The evening world., 1895-08-31
ICRICkETERS
| FROM ABROAD.
A Team Of English Cracks
Arrives TO Play Their
American Cousins
A auDOy CHECKED cR0WD.
Met and Welcomed bv q Delsga-
tiou Of Crioketers from the
Quaker City.
CAME OVER on THE ST. LOUIS.
Will Meet the Staten islanders
First-To.Sail for Home
October I.
CAME OVER ON THE ST. LOUIS.

Among the passengers on the Ameri-
can liner St. Louis, which arrived this
morning. were fourteen members of the
English cricket team. made up of play
ers from oxford and Cambridge Univer-
tiles, who have come over to tackle the
cricketers Of the United States and
Canada.
| They are q robust and sturdy looking
set Of young men. with ruddy cheeks
and brawny muscles, and they made a
picturesque group as they waited on the
dock Of the American line at tn. foot
Of vesey street this morning while
their baggage was being fished out Of
the hold.
| They all wore white straw hats, with
bands Of dark and light blue, separated
by a narrow strip, Of white, the dark
blue representing Oxford's color and
the lightb lue Cambridge.
The captain Of the team. F. Mitchell.
is Cambridge man. the other men
from that University being H. A. Ark
wright. N. F. Druse, w. Mortimer. w.
M. Hemmingwa--. c. E. Wilson. w. w.
Low. c. d. Robinson, r. A. stubb and
H. H. Marriott.
The oxford men are v. T. Hill, F. A.
Phillips and J. C. Hartley. while F. W.
| Milligan. who Is a Yorkshire cricketer
and the leading bowler Of the team, Is
not . university man.
They were met at the pier by q dele
gallon Of Philadelphia cricketers.
headed by E. g. Sayers. of the Marion
Club. the other members Of the Recep-
ton Committee being g. v. Merrick, Of
the Germantown Cricket Club; w. T.
G. Bristol. Of the Tioga Club; ]. N.
Scott. Of the Belmont Club. and e. g.
Buckley, jr.. and J. II. Mason. editor of
the American Cricketer. of the Phila-
delphia Club
| All arrangements for the visit of the
Englishmen to this country have been
made by this Committee. and rooms had
been engaged for them at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. They went up in car
riages from the pier, and this afternoon,
II 1t does not rain, they will go down
to the Staten Island Cricket Club
grounds for practice.
Howard McNutt, of the Staten Island
Club. and Jerome Flannery. Of the
Brooklyn Cricket Club. were also at
the dock to welcome the English col
lege crick-ters.
The first game which the Englishmen
will play here will be on Monday, when
they will meet the Staten Island Club
at Its grounds at Livingston.
Then they will 90 to Toronto and
play the crack club Of that city on
Friday and Saturday.
They Will play at Philadelphia on Sept.
13 with the University of Pennsylvania
at the grounds Of the Philadelphia
Cricket Club.
On Sept. 20 a game will be played
with the Gentlemen Of Philadelphia
at the Germantown Cricket Grounds
and on Sept. q Oxford and Cambridge
men Will meet the Gentlemen again a,
the Marion Club grounds.
The visitors will leave for England
on the New York on Oct. 2. making
their stay here a little more than a
month.
1t was previously announced that the
Cambridge University athletic team
which is to meet Yale. as we'll as the
members Of the London Athletic Club
who are to contest yith the teams OF
the New York Athletic Club. had also
sailed on the st. Louis. but this was an
error. They will come over on the next
steamship.
Some Of the English college cricketers
have won a great reputation on the
other side for skill. Mr.. Druse, whose
batting average Is S517 for the season,
represents Surrey; Hill represents
Somerset: Hemingway. Gloucester
shire; Wilson and Mili1san. Yorkshire;
Stubb Hampshire. and Marriott, Lei
cestershire, In the county teams. Capt.
Mitchell and Phillips are also exception
ally strong all-sround players and have
high batting averages.
The bowlers of the team are Mulig an,
Wilson, Hartley. Lowe and Arkwright.
The members Of the team were all in
excellent health and said that the voy-
age had not shaken them up a bit,
though It was very rough on Tuesday.
The st. Louis made the voyage from
the Needles to Sandy Hook In 6 days,
Is hours and SO minutes. which does not
break the record from Southampton
which y held by The New York. 1t is
6 days. hours and IA minutes. The
new liner. however. beat her own best
time by II minutes.
Capt. Randle says his ship encoun-
tered fierce winds during nearly the
whole voyage. and this. with high seas
and several hard squalls, made 1t i'm
possible to run at a high speed.
Among the saloon passengers were
Commander r. b. Bradford. u. 6. N.
u. S. Naval Constructor Frank L. Fer,
nald. Senator George Gray. of Delaware
Charles A. Griscom, one Of the owner
Of the line; Col. q. v g. Mussy, Lieut.
r.. r. Mulligan. Y. 8. N; Charles Mel
rose. Assistant United States Postmas
tsr-0eneral: Col n. J. O'Brisu. Freder
iek II. winston. Prof. william I. Whit