The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-27
5000 AT A CRICKET, MATCH.
TIE LhRGEsr CROWD THAT EYER Ar
TENDED A LIKE CONTEST IN AMERICA.
A Br4inaat nsssncs al the Wicket. Made
ny tho PhiiadeIphians-They Score eAe
Ksns, within Eleven Of the EAsiisAmea's
Totsi-Ths Latter ~ the nat Again. and
che Match May be f1ayeA Ont.

ths Match May be f1ayeA Ont.
the great cricket match between All Phlla-
delphia and Lord Hawkes. team Of English
gentlemen will long DO remembered by all
who witnessed II. AS early as o clock the
crowd commenced to gather. and each train
swolled tho attendance until the afternoon.
whom fully rs, 900 persons paid for admission.
Tho grand stand was packed. and tho enter
prising committee OF the Germantown Cricket
Club charged IS cents for tho privilege Of
standing room thorc. Twenty tally ho coaches
wore on hand. and tho pretty dresses
Of The large gathering OF Indies. with
the bright uniforms OF tho players. set of the
ground to an advantage. A forco OF fifty po-
icemen was necessary 10 keep tho crowds as
near the ropes as possible In some places
thcy wero twenty deep and could not avoid
entfoachinG on the field OF play.
The batting OF q. 3. Patterson was OF tho
highest order. and he WAS loudly checrcd when
he returned 10 tho club house with tho second
best SCORE Of the match TO his credit The
Ensllshmen flclded splendidly. q. M. ]. Woods
particularly distinguished himself by throw
Ing one man out and aiding In the disposal OF
another. G. Wreford Brown also got In some
good work at covcr point nnd some Of tho hot
hits he stopped from Psttetson's bat were
marvellous.
The Englishmen were much fatigucd at the
end Of the day. They prefer that the match
with Baltimore should be cancelled. as they
desire particularly to finish tho match here.
and would like to extend It until Tuesday. II
necessary.
Play started shortly after II o'clock. Craw-
ford Coates and Walter Scott. tho two not-out
mon OF the previous day. resuming their places
NJ hn vytNk A.
bowling. and orcnod with a maiden. but
tho first bali from Woods was hit to
the ropes by Coates for four runs. The
first ball on his next over Coates also
got away for four. and then runs came fast.
Coates got . full pitch to leg from Brown.
which he hit With half force. and in Attempting
third run Scott foolishly ran himself out
after playing steadily for IL. The first wicket
fell for "a.
G. 8. Patterson then came to tho wickcts and
soon hit Woods both to tho on and OF boun-
DIARIES for four runs each. When the score had
Just passed 20. Coates raised up a very easy
catch to Hewett at point which was nc
cepted. Two wickets were down for 81.
Tho retirement Of Coates brought out
=. n. Bohlen. who learned his cricket Mt
st. Paurs School. Some pretty play was
then seen. Woods's intricate bowling was
bowls with q varying pace and changes his
very fast delivery With an occasional medium
placed ball which comes back considerably.
He complained that the hardness OF the ground
did not give him proper footing. while his
knees were weak.
When 81 runs were scored Lord Hawke de-
cided to take Woods of. after 80 runs had been
made Of his bowling without a wicket being
taken. g. W. Hillyard took his place. and his
frst over was fair one. He bowls with me.
dium pace and good break back. At 1915
O'Clock the Hon. H. Miles went on to bowl.
and With ten runs and four byes Of his FIRST
over tho century was hoisted on the telegraph,
amid cheers from the thousands Of spectators
assembled. Patterson ut this time had scored
IS runs and Bohlen rs. The batting WIS quick
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iuhh ~ n5.an o,oloot n,ax waa rea,moa pro,r,,
spEIaosss BY hitting away to eF for two
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play, a a he wns i3ps End loudly sppleHdsd
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pieoA Of folding by Woods l,e was thrown out
f. fis si 'A :' 'so sss"
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made for tho last Wicket, and as tho scoro
erspt toward tho Ensllsshmen,,ss, total every
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We're we'll let. but thoy triod ono run too many.
;o1 Woods TSs tho s'Ser and fbrewstcr was
III runs behind tho English total.
Too many liberties wore taken with the
English 0cldlng. az the score shows that thrco
men were run out. Woods md Wrnford
Brown each Ind three wlrkets to their credit.
Moods's costing almost II runs Apiece, while
Wreford Browns wero obtained Tor % runs
q. oct Rsy E sns f. hs ssfp S wsn to
charge Of the defence. whilelH. p. BAily and q.
q. Patterson made tho attack. Huns were
scored freely. Hewitt doing MI the hitting. At
80 II. ]. Brown nnd Matter Scott changed with
Patterson and Ynily. Tho change proved
productive md Key was clean Iowlcd hy
Brown for z runs. ono wicket falling for ~
runs.
Lord Hawkes. appearance was the signal for
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