him beauty, which
mastered him, and he retired Tor five in favor
OF Smith, the first wicket falling for nine, two
of which were byes, the right man not being in
the right place at long stop, that proving 10 be
the weak point OF the Twenty-tWo'S field IN this
inning. Jupp aud Smith soon got in well
together, and the score gradually but surely
began 10 Increase. Jupp had obtained
twelve and Smith hiteen, aud twenty runs had
been scored off Harry for one wicket, when
he gave place to Butterhed, but still no change
was effected in the way of getting wickets, both
the batsmen showing mastery defense against
excellent bowling. Finally after the score had
obtained twenty-five, Smith slipped a ball from
Morley on his balls, and retired his score being
marked by two leg hits for three each-one to
the ropes, and five twos, chiefly sharp hits, to
leg. He gave one slight chance to Rogerson at
long field, but that was all. Lillywhite sue
ceeded him, and began by playing safe for
singles, the bowling now being we'll on the
etumps, and the fielding sharp, especially tnat of
Harry Wright; Lillywhite and Jupp were part
DerS and well in together, when the important
business OF dinner interrupted the game for
over an hour. After dinner GIbbes went
on in, place OF Butterdeld, who, by the
way, bowled his first seventeen overs for
six runs only Gibbes, in his second
over, however, found way to Lillywhite's
wicket, the bailer he sent him causing his retire.
ment for well.obtained thirteen, marked by
fine drive for three and two tWos, his wicket
the third falling for seventy -one, fine average
against the excellent bowling and sharp fielding
the Eleven had against them. Shaw followed
Lillywhite, having Jupp for his partner, the
Surrey youth being in for long term appa-
For nearly half an hour he and Jupp kept the
felders busy, boh of them, while playing
straight bats for straight balls bling quick to
avail themselves of every ball Off the wickets
two hours, giving bat one chance, Morley got in
on his mid stump, and he was obliged to retire
Tor twenty-three, marked by two threes-leg
hits TO the ropes-and six tgos, his wicket
(the iourth) falling for seventy nine. AS he
retired from the field he was greeted by
an apprecialive round of applause, as was his
crowd being quite liberal to the stranger IN this
respect. Tarrant, the reno Hned Cambridge
player, now came in, and fine display OF free
hitting was anticipated at his hands, but in the
second over he received from Morley he was un-
lucky enough to stop straight ball with his
legs instead of his bat, and up went the ball and
out went Tarrant for duck-egg-ffth wicket
for 81, Pooley being his successor. This was
quite change in the average, which had been
tweDty.three at the fall OF the third wicket. Up
to this time the straight bowling, aud sharp
the game. therefore, did not have that life
in 1t which characterizes free hitting.
But Pooley soon began TO make things
pleasant, and by his life and. activity at l
the wicket, kept the telders on the alert, and
impaired an animation TO the contest which
was quite relief TO its previously mouotonous
progress. Pooley and Shaw, while they were in
together, ran up the score to near hundred
and both were well in when Harry White
tempted Shaw TO make a short run, and the
result was his beng run out by Harry's short
run OF the ball TO Cross, and the iatter's pretty
play at the wicket, Gross having succeeded
Bowman in the position. Shaw's contribution
was sixteen, marked beautiful cut for three
and lhree ltg hits for two each, his wicket the
sixth, falling for ninety eight. RoNbotham fol.
lowed Shaw, and again was there another stand
n ade, Row botbam adding thirteen in good
style during the half hour he was in; Shaw
being in for over an hour. The Yorkshireman
opened play with beauty to leg for three, aud
added four twos before be left, Morley bowling
him with a trimmer. Morley especially distin-
gulshed himself on this occasion. Freeman now
came in, and be, too, led off with splendid hit
to the eastern corner OF the ground, the hit
Welding him three easily. Pooley, in the inte-
rim, had rapidly run up eighteen, marked by
three aud tour twos. all beauties to leg, and
these two were In for long pull togetht r, when
time" was called and stumps were drawn. We
give the score OF the inning below as far as
played:-
THE ELEvEN'S FIRST INNING.
Humphrey, b. ii. Wright......... ..................
SuPps NSriey ~
Smitn, o. Norley..... ~
Lillywhite, b. l3
Shaw, run Is
Tarrant, b. W. Morley ey..........................
IOoiey, uob 10
Rowbotham. b. l3
Freeman, not ou
Byes, 8; leg byes wdes, ,4...-............... l3
Umplres-MeSsrs. Vlnton aud Griffith.
Scorers-Messrs. Sudlaw and Sayre.
The following are the names of the Twenty
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