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keepers that he was, for no one ever took the thirty years of first-olaes ericket. This was the ball quite so near to the stumps as this occasion on which Harry Graham, the Victorian great Victorian, who revolutionised his art and batsman, looked on in silence, for a long time, altered the plan of the cricket fold. There and then he turned round, and with soathing is no doubt that Spofforth created a fright tones said, "Call that black fellow a cricketer. among English cricketers, for he had all variety He's a enfounded jugglor." Well, the witchery While we are all no intent upon the inaugural of paces and breaks, and the heart of a tiger. of his willow blade, the perpendicular swing of Test Match between Eagloud at Joe Darling's It was impossible to break his heart. "Foliz" his bal in defence, the sinuosity and slectric bril. and team representing All Australia, it may has told me that he was called "The Demen"; fiance of his scoring strokes surpassed all that I not be uninteresting and unprofitable to make s before ever he came to England, and that the ever saw. Moreover, lat is not forget that he rapid survey of the twenty-four contests which old Colonial, Not Thompson, first dabbed him was an Iudian, concerning whose legal right to have precoded the battles of Edgbaston. It was. But the story I board was that when Spot-play there had been much argument, and this quite at the fog end of the season of 1880 when forth had played his part in dismissing the was his first matehiu ach company. Moreover, the first match in the old country, under the Marylebone Club eleven for 18-in-1578-he was his side were in dire difficulties, but nothing tille of England and Australis, was played.overcome with joy, and in the dressing-room, seemed impossible to the Biar, of the East, who The first collination explained by the cheerfal while wildly gesticulating, he yelled, Ain't I was battling for the famous sale of the West Billy Murdoch; now the friend and competion

& demon! Ain't I a demon "But all the same During three hours and tem mianies Ranji of W. G. Grace at the Londos County Club, Boyle bowled quite as well as Spofforth on that over made a mistake, and scarce a bad stroke, made themselves so intensely popular not my ether inan ever did such work as he in leg boundary was a revelation. The ball might occasion at Lord's, but neither The Demon" and the way he glanced and glided balls to the England and gloved such good sport and play this victory over England. In afl Spofforth be dead on the middle stump, or full at his heal, CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy and Arsenals and the State

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A splendid English eleven was selected from six counties, and batting first such & handsome pore as 420 was compiled in the Brat Test Mateb on British soil. This has only been surpassed by the 434 of 1886, the 483 of 1893, and the 576 of 1800.all these heavy innings being played at easing ton-Oval-which is decidedly a curiosity. The Lhree Graces playad, and "W. G." chlebrated

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delivery broke back in dreadful fashion. Naught but hard study, and constant practics, allfed to, bat all in vain. Thus Australia triumphed, natural genius, could make a mensch a bowler and for the first time in my judgment, who never grumbled about what the Fates gave

lowing to their superior batting. But in bin. If he medseded ho was wild with delight; if he failed, he used to say," Well, I met a cross-

they won the only watch of the Are Teste syed women, and what could I do after that?

which was copcladed, when they prevailed at He was the first Australian trundler to strike Lord's by no fewer than ten wickets-the greatest thrashing England ever sustained on terror into the hearts of Englishmen, and by her owt wickets On this occasion Englant the perfection of his art he lifted Australian

were bowled out for 206, Stanley Jackson with urlokit into a position of prestige, sud was nobly 73 to his credit alone offering any resistance helped by Mardoch and Beckham. But there of note to the remarkable expresses of Ernest never was such a watch as that which gave the Junes, the South Australian fast bowler, who Corstalks their first real triumph over Eugland, by captazing seven wickets for 88 raus secom Special Famps for and that when no excuses could be made. Oblished his best performance in a Test Match in stay, there is one! When the ninth wirket fell England. Our foemen replied with 427, bath Charles Stadd was joined by Peats, who had in those young ba'smon Clem Hill and Vister the attack when it was young and strong, the more brilliant display was that of Trumper, who to my thinking is the most attractive ra-getter in Australia. MacLaren, as I told you laat week, and Tom Hayward pint forth splendid efforts to give the game a respectable appearioco co far as England was concerned, but all the same the visitors from over the seas won in splendid style. Do not forget that we have nine of that victorious team with us again, and the man who thinks England, has an easy triumpli in

43 and 45, Dos Vanx Roud, Shipehandlar the occasion by rattling up 152, which alone stractions to be very steady and lut Mr. Studd Trumper compiling 185.. Although Hill met

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passed the 149 of the Australians in the first inuings. They fellowed on, and then-Munich played the innings of his lifein scoring 169 (not out), or one more than Grace. It was a fine instance of pluck backed by suprema skill, but it did not save the side, for England won the first of the sories by fire wickets. In estimating the value of this it must not be forgotten that Spofforth (Tie Demon") who laid awake at nights woudering how to get Englishmen out, was unable to play owing to an accideat, and I guess that "Old Spoff," as we call him now, was worth half a dozen of some of the bowlers put on. This was the only Test Match of Fred Grace, who, poor fellow, was MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of buried within a few months, and of E. M. Grace, the above Company will be held at the Cost-who is still hale and hearty, and married his pany's Chemists, Nanking Road, Shanghai. oh SATURDAY, the 5th day of Fur: 1002 at il o'clock Ad when the following special resointions will be proposed and sabunitted :---

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score the run. But the Cantab nover got an- other ball for Peate got the first to square-leg for comple, tried, to opent the stroke, and found himself bowled by Boyle. When he was yumon- stated with, Peate blandily replied that he was sorry, but he could not trust Mr. Sudd This was too funny for his interrogators, who laughed egregiouely, remembering that in the previous Jaly, Mr. Studd had hit 114 for the M.C.C. against the same bowling.

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third wife quite recently. But mere strange still. it was the only Test Match in England in which such great bowlers as Alfred Shaw and Fred Morley played a part, W. G. appearad against the Australians for every year down to 1890, when ho retired not because he was able to bat, but becuase of his inability to field, although he made a magnificent catch at But England were rulled out for 33, the late point which rent back Clen Hill. But The John Briggs being the chief run-getter with Doctor," feeling that Test Matches and pablic 17. You see Charles Thomas Byas Turner, opinion were too much for him, told theThe Terror," was operating at one end and Selection Committes, of whom he was one, that Ferris at the other, with the result that the he had done with Test Matches. It is worthy former, took 5 wickets for 27 and Farris three of note that A. P. Lucas, the model of grass for 19. But the pitch was still worse when and fores in batting, and W. L. Mardoch both Australia batted again, and still they scored GJ, remain liko W. G." to orament our playing or seven more than England had realise, so Helds in first-class company.

that the old country wanted 124. This was im possible; they were dismissed for 62, and the Colonies conquered again. W. G." forced the considering all the sireatmstances. Well as game for 24—which was a wonderful innings. Feris bawled, I estimate that Charley Turner tank the place of Spofforth in this match, for he captured 10 wickets for 63 ruus. By the way, it is a curiosity that although Turner has not the household fame of Spofforth, yet-he has the belter average of the two on English wickets. In England, Spofforth, when playing with Australians, delivered 20,319 bulla for 8,107 rune und 619 wickets, giving in average of 12,48 runs each. Now Turner sont down 4,140 Iails for 8,341 runs and 678 wickets, yielding an average of 12.50; which is fractionally superior to that of The Demon." Turner's break from the pitch was so fast that ho was practically unplayable on his day. But in these mid-eighties, despite this success, Australian cricket was andere aloud. I believe the game was resuscitated and revived in a large measure by the ipar of Lord Sheffield's team in the Colonies, and the second visit of the master, W. G. Grace. What was the result?" Within a few years the federated Colonies had they over bad, if they did not possess a Spofforth probably as tine un all-round combination a

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captain, and his learn, for they made 101. Bat on the morning of Today, the second day, Massie the masterful and Alec Bannerman the patient rubbed off the deficiency and scored 6 for the fist wicket, of which Mase had hit 55, although he had been missed by A. P. Lucas when 47. This display certainly went a long way towards victory, and the vigour of Massig's cricket may be gathered from the fact that be made a run a minute and hit siue fears and only seven singles. This innings out for 122, so that England only wants was the turning point, for the whole side were

25 to win. Surely this was a mero bagatelle to

an leven including Grace, Dicky Barlow, Ged in 1896 wa were evidently to be thoroughly Ulyet, A. P. Lucas, the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, t sted, and although England won the rubber, O. T. Studi, Maurice Bead, Wm. Barnes, A. G, we shall none of us forget how Australia won Steel (the present President of $1.C.C), A. Nat Manchester by three wickets in a ganse which Hornby, and Edmund Peate. The iden that for the first time in the series in Eugiaut such batsmen could not collect these 8 was produced an aggregate of over 1,500 runs. At never dreamed of, for even when three Uke Old Trafford the Cornstalks butted first on a Hornby, Barlow and Ulyett had departed for good pitch and scored 412-that languid looking 51, it seemed idle to imagine that the other gentleman, Frank Iredale, scoring 108 seven could not mister 34! But are for the in his first Text Match in Eagle d, and [1702 magnificent defensive plag of A. P. Locas, the it was a beautiful innings, his runs being Englishmen could do nothing ngaiust an attack mada with each oney eleganos. England which was all strategy and all "devil" The replied with 231. There was something like Colonists even went the length of giving rano nsterustion when Grace and Stoddart, the way so that Spofforth should get a chance at first pair. were both striped off Harry Trott'a Lyttelton. The 1 emon got his opportunity, leg breaks, and the only ran who redeemed the and bowled him, und wickets fell until Poste nas venture were my friends Prince Ranjitsinhji finally bowled by the besided Boyle, and Anand Diek Lilley. The Oriental celebrated his tili had won her first Test Match on the coil debut for the head of the Empire by waking 62 of the motherland by seven raus. While every and Lilley carried out his bat for 65, but all the Briton was in a dreadful siste of either supam it was a terrible humiliation, for England

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