Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-30
From Sundays Daily.
IT'S ENGLISH, YOU KNOW.
Britain's National Game Played Well
yesterday in Butte.

The cricket match between the Butte anC
Gallatin elcvehs attracted many people
yesterday to the groundsnear the Colorado
Smelter. The game is an innovation t.
Butte, but promises to become almost az
popular as baseball. The elevens which
played vest rday'- game were as follows:
Ganstia Valley II: L.. Lovndes. Cap
tain; c. Hugonin, D. Hunter r. n. Truin,
R. H. Sawyer, ]. Shay. g. Kreigher, J. Gear
7. n. Trueman. J. 8. Riley.
| Butte-George H. Casey, H. Williams. c.
Hancock, A. C. Newill, George H. Butler
Fritz Butler, w. Craig D J. Henessy, e. o.
Gibbs. T. Peters, N. Ringeling.
| The GAME.
! At II o'clock yesterday morning the long
| talked Of cricket match commenced, the
home eleven going in first. For two hours
| cock and Williams undoubtedly carried off
the honors Of thi- inning. for the Gallatin
bows were uns Bile to separate them for an
hour. Mr.. Williams, although only scor-
ing four runs, completely tired the bowling
| by his steady play, and Hancock scored
thirty-three runs by his faultless hitting.
The total OF the Butte eleven after the first
inning was eighty-two. This Gallatin boys
then took the bat and in the first few ,vers
oSoACu ofVA V"SAJy runs, NACC6H6s AO" AOc6
and SAWYER ut first hitting the ball much
as they pleased. Mr.. Trueman played very
steady aud correct inn ng for eleven. The
foreigners were however, at the end sum-
marily dismissed for a total OF fifty-five
runs, leaving the Butte eleven with an ad-
vantage OF twenty-seven runs. Very few
minutes were spent in taking a lunch. and
then the Butte eleven again went to the
wickets. At 6rst regular rot set in,
the first four wickets going down for seven
runs and the fifth for twelve, as Hancock,
wicket. Messrs. Newill and Williams then
were at the wickets. and completely mas
tered the bowling, Williams acting strictly
on the defensive and Newili being very ag-
gressive and hitting very freely. Change
after change of bowling was tried. and
finally Lowndes bowled Williams. Peters
took his place at the wicket, and the two
batsmen hit such as they pleased, Newill
especially scoring rapidly. Messrs. Ringeling
who was bowled by Lowndes, thus leaving
Newil with as uncompleted innings OF thir-
ty-nine. Newill went in with the score at
only seven, and with the help Of Williams,
Casey and Peters ran the score up to
eighty-a very creditable performance.
These gentlemen virtually saved the match,
and through them the Butte eleven was
well sustained. Newill claimed the honors
Of the day with an unfinished score OF
At S o'clock the Butte boys were all out
and the Gallatin eleven took the bat.
Runs came rapidly, Notwithstanding the
excellent bowling Of F. Butler. At
5:45 matters looked serious and a
heavy wind storm arose. Yhich made |
bowling very diffisplt taBkE Hagonir, for
the foreigners, played m RI Sfent style, and
worked as if he We going tosave the match.
but at 5:45 he was bowled leg be- |
lore wicket by Newill. This left the Gala
tin boys forty-seven runs to obtain and |
three more men to goit. The agreement |
was that the game should stop at 6 p. ln., |
and as there were only ten minutes left, it |
was impossible that the match could be |
won by the Gallatin eleven, and they de-
clared the Butte eleven victors with an adj |
vantage OF twenty.seven runs on the first |
inning and certainty OF considerably in /
:reasing that advantage ia the second
inning.