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ENGLISH ELEVEN.
R. Carpenter, c Senior, b Hallis | 26 |
T. Hayward, b Hallis | 33 |
J. Wisden, run out | 3 |
G. Parr, b Gibbes | 7 |
W. Caffyn, b Gibbes | 5 |
T. Lockyer, c Lang, b Hallis | 12 |
A. Diver, c Hallis, b Gibbes | 1 |
H.H. Stephenson, b Hallis | 10 |
J. Cæsar, b Hallis | 6 |
J. Grundy, b Hallis | 20 |
J. Jackson, not out | 8 |
Byes 10, leg byes 1, wides 12, no balls 2 | 25 |
Total | 156 |
ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING OF THE ELEVEN.
First Innings. | Balls. | Runs. | M'n Overs. | Wickets. | Wides. |
Parr | 116 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
Jackson | 112 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 0 |
Wisden | 126 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 0 |
Caffyn | 136 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 0 |
OF THE TWENTY-TWO
Balls. | Runs. | Maidens. | Wickets. | Wides. | |
S. Wright | 56 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Crossley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Comery | 72 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Hallis | 173 | 45 | 26 | 6 | 4 |
Marsh | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Gibbes | 34 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
Umpires: John Lillywhite of England, and Charles Vinten of St. George's Club.
Thus terminated this glorious game, affording a period of such pleasure—
"That it in golden letters will be set
Among the high tides in the calendar."
No sooner was the result known, than there arose from earth to Heaven one wild hurrah! It was the burst of joy, the shout which I had often heard in other days, when life was young, from my own lips resounding; when nothing had power, in my boyhood's hour, to clog the eager spirit, nor depress the glad heart, from which every trouble or care instantly rebounded.
Our task is now done. We have endeavored to give a full, true and impartial account of all that has transpired—an elaborate re-production of the whole affair, its beginning, progress, and end. It is a matter of history, denoting the spirit of the times, proper to be put on record for the benefit not only of the living, but of those who are to come after us. As the pastime of cricket is surely destined to become more and more popular among us with every re-