The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-22

The Great Match To Be
Played at Hoboken.
THE RECORD OF THE PAST
What Foreign Cricketers Have
Done on American Soil.

!, May last have left that country and Will soon ar
rive In this city on their back TO Australia Soon
alter their arrival here they Will play match at Ho
boken with eighteen to be selected from the Man
haitian, Staten Island and ST. Georges clubs No one
supposes that The cr'cketers chosen will be SO sue
cessIul against their antagonists as were American
rifem.n against from that far-on land in 1876
Dur out-ocoors sportsmen are not given much
TO cricket, differing in this respect from all other
English speaking races. The game Itself IL the
most universal ono in existence Lines Of latitude
do not determn the oil play. 1t is almost as
popular in india as IN England. Canada 10 proud OF
u, Aus raans have just shown that they excel ~ u,
and native Beers As Well as BrttOns resident at the
Cape oil Good Hope pitch their wickets and marque
tents beneath the burning OF Africa. II Is played
in the islands OF the Atanc OF the Pac &c and OF the
Mediterranean, aud Wherever the Union Jack hoats
or the land forces march cricketers from ship aud
camp ind recreation and excitement In the ball hed.
The coming OF the Ausiralii ans lends attraction to
game which Is too little understood and much In
tersst Is already being shown In everything that per-
tains to cricket.
Tae hrst vlsii made to this country by foreign
cricketers In 1859, when selected team of Eng
lish professionals and and conquered. They
arrived at Montreal on the Nova Scotian September
u, aud were received with great enthusiasm. This
consisted OF six men selected IRON club known
the All England and six from another called the
United All England. Their names were George Parr
Cafyn, Lockyer, Grundy, wsden, John Lihywniie
julius Cesar, jackson, Carpenter, Diver, Daft
and Ha. ward. The reputation Of this team
had long preceded them tho Atlantic,
Some OF them famous here they
were at home, and they gained great applause
whoa they first appeared American crcke,
field They came to America under the auspices oil
the Montreal club. which guaranteed TO each player
a
first game Montreal, September ~, against
a twenty-five OF Lower Canada, the eleven winning,
with oight wckets TO spare. On October they
played a twenty-five oil TINS CITY and vicinity, aud
In one inning. with seven wickets 10 fa ON the l4th
OF October they played twenty-five at PHILADELPHIA
won win seven wIcksls TO tall. On the 17th OF
October they met twenty-five OF Upper Cauada, aud
wsn with wckes 10 fall. October Il they played
ut Rochester, In this State. aud beat q selected
twenty-five in one ianing, with sixty. eight
spare. The smallest score made against them
BY the twenty-five of this city, H0bokeD, the
highest scorc was made by the Philadelphia team.
Inc expenses oil the trip exceeded the receipts by
$500.
ENGLAND KLEvKN
The next professional team this country and
Canada was "a picked 81. ven OF AL England. They
sailed SsplemDs 2 1865 ana arrived Sc pie Der 49,
This was gr, ut team, they all their
Win comparative ease. The captain oi the eleven ~as
Edgar Wii'sner. man IRON Ksn,' then Ia his Tor
tietn year. He was wonderful LETT handed, fast
round.arm bowler, am with twist from the leg 10
the on; one OF tue low who, wnen bout 10 bow,
walked TO the anu STOOD straigut when dev
ering mas ball The others OF tue Team were:-HeDry
Jupp, aged twenty-ssven years, ana thomas Hum
The surrey t~ins" Humphrey was OF
the shortest niue Fellows mat ever played
she rapidly with WHICH he gsiloprd between wicgss
astonishing. George iarraut, aged tnirty years.
lerI ac round-arm bowler-the fastest ~ tust ume
IN Eugsnd James L.,ywuue, aged iwen y-six, q
nephew OIL the one who came over ia 1863; Ne was
hpsop bowler anu rafting good hitter GEORGE Grill
fin, aged Iniriy live, one Vi tn. best payers that
ever traveller he could bowl al good pace, out also
trundIeu CLOVIS well. ALI ed shaw, aged Lwentysix,
H.. crioxstsI Josopn Row boibam, aged turty
among the Dest beuiuu wicket That lived n tu0se
iime believe. 10 be Tue crack Uow or oi The age
Playing With All England against twenty Two OF
overs. But HE greatest bowling ieat was against
twen,y-twooi Reacar Juiy 49, 1856, bowling ckets
in Dne successive balls aua ge.li.g 10 wcxet' Tor 10
the cot vi the parry, aud EDWARD Pooley, aged
TWEEN, y.hve, the w,ckel Keeper oil INC eleven. he
nrst me- Was played against u picked eighteen OF
New Workers, aua mmenced on Sept, Der H. The
eleven maae l26 on the nrst Jay ana ON the second
closed Their ars, inniug with l75. 1hs New
Ycrkvrs made u their met ana IS
their second inning. On The 24tu OF September
the Ehgiish team played at Montreal the
Canadians making IS wuils the foreigners scored
$40 Owing 10 me very RAINY weather which naa pre-
vaea ,he visitors c. ua not nn,sh the contest conss
qucniiy II was draw Next they went " Boston,
where they played septenIei 80 The Eagisn eleven
scored los Their first anu IL IN tnsr second iuuing
The American twenty-five scored 80 In their nrst and
81 IN tne'r second iuning. A. Philadelphia, wnsre
they played October 9, tue American twsuty-two
scored 70 anu The English eleven scored 81 Alter
playing several gaines Of baseball, with regular and
picked niues they saiied Tor home October "a greatly
pleased with tnelr wei 20 America.
TIE s'GENTLExES'' 1872
Then came the gentlemen players In 1872 an
eleven oil E0xIsh Amateurs with that greatest OF
cricketers, Mr. w. g. race ut their head, arrived
America, aud on tue 2Sd aud 24in OF August piayea
their hrst game at Montreal e Eugisumen nsae
200 their inhins, the Cansasn twenty two
scored Is IT, tSsr nrst and 6S their IN nng
,usea OF inc 81 Geosss. pe cso
on the Hoboken grounds, IN the presence OF large
crowd oil spectators 1t was Only a one-day match,
ahd the visitors were successful by score OF l0Z 10
90. wabout the loss Of wicket. AtPniisdephia they
began match september II, and with the iouowing
resun:-Amefcans, hfst inning, %; second inniug
IA Engshnen, nrst inning. 1O5 second iuDing, 49,
with three wicsets TO spare. 1ney then Returned 10
THIS c,y, wnere they pi"ye' again with the 81.
Georges LluD Tor the benefit OF the keeper of the
grounds. Ihey were entertained by tue travellers
CiuD, Of this city, and carry October sailed for
home
THE GOLDEN AGE OF CRICKET.
The third quarter OF the present century has been
pronounced the golden age OF cricket, 50 wonderful
has been us progress ana development during tho
last live or thirty years IL IS hara 10 tell
whether ", bowling has uad best OF the batting
or otneiwisc Du, some remar kaole incasns showing
the superiority bo,h OF attack aud deence before
wickets might be mentioned. veritaoc surprise
has teen created ny the ia luck which this
year has attended the Nm, st cr,cgeter the word has
yet seen. Any NUMBER oil persons have oug complained
vi tue goIiO uncertainty of cricket Tue best OF
players, they nave said, may be run out or given out
ieB ue'oT', caught AZ Tue WlCket oeioIe no uas
had lime display us skill auu delight the spec
tators. Scosmes OF futlo sort have been invented
to reduce element chance cricket. rii 1873
hr w. g. Grace seemed to have reduced u TO zero by
mere skiL An average varying IRON sixty 10 iorty
runs an ming showed tuat he was matLcmaticaiiy
cer,a,n ~ get q long tunes But
this year he has not displayed his superiority,
md very rarely has he played tsuitlessiy, only
once, we believe, scoring Tor three figures. fne
Lyttietons more gracefully rapid batters
but never mastery AZ Grace, aud II ns star
the wune his career will certainly remain uni que
one. 1bere are some cricke;ers, however who look
the eaer Of the Grace VrotDers VINO oicd a
low years back, the best player England ever
proauceu His WONDERFUL feat IN CanteIbury week,
1867 he nrst, scored l92 ruus tDot out)
anu captured every wcSet IA the second inning, 10
quoted as showing how really great ne was whsn on
his mstte.
GESgvAL fSTExEsr
The game has progressed cousiueraDiy IN helding
as wei AS Ia bownpg and batting lhe cry oil "buter
nngers Is not 50 often heard ON an English cricket
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