The New York herald., 1879-10-01
GOOD CRICKET AT ARDMORE
Irish Score 1873 Against 81 Made
by the Merions.
FINE PLAYING AT SYRACUSE.
Dait's English Eleven VS.. United Twenty-Five
Of Central New York.

day on the grounds of the latter club at Ardmore,
near Philadelphia The Irish team went out ON the
ten O'Clock train the Pennsylvania road and were
driven from the depot to the grounds. They had an
other lovely day. and nothing could be prettier than
the appearance of the grounds with the bright green
field, bounded on two sides by pretty piece OF
wood whose foliage partly changed to russet
brown autumnal hue. The grounds were fenced
in and adorned with a handsome little club
house and couple of covered stands. At the open
ing there large attendance. but before the
afternoon had far advanced both stands filed
with ladies and several hundred spectators lined the
ropes around the field The batsmen had ad-
ditional incentive to exhibit their prowess, the
ladies presented two handsome silver cups to be
awarded to the gentlemen making the highest score
each side. The wicket was tolerably good. al
though on the far side it appeared little rough.
The Irsh'went first to the bat and scored 1873 in
their inning. Mr.. Trotter in something like his
old form and played brilliant inning for 81. Mr..
Hamilton up % with fine hitting. making
and three AS. The bowling rather weak the
part OF the Merions. with the exception of Mr.. S.
Law, who got out of the eleven wckets. Mr. J.
b. Thayer. the young gentleman who showed such
pretty cricket when playing with the United Phila-
dephia. again distinguished himself with neatly
played inning for 49, The captain of the team, Mr..
Ashbridge, also made double figure, scoring ~.
The fielding of the Irish was not very good. The
second inning of the Merton fifteen concluded at
ten minutes to five P. NJ. the wickets were drawn
for the day.
THE MATCH.
Game was called at twenty minutes past eleven A.
NJ. Messrs. n. Hone and r. Miller going to the bat
against the bowling Of Joseph NJ. Fox and s. Law.
Miller cut the first for o double to point and
then made single to the on. Hone cut the next
two balls for and to point, making off
the first over. They ran bye of Laws first and
also got single for o leg bye N. Homo made three
more singles and retired. caught G. Ashbridge of
Law. with to his credit. One wicket for 16. G.
Hone joined Miller and the latter hit Fox
to the off for a single. After maiden
from Law G.. Hone retired, leg before
wicket of Fox with ducks egg. Two wickets for
II. W. Hone Jr., filed the vacancy and played for
u single take off, Miller spooned Law into Morris
hands, but the latter let the ball slip through his
fingers W. Hone. Jr., made two singles and Miller
single and a double off Fox's next over. W. Hone
Jr.. was caught by Lowry off Law. retiring with
4<o his credit Three wckes for 26. Trotter joined
Miller. and after making few singles Trotter drove
Fox for and single, and Miller cut the same bowl
ing for single to cover point. Miller hit Law for
3 to square leg. rather lofty SPOON. but the leg
field could not get there. Lowry put
at Foxs end. and Miller played him for single
to leg After maiden from Law. Miller retired,
bowled Lowry, with Is to his credit. Four wickets
for 4G. Casey filed the vacancy and made n single
off Lowry to cover point Casey lame and Mil
ler came out to run for him. Trotter drove Lowry
for double to the on. and on the next over Casey
played Law for double to square leg. Casey was
beautifully bowled by Law, retiring with 8 to his
credit. Five wickets for As. Sir George Colthurst
joined Trotter and the latter drove Lowry to the
on for single Law wass bowling yery we'll
fha md rat ha rod 81.
body well as the wicket of the batsman. j. B.
Thayer was fielding beautifully and picked up and
returned couple of balls ut the in artistic STYLE
Colthurst maize pretty hit to square leg off Law
and the next over was caught 10y Morris square
leg off Lowry. Cothurst retired with to his score.
six wckes for 81. Brougham filled the vacancy and
irotter gave chance to Eaines at the wicket
that he failed to hold. Trotter drove Lowry
for double and Brougham made splendid
hit off the next to mid on. 1t went clean the
outside fence. scoring 6. The telegraph now showed
GO. Trotter drove Lowry for . double to the of,
and Oh the next over Brougham was bo wled by Law.
retiring with to his credit--seven wickets for G3.
Num- Joined Trotter and J. B. Thayer went on at
Lowry's end. Trotter cut him for a single to cover
point, and Num- got single in the same direction.
Law bowled maiden and then Trotter drove Thayer
for 4. following with single to cover point Fox
relieved Thayer aud Num- hit him for a
single to leg. Trotter was batting well and
running up good score. He hit Fox for single to
leg. and Num- got single in the same direction.
Aftera maiden from Law the batsmen each got
before wicket OF Law. with to his credit. Eight
wckets for n. w. Hone Sr., Joined Tro;ter, and
the latter drove FoxS slows Tor 4 ana single.
W. Hone. Sr., got a single off the same bowling.
and on the next over retired. played on of Law.
with single to his score. Nine wickets for 50:
Hamilton filed the vacancy and commenced
business at once by hitting Laws first for
6 TO tho on. out of the grounds. Lowry
went at Fox's end, Trotter hit his first for
to square Leg and then drove him for single TO the
off. On the next Trotter cut Law for to cover
point. and sayres wasput on at Lowry's end Hamil.
ton hit Say for to square leg and the telegraph
showed 100 for nine wickets. Trotter drove Law to
the of for a. and on the next over Hamilton hit
Nh mr. In alann fhAn hrnx "a int
Law bowed a maiden, and the next
over Trotter hit sayres for to the on.
aud Trotter drove the same bowling to the on
for double. Law then gave him a fun pitch which
sent to log tor L. and the telegraph showed 10
tor nine wickcts Lowry went on at Say res end. Ham
ilton cut him for a double to point. Fox was
put on at Laws end and Irotter made pretty hit to
the OF that was well caught by A. l.. Bay. Trotcr
played magnificent inning for 81. including
eight fours. Ten wickets for 130. Exham joined
Hamilton and Law went on at Lowry's end. Hamil-
ton drove his first for single to the on, Exham
slipped him for three. and then Hamilton got an
other single for n drive. J. B. Thayer made good
attempt TO catch Hamilton of Fox. but it was q
trifie too difficult. On the next Hamilton was
bowlcd by Law after playing free hitting innings 4
for ~ Exham carried out his bat with TO his
score. Tho total score OF the twelve Irish 1877.
AFTER LUNCH.
Bailey and A. l.. Bailey going TO the bat against tho
bowling of Exham and Hamilton. +. l.. Baiey hit
Exham for to leg aud then a. L. Bailey got in the
same direction. Hamilton bowled maiden and Il. L.
Bailey drove Exham for single. A. l.. Bailey scored
double to the on from the same over. II. L.. Bailcy
'payed on Hamilton and retired with to his credit.
One wicket for H. O. H. Haines filled the vacancy and
got single to cover point OF Exham. Bailey got
q single off a difrcult chance TO Irotter that the
latter failed to reach, and on the next over he re-
tired bowlcd Hamilton, with to his score. Two
wicLets for l6. w. Huston filled the vacancy, and
got n single to slip of Hamilton He retired pres
emily, bowled Hamilton, with single TO his
credit. Three wckcts for 30. q. Ashbridgc
joined Hanes. and tho latter presently hit
Exham to square leg for 4. On the next
over AshDridge drove Hamilton TO the on for dou-
blo, and the telegraph showed 80 for wickets.
Ashbridre gave u chance TO n. Hone at third
that the latter failed to hold, and added single to
his score Ashbridge drove Exhan for single over
Colthurss head but tho latter could not reach IL.
Ashbridgc was batting in pretty good form and cut
hamilton for a double to cover point. Haines was
bowled by Rxham with TO his score. -Four wickets
for &C. H. sayrcs joined Ashbridge. and the pair ran
a couple of Dycs. Ashbridgc spooncd Exham for
single mid-oh but there was no one there, and ne
ran single. On the next over Ashbridgc was
bowed by Hamilton, with III to his credit. Five
wickets for 40. 5. Law filled the vacancy aud ran
single of Hamilton. Sayres was run out with
duck r egg. Six wickots for i1. w. stroud joined
Law and the latter hit Hamilton 3 to leg. Stroud