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You forwarded us on our enterprise with the kindest wishes for our success. I gratefully acknowledge, on behalf of my companions, the auspicious commencement ; and, after a career of unbroken success in the Dominion, I beg respectfully to dedicate to you the sim^jlc annals of our Cricket Tour. I am, Your Lordship's Obedient Servant, R. A. FITZGERALD, Captain of the Twelve. w i w i CONT NTS. 4 " f— CHAPTER I. Preliminary Canter PAGE 1 n HAPTER II. The " How " and the "Why " we crossed the Atlantic . . . CHAPTER III. Quebec — Dinner at Citadel — Falls of Montmorenci— A Night in the Bush — The Rod — The Gun— The Luncheon at the Club— Practice on the Ramparts — The Stadacona Club— Racquets — First Victory — The Pullman Car— Parker and the Grand Drunk— The Night Journey CHAPTER IV. Montreal— Fii-st Match— The Ground— The Banquet— W. G.'s First Speech— Appleby "for the Navy "—General Debi'Hy of the Twelve— Long and Short Drinks— The Mountain— Hochelaga — Lager Beer— Hotels— Gas— Caution — Rapids of La Chine — Cricket Reporters — Pei-sonal CHAPTER V. 28 46 Ottawa— Second Match— The Rapids— Song of the Fast Bowler- River Scenery— Rideau Hall— The Red Man— My Grandfather Bruce— Fire in the Bush— A Second Chicago— Public Buildings — Streets— Ruts— Banquet— Bear— W. G.'s Second Speech— Ap- pleby and the Ladies— The Slides- The Fall-!— Sawdust, Saw- mills, Saw Everything— Brockville v. Belleville— Discovery of America— The Modem Columbus— The 1000 Isbs— Lake Ontario 67 VIU CONTENTS. CHAPTER VI. PAGE Toronto— Third Match— The Ground— Grand Innings of W. G.— The Oswego Deputation — The original John Smith — Challenge from Chicago — Dinner at Royal Canadian Yacht Club — The White Admiral — W. G. 's Third Speech — George's Maiden Speech — The Ladies — Dinner at Toronto Club — W. G.'s Fourth Speech— Ball at Govemraont House 92 CHAPTER VII. Expedition to Lake Simcoe — The Northern Pacific Railroad — Orillia — AUandale — Emigration — Wants of Canada — A Muffin Worry — Ball in the Bush — Banquet in the Log Hut 109 CHAPTER VIII. Toronto — Scratch Match — Batting and Bowling — The Butterflies — The Captain- -Address to Crowd — Px-esentation of Bat and Ball — The Theatre— The Gods— Farewell to Toronto . . . . 131 CHAPTER IX. London— Fourth l^tatch-Oil— Sulphur Baths— The Thames— The Barrack Field— The Rifle Pits— The Cockneys— The Ball- Thunder and Lightning— Stiff and Strong — Tecompsec— ]\Ios- quitoes — The Ball — The Champion Croquet Match — The Junior Mallets 145 CHAPTER X. Hamilton — Fifth Match— Railways — Dinner at Mr. Swinyard's — Fourth Speech of W. G. — Cricket by Moonlight— A Catch in Oscuro— The Farmer — The Barber — The Last of the Mohicans — The Iroquois Nation — Apples ami Peaches — The Grand Ball — Last Match in the Dominion — General Reflections. . . , 161 CHAPTER XI. Niagara, Anecdotes of — Rapture — The Cave of the Winds — The Diploma — The Current Bath — Ball at Clifton House— Our American Cousins — Farewell Address to the Dominion— Public Feeling— The Press— The Parting Psalm 182 AOB CONTENTS. IX 92 IN THE STATES. CHAPTER I. PAQB Albany-The Hudson- New York-Sixth Match-Breakfast on the' "Baltic "-Dinner at the Travellers'- Cruise in the "Cohimbia ' —The Central Park—Fleetwood Park-A Trot Round-Hotels— Brevoort— Fifth Avenue— Oysters-New York by Gaslight— A Raid upon the Tombs— The Warehouses— The Tramways . . 207 CHAPTER II. • Philadelphia-Seventh Match-The International-lst Day- German- town— Crowd— Day of Rest-Fairmount Park— The Schuylkill— Penn-2Dd Day's Cricket-Banquet at Union League Club- General Meade— Speeches— Oysters— Reed Birds-3rd Day- Close of Match-General Kxcitement-The Quakers- The Official Handbook-Hearty Reception-Regrets at Leaving -Remarks 23& CHAPTER III. Boston-Eighth Match-Massachusetts Association- The Swamp— A Tie— A Draw— Parker House— Chambermaids— Base-ball— Presentation to the Colonel-A Fire-Farewell to the States -Conclusion of Tour-Arrival at Quebec-Last Words- SS. «« Prussian "—Home • gSO General AND Personal . Visit op the Enolish Cricketers to America Conclusion . . . , 307 31ft 333 III WICKETS IN THE WEST, CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY CANTER. Kind Readers (if any), It will be only right on our part to prepare yon for disappointment. You may have supposed us capable of giving you much information about Canada and the United States ; of at least amusing you with our adventures, or of interesting you in our cricket exploits. You might argue ivith reason, here is the last new light from Ame- The Lime, rica ; now we shall know whether to plunge still deeper into Grand Trunk or North Pacifies. The satisfaction of the Yankees, whether real or feigned, at the so-called set- tlement of the Alabama claims ; the delight or disgust of the Canadians at the San Juan B f WICKETS IN THE WEST. Stokes. FUk. ! >f award; the probability of peace amongst Erie directors ; the guilt, if aiiy, of Mr. Stokes ; the fate, if deserved, of Mr. Fisk ; the actual depth of the central volume of the Niagara fall ; whether the beauty of the " Horseshoe " exists only in Canadian ima- gination, or whether the grandeur of the American fall is more grand by being Ame- rican ; whetlier an Englishman diminishes daily in his own estimation as he travels through the States, through his admiration of republican institutions, and the manners of a free people. Whether the women of America are as beautiful as they are painted ; whether they are painted at all ; wh ther families of ten are prohibited by law ; whether a people, hailing from one common parent, can really be so jealous of the elder branch, that it will not speak its language except with a different accent. These and other great questions of the day you might reasonably expect us to probe, for you know our little game — you can see ThR stump, nothing but the "stump" orator in a cricketer recording his impressions. You shall have the impressions ; we can give you Beauty with or without paint. I \ \ t-i ' i - ! . 'P " gi w m' M m :s WICKETS IN THE WEST. "proofs" before letters (though you may have them for the asking) of Transatlantic hospitality. Banish from your fevered mind all thirst for knowledge — we don't profess it. Don't make any great preparation to be amused, such invariably ends in disappoint- ment. If you are a cricketer, you may smile (we don't object to that much) at some of the matches ; if you are personally ac- quainted with any of the actors, you may possibly not recognise them under their altered circumstances. An Englishman abroad is not a Britisher at home. You would not recognise your retiring relation in the consequential stalker of the table d'hote. You have heard him grumble at home, yet the confiding stranger, into whose ear unin- vited he pours his abuse of things foreign, almost envies the home that sent forth so warm a champion. We do not wish to imply that any of your friends, who play their little part in this history, are undis- tinguishable thusly — we fervently hope none of us are or were. Our object is only to make you aware that Horace had America Homce. in his mental eye when he sang — " Caelum, B 2 t^ I 4 WICKETS IN THE WEST. non animiim, mutant, qui trans mare currunt/' We certainly found a warmer sky, we steamed on broader rivers and wider lakes, we travelled through forests of unimagined beauty and surprising extent, but we expe- rienced the same welcome, we met with the same kindness, that in our hearts we knew to be English, though the hand that pressed ours happened to be Canadian, or the tone of voice that addressed us, to be American. You may be inquisitive to know the " how " and the " why " we went across the Atlantic. You shall be gratified so far. But don't expect us to tell you anything that you ought not to know ; don't regard The chan- US as a chauncl of investment or as the 116 !• medium of intelligence unknown to the columns of the Mining Journal or the Wall Street Gazette. We shall hope to dispel a few prejudices in respect of Americans, and to establish a heartier feeling towards Canada and Canadians. We do not deny that we saw the colony at its best, that we heard its prair " sung by those who, loving it best, might be expected without gainsay to laud I WICKETS IK THE WEST. 6 it most. The guest, who can disparage his host after partaking of his hospitality, is not a mortal to be envied ; the tongue, indeed, Thetongue. that tastes, may be tied, and the evidence of a full stomach may admit of qualification. The sto- 11 p 111 '"***''•• nut we cannot lorget that we were humble strangers, our game was our best apology for our visit, our flannel jackets were our coat of arms, our bats our supporters, and our motto a " fair field and no favour." We Motto. were surprised at our reception from the hour of our landing to the day of our departure. • The true nature of the spirit that ani- Truth. 4nated our hosts was not fully revealed to us until we had passed through the Do- minion. We then learned that it was not owing to any rivalry between town and town, that we were made much of, and --lore of, as we travelled west. Our cricketing exploits appealed to a compara- tively small section, and if success in the cricket-field had formed the sole basis of sociality many of us would have gone sup- perless to bed. No ! the spirit emanated from a higher jg lMfcL'i C RJffi! WICKETS IN THE WEST. If motive, though we are sensitive to a pin's point on the epidermis of our noble game. As we journeyed from Quebec to Montreal, from Montreal to Ottawa, and so on through Toronto to London and Hamilton, we were made sensible that our reception was mainly owing to the fact that we were Englishmen. The people were glad to see us, because they feel themselves to be no less English- men than ourselves ; because they resent keenly the suspicion, which Heaven and the Home Government only know how, has arisen, of their loyalty to the Queen and affection to British institutions. Hence only could arise the united zeal in our favour that displayed itself in banquets, that danced Pledges, itself at balls, that pledged itself at bars. Our expedition must not be looked at simply from a sporting view. That many enthu- siasts really believed in the stir that we should give to their favourite pastime is un- doubted. Whether that object of our visit A private will bc attained, is doubtful. We have our opinion. . . . own opinions as to the practical results of matches between a trained eleven and an un- discipHned twenty-two. We incline to the WICKETS IN THE WEST. 7 belief that the essential elements of good cricket can only be found in matches between foes of equal number. Should a " ". n. visit of Englishmen on the same errand be repeated, we should feel more sanguine of its results than of our own, were the visitors even less distinguished than ourselves, so that the best eleven of the Dominion, instead of twenty-two, were pitted against them. We will not prolong this discussion further than saying that a " twenty- two " generally cuts Suicide. its throat in more than one place ; that an *' eleven " takes more individual interest in the game, and that the pleasure of the spec- tators is enhanced by " hits " obtaining their full value, rather than by the fall of the best hitter into the hands of an outsider. Hard Lines. We Lave no taken you pretty well over the course ; you will meet with a few ob- stacles erected, as you may suppose, by personal vanity, and your ears may be assailed by blasts of a brazen trumpet blown our trum- too constantly by ourselves. We ask for ^^ * your patience and kind forbearance. Our object is to place on record the details that made our expedition so pleasant, to do •[»^r.T?«fJS:iJ»aJcjx. ^tmniimt^ 8 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Clear the' coarse. justice to our hosts, and to funiisb, what we unhappily believe to be required, convincing proof of Canadian attachment to the old country. The course being now cleared, the start need no longer be delayed, so with your permission — critics, *' stand on one side, please " — we will attend to the race that is set before us. CHAPTER II. The " How " and the " Why " we crossed the Atlantio. We will take tlk " Why " first. In the summer of 1871, two gentlemen interviewed the Secretary of the Marylebone Club at Lord's Ground. The one, Captain Wallace, of the GOth Rifles ; the other, Mr. J. C. Patteson, of Toronto. They there and then unfolded a cricket-scheme, pointing out to the Secretary where .Canada was, and ex- Geography, plaining who the Canadians were. The precaution was necessary, as great igno- rance prevailed in England at this time respecting its colony. The scheme amounted practio-^ly to this: Mr. Patteson was in- ^i^.^""^*'^- structed on the p t of the Canadians to invite an English Twelve to play a series of matches in the Dominion. The Twelve were to consider themselves as visitors, expressly invited by the several cricketing bodies in .. r- ■ v*-;*^-.,**.'-- 10 WICKETS IN THE WEST. £. 8. d. Canada. The Canadians proposed to deli'ay all expenses connected with the voyage out and home, and generally to provide for the comfort and passage of the visitors through- out the Dominion. It was hinted at the same time that the expedition might he extended to the United States, as Mr. Patteson expressed an opinion that a visit to New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, would be hailed with satisfaction by the cricketers south of 49°. The scheme was left in a crude state Feio de se. throughout the winter, and in the spring, when to think of cricket is less like suicide, the Secretary took measures to ascertain the feeling of his young friends about cross- ing the water with their cricket-bags. It took ; he received flattering promises from more quarters than he expected ; he had at least sixteen promises to go anywhere and do anything under his guidance. This was flattering but perplexing. The invitation was limited to twelve ; his next step was to sound the note of public opinion, and though he met with objections in some quarters, he was advised generally, that an offer so made WICKETS IN THE WEST. U should not be rejected. He thereupon took it up in earnest. The cable announced his intention to the other side of the water, and a speedy reply expressed the satisfaction of the Canadians. The Secretary looked through his sixteen acceptances, and invited eleven of them to dine with him at Lords TheDinner. on July 2. All present swore a solemn The oath. oath — which we will not quote — that they would be true to the tryst ; the day ap- pointed lor sailing was August 8. The original selection consisted of R. A. Fitz- The elect. gerald, W. G. Grace, V. E. Walker, R. D. Walker, C. I. Thornton, A. Lubbock, A. N. Hornby, A. Appleby, Hon. G. Harris, R. A. Mitchell, J. W. Dale, R. D. Balfour. This list soon eliminated itself. Mr. Thornton saw a picture in a shop- a sea piece, window of a ship in distress, and read an article on sea-sickness, that did not convince him that he would be the lucky man in ten who escaped mal de mer. He excused himself accordingly. W. H. Hadow filled the gap. R. D. Balfour disappeared, and in his place C. J. Ottoway popped up ; J. W. Dale then jacked up ; and agony first fi^ mmB s^;smam ■M m i n WICKETS IN THE WEST. fell upon the Secretary's mind. Bowling, it will be observed, was only represented by Appleby, and the more the manager The dream, thought of it, the less he slept; until one night he dreamed that W. M. Rose and lobs might be serviceable. He acted at once on the dream, and plucking the Rose from its blushing bride pinned him to the Twelve. C. K. Francis vas next "added to the list," very luckily — as a young lady after- wards remarked. All went merry as a muffin's man's bell until August 5. Dies nee ! Ye Gods — three days only before start- ing and two vacancies suddenly occurred. The Messrs. Walker were struck down by illness. The Secretary has not much hair to lose, but he squandered that little in handfuls. What was to be done ? Canter- bury was at its height ; there wasn't a day for weeks to come that hadn't its match ; there isn't a cricketer, now-a-days, that is not claimed by at least three clubs. Into Despair, lughwdys, iuto byeways, by dint of hansom cab, by wire and post, by everything that was sacred, in the name of everything un- mentionable, drove, telegraphed, wrote. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 18 prayed, and swore the Secretary. His prayers or maledictions were heard, Edgar Lubbock and F. Pickering turned up trumps, but the Secretary was not sure that Distrust, two more might not turn up at Londonderry after all. However fourteen were more to be desired than ten. Much eased in spirit, on August 7 the manager went down to Liver- pool. The try sting spot was the Washing- ton Hotel ; twelve noon, on August 8, the hour appointed. Right glad was he to see half-a-dozen cricket bags in the hall, and Delight, more to come, according to the porter. Could it be ? The Eleven were mustered. Farrands, the umpire, answered to his name, the expedition was a reality. The twelve apostles of cricket were committed to The Apos- . . . ties. their work ; a friendly company insisted on speeding their departure by a sumptuous lunch at the Adelphi, the entertainers being- Messrs. Antrobus, Thornewill, H. Gladstone, D. Cunningham, Phipps, Parr, and Wyatt. One toast only was proposed, " Success to Dry toast, the Expedition," followed by Speech No. 1 of the Captain. These were very numerous in the sequel, and very like each other, but sam- i:l 911 I;! i ' The tug. The How. I 14 WICKETS EST THE WEST. pies will be given anon. Half-an-hour after, the pilgrims stood on the landing stage, each with a large easy chair under his arm, and parcels various in either hand. A cheer from the crowd, and they were off on the tug, and now we come to the " How " we crossed the Atlantic- The s.s. Sarmatian, the last new vessel of Messrs. Allan's fleet, lay in midstream ; up her side soon clambered the passengers ; a whistle from the boatswain, and the tug loosed off, the last tie that bound us to Eng- land was severed. From 3.30 p.m. to 9.25 P.M., the good vessel lay moored head to stream. The interval was employed in not blessing the delay and in shaking down into berths. Stock was taken of the passengers ; ladies were in a minority ; but the steerage ^ afforded considerable amusement. The The Home BromptoH Homc had consigned upwards ^f ton. 100 children of both sexes to a new life in a distant clime. They were under the charge of Miss Burt, sister of Mrs. Macpherson, the Lady Superior of the Home. At sunset the children were mustered on deck, and after being put through the manual and platoon, Mjr'cff\*viMf1': pleasant run along the coast of Ireland, a delay of a few hours occurred in Lougli Foyle, to take in mails and passengers. Here the Captain shewed signs of nervousness ; some of his telegrams had directed their re- cipients to meet the s.s. Sarmatian here, and he narrowly scanned the new arrivals, but Turn of the ^^^ luck had tumcd and to his first disap- pointment there was not added an embarras- ment of riches. The Twelve, at midnight of the 9th were sensible of the Atlantic swell. As many accidents occurred in the course of the trip, some of which will be mentioned, and others will not, we will record the first. Animal spirits rise to the surface in smooth water ; they sink, the steward knows where, The Imp. in a swcll. Nothing would satisfy the Monkey, as the ship lay at anchor oif Greencastle, but to try his agility over as many chairs as could be collected on deck — from one chair, the obstacles increased to four and five. One fool makes many. We cannot say where the com- petition would have ended, had not "Alfred" landed on his little toe and partially dislo- cated it. The Captain then did interfere strongly, and for several days Alfred limped An acci- dent. 11 iiinriAnii ai^MaswatowMwii'*''"^- ' ^'^ ' ■ .-w - M in tim. « WICKETS IN THE WEST. 17 like a hound with a toe down. The first day in the Atlantic has a tendency to sober the wildest, and the Twelve scarcely met each other except spasmodically in the passages, Spasms. and at service on Sunday, which happened to ])e calm, until the 13th. By this time all little difference between the stomach and the ocean had been settled, and the party were equal to that melancholy pastime called " Shovelboard," varied by " ringing the peg." y^^^.^^' These are Atlantic institutions, and deserve recognition, as they tend to break the mono- tony of the voyage ; but a better estimate of ' that monotony cannot be afforded than by the fact of such games interesting or exciting anybody. Shovelboard consists of pushing some flat wooden discs from one given point to another, marked out in squares of different numerical value. Its melancholv character is sustained by the pusher losing all he has previously scored, if he lands his last disc, as he generally does, on the first square, when the cry of " 10 off" is howled by the -lo. adversaries. Many a night did this fiendish sound wake us from happy dreams of home. " Ringing the peg" is an innocent amuse- ]^^"°^°stiie 18 WICKETS IN THE WEST. ,- fi . ment, and has tlie charm of occupying the . body without distressing the mind. It con- sists of throwing rings of rope at an erect peg, you make the game what you like, and if you don't like, you let it slide. It is popular with the boys on board, but grave men sometimes stoop to it, in fact you must stoop to succeed Lesson to at it, SO it after all inculcates a moral lesson the prouil. , 1 Ti/r 1 1 to tlie proud. Meals play an nnportant part Meals. Qn the Atlantic. On the " Sarmatian," such as can, breakfast at 8*30 a.m., lunch at 12, dine at 4, tea at 7, and grog at 9 p.m. Star- vation has a bad time of it on board. Those that prefer a horizontal situation, can break- fast in their berths. Conspicuous amongst these until entering the straits of Belle Isle was the Honorable George. He had the mis- fortune to share a cabin with Alfred the Lame. Now Alfred never missed a meal, and George never enjoyed one. Alfred's spirits were invariably high, George's proportionally low. Hence the opinion formed by the two, as to • the pleasure or desirability of the expedition, differed in toto. To Alfred's cheery remark, Audi ai- as the good ship creaked and rolled, " She teram par- tit* r^ i • • * tem. takes a little playmg, George, this morning," .J i,.,,l!llHI«l!iLiJ!.!!MI aNMM ««MiM WICKETS IN THE WEST. 19 he >j or " She's a bit rough, and wants the roller," George was heard to mutter, " Shut up." Alfred was cruel at meals, and the Captain was obliged to interfere, on hearing him offer to his sick comrade *' Boiled mutton and uoiiednmt- capers, or stewed tripe this morning, George ?" ***°* Gilbert the Great was bowled out very early, and would have returned in an open boat from Mid Atlantic, if such craft were in the habit of plying there. We wonder they don't, as more than half that cross would gladly get back to land if they could. Still the voyage was a pleasant one. The ship was admirably officered and supplied. The steerage pas- sengers led to walks of discovery, and Appleby was seen in familiar conversation with a ^ oung lady, name and destination unknown, whose , ,. •^ ' ' _ A flirt. unprotected state led to offers of consolation on the part of our Bowler, which might have been accepted, had not other of the Twelve contested his right of " discovery.'' Whilst they were all fighting, Helen eloped with Homer, another Paris. Icebergs were sighted on the morning of August 15, and several objects very like whales, and pronounced to be such, were seen. Soon a small patch of seaweed _ c 2 I ^ ^ I 20 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Colon. < floated by, and the sea-sick passengers imbibed fresh life, like Columbus and his crew, as it betokened land. At last the welcome cry of " Land on the starboard bow," brought every- body up from luncheon. Far down on the Northern horizon lay a mysterious dark line, broadening by degrees as the good ship kept her course with undiminished speed. Before iJeiie Isle, dinner time, the Straits of Belle Isle could be made out, and the forbidding shores of Labrador, and not less uninviting Coast of Newfoundland stretched far away on either hand. The welcome lighthouse of Belle Isle was passed at 3 p.m. The long rolling swell of the Atlantic settled himself on the placid bosom of a duck-pond. Talking of ducks, a gentleman on board related the following marvellous tale. We only vouch for having heard it. According to our friend, a steamer passing through the Straits of Belle Isle was once obliged to " easy," and finally to stop, in consequence of the flocks of wild ducks that were floating ahead of it : they were gorged with herring-fry, and unable to fly. The humane captain, having consulted the sea- cook, and discovered that a sufficient supply Ducks. A tale. Captain Cook. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 21 5, a of fresh meat was still in the larder, forebore The Lanier, from the plunder, for " he said 'twas a barba- shenBtone. rous deed." He could not have proceeded without making an unwilling ** salmi." We have searched the records of the Humane Society, and, not finding any entry of a medal being bestowed for saving life under " Ducks and Drakes," the story must be taken, as we took it — we smiled. Our Captain, otherwise The Oap- ., . 1 J • i 1 1 • tain caps it. a Silent man, burst mto speech on hearmg this fowl tale, and said that he remembered ?, ship sailing through a tunnel of ice, a strand^^d iceberg having blocked the passage. You see what straits travellers are put to in Belle Isle, when such stories are rife. The tunnel admitted the ship, mast and spars and all (if you can swallow the ship, neither mast nor a swaiiow. spar will stick in your throat). The hero of the duck story, on hearing the Captain's tale, went below, and did not join in general con- versation for several days. He left th'^ table hurriedly another day when the steward, instigated by us, offered him " Duck, well stiaffing. stuffed. Sir?" Several icebergs were stranded on each coast, one of huge proportions resembling the I, if I II! n WICKETS IN THE WEST. statue of the Colossi in tlie plain of Thebes, another toppled over as we passed it witlun a fev.' hundred yards. We had, indeed, been fortunate, 2,000 miles of our course completed without a gale of wind. Whist now set in with violence, and the gaps at table were filled. The Honourable George was now proof to Alfred's jokes, and retaliated with his own — these we must suppress for the present, as we wish to cajole the public into following us further on our way. It might be induced to stop here, if we were not cautious. The therm. The tempcraturc of the water on entering the Gulf of St. Lawrence stood at 58°, that of the air at 56°. Time, midnight. The nights at this season of the year are resplen- dent ; the Northern Lights illuminate the sky, the lights, beyond the ken of man, that seem to hold mysterious communion with icy regions equally beyond his reach. As we progress across the Gulf, and sight the Island of Anticosti, we could readily imagine the feelings of the early discoverers of Canada. Oft on the evening breeze is wafted the incense of the pine forest, the shore is yet as untrodden WICKETS IN THE WEST. 2H by us as it was by them. Wo were safely out of the terrible deep, and tlie land now in sight presents the same appearance to us as it did of yore ; only the beacon-light, so wel- come to the wayfarer, betrays the presence of man ; the bear is still the undisturbed denizen of Anticosti. We perhaps are more to be envied than Jacques Oartier, for it took James Car- him three voyages thus far before he dis- covered the mouth of the Great River. We trust to our helmsman to hit it off precisely. We are bound, nevertheless, on a voyage of discovery — we are pilgrims and pioneers. But our path is that of Peace, and the ** weapons zingari we wield leave no scourges, no record of**°"^' anguish or pain." Here the parallel must end, as, with all our respect for James Carter and Co., we hope to leave a better impression on the white settler, than he and his lot did on the " red." Truly their game may be described in billiard parlance as " white " on Pooi. the red, and black (old N.) was the player. At 7 P.M. on August IG we were abreast of Cape Gaspey, and at breakfast time on August 17 we were fairly in the river. Such a river ! land only just visible on either side, wr^ 24 The St. LaM'rence. l! ii II I I I IVofr. Homo. I I al I WICKETS IN THE WEST. the outlet of half a continent. It was difficult to regard that expanse of water as a river, with our European types fresh to our eyes. We have seen the Danube rolling its turbid volume of water down to the Black Sea, and have traced the Nile from Alexandria to Wadee-Halfey ; each was grand in its turn to the traveller who judged of rivers by the Rhine or the Thames ; but this mighty stream is well adapted to prepare the mind for the New World, with its wealth of inland waters, illimitable forest, cities of mushroom growth, an atmosphere of expansion, the elbow-room of millions. One thing struck us, if anything mvisible can strike, the absence of living- thing upon the water — not a vessel, not a bird — scarcely a dozen vessels were met with on the passage. The wreck, indeed, of one was seen. The land on the southern shore soon gave evidence of civilization. The wooden houses of the French Canadians were scattered along the shore, and dotted on the hills. The northern shore was of iron aspect, iron to the core. At intervals a few trading huts were visible on this side, but the aspect of the interior might well father somebody's ■«i>fiiiiNiiHii«w">"' WICKETS IN THE WEST. 25 idea that this was the chosen spot for the penance of Pilate. Strictly speaking, we The Piute. have not that high opinion of early nautical experience as to regard this as an historical fact. But we are now off Father Point, a offFathei . Point. general consultation of diaries on the part of the Twelve took place, and letters were despatched by the pilot boat to meet the home- ward-bound steamer. The " Prussian," of which further anon, passed us a few h ours later. As evening gathered over the St. Lawrence, a thick fog enveloped the " Sarmatian " for the first time, the good ship ceased to throb — the suspension of motion, after nine days' "plough- ing," was like the stoppage of the heart's a shock, blood at some sudden shock. As we warily threaded our way in the dark, outlines of ves- sels lying at anchor betoken our approach to the haven where we v/ould be. Soon the order to "clear away for the guns" stirred the blood, and a loud report, twice repeated, and a rocket soaring into the Northern sky? told all that heard and all that saw that our voyage was ended. The fog cleared, the moon rose, and in silence, broken only, by the rippling of the strong current at the bows, 26 WICKETS IN THE WEST. il A point gained. Crown jewels. the good ship glided round Point Levi. There, on our right hand, majestically and solemnly rose Cape Diamond — the jewel purchased with British blood, one of the brightest in England's coronet of fame : Stadacona, Quebec. At 10.30 P.M., the " Sarmatian" warped to the landing-stage. The cabins disgorged their living and impatient freight. The Twelve jumped ashore, making night hideous with their outburst of joy at finding themselves once more on land. The passage had been the fastest run of this year, and, in fact, has not often been beaten. The ship's log gave the daily run as follows : — Aug. 9, 190 miles ; Aug. 10, 230 m. ; Aug. 11, 312 m. ; Aug. 12, 305 m. ; Aug. 13, 220 m. ; Aug. 14, 292 m. ; Aug. 15, 334 m.; Aug. 16, 320 m. ; Aug. 17, 139 m. ; total 2656 miles, in 9 days IJ hours. It was the second passage of the ss. "Sarmatian," and she gave general satisfaction. English time was found to be 5^ hours in advance of Que- bec, After a wild career, on shore for a few hours, in which an acquaintance was first The cock- formed with the cocktails of the country, the tail. ^ "^ ' Twelve retired to their berths, it being too The log, Time. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 27 13, late to cross the river. It was a night to be remembered. Moments well purchased by any discomfort — the safe arrival, the accom- plishment of a cherished wish — the sight of the New World. To these certainties before the mind, succeed the feelings of passing doubt as to the reception, and the success of the pilgrims. The Captain was the last to sleep, as he revolved in his mind the various chances of the game, but he fell asleep at Dreaming. last like his less thoughtful comrades, and Waking. dreamed that W. G. was not out, 1000, he couldn't tell where, but he awoke refreshed. J i • CHAPTER III. Quebec— Dinner at Citadel — Falls of Montmorenci— A Night in the Bush— The Rod —The Gun— The Luncheon at the Club— Practice on the Ramparts— The Stadacona Club — Racquets— First Victory — The Pullman Car— Parker and the Grand Drunk — The Night Journey. The Twelve were met by Mr.Pattesonand several influential members of the Toronto Club early in the morning of August 18. These gentlemen had kindly travelled a great distance in order to welcome, the visi- tors, and to attend to their wants upon land- ing at Quebec. All the good people were on their way to church and chapel as the Twelve toiled up the precipices, called streets, in Quebec, in search of a hotel. The St. Louis was full, and the Stadacona, if not full, was plethoric to a degree with vo3^agers and politicians. The elections were just over. • The proprietor •»-?>~l=S4fe222SBHI 'HM WICKETS IN THE WEST. 29 thought lie might accommodate the party, if it was not particular. Now it happened to be particularly particular. It had flattered itself with the near prospect of a bath, and the comfort of a bedroom to itself. The chances of either appeared remote. The advent of several kind friends removed the difficulty. The Club took charge of some, Mr. Dobell captured the Captain, and finally shelter of some kind was found for the rest. Twenty-four hours on shore put a new face ' and new legs on everybody. Alfred ceased to limp. George was brimming over with humour. The first appearance of Quebec is breath-taking, its streets are sides of mountains not made easy, and there is a venerable air of decay about the public build- ings. Ladders are seen on every roof, and the first impression is that there has been a general hue and cry after a burglar on the ^^"*^ ^"^ house-tops, as he might traverse whole streets by the facilities of transit they offered. These ladders are an old institution by law to afford means of escape from fire. The Fir© es- great trade is " lumber." Our idea of *' lum- Lumber, ber " was anything of no use to anybody 1 if 30 A slip. WICKETS IN THE WEST. which can be stowed away out of sight and out of mind. Hide and seek in the " lumber- room" is one of our earliest souvenirs. We were amazed to find that "lumber" constitutes a vast trade, and hails from remote forests, that the polished floors on which we have urged our wild career in casino and concert- room at home, were once " lumber." That the tree now standing 2000 miles away heed- less of the coming axe, in the far forests of the West, is living " lumber." That when felled, and transported by the swollen streams of spring, through an unbroken chain of inland oceans, by canal, and in raft, it rests at length after two years " in transitu " in the coves of Quebec. It is then christened *' lumber." In the bay of Sillery, Mr. Dobell showed the Twelve his private collection of "lumber." The enormous logs lie in the water for several hundred yards. Here we nearly lost our bowler. Appleby slipped off a log into deep water. He luckily recovered his grasp of the treacherous tree, but he had seen quite enough of "lumber," and so said all of us. Sillery is an interesting locahty, as before « 1 ""•**23i 4. ■■lamm WICKETS IN THE WEST. ai j> lite lumber was thought of, an early Jesuit mission founded a chapel here, and was scalped to a man by the Hurons. In the immediate neighbourhood, Wolfe and his gallant band scaled the heights of Abraham. Not far from the St. Louis Road* in a slight ^°^^®- hollow is the humble monument that marks the spot where the hero fell. The Governor-General hospitably enter- tained the Twelve on the evening of the 19 th at the Citadel. In the earlier part of the day an excursion The Fails. was made to the Falls of Montmorenci — the crops had been carried, and the heavy rains of late, succeeded now by tropical heat, put an emerald sheet on the country. The Falls were in good force, the day enchanting, and whilst the more sentimental of the party gave themselves up to the attractions of the scenery, Gilbert and another would-be Izaak izaak Wai- Walton worried the wily trout with a worm. They captured a dozen, varying from an inch to five inches in length. The worm looked much more likely to swallow the fish, than the fish to swallow the worm. At midnight of the 19th, on returning from 32 WICKETS IN THE WEST. ( / 1^^ 11 ii I A calash. The start, the Citadel, the Captain, W. G., Ottoway, and Pickering chartered a " calash " and tandem, and started on an excursion into the Bush. They were not very clear as to their destination, and their driver, a French Ka- nuck, whos^ lingo was scarcely recognizable as an European tongue, appeared to know still less. He was, however, very cheerful if unintelligible. The road for the first few miles was a fair specimen of a country lane. The bu8h. ]3ut on entering the " Bush " it was a mere " track." For three mortal hours the At- lantic was a millpond compared with it. By throwing all the weight on one side the vehicle at times esc^-ped destruction, at others the hind-seat seemed to plunge into the bowels of the earth, and the box-seat to mount to the stars. Once the elastic Jehu came to a sudden stop, swore a rich curse and declared it impossible to proceed ; hu- mouring him with a dash of rye-whisky and a cigar, he proceeded — no, that is too mild a term — the gig of gossamer never pro- ceeded — it swung to this side, it reeled to that, it dived here and mounted there — by the light of the stars, by the line ' » W l M ! »W ' gM" ! "»\" wn^w. WICKETS IN THE WEST. given by the tall pines on each side, the track could be maintained. The occupants were soon as disjointed as their rods. A slight descent encouraged the driver to quicken — "e/i avant, capitaine'\smsLckmg his whip and cheering the leader he rattled us , along, holding on grimly, and trying to think it " sport indeed." A crash, a sudden full Jo^'^i ^^n' ■*■ Lennox. stop — comment! and a curse from Jehu meant a smash, or there never was one. It might have been serious. As it was the Ojibbeway narrowly missed scalping — a pine The Red had fallen across the track, and a projecting bough, not allowed for or noticed by Jehu, struck the top corner of the trap — arrested its progress, and, as was observed above, was within a hair of robbing the Twelve of their wicket-keeper. After a succession of little lilts of a like nature, at 3 a.m. Jehu pulled up at a hut ; he knocked at a window, a head emerged and answered to the name of " Dawson ;" on hearing our errand, the head Dawson, withdrew, and a hand opened the door ; a ^ light wa^ soon procured, and the acquain- tance formed with one of the honestest and best creatures that ever followed the " gentle m i i ( n The rod. The,;un. WICKETS IN THE WEST. sport." Dawson is of Irish extraction, but most of the Irish has been extracted by a long residence in the bush. He has a small clearing which keeps him and a wife — the latter, a pretty young woman from the village of Laval. His hut was built by himself, one room is devoted to the fishing interest, and fairly furnished and clean to a fault. Dawson is the Izaak Walton of the district, and by his intelligence and good-breeding, (his educa- tion has been of his own making, and his school the forest in which he was born) has won the esteem of all who visit the upper waters of the Montmorenci. Breakfast soon despatched, rods put to- gether, W. G. and the Captain followed Daw- son to the brink of the river. The Ojibbeway and youthful Pickering had designs upon the partridge, or any bird that came within range of their one gun. Sport commenced in the cool and fragrant hour of morning on one of the most picturesque streams ever whipped Bites, fish, by rod. The trout were not large, but wil- ling victims ; as the sun rose above the tall pines, the sandfly and gnat welcomed the fishermen to their favourite haunts. The gnat WICKETS IN THE WEST. 1 ■■.'1(1 ■j9 ruin. stream was rapid and deep ; at times it was necessary to seek a " portage " and force a passage through the tangled forest. W. G. detected the print of a bear, and the spirits Bn of the gunners rose, as they had as yet seen or heard nothing in the shape of fur or feather. The soHtude of the bush is indes- cribable. The strange noises proceed more from inanimate nature than living beings. An aged tree falls, or a bough cracks, a cas- cade breaks into distant echoes, but no joyous carol of bird is heard, no hurried flight of wild fowl or pigeon. But to the new- comer every tree is strange, every leaf is new. The eye is busy if the ear is idle. Dawson is a botanist, and took delight in botany, pointing out the various items that form the wealth of a Canadian forest. The white oak, the black oak, the pine of many kinds, the button tree, the butternut tree ; ferns were scarce, though moisture was plentiful; his quick eye detected the small white berries clustering on a plant, that would have escaped the observation even of Linneeus, — the Linnsexis. bush tea plant ; the berries have a sHght aro- matic flavour, but the supply is too scanty 1)2 I ) i i I M 96 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Ik>hca in the I>ii8li, for the lover of Bohea, and it would take a cartload to make a cup. Before noon the fishermen had filled their creels, 130 fine trout were scored. Meanwhile, the sportsmen with their one gun had wandered away to a clearing in quest of partridge. Their sport was interrupted by an aged female ; they had innocently imagined themselves in No- (iiinieLiws. uian's-laud, where game laws and rights of property were fabrics of an Eastern dream. Their innocence was rudely shocked by a A luig. half-clad lady of unprepossessing exterior and foreign but vigorous tongue. She threatened the youthful Pickering with a big stick, who wisely fled, his retreat in good order being The ojibb. niaintained by the Ojibbeway, the lucky hol- der, for the moment, of the gun. Their thirst f" jrt was not quenched by the hag, as on return of the fishermen, they pointed in triumph to a small bird of the cockey olley genus, which one had marked, and the other shot sitting on a rock. It was with evident sorrow that the Captain noted their little spoil. It was the only bird that had crossed their path, and it was sad to reflect that the next comers to this enchanting spot would aouid'i Birds. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 37 never see his like again. It was time to make tracks for Quebec. The sun was high in the lieavens — tlie heat intense. Imagine the distress of the travellers on liearing from i^aJ new«. Jehu, that " leCapitaine *' had lost a shoe, and there was no anvil nearer than Quebec. It was a bad job for "le Capitaine," and very dis- tressing to Jehu, but to return was impera- tive ; so bidding adieu to the faithful Dawson with great regret, and to the banks of the beau- tiful Montmorenci, the homoward jolting was commenced. If the track appeared bad at night, when darkness robbed it in a great measure of its horrors, it was death and destruc- tion to man and spring by day. Let us dis- miss it. We did get out of the Bush alive, but with not much skin where skin is much prized. Jehu's addresses to "le Capitaine" were very affecting, and probably a more soiry lot never entered Quebec since its capture in 1759. Loud reports were heard on approaching An en- the Stadacona Club, and an engagement was ^^^®'"^" * evident; a straggler reported that the first shots were exchanged at 2 p.m. ; it was now 5 P.M. Hastily rushing to the scene of action, < ii 38 WICKETS IN THE WEST. The action. ^^^ General soon came upon the d(^brls of the contending parties. " Bones " of con- tention were visible on every side ; " dead r.uiietin. men " lay in heaps in every corner ; but one compact mass had held its own, and that was a British Round of Beef. A flank attack upon this was the work of a moment, and the places of the dead were rapidly filled by the stout waiter. Pop ! pop ! The firing recommenced, and it was not till 6 p.m. that the inside cried " enough ! " The members of the Stadacona Club had most hospitably entertained the Eight, and in the absence of the Captain and his three companions, a Welcome, hearty welcome had been extended to the English Cricketers. The ramparts were handy, bat and ball were procured, a wicket Piactice. was pitched, and swiping of a mammoth character ensued. Accidents of course were Hadow the ^if^- Hadow, whose misfortunes dated from unlucky. |Q_(j^y^ py|^ ^ fingcr out, trying to catch a " hot'un " of W. G. The fun was fast and furious. Stadacona gazed aghast. Alas ! iiegiets. even thus early mingled regrets with joy; grass grew rank in the Citadel square, no flag fluttered in the evening breeze, no sentinel ^^MMMMMMM -~mmsm sssssr WICKETS IN THE WEST. 39 ^bris of of con- " dead but one d that attack at, and ' filled 3 firing" ki. that smbers )itably nee of ms, a the were acket moth were from atch and lias! py; flag linel marked time with measured treid on the ramparts. The life and soul of a fortress, won by British pluck, to be lost only by British indifference, has fled. The Citadel is TheCUadei. the worthy home of a governor-general, with every claim upon his countrymen's respect and estimation, but the gallant defenders of the country he represents no longer add an attraction to his court, or aid by their pre- sence in keeping fresh the memory of deeds that added this great colony to the British erapire. The first laurel plucked on Canadian soil ' '^^'i"®^- was of intra-mural growth ; it was won within the walls of a racquet-court. Hadow and ^^^^ ^^°- Harris met and conquered the Stadacona champions. The Captain and Rose left cards at the Citadel, on behalf of the Twelve, upon the Governor-General and Lady Duflerin. Before quitting the precincts of this interest- ing spot, it may not be beside our task to • mention a little improvement lately effected by His Excellency's orders: his drawing- • room, late the ante-room of H.M. Regts. 1^ — 100, looks upon the St. Lawrence. By at taching a balcony to the windows, access has The Bal- cony. m 40 \ WICKETS IN THE WEST. I I I \ reverie, been obtained to the ramparts. To look) down at night upon the mighty stream, reflecting the numberless Hghts of heaven as well as those that can be counted of vessels lying at anchor, would reward a daring climber, could the cliff be scaled. To step out from a drawing-room upon such a pros- pect on a summer's evening is to plunge into Dreamland. You may sip your coffee, you may puff your cigar, but mingled with the fragrance of bol i comes the indefinable odour of Jesuit MS., the savour that clings to Cape Diamond, the one historical spot of Canada. Cape Diamond stands the advanced sen- tinel of the highway of the West. The waters, curbed in their headlong career, rush in a narrowed channel round its base. They roll on for 700 miles to the Atlantic ; they bring with them souvenirs of Niagara, of lakes, and forests, and streams, scarcely yet acquainted with man. Beneath us halted the first settlers in Canada; they started hence on their perilous journeys westwards, hither they returned as to their only strong- hold ; the bulwark of French fortunes, for many a season, with its loss passed away Cape Dia mond. Histoi'v. M WICKETS IN THE WEST. 41 the sovereignty which gave to the West the chivalrous Champlain, and La Salle, the u saiie. adventurous hero of the Mississippi. We must be pardoned for lingering so long on the threshold, but here, and here only, are we chained to the past. As we advance to the West, commerce will be found to out- strip history ; and in the busy streets of Montreal, Httle will be seen that tells of the varying fortunes of Hochelaga, nor up Hocheiaga, Ottawa's stream, or in gay Toronto, shall we feel, as we do here, that a gallant race preceded ours, and that we are but accom- plishing what others began. At 8 P.M. on the 20th, the Twelve found The other themselves on the other side of the St. Law- jonian. rence, prepared for a night journey to Mon- treal. They were not prepared for such comfort as was in store for them. Colonel Cumberland (whose praises will be sung hereafter) had placed his private car and " Parker " at their disposal — a pleasanter way of passing a night on a railroad cannot be imagined. You may well ask. Who's who's Parker ? rarker ? Parker "is to a private car on the Grand Drunk what the best appointed I i ii 1 i ^■4 42 The car. Poor Haddock, Losses. WICKETS IN THE WEST. bar would be without a pretty girl to take your orders. We don't wish to imply that Parker is a Ganymede ; but handsome is as handsome does, and, by that course of logic, Parker is an Adonis. The car itself is a study of comfort — easy chairs, sofas, tables ; a room to sleep, a room to eat ; there is a bar to drink — Parker keeps the bar ; the bar keeps Parker per-' petually on the move. There isn't a sly drink that Paj'ker can't concoct ; he can make a soft bed out of bare boards ; he is butler, housekeeper, and housemaid com- bined. Before the train started, the Twelve were reduced to eleven effectives. Hadow and bag met with an accident, serious to the one, fatal to the other. Whether it was the Stadacona luncheon, the stars, or the steps, never transpired ; what he did, he could not explain ; what he did not, was uniortunately clear — he did not land on the step of the carriage ; when he stepped off the platform, he plunged into space ; his nose and knee checked his course to the Atlantic, but his bag, containing, amongst other articles of WICKETS IN THE "WEST. 43 less value, his Diary and Thoughts on Sea- Bag. sickness, fell into the St. Lawrence. It was past recovery. Hadow the Unfortunate lost what was valuable to himself and " beyond rubies " to his companions, his bag anu his temper. He certainly had cause to be angry Temper. — with himself; a very few inches — a little less nose perhaps — and he would have followed his bag, and the exped's on would have ended before it b( gan. Parker did his best to console the sufferer ; and the party, by means of potted whitebait, champagne, and other sedatives, recovered its elasticity. The Grand Drunk is well known to The Grand Trunk. English speculators. If its shares have not risen, it is not for want of spring in the rolling stock, or from any disinclination of the sleepers to give an "upward tendency" to the whole concern. We don't believe in " sleepers " on the Grand Drunk, whether sleepers. in a car or under it. Parker never sleeps on the Grand Drunk — he is never so lively as when on that track. Good days, neverthe- less, are in store for the Grand Drunk ; there is every prospect of a dividend shortly ; there has not been a serious accident for s ( B u WICKfiTS IN THE WEST. M K: l< The Tubu- lar. Montreal. several months. The line itself, a single one, impresses the new comer with disap- pointment because of its singularity. The Grand Drunk gives one an idea of seeing double, and we travelled many miles on it ere we reahzed its single blessedness. It lias cost a deal of money according to hear- say, but we are prepared to swear that there lias been no extravagant outlay on bridges or boundary fences. The road is not luxuri- ously smooth, nor are the public cars pat- terns of profligate expenditure. We have been asked so many questions and so often about our experiences of the Grand Drunk, that we have been thus explicit. In con- clusion, we will add that the Twelve were never more happy than when they were on the Grand Drunk. The Victoria Bridge at Montreal is crossed in seven minutes. It is a triumph of en- gineering, and worthy of its great office, as the connecting link between two great countries. The Twelve arrived at Montreal at 7 a.m. on the morning of August 21. The cricket campaign will now commence, and from ' I! WICKETS IN THE WEST. 45 L.M. ket om general we descend to personal observations. All that have accompanied us thus far are here requested to '' take a drink." They have had some dry reading to digest, and there is a terrible desert before them ; a vista of " stumps " cannot be cheerful even a vista. to a Canadian, though his eye may detec^ a luxurious growth springing up between, them. The wickets are open, the ball is rolling, you have paid your money. Gentle readers, you may follow our game as long as you like ; we may at least hope to attain one object, we may send you to sleep. • I I on CHAPTER IV. :RIontreal— First Match— The Ground— The Banquet-W. G.'s First Speech — Appleby " for the Navy" — General Debility of the Twelve — Long and Short Drinks — The Mountain — Hochelaga — Lager Beer — Hotels — Gas— Caution — Eapids of La Chine — Cricket Reporters — Personal. Aug. 21. The Twelve explored the town. Business and religion are the external cha- racteristics of Montreal. The streets are full of life, Scotch life especially, as the names import. Churches are innumerable. Every shade of doctrine has its steeple. They ought to be very good people in Montreal ; they, at all events, do their best to impress a stranger with that belief. All the churches are well built, and the fine old English type of architecture, known as Churchwarden, is not known here. The merchants' houses are ^=j WICKETS IN THE WEST. 47 hey sal ; :ess Hies rpe is are The goodly to the eye and well furnished. Every- thing and everybody looks solid and substan- tial. The heat was intense. The thermometer marked 92° in the shade. The cricket- giound. ground was interviewed in the course of the afternoon. It is situated in Catherine Street. A new church, lately consecrated as St. Cricket' s-in-the-Fields, appeared in dangerous contiguity to Long Leg at one end. Behind, at a distance of half a mile, towers the Mountain. The ground will not require a The moun- . , tain. poet to describe — a civil engineer can alone do it justice ; he would call it three-cornered, but it would puzzle him to pitch a wicket square to any side, or, in fact, to find a good place for a wicket anywhere. Rubbish has Rui-bish evidently, in times not pre-historic, been shot here. Villas may owe their erection to the stone extracted from its quarries ; roads, doubtless, have derived their substratum, and could do so still, from its surface. We must not be hypercritical — we belie v^e we have been ; let us rather praise the spirit that can reconcile cricket to such natural disadvantages. Practice was soon started. The chapter of accidents received a fresh t i i I mm ;' f !1 ' I avii 48 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Cricket. A dill, Skull of St. paragraph. This time Francis suffered, re- ceiving a blow on the head which laid him prostrate ; his head, luckily, was harder than the ball, so the consequences were not serious. The Captain thought it advisable to sound a retreat before any body was killed. A wicket for the morrow was with some diffi- culty selected. Aug. 22. Heavy thunderstorms rolled over Montreal from daybreak to noon. The air was oppressive, the rain descended in the biggest buckets. Cricket was critical. At 1 it partially cleared, and a start was effected. The fashion of Montreal at this season is dipping in the St. Lawrence at Cacoona, consequently very few spectators appeared on the ground ; twelve carriages only could be counted : — a very thin line indeed, and that only at one end of the ground, impressed the Englishmen mournfully; and if it had not been for the Twenty-two, who in variety of costume and colour dotted the ground, the scene would have been the reverse of gay. The Captain won the toss, and at once sent W. G. and Otto way to the wickets. Our intention is to adhere, as far as possible, to .'..*■.. A«iiito(i«*i' IS of the ;ent ur to WICKETS IN THE WEST. 49 tlie local reports. They will be found to be more original than anything we can invent, and present to the general reader an idea of cricket, which, until we perused them, had never occurred to us. Here begins the first quotation. Mr. Grace " is a large-framed, To quote. loose-jointed man, and you would say that w. q. his gait was a trifle awkward and shambling, but when he goes into the field you see that he is quick-sighted, sure-handed, and light- footed as the rest. He always goes in first, and to see him tap the ball gently to the off for one, draw it to the on for two, pound it to the limits for four, drive it beyond the most distant long leg for six, looks as easy as rolling off a log." W. G.'s innings was marked with luck, but there were some splendid hits in it. Ottoway's defence was superb. The bowling was remarkably good, especially that of Hardinge and M'Clean. Runs were obtained with comparative free- dom, as at 5 P.M. 100 runs were telegraphed, and no wicket down. Otto way retired for a most patient 24, and when Gilbert had attained to fourscore his end was near. Nobody would have guessed that a stout In- *' < 1 I! I 50 WICKETS IN THE WEST. jamin. The Le- viathan. Ape. Joke gentleman with a pipe in his mouth, and Little Ben- of the name of Benjamin, would have put the coup de grdce to the Leviathan. He did. W. G. cut a very hot one into the abdominal regions of Mr. B. ; it stuck there, and the lucky Benjamin bounded intp the air, and was carried in triumph by his com- rades round the wickets. The Monkey ex- hibited his remarkable powers of hitting, but fortune favoured him, as he might have been landed several times. Alfred played with judgment but not for Lang^ that gentleman bowling liim out for 7. Three wickets were down at close of day's play for 130 runs. It must not be supposed that the Twelve were allowed to subside into private Hfe on leaving the cricket ground^^; their real work commenced with the last ball bowled. Cards were found on the table when they returned to their hotel, with the inscription, BANQUET TO THB GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND, AUG. Uy 1872. The ban- I* ^as sumptuously carried out. After "i"^®*- dinner, the President indulged in a speech, Cards. ' f ir WICKETS IN THE WEST. 61 the political bias of which provoked hostile demonstrations; and at one time the Cap- tain, who sat next him, was in expectation of an apple or other missile intended for the worthy President. However, a calmer tone soon prevailed, and the toast of the evening, "The English Cricketers," met with the The toast heartiest reception. The Captain delivered evening. Speech No. 2. It was a comprehensive speech ; it dealt with the past ; it played with the present ; it prophesied pleasantly of the future ; it complimented everybody ; it did not forget himself; it left out, as most speeches impromptu do, all the good points it had carefully prepared ; it gave utterance to other good things it would never have . thought of but for the champagne and com- pany around. It had one great merit ; it soon came to an end. Great confusion prevailed in the company as to the particular people who should reply to the toasts. Canada is evidently a country of orators. Everybody speaks at a public meeting, not unfrequently everybody at once. Appleby was called on Appleby to reply for the "Navy," we never disco- jJavy!^ vered why, unless the slight connection be- £ 2 I I t mmam mmm n\ H I K> ( W. G.'s speech. Demos- thenes. Ulysses. WICKETS IN THE WEST. tween bowline and bowling secured him tlie honour. He unaffectedly alluded to his ser- vices on the sea, better known to others than to himself, and after gracefully quoting several of Dibdin's odes sat down amidst general applause. The speech of the evening was W. G.'s. It had been looked forward to with impatience, not to say a tinge of envy, by the Eleven. He rephed to the toast of the " Champion Batsman of Cricket- dom." He said, " Gentlemen, I beg to thank you for the honour you have done me ; I never saw better bowling than I have seen to-day, and I hope to see as good wherever I go." The speech took longer to deliver than you might imagine from its brevity, but it was greeted with applause from all who were in a proper position to hear it. About this time the audience was becoming a little impatient of speech. A worthy gentleman attempted to propose " The President of the United States "—an excellent toast ; that would have been well received had the proposer been sufficiently sober to do justice to the theme. He was crushed, but only to break out in the bar of I I f WTCKETS IN THE WEST. &d the hotel a few hours later. The evening was cheerful, and the honour paid to the Twelve was highly esteemed by them. Aug. 23. The match proceeded, but there were absentees on the English side. The Cap- tain was down by the head, a general shaki- ness distinguished the lot. Hadow was still a sufferer. The Monkey and Francisco put a lively face on the Bill of Health. The nimble one made 39 — 181 for 4 wickets. Fran- cisco scored 11 ; Harris "was clean bowled by Green, leg-stump, the ball went outside the player's leg, but with such a twist as to take the inside stump " — George's ac- count varied from this — 193 for 6 wickets, " with every probability that the Canadian team would prevent their opponents securing 300 runs in the first innings, regarding which there was some specalation." Appleby played in grand form, Edgar, meanwhile, was not idle, till " Maclean delivered a ball directly, evidently at the outside stump." This terrible ball Appieby placed in the hands, of cover-point. Pickering, to quote again, " although a little under the weather, de- veloped powers of hard hitting which may Cricket. Greovc":'. To quot?. i wm wmm 54 WICKETS m THE WEST. Inciinent paralysis. some time rival Thornton's " played a slash- ing innings, and Rose *' carried his bat out with an air of consequence, which never de- serted him under any circumstances." The Ten between them amassed 255. The Twenty-two did not make a distin- guished debut with the bat. We have every desire to do justice to each individual, and would stretch a point, if it was only to fill these pages, in favour of the foe. But honesty compels us to admit that the exhibi- tion was feeble. Rosa paralysed them, the batsman at the wicket was no longer the stout lad we had seen swiping at practice. Gilbert crippled their hitting by his activity at point. Otto way chained them to the crease by the dexterity of his fingers. It was well To »iiiote. said by a local, " that the batsmen apparently could do nothing to advantage. If they hit a half-volley, they were caught in the long- field; if they left their ground, they were stumped ; if they stopped at home and blocked, they were bowled." It certainly did look like it, yet the same panic-stricken strikers could hit a long-hop or half- volley at any other wicket, at any jther time. A bowl- V HI ^TiLjtV V ^ 00 WICKETS IN THE WEST. ing analysis as a rule is an uncertain guide* but it may be quoted here as collateral if not convincing proof of individual merit. E-ose bowled 27 overs for 29 runs and 15 wickets. * Appleby bowled 27 overs for 16 runs and 6 Avickets. The sun was not allowed to set on one completed innings. Before the stumps were drawn. The Twenty-two had lost four wickets for 15 runs of their second innings. The members of the St. James's Club invited the Twelve to dinner on Friday evening, Dinner at August 23. The ten convalescents accepted, ciub. and a better dinner could not have been given by any London Club. Each guest was provided with a menu on white silk, his name being printed on one side and the names of those members of the club, who were the hosts on the occasion, upon the other. On Saturday morning, August 24, the game cricket. was continued. Francisco was permitted to bowl vice Appleby. He was more remark- able for pace than direction, but he succeeded in dismissing three victims, 15 again falling to the insidious Rosa. The second total was First notch. 67. An easy victory in one innings and 140 runs was thus secured. ill ^i " ) 56 WICKETS IN THE WEST. If you wish for further information, please consult the score. ENGLAND v. MONTREAL. ENGLAND. W. G. Grace, c Benjamin, b Laing 81 C. J. Ottoway, b Hardman... 24 A. N. Hornby, leg b w, bGreen 39 A. Lubbock, b Laing 7 Hon. G. Harris, b Green ... 4 A. Appleby, c Hardman, b M'Lean 9 W. M. Rose, not out 15 F. P. U. Pickering, c Mills, b Laing 19 R. A. Fitzgerald, unwell ... B12, l-b8, wbS 28 C. K. Francis, c M'Kenzie, b M'Lean 11 E. Lubbock, c Jones, b M'Lean 18 MONTREAL. 1st inn. F. Tetu, bRose A. Murray, bRose W. Mills, b Appleby 1 W. Smith, bRose W. Holland, b Rose Capt. Henley, c Harris, b Rose... 12 C. M'Lean, b Rose 4 J. Hardman, c E. Lubbock, bRose 4 A. Laing, c Hornby, b Rose 4 R. C. Bucknall, st Ottoway, b Rose 5 H. Green, b Appleby 3 S. Hardiuge, st Ottoway, b Rose W. J. M. Jones, st Ottoway, b Rose 1 G. Campbell, st Ottoway, b Rose 8 F. Fourdinier, c and b Appleby... 1 J. Liddell, c Grace, b Rose W. M'Kenzie, c and b Appleby... 4 W. Matthews, c and b Appleby... R. Harper, c Hornby, b Rose 2 L. N. Benjamin, not out 1 F. Colston, b Ai^pleby J. Laing, c Francis, b Rose B2, wb 1 3 Total —48 Total s.n.n 2nd inn. b Rose 2 b Rose b Rose st Ottoway, b Rose. . . b Rose c and b Francis b Rose 12 9 b Rose 1 c Harris, b Rose . . . run out b Rose 2 2 st Ottoway, b Rose. . . st Ottoway, b Rose. . . st Ottoway, b Rose. . . st Ottoway, bRose... b Rose 2 7 b Rose c Grace, b Rose run out 7 4 c Ottoway, b Rose... not out 2 1 b Francis 1 B5, l-b7 Total 12 -67 lV WICKETS IN THE WEST. . ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING. ENGLAND— First Innings. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Wides. M'Lean .... .. 54 .. .... 19 .. ... 60 ... ... 3 .. .... Hardinge... .. 17 . ... 5 .. .... 25 .. ... .. .... Laing .. 37 .. .... 10 .. ... 44 ... ... 3 .. .... Mills .. 5 .. .... 3 .. 8 ... ... .. .... Green .. 35 . .... 14 .. ... 40 ... ... 2 .. .... Hardman . .. 21 .. .... 5 .. ... 38 ... ... 1 .. .... MONTREAL— First Innings. Rose .. 27 .. .... 9 .. ... 36 ... ... 16 .. .... Francis .... .. 51 .. .... 13 .. • •• X4 ••• ... 2 .. .... Appleby . . . . .. 5 .. .... 3 .. ••• D ■ . . ... .. .... 57 The bowling of the Canadians in this match was far superior to either their batting or fielding. The Ten would not have been vanquished, even if every chance had been accepted, but a better face might certainly have been put on the match, had some of the palms been sticky to which catches fell. Tiie gum Messrs. Notman, of Montreal, executed a group of the Twelve, which, for individual likeness and grouping, was much admired. Their kindness in presenting each member of piio^os. the Twelve with a dozen of self-perpetuators must not pass unnoticed. The hospitality of the Canadians was not the only pleasant feature of this first match ; The private "Mentions to the sick, as exemplified by Mr. asylum. € ■ij lir III M 58 Murder. Drinks. Dangera. WICKETS IN THE WEST. Kay, the president of the Club, and other offers on the part of several distinguished citizens, impressed the Twelve, that though in a foreign country they were not amongst strangers of alien blood, but with distant con- nections of the mother country. As sooner or later murder must come out, it may as well be related here that an ac- quaintance was formed with long and short drinks. The Twelve were on good terms with most, but perhaps " Dan Collins " was the most favoured ; his simplicity is very winning, which cannot be said of some others who took advantage of the boys at unguarded moments. We append a list, in which all who run may read the dangers that beset the dry in a thirsty land. Brandy Smashes. Corpse Revivers. Bosom Caressers. Eye Openers. Dan Collins. Joe Smudges. Ladies' Fingers. Ladies' Smiles. Sudden Death. Rattle Snakes. Mint Juleps. Stone Fence. ' •< Earthquakes. Tom and Jerry. Whiskey Straight. R .1 WICKETS IN THE WEST. 50 These are known by the familiar name of Cocktaiis. Cocktail, and their special recommendation lies in the fact, that they do you just as much good at daybreak as at any hour up to and after sunset. They are peculiar to the coun- try ; but strange to relate, the stra ger in- sensibly merges into the native under their influence, and it would puzzle the most dis- criminating to say who looked the worst after a long acquaintance with any of the above, the native born Kanuck or the confiding stranger. It is a winning card "take aThetmmp. drink," but it is played too often, although the thirsty climate must bear its share of blame. Another feature of the country strikes a foreigner favourably. There is no imperial pint or thimbleful ; the bottle is given to you and you help yourself, so that ten cents, may represent a tumbler or liqueur glass. Strangers like this at first immensely. A compound called " Rye " possesses the con- Rye. fidence of the public. It enters largely into every cocktail, and is at the bottom of every piece of mischief that is brewed in the coun- try. The wines, as a rule, are not choice ; champagne of European or American manu- ii 60 WICKETS IN THE WEST. hi tain facture can always be had for the paying. It is expensive, but as you are bound to be- lieve that it has crossed the Atlantic, you Hocheiaga. drink it, without further remark. Hochelaga is Indian for Montreal. Pickering the youth- ful, believed he had found out why Laga Laga beer, bccr was SO popular hcrc. He said it was an Indian beverage peculiar to the place from which it derived its name. Montreal is proud of its Mountain. It The moun- Hiay wcll be SO. It was the Mountain that made it Mont-real. The view from the sum- mit is most extensive. 337 years ago, James Car- Jacqucs Cartier surveyed the same splendid prospect. It is quite refreshing to stand so close to the earliest records of a great country. ArtofLove, No gods and goddesses, no river nymphs to shock the eye, no hoary mist of antiquity, no lies between us and James Carter, the hero of a mere three centuries past. He is said to have found 50 Indian huts here and a village called Hocheiaga. Like Moses, he saw the Promised Land of his dreams from this mountain. The prospect is enough to pro- voke a saint's ambition. Vandals have encroached on the mountain's side, and villas ter. Ovid Moses. ri i WICKETS IN THE 'WEST. 61 threaten to destroy its primaeval charms. The Muncipahty has lately checked the brick- layer, and there is reason to hope that ere long the mountain will be secm'ed to future generations as a public park. The 50 huts of James Carter had disappeared in 1603, when the gallant Champlain did, what we did, champiaiu. ascended the mountain. Montreal's history since those days has been chequered. In 1642 it was consecrated as "Ville Marie." The red Indian haunted its outskirts, and scalped many a Frenchman, for many a day. The priest settled iipon it ; he gave to the savage Christian instruction in return for fur. The savage imbibed more whisky than reli- gion, and often took " hair " in exchange for fur. In course of time the settlement was sur- rounded by a wall. It sustained a siege. It retains little trace to-day of the eventful struggle of 1759. Its trade has developed marvellously of late years, and the town owes much to the enterprise of the great firm, of which Sir Hugh Allan is the well-known head. Aiian Bro- There are several good hotels in Montreal, ^^' the largest being the St. Laurence Hall. A !|i; '»' i! \ M- 62 WICKBTS IN THE WEST. Gas. Ring the bell. friend staying in this hotel was disagreeably A surprise. Surprised one evening upon opening a drawer The baby, in his rooHi to find a baby well wrapped up. No trace of its parentage was discovered, and the position of our friend might have been perplexing, if the baby In question had lived to father itself upon him. It was dead. The proprietor shrugged his shoulders, and the matter dropped. Englishmen are very apt to blow out the gas in their bedrooms ; this is a pernicious habit. It is as well not to ring a bell in a Canadian hotel ; it will save disappointment as it is seldom answered. If you carry out the instructions given to you, you convert your room into a cell ; keys and bolts are pro- vided to every room. The impression is un- pleasant ; in every footfall at night you look for a footpad. There is no object moreover in saying "come in," if you should be fool enough to ring and anybody kind enough to answer, for you have locked yourself in, and you must get out of bed to let anybody in ; he can't come in if you don't. Appleby, Francis, Ottoway, Harris, E. Lubbock, and Hornby got up early one morn- Asell La Chine Falls. ^ WICKETS IN THE WEST. 63 ing, and before breakfast had some good sport. They shot the rapids of La Chine. They described it as all others have done before them, in glowing terms as a genuine sensation. Appleby's diary contains three Appleby's pages of his feelings in prose and poetry, very beautiful, but too powerful for a light work of this nature. Before leaving Montreal we must quote a few passages from the local prints. They are personal, but they prove the interest taken in the Twelve, and the state of public intelligence generally in matters relating to cricket. A column, headed "The English Cricketers To quote. in America ; who they are and what they have done," attracted us first. " In personal appearance there is nothing about any of the Eleven which would be c^led strikingly Enghsh. Fitzgerald, Rose, and Pickering are only of medium height, the remainder averaging about 5ft. llin. Grace is a six- footer, with a full black beard. Otto way, on ^ the contrary, has no hirsute adornment, while the moustachettes of Pickering and Harris are*^ in the incipient mood. Hadow would be 'sm i > 64 WICKETS IN THE WEST. II ; [I li'. li' ; ! I called the handsome man, Edgar Lubbock he homely one. It is either on that account or on account of his style of play that the Eleven familiarly call Edgar ' Nobby.' He has a happy disposition, and is a genial companion. George Harris will be Lord Harris if he survives his father. He appears a very sensible and clever fellow. Hornby is a light-weight, active and jolly. Appleby and Alfred Lubbock are finely built, and have strong handsome features. All the men are well adapted to captivate the ladies, but per- haps I am getting too deep into Jenkinism." Where our talented friend got his informa- tion from we never learnt. He then proceeds To quote, to criticize their performances. " Rose bowls underhand shoddy, twisting to the off, Appleby is swift, left hand, and three-fourths of his balls, if unchecked in their career, take the off bail." He has a cut at the Canadians in another paragi'aph, alluding to the catch which ended Gilbert's innings, as the "non- chalance of the elegant Benjamin was a thin assumption." Another critic describes a hit of the Monkey's thus, " Hornby's last shot was sending the ball right over the heads of WICKETS IN THE WEST. 65 bowler and long stop." This was a boomerang teat in a vengeance, and might have occurred in New Zealand. Rose was " a low drop bowler," and criticism received its crown in the pithy sentence, '* an extraordinary in- stance of careless or incapable play occurred, Francis, who should have been caught out, obtained some runs instead." The cricket matches on the whole were well reported. Stiff and Strong were excel- The Re- lent reporters, each in his own way. " Stiff" g^j^^ knew a great deal about the game, and watched it with care, but he h^d his weak moments. " Strong " knew nothing about it strong. and didn't watch it, but was very clever. Woe to " Stiff" if, in an unguarded moment, he left his note- book in the tent, to " take a drink." " Strong " was down on his notes in a moment, and the rival paper, next morning, had " Stiff's " best things in " Strong's " best style. They sat together till each found out the other often looked over his shoulder. They were great friends at night. We liked them both. " Strong " has a claim upon us. We assisted him one night to his hotel, a lamp post would get in a«B WICKETS IN THE WEST. liis way, we took it from him and he was very angry. " Stiff," next morning, on hear- ing the story, stole a march upon " Strong," and reported him as and incapable. Coming from Stiff, the story proved " too thin, it wouldn't wash." HMH CHAPTER V. I Ottawa — Second Match — The Rapids — Song of the Fast Bowler— River Scenery — Rideau Hall— The Red Man — My Grandfather Bruce— Fire in the Bush— A Second Chicago — Public Buildings — Streets — Ruts — Banquet — Bear — W. G.'s second Speech — Appleby and the Ladies — The Slides— The Falls— Saw-dust, Saw-mills, Saw Every- thing — Brockville v. Belleville — Discovery of America — The Modern Columbus— The 1,000 Isles— Lake Ontario. At 7 A.M. on the mornino^ of Monday, , _ ° ^ "^ ' La Clnnc. August 2G, the apostles took the train to La Chine. Here they embarked on a steamer, lande.. at Cerlllon, and after seventeen miles in a railway car, re-embarked in a fine river steamer, and so ascended the Ottawa. Pass- TheOttawa. ing St. Ann's, Appleby was heard muttering st. Anns, to himself; he was evidently in pain — a cocktail was applied in the right place — he was composing — he was composed — he gave birth to a son or. Tommy Moore was on . , . everybody's tongue, but in nobody's pocket, ^nd Toia Moore. F 2 68 >^ WICKETS IN THE WEST. The following ode is, therefore, almost ori- ginal, as the poet himself could only recall the chorus of the Canadian boat-song, " Row, Brothers, Row," &c., &q. : — SONG OF THE FAST BOWLER. ST. MARY ANN— 1872. Stand to your stumps ! the toss is won ; I shall bowl you all out, ere the day is done ; Breathes the Kanuk, who can withstand The ball as it leaves my big left hand ? Field, Brothers, field, my rapids are near To the sticks, and the shooters a way will clear. . Rose may bowi at the other end ; May the breeze I spurn his slows befiiend ; No matter to me, if against the hill, I am told to bowl, why, bowl I will ! Field, Brothers, field, my rapids are near To the sticks, and the shooters a way will clear. Ottoway's fingers tingle now ; Edgar to long-stop will show them how ; Gilbert at point shall take his post, Of chances offered \e grabs the most. Field, Brothers, field, my rapids are near To the sticks, and the sLooters a way will clear. One on the knuckles ! the wicket's rough, , Another on the shins ; they cry enough ! ^,; Middle stump, off stump, into mid air, I can drop her short, if to swipe they dare. Field, Brothers, field, my rapids are near To the sticks, and the shooters a way will clear. r. W' toMMMMMMMMo*" ,.7^.., WICKETS IN THE WEST. C9 Tormentor they call me, I know not why, From my deadly length, or my wicked eye ? Take me off, let another try ; . Jealousy passes an Apple-by. Field, Brothers, field, my rapids are near To the sticks, and the shooters a way will clear. Let Francis hurl, with unbated zest ; The worst ball sometimes bowls the best ; You'll want me again, ere the day is done. And thank me, too, for the victory won. Field, Brothers, field, my rapids are near v To the sticks, and the shooters a way will clear. The song was in the true spirit of pro- The pro- phecy. Appleby might have been an ancient bard — but we must not anticipate his great ' performances with the ball. The scenery of the Ottawa river is too well known to need our tribute of praise. The Bush, at this The Er.sh. season, has but one drawback ; it presents an unvaried aspect of beauty. There is too much of it. It was a relief to strike the line of fire that spread devastation in the summer of 1870 for many miles. This fire almost encircled the town of Ottawa. The fate that threatened it would have outrivalled Chicago, for not a house would have been left stand- ing. It, luckily, was diverted by the river and strong winds in a northerly direction ; ii I il I' i 1 • i I YO (if I 1^ WICKETS IN THE WEST. but the possibility of yet another similar disaster does not seem remote. As we ap- proach the town of Ottawa, the river's bosom bears marks of the caresses it has received from the saw-mill. Sawdust floats down in immense masses. The air is pungent with the same ; snuff-boxes are now at a discount ; the nostril is sufficiently titillated otherwise. Night came on ere our steamer easied a distant roar be- under the high banks ^ tokened the vicinity of La Chaudi^re Falls. Lights illumined the banks above. The ' frosty night was brilliant with stars ; a crowd of curious natives awaited the arrival of the Twelve. Shatterydans of various kinds The Russell conveyed them to the Kussell House, where good accommodation was provided by Mr. Gouin, the proprietor. The first evening was spent in " the Bar," where numerous acquaintances were formed with new compounds, human and spiritual. The Twelve went to bed wondering what Ottawa would be by daylight. The streets had given a rough impression of it by night. They would not have disgraced a Maryle- bone Vestry, to judge, at least, by the holes ■ \ ■ I 's'' "m WICKETS IN" THE WEST. 71 into which the omnibus dipped, and the un- expected mounds over which it bucked. Ottawa, Aug. 27. — The second match cncket. commenced under the most favourable aus- pices — ^a lovely Canadian summer's day — sky of piercing brightness — a fresh breeze that tempered the great heat. Rideau Hall, i^'^Jeau Hall. the seat of the Governor-General, looks down upon the Cricket Ground. Cricketers look up to Rideau Hall with grateful eyes. It has given them a site worthy of the noble game. As early as 10 a.m. an immense stream of visitors set towards the ground, and on the arrival of the Twelve every point of vantage had been secured. It was a gay and animated sight. The small boy was in Tommy aui his fcister great force, the elder sister in full fig, mamma and papa in ample proportions. The Twenty-Two were hard at it, practising to make perfect (one of the great mistakes of the day) ; practice before a match should be limited to a few minutes, to take the stiffness out of the joints, and not persevered in at the expense of strength and waste of breath. To resume. The wickets were well prepared, and the outfielding tolerable; I at as there II 11 I ■ .i \ f I n I' 7i Cicada. '■%> WICKETS IN THE WEST. The toss, won. To quote. The Monkey. W. G. in luck. were no snakes, the long grass did not so much matter. The grasshoppers were wop- pers, and butterflies, big enough to knock one down, constantly made you duck your head as they floated in the air in hundreds around you. The Captain won his second toss. At 11 A.M. W. G. and t]ie Ojibbeway appeared at tlie wickets — Messrs. Brodie and Carter bowHng. Both bowled remarkably well. Gilbert was enfeebled by internal disorders, but, nevertheless, soon showed his marvel- lous powers of defence and hitting. The 0., as usual, patient as a pike-stafl', and quite contented with his quota of 9. The local said " Mr. 0. miscalculated one of Mr. Carter's balls, which took off the bail by a very fine touch." The Monkey fol- lowed, and, in a very merry mood, ran up a score of 27 ; he had as many lives as a cat. Gilbert, meanwhile, had his share of luck. According to the local, " he gave the fielders an opportunity of making good catches, but invariably off ' bum bafls,' which, not being understood by the spectators, caused them to burst with rapture, so occasioned no little ' •• "^■^-^ - WICKETS IN THE WEST. disappointment when the truth became evi- dent." He should have been caught more than once. Three fielders once tried to land him, and, to quote the local again, " the ball came down like a gob of mud between the three." The Monkey retired in the 46th over for 27 runs. Lunch was discussed, and afterwards Alfred the Great ascended the ReJg" of Alired. vacant throne. His reign was of some dura- tion, and some brilliant play distinguished it. Gilbert was finally bamboozled by Booth- royd, an underhand bowler of the daisy- cutting ^. .. He -made 73, allowing for his debility, marvellously well. The bowl- ing was well sustained, and the field smart in return, if not deadly as traps for the skyers. Ninety-one overs had been bowled when W. G. retired. The game proceeded briskly up to 6 '20 r.M., when time was called, the visitors having obtained 201 runs. The small number of byes and wides speaks well for Smith, the longstop, and the bowlers. Aug. 28. — Play was resumed at 11*20. C"t'i-_-» J-- .. ^ WICKETS IN THE WEST. similar scene was enacted after luncheon. To quote the local will save us a pang. Latest. " Ottawa, Aug. 28. — The cricket match is being continued, and the wickets of the Canadians are going down rather more like shelling peas even than at Montreal." This tells its own tale. We will but • remark that in the course of another hour or so the Twenty-Two had gone to their long rest, leaving 49 runs behind them to show that they had been through the mill. We scarcely know what to call it ; but having come a long way to do it, we trust we may be permitted to call it a victory — in one innings and 110 runs. 7.) '^ 1 ENGLAND v. OTTAWA. ENGLAND. W. G. Grace, b Boothroyd... 73 C. J. Ottoway, b Carter ... 9 A. N. Hornby, b Swinyard 27 A. Lubbock, b Swinyard ... 28 Hon. G. Harris, st G, Bru- nei, b Swinyard 6 0. K. Francis, b Brodie ... 10 E. Lubbock, c Killaly, b Carter... 7 A. Appleby, c and b Carter 6 W. M. Rose, b Killaly 2? F. P. U. Pickering, c Phil- lips, b Brodie 1 R. A, Fitzgerald, not out ... 4 B 3, 1 b 2, w b 2, n b 1 8 Total. 201 t i / ^ 76 WICKETS IN THE WEST. vA m j t Magic. OTTAWA. Ist inn. E. R. Benjamin, c Appleby, b Rose 1 J. liootliroyd, b Appleby 0. B. Urodie, b Appleby J. Brunei, b Hose 10 G. Brunei, c Grace, b Appleby ... 1 W. Carter, c Grace, b Rose 2 G. F. Hall, c Ottoway, b Appleby 2 T. Hallitlay, c Ottoway, b Appleby 2 T. Miller, b Rose M. C. Herbert, c Ottoway, b Rose 2 Lieut. Henley b Appleby 3 A, Jones, b Appleby 1 R. Killaiy, b Rose T. D. Paterson, ran out A, J. Peden, c and b Rose Rev. T. D. Phillips, leg b w, b Rose 3 C. S. Scott, st Ottoway, b Appleby D. Shaw, b Appleby 1 Jas. Smith, b Appleby Jjis, Smith, not out 5 Dr. Spragge, b Appleby 5 Swinyard, leg b w, b Appleby ... 3 Byes' 2 Total -43 2nd inn. c Fitzgerald, b Rose b AiJpleby 1 leg b w, b Rose 4 c A. Lubbock, b Rose 3 st Ottoway, b Rose ... 2 not out 1 c Appleby, b A. L\ibbock. bRose 2 c A. Lubbock, b Rose c Grace, b Rose 5 c Grace, b Appleby 2 st Ottoway, b Rose st Ottoway, b Rose b Appleby bRose 1 leg b w, b A Lubbock «) st Ottoway, b Appleby 1 c Grace, b Rose c Francis, b Rose ... 1(5 c Fitzgerald, b Ap- pleby st Ottoway, b Rose 2 st Ottoway, b Rose (1 B2,lbl 3 Total —49 In a great measure the hollow victory was due to the exaggerated opinion formed of the Englishmen's bowling; it would be unfair to deny a certain merit to Rose, and credit to Appleby, for their several perform- ances. But it was past comprehension, unless we assume some magic influence, that young and stalwart cricketers should positively --..--rT-rf.'i'Unt.'a-- — • WICKETS TN THE WEST. n refuse long hops and half volleys. The Twenty-Two of Ottawa were a very fine lot of young men, and that they could hit and open their shoulders was very evident " at practice." The match was played in the best possible spirit ; and from one and all the Twelve parted with sincere appreciation of the hearty welcome they had received. As we have previously hinted, cricket presented by no means the only field of action where the Twelve exhibited themselves and their prowess. " Knife and Fork " was Knife and played at Ottawa in the Parliament Square. The banquet was of the most r^c/^ercZse Ti>e r.an- qiiet. character. Tables were laid in a capacious tent. The arrangements were perfect, even to the proverbial shower which always falls on public dinners in the open air. The tent let in a little rain, which soon evaporated in steam under the warmth of British and Canadian eloquence. Mr. Wright presided. He gave the usual loyal toasts. The speaker was fervid, and his periods were rounded — too much so, perhaps, as his turn to speak came round very often. The Captain was emotional, but he spoke from the heart, and Lm aV, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) €/.y h /. 4^ / V < < IP. Ua Z. 1.0 I.I Uim 12.5 1 b£ 12.0 1.8 1125 11114 III 1.6 <^ % /a V ^^ >' i \ ^ 78 WICKETS IN THE WEST. he may be excused a little warmth, as the ventilation was by no means good, and the occasion was a good one for a stump-orator. W. G. made his second speech; he said, " Gentlemen, 1 beg to thank you for the honour you have done me. I never saw^ a better ground than I have seen to~day, and I 2n(i speech, hope to SCO as good whcrcvcr I go." A similarity may be traced to his Montreal speech, but that does not affect its originality to a different audience. The chairman had got into a difficulty as to sex in a classical allusion to the three Graces. He did not bring it in very cleverly and Gil- ThcGrace« ^^^* ^^^ puzzlcd how to reply, but taking the allusion as intended for the female por- tion of his family, he was understood to re- gret that his sisters were not present to return thanks for themselves. There was a Appfoby for Call for Appleby to reply for the Ladies, upon * George the Tourist declining the honour. (George would have replied but had been disappointed by Edgar of two stanzas which the latter had copied out, but forgotten to bring with him to the banquet). Mr. Burrowes in proposing the Ladies •^nuM WICKETS IN THE WEST. 79 said he had the highest authority for connect- ing the fast bowler's name with the toast, for it woukl be remembered by all that the first Ev«. lady in the land could not pass her *' Apple- by." The ^' unassuming " in his reply ex- pressed his concern at having been connected Avith the " Ladies," when there were so many under the tent who had better claims upon their favours — (cries of No, no) — "the honour No ! No i had been thrust upon him, and he would trust on her as his guiding star." (H'^re the dear boy began to ramble, and sat down on ^ »i»fjie. being asked to do so kindly by the Captain.) A great many other toasts followed ; toasts in fact are not numbered in Canada by the glass to the bottle. An adjournment was effected to the cotfee- a dance, room of the hotel, where all that was beau- tiful in Ottawa was collected. The Canadian young ladies are very collected. Their great anxiety Avas to learn what the English visitors thought of them, the prevailing impression amongst them being that an Englishman looks upon Canada as a "few acres of ice," and its inhabitants as mere consumers of wood and ice-water. The Twelve wouldn't tell them all they wanted to know, indeed. ^ I so WICKETS IN THE WEST. A story. A bear- steak. it would be hard to satisfy the inquiring mind of the fair Canadian. Winter has a long reign in these regions, but warm hearts supply what the Hudson's Bay Company fails to provide, and on the margin of the forest the stranger will meet that hearty greeting, which he may sigh for in a crowded town amongst his own kith and kin. It is recorded of the great Champlain that at a feast in the far West provided for him by some Jesuit priests, he was offered by a Red Man a tender morsel, in other words a bear-steak ; on tasting it he began to laugh, and said, " If they only knew in France of our eating bear's flesh they would turn away their faces from our breath, and yet you see how nice and delicate this meat is." " You are alw^ays," said the Red Man, " saying something humorous to us to make us feel happy, and if what you declare should prove true, we should be joyful indeed." The ordi- nary reader will probably not comprehend the nature of the Indian's joy, problematical as it appears by his words. Neither did we previously to the banquet in Parliament Square. There and then it flashed across us ; amongst the delicacies of the season, the hind WICKETS IN THE WEST. 81 leg of a bear (very rare) was offered to us ; The hind we brought all the pressure our teeth could muster upon it, and we can now appreciate the irony of the Red Man — for if a bear's hind leg could ever be proved to be nice and deli- cate there would be no bounds to our joy, or rather bear within bounds might be our only joy. Talking of the Red Man and his ex- Another storv tinction or absorption by the white and whiskey, an affecting tale was told us by an amateur sportsman of Ottawa. Our friend was in the habit every autumn of spending a few weeks in the bush, shooting the wily partridge in the tree and other wild animals. He became acquainted with the chief of a '^^^^ ^^'^^^• wandering tribe, with a very long name ; he was evidently proud of his name ; trans- lated into English it announced him to be the Great Spirit Quencher, Smoke and Snuff Consumer, The Terrible Toddy Mixer of the Firewater, V cent architectural effect is presented to the eye of the traveller, on the margin of the j)rimaival forest. Boundless woods stretch far to the north and west. The great forest fire of 1870 almost surrounded the city, nor can danger be said yet to be far from the gates. Houses appear to be built quite in- dependent of any way to them, paved streets are yet in their quarries. If the roads and streets remind us of tlie Holy Land, the public buildings and private dwellings and churches evince a high order of architecture. Villas here are not the cruet stands and viiia^s monstrosities that mark the outskirts of a thriving English town. Elegant designs do not, as at home, distinguish the Estabhshed Church from the House of Dissent. Una- nimity of style seems to reign amid a discord of creed. The Twelve saw all that could be seen in their' short visit, their impressions of thf nlace and people, if superficial, were at ^east agreeable. They left Ottawa much gratified with all that had been done to wel- come them in the cricket field, and fill up the odd corners of time at their disposal. The ladies of Ottawa patronized an im- ► iJ ■^H "^ 80 WICKETS IN THE WEST. ricsoott. ! promptu liop in the coffee-room of tlie Rus- sell House, that was kept up with spirit till 4 A.M. The weather had been auspicious, and tln'eatened only on days when cricket was not on the card. It did come down in earnest on the morning of August 30. The party left at 7 A.M. by train to Prescott, a small town on the St. Lawren:'e. Here the first and last mistake was made by those who pulled the strings, we won't mention names. Considerable ignorance prevailed as to the locality of Belleville ; an engagement, it ap- pears, had been made by Mr. Pattison for the Twelve to visit Belleville. It had not been properly explained to the Captain. No- Beiieviiie. body kucw whcre Belleville was, everybody Brockviiie. ^^g Joud in praisc of Brockville ; the road was clear enough to le latter, so it was de- cided to go there. It is due to the good people of Belleville to explain that had the Twelve been aware of the preparations made to receive them there, they would have gone through fire and flood rather than disappoint them. Several hundreds flocked there to see "The Unapproachable." All kinds of games Explana- tion. W. G. J « I '» f WICKETS IN THE WEST. 87 were on foot, and the disappointment was great. Our only apology is that it was un- Apology. intentional on our part, and was much re- gretted afterwards. The change of route led to one great result, and the hand of fate was clearly in it. Had it not been for Brockville the discovery of America by the modern Columbus would The mciem never have taken place. Colonel Maude, V. C, C. B., a distinguished ex -officer ofTiu^ i» i**ii 111 • 1 •!• OoIunt'I. lioyal Artillery had been appomted nnlitary and very civil commissioner to the Twelve. The route was in his hands, the Twelve followed him like lambs. The Colonel de- cided that they should spend the night at Alexandra Bay, drinking a few bottles of Alexandra champagne at Brockville en route. The '^^' Colonel believed Alexandra Bay to be on the Canadian shore. On arriving at Prescott, where a hasty breakfast was despatched, a steamer took all on board bound for the un- known Alexandra Bay. Touching at Brock- ville, where rumour had drawn the champagne from its bin, a deputation of three leading citizens awaited the arrival of the Twelve ; on learning their intended destination a general i 4 8S WICKETS IN THE WEST. m It V 1 \ uproar ensued. It was then the discovery took place that Alexandra Bay was on the American shore. The Colonel's face dropped into his waistcoat pocket. The discovery was providential ; the luggage was booked fo A. B. ; the captain of the Propeller allowed thirty seconds for decision ; in fifteen the Captain determined that the baggage and Farrands should go on together to the new found land, and that the Twelve should land to drink the champagne at Brockville in honour of the modern Columbus. Off went the steamer with Farrands and the luggage ; signs of discontent were not long in appear- The ciupct- ing. Rose and Hadow are much attached to each other, but each is much more attached to his baggage than to anything or anybody else ; frowns gathered ominously. The Brockville deputation saw the storm brew- ing and checked it by a copious supply of champagne ; the difference was split ; the discoverer and the di'"<"on tents, by the kind- ness of the owner, steamed up to A. B. in a launch and there rejoined their hearts' treasure. The remainder spent a pleasant afternoon amongst the Thousand Isles. ha^jj'crs The ilU- contents. i MWWyil ■ f.tjij i ^ i ' jL "' ''Sam^ paoi ^ -J WICKETS IN THE W iT. ^9 Rustic dancing was in progress, a picnic of Americans at its liighest jinks ; instruction in the noble game was given gratis with any implements that lay handy, a turnip and a broom handle the most conspicuous agents. Returnuig to Brockville, a dance was imme- ^ dauce. diately set on foot ; Messrs. Cook,' Frazer, Gascoyne, and Jones hunted up the fair hi- habitants. The rig of the English party was not a la mode. ' ' Poetry. Some in high-lows, some in white shoes, Some in every kind of boot ; Shooting coats and flannel trowsers, Adapted to an evening suit. George and Edgrr retired early, Appleby and the Captain escorted some ladies home. It was very dark, and Appleby was senti- mental, the Captain tender, and the walk ftroiu"'^'*^ was pronounced by all much too short. A bathe in the bright St. Lawrence the next morning braced up the nerves after the night's excitement. The arrival of the dis- coverer and the discontents from A. B., took all by surprise. The luggage came back with them. They reported very highly of the hotel at A. B., where they had spent a pleasant evening amidst the American cocktails. I I / ill ■i^iTifV-— " iAiM»-M>»l:»40» >!•■»• »•iMM^** r^ T*^ ^■mm »..*' tH^»mitM no WICKETS IN THE WEST. i The party once more united bade fiirewell to the hospitable Brockville and their enter- 1,000 Isles, tainers at 1.20, on August 31. Tlie course soon lay through the Thousand Islands. The Yankees are rapidly monopolizing the islands — their villas and steam launches are nu- merous. They are welcome to the islands so long as they do not claim the channel which hugs the Canadian shore. After St. Juan, it is possible they may have St. Lawrence for the asking. The beauty of the islands is exaggerated ; it is cut into too many bits ; by the time you have passed a few hundred, you begin to doubt whether the beauty you have heard of has been passed or is still before you, and when you emerge into the broad bosom of Ontario it is with the sensa- tion of a traveller escaping from a swarm of insects ; you never have an island out of your eye for five minutes. St. Lawrence's fine stream is chafed by them, and its ma- jesty shorn by petty channels. Ontario re- ceived the Cricketers with a blessed calm ; on the previous day accordhig to accounts it had lashed itself to fury. Treacherous in- deed are the smiles of the inland sea. King- >■ «. »A<..«h..^ ••»»..» j i i ^ m WICKETS IN THE WEST. 01 4 \ t ston 'as passed at /liglitfall ; the Monkey Kingston. fc .. t' i Ojibbeway landed, the former wishing to • ike the acquaintance of some young lad), whose photograph lie had once seen in a brother's album. The Captain let them go reluctantly, and only under a solemn vow to turn up at Toronto, on Monday morning, September 2. It was a lovely night on the Ontario. great lake, the air balmy, the northern shore visible ; a watery waste to the south, across which at times a sail might be oeen shim- mering in the silver light ; early next morn- ing, September 1, Toronto was sighted, and '''«™"^°- at 10.30 the party landed. Intensely hot. Excellent quarters provided by Mr. Shears, of the Rossyn Hotel. A week's cricket now in store, the home of the game attained at last ; from Toronto sprang the first germs of the expedition, to Toronto all looked for- ward as to a resting place, or at least, a week's halt. Whether it may justly be con- sidered a place of rest after such crowding of events into the space of one week, as you shall hear presently, if you have only patience, we leave you, kind reader, to decide. ! if Ml I'! CHAPTER VI. Toronto — Third Match — The Ground— Grand Innings ot W. G.— The Oswego Deputation— The Original John Smith — Challenge from Chicago — Dinner at Royal Cana- dian Yacht Club- The White Admiral— W. G.'s 3rd Speech — George's Maiden Speech— Th Ladies— Dinner at Toronto Club— W. G.'s 4th Speech- ....11 at Govern- ment House. : Cricket. A BUSY w ek was indeed in store ; cricket by day^ dinners and dancing at night. We do not pretend to be able to do justice to our entertainers by any words that can be written. We will simply record what we did and how we did at Toronto. Sept. 2, Monday. — The Twelve mustered on the ground at 11 a.m. The first impres- sions were favourable ; the wickets had evi- dently been watched for months, well watered and protected from the sun ; a green oasis distinguished them from the outfielding, , ■ r t %. i WICKETS IN THE WEST. 93 , wliicli was brown as birdseye, but not bad. Several flights of steps were erected on the west side for the accommodation of 2000 spectators, tents for the scorers and players. Mr. Blake, the proprietor of the ground, pro- Biake. vided everything that could be desired, in- cluding soap and towels, for which we had hitherto appealed in vain. Luncheon was set out in the log-hut ; a great attendance on the first day was well sustained through- out the week. Royalty, in the person of the Royalty. Lieut.-Governor and his Ladv, honoured the performances ea' h day. Now to the crickets. The Captain won his third toss. The day cricket, 1.1111 i 3rd toss. was not, and cabbage leaves were at a pre- mium. W. G. and Ottoway appeared at the wickets to the bowling of Blake and Hemsted. In the fifth over the Unapproach- able gave Blake warning to leave the ground — a spanking hit for six, Ottaway scraping ont of the carefully meanwhile, and 30 runs were s^°"^^- scored off the first 10 overs. W. G. is " reported " to have hit a shooter to square- leg for two ; w^e cannot vouch for this. . Wright supplanted Hemsted in the 16th over ; a shooter hit Gilbert in the chest ; ! ifc {H I' f\ I lI I A kid. Anna. WICKETS IN THE WEST. about this period — he deserved the rub. In the 29th over, 40 runs up, Gilbert might have been lassoed, but was not. The Ojibbe way's time came when he had made 15, caught by Spragge, the medico — point ; he was well cheered on leaving the wicket. The Monkey ran up 8 in two overs, and then climbed down grinning at a ghastly shooter of Wright's. Alfred the Great joined Gilbert, and the score reached 77 at luncheon, for two wickets. After lunch Gilbert practised a little kidding, which took in some of the clever ones, and a general cheer was suc- ceeded by a hollow groan, when it was seen that the great man had no intention to leave his wicket ; it was the old kid — first bound catch to point. Alfred achieved 14, his style eliciting hearty admiration ; score 98. Anna went in, his advent was the signal for Gilbert to open his shoulders, dreading a rival — a magnificent drive for 6 to the rail- ings — a 6 with 22 in the field is not often obtained within bounds ; shortly after his life should have been taken by Brunei, who spared him. Anna "made a draw" for 2 J Grace " legged a ball" for 2. Whelau *>- i , WICKETS IN THE WEST. 1)5 liere took Wright's place, who had bowled well through the heat of the day. He soon received notice to quit, a third sixer being added to W. G.'s rapidly rising score. Anna then retired, having in his fine free style landed 17 ; score 167, 4 wickets. George succeeded, and as if to warm him up, Gilbert let out again and sixer No. 4 was chalked up. His luck was not used up yet, as John Brunei gave him another life, a gaper this time. j. Bnmei a To quote, " It lighted in John's hands, who, ^^'^^^' alas for Toronto! dropped > very quickly, and it scored 1." In revenge W. G. went over the fence again ; sixer No. 5. His century was now obtained, but his bat was broken in the effort. Gamble succeeded Wright, and was successful in capturing George, after making 11, with the assist- ance of Armstrong at mid-wicket, where he had fielded well. An immense roar told the neighbourhood that the great man was no more — the'^ery last man expected to catch him caught him — John Brunei was w. {^ a happy man ; Gilbert's score of 142, out ^^"«^*- of 241, against a smart 22, barring a few accidents, was a great performance, and r I* ■;« ■ Or> WICKETS IN THE WEST. gave gi'eat pleasure to tlie spectators. A slight lull was now observable in the score. Francis was humane, but Edgar and Ap- pleby between them caused some diversion. Edgar the Edgar's " style " h provocative of merriment, but he generally turns the laugh to his own side. He was well caught by Baines for a slashing 21 ; time was called, Appleby not out, 7 ; total for 8 wickets, 273. The field- ing of the Torontoes in the face of such heat and under such heavy fire was excellent, W. G.*s accidents excepted, but many of his hardest drives were admirably nipped in the bud. Hope at longleg was as good as could be ; Sproul, the longstop, and Whelan at point, and Spragge at mid- wi \'et, were very conspicuous. The bowl- ing was also well sustained by Blake, Wright, and Swinyard. Sept. 3. — The game was renewed at 11.30. The Rose and the Apple-blos- som flowered freely ; the Rose was plucked at 10, score 264 for 9 wickets. The Pickweed. youthful Pick. appeared, and the score mounted rapidly. He gave a chance to the worthy President, Mr. Heward, who Cricket, 2iul day. Flowers. r , t Oaptiiin. WICKETS IN THE WEST. displayed some tergiversation in his attempt to catch him, but he shortly afterwards fell a victim to the same gentleman, who this time showed a full front to the ball. The boys' 26 was warmly applauded ; it included some grand hits — one 4, two 3's, three 2's, and singles. The Captain brought up the rear. The and made the most of three balls, two sixers and a single, when he w^as caught in the long-field by Whelan — a good catch ; Ap- pleby carrying his bat out for an excellent 29 ; total, 319. At 12.45 the Torontoes went in, — Rose and Appleby bowling ; 8 wickets were down at luncheon time for 27 runs. Hemsted showed some form, but he and others were all abroad to the insinuating Rose. Some hospitable friend seduced five of the Twelve from the field during lun- cheon ; on resuming only seven appeared, Desert the Captain was angry, but went on with- out them, consequently runs were obtained with more freedom,- — Francis bowling, vice Appleby. Ottoway put a finger out, and the Monkey donned the gloves ; 9 wickets down for 40. On Appleby resuming runs ceased : 17 wickets down for 80. Swinyard made 97 ion. f m w ' us Light. WICKETS IN THE WEST. good his Opposition, and, with Pattison, stemmed the tide that was setting against Toronto ; they ran the score from 60 to 94. Grace took Rose's place, but was severely punished. Swinyard's 29 consisted of two 4's, three 3's, three 2's, and singles. The total amounted to 97. The innings con- cluded at 4.15, play resumed at 4.45 : Hem- sted was soon busy ; he made 28, including one 7 (two overthrows), two 4's, two 2's and singles — a dashing innings, though missed badly by Pickering and Edgar ; 2 wickets for 38. Whelan took tea with Rose and led to a change, — Hadow going on at Appleby's end, and Appleby at Rose's ; runs were creeping up till Whelan was c and b by Hadow ; his 24 comprised two 6's, two 3's, one 2, and singles : a very hard hitter but not much judgment. The stumps were drawn at 6.30 : 12 wickets down for 83. The light in Canada never lasted to a later hour, and generally it was agreed not to play later than 6 p.m. Some good fielding, on the part of George, Hadow, and Francis, and a few muffs, by way of contrast on the part of Edgar and J » r **' Ul f . \ WICKETS IN THE WEST. 99 Pickering, distinguished the Enghshmen. Time Wc;.s not strictly adhered to, or the match might ha,ve been concluded ; but the heat was inimical to strict cricket, and Heat, tlie Twelve found many friends at the bar. Sept. 4. — The match was brought to acricket, termination before one o'clock, — total 118. The individual performances call for little remark ; to quote from a local *' The English majority is thus 104 — very small when their high score is considered." We do not see the wit or wisdom of this remark ; it was a good match to win, and was well won. The Twenty-two did not bat their best : many of them showed good form against Appleby, who bowled undeniably well, but their weak- ness with William, who was as innocent as a new-born babe, was quite lamentable. There is plenty of cricketing stuff in Toronto and district ; and with such bowlers as Blake, Wright, and Hemsted, and fieldsmen like Hope, Spragge, Whelan, and Sproule, a good eleven might soon be procured " with practice " — ^* there's the rub." The match was very pleasantly conducted, and the visi- tors could not fail to be gratified by the in- h2 f' 100 Score. WICKETS IN THE WEST. terest shown each day by the enormous crowd of spectators, including most of the fair sex of the neighbourhood. ENGLAND v. TORONTO. ENGLAND. W. Q. Grace, c J. Brunei, b Swinyard 142 0. J. Ottoway, c Spragge, b Wright 15 A. N. Hornby, b Wright ... 8 A. Lubbock, c Armstrong, b Swinyard 14 Hon. G. Han is, c Arm- strong, b Gamble 11 W. H. Hadow, b Hemsted 17 E. Lubbock, c Baines, b -Wright 21 TORONTO. 1st inn. B. Parsons, c Appleby, b Rose . . E. Hemsted, b Rose 7 J. Brunei, b Appleby 9 N. Kirchoffer, c Grace, b Rose ... 1 H. Totten, b Rose J. Whelan, b Rose 3 F. Armstrong, c Harris, bRose... 2 G. Brunei, c Lubbock, b Appleliy 8 R. K. Hope, st Ottoway, b Rose J. Wright, c Grace, b Rose 5 Dr. Spragge, c Lubbock, b Rose... 5 R. G. Gamble, bRose P. J. Gosling, b Appleby 4 T. Swinyard, not out 29 J. 0. Heward, b Rose 2 R. B, Blake, c Pickering, b Appleby 2 C. K. Francis, b Swinyard 1 A. Appleby, not out 29 W. M. Rose, c Whelan, b Swinyard 10 F. P. U. Pickering, c Heward, b Wright 26 R. A. Fitzgerald, c Whelan, b Wright 13 B7, l-b5 12 Total. 819 2ji(1 inn. b Appleby 9 b Appleby 28 run out 3 b Appleby c A. Lubbock, b Rose 4 c and b Hadow 24 c Grace, b Rose 5 b Appleby 4 b Hadow b Appleby c and b Hadow b Appleby b Appleby 8 c Appleby, b Rose. . . 1 b Appleby 3 b Rose WICKETS IN THE WEST. 101 TORONTO— Conemued. Ist inn. 2nd inn. 0. H. aproule, st Hornby, b Apijleby 1 W. Hector, b Rose H. Forlong, c Pickering, b Grace 3 T. C. Patteson , b Appleby 6 U. P. Buchanan, b Appleby A. Baiues, b Appleby B8, l.b2 10 b Rose b Appleby b Appleby not out 8 c Hornby, b Rose... 18 b Appleby B5, l-b3 8 Total -97 Total -117 The following is the analysis of the bowl- Analysis, ing. It must be observed, in honour to Toronto, that not one wide was bowled in the long innings of 319 — an unprecedented fact : — Overs. Blake 63 Wright 67 Swinyard ... 24 Hemsted ... 13 Baines 6 Gamble 8 Rose 32 Appleby ... 30 Rose 34 Appleby ... 33 ENGLAND. Balls. Runs. . 212 72 . 269 102 . 96 60 .. 52 41 .. 24 8 ,. 32 14 TORONTO. First Innings. .. 128 57- .. 120 22 Second Innings. .. 136 68 .. 132 30 Maidens. Wickets. ... 20 ... 26 5 ... 3 4 ... 2 1 ... 2 ... 1 1 ... 8 12 ... 23 8 ... 9 7 ... 20 10 During the progress of the match the Captain was interviewed by a deputation ^he^^epu- 102 WICKETS IN THE WE3T. The Cap- tain ititcr- viewed. ■I from Oswego. The deputation consisted of a merchant tailor, a dentist, and a doctor, from that thriving city. The merchant tailor was the spokesman ; he shook hands with the Captain and then introduced him- self and friends ; curiosity is a leading trait of American character. The deputation were the gallant survivors of what would have been a formidable hand-shaking fra- ternity. A lucky storm had frightened four towns from joining Oswego in the friendly mission to the English cricketers ; Utica, Syracuse, Troy, and Albany had threatened, but it remained for Oswego alone to carry out the programme. There was a mock air of gravity about the Mer- chant Tailor which was very killing; the Captain might have been Pizarro and the M.T. the last of the Mohicans, from the solemnity with which the latter introduced The original the Dentist as ** the original John Smith." Smith. The Captain, struggling against a smile, lisped his pleasure at meeting the original of such a well-known and widely distributed The Doctor, family ; the Doctor was introduced next, his name and appearance were not so striking. Pizarro. I wm WICKETS IN THE WEST. 103 The Merchant Tailor produced a note-book and solicited information of any kind about the Twelve. It was a fair opportunity for the Captain, and Oswego, if it believes the Tailor, will know more about the English Tiie Tailor. Cricketers than they do themselves. The Captain entered into weights, heights, number "f sisters, and when last vaccinated, together with fabulous scores, feats of agility, sufficient to fill several pages of the Tailor's note-book. Joking apart, there was something friendly about the deputation ; it was not all " gas." It ended with an invitation to "wine " with the St. George's Society. Unhappily other en- gagements prevented its acceptance ; it would doubtless have been a pleasant party. Another instance of American enterprise was brought before our notice : an invitation was received to play at Chicago — time would not Chicago. allow this to be carried out, perhaps happily, as some days later, a native of Chicago whom we met in the train, said there was lo cricket-ground to his knowledge anywhere about the place, but, added the sanguine citizen, " By the time you get there I have no manner of doubt they will have made M I ! ,1 104 WICKETS IN THE WEST. H' V The Yacht one." Judging by the remarkable rise of Chicago from its ashes, such a httle matter as a cricket-ground, whicli takes seasons to perfect in England, would have been the work of a few days. There might have been occupation for the doctors, but nowhere on the globe is life less an object of liv'ug for than in America. The Twelve were invited to a grand ban- quet given by the members of tlie Royal Canadian Yacht Club. Their gallant Com- The Com- modorc. Dr. Hodder, presided. He was a The White venerable man — the White Admiral of the ^'''"•'^'- fleet. The club-house is on the shore of Lake Ontario. The evening was cheerful — speeches prolific — the Commodore very happy in his remarks — the Captain in voice, re- peating all the good things he had uttered elsewhe^re ; but waVming at the sight of the neat naval uniforms worn by the members of the Club, expressed his conviction that so long as the Royal Canadian Yacht Club nurtured a gallant race of sailors, Canada need not fear for her inland waters. Sea- manship of no mean order is acquired on these land-locked seas. And if Canada ever ,4 mmtmm \ WICKETS IN THE WEST. 105 looks in vain to England, which heaven lorefend! she will be grateful for the zeal which the White Admiral for many years has done his best to promote amongst the yachtsmen of Toronto. W. G. was of course called upon, and replied in speech No. w. g.'h 3 (see pages 52, &c., and for " bowling" and "^'^"^'^ '" " ground " read " batting," and you have it). Greorge replied for the ladies, and had his poetry in his pocket this time, thanks to The poet r^dgar, who sat near him. The party broke up early in the morning. There were other banquets in the course of the week : private entertainments given by the worthy President, Mr. Heward and Mr, Patteson, celebrated for no speeches ; rather disappointing to the Cyaptain, who had prepared an original one ; hut an opportunity soon occurred for letting it off, as an invitation was extended to the Twelve by the President and members of the Toronto Club. Mr. Cayley presided ; tii a most excellent dinner was provided. Itduk opened the lungs, and gave voice to nume- rous orators. W. G. made his fourth speech. He said (see above, and for w. a 'a ** ground," * bowling," "batting," read ^ ''^^**^'' he Toronto H >MI^ \ 106 Mr by. Boult- Tulicr. W. II. Ruiith, Mr. I ■i Barnum. WICKETS IN THE WEST. "good fellows" ;) and he sat down amidst general applause. A humorous speech was made by Mr. Boultby, member for New- market. In returning thanks for the toast of the National Sports of Canada, he said he was only well acquainted with one of the national sports — viz., Poker: at this he c^uld do more than hold his own, and he would be glad to instruct the Twelve at any time in it. Offer declined, with thanks. Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P. for Westminster, also spoke, and, of course, the Captain was on his legs ; his great difficulty now being, after such constant practice, to pull up ; his heart was full, his mouth was full ; but yet he could not find words enough to express the feelings of himself and comrades at their reception in Toronto. It was not only to the members of the Club and to the leading members of society that the Twelve were grateful for the kindness shown to them, but they were also deeply sensible of the warmth and loyalty which had displayed itself on the cricket ground. He, the Captain, had at first regarded himself as another Barnum, travelling with a caravan of living curiosities. •, . , ^ t\ WICKETS IN THE WEST. 07 it He had, however, seen enough to convince him that it was not only curiosity that prompted many an honest artizan or back- woodsman to shake hands with Mr. Grace or any other of the Twelve. It was the hearty recognition of Englishmen from the * Old Country by English settlers in the New. The Captain concluded by expressing his thanks for all the arrangements made by the Toronto Club committee of management, and especially to Mr. Shears for his great attention to them at the Rossyn Hotel. Dancing was not neglected during the week. A magnificent ball was given by the Lieu- The uii. tenant-governor and Mrs. Howland, at whicli the elite of Toronto were present. We must quote from the local report : — " Last night a large party assembled at Mrs. Rowland's ' At Home,' given in honour of the English Cricketers. The excellent ball-room was crowded with votaries of Terpsichore, the splendour of the dresses and the beauty of the wearers being of a kind that cannot have failed to impress our visitors with a very favourable opinion of * the dangerous Cana- dians.' Mr. Grace, who must now be known J I 4> mm •«*• ■I WBS IDS WICKETS IN THE WEST. by sight tO more people in England than Mr. (jladstone himself, was especially noticeable for the skill and agility of his movements." Our wish is to be impartial, and whenever any of the boys distinguished himself, to do him justice. Mrs. Howland, accompanied by Lady M'Donald, wife of the Prime Minister, showed great interest in the game, and drove upon the ground each day. Be- fore we proceed with an account of the second match, we must devote a short chapter to the most interesting day of the whole week. You are not obliged to read it ; but pleasure as much as duty compels us to record it. i! ( It ■ i ■•»-» CHAPTER VII. ' Expedition to Lake Simcoe -The Northern Pacific Railroad- Orillia-Allandale-Emigration-Wants of Canada- A Muffin Worrjr-BaU in the Bush-Banquet in the Loij Hut. '' Mr. and Mrs. Cumberland request the The inviu- pleasure of R. A. FitzGerald, Esq., and the '"'' EngHsh Cricketers' company on an excur- sion to Lake Simcoe and Couchicing, on Thursday, the 5th September, leaving Brock Street Station, at half-past 10 o^clock precisely. *' An early answer is requested. *' Pendai-ves, 20th Aug. 1812." An early answer was given in the affirma- tive. The party numbered ninety souls or more, amongst them many ladies, and the route commenced within an hour after the appointed time— a little law being required for some of the fair, who had danced down .1 *:«l" PV 110 I.; The journey. tl ih N. R. The Northern Pacific Railroad. WICKETS IN THE WEST. the band at the Government House the previous evening. The railroad journey was of an hour and half's duration. The forest was soon entered, with its scanty patches of clearing, occasional glimpses of well-cleared farms and good out-buildings. Now and again a marshy bit, suggestive of wildfowl, — blackened trunks denoting the path of fire ; the small fences zigzagging round small enclosures ; several stations of neat designs were passed, the line itself well laid, and the handsome saloon carriages worthy of the line. It may be as well to state that this is the Great Northern Line. These first few miles of our route are also the first of that great artery of the Nor'-west, — the Northern Pacific Railroad. The future success of this railway will mark an era in the history of Canada. The Home Government has voted a large sum towards its completion ; a large portion of it has been surveyed, and it is advancing steadily on its mighty path to the west. Such an undertaking as this cannot fail to be interesting even to the traveller ; to the people of Canada it is the El Dorado, the Great Unknown, the Profligate, the Far- i' WICKETS IN THE WEST. Ill seeing, the Hope of the Future, tlie Curse of the Present, just as their political bias in- fluences them for the moment. We con- stantly heard it abused as the worst of jobs, and again listened to sanguine pi'edictions of the great blessing it must confer upon the Dominion. It is not for us to pretend to decide upon so momentous a question. To our mind the idea itself sufficiently confirms The idea. the experiment. To penetrate vast regions at present inaccessible, but known to be favourable to grain and other produce ; to connect the Atlantic with the Pacific shore ; to bind the Dominion together; to give it what it has long needed, a spinal column, with vertebrae of iron, and so strengthen its dependencies on either hand, appeals most forcibly to the imagination. Speculation, doubtless, looks further than the gradual development of the regions through which the line will run. Her roving eye has crossed the Pacific, and may fondly see in the future the argosies of China and Japan attracted to the northern port. These and other like dreams do not suggest themselves to the simple traveller ; he can but judge of :-l >■> i-'> H9 X WICKETS IN THE WEST. The pliocene f! 4' things in a btrange country from what lie sees, and to some extent, with proper cau- tion, from what he hears. The most care- less observer in Canada cannot fail to per- ceive that there are signs of development throughout the country. The era of stagna- tion has passed away. There is a marked appearance of independerxe and self-con- • fidence. The people believe in their future. The resources of tie north-west are to a Prospectus, great extent unfathomed. All that is known conduces to a belief in mineral wealth, that may well excuse the daring fancies of the speculator. The wealth of the soil is un- doubted. The forest, the rivers, the great lakes speak for themselves ; food, fuel, and locomotion are within the grasp of all who Col. Cum- penetrate these solitudes. Col. Cumberland, our host of the occasion, is the managing director of the Great Northern, and to him we are indebted for much information, as well as for hospitality on the route. To this we must now return. Belle Ewart received the inmates of the railway cars, by this time on a very good understanding with each other, to judge by the pairing that had berlaud. Belle £waxt< WICKETS IN THE WEST. 113 yj> Siracoe. already commenced. Tlie ''Emily May," an excellent propeller, took all " on board," whistled a parting note, and steered cast- wards, so as to pass by the elegant resid- ences of Messrs. Dodge and May — charming to the eye, and doubtless as good as they look. Comfort is a household word in Canada. The day was made to order — a bright sun and fresh breeze, sufficient to ripple the broad and gleaming surface of the lake, but not to agitate it inconveniently. The shores of Lake Simcoe are well wooded, uke and the scenery might be Italian : the pure- ness of the sky and the brilliant tints pro- claim a SOI them rather than a northern hemisphere. The " Narrows " were soon The reached. The lake is spanned by a long viaduct, of wonderful neatness and strength combined, — the first completed viaduct of the Great Northern Line. The steamer passes through a swing bridge, and cheers were given by the enthusiastic party to the suc- cess of the great undertaking. At three p.m. the picturesque town of Orillia was reached. Oriiiia Many charming villas peep out of the dark pine woods on the margin of the lake. The Narrows, i ! ! 1 •I 114 WICKETS IN THE WEST. 1' town (so-called) is not important. The red man is found here, paddhng his own canoe, carving uncouth instruments and toys, and assisting the wliite settler in the consumption of whiskey and all manners of stores. Orillia smells of " lumber," and where wood is, there is often fire. A scene of late conflagration was presented by a considerable portion of Tiio lovei-s. this thriving settlement. The " Emily May" nearly added to the colony a distinguished pair, as she steamed away to some distance ■ before it was discovered that a youthful pair had been left behind. Unconscious of every- - thing and everybody, they had strolled tlirough the town, and were much chagrined on their return to the wharf, as they had to run the gauntlet of invidious eyes, when the steamer put back to take them on board. Leaving Orillia, the steamer's head was directed to Kempenfeldt Bay and the town of Barrie. The bay is a small arm of the lake, beautifully fringed to the water's edge with the graceful pine and maple. Most charming sitos for country residences are occasionally aken advantage of ; and it was hard to realise that the excursion was in s,> ii I ••J^SS^ •••?-■ h 4 i WICKETS IN THE WEST. 115 northern latitudes, and not on the shores of Devonshire. At Port Barrie, the party dis- Port embarked, and five minutes' journey by rail brought them to Allandale. A poet, a painter, is now imperiously de- Aiiandaie. manded. Prepared we were for any sur- prise, after so enjoyable a day, amidst such enchanting scenery, in such pleasant com- pany ; but to describe properly the scene that met our eyes is beyond our metier. We will attempt it nevertheless ; it will not die away from our memory, even if we fail to give any distinct impression of it to others. Allandale itself is a "bijou " station, of elegant design ; it boasts of a flower garden and a fountain ; a deep verandah runs round it ; the clear waters of the bay ripple within a few yards below it. Col. Cumberland did not allow much time for rapture ; he had better things in store than gape seed. Din- ner was served " under a roof of pine." Dinner. The interior was decorated with flags, and inscriptions met the astonished eye — " Wel- come to the English Cricketers. God save the Queen," the most conspicuous. Long tables were arranged, and the viands I 2 111 II i \ t 116 Iv The Captain. :(-! ■ li" The M.r, for New- market. "WICKETS IN THE WEST. were of the most clioice description. Ever- greens of various kinds and wreaths of flowers gave an agreeable aspect to the rude walls. It was indeed an entertainment one would liave little expected at the gates of the back- woods. Not a hundred yards from wliere we sit rise the tall pines that form the outposts of many a league of forest. We were hungry, and gave but little thought then to the vicinity of anything that was not hidden under piecrust or curbed by wire uid cork. . If ever there was an occasion when you could Speeches, not Say too much, this was it. Speeches set in with their accustomed severity. " The Queen " was most warmly given and replied to by the company and outsiders, of whom quite a number filled the door. The Captain was not equal to the occasion ; he did not express one-tenth of what he felt ; he in- tended to be very gallant to the Ladies, but drew upon himself a severe castigation from Mr. Boultbee, the humorous M.P. for New- market, who, in proposing the aforesaid Ladies, observed that the English visitors must not suppose this day's excursion to have priginated in any matrimonial speculation, 5-KS=s: i WICKETS IN THE WEST. 117 Id te . ^ The Hon. the Captain having remarked on the absence of chaperons, and the advantages tliat miglit be derived from the dinner, ball, and dark drive home combined. Tlie ladies might or might not look upon it as sue' ; he did not ; and he advised his young friends not to take a ^eap in tlic dark. The Honourable George ueorge" replied (as the papers said) " with a happy speed \ and a soup f on of poetry, as is his wont ; " and the party then adjourned to the • waiting-room of the station, where music soon set the feet in motion. In tlie intervals of dancing, promenades on the platform were Dancing. taken ; and perhaps a railway station never witnessed so many flirtations. It might have been a Junction, from all appearances, and warm hearts were beating at the nearest station in the world to the North Pole. At a quarter to eleven the happy party was, to some extent, broken up; it left Allandale with a thousand regrets. The Twelve ex- pressed their grateful sense of the trouble taken by the worthy station-master, John Cox, and his able assistants. Too much praise cannot be given to Colonel Cumber- land for the perfect organisation of the whole wmmm ^■IB ^sm m 118 WICKETS IN THE WEST.. w . The muffin. trip; from first to last it was a success. The party was only broken up, as a whole, — on taking their seats in the comfortable saloon cars, it broke into small items — a lady in an arm-chair, a gentleman at her feet or elbow, and so on, and off. It was a very pleasant finish to an agreeable day. We shall long remember it as giving rise to an explanation of the term "muffin." AVe had incautiously used the term directly to, and meaning thereby to distinguish, a certain fair damsel. She rose at the remark, with an appearance of anger, which was so well feigned as to appear real to us. We were alarmed ; but, before apologising, requested to know wherein our offence lav. We were then told that the term *' muffin " is not in good odour at the present day ; that no lady will admit she ever was or ever could be a muffin. " What," innocently asked we, " is a muffin ? " — supposing that our old acceptation of the term must be incorrect. The lady gave a very evasive answer. We returned to the charge. We gave our authorities (certain red men who once had a footing in the land). We advanced with warmth our ^/ ^^ WICKETS IN THE WEST. 119 ft' belief in a muffin as in one of the institutions of Canada, as inseparable from a cold climate as a well-appointed sleigh, furs, and bells to the horses. We quoted the well-known instance of a brevet-major, who, landing late in the autumn at Quebec, found all theThcP-evct- muffins gone, and had to take up with the the' wu , barrack-master's widow. Were the stories of the red men wicked stories ? Would the lady deny or, blushing, own the fair impeach- ment ? The lady did not deny, nor did she blush. With some difficulty we arrived at the exact truth. Muffins there had been ; muffins there were not ! No lady owned to ever having been a muffin, at least not until she knew her young man well enough to tell him so. Muffins were not in favour with the young civilian ; they were crumbs of the happy past (and here she sighed) when the red man reigned paramount in ball-room or sleigh. To have been a muffin was fatal to many a beauty after the red man's exile. ,^^ ^^^ The term was only uttered now sottd voce. It "^^°- was still dear ; but it was now better under- stood than often expressed. We pressed our advc itaofe. We were anxious to take a less mBammm ■ ■>■*■■■< » ■ v ¥ \' 1-20 WICKETS IN THE WEST. * general view of the subject, to bring tlie muffin more home to ourselves. But the lady was on her guard. It resolved itself finally into this (and we believe this to be the existing social condition of a muffin) : that the term might be applied ^7*0 ^em., but A whisper. ^^^ abovc a whisper. We asked for no more. A pleasanter relationship cannot be imagined • than that which was formerly conveyed by a muffin. It could be entertained under no other climate than that of Canada, nor, from • the fair types that we met of the ancien regime^ can we imagine it to be better illus- trated. It is needless to observe that the muffin has never attained the same dignity under the black-coat regime as it did under I the red. We were verv fateful to our fair exponent ; and should this ever meet her eye, we trust she will acquit us of any inten- tion other than that of presenting ?.-, muffin in her proper light. Where the argument would have led us juste ciel only knows ; but a scream from the engine announced our arrival at Toronto ; and the hour, 2 a.m., will be a partial apology for this ramble into an interesting social question. Toronto. '^\ >♦ ir [•J lo t f WICKETS IN THE WEST. 121 (1 Tlie day's excursion broiiglit us in contact with many pioneers of the Canadian frontier ; their conversation, coupled with what we saw ourselves on the shores of Lake Simcoe, assured us of the great want of Canada — English hearts and English hands to aid in the development of the country. Emigration Emigra- is the word in everybody's mouth. Send us / men to work, for their own profit as well as our own. Canada is not the country for the loafer ; but a loaf is at hand for as many The loaf as will ask, so that they are willing to put ^"ifer.'^ their strong shoulders to the common wheel. Saw-mills short of hands is the cry of Lake Simcoe. Wages which would be pronounced fabulous by the agricultural labourer of Eng- land are proverbial here. Why is the stream of English labour diverted from the English colony to the Western States of America? What advantages are offered by the Great RepubHc that are refused or withheld by the Dominion? We hazarded this question once in a motley crowd round our tent on the cricket- field. A voice from the crowd replied, " You can speak your mind in the States." " Yes," said another, " and it may cost you your life S I ,^M Il 122 WICKETS IN THE WEST. ■V to do so." This cannot be a sound answer to the question. We certainly had but a Libexty. short time wherein to compare the liberty of thought and speech in the two countries, but, from what we read in the local prints, and what we heard, and more from what we daily experienced in our tour throughout the * Dominion, we can speak with certainty as to the freedom which characterises all classes of society. Every working man is as good as his neighbour. It was at first almost strange to us. Englishmen with our insular prejudices of caste or superior education, to be greeted, as we were, in the familiar, but not vulgar, manner of our brothers in Canada. It took us a week or two thoroughly to under- stand the relation in which man stands to man in the New World. At first our hand did not instinctively press the kindly fist held out to us. The sympathetic chord is not struck at The cnxst. the first touch. The hard crust of old Eng- lish prejudice does not crumble without a struggle in the operation. But it did crumble ere we left the Dominion. It was im- possible to resist the c;onviction that the hand held out to the stranger was a proof of the f . i^;.^.^.-. -"J * ^- rsree .IIUI. ..JUltaRlW to at g- lie WICKETS TN THE WEST. 123 warm heart ; and we needed no proof of the attachment of Canadians to the mother country. Canada is made of self-made men ; the aristocracy is self-created ; there are no obstacles to success save what man makes for himself. It is not the country for the aspiring clerk, the ambitious juvenile, The quiu (Iri vtjr discontented at home with his quill-driving salary — that class of emigrant is pre-eminently undesirable. It is the country for the strong man, with the head on his shoulders, the Hodge. muscle in his arm. Its wealth does not lie buried in the earth, where it may fall to the Inck of the weak as well as to the strong ; it lies within the few inches that must be turned by the plough; it is hewn by the axe. Still the stream tends to the prairies of the West, and why ? Is it not owing to the neglect at home of our great colony, in some measure ? Is not Canada lost sight of in the anxious watching of our ambitious cousin? Are not tlie crumbs doled to our blood-rela- tions, and the pottage presented to our distant cousins, almost without their asking ? The climate may influence some emigrants ; ciimate and the horrors of a Canadian winter lose 1 191 ( I 121 WrCKETS IN THE WEST. none of their forbidding features on the Agents, tongues of those agents who, in every part of Europe, direct the stream towards the States. There is no doubt that the organisa- tion on the part of American agents is far superior to that (if any) of the Canadian. So far from the winter being regarded with terror in Canada itself, on all sides we heard Christmas its Christmas carols sung. It is the season of locomotion ; places inaccessible in summer are brought within reach by the level high- way of snow. Food is plentiful and cheap ; fuel, if increasing in price, is not scarce. There is plenty of employment. In the backwoods we were told by a hardy settler that he looked forward to the winter, as he could then travel speedily to Quebec ; in the summer the state of the roads prevented any communication on wheels. Domestic ser- vants can almost demand their own price. What's to become of the missuses? is a serious question now, and not a funny picture from Punch. Nowhere is labour brought so near to capital ; the two converse familiarly together ; and if the voice be raised, it is generally the former that gains a The Mrs. Sally. SWSB WICKETS IN THE WEST. 125 hearing. We cannot pretend to any theory that may place emigration to Canada in at least as favourable a light as emigration to other States. We are simply recording our impressions of what we saw and heard from various sources. We can securely state that Canada is in great want of labour, and that she holds out the most honest and equitable inducements to Englishmen in return for their aid. The expenses attendant upon sending out an agricultural family must materially deter private individuals from doing much to aid the cause. England is properly loth to part with her agricultural population ; at the same time, we do think that when hundreds are induced to quit their native land for a foreign soil, it is but right that Englishmen should know what advan- tages are open to them across the Atlantic, in a country which is English to the back- bone, albeit separated by a vast ocean. We are far from intimating that money is picked Money. up in the streets or found in th'- woods, and that the listless, the lounger, the lazy will improve their position by crossing the water — far from it. What we do not hesitate to * 11 1 W il l i l » 11 I II i V * iil l (IM»w*«IIMIM»>>lll«'^'" iHiMiiiliiia 126 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Market. The Picca- dilly swell. II h advance is, that labour will at once find its market ; and labour combined with capital can nowhere else meet with so speedy a return. The lounger of Pall-Mall, on a fortune of £5,000, with a taste for field- ... sports, which he can only gratify at the expense of his washerwoman or through the kindness of his tailor, is a pitiable being in his own estimation. Let him take his £5,000 A scheme, to Canada, or, better still, lot him previously invest part of it in labour, by equipping a few families for the voyage, and providing for their passage. Let him apply for a grant of land ; his little band will be carried over its first difficulties by his aid ; he will be repaid by its labour in due time. The mutual assist- ance will enrich both sides. A clearing will be effected, the labouring men, in their turn, will save their wages, and so become small capitalists, and purchase land of their own. The mischief that follows in the wake of emigration is caused by the dangerous be- lief that money is to be amassed without work, that the emigrant on setting foot in America is thereby relieved from wants that pinched him at home. He can starve almost h WICKETS IN THE WEST. 127 i K f as well in Canada as he can in his native village, if he is unwilling to accept the terms upon which his fortune depends. If he will not work, he 'will do what hundreds, alas ! Drink, do, he will drink and die ; cursing the day Death, that tempted him to wander from the fatherly protection of his village union. The advantages held out to emigrants are often depicted in too glowing terms, and a useless ^^^"*- class is thereby induced to try its luck in a strange land. It cannot be too strongly urged or too widely known that work of a severe character must be encountered in the first instance by those who wish to exchange a dependent for an independent station in life ; disappointment awaits most who have formed too sanguine a view of the Promised Land ; on the other hand, to those who are not so anxious to obtain independency, as to secure good remuneration for bodily ser- vice, and a certainty of food and drink, the terms offered by i\e agricultural employers of labour, the railway companies, in fact the wages to be obtained everywhere through- out the Dominion, by every class of servant, cannot be sufficiently or too glowingly de- i aI m f 128 WICKETS IN THE WEST. l! ! I, Flunkey dom. scribed. In a country of expansion there is naturally an impatience of servitude even of the mildest type. We never saw such Mary Jane, deference shown to the neat maid or the clever cook as we did in Canada; each well knows her value, she is only too apt to over- estimate it. It was refreshing at the same time to be freed from flunkeyism ; six- footers and white powder flourish not on the soil. If the Mrs. has her little difficulties, the traveller is not made aware of them, he sees only the neatly dressed and smart- looking maid, who waits upon him with an independent air that rather gives a zest to his appetite than otherwise. We are talk- ing of what we observed in private houses ; we must tell another tale in respect of the hotels. There it is the exception to meet with civil attendants. The sauciest of the saucy, as a rule, are the chambermaids. Woe betide you if you lie in bed longer than the lady who rules your passage with a broom and bunch of keys, considers your quantum suff. You will be roused from your delicious dreams by a hard knock, often repeated; you will be told that you must Boots, Jane. "mm .> m WICKETS IN THE WEST. 129 get up, you, tlie proprietor pro tem.^ as you ®*"^*' foolishly imagine, of a bedchamber! — must hasten to leave it, as you are trespassing upon the time of the lady whose pleasure it is to do her duty how and when she pleases. No money passes in America between you and the domestics. This is a great revul- sion of feeling even to the most niggardly. It is difficult at first to believe that money will not brush your boots or fetch your hot No fees to ^ *' '' ^ servants, water. It will not guarantee your being called, nor will it of necessity take your luggage from or to your room. The al- mighty dollar takes higher flights, it will assist you to the most gigantic swindle, but it will not truckle to any underhand ways and means, which may tend to establish your superiority socially over your brother - man. But we are lingering too long upon social questions ; we must return to the track upon which we started. Our apology for straying lies in the fact of our having been taken into the parlour or bed-chamber wherever we went, and so we were brought into pleasant contact with cook and house maid. We gained a little insight intjo Cana- [* ^«b 130 WICKETS IN THE WEST. -itiV, The cup. dian cupboards. Our view of Canada is taken generally from the cricket-field, bnt from the cricket-field to the cupboard was no long journey, and a very constant one ; we can speak with equal warmth and truth . , of the public as of the private reception. We are loth to withhold our grateful estima- tion of the kindness hidden under the bushel, whilst we are lavish in our notice of that which met the public eye. Before quitting the sociable theme, we may be per- Comfort. mitted to add our conviction that comfort forms the great aim and end of a Canadian home. Warmth, to meet the rigour of winter, is eminently cultivated, walls are thick, books are plentiful, the body is well housed, the mind is not neglected. We saw enough to convince us that a winter in Canada owes not all its charms to its crisp frost and clear sky, which give elasticity to the spirits, and make activity necessary to the body. There is a marked sociability and freedom of intercourse amongst the which mis:ht be envied i people, which warmer clime. many I '\ .i AA^ /D -3^^^ ^j£ v,v CHAPTER VIII. Toronto— Scratch Match— Batting- and Bowling— The Butter- flies—The Captain— Address to Crowd— Presentation of Bat and Ball— The Theatre— The Gods— Farewell to Toronto. lie a The Committee of tlie Toronto Club were very anxious to conc-ade the week's pro- gramme with a legitimate match, eleven a side. The cricket was expected to be of a high order, and tlie match as made was looked forward to with interest. As is generally the case when much is expected, the result did not give great satisfaction. There was not enough speciality in the match to interest the individuals ensracred in it. It was a clever handicap, and it ought to have been difficult to name the winner. It was wisely arranged to throw the strength of the batting on the one side, the weig' of the bowling on the other. K 2 JR^ >WBBi^ !l u I -■ '^^ . II i ♦ ; }• fil : : I •I! V! t I I 13:2 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Cricket. Oniitho The Captain leaned to the bowling, and Gilbert, of course, was the champion of the batting side. Friday, September 6th. — Very hot day. I'.utteiflits. Myriads of bright butterflies floated in the light northern breeze. We had noticed the migration of these beautiful insects at Ot- tawa ; at this season of the year they are wafted southwards, to perish in Lake On- tario by thousands, all of the same species, of a rich reddish brown hue, and as large as crown pieces. They people the air, and supply the place of birds. The graceful night-hawk is often seen towards evening, swooping down on the butterfly ; swallows are not numerous, in fact the appearance of a bird of any kind was generally hailed by the Twelve with a shout. Humming- birds at this season may be seen hovering over the flowers in private gardens, but they are few and far between, and are already on the move southwards. The match commenced late ; at one o'clock, W. G., who had won the toss, went in with George to the bowling of Rose and Appleby. The Monkey put th^ gloves on ; TP WICKETS IN THE WEST. 183 a fair assemblage of spectators looking for- ward to a second display of W. G.'s powers. ' They were doomed to disappointment ; at the second ball bowled the Unapproachable dashed out, missed a short one, and was stumped by the Marmoset, retiring for amidst general murmurs. The Ojibbeway succeeded him, and with George ran the score up to 52 ; a change was then effected, Alfred the Great went on with his patents, and broke through the O.'s system of de- fence. He obtained 17 judgematically as usual. Hadow the Unlucky only scored one, and retired breathing thunder. Edgar shared his fate. The Tormentor, being on his mettle, bowled in rare form ; four wickets down for 67 runs. George was bat- ting splendidly. The youthful Pick, was very lively, but took great liberties, which were not resented, at least his chances were not accepted. At luncheon 90 runs were obtained. George's time came when he had made 65, by exceedingly good play ; he was much cheered on leaving the wickets ; 103 runs for 5 wickets. Henlev and Pickering were not parted until 134 were scored, of which w. o.'s 2m] I Kill. Hadow angry. \ George's ^ ■■m i{ 131 T e Cap- t..iu's side. f r^>' WICKETS IN THE WEST. the Lad secured 25. Henley the Strong succumbed to Alfred for 22 ; the stalwart son of Mars and Bellona having played very well for his runs. The Canadian contingent now appeared. The Brothers Brunei both showed good defence, and should have been sent in earlier. The innings closed for 168. The Captain's side then struck up an ac- quaintance with those lovely and tempting bowlers, Gilbert and Anna. Rose and Hornby were the first to taste the sweets, and the former was soon nauseated. Alfred scarcely had a taste of e* her, as in his hurry to meet the alluring Anna, he forgot the Red Indian with the large hand behind the wicket, and fell a victim to his hasty passion. The Monkey meanwhile got on good terms with both bowlers. Whelan made a dashing 10. The Monkey tried his gambols once too often, and was run out for a very dashing 22 ; he did warm Anna, and no mistake ; 45 runs for 4 wickets was not creditable or easily credited. The golden op- portunity of a Mammoth innings was thrown away. The Tormentor and Francesco, how- ever, got together and put a new face on the I a WICKETS m THE WEST. 135 ac- • i* I • game. They made it very hot. Edgar did the hot chestnut business again, in other words he dropped a hot one, his palm was always ready to try, but not always firm to hold. He tried his luck at under-grounders, but the only result was that runs came faster. George supplemented Gilbert, who was as usual hard to be persuaded that he was getting togo, and Anna stepped into Togo. Edgar's shoes. George must thank Picker- ing for a wicket, he very cleverly caught the Saint after a score of 45, the second best innings made during the day. Francesco deserved a few runs, as nobody FiaiKys in ' -^ the field. fielded better than he did in every match. The game was now interesting. Appleby carried his bat out for 35, and when score was called, the score had reached 115 for 5 wickets down. The game was resumed on Saturday morning at 11*4-5. Spragge, M.D., joined the Tormentor. The Doctor died early. The Captain lost no time in getting 8, when he fell a victim, — scalp. No. 2, to the Red Indian ; 7 for 130. The Tormentor was bowled by George for a lucky but effective 39. Gamble and Street J fi? n < ! , I f ! i f ' IH 136 Gosling. WICKETS IN THE WEST. kept the ball rolling, both batting very steadily. Street was the first to become a thoroughfare to George's vehicle of de- struction. The young Goose joined Gamble, and made a splendid hit for 5. Gamble after an excellent innings of 16 succumbed at last to the poet Harris. Bickle didn't make an effort, and the Green Goose carried his bat out for 9. The total 105, being only three runs behind their adversaries' score. Anna and the Ojibbeway were the first to appear on behalf of the batting interest. The locals said " a deputation of ladies had • waited upon Mr. Grace, requesting him not to go in till after luncheon." , The Monkey soon accounted for the Indian at his own game, stumping him for To quote. 4. Anna was bowled by Appleby, " play- ing back at a terrific overpitched shooter," according to the local. Brunei scored 12 in very good style, when he fell a victim to Rose: 3 wickets for 27. George and Henley got together, and some splendid Slaughter hitting cusucd, — George nearly killing two mfants on the raised steps, and frightening the nurses out of their senses. 60 runs of the in nocents. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 137 >? er, 12 to md [did ;wo ing IDS i were telegraphed at luncheon. The mid- day meal was too much for George, as he retired to the second ball bowled by Appleby ^or another brilliant innings of 32 ; ^ "an innings that, played with all the style To quote. and freedom of his first essay, did one's heart good to witness, comprised of two 4's, three 3's, four 2's, and singles." Gilbert now appeared according to request, expec- tation ran high ; it was not much disap- pointed. Henley retired for 14, well got ; 80 runs for 5 wickets. Edgar retired for 4. G. Brunei came in and made 4, a fine leg hit. Gilbert then showed his muscle by hitting Alfred out of the ground for 6, fol- lowing it up by 7 — a fine drive in itself, but only worth 3 — 4 being voluntarily added by overthrows. The Captain was angry, and Appleby to soothe him bowled Brunei. Parsons distinguished himself by nearly running the Leviathan out, he escaped that distinction merely to confer the honour upon Alfred in the very next ball, of bowling the great man — 1 b w — much to the disgust Gilbert, of Gilbert and the spectators. Gilbert growled, but it was of no use, out he went, II I /( 138 WICKETS IN THE WEST. II it I The Cap- tain's innings. Score. for 27 obtained in seven hits. Nothing else occurred, of a striking nature at least. The total reached 119, at 4*15, the Captain's side went in as for an easy victory. The lot collapsed for G3 runs, of which the Captain, who deserved a better fate, contributed 26 ; he was the last to leave the wreck. It was a poor display of batting, and can only be attributed to the want of interest shown by the side. It was to be deplored, as there was a goodly array of spectators, and it was the last opportunity of displaying their prowess before a Toronto public. " Boys will be boys " was the only audible remark of the Captain. He was defeated, but not disgraced. MR. GRACE'S TWELVE v. MR. iTITZ- GERALD'S TWELVE. , , Mr. GRACE'S TWELVE. 1st inn. W. G. Grace, st Hornby, b Rose Hon. G. Harris, st Hornby, b Rose , 65 C. J. Otto way, b A. Lubbock ... 17 W. H. Hadow, b Appleby 1 E. Lubbock, b Appleby 4 F. P. U. Pickering, b A. Lubbock 25 Lieut. Henley, b A. Lubbock ... 22 J. Brunei, not out 15 leg b w, b A, bock 2nd inn. Lub- 27 b Appleby 32 st Hornby, b Rose ... 4 b Appleby 3 b Appleby 4 b Appleby 4 b A. Lubbock 14 b Rose 12 WICKETS IN THE WEST. 139 .-^ GRACE'S 12— Continued. 1st inn. G. Brunei, b Appleby 13 B. Parsons, st Hornby, b Rose ... 2 A Cameron, st Hornby, b Rose ... H. Furlong, st Hornby, b Rose ... B3, wbl 4 Total —168 2nd inn. b Appleby 4 c Fitzgerald, b Ap- pleby not out 2 c Rose, b A. Lubbock 5 Byes 8 Total —119 Mr. FITZGERALPS TWELVE. 1st inn. A. N, Hornby, n out 22 W. M. Rose, c Pici. oring, b Grace 6 A. Lubl)ock, st Ottoway, b Hadow J. Wbelan, b Grace 10 C. K. Francis, c Pickering, b Hai'ris A. Appleby, b Harris Dr. Spragge, hit w, b Harris... R. A. Fitzgerald, st Ottoway, b Hadow 8 W. P. R. Street, b Harris 8 R. G. Gamble, c and b Harris ... 16 E. J. Gosling, not out 9 Bickle, b Harris L b 1, wb 1 2 Total —165 c Furlong, 2nd inn. b Grace 2 b Harris 8 c and b Grace 11 c and b Harris 45 c J. Brunei, b Grace 39 b Grace c Cameron, b Grace 7 not out 26 b Harris c Hai'ris, b Grace... b Hams leg b w, b Grace .. 1 B 3, 1 b 4, w b 1 8 Total —63 Inn. ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING. Mr. GRACE'S TWELVE. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets, Rose 43-1 11 102 7 Appleby 69 32 99 9 A.Lubbock... 29 6 70 6 Francis 2 1 4 Mr. FITZGERALD'S TWELVE. Grace 40 Hadow 20 Han-is 34 E. Lubbock... 4 76 3 15 1 76 .. .... 9 81 .. ... 2 45 .. .... 10 18 .. ... Wides. ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... 140 WICKETS IN THE WEST. k \ Blake. Presentca- tion. The match was interesting in one sense, in that it brought out the natives in close comparison with the visitors. It showed some good cricket to be existent in Toronto ; some excellent fielding, and we must name especially Street, the longstop, Whelan, and Dr. Spragge. The batting, as a whole, was superior to that shown in the first match. Mr. Blake's successful elfbrts in preparing a wicket during the trying week deserve recognition. The sun was tropical, and the difficulties natural to the place and climate were increased by the great attendance, and the desire to practise by the numerous aspirants. Cricket was never watched with more interest, and the arrangements gave great satisfaction to all concerned. The Captain presented a bat and a ball to the President of the Club. He expressed a wish that they should be held as champion prizes, presenting them in the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club. Before leaving the ground, a hearty crowd gathered round the door of the dressing- room, and the Captain was " on the stump." !(lu a WICKETS IN THE WEST. 141 the all )ion the )wd ling- >> ip He thanked the kind friends before him for Tiio Cap- their cordial reception of his team, and felt stump. glad for the opportunity to acknowledge in public his sense of the spirit which had led ' the cricketers of Toronto to invite himself and comrades to Canada. He was grateful as an Englishmen to that kindly spirit. It cemented the ties between the Old and New Country, and he felt convinced that a visit of this nature was not to be judged merely by its cricketing results. The Twelve were most cordially greeted on leaving the ground. We are glad to think that finan- cially the week was a great success. The manager was well repaid for his large out- lay, and a handsome balance was handed over to the Funds of the Club. " In summing up the events of the week," to quote, (to quote from the Mail), "we cannot dO'«The better than pubhsh the words of the^^^^* English Captain, as, in feeling terms, he took leave of the Toronto Cricket Club. 'Never,' he said, Miad he and his friends spent a happier or more enjoyable week than they had passed at Toronto, and he and . they would* ever look back to it, and he i j iii ^ i* -^ar 142 WICKETS IN THE WEST. ( hoped '^any years would not pass before they revisited the scenes of their present victories and amusements/ said, as it was, with all the bluff heartiness and honest sin- cerity that characterize the Secretary of the M.C.C., no further comment is necessary upon the brilliant success of the week, to mar which not one single contretemps has occurred of more significance than the pitch- ing of a fly on a cow's back and its speedy removal by a switch of the tail" One more entertainment was in store for the Twelve. The lessee of the Lyceum The- atre had placed stalls at their disposal on Saturday evening. The Twelve went in perfect innocence, and in the garb of the period ; imagine, if you can, their feelings upon entering the house, when the perform- ance suddenly stopped, the band struck up Rule Britannia, and the gods above and the goddesses below rose with one accord in a The Gods, tremendous acclaim of greeting. The cheer- ing lasted several minutes. The Captain and his crew were completely staggered by the ovation. The actors took part in the hullabaloo, and the prompter had some diffi- The Lyceum Rule Britannia. S WICKETS IN THE WEST. I4;i culty in recalling them to their suspended avocation. It was a genuine surprise to the Twelve. It was also a kind farewell. Within a few hours they had left Toronto to meet new faces on fresh fields. It was like leaving home. They parted with Last words, many friends they may never meet again, but the cheers of that last evening in the • crowded theatre, and the pressure of one, if not more than one, warm hand, said all that words could say, or the heart could feel. We cannot part with Toronto without an expression of our tlianks to Mr. Shears, for his Mr. shears, great attention to us at the Rossyn House, i^ossyu This magnificent hotel will compare to ad- ^^"''°' vantage with the best hotels in America. It is by far the best in Canada. Its long and lofty corridors admit of speedy ventilation ; for cleanliness, good attendance, and comfort it is conspicuous in a country, where we shall not be found fault witli for saying that such are not the leading characteristics of hotel life. We had but one regret in common, and_ „ , . "• ' The Clubs. that was our mability to acknowledge pro- perly the honour paid to us by the Royal rl MBaMtM 144 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Canadian Yacht Club, the Toronto Club, and other public bodies who united in giving us so hearty a welcome to their hospitable town. Time willed it otherwise, and we were bound to time. • ■J L. d CHAPTER IX. i London— Fourth Match— Oil— Sulphur Baths— The Thames —The Barrack Field— The Rifle Pits— The Cockneys— The Ball— Thunder and Lightning— Stiff and Strong— Tecompsee — Mosquitoes— The Ball— The Champion Cro- quet Match — The Junior Mallets. A HOT night's journey was in store for the The Muses. Nine leaving Toronto at 11. 30 p.m. on Satur- day evening, they arrived at London on Sunday morning, September 8, at 7 a.m. "The Nine" involves an explanation. Sing, ye Muses, the charms that detained the three. Who were the three Graces, and ^iiearaces. who were the three absentees ? Suffice it to record that the amorous Appleby, the Ojibbeway and San Francisco had ap- plied for leave to spend the Sabbath in » the same pew with three of the lovehest ladies of Toronto, and leave was granted on 146 WICKETS IN THE WEST. f I ! I J,. ■$ # condition of their turning up in time for the . morrow's match. ' The morning of Sunday, September 8, was sultry and oppressive. The Nine crawled Tecompsee. into the Tccompseo Hotel languid and dusty after the night's journey. The hotel was not up, the rooms were not ready, there was only one bath in the house, and it was not very clear where or when that one bath might be available. A fiend in human guise sug- gested a stroll to the Sulphur baths. It did not sound savoury, but by this time the nostrils were seasoned to oil. We were now in the kingdom of Paraffin. We had struck oil long before arriving at London, it struck us as very beastly, but then it must be re- membered we had no ghare beyond the smell in this flourishing department of trade. Oil is cheap, not to say nasty; we had long been acquainted with its marvellous properties, we had detected it in every room and sm^lt it in every passage from Quebec to London. It was brought home to us here, or rather we w^ere brought to its home. The bread tasted of oil, the beer was im- pregnated with oil, the ice was oily, the The Sulphur He i^^.. r the ^, was awled dusty as not is only t very V ght be 3 sug- Itdid le the re now struck struck be re- smell Oil been |es, we It it in in. It ler we IS im- \ the WICKETS IN THE WEST. 117 attendants were oily. We thought a sulphur - bath would at least be free from the all per- vading element ; but no ! there was oil on the troubled waters of the sulphur bath ! The stroll was a half hour's walk through wide streets, at that early hour, without signs of life. It was not the cool, nor was it the fragrant hour of morn. The sulphur bath is extremely cold, we dipped our toes in it, but could not be j .rsuaded to venture further. The oil was preferable to the sulphureous exhalation. The Thames is not The a magnificent river. The stream was very low and its colour creamy. Westminster Bridge is not a gorgeous structure. We passed St. Paul's Cathedral on our return to st. v-.wVs. the hotel. We were not tempted to linger in its precincts. London is a loyal town, it has its Pall Mall and Piccadilly, and later in the day we were pleased to find it had its loungers. It is called the Forest City. The neighbourhood is indeed lovely. It is the centre of a rich agricultural district. The Middlesex farmers rank amongst the best in Canada. Already preparations are being made for an Autumn exhibition of agricul- l2 'If ■ ■■ ;? 148 t » 1 WICKETS IN THE WEST. tural produce. London was founded about the year 1824, by General Simcoe. It does not show any signs of such antiquity. It appears to have started into Hfe within the last ten years and to be now growing fast. The visitors were very hospitably entertained by several of the leading residents. Amongst them must be mentioned Mr. Beecher, Q.C., Messrs. Harris and Griffin. The attendance during the match was very gi'atifying, and a more appreciative circle had never yet been formed. It might have been a match in the Midland Counties of the Old Country. So to the cricket. Cricket. Mondmj^ Sept. 9. — The Three did not turn up in time. The ground, as usual, de- serves a remark. We walked over it before we were aware that we had passed the wickets. These were marked out on a small plateau, the only one visible, in dangerous vicinity to a long range of wooden buildings, afterwards discovered to be "The Barracks." Rifle pits. Rifle pits abounded on all sides. The bar- racks at some recent period must have sus- tained a siege. However a fair wicket was obtained, dead from thunder showers and •^ti H ■,^;tlM>Uai^Jkr -.-imitt WICKETS IN THE WEST. U9 3d about It does uity. It ithin the ring fast, itertained Amongst ler, Q.C., tendance ig, and a yet been :ch in the itry. So did not isual, de- it before Issed the a small [angerous mildings, trracks." 'he bar- lave sus- ;ket was rers and evidently not a run getting one. The first question that arose was " How many " to How allow for a swipe into the bedrooms of the ^^^^ ' barracks. Was it a lost ball in the scullery ? * Might the long-stop lean against the palings? These little questions were soon amicably adjusted. It was agreed that no Scotchman should stand long-stop, the temptation to scratch his back being too tempting to resist. The Captain (of course) won the toss and in the absence of one of " the gentlemen in waiting," W. G. and Hornby went to the wickets. The sun was now shining ^nd the ominous clouds that had copiously discharged their contents up to twelve o'clock rolled away. Messrs. Gillean and Wright bowling, both fast and straight. Nothing occurred till the fifth over, when " Mr. Grace was . caught by Henley, but it proved to be a ground ball." The crowd was delighted " as the umpire decided not out." It may as v/ell Aseii. be stated that a hit to the fence scored 3, and over the fence 4. The Monkey was bowled in the tenth over of Gillean for 14. Hadow, the Unlucky, went in. To quote again, " He made a fine cut for 1 which was well • 150 Ooiits in waiting. WICKETS IN THE WEST. fielded by Mr. Despard, of the Bank of Mon- treal, at long leg." His stumps were then scattered by Wright. Mr. G. had made a few, but not without luck, he "gave a splendid chance to Wright, as he sent the ball straight up, but it was beautifully muffled," 44 for 2 wickets. Alfred succeeded and runs came quicker. A change was now made. Ebberts taking Wright's place. " His delivery was from the shoulder, and he bowls a swift destructive ball." Alfred was printed " Tubbock " in the scores. " Mr. Tubbock was ruy out for 9," his own fault; 52 for 3 wickets, of which Gilbert owned 30. George went in and "slipped a ball for 1;" Gilbert was now sent home for a lucky score of 31, very well caught off a good hit at deep square leg by Hyman. The ** Gentlemen in waiting " had now arrived, and C. J. Otto- *. way went in. Runs were hard to get. The Honourable George " was driven to his tent by Gillean, his wicket being entirely flat- tened out ; " 56 for 5 wickets. The Ojibbeway only made 1. The other " Gentleman in W.," took his place, love had less effect upon him for he made 12. Shooters made short ■ M i< < H| WICKETS IN THE WEST. 151 was now work of the rest. The Unaffected only arrived in time to carry his bat out for 1. The innings closed for 89. The bowling of Messrs. Gillean and Wright was admirable, the fielding was creditable, the long-stopping of Mr. Fradd to the swift bowling was ex- FracW. cellent. The Londoners were much pleased at the small score obtained by the visitors. It was the smallest hitherto obtained by them. It may be attributed to the bowHng on a dead wicket being fast and straight, as well as to the accurate fielding, the " return" being very noticeable, and making it difficult to achieve the second run for a hard hit. The Cockneys went in at 4 p.m. and at 5.30 The cockneys, were all out for 55. Hymen played reso- lutely, with some luck, as he was badly missed twice ; he hit well to leg and faced the Tormentor, who bowled superbly, with great spirit. Eleven Londoners laid an egg Eggs. a piece, and being market day it led to some merriment amongst the farmers' wives, six of them made 1 run apiece, 10 wickets fell for 43, and the remaining twelve contributed a dozen. If it was difficult to the Twelve, it was impossible for the Twenty-two to score. 1 152 Cricket. The Monkey. Bray. WICKETS IN THE WEST. It was calculated that at least seven thousand spectators were on the ground, and the re- ceipts must have amply rewarded the outlay. Sept. 10. — The return match was resumed at noon. Very heavy storms had saturated the ground during the night, so that the chances of the Twenty-two dismissing the Twelve for another short innings improved. W. G. and Ottoway went to the wickets, W. G. not very fit and the Ojibbeway languid after his exercise at the ball of the previous evening. W. G. had wisely declined the hop and should have been fit to run for the Derby. Gillean and Ebberts commenced the bowhng. The 0. was given out 1 b w, having made 6 while W. G. made 2. This does not often occur. The Monkey went in and caused much amusement by stealing runs, and with Gilbert's aid the score rapidly mounted. Dr. Bray has a curious corkscrew motion of the arm and provoked some laughter at his bowl- ing. W. G. at last 1 *i: a ball over the fence, AVhich was only thirty-five yards from the wicket ; the first hit out, which showed how dead the ground was as well as how true the bowling. It was soon repeated, however. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 15:3 lousand the re- outlay, esiimod turated at the ng the 3roved. ickets, anguid 'evious be hop Derby. wHng. lade 6 often aused with Dr. f the )owI- eiice, the how the iver. The Monkey was the next to go, bowled by a shooter of Whelan's; his 21 consisted of one 3, one 2, and sixteen singles, 98 for 2 wickets. Alfred to the wicket, and W. G. again hit over the fence. At two o'clock luncheon w. :i called, 112 for 2 wickets being . telegraphed, of which W. G. laid claim to 64. He had been badly missed at st^uare leg. On resuming play Gilbert was the first to leave, caught at long on for a score of 76, 130 for 3 wickets. His score consisted ofw. o.'s score one 5, four 4's, three 3's, eleven 2's, and singles. Hadow maintained his ill luck, being bowled for ; 4 wickets for 131. Alfred only secured 8. The Captain had intimated that it was desirable not to prolong the innings if possible, and consequently there was a little slogging which soon terminated the innings. T,^g ^j^^, George obtained 10, and the small offerings thankfully received raised the score to 161, of which the large number of 24 was given by extras. No time was lost and the Twenty- two were very busy iu putting pads on and taking them off, until time was called. The result of this process was that 10 wickets were disposed of for 45 runs. This unfor- .■e4ihi«», 154 Cricket, 3rd dny. { 1; .• I \ WICKETS IN THE WEST. tunately necessitated another morning for the conclusion, and as time was pressing the third day's play commenced punctually at eleven. Sept. 11. — The remaining eleven wickets gave little trouble. Hyman and Henley were very free with Rosa, but Appleby was tick- lish at all times and allowed no liberties. Thecockreys improved on their first journey bv 10 runs. Total G5. ENGLAND v. LONDON. ENGLAND. 1st inn, W. G. Grace, c Hyraan, b Gillean 31 A. N. Hornby, b Gillean 14 W. H. Hadow, b Wright 2 A. Lubbock, runout 5 Hon. G. Harris, b Gillean 1 C. K. Francis, b Ebberts 12 C. J. Ottaway, b Gillean 1 E. Lubbock, c Wells, b Ebberts ... 9 W. M. Rose, b Ebberts 2 F. Pickering, b Gillean 5 A. Appleby, not out 1 II. A. Fitz-Gerald, b GUlean B5, 1-bl 6 Total —89 2nd inn. c Cook, b Henley ... 76 b Whelan 21 b Henley c Neville, b Whelan 8 c Ebberts, b Saunders 10 b Gillean 3 leg b w, b Gillean... 6 b Saunders 6 c Eberos, b Saunders c Danks, b Saunders 1 not out 4 c Ebberts, b Gillean 2 B12, l-b3, wb9 24 Total —101 LONDON. 1st inn. 2nd inn. Street, c Pickering, b Rose Dayrill, b Appleby 1 Neville, c Harris, b Grace Wells, c Grace, b Rose 7 Whelan, b Appleby 9 Henley, c Ottaway, b Rose 2 c Grace, b Rose ... 2 c Hadow, b Rose ... 3 leg b w, b Grace ... 4 c Grace, h Appleby c Hornby, b Grace b Appleby 9 TjiJt^i^^mT i rM i -nM WICKETS TN THE WEST. 155 \ ig for the the third eleven. I wickets iley were vas tick- liberties, journey 2nd inn ley . . . 76 21 helan 8 ixnderfe 10 3 ;an... 6 6 iders iders 1 4 llean 2 ^b9 24 .... - -161 2nd inn. 2 s ... 3 4 eby •ace • • • * 9 LOi^BO^— Continued. 1st inn. Goldie, b Appleby Hyman, run out 18 Wright, c Ottaway, b Rose Bray, b Ai)pleby 1 Shaw, b Rose 1 Patterson, c Grace, b Rose 1 Rae, b Appleby Saunders, c Fitz-Gerald, b Rose ... Cooke, leg b w, b Rose Ebl)erts, b Appleby 1 Bradbeer, c A. Lubbock, b Rose... 1 Fradd, c E. Lubbock, b Rose Despard, c E. Lubbock, b Rose... Danks, c A. Lubbock, b Rose ... 2 M'Lean, b Appleby 7 Gillean, not out Bl, 1-bl, wb2 4 Total -55 2nd inn. b Appleby 2 b Appleby 9 c Grace, b Rose absent c Francis, b Grace b Appleby b Grace 7 c Grace, b Rose b Rose 4 b Rose 9 b Rose 3 absent b Appleby c Hornby, b Rose ... 1 c Grace, b Rose 2 not out Bl, 1-bl 2 Total —65 This was not a bad win — 130 runs to the good. The batting of the Canadians was again tested by the slow and fast ordeal of Rose and Appleby, and the same remark ap- plies to the Middlesex lads as to their neigh- bours. They did not do themselves justice ; the same unwillingness to open the shoulder, the same preconceived dread of the straight long hop. The Twenty-two were fair specimens of the youth of Canada, and their bowling was quite first class. The ground militated against a good display of cricket, the dead wicket equalising the good and indifferent 156 WICKETS IN THE WEST. The l>ar racks. The Reel Man. A bull. Love. Flirts. player to a great degree. The Barracks, where luncheon was provided, are a pitiable sight. Kats and vermin had long since left them, as much too comfortless. They are rotting surely if slowly. The absence of the soldiers is as much deplored here as else- Avhere. Mixing as we did with every class and listening to varied expressions of opinion, it is worthy of mention that we never heard the departure of the Red Man mentioned except with disapprobation. We do not pre- tend to analyse the policy, we only record facts. The ladies, as may well be supposed, are to a man, as they say in Ireland, against the withdrawal. Matrimony is at a discount, and a street full of marriageable girls taunts the bachelor on the way to church in every town. The young Canadian is too busy to love — or at least to flirt. The Red Man was always ready for either emergency. There are no picnics, no strolls in the forest, no lunch at the barracks, no nothings that often led to something in the good old time. The Londoners were not in any way behind Toronto in their desire to make the WICKETS IN THE WEST. 157 barracks, pitiable ince left 'hey ai'e e of the as else- ry class )pinion, I' heard ationed ot pre- record •posed, Lgainst street chelor The ■or at I ways re no 2h. at id to way the visit of the Twelve memorable. They had not been many hours at the Tecompsee Hotel before an elegant card was left upon the a card. Captain, bearing the following not strange device : — CRICKET CLUB BALL. IN HONOUR OF THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS. The Members of the Lontlon Cricket Club request the pleasure of Mr. Fitzgerald's and Gentlemen Players of England company at the City Hall on Monday evening the 9th September, at half past eight o'clock. fabg |latronf«st3. Mrs. Walker. Mrs. W. R. Meredith. Mi-s. Hyman. Mi-s. Street. Mrs. B. Watei-man. Mrs. E. S. Birrell. Mrs. H. Waterman. R. R. BRotroH, Hon. Sec. It is needless to say that the Twelve accepted, and a capital dance it was. A few fn, ds had followed the fortunes of the rovers. Amongst them one young being, who had come from a considerable distance for another dance with Alfred the Great. Her name will not transpire ; nor may she, perhaps, know herself who she is under the tender soubriquet of '* The Fly." It is a The fly. touching little story. Alfred caught a fly in f!f , M' j m \ 158 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Stilf ami Strong. one of the pauses of his wild waltz, and the lady had begged him to give it to her i a memento — imprisoning the helpless souvenir in her locket — a fly-leaf in a love-story, which we may fairly claim as original. It was during the London match that the little difference between Stiff' and Strong, the reporters, took place. London was very hospitable, and the reporters fell in for their share of the general greeting. Hence the adventure in which Strong and the lamp- post were the central figures. The Te- Tecompsee. compscc Hotcl was uot cqual to the Rossyn. Mosqui- Mosquitoes were abundant here ; we cannot say the same for the provisions, although the landlord was very civil. On the night of the ball an awful thunder- storm gathered over the town ; it broke in a Lightning, dclugc of rain, accompanied by lightning, which defies description. Sheets of electric light illumined the dark sky, revealing vistas of the surrounding forest, and forming a display of the elements at war, such as is never witnessed in Europe. Earth, air, and . water are on a grander scale; the elements have more elbow-room for their effects ap- toes Thunder. WICKETS IN THE WEST. inj) parently — at any rate tliey leave tliat im- pression. Fires destroy whole towns; hur- ricanes sweep every sail off the waters ; • everything partakes of the wholesale on the great continent. The human body does not increase in proportion to the room allotted it to grow in ; on the contrary, it rather de- creeases in size. Mr. Becher, Q.C., entertained several of ;\^';;^«*her> the Twelve each evenhig of their stay ; his house is situated overlooking the Thames, and it might almost be in Richmond Park ; forest glades in every direction ; forest trees of no mean dimensions. The humming- Humming birds. birds hovered over the flowers in his garden, evidently tended by fair hands, and bright with thoughts of English homes. Several birds of beautiful plumage were seen here. The vicinity of the forest city is very attrac- tive — seen, as we saw it, in its summer garb. Mr. Harris was equally attentive to others ^^^j Har- of the Twelve, and the visit, though short, was prolific of friendship. The match con- cluded in time for the Captain to take up a challenge presented by two fair ladies of London. They were the champion croquet ns. 160 WICKETS IN THE WEST. l/i piou cro quet match ^'|j^ Cham- players of the district, and the Captain anct W. G., with soni<3 trembling, took up the mallet. Victory inclined to the visitoid, not without a good struggle; the Captain's ob- ject in visiting America was not to be beaten at any game; it will be seen hereafter whether he succeeded. It is satisfactory, The junior also, to record the success of the junior croquet ganne, in ^hich Alfred the Great and George, by good luck, managed to get home first in an encounter with two young ladies just out of the schoolroom. But the scream of the approaching engine warns us to take our tickets for Hamilton. The platform was crowded with kind friends, and we were off at last with the warmest wishes for our suc- cess in +^:e States. "umA )taln and ;: up the Itoid, not ;ain's ob- )e beaten hereafter isfactory, le junior ^et home ng ladies lo scream s to take form was were off our suc- CHAPTER X. Hamilton— Fifth Match— Railways— Dinner at Mr, S win- yard's —Fourth Speech of W. G.— Cricket by Moonlight— A Catch in Oscuro — The Farmer — The Barber — The Last of the Mohicans — The Iroquois Nation — Apples and Peaches — The Grand Ball — Last Match in the Dominion — General Reflections. The route from London to Hamilton was a matter of four hours on tlie Great-AVestern Railway. This is an important line, and of rapidly increasing traffic. It leads direct to the Pork Corner at Chicago. Barrels of pork pork. and bushels of corn beyond weight and measure pass this way. The lin.. :,3 well kiid and fenced, and the carriasres excellent. We must not forget our indebtedness to tlie manager of the Great-Western, as aVo to the manager of the Grand Trunk, who passed the Twelve over their respective lines, and to whose courtesy the comfort of the travellers owes more than we can repay M 162 WICKETS IN THE WEST. 1/ Pulmaii, i^ in thanks. The admu-able system of check- ing luggage deserves a passing recognition. Our united baggage never amounted to less than fifty, and often as many as sixty pieces. Not one piece was lost throughout the tour that can be charged to any neglect on the part of the railway companies. Brass checks numbered are given for each article, a corre- sponding check being attached to it by a leathern strap. Baggage is given up to any- body who presents the right number ; but until that is done, the article remains in the custody of the company. The system gives much trouble to the company's servants, but it is a great saving of anxiety to the pas- senger, who does not trouble himself about his baggage until he arrives at his hotel, when he sends a porter with his checks to the station. Whilst we are on the line, let us say a word for Mr. Pulman. Many night journeys were before us ; one was now behind us, so that we can speak from experience. The Pulman car is an ingenious attempt to rein- state Morpheus as the God of the Sleepers. It has partially su*" : 2eded. When the WICKETS IN THE WEST. 168 sleepers under the carriage are indisposed to activity, and the sleepers in the carriage are inclined to sleep, Morpheus can, indeed, hold his court. Pulman has the monopoly of his carriages on every line in the States and Canada. He receives so much per head, an extra charge being made for each passenger that takes a bed. An attentive official in a very short time converts the seats into beds. It is hard to say where the linen comes from, but a clean bed is the work of a moment ; curtains are let down, and the snoring that follows too surely announces that the occu- pants are at their devotions to the sleepy god. The beds are on two tiers. There is not much choice between them ; if you prefer the upper, you must take your chance of the dust ; if you lay down in the lower, you must make up your mind to be a trifle short of air. It is simply a choice of two evils. We cannot say that you will awake refreshed ; dusty and dry in the mouth was our experience ; but as reading is impos- sible, owing to the bad light afforded by the railway-lamps, we think that the alternative M 2 A i I 164 No .smoking. Cricket. Tlie fifth t3ss won. WICKETS IN THE WEST. presented by Pulman on a long journey is a boon to the traveller. Great decorum prevails in the railway cars. Much to our surprise, smoking is strictly prohibited, save at the tail end of the train ; we tried it on often, but never suc- ceeded in cajoling the stern conductor. Women are especially protected; they pro- bably assert their rights more strongly than in England ; but we were struck with the deference shown to them, not only in the railway cars but in other places. Thursday^ Sept. 12. — A good night's rest at the excellent Eoyal Hotel sent the Twelve as fit as five-year-olds to the ground. The late rains had made the wickets dead — that was apparent to the eye — but great care had evidently been displayed. The out-fielding was excellent. The ground was not large, and could be got out of on three sides without much effort ; but it looked like runs. The Cap- tain won his fifth toss. W. G. and Ottoway to the front as usual — Messrs. Wright and Kennedy bowling. The fielding was of an improved order, ^ and great vigilance was demanded bv the batsmen. W. G. was t% ■Han'" -'-" ■*■ -^^^ an I iatMm^uUm^llMmmmtiilSiSSM WICKETS IN THE WEST. 1(;5 urney is a e railway moking is end of the lever suc- conductor. they pro- »ngly than with the ily in the fght's rest le Twelve nd. The 3ad — that care had it-fielding lot large, s without The Cap. Ottoway ight and as of an nee was G. was stuck up by Wright, and nearly coopered before scoring; he was the first to leave, bowled by Wright, for 17. The Ojibbeway w. a. out batted very carefully, and, with George, piled up the score, which had not been materially assisted by the Monkey, Hadow the Un- lucky, or Alfred the Great. Rain began to iiain. fall at three o'clock, and several runs into the tent had been made. The match was eventually stopped at five o'clock, Ottoway and George carrying their bats out, after a fine display of cricket. Score, 101 for 4 wickets. Sept. 13. — The game was resumed at crickct. 11.15. The weather still looked doubtful, and the attendance was not so great as might have been expected. The wicket was not improved by the night's rain. Ottoway was soon caught. He was well applauded on leaving the wicket ; his 45 runs were not all singles, and he deserved great praise for his patience, as the bowling required playing. 117 runs for 5 wickets. The Saint was not gan Fran long " in waiting " ; he made a fine hit to leg, and was most unluckily caught. The Unassuming gave an easy chance, which CISOO. ~9^SBf s?wsb; 166 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Ai)pleby. The lad. Pick. luuch. was not accepted, at short-leg, following it up by an offer to wicket-keeper, also dis- dained. Encouraged by these slights, he began to hit, and a fine dashing innings he played. George, meanwhile, had gone to his rest, having achieved 38 "in his usual finished and graceful style." The Unassum- ing gave two more chances ere he was accepted, the last chance being the hardest ; but he was caught splendidly by Spragge, M.D., in the long-field, running at full speed, and with one hand. The local said, " T- -^ great bowler has batted throughout tut Canadian trip in a manner that would have justified his place in the team, quite inde- pendently of his left-hand peculiars." This is quite true. Edgar had been merry in his short innings of 10. The lad nearly killed the excellent umpire, Mr. Barber, hitting him hard in the breast, and thereby losing a 4 to leg. Slogging was the order of the day. Rosa was in luck and vigour. The Captain in vigour, but not in luck, as he was caught off the prize hit of the day, a veritable tea- pot, — a clever catch of Mr. Eberts, the long- field. The score 181, all told. Luncheon WICKETS IN THE WEST. 107 allowing it , also dis- liglits, he nnings lie gone to his usual Unassum- ! he was s hardest ; Spragge, ull speed, d, "Tl- lOUt tilb uld have ite inde- ." This ry in his ly killed ting him g a 4 to ;he day. Captain caught ble tea- le long- mcheon was now discussed. At 2.15 the Hamil- tonians commenced their innings. The first six wickets fell for 15 runs. Whelan then let go the painter, and Rosa's eyes sparkled with an unwonted glare behind his crystals. George went on for one over. This is too good to pass over slightly. Whelan made 12 runs off it — one " out of the ground," one An over, "4," and one "2." George recommended a change, and retired to the uttermost part of poor the field. It was, perhaps, desirable. W. ° ' G. took the ball, and finally Whelan fell to the Tormentor; he made 31 runs in a short space of time by very free hitting. This was the largest score made by any Canadian. Largest Eberts played well for 9, and Spragge, Harper, and Shaw each contributed 7. " Praise undeserved is censure in disguise," so we will not butter anybody else. The total amounted to 86. Being in a minority of 95, there was nothing to be done but *' to follow," much to the disappointment of the Hamiltonians, who had flattered themselves with achieving a more distinguished position. A few more Whelans, and they would have done so. The old story still in everybody's score. ~ ■' (ff ( t Hi '1 i / JG8 WICKETS IN THE WEST. li. >.,< V Skittles. e-'iocs bitter mouth — a dread of the slo ws ; the enigma ^^ ' not answered yet. On the second jom'ney the first six wickets only realised 12. Whelan again showed his power, but no judgment ; he hit one " out of the ground " in his score of 12. Seven wickets for 24. The ludicrous part of the match now set in. To explain it, or rather to apologise for it, it is necessary to state that the Twelve were very anxious to conclude the match before nightfall. Niagara was in tlirilling propin- quity, time was short, and every moment precious that could be snatched from cricket and devoted to the Falls ; hence it was ar- ranged to play the match out, even if link- men had to be employed. At 5.20 the light was diminishing, and the shadows growing long. The reporters were at fault. One said "We believe that about this period somebody made a 3, and somebody else a 2, but we saw neither performance." At 5.55 ten wickets were down for 43 runs. The moon. The moou uow rosc, and lost balls no longer dreaded. However, the shadows deepened, and an occasional cloud passing- over the moon, enabled the batsman to steal Night WICKETS IN THE WEST. 169 enigma journey ^ed 12. but no und " ill 4. The ^n. To it, it is e were before propin- loment cricket ms ar- f link- e light rowing One period eJse a At s. Is no idows ssing steal runs ; in one case two were run to point. The spectators, much amused, encroached consideral)ly upon the wickets. The field at this moment formed a tableau which should be perpetuated. They were obliged to stoop almost to the ground, it being impossible otherwise to follow the ball. The Captain made a catch "in oscuro," which was The catch scarcely credited, and is still a matter of doubt to all but himself. At G.25 eighteen wickets were down for sixty. Mr. Harper came in, and, according to the local, " he was better up in lunacy than his brethren," as he stole several runs. " The Englishmen now crouched upon the ground to get a sight a cioach. of the ball — Hornby lying at full length, and the excitement was at its height, the last man being in, and darkness innninent." AnecJipse. " Grace went on with fast underhand ; in Rosa's next over Buckle made 3 to square leg — the field believing the bail to be in an opposite direction. The last wicket was hard to get, but it fell at last to an uncom- promising sneak. It was skittles rather a .sneak. than cricket, and was only justified by the necessities of the case. It must, however, i,r »■.>.., 170 ' 1' M ! Presenta- tion of bat. WICKETS IN THE WEST. be mentioned tliat the best wickets had fallen whilst there was still light, and the result of the match was never in doubt. The result was in favour of the Twelve by one innings, and 16 runs. The Captain presented Mr. Swinyard with a bat, to mark his sense of the trouble he had taken to promote the success of the ex- pedition, as well as to testify to his success- ful efforts with the bat and the ball. — Score : ENGLAND v. HAMILTON. ENGLAND. W. G. Grace, b Wright 17 C. J. Ottoway, c Eberts, b Kennedy 45 A. N. Hornby, b Wright ... 2 A Lubbock, b Kennedy 13 Hon. G. Harris, b Wright... 38 W. H. Hadow, c Swinyard, b Kennedy 1 E. Lubbock, c Shaw, b Henley 10 C. K. Francis, c Shaw, b Keunetly A. Appleby, c Spragge, b Henley 35 W. M. Rose, not out 6 F. U. Pickering, c Totten, b Swinyard 2 R. A. Fitz-Gerald, c Eberts, b Henley B5, 1-b 1, wb4, nb 2 12 Total. 181 HAMILTON. 1st inn. 2nd inn. Hebert, c Hornby, b Rose 3 c and b Grace Street, b Rose Spragge, hit w, b Grace 7 Henley, b Rose 1 Crossthwaite, b Rose 2 Kennedy, run out 1 Whelan, b Appleby 31 Swinyard, c Hornby, b Rose 5 b Grace b Grace 3 b Rose 7 b Rose v" — ^ st Ottoway, b Rose 2 st ottoway, b Grace 12 c Pickering, b Rose WICKETS IN THE WEST. 171 HAMlliTO^ —continued. 1st inn. Van Allan, not out 3 Hope, hit w, b Rose Wright, st Otto way, b Rose 5 J. Smith, b Grace Clouston, run out 1 Shaw, b Rose 6 Cummings, b Grace Totten, leg b w, b Grace Eberts, b Rose 9 Harper, 1» Rose ' 7 Gough, b Rose liickle, c Rose, b Grace ' > Clarke, run out < • Woolverton, c Ottoway, b Grace '• B 4, w b 1 Total ... —SO 2nd inn. b Grace c Pickering, b Grace 12 It Rose .• 3 c Appleby, I) Grace 8 b Grace 3 c Pickering, b Rose 6 1) Rose 2 bllose 2 c A. Lubl)ock, b Rose 1 cFitz-Gerald,b(Trace 8 run out 2 not out 5 1) Rose b Grace B2, 1-b 1 3 Total —79 Mr. Swiiiyard entertained the Twelve at Mr. Swin- liis house, and a large party assembled to ^^^ * do honour to the occasion. A few speeches were delivered, or it would not have been a Canadian banquet. W. G. uttered his fourth ; this time in reply for " The Ladies." w. (^/^ It was breaking new ground for the Un- ^^^ ^^'^"'' approachable ; but he acquitted himself with his usual brevity, and reading " ladies " for " bat, ball, and ground," and consulting his previous orations, you will have speech number four in its integrity : — The Twelve are greatly indebted to their worthy host ; he had played against them in several IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) fe // :a (/j 1.0 I.I 1.25 Mi |2.8 |J0 "^* It m u 25 2,2 2.0 U 111.6 *v^ Vi c^ v: > ■> ■> (? // ""^ / h X »i' 172 WICKETS IN THE WEST. matches ; tliey appreciated his efforts to promote the success of his own side, and they recognised in the good cricketer the kind host and zealous promoter of the Canadian expedition. The Captain had an agricultural acquaintance, to whom he had written at Hamilton. He had emigrated twenty years ago from a small village in The Bucks Bucks. He is now a landed-proprietor of thirty-five acres. The Captain knew him at once by his family nose, and the worthy man did not seem to be proud of his heraldry. He is a fair average specimen of the successful agricultural labourer. He has married, and has a large family ; he has bought his farm, and is perfectly in- dependent. He was quite angry at the Captain refusing to stay with him ; his wife joined her protest ; they could not brook the idea of anybody hailing from their na- tive village taking shelter anywhere than under their roof It was very kindly meant, but the necessities of the Captain's situation prevented his accepting the offer. The anecdote is mentioned by way of confirming the attachment of the settlers to the old mrsESBSTr ^ma WICKETS m THE WEST. 173 ■orts to de, and iter the of the had an he had nigrated Uage in rietor of V him at worthy of his ipecimen er. He lily ; he ctly in- at the his wife )t brook their na- ere than y meant, situation r. The mfirming the old country. The farmer brought a load of apples for the benefit of the Twelve : these Apples, were very useful in preventing an inroad of snijdl boys over the palings into the tent. Apples are very abundant, and peaches like- Peaches, wise. The latter are very poor to eat — shrivelled and picked before they are ripe. The peach and apple orchards are a feature of this district. The farming is of a very high order, the soil prolific. The Captain's agricultural friend was in despair about his apple crop. He had more than he knew how to dispose of. A week with the Twelve would have lightened his mind and the sur- plus crop. There is just a savour of Yankeedom in Hamilton, sufficient to denote the vicinity of the States, otherwise the tone of the place is Scotch. It is a very busy town. The barber is an institution of the country; he The barber. is attached to every large hotel. The Hamil- ton barber was a very good specimen of his class — as independent as Robinson Crusoe. We generally found him smoking a pipe in a shaving chair. He cut your chin with quite an air of condescension, and looked as if he / / ^im^ nt WICKETS IN THE WEST. had shed his own blood, instead of yours, In a good cause. He hailed from the old country ; but twenty-five years had put a lather on him of freedom that another fifty in his native land wouldn't wipe off. We met several notabilities here — amongst them M*Giverin, the humorous orator, Mr. M'Giverin, a great railway authority and the Joe Miller of Living- Hamilton. A brother of Dr. Livinffstcne — a stone. *-' very strong likeness of the great traveller ; he believes in Stanley, which was cheering. The chief Duriug an interval of play on the cricket- nations.^^ grouud, wc wcrc struck by the strides of a very tall man, crossing the ground in our direction. His appearance was very peculiar — very tall, in very tight trousers, and a low-crowned hat. Imagine if you can, our disillusion — he revealed himself to us as the Cooper-ed " Last of the Mohicans." We should never again. have guessed it. Stripped of his toggery, he was a Red Indian, the chief of the Iro- quois Nation ; accoutred as he was, he is an The soior. attomcy of Hamilton — a strange combinatii^n of character under one skin. It is literally true. Our tall friend is the lineal descend- ant of the great chief of the Iroquois Nation, WICKETS IN THE WEST. 175 who led his tribes from the unwelcome thraldom of the young States to the Dominion of the Great Father, who under the name of George, then ruled over Canada. The tribes George iii. own a large tract of land not many miles from Hamilton : they are partially reclaimed to civilization, but still retain many traces of their original independence. We can- not suppose that the chief who accosted us sustains his almost regal pretensions in tight trousers, there must be times when he ap- The chief , . . , 1 p , 1 -ITT ii^ trousers. pears m his native tar and leathers. We could not help recalling the story of Bruce. Bruce. We are almost afraid that we did not pay proper respect to the representative of the Five Nations. But it was impossible, with our mind full of Cooper, the history of Canada, Champlain, and La Salle, to look upon a man in a low-crowned hat as hav- ing red blood in his veins, such as flowed ,. in the wild denizens of the prairie. It was wrong on our part, but the inclination to smile was irresistible. The chief was most affable ; he extended the hospitality of his nation to the Twelve, and was most pressing in his offers to welcome them to his wiar- ! 176 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Ugh Red tai>e and red type. General remarks. Bowling. warn. There was no mistaking the cordiaHty of the red man, even in the disguise of a black coat. The Twelve very much re- gretted that their engagements would not permit of the excursion. The solicitor breathed a deep guttural sigh, and strode away. An interesting episode in our tour was thus unfortunately lost. We watched his tall form for several minutes as he stalked through the crowd ; there was an air of dis- appointment abput him, and his eyes gleamed with a spark of ancient fire. We never met a real Indian again, and we never met a lawyer without thinking of the Red type. This chapter cannot be conclu 'od without a few general remarks. Our Canadian tour proper was now completed. We had played five matches, and had been successful in all. We had expected to find stronger batting, but were not prepared to meet such good bowling. It is not too much to say that the bowling department, represented by Messrs. Maclean, Laing, Brodie, Swinyard, Wright, Gillean, and Eberts, was most effective ; any one of these gentlemen might bowl in a first-class match with a fair prospect of WICKETS IN THE WEST. 177 rdiality \e of a ich re- ild not lolicitor strode ur tour vatched stalked r of dis- rleamed ver met r met a ype. without ian tour i played ul in all. batting, [cli good that the r Messrs. Wright, effective ; ;ht bowl :ospect of success. The fielding cannot admit of equal praise. There were many exceptions, if any must be named, let it be Messrs. Spragge, Spra^ge, M.D., Hope of Toronto, Hyinan of London, and Whelan. But many catches were drop- ped : in this particular the Twelve set a bad example on several occasions. To the de- moralisation of the batting the defeat of the Canadians is due. It will be gathered from our history that it is difficult to explain. The Twelve, with the exception of Appleby, had not a first-class bowler amongst them. Rose bowled at times remarkably well, at • others he was as plain as a pikestaff. Many wickets fell to longhops, such as would never have bowled a boy at a small school in Eng- land. The question remains to be answered. The ques- whether there will be ^ny good practical result from the visit of the Twelve. We think there will be. We believe that the visit has given a stir to cricket ; it has de- monstrated the weak points, and has illus- trated the strong ones. The bowlers as a class must feel proud of their exploits. Had they been backed by their field, the results would have been closer. W. G., especially, N i- f 178 WICKETS IN THE WEST. ^^ ■4 Tho lob Kter. w. g.'b. was lucky beyond the ordinary lot of mortals. Tlie batsmen will practise slow bowling, and will learn that it only requires patience and the proper use of the legs. Not to put them before the wicket, and run the risk of a blind umpire ; but to have them ready to run to meet the sloio drop ball ; the batsman that is on his legs, not glued to his crease, will break the heart of the wiliest lobster. We are not preaching the doctrine of a svviper ; the ball must be played hard and low, but to play a longhop or half-volley calmly to a field is to waste the energy of the cricketer and the time that can be devoted to the game. The game must be forced with slow Hit ! hit ! bowling. Hit with judgment, but always hit. Runs will be made through the best fieldsmen if you force them continually. We cling to a belief that a better match would have resulted m many places with less in the field. We almost wish that an eleven of Canada had been selected from the Dominion. With the one exception of a wicket-keeper, who never turned up, we saw the making of a good eieven out of the ranks of our antagonists. It must not be forgotten that I IPSP rtals. , aiul and them blind in to 1 that 3, will We viper ; w, but [y to ii cketer to the h slow always le best We would in the tven of minion. keeper, making of our ten that ^. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 179 the Englisli Twelve had the Mammoth with The them ; his bat commands victory on the side for whicli it is wielded ; liis rapid scorin^j; against twenty-two, allowing for luck, con- tributed vastly to the success of the Twelve. Many of the Twelve did not bat their best, and in some measure the crushing score already attained, made several players in- different to their individual performance. This will account for the moderate scoring of several distinguished bats. The Canadians Typos. must have learnt something from the terrific hitting of Hornby, Francis, and Pickering. The patient had his type in Ottoway ; the unlucky could console himself by the example of Hadow ; grace and elegance were repre- sented by A. Lubbock and Harris ; the man with a style too pronounced or too long per- severed in to alter would take hope from Edgar. The cricketer commencing cricket at a later period than most of hio ^ompeers, has Rose for an examph vhust for the unassum- ing and hard-working no better type can be afforded than Appleby, who bowled all day, went in when he was told, and obtained a n2 13' II . *4 ^1 WICKETS IN THE WEST. very high average of runs. We may reason- ably presume, therefore, that the apostles were fitted to teach something, and that some good must result from their mission. If it tends to promote a love for the game, the expedition will have been successful ; if it leads to another mission on less ambitious terms, it will be of great service. No pleasanter mission can be devised for the autunni, and we feel confident that Canadian cricketers would welcome again an eleven from England. Let the next series of matches be between foes of equal number. The honours will be more equally divided. It will be less disgrace to lose, it will bo equal honour to win. From a social point of view there can be no question of the suc- cess of the expedition. All classes were glad to greet the English Twelve. T^ )ir mission as cricketers was duly acknowledged ; but the occasion was a fair one, and was taken advantage of, to show the visitors that the heart of Canada is not so much wrapped up in love for the national game, as prompted by the warmest attachment to English in- stitutions. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 181 The Twelve did not leave Hamilton with- out an opportunity of making the acquaint- ance of their fair entertainers. They found a card on their table when The huii. they arrived. • PUBLIC BALL. IN HONOl The pleasun requested at evening, 13th JR OF THE EN(iLISU CRICKETERS. B of the English Cricketers' company is the Royal Hotel, Hamilton, on Finlay Septeml)cr, at '.» o'clock. ^ntraixt^^ci. Mrs. Buchanan Mrs, Irving. Mrs. M'Givena . Mrs, John IJrown. Mrs, Edwanl IJrowu, Mrs. Mair. Mrs. Riimsjiy, . Mi-s. Swinyard. Mrs. A, Macinness, Mrs. Villiers, H, a. RiTCHIK, JJun. Sec. A.S at London, so at Hamilton, the fair Canadians did their best to make the Twelve (|uite incapable for exercise on the morrow in the field. The ball and supper were on the most handsome scale. It was the last opportunity, and many were the whispers and fond the farewells I I I f ■- If « ■i- Nia,'ajfi, Clifton House. CHAPTER XI. • . Ningarn, Anecdotes of — Rapture — The Cave of the Winds — The Diploma— The Current Bath— Ball at Clifton Hout^e — Our American Cousins — Farewell Address to the Domi- nion — Public Feeling — The Press — The I'artiiUg Psalm. The Canadian tour bad been brought to a successful termination. The second great object of the expedition was now attained. Whatever might bet'al the cricketing pro- gramme, there was one thing always beyond the freak of fortuns. It had been one of the mainsprings that moved the machine in its earliest stage. The Captain had clenchetl his bargain with the prospect of Niagara. A cloudless sky and a hot sun ushered in the morning of September^ 14. At 9 a.m. *he Twelve left Hamilton, arriving at Clifton at 11 A.M. ; here they chartered carriages and drove to the Clifton House. The road is well known ; the deep chasm, wooded to the WICKETS IN THE WEST. isa I brink ; the bright-grcon current freckled witli foam, the gossamer suspension bridge span- ning the ravine with its graceful length, bending and wliispering to each breath of air. The increase of foam in the water beneath, the sullen roar that first strikes the ear, the feathery cloud floating into the clear sky from one point only in a spiral column, these first indications of the approach to Niagara are they not written in every diary? Our sentiments we cannot reproduce; the feelhigs on the first view of the Great Falls are be- yond poetry ; words do not rise sponta- neously upon the lips, as, entranced with the majesty of the falling water, you gaze on t!io scene before you ; words cannot describe all you feel when the first sensation has i)assed away. The feeling is that of absorption. It is fashionable to say that you are disappointed at first. There is this much truth in the allega- tion. You have been led to believe in the height rather than in the weight of water; your first view of the Falls is generally obtained from the high bank innnediately opposite to the American Fall, and half a mile from the Canadian. You do not look up II rr-^ 184. WICKETS IN THE WEST. ^ (f to either Fall, your eye crosses on the same level with the mighty mass of broken water ; you must descend to the brink of the stream ere you can look up, so that it is on your second view and not on your first that you realize the height which your fancy has painted. If you are disappointed then, you had better plunge at once into the boiling stream, your life will have no nobler end in view. The roar is not so audible as many writers state ; the Falls were almost in view ere we heard it. This probably depends upon the wind, but an air of exaggeration may reasonably be allowed to blow from Hennepin, such a sourcc. Its first historiau, Hennepin, sounded the gamut, and if the Great Fall does not gain by anybody's description, it certainly does not lose any material attri- butes. Hennepin describes it as 600 feet high, "as composed of two great cross streams of water and two falls, with an isle sloping along the middle of it. The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable, making an outrageous noise, more terrible than that of thunder, for when WICKETS IN THE WEST. 185 same ^ater ; treaiii your t you J has 1, you •oiling r end many I view spends ration from nepin, t Fall on, it attri- feet cross m isle waters ce do lanner noise, when the wind blows out of the south their dismal roarings may be heard 'ior«; than fifteen leagues oif." This is strong language, from a clergyman too, in 1G79. ear what Baron iwon La La Honten saith, in 1G87 : — " As for the waterfall of Niagara 'tis 700 or 800 feet high, and half a league wide. Beasts and fish are drawn over the precipice and serve for food to the Iroquois, who take 'em out of the water with their canoes." In 1721, a more accurate account is given by Charlevoix : — charievoix. " I am inclined to think, we cannot allow the height to be less than one hundred and forty feet." That Niagara has presented various aspects during the short period of its ac- quaintance with white men may be gathered from the fact that Father Hennepin, its first story teller, ascribes three falls to it, r.nd another reverend gentleman, the Abbe Pic- Ai.bd quet, who visited it seventy years later, men- '^'^"^ ' tions no less than six falls, three on each side of Goat Island. Large masses of rock have fallen within late years. The Table Rock has disappeared, the natural "detritus" must be constant, and geologists, who stick at nothing, go so far as to say, that sonie I \ A M 186 hi t i-i ' I, The bear. Bruin. Cave of the Winds, WICKETS IN THE WEST. (lay the tourist wlio has paid his ticket to Niagara and ordered rooms at the CHfton House, will find the Great Falls removed for the season to some point more fashionable at that period and nearer to Lake Erie. A clever little book is sold at the Falls, from which we have drawn all our facts, and a little of our romance. From it we learn that Niagara has been spelt in forty different ways, beginning with Onquihaara. We prefer the fortieth — Niagara, though ail are not agreed on the proper accent to give that The American Fall is ten feet higher than the Canadian ; the depth of the central Horse- shoe Fall has been proved to be at least twenty feet. A vessel was chartered to make the descent in 1827. It had a few pas- sengers of the brute creation on board. Several did not survive the passage : a few geese escaped, and a bear is reported to have seen mischief brewing and to have left the ship before it made its last dip, and to have escaped to shore. The ship's hull was known to be eighteen feet in depth, and she was completely submerged. The Cave of the Winds is farmed by an WICKETS IX THE WEST. 187 ket to Clifton red for able at le. A :}, from and a rn that t ways, fer the agreed The an the Horse- t least ) make N pas- board, a few ted to ive left and to 11 was nd she by an enterprising Yankee. For a dollar and a half you can be made thoroughly uncomfortable, and yet experience a novel sensation. As a visit to the cave confers a diploma upon the traveller, we will describe it. The cave itself is formed by the wearing away of the shale rock beneath the edge of the American Fall, where it touches Goat Island. The water that falls over this edge of the rock is of less volume than the remainder of the cataract. The space between the water and the rock at tlie bottom may be some twelve or fourteen feet. To arrive at this cave it is necessary, in the first place, to descend by a winamg staircase to the foot of the Fall. The costume of the visitor is very striking : felt sandals for the feet, thick flannel suit for the body, and nothing for the head. On emerging from the staircase, the eye is blinded with spray, and in two minutes the garments are saturated; descending still, the path is se- cured by a light handrail, and by the time you are chilled to the marrow you have emerged from the spray and are basking in the bright sun at the margin of the river. Looking up, you see the immense cataract ^ss^m 188 WICKETS IN THE WEST. thundering above you ; rainbows gather round you ; the prismatic colours enveloped each of the party as they grouped together shivering on the damp rocks. It was lu- dicrous and beautiful. The uncouth vest- ments, the half-drowned look, the chattering teeth, on one side of the picture ; on the other, the grand spectacle of Nature, the mocking rainbow, the eternal roar. There was little time for rapture. The guide took the lead, and over the slippery rocks and on to a narrow plank the party began the ascent towards the Cave. A strong north wind hurled the spray of the greater Fall with terrific force against the face, the water fell in drops of lead upon the bare head, blindness succeeded to clioking, choking gave way to gasping almost for life itself; the breath is suspended ; a moment of relief is gained when the Cave is reached, but the molten shower still descends ; a sense of ex- haustion pervades the system. The beauty, the grandeur, the novelty of the moment is indeed intense, but your one wish is to get out of it ; your only anxiety how, and your greatest pleasure, when you do. The Mon- gather /eloped 3gether vas lu- 1 vest- ittering on the re, the There ie took and on jan the north er Fall e water head, jhoking itself ; )f relief but the of ex- beauty, ment is to get i your ) Mon- WICKETS IN THE WEST. 189 key was at the last gasp, he shot by those in advance, and before the door latch opened, which guards the entrance to this Inferno of water, he had clambered up it and was over it, and we found him chattering with cold, and were very glad to join him once more in the bright sun, in an atmosphere less like that of a milldam, and with a sensation of having escaped drowning by a miracle; such, at least, were the sensations of most of the party. George, curiously enough, liked it so much, as to repeat it the following day. Rose cautiously abstained from being washed in the shower. The diploma is given by the proprietor. Diploma of He renews the ladders and platforms in the spring — they are destroyed by the ice every winter. On calm days the guide declared that ladies frequently remain for hours in the Cave and about it. Nymphs and Nereids might do so with pleasure, but our expe- rience of water on the brain would not lead us to renew acquaintance with the Niagara shower-bath under a dollar a di'op. A copy of the diploma is annexed. drowning. \l ♦ — s^ 190 The certi- ficate. • WICKETS IN THE WEST. • CAVE OF THE WINDS, AMERICAN SIDE. This is t» certify that has passed through THE CAVE OF THE WINDS, at the Foot of Goat Island, and Behind the Central Fall. G. W. Wright, Lessee. Thos. Conroy, Guide. Given under this hand this 15th day of Sei)tember, 1872. The height of tlie Cave is 100 feet ; the diameter, GO feet ; width, 100 feet. It is pleasant to look back upon, and un- doubtedly no such intense conviction of the weight of water that is hurled over the Fall c Ml in any other way be attained. One glimpse at the avalanche of water, as our faculties wavered between blindness and drowning, will never forsake us. There is not the slightest danger, according to the guide, at any one point; if the foot should slip off the plank, there are only a few inches of water, and it is impossible for a human being to be brought into the vortex, or even near to the central volume of the Fall. We cannot, at the same time, recommend the Cave of the Winds to the weak of heart ; WICKETS IN THE WEST. 101 E. . through al Fall. Lessee. Guide. et ; the and un- of the he Fall One as our ss and e is not guide, dd shp inches human Dr even We Ind the heart ; nor do we think there is much pleasure derived from the eyes being blinded with spray, or the lungs in distress, and blows raining as if from a prize-fighter's gloved hand upon the bare head. We advised every- body to try it if only for the diploma's sake, which confers a distinction on the traveller, and something less than a dollar and a half on two deserving guides. ^ A far more enjoyable sensation is that ofTheCm- •^ *' rent Biith. the Current Bath. These baths are so con- structed that the water above the Fall on the American side is divided into sluices, which feed the baths ; a small cabin is built over the water, the sluice is raised, and wading into the bath, and holding by a rope, the whole force ol the stream can be enjoyed with a sense of delight ; open bars allow the stream to pass through the bath at the farther end. The water was much warmer than might be expected ; we had noticed the warmth of the St. Lawrence when bathing at Brockville, and were again struck with the high temperature of the river below the Cana- dian Falls ; yet this rapid, turbulent cataract chafes beneath a coat of ice for many months. 1 \ \ -J JL ! ■!. M...[imf!mmmm§ in WTCKETS IN THE WEST. I; iff To see Niagara in the summer, all allow is only to half see it. It has beauty at all seasons, at all hours; but it must be surpass- ingly beautiful beneath the magic touch of winter — arresting the spray on every branch, detaining the wave in fantastic curl, bridging the torrent that seems to-day to brook no restraint and yielding only to that irresistible * current, which carries the waters of half a continent along with it The ball. The Twelve gave a ball at the Clifton House. It was not a great success. They had hoped to induce a great many of their fair friends from the various towns of Canada to honour the farewell performance. Many . things militated against it, and only a select few attended to the summons. These were amongst the fairest, so that there was little heartburning or despair. To swell the throng a general invitation was sent to the hotels on the American side. A very motley group was gathered together. The ball-room at Clifton House is handsome and capacious. The >earts of the Twelve sank on entering it ; a solemn row of strangers lined the walls, enlivened only by an occasional eye-glass WICKETS IN THE WEST. 198 How is at all arpass- •uch of branch, ridging ook no ;sistible ' half a Clifton They of their Canada Many, a select se were IS little throng )tels on group )om at )acious. Intering walls, ^e-glass ■i". raised inquiringly as one after ai) other the Twelve appeared. It required an effort to start it, but, thanks to a capital band, a little life was soon set going ; a thaw set in, the ice melted, and the English and Ame- rican elements combined cheerfully. A mis- taken little Yankee annoyed the Captain by insinuating that the American ladies couLl not get partners ; as the ladies he alluded to, by their appearance, should not have danced for many years, and as at that moment the Captain himself was three dances deep with one fair American, he treated the insinuation with disdain. The dance ended pleasantly, and the neighbourhood of the Falls led to moonlight rambles. Appleby was quite at Appieh/ in home, though at one tnne it was leared he was lost in the Bush. Mr. Bush and his daughter were most indefat ^'able in their exertions to promote the success of the evening ; to the accom- plishments of the latter a pleasant Sunday evening is mainly due. A drive to General Brock's monument is in everybody's pro- gramme who visits Niagara. The road lies through a highly cultivated country, most ^ I! ' i I 104 WICKETS IN THE WEST. excellent farming and substantial houses The V hill- meet the eye. The Wliirlpool is another grand feature of the spot. The river makes a sudden bend a little below, the chasm is narrowed, huge logs are whirled in restless circles ; human bodies have been known to remain in the seething caldron of waters for several weeks ere they are rescued by some restless eddy and carried down on the more tranquil stream ; great quantities of lumber float on the edge of the whirlpool, waiting their turn in the giddy dance, whilst the shores are strewn with all manner of waifs and strays. The river be- comes softer in its surroundings as the ravine widens, and the view over the champaign country to the shores of Lake Ontario is of sur- passing beauty — richly wooded, dotted with white mansions, the blue waters of the lake be- yond. It is a scene that makes one com- prehend the nature of the Red Man's long struggle in defence of his native soil. It is the garden of the West. It was sad now to think that we were leaving the Dominion — crossing the river we were amongst cousins, not brothers. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 195 houses -nother makes chasm ed in J been caldron ey are carried great dge of > giddy rith all rer be- ravine ipaign of sur- with rebe- ls. com- } long It is were river ►thers. Our welcome might be as hearty, and we liad no reason to doubt of our reception by Americans ; still we could not part with our kind friends without regret Before the final adieu was said, the Captain composed an address, which expressed the sentiments, liowever feebly, of the Twelve towards their hosts and friends of the field. It was ad- dressed to THOS. C. PATTESON, Esq., Editor of the Mail " Sir,— *' I cannot leave the Dominion without '^f, ^T" well ad- expressing to yourself as the originator and ^'""ess. manager of our expedition, and through you to the people of Ontario and Quebec, my gi'ateful sense ( ^ the reception which has been given to my team of English Amateur Cricketers. " We came to your shores as strangers, we have been welcomed as friends, we leave the Dominion as if we were leaving a second home. '^ I am confident that our expedition will establish a more enduring result than that of simply promoting our national game. o2 ■^PBI .1 a t. 196 ^ WICKETS IN TKE WEST. ''Cricket was the primary object of our visit, and if we shall have helped to en- courage a love for the game and to promote a generous cause of emulation amongst your young athletes, our efforts in the field will not have been made in vain. I look bevond the cricket field and its generous influence. I cannot forget that we have been received on more social and intimate terms than a mere body of cricketers had a right to ex- pect. Friendly as our relations have been with your cricketers of Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, London, and Plamilton, they are secondary, in my estimation, to the loyalty and love for our common country, which, on many occasions, have prompted the back- woodsman, mechanic, or artizan to gi-asp our hands, and to welcome us as brothers. Our visit has been hurried, and our acquaintance with the vast resources of the Dominion is necessarily limited, but we have seen enough to justify a high opinion of Canada and Canadians, and we shall be failing in our duty if we do not share with others more competent than ourselves, in dispelling many existing misconceptions and prejudices at ■■:.rrTJrifa"flrri B.wr it* WICKETS IN THE WEST. 19: and oar more I home. We can certainly report that if our eyes and ears do not misguide us, one com- mon interest unites Canada and England, that ^ Canadian is Amorican only by the inter- vention of a vast ocean, and that Englishmen have only to see the country and its people, to learn its value and their attachment to British institutions. " To all with whom >ve have had relations, to our hosts and hostesses, to our brother cricketers, to the gentlemen of the press, who have so ably reported our progress, and to the Dominion generally, I beg most grate- fully to return the thanks of the English Twelve. " I am. Sir, " Your obedient Servant, " R. A. Fitzgerald, *' Captain of the English Cricketers. " Clifton House, Niagan* Falls, ' oept 16, 1872." In the same paper appeared a letter, which well illustrates the state of public opinion in connection with the objects of the English visit. 198 WICKETS IN THE WEST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MAIL. . . **SlR,- " The English Eleven are about to leave us for a short sojourn amongst our neighbours before returning home. We have endea- voured to treat them with the same hospi- tality as has been accorded to our representa- tives at Wimbledon, and if some errors of judgment have occurred, we would fain flatter ourselves that our friends have on the whole been well pleased with our efforts. What has been our gain? The impetus which the visit has given to the cricketing spirit is undoubted. There is scarcely a vacant lot in the vicinity of our cities that has not of late been utilized by our school- boys f')r cricketing purposes, and if the game grows more into favour with our youth a great end has been gained. Few people now-a-days, even of the most prosaic, object to a reasonable expenditure of time and energy on the part of our youth in the way of innocent amusements. The ethics of muscular Christianity seem to have per- vaded the community at any rate to such WICKETS IN THE WEST. 199 leave ;hbours endea- hospi- esenta- rors of d fain ive on efibrts. npetus ;keting cely a s that ichool- game )uth a leople object and e way Ics of per- > such an extent as to have created a sentiment favourable to those recreations which tend to develope the physical powers and recu- perate the physical energies. Upon the judicious fostering of tliis feeling depends, more than many would be willing to allow, the future well-being of our young nation. There is abroad in the world too great a tendency to utilitarianism. We are, with the rest of the civilized world, too much in earnest about life — life in its materialistic sense — too eager to become quickly rich, to forestall Providence, in fact. Everything which fails to aid us sensibly and at once in our short-sighted struggle is pushed aside as valueless. Our boys, mentally half-fledged, leave school for the counting-house and be- come men before they take leave of their teens; and under the depressing influence of long business hours their inclination seldom leads them, even if physical strength should per- mit, to make good during their leisure the deficiencies of their scholastic training. Change and amusement of some kind must be and will be had, and in the absence of opportunities for the manly sports of which mmmmmmma I I ,J i 1 200 WICKETS IN THE WEST. cricket is certainly the king, many fall into a confirmed habit of ' loafing,' a pastime which, even if it does not involve positive vice, is ruinous in its tendency to all the higher aims of man. " Any recreation which will call into play those faculties which cricket cannot fail to bring into action, while it at the same time invigorates the physical energies, should be welcomed by those who interest themselves hi our Canadian youth. But cricket has more emphatically its moral side. We boast of our freedom, and perhaps we are the most really free people on the face of the globe ; but freedom without self-control soon de- generates into license. Liberty to do as each one chooses, is simply another term for anarchy. Perhaps there is no greater danger threatening this continent than the growing unwillingness to put the curb on the individual will for the general good. It is this tendency in democratic in- stitutions which has so frequently in the history of the world's republics led to their downfall and decay. This is the lesson of the age, and no recreation is more capable fall into pastime positive all the to play fail to ae time )uld be nselves :et has e boast lemost globe ; on de- do as term s no itinent it the eneral ic in- the their on of pable 1 k WICKETS IN THE WEST. of teaching it than the king of games. There is an esprit de corps pervading every eleven of real cricketers which crowds out all selfish tendencies, while the quiet submission of in- dividual opinion to the absolute ruling of the umpire or captain often calls for the greatest self-control. I cannot help feeling that Canadian cricketers have not yet learned this all-important lesson ; and as during life they are likely to meet with many more grievous trials than that of being stumped by Otto way, or being ruled out leg before wicket before a quarter of their anticipated score is gained, I kindly commend them to the influence of the manly game, and urge them in their future practice to bear in mind, that while it is important to guard their wicket, it is equally so to keep a constant guard upon the temper and the tongue. If our English friends have by their example in the field done aught to advance the morals of Canadian cricket, then their visit has been in the highest sense a success. *, " I heartily wish them a pleasant trip south of 49°, and a safe return to merrie England. *' Leaving you, sir, to deal with the subject 201 '.it- lilrM [I ! 202 WICKETS IN THE WEST. of * The English Cricketei , in Canada,' in the spirit which characterises all the sporting utterances of the J/az7, and hoping that my homily may not be without effect. ^ "I have, &C.J ^' ViGILANS. "Ottawa, Sept. 12, 1872." The sound sense of the above letter will commend itself to the guardians of youth on each side of the Atlantic. Before quitting the Press we must add a few extracts from the papers, in order to convince the Thomases at home that our utterances are not merely those of the feted and clapped-on-the-back historian, but that they were shared by others more able to form a right opinion of the succesfc; or failure of the objects we had in view. To quote. We will quote from one paper: — "It is not too early to say that the visit of tne Englishmen to Canada has been a magni- ficent success, and that there is every pros- pect of all those ends being served which were the object of the visit." Again : " We print in another place a letter from Mr. Fitz- gerald. In our opinion he does not exagge- Thomas the ixn- lieliever. - ...... ..,t.JBtm-'^fr 11.11 IT "llil v^. da,' in porting lat my lANS. er will aith on uitting s from 3mases merely -back others |of the ad in rit is )f tile lagni- pros- vhich 'We Fitz- igge- WICKETS IN THE WEST. rate the influence the twelve representative Englishmen, of powerful, social relations and alliances, can have for good, in narrating their experiences of the colony. No one or two travellers or tourists could have seen the country under such advantages as were in- sured by the generous welcome accorded to the English cricketers from Quebec to Niagara. They have seen, it is true, the sunny side of Canada, and only its town life ; but if proof were wanting of the happy and prosperous lives led by our rural popula- tion, they had it at London, where the dense crowd that lined the field reminded one of the attendance at half-a-dozen English country fairs rolled into one, and com- pletely swamped the city element. From start to finish nothing has occurred to mar the complete harmony that has prevailed." Finally, " Real jolly good fellows our visitors were, well-bred, single-minded, unassuming, manly specimens of the English gentleman, proved in many a hard-fought field and schooled in the courtesies of geniality and good-fellowship. We only own to an honest feeling of rivalry with the Americans, con- 203 II tfl ' 204 I Farewell to Canada. WICKETS IN THE WEST. si stent with 'ill manner of cousinly love and affection ; but at the same time we know right well that we echo the heartfelt wish of every cricketer in Canada who has shared in the honour of being well beaten by the Englishmen, when we say to them * God speed, but at least lick your new opponents as handsomely as you have done us.' " We may be pardoned any little appear- ance of bunkum in the above quotations. We are proud without vanity of our friends' good opinion of us. We are not ashamed to let it be known. We tried to gain it. We are happy to hear that we are allowed on all sides to deserve it. • . . We must now bid farewell to Canada, and enter upon the second portion of our Trans- atlantic adventures. ^; mmmmmm ■pmn^ love and ve know t wish of I shared by the 1 *God ponents >> appear- >tations. friends' med to ;. We I on all IN THE STATES. la, and Trans- % T=Th -J M iti '1 ., 1 II j i ■ iH f ' ' « (^ n ^H s f' ^B ■' 1 (H 9j t^H E' i ^ 1 i. H >, 1 a i ■ ^^MUIU-I - J" - ' 1 1 - ' ."■ ' IN THE STATES, CHAPTER I. Albany-The Hudson-New York-Sixth Match-Breakfast on the Baltic-Dinner at the Travellers-Cruise in the « Columbia"-The Central Park-Fleetwood Park-A Tro Round-Hotels-Brevoort-Fifth Avenue-Oysters-New York by Gaslight-A Raid upon tJie Tombs-The Ware- houses- The Tramways, On Monday afternoon, September 16th, at 5.45, the Twelve looked upon Niagara for the last time. They were bound for Albany, w^here they arrived at 7 a.m. on the 17th! The Delavan Hotel provided them with an excellent breakfast. A good bath, rendered necessary by the night journey, to wash off the American dust, and a good meal, put the Twelve in good spirits for their voyage down the Hudson. This magnificent river shall not be shorn The Hud- son. m 208 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Rip Van Winkle. of Its attractions by any attempt of ours to describe them. It is a delightful journey from first to last. It never aspires to the grandeur of the Rhine, but it is superior in its wider range of view, and for the castles of the middle ages it presents you with charming glimpses of the modern villa, in every variety of modern taste. Its stream is animated with vessels, from the rapid propeller of mag- nificent proportions, to the picturesque sailer laden with the produce of the rich country watered by it. It is interesting at every bend, as it recalls passages of the great struggle which found it English and left it American. Vines are seen at intervals on terraces on the western bank. The Catskill Mountains rise in tneir wooded heights far away to the west. Rip Van Winkle opens his eyes and believes it must be a dream, when he sees the twelve cricket bags on the steamer's deck. The villas are mostly on the eastern side — some by the water's edge, some on the gently rising slopes commanding a more extended view, all pictures of ele- gance and neatness — gardens apparently well kept, the graceful willow of astonishing size i i l i g i Um xiiiii ■Il l i fWiliU WICKETS IN THE WEST. 209 weeping from head to foot — trees unknown to English eye, towering amidst tlie well- known cypress and pine. The first appearance of New York does not come up to the idea of New York. the merchant city — formed from newspapers, panoramas, or Yankee tourists in Europe. There are no docks comparable to Liverpool. On landing, the Twelve found themselves in the midst of busy traffic, crowded and narrow streets — dirt indescribable, confusion con- founded. The river trip took eleven hours, a great rate of speed being maintained by the " Emily Drew." The Brevoort House v/as Brevooi-t reached at 7 p.m. A dinner fit for gods was prepared and despatched. Gods only could pay the bill for any length of time. The first evening was spent amongst the oysters. Oystew. These luscious morsels were just in season ; for size and flavour they beat anything in our experience that ever revelled in a shell. Sept. 18. The Hoboken ground. The cricket. cricketer of New York must be an enthusiast, for to indulge in his favourite pastime he must submit to great inconvenience. To say nothing of finding your way to the Ferry, The Feny tramway cars, trucks of every kind obstruct- TT 210 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Thes.s. Baltic. iiig tlie road, the route on the other side of the river in the State of New Jersey, would take an ordinary New York Hfe to remember. The Twelve were invited to breakfast on board the Baltic, one of the magnificent steam vessels of the " White Star Line." Mr. Sparkes, the president of the St. George's Cricket Club, was the host. The internal accommodations of this fine ship are most striking. A most sumptuous meal, at which Kced Birds, wc wcrc first introduced to " Reed Birds," prepared us for the rough ride to the ground. The Hoboken ground is situated, we cannot quite say where, but it is " out of humanity's reach," approached by unfinished streets, and • surrounded by " carcases " of houses in an advanced stage of non-completion. Quite a number of people were flocking to it, and at 12 noon, a good ring was formed. The wickets had been well prepared by Stub- berfield, whom we regi'etted to see in bad health. The Captain lost his first toss. The ground played dead — one glance sufficed us to prognosticate a few visits to the adjoining gardens. It could begot " out of" on every Stubber. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 211 side. Rose and Appleby bowling. Four overs were bowled before a run was scored. A wicket was the first event. We shall quote very freely from the New York papers during the match. Their style is most ex- pressive. The introduction of large type at intervals enlivens the tale if it is apt to mislead : for instance, we read — G. Wright scored six before a ball from A})i)leby knocked his leg stump " out of the ground." To quote. *' Treacherous slows," "A very pretty hit," etc., etc. — 5 wickets fell for 10. Sleigh was driven back to his coach-house by a magnifi- cent catch of the Tormentor ; so good was this catch that it formed the subject of a pic- ture in " Frank LesHe's Illustrated." Ap- pleby is therein represented rushing midway Portrait between the wickets with arms outspread like a winged Mercury — 8 wickets for 30. Rose was evidently too much for the New Yorkers. Cox on his own dunghill played well for 10 — Cocks o» 13 for 46. Harry Wright, the civil Captain hiii!^'""° of the Boston Base Balls, was much cheered, he had a slice of luck or two, Edgar and Rosa both missing him, but he was well caught by George — 17 for 56. Luncheon ensued. Luncb ? F 2 212 WICKETS IN THE WEST. i . If 1 One of our authorities represented this frugal meal as served in a " pretentious edifice de- voted to the retailment of sour lager and stale sandwiches." He must have been bilious, as he proceeds to describe the accom- To quote, inodation for the reporters as "under a can- vas cover, with an apology for a table, and a few worm-eaten benches upon which the re- porters were invited to risk their precious lives." The wickets fell freely after the re- past. The " omega of the twenty-two was Eyre, who walked valiantly away with an indented bat, and no record to redound to his credit." In English he carried his bat out for 0, not having had a ball to play. Total 66. A flutter. There was a general flutter amongst the fair sex as the Twelve shewed preparations for the wicket. The first to appear (to quote TheOjibb. again) was "Ottoway, a tall, lithe, sinewy man, with a SPLENDID REACH, w. a. and an eye that can detect at a glance the course about to be pursued by the invading sphere of compressed leather." This descrip- tion is worth S5 a line. " Then comes W. G. m lis frugal lifice de- iger and ^e been 3 accom- ir a can- [e, and a L the re- precious the re- two was with an d to his t out for otal 66. the fair ons for ) quote sinewy tice the vading lescrip- W.G. WICKETS IN THE WEST. Grace — a monarch in his might — of splen- did physique, he at once won attention by the play of limb and easy exercise of 218 MUSCLE. ?j Brewster and Harry Wright bowling. The latter was a humble imitator of our own OmWii- sweet William — sweeter if possible — we will likeness. give his analysis while it is fresh : Balls. H. Wright 48 Runs. 35 Wickets. .. .. Wide. . 1 Gilbert was heard to smile — mischief was pending, it soon came — No. 1, over the telegraph wire into the heart of New Jersey. No. 2, over everything within 100 yards. Harry could not continue at this costly rate ; he letired in favour of Norman. Brewster meanwhile bowled admirably. 6 overs for one run against such greedy ones is worth High lite. mentioning. Gilbert had a life oif Norman ; it was high and hot, and "if it had not been that it fell to the luck of A BUTTER-FINGEEED GENTLEMAN to stand underneath the ball, the lion of the British Eleven would have been compelled Vi- 2U WICKETS IN THE WEST. w, i ? Small change. Ritorna chi' ist' aino. Potter in quod. to retire." Changes in the bowling were frequent. No change took place in the scoring, which continued to rise steadily. The cricket was good — Gilbert in great form — Otto way shewing judgment and neat play in contrast with his mammoth partner. So the sun gradually sank in the west without any signs of weakness in the English camp. Stumps were drawn at six. Gilbert not out, 67. Ottoway not out, 27. Extra, 8. Total, 102. Immense applause greeted the two heroes of the hour. The Twelve returned to New York in great spirits, prepared for any light amusement that might crop up in the evening: of these, more anon. The attendance on the ground was worthy of the occasion. Many ladies, for whom re- serve places were retained, remained to the end of the day's play. There was only one scrimmage in the crowd — one Mr. Potter, who V7as in charge, knocked a gentleman's hat off by accident in the discharge of his in- vidious duties, and was accommodated with a night's lodging at the expense of the Jersey State for so doing. This was hard justice. We pitied poor Potter. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 215 ig were in the steadily, eat form eat play ler. So without ;h camp, not out, Total, ;he two irned to for any p in the worthy horn re- 1 to the >nly one Potter, leman's f his in- ed with Jersey justice. '9 Sept. 19. Rain had fallen heavily in the cricket, night, and the wickets were no longer in good order for runs ; Gilbert and the 0. followed each other's fate speedily. They each added " 2 " to their respective scores. Gilbert's 68 included three 6's, one 4, three 3's, two 2's, and singles. 1 wicket for 105. Ottoway's 29 — remarkable for singles. 2 for 105. The Monkey and the Saint put a lively face on the game, and ran the score to 148, when Francis was caught by Greig for 28. A very dashing innings, including one spank amongst the cottages for 6. The Monkey was in luck, and as free as in his native wilds. " He skied one of Greig' s, which Harry Wright carefully and deliberately A drop scene. DROPPED, to the disgust of the spectators" — his 18 were very quickly, if fortunately, obtained — 4 for 158 runs. Alfred the Great was now " in," Alfred the and his elegant form was never seen to better advantage. Edgar's eccentric style being a good foil to his brother — the lad Pick, having previously been dismissed for 3 — he was the only boy bowled. Luck clave to the li 'J' \ The sand- wich. Ugh 216 WICKETS IN THE WEST. • ' . ■ ' • - - Twelve, as misses did to the Twenty-two. Alfred had two lives, and Edgar one. The former had made 15, "when Gibbes on the long field MUFFLED * him badly." It was an important error — as he total ted half a century : changes were rmig in the bowling, and grateful were the field when another bell rang for luncheon — 176 up. After the sandwiches, the brothers ran the score up to 216, when Edgar was thrown Kun out of out for 15, iucluding two 3's. Haddock, the Haddocks. i i , i • i unlucky, was run out, liavmg made one grand hit for 3 — another pile of agony for the unfortunate being. Alfred saw George's star set also — he was well caught by Lemon — bitter cups for the youthful Harris : his 9 included of two 3's — both good leg hits. Alfred out. Alfred's 51 took him rather more than two hours to make. It was marked by one 6 (over the fence), five 3's, and three 2's. The remainder were in a hurry to finish the match, and soon disposed of themselves. The total amounting to 249, 228 being scored from the bat, and 21 from, extras. The bilious re- Lemon bitter cups, rror — as WICKETS IN THE WEST. porter was again " nuts " on the lunch. He writes, " after a little practising to digest the sour beer and unpalatable viands, the contest- ants commenced again. John Bull's sons are generally » FOND OF GOOD CHEER. They have a strange proclivity for taking their ease at an inn — and innate politeness forbade them from growling at the viands." We are not sure that it did, at least in a sotta voce strain. The lunch was the only weak point on all the cricket grounds we had played upon. Appleby and Grace were the executioners The 217 Brothel's in the second innings of the New Yorkers, caicraft The Tormentor is described as bowling with TERRIFIC SPEED. , . "He tore Hatfield's wicket down with a shooter, and a groan of distress went up, as one of the brightest lights of the Mutual s was drenched in a duck's egg.'' The Wright The Brothers played each a dashing innings. Wright. The fielding of 'the Twelve was at last what jt ought to be. The Captain's heart M ( 1 lii i' ll 218 WICKETS IN THE WEST. was rejoiced. It was very brilliant — es- pecially Harris, Hornby, and Francis. Eyre is reported to have received a hot 'un on the lingers, and to have , , ,, (( WINCED AUDIBLY. The next ball caused him wriggle, the next mowed down his wicket." What a picture of horror is thus represented. 7 wickets succeeded in scoring each. " The ma- jority falling victims to Grace's efforts to bowl for catches, and what Grace failed to do, Appleby secured with shooters." This well explains the result. " It was a com- innocents' plcte slaughter of tlic iniiocents." "The fact is, Grace frightened them. They thought they saw some unknown and fatal influence in his bowling, and they simply played right into his hands all the time." These are not our words, but they tell the tale better, if more cruelly than we could. The innings commenced at 4.10, and was concluded at 5.30. Another report says, " The man who managed to save himself from the ignominy of having a cypher opposite his name was deemed highly fortunate by his fellows." rit mmimm WICKETS IN THE WEST. 219 ** Tlie utmost good humour prevailed To quou>. throughout tlie day, and even the hundreds of persons wlio had come from New York . and other places to see the Old Country players get beaten went away heartily satisfied with the result. 2,000 spectators were com- })uted to have been on the ground." ENGLAND T. TWENTY-TWO OF ST. GEORGE'S The score. CLUB. ENGLAND. W. G. Grace, c Brewster, bG. Wright 68 0. J. Ottaway, c Jones, b Brewster 29 A. N. Hornby, c Keiler, b Jones 17 0. K. Francis, c and b Greig 28 A. Lubbock, c Bowman, b G. Wright 51 F. Pickering, b Greig 3 E. Lubbock, run out 15 W. H. Hadow, runout 3 Hon. G. Harris, c Lemond, b Hatfield 9 A. Appleby, c Jones, b Torrance 5 W. M. Rose, not out 9 Fitz-Gerald, c Hatfield, b G. Wriglit B9, 1 b 4, w b 8 21 Total. 249 THE TWENTY-TWO. 1st inn. Bance, c Francis, b Rose Jackson, c Grace, b Appleby 3 Fortun, c Harris, b Rose 5 Jones, c A. Lubbock, b Rose 9 Cashraan, b Appleby 1 Sleigh, c Appleby, b Rose 2 Moeran, c and b Appleby Keiler, b Appleby 6 G. Wright, b Appleby 6 Lemon, 'c Ottaway, b Appleby ... 2nd inn. b Appleby c Rose, b Grace ... c and b Grace st ottaway, b Grace c Harris, b Grace... b Appleby c Hadow, b Grace... c Pickering, b Gmce c A. Lubbock, b Grace 14 b Appleby 5 2 1 1 4 i i r -J 1(1 220 WTCKKTS IN THE WEST. TWKNTY.TWO~ro«^'»«<»/. Ist inn. 2ii(l inn. Torranoo, li Apjtlolty o Ilornl'y, h (Imco. C(»x, Applolty, li Uoso 10 Uownian, c (h-uoo, b Apploby ... 2 (iivi:,', runout 1 M M)ouj.,'al 1^ Kitz^oraM, 1» Uoso ... 2 Ilattii'Kl, I) Ai»|>Iol)y 2 11. Wriglit, i" llarri.s, li Uk.so a V>ro\vstor, I) Uo.so 4 (Jilibos, 1> Appleby 5 Sparks, b Appleby 1 Talbot, c A. Lublwk, b Uo!>o ! UyiH), not out 1\ 1, w b 1 2 Total —0(5 c Harris, b Ai>i>l(«liy b Ajippleby 2 I) .Xpjilelty b .\i»iilelty 1 b Appleby e OtUiway, b (Jraeo '.) c FranciH, b (h-aee 2 Ht Otlnway, b (Jraeo I al>.seut i\ot out 1 b Appleby 1 Total — it Wc appeiul tlie analysis, in order to com- pare tiie penetration of Gilbert Avith the insinuations of Rosa : — |M Kose Balls. ... I'SS FlKST Inninos. Huns. Maidens. 46 13 .. 18 24 .. Second Innino.s. 26 8 .. 18 10 .. \V ickets. 11 .. 11 .. 9 .. Wide ... <» Appleby .. Grace .... 137 .... 84 ... 1 ... Appleby .. .... 81 .... This match was not of an International character — -^;2^r et simple. Cricket is not a popular game at New York. It has a struggle for existence, and is indebted for life to a few determined Englishmen. The sporting portion of Americans, with whom we came in contact, WICKKTS IN THE WEST. 221 2.1(1 inn. 1 (h-aco «.) (h'aco •) liraoo I 1 1 — n to coni- ntli the HiHtory. look very little interest in the proceedings, at the same time the greatest courtesy was shown by them, and the Twelve are nmch indebted to several influential members for an introduction to two of the leading (Jlubs in ThcCiuhH. New York — the Union and the Travellers'. Before leaving the scene of our exploits, it will not be much out of the way to recall the results of the previous matches at New York, in which Englishmen have taken part. The first visit was in 1859, when an Eleven, under rrcviona George Parr, visited the Iloboken ground. It was played late in the season — on Oct. 3, 4, and 5, 1859, with the following result : — The St. George's Twenty-two, 38 and 54. All England, 156. Parr and Jackson bowled in the first innings ; Parr obtaining 9, and Jackson 10 wickets. In the second innings, Wisden and Caffyn bowled ; Wisden obtaining 4 wicl:ets, and Caffyn 16 wickets. Not one wide bowled. In 1868, another Eleven, under Willsher, nlaved at Hudson City, on Sept. 16, 17, 18, i* •/» A/77 1868 :— r/" 'I :♦ Til' e. WICKETS IN THE WEST. The Eleven, >' • 175. The Twenty-two, Gl and 88. Willsher and Freeman bowled hi the first innnigs : — r..ill8 Willsher \V^ Frceiuan IIU Runs. 28 In the Skoond Innings. Tarrant (55 15 Liilywhito 52 ItJ Freeman 116 30 Shaw 9t) 19 Wickots. .. 13 .. 8 2 2 4 y It will be seen that the Amateurs do not lose by comparison with the formidable teams that preceded them. Appleby's bowling is especially noticeable by its results. The time of game is given by the New Yorlc Clipper^ but we do not quite comprehend its meaning — 6h. 45m. is given for the duration of the game played by the Amateurs, and lOh. 15m. for that played by the Professionals, in 1868. It must allude to the time consumed on the last day's play, in one case, and to both days in the Professional Match. The Press stated that the fielding and bowling of the New ■■ WICKETS IN THE WEST. 223 Yorkers were decidedly in advance of either of the displays of 1850 and 18G8. Fortun long-stopped well, and there was some excel- lent fielding displayed by the Wrights, Lemon, and Brewster. The Match, if it cannot be considered an International one, gave the Twelve a very agreeable impression of Americans. They had to run the gauntlet of an American R„,uuug ground at least, and by one and all, both on Jjl^^imtiet. the ground and on the way to it, if they were a bit prospected, it was in the best humour and most agreeable way. The amusements of New York are varied. Ami A dinner at the Travellers' introduced the Twelve to many of the leading sportsmen JfjJJ^*^"^^''' of New York. A very pleasant evening- was spent. Hearty toasts were given and responded to. Conspicuous amongst these was an oration by the accomplished actor, Mr. Wallack. Mr. Hurst presided, and gave Waiiack. the toast of the evening, " Welcome to the English Cricketers," in a very stirring address. The Captain replied in a speech garnished The Cap- with all the flowers of Western diction culled '^'' ^"^''' in Canada. He was plain on one point, luse- mcnts. Dinner, hi \ll 'ZZ\, WICKETS IN THE WEST. 1 ), I I \v m which required no flourish — he could speak in grateful terms on the reception of his team in New York ; also for a suggestion thrown out in the course of the evening, that English- men should make New York their rallying point in some future cricket campaign, to spend a few weeks longer than was intended this autumn, and thereby encourage more fully the dawning spirit of the game. The Captain explained that this visit to America was, in the first instance, due to Canada, and that the visit to the States must be considered supplementary. He hoped to be able, ere long, to promote another visit of longer duration, which would do more justice to the generous supporters of cricket in New York, Philadelphia, and Massachusetts. V. G. was, of course, put up once more. _e was rather at a loss for somethirg new, but luckily bethought him of the last thing in season — so for " Batting, Bowhng, Ground, and Ladies," lead "oysters" this time, and The Had- Spccch No. 5 Hcs bcforc you. Haddock was in good voice, and favoured the company The Cow. with an agricultural ode in honour of a Cow. Mr. Wallack invited the Twelve to breakfast w. a's last. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 2£5 ice more. on board his fine yacht " The Cokunbia," and The to take a cruise to Sandy Hook on the morning of Sept. 20. Only two of the Twelve were up to the mark at 9 a.m., and these two were in bed when Mr. Wallack's carriage called at the Brevoort House. Rose and tli« Captain shook off dull sloth, atid the cobwebs of the previous evening. They wore amply repaid — an excellent breakfast and a rattling breeze, testing the qualities of the taut *' Columbia." It blew fresh from the north- TheCruiKc. east, and Sandy Hook was soon gained. The splendid harbour of New York was thus opened to the visitors. The Hudson is a Queen in a Republic of rivers — the splendid steamers arriving and departing daily ; a hun- dred yachts at anchor, or engaged in sporting rivalry, fortresses frowning on the sparkling waves ; nearer to the city the constant ferry- boats, plying from shore to shore, with human freight that scarcely yields to the approach of night; men of war, gunboats, and craft of all kinds. Tnily, the waters of the Hudson are the yachting quarters of the universe — Yachtir.g wind enough and waves enough to test the stoutest — beauty on shore, life ^'^ the water. 1 !f 1! J 1 ' 1 In ' V ^ 1 ^^R ^ ^ The Cen- tral Park 226 WICKETS IN THE WEST. ^ Rapidly sped the moments, but amongst the pleasaiitest of our recollections will be the hours so kindly filled for us by our host of ^' The Columbia.'^ ! The r ntral Park is a marvel of road-. making and road-preserving. There is not a stone the size of a nut for a wheel to crack on the level surface of the road for several miles. New York is growing up to the Central Park — central is used prospectively — with a dip into the coming century. It is several miles from the centre of New York, though it will not be many centuries before it is the centre of the great city. Seeing such a road, you naturally imagine it is to keep pace with the rapid driving for which Americans are f^^mous. Not so, you must creep like a snail on this even course, you may drive to perdition in the ruts and over the hollows of adjoining tracks. At intervals iiobert Le of a fcw hundred yards, officers, called Bobbies Diable ! • t-i i i • • p • i m Jiingland, preserve a mmimum oi cumcular speed — at 6 miles an hour or so. By the kindness of Mr. Travers, of the Union Club, we were enabled to test the watchfulness of the policemen, and to arrive WICKETS IN THE WEST. 227 at Fleetwood Park. We tooled Mr. T.'s Fleetwood waggonette at the prescribed pace through Central Park. We could have wished almost to see one stone out of its place in the level road. There are no birds to throw at amongst the variegated shrubs, and the ducks don't look at home on the ornamental water. If we only did our mile in ten minutes on the waggonette, we made up for it in a trial trot behind a young one belonging to Mr. Florence, a sporting pub. It was the nearest approach The Pub. to Niagara for rapid-ity — luckily, without the Falls. We have always sat still hitherto, never moved a peg, not advanced a yard, everything in the shape of speed, time, eter- nity, comes back to us sitting on a racing-gig behind a 2' 40". a 2.40. There is not too much to sit on, and for comfort the six miles an hour in the waggon- ette is preferable. It is a sensation of the first order, especially if your timepiece — trotters are known by the time they do the mile — breaks into a gallop. The trainers at Fleet- wood Park did the honours of the establish- ment very agreeably. We were introduced The stud to several stars — Bismarck, foaled in 18G7, Q2 m n ;) // 1' I i ^28 The Gig. Trotters. Hotels. \h i-i»fti'li»"« IIIIIIMMWii WICKETS IN THE WEST. untried, a fine animal, standing 16h. l^in. ; Gazelle, 7 years old, a noted trottei, pur- chased for §40,000 ; Lula, 8 years old, $25,000. The weight of the racing-gig is 521b., and the driver gets up at 1501b. Trotters are considered in their prime up to 15 years old. The celebrated Flora Temple was put to the stud at 21 years. The course at Fleetwooc' is an oval. We were favoured with an introduction to Jerome Park by Mr. Travers, but we dallied too long with the trotters to allow us to inspect the stables, so we missed seeing Harry Bassett. The hotels in New York are many and sumptuous. The Brevoort is the most com- fortable, and the most costly. If money is no object, go to the Brevoort by all means, say we. You can rub along there just com- fortably, but not extravagantly, on the small matter of £3 per day, your rooms will be palatial, the attendance perfect. Dinners equal to anything in Paris. If you prefer ruin deferred to comfort and privacy, go to the Fifth Avenue Hotel : here for 5 dols. a day you can be as comfortable as it is possible to be amongst several hundreds of your own Milil ■■Hi •«iM«MI«P ■«»««—■ i«»i*li WICKETS IN THE WEST. •231 stature^ hotel never a long Did hont a e were e soon It is a t jou briny oyster e. It brutal ce of )ur it snt to only f lany a of ex- The of these is questionable. Let us enter a a Haii of Hall of Light— a long counter with its ^^'* attendant genii, the spirits of the country, Nymphs. numerous round tables, nymphs in no garb of a later date than the palmy days of Lais of Corinth — these advance as you beckon and take your orders, execute them and re- turn to your side to Mvait fresh orders or indulge in sprightly conversation. Their looks are not seductive, nor does the snirit you imbibe aid the charm. We thought we might be prejudiced by the first hall we entered, so we tried several others, but Avith the same unpleasant result. The eye is not pleased, the imagination is not fired, and yet each hall was full too overflowing. There is no want of decorum, and nothing to offend a Quaker beyond a dearth of beauty. There is no music to lend an enchanting air to the Halls of Light. You are provoked without provocation. You are disgusted in your de- light. Standing in one of these halls of pleasure and surveying the scene, which at ^ ^«'"«- that moment presented only the ordinary features of a drinking saloon — nymphs ex- cepted — we asked an acquaintance if these I 232 WICKETS IN THE WE8T. gentle scenes ever ended in riot. " Your question is opportune," said our friend, *' where we are standing, two nights ago, the amiable man behind the counter, with his sleeves tucked up, shot a man through the heart." We innocently expressed surprise at seeing the man-slayer behind his counter. We were not acquainted with the customs of the country. The intruder had endeavoured to force his way into the hall after the proper Arguineu- hour for closing, the proprietor objected, the iiomincm. intruder insisted ; the argument was concluded in favour of the proprietor by a press of the trigger. Verdict, Served him right, and ac- cepted by all who knew New York intimately. Our friend showed us the stairs where Col. Fiak. Fisk met his death at the hands of Mr. stokes. Stokes. This leads us unconsciously to the Tiie Tombs. Tombs, whcre Mr. Stokes now resides. We were furnished with an order to visit these A Simb. well-known prisons. We met with a rebut A Snob, at the door, our order was en regle^ but the gaol official was de rigueur. We were denied admission flatly. We returned to the gentle- man who had furnished us with the order, he countersigned it, and we returned to the ^•W" !S»S3 WICKETS IN THE WEST. 233 charge to be again refused admittance. B^' the advice of an American gentleman, who accompanied us, we then went to the office of the New York Herald, interviewed one of the Editors, who most kindly listened to our tale, took down the salient points, and next morn- ing we were amply revenged by an : icle Revenge. which must have shaken the Tombs and made the defunct gaolers writhe in their graves. The amiable Stokes has died out of notoriety, and nobody now seriously thinks he deserves to be hanged, yet if any man ever deliberately murdered another, our im- pression is that Stokes did when he shot the Colonel. Mrs. Mansfeld, the lady about Mrs. m. whom the quarrel in a great measure arose, is leading a retired life in New York. Her photograph is to be bought for 1 dollar. She is a stout and rather comely woman, but her face does not suggest the thought that any two men would fight about her. Any gentleman with money burning the lining of his pocket can easily obtain relief at night : by applying to any policeman, he will be directed Alia Porta del Inferno. Pleasantly and socially The h— n. conducted, he can lose his money to his 234 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Hush ! heart's will, and when his purse is empty he will not be permitted, at least, to go without his supper. Space will not permit us to pene- trate deeper into the varied pleasures of New York by gaslight. It is sufficient to say that no town on earth presents better facilities either for acquiring money or spending it. Money is made quickly and is spent profusely. Teiegiams. You Hve in an atmosphere of telegrams. Every counting-house has its distance-defy- ing instrument. The voice of gold is watched from hour to hour. Business is the pleasure of the day, the nightmare of the couch. It is but fair to mention any instance in this money-getting luxurious city, of any great public good arising out of large private Mr. Stuart, mcaus. Stuart's stores are shown to every visitor. They swallow up Swan and Edgar, and make one mouthful of Marshall and Snelgrove. They represent the vast wealth and proud commercial position of one indi- vidual. But a still statelier building than this commends the name of Stuart to the public. It is a Home for Needlewomen, en- gaged in the trade which has founded his fortune. Erected at an enormous outlay its A Home. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 2.'i5 object is meritorious, and the founder has shown that he is not indifferent to the welfare of a class intimately connected with his own success. The maxim in voo^ue in America^ ^ " To the of "the greatest benefit for the greatest "^^st much, number," is not a favourite with the travel- ling minority who visit New York. The tramways that run along most of the Trams. thoroughfares, impede the passage of private or hired carriages. The rails are very badly laid, and the jolting and suffering to axles is intolerable. The Fifth Avenue is alone ex- empted from the double line of rails. The cars are well horsed, and smoking is not per- mitted within them. Broadway is Pande- monium for many hours. It is too narrow for the increasing prosperity of the city. New York is rapidly running out of town, east- wards. This reminds us that we too must be getting out of it : we have been in it already too long for our purse, but not too long for its numerous attractions. [HDI 1 1 ^^Hifl if The Inter- national. CHAPTER II. Philadelphia— Seventh Match — The International— 1st Day — Germantown — Crowd — Day of Rest — Fairmount Park — .• The Schuykkill — Penn— 2nd Day's Cricket —Banquet at Union League Club — General Meade — Speeches— Oysters — Reed Birds — 3rd Day — Close of Match— General Excite- ment — The Quakers— The Official Handbook — Hearty Reception — Regrets at Leaving — Remarks. * ' '• '. We now arrive at the match which, both in its result and in its prehminaries, was dis- tinguished above its fellows. The Twelve had not been many hours in Canada before they were met by a deputation from Philadelphia. At Montreal the first arrangements were made, and to the atten- tion and kindness of Messrs. Cadwallader, Outerbridge, and others of the committee, is eminently due the satisfactory result after- wards obtained. In the first place an International match imii iiiMi •»•■•*» 9 0> " t "V> J WICKETS IN THE WEST. 237 was agreed upon. The Twenty-two of Phila- delpliia were to be selected from the local clubs, and to consist of Americans. Tlic match was fixed for Saturday, September 21, Monday and Tuesday, September 23 and 24. The programme originally fixed was to in- clude various kinds of amusement. The Philadelpliians required a week, and it was with great regret that the Captain felt obHged to curtail the arrangements. An in- fluential deputation had also met him from Boston, and it was found impracticable to arrange a longer stay at Philadelphia, and at the same time to do justice to the good folks of Massachusetts The Twelve left New York on Friday evening, September 20. Ex- cellent accommodation was provided for them at the Continental Hotel in Philadel- The Conti- . . nental. phia. The papers were full of the coming contest. The Press. One devoted itself to the personal history of the Twelve, but unfortunately had not taken the precaution of obtaining a correct list of the players. Hence the biographies of the Messrs. Walker, Thornton, Mitchell, and Yardley >vere brought prominently forward. I Hi ■ : , 238 WICKETS IN THE WEST. The information was tolerably correct, though we are informed, for the first time, that the V. K., I. D. '* Messrs. Walkers, their sisters and doff, and Siators . ' . °' and Doy. could plaj against any Eleven in the world.'* Alfred Lubbock is described as " taking the place of wicket keep, in which position he is inferior to none." This is indeed true. The attributes of the Twenty-two were very critically summed up, and it was enough to strike terror into the stoutest heart to read of Joe. " Joe Hargreavos as one of the strongest bats. Law — An enduring and conscientious bowler. Meade — A left-handed bowler with pecu- liar spin. He bowled 1 32 balls for 1 8 runs in the All-England Match of 1868, the very irregularity of his style proves effective. Charles Newhall — The fastest round-arm bowler in America, very straight with high delivery. A strong bat. Unusually heavy in the field. Dan Newhall — A thorough cricketer, bowls medium pace with his head. George Newhall — Has a long head. Ap- pointed Captain of the Twenty-two." iJK -4te«Mngi»«M ..-■■ 1 1 ' iijliin MUMt' WICKETS IN THE WEST. 239 Saturday^ Sept. 21. — Tlierc could be no Cricket doubt about the interest taken in the match. Immense crowds set towards the ground .The road might have been to tlie Epsom Downs on the morning of the Derby. The raih'oad was a continuous train. On arriving at the scene of action, one glance was sufficient to tell that great attention had been paid to the wickets. The soil is not the best. The sun was intensely hot. Water had been liberally bestowed. The ground belongs to the German Town Cricket Club, and is situated in a private demesne. It had been enclosed by high pailings. Ropes and stakes marked the outer ring. By 11.30 every bough had a boy on it, every hayrick a tenant. The band of brazen instruments piled up its The Brass music on the roof of the Pavilion. The Grand Stand was rapidly filling with the fair daughters of Penn. The Captain lost the toss, and the Twenty- two declared to go in. Harry Newhall and Brewster, amidst the breathless attention of all the spectators, went to the wickets. Rose and Appleby bowling. To Appleby's bowl- ing the Twelve were thus placed ; — Ottaway piaces. t^m mM"' n lilt ,1 til i: 1 1 '■ ■ ^^^H I^H In ^ Jl >i 240 WICKETS IN THE WEST. at the wicket; Edgar, long-stop; Grace, point ; Fitzgerald, short-leg ; Alfred, long- * leg; Harris, cover-point; Haddow, mid-off ; Hornby, mid-on ; Rose, short-slip ; Francis, cover-slip ; Pickering, long-field. To the slows — Hornby dropped to long-leg ; Picker- ing, Edgar, and Harris to the long-field ; Francis cover-point. This arrangement was adhered to during the tour, with slight FirctBiood. alteration. Brewster drew first blood off Ptose — a snick to leg, amidst thunders of applause. This soon changed to a lower key, as, on the first ball of Appleby, " Harry '* retired, much chagrined, and Welsh, who looked confidence itself, was sent home with the next ball You might have heard the hearts beating in the Grand Stand. Two wickets down for 2. Brewster soon followed suit — three wickets for 5. Bob Newhall made 4 ; and the cheers which greeted him at each run merely ushered on his knell, a ripper of Appleby's squandering his stumps. The Tormentor breathed blood to-day ; he had now bowled 7 overs for 2 runs and 4 wickets. Cadwallader was overpowered by the Rose. '* The mortality continued." Loper 'Hi tmniiSi,^* iiwm.BHgWWWW Grace, long- lid-olf ; rancis, Po the ^icker- ;'-field ; nt was slight xl off lers of lower [arry '*' who 3 with d the Two lowed whall I him ell, a Limps. '; he nd 4 3y tlie Loper WICKETS IN THE WEST. 211 Baird succumbed to the seductive slows, and Appleby administered a quietus to G. M. Newhall, shattering his wicket completely." The 5th, 6th, and 7th wickets fell for 11. Hargreaves " Joe " then appeared, amidst fluttering of scented rags in the Stand. He remained a quarter of an hour in company with LaT-ge (John). Joe yielded to "a gem of Appleby's ; " eight fcr 19. Morgan then joined John ; made a brilliant cut for three to the ropes. These two put a brighter look on the American mug. Each played care- fully and well. The cricket was excellent all round. The Captain grafted Gilbert on John Hopper. The change at once proved effective. Morgan was seduced by Gil- bert's high-and-home-easy, and was cleverly stumped by the pallid Ottaway. Morgan only made 6, but he was deservedly cheered, as his defence was good and much wanted during the panic; nine for 30. Dan Newhall Dau. is a popular cuss, to judge by the hearty greeting he received on his appearance. An ironical cheer, however, followed him back home very shortly, as Gilbert bowled him from the second ball; ten for 30. Law A Grait. "-r" 242 WICKETS IN THE WEST. I i n joined Large (John) whose term of office had now expired. It had lasted an hour, during which he made 14 runs. He had seen seven of his compeers stricken down with unflinch- ing face, and he was greeted with quite an ovation upon his return to the pavilion ; To Quote, eleven for 35. " Three first-class batsmen/' to quote from a local, were thus disposed of for cyphers. Charles Newhall had made 1 when lunch was announced. Fourteen wickets had fallen for 36 runs. An excellent luncheon was provided. After which Cooper Baird joined Charles Newhall. Some tall hitting took place. Baird was cleverly run out by Francis, whose fielding in the match was superb at cover- point. Hargreaves " Tom " fell into the Ojibbeway's clutches. The 0. was very nippy to-day; sixteen for 42. Gilbert's high- and-home style seemed to puzzle the Quaker quite as much as Rosa's. Appleby, mean- while, put in two successive stick-ticklers, chawing up egregiously poor Charles New- hall and Sanderson — the 17th, 18th, and 19th wickets fell for 46. Magee couldn't resist a dash a; Gilbert's apparent half- High, Home and Easy. WICKETS IN THE WEST. •21'3 :e had luring seven flinch- ite an ilion ; men," of for wlien ts had vided. barles place, kvhose jover- tlie very higli- laker lean- klers, STew- and ildn't half. volley ; a crash ensued ; the stumps were in the embrace of the Red Indian. Magee went home without a murmur ; twenty for 51. Young Sam Welsh now joined Hargreaves John. Sam. They enlivened the game vastly — Sam dashing out at Gilbert, and giving him Yankee all round the shop. John made two capital leg hits, and things were beginning to look ugly, when John and Sam got into two minds about a run which did not not require one to settle^ and John was run out. His 11 J«iin. was the innings, so far, of the day. Total 63. If the applause had been hearty as each American champion walked to his wicket, equally so was the greeting that awaited each of the Twelve. Gilbert came in for the greatest measure ; but to one and all there was the same kindly expression of welcome. Charles Newhall and Meade commenced the bowling. Gilbert and Ottoway, it was soon seen, were pegged to their crease. The field was active and well placed. An hour elapsed ere anything happened of importance. The score increased slowly — when a terrific roar announced the dissolution of the great man. He was bowled by Newhall for 14, r2 24i WICKETS IN THE WEST. rnby isfor- tinies began early. Alfred was run out, trying a second off a fine hit to cover point ; three for 50. Hadow succeeded, and shortly after the Monkey received his death- warrant from Meade, who had changed ends ; four for 51. The Hon. George appeared, " faced the bowling of Meade, scored one by a leg bye, and on the over forward play to leg, tallied only one." We don't quite follow this, but quote as printed. George made " a forward cut for one, and then a single by a sharp cut juggled by H. New- hall." George was well caught in the slips by Dan Newhall ; five wickets for 50 runs. Hadow was gradually gaining confidence, Ha.i and his commanding style was seen to ad- vantage ; runs came very slowly ; both bowlers on the spot ; another change in the ends took place, and the first ball of New- hall '' took Hadow square in the stomach ; " from this period the wicket began to play badly. Francisco meanwhile had "legged " and " slipped " a few notches ; he was obliged to yield to Meade, who was bowling splendidly ; six for GQ. The band struck up a lively air when Appleby went to the ow, Fine form. V 250 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Edgar's style. Hivlow's innings. it-: wickets, but the Unassuming was not ex- cited. Hadow began to show liis muscle, some splendid drives to the off worth 4 each only realized 1, cvripg to the smart return. The Tormentor was not troublesome, he was caught point for 2 ; seven for 80. Edgar's turn now came ; his style provoked remarks in several papers. We read that " he took a position as unusual as ungraceful, with his feet far apart, after the fashion of some base ball strikers, and with his bat almost per- pendicularly placed." Another report has it, that " this is the ruling style in Lub- bock's section in England, and it is often found very effective." " Bets were offered that he would not get 10, as he could not gather himself up in good season." The event proved the correctness of the theory, as he was speedily bowled for ; eight for 88. The remaining batsman effected little. The Captain carrying his bat out for 1 ; Hadow had seen seven wickets fall ; his 29 took him nearly two hours to put to- gether ; he went in with the score at 50, and out, all told, at 105. It was a very line innings, and he was deservedly applauded \( .* WICKETS IN THE WEST. 251 l)y the dense ring of spectators. Tlie Pliila- (lelphians were justly proud of their exploit, and the prospects of a good match revived ; * an hour was devoted to lunch, and at one o'clock, George Newhall and Hargreaves John went in, the band striking up a solemn tune. The Captain felt the importance ofnicCap. the moment ; runs must be saved ; catches orders. must be made ; his instructions were con- cise ; he no longer button-holed his Rose, he a i-ntton trusted to the high-home-and-easy Gilbert. Newhall made two fine cuts for 3, one off Appleby, the other off Grace, his score had reached 9 when he was bowled ; one for 10. These 9 runs were remembered in the sequel; a bad miss by the Monkey at Aba-imisH. long-leg having giving a life to Newhall before he had scored one ; the second, third, fourth, and fifth wickets fell for 13. This was as it should be, and the Captain felt re- lieved. Hargreaves John saw seven of his comrades succumb to the various chances of the game, he played a good innings of 7 ; seven for 26. The bowling was well sus- tained, and the fielding brilliant ; runs were not amassed with freedom. The fair occu- 252 WICKETS IN THE WEST. I . !';■ . Shrieks. Joe, Anothoi miss. pants of the Grand Stand gave vent rc- repeatcdly to little shrieks, as one after another their champions retired crestfallen to the pavilion ; eighth and ninth wicket fell for 29. Hargreaves Joe was bowled for 4, and sought the consolation of his brethren ; eleven for 32. No stand was made till Clay appeared, and runs came quicker. He made several dashing strokes, aided by Dan New- hall, who was badly missed by Edgar, another bitter souvenir in the future. " The stylish did not cling to it." The crowd was now becoming demonstrative, and cheer after cheer greeted every hit. Clay was "caught in the fluke by Hadow," having with Newhall added 20 runs to the score ; To quote, sixtccn for Gl. R. Pesse, ' usually a splendid batsman, free hitter, and good de- fender," went to the wicket ; " he had been entered in the first innin^^s for a blank score." He was not in luck, he added another round one to his gross total ; seven- teen for G2. Dan Newhall got hold of Gil- bert and made 6 off him in one over. He was stumped at last for 15 ; a fine dashing innings, consisting of two 3's, three 2's, and WICKETS IN THE WEST. 253 sino-les; eighteen for 70. Maiden overs nov> set in witli f?reat austerity. Cooper Coopered Baird " hit heavily at Grace's first ball, and was bowled " lor 1 ; the twentieth wicket falling for 74. Sud. Law "blocked one ball, the next he was bowled." Such are the affectnig records we have gleaned from the Dailies. The second innings resulted in 74 runs. This left 33 runs for the Twelve to get on Tuesday. Speculation was rife, and the following curious contrast was pub- Contrasts. Hshed in one paper. " In the match in 18G8 between the All England Eleven and the Philadelphians, the Englishmen had 32 to win in the second innings, yet the Eleven only won by two wickets." CHEERING THE PLAYERS. We extract the following: — After the To quote, stumps were drawn, the crowd collected round the clubhouse, calling loudly for Grace, Ottoway, Hornby, and others of the Twelve. Cheer after cheer was given when Grace appeared, and nothing would quiet the crowd but the appearance of all the players on the balcony. Mr. FitzGerald, Captain of '^ w J 254 ' i! Tlie Cap- tain's ad- Horace. > •■ Cricket 3r(J day. WICKETS IN THE WEST. the Twelve, was then mtroduced to the crowd, and cheers were given for Glouces- tershire, for Grace, and the British flag, when quiet was restored. MK. R. A. FITZGERALD made a neat little speech, in which he said that the Twelve were glad that they had come to Philadelphia, as they had seen the best ground and played the best game of the Tour ; he was pleased to see so many English facer, looking up to him, they had every appearance of having done well in America, and America doubtless owed something to them. He pleaded the excuse of the immortal Greeley, that he could not make a long speech before he had washed his face. Great excitement prevailed in the Eng- lish section of the crowd at this exciting phase of the game, and many were the exhortations to the Twelve *' not to be beaten." The day had b' a superb, and the attendance remarkable of all classes of the citizens. Tuesday, September 24. —Another bril- ^ m WICKETS IN THE WEST. 255 to the louces- li flag, he said ey had }eii the ^ame of many ley had well in owed excuse lid not washed e Eng- ixciting re the to be b, and isses of r bril- liant summer's day. Play commenced at a ouarter past twelve ; the Grand Stand was again filled, and the ring round the ground unbroken. 33 runs did not look like a match, but never was the old adage, that a match is not lost till it is won, better ex- emplified. The Twenty-two meant mis- chief; there was no mistaking the keen look, the business-like attitude of the field. Business. A glance at the wickets made Gilbert remark that the few runs would take some getting, it had worn tolerably well, but the intense heat, and the ordeal it had gone The ordeui. through, had taken the colour out of it, and put a rough edge on it, which was nmch in favour of fast bowling. Gilbert and Ottoway soon appeared. A gene^'al rustle of fans in the Grand Stand R.isti proved the smothered excitement of the fair occupants. Gilbert scored one run off Newhall's third ball, and the fourth found its way unchecked to Ottoway's middle stump. Roars of applause greeted the Roars event. The sky was darkened with broad and narrow brims, billycocks, and headgear of c'^ery hue; one for 1. Hornby quickly » e 111 the Stand. ',4.. -^ FT^ f: W r^.=a»»»ij 256 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Golden Moments filled the gap, made one good hit for 3 to leg, when another roar announced his capture at short leg; two for 8. Alfred filled the vacant throne ; runs were stolen rather than made ; over after over was bowled without the batsmen leaving their wicket. The moments were worth pounds in a cricketer's life. Alfred had made 3, and Gilbert at last lauded a 3 to leg ; 15 runs had been obtained in three-quarters of an hour, Newhall's bowling rose danger- ously high, and it was difficult to avoid his rib-roasters. Meade hammered away bril- liantly, dead on the spot. Alfred was then caught and bowled ; three for 15. Hadow approached amidst general acclamations. He at once opened an account, scoring three in his first over. Gilbert meanwhile had been " in luck." There was a case for the Umpire, which was awarded in his favour, and he narrowly missed capture amongst the slips. He had displayed great caution, but it was not destined for him to land the A Scream. Twclvc in triumph. A roar that might have made William Penn turn in his grave, Leviathan ' suddenly told that the Leviathan was out. Newhall Kib-roast ing. ILxilow. The Um- pire. i r^«H«MH WICKETS IN THE WEST. 257 3r 3 to id his Alfred stolen ;r was ^ their pounds lade 3, eg; 15 rters of langer- ^oid his y bril- as then Hadow lations. g three ile had for the favour, tnongst ;aution, nd the it have grave, as out. H The flutter amongst the ladies was now as great as if they were sitting on a wasp's nest. The great man strode home ; his seven had taken him nearly an hour ; four for 18. George came in with a jaunty air, George the and with Hadow restored the aspect of the *^" ^' game, from the English point of view. The field was slightly shaken, hits at last pene- trated the phalanx, and the return was less direct to the wicket, though no less sharp. The throwing-in was, as a rule, remarkably good in the match. The score had reached 29, and danger seemed to be averted, when Out of ^ . . Danger. ixeorge was too impatient, and was caught off a mounter of Newhall's, at cover-point, for a most valuable 9 ; five for 29. Hadow soon followed him, bowled by Meade for 6 ; • six for 29. The remaining four runs were fought out inch by inch. Francis went in " to do or die." He didn't — he died ; seven for 29. There seemed a chance for the Quakers yet. Nobody could sit still in the General Grand Stand. It was agony to answer a question. It was almost insulting to human nature to demand a light for a cigar. Appleby, the Unassuming, walked leisurely ?«■ Fidget. i \' I' 258 'M Edgar. 1 Legs. The Un- affected. After- thoughts. WICKETS IN THE WEST. in ; on him the Captain relied, and not in vain. Edgar had filled Francesco's cell, and " as he stood in his peculiar attitude, it seemed as if he must be bowled out by Newhall before he was on his legs." " But the said legs stood him in good stead, for a leg bye off one of them was worth a pocket- full of greenbacks, and 30 runs were up." It must be mentioned that nearly half-an- hour had elapsed without a run being obtained. If the Captain had given orders to prolong the excitement to the utmost limits he could not have been better obeyed. The end was now near. The Unaffected let out at an over pitched ball of Newhall's to the off, and four to the ropes was scored, and the battle was won. The pent-up excitement now broke loose. Shouts ot " well-bowled," " well-fielded, were met by English counter-cheers of " well-played." It was indeed a match that was worth the winning, and it reflected little disgrace on the defeated. If any mistake can be said to have been made by the Captain of the Twenty -two. It was in br'nging in al' his men to save " one or two " runs ; he should 4V ud not in SCO's cell, r attitude, ed out by ." ''But tead, for a a pocket- were up. Y half-an- un bein^ ven orders le utmost 3r obeyed. Jnaffected Newhall's as scored, i pent-up Shouts ot 5 met by 1-played." tvortli the sgrace on 1 be said in of tlie n all }iis he should I WICKETS IN THE WEST. 251) have saved all chance of " fours," and he might thus have prolonged the game. It was scarcely possible that the Twelve would be beaten, although Fortune hung an un- conscious time upon her scales. The pro- tracted struggle was so far unfortunate, that it led to a hurried departure of the Twelve from the scene of their hardly-earned victory, in order to catch a train for Boston. The train was not caught, and the press was a Cauii rather severe on the apparent discourtesy of "^"'^^' ' the Twelve in not remaining to acknowledge the last greetings of their antagonists. It was, however, solely and strictly in per- formance of their agreement with the cricketers of Boston, that the Twelve re- luctantly left Philadelphia. The reports at the close of the match were Reii Vt » H^V'tiA ».-\ ».-- ;>• ^ '■-» «<•' « !>;>• !• WICKETS IN THE WEST. 261 moved, did tributed to Large for or fielding. 10 ground, ns he had a following leading the gentle- ; and in hoves us, ►ress their iality and verywhere ity which the good- them, to e to the d, and to 5t visit to '» )llowing : h cannot n to the committee in charge of arrangements for their zeal in promoting the comfort of the spectators. Our especial thanks are due to Thomas McKean, Esq., J. D. Rodney, A. A. Outerb ridge, and W. Vaux, Esqrs., for kind courtesies extended to us, and to all who visited the ground." ENGLAND v. PHILADELPHIA. Score TWENTY-TWO OF PHILADELPHIA. 1st inn. 2nd inn. Brewster, b Appleby -i c Rose, b Grace ... H. Newhall, o Appleby W. Wek^ -. » .-. -^y y R. Ne' ■ i ' . Appleby 4 I. Large, h w, b (jrace 18 Cadwallader, h w, b Rose 2 L. Baird, c Harris, b Rose U (x. Newhall, b Appleby Joe. Hargreaves, b Appleby 2 W. Morgan, st Ottaway, b (irace 7 1). Newhall, b. Grace B. Law, c Rose, b Grace 0. Newhall, b Appleby 3 Meade, c E. Lubbock, b Grace ... R. Pease, h w, b Grace 0. Baird, run out 3 Tom Hargreaves, st Ottaway, b Grace R. Clay, b Grace 4 John Hargreaves, run out 11 Saudei'son, b Appleby Magee, st Ottaway, b Grace 3 S. Welsh, not out 3 Byes 1, leg byes 3 4 Total - c Fitzgerald, b Grace b Appleby 1 c Hornby, b Ai)pleby c Appleby, b Grace 7 b Grace U 1 b w, b Appleby . . ti b Appleby 9 b Grace 4 c Hadow, b Grace... 1 st Ottaway, b Grace 13 not out 2 1 b w, b Ajjpleby . . U b Appleby .. U b Appleby b Grace 1 st Ottaway, b Grace 2 c Hadow, h Grace ... 13 c and b Grace 7 b Grace b Appleby 1 run out Byes 4 G8 Total —72 -A-*^!^VlK--, >*i'|'Vi(Mlv>'U-»tj?l;j 2« c> WICKETS IN THE WEST. ENGLISH GENTLEMEN. Ist inn, 2nd inn. W. G. Grace, b C. Newhall 14 c Hargreaves, b C. Newhall 7 bC. Newhall c R. Newhall, b Meade 4 c and b C. Newhall 3 b Meade 6 c J. Hargreaves, b Meade 8 bC. Newhall not out 4 Ottaway, run out 10 Hornby, b Meade 10 A. Lubbock, run out 9 Hadow, c. Hargr'; ves, b Newhall 20 G. Harris, c L. Newhall, b C. Newhall 3 C. K. Francis, b Meade 5 Apple ,y, c Magee, b Meade 3 E. Lubbock, c. J. Hargreaves, b Newhall W. M. Rose, c J. Hargreaves, b D. Newhall Pickering, b Newhall 7 FitzGerald, not out 1 "Wides 3, byes 7, leg byes 4 14 not out Byes 1, leg byes 1 ... 2 Total 105 Total 34 •sv. We append the analysis of the bowling. THE TWELVE. First Innings. Balls. Runs. Maidens. Wickets. Rose Appleby .. Grace ... 64 16 ...145 23 ... 84 ... 22 .. 6 .... .. 26 .... .. 10 ... .. 26 .... .. 19 .... 2 8 9 Appleby .. Grace Second Innings. ...152 24 ...151 46 8 11 THE TWENTY-TWO. First Innings Balls. Runs. Maidens. Wickets. Newhall 212 45 26 6 Meade 200 44 28 3 Second Innings. Newhall 73 24 8 4 Meade 72 8 13 3 WICKETS IN THE WEST. 2():J 2nfl inn, ves, b C. " 7 lall Q all, h Meade 4 ^'^ewhaIl 3 6 •greaves, b 8 -^" • 4 hyes I ... 2 J 3^ owJino-. Wickets, .... 2 ... 8 ... 9 ... 8 ...II tickets. . 6 .3 4 3 Thirteen maiden overs were bowled at one time in succession. Great trouble had been taken in the selection of the Twenty-Two. They were drafted from the leadin '> V ^^ >^ ^ iV ^ V :\ \ V ^\ ^5<\ ». 1t^ v\ I * ■' '\ 1 I I A ' f il 260 WICKETS IN THE WEST. match. The General had won all hearts by his kind demeanour; his manly form and eagle eye distinguished him outwardly amongst his fellow men. It was our privi- lege to make his acquaintance, and to hear from his li})S, as we walked together through urg. Previously to appearing at the Union TiCague Club, the Twelve had kept an en- gagement at Mr. Fox's Theatre, where stalls had been placed at their disposal. Upon the arrival of the Twelve, the band struck up " God save the Queen," and the audience cheered vociferously. The " Star Spangled Banner" was greeted with equal warmth by the visitors. We must conclude our ac- count of Philadelphia Avith a brief review of The Official the Official Handbook. It is an additional Handbook. r p i • i • i ])roof of the interest taken m the match that this book met with a large circulation. A copy of it, handsomely bound, was given to «vich of the Twelve, by Mr. Outerbridge, in memory of their visit. Mr. Fox's Theatre. Cheer.^. WICKETS IN THE WEST. It was beaded — " PRICE 25 CENTS. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET F^TE AT PHILADELPHIA, 1872, omitting what everybody knows, and con taining wbat everybody wants to know, including a score-sheet for spectators." The title is not unambitious, but it carried out its programme. It was divided into three parts. Part I. — Containing criticisms on the ])layers, programme of play, preliminaries, &c. Under the head of "American Players" appears the following : — " Philadelphia is the only place where tlie English Twelve will meet a local American Twenty-Two." Professionals and Englishmen have been excluded, with the view of making this a purely International contest. The following programmes appeared on every blank wall. They will prove the interest taken in the match:— PROGRAMME OF THE MATCH. Saturday. — Play will commence at 11.30, 207 Title. LMiMMil, 14 ;' ! .'! I : 268 WICKETS IN THE WEST. and continue until sundown. A capacious grand stand has been erected, a restaurateur engaged, and the band from the navy yard will play at intervals. Telegraphs of the score will be posted, and the names of the English players will be exhibited on large canvas stripes as they take the bat. At the close of the day's play the Twelve will dine .it a private entertairnnent. Sunday will be spent as a day of rest, with, perhaps, a drive through the park. Monday. — Play will be resumed at 11 a.m. In the evening a private reception will be given at the Union League Club House, in Broad Street, in honour of the guests. Tuesday will be devoted to finishing the match. ON THE GROUND. There will be two entrances for spectators. The holders of checks will be shown to their seats by ushers. Part II. — Scores of previous matches ; Mr. Grace's innings ; Curiosities of Cricket ; Cricket Songs ; The Daily Press on Cricket. Part III. — Explanations for new Cricket- ers, with Diagrams ; Miscellaneous Cricket wumamm aumm WICKETS IN THE WEST. Chirps ; Scores of Recent Matches ; Blank Score-Sheets for Spectators, &c. Directions how to reach the ground at Germantown were eriven in full. 269 *' Ye lovers of cricket, now lend me your ears, And I soon shall obtain your plaudits and cheers ; I sing an Eleven, the gauntlet that hurled Of defiance, and challenged the rest of the world." From poetry it descends to prose. In the tirst place explaining the distinction (if any) of " The Gentlemen Eleven." It would seem an affectation to dignify one class of cricketers with that appellation while another must be satisfied to be simply " players." But in England caste obtains, and a class of professional cricketers exists, as well as of " amateurs or gentlemen players." Thus dis- missing a •' vexata quaestio," it proceeds to draw freely upon Lilly white's Guides for the morals and manners of the Twelve, and dips into the private histories of the Twenty-Two. It anticipates the forte of the Twenty- Two to be in fielding, its feeble spot in batting. The following gentlemen formed the com- mittee of arrangements : — 270 WICKETS IN THE WEST. C. E. Cadwallader. C. Stuart Patterson. F. C. Newhall. Albert A. Outerbridge. Chairman of Reception Committee : J. Dickinson Sergeant. In the regulations for the ground, we notice the prices of admission to be 50 cents, each day. Season ticket, admitting each day, 1 dol. Reserved seats on grand stand 50 cents. The results of previous International Matches are set out in order, and it may be refreshing to learn that in 1859, on Octaber 10 — 13, G. Parr's English Eleven obtained 126 and 29, with 3 wickets down, against the Philadelphia Twenty-Two, with an innings of 94 and 60. Parr, Jackson, Wisden, Caffyn, and Car- penter bowled, Jackson obtaining 8 wickets, haying bowled 236 balls for 37 runs in the first innings. Wisden bowled 157 balls for 39 runs and 8 wickets in the second. For the Philadelphians — Mr. Senior bowled 105 balls for 20 runs and 5 wickets. The Eleven were victorious by 7 wickets. H ■*>l^JiBitci'-5ftii£:."ii-'^i:Ctltiii'.- '■i' ^^ -> M ^*sf >iiinfiamM WICKETS IN THE WEST. 271 rson. bridge. e: tl, wo cents. ' each stand itional lay be 2taber tained gainst h an Car- :kets, 1 the I and i runs rious In 18G8, on October 3, Willslier's Eleven played a memorable match, resembling the amateurs in its close results. The Philadelphians obtained 88 and 35 against the Eleven 92 and 36 with 8 wickets down. For the Eleven Freeman bowled 168 balls for 15 runs and 14 wickets, Jarrant bowling 88 balls for 39 runs and 4 wickets. In the second imiings Freeman bowled 100 balls for 9 runs and 13 wickets, Griffith bowling 64 balls for 22 runs and 5 wickets. For the Twenty-Two, C. Newhall bowled 116 balls for 48 runs and 6 wickets, Meade bowled 60 balls for 19 runs and 1 wicket. In this match the first four wickets of the Enghsh Eleven fell in the first innings for 11 runs, and in the second innings for 17; eight wickets were disposed of for 32 runs. The same Eleven played another matcli on October 10 ; the Twenty-Two were selected from the United States, and not confined to Philadelphia. The Twenty-two obtained ^^^"^62 against the Eleven n? and 64 ^""^ ibi. "17 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Tn this matcli — n I C. Nowhall bowled 182 balls for 57 runs and 8 wickets. M 120 „ 30 „ 6 „ Meade ,. 132 ,, 18 ,, 2 9i „ 22 „ 4 w M M »» First Inninos, Freeman bowled 169 balls for 14 runs and 10 wickets. WiUsher „ 176 ,,18 „ 7 Second Innino3. Freeman bowled 156 balls for 17 runs and 9 wickets. WiUsher „ 136 „ 22 ,, 6 „ w. G. Mr. Grace's performances are summed up, and we learn that scores of a century and upwards have only been obtained as yet in two instances in America. What an agree- able contrast this forms to our own satiated seats of spectators. Long may the bowling prove superior to the batting. A sparkling conceit, as it is termed, is extracted from the Evening Bulletin. It is the voice of the (yocket chirping to the cricketer in favour of the noble game ; it summons young and old, gentle and simple to the ground, and if not A quid, exactly sparkling, it is a merry conceit. Jerks in from short -leg is politely introduced in an appeal to the ladies. There is also a wiiiiiuu report of a cricket match by William Shak- Shakspeare / n j. i-i* i J\ on Cricket, spcarc (uow farst pubiis'^^i. K/ ; WICKETS IN THE WEST. 27;^ cketa. »» M ft i^ickets. ickets. »» med up, ury and s yet in I agree- satiated bowling )arkling om the of the vour of md old, 1 if not Jerks iced in also a Shak- The author professes to refute the general opinion that cricket was not known in the time of Queen Elizabeth, by many passages taken at random from tlie Bard of Avon. The Bard is supposed to be on the ground Tho iiud. and to be presented to the English Twelve, to whom he addressed these words — " And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in Enj,'-land, show us hero The mettle of your pasture," Sec. Jlanry F,, act iii., sc. 1. He is shown the cricket ball, upon whicn be remarks — " A carbuncle entire, as big as thou art, Were not so rich a jewel" Corinlanus, act i., sc. 4. We scarcely think that this opinion would be shared by any^ but the most enthusiastic lovers of the game ; of Hadow,' the Bard re- Had marked — •* How oddly he is suited ! I think he h-. t his doublet in Oxford, his round hose (C) in America, a id his bonnet in Madame Louise's." Merchant of Venice, act i., sc. 2. Now Haddocks is a harlequin, and every The iiaiie- Oxonian will recognise the appropriate allu- ''"'"* o\v. ( \i 274 WICKETS IX THE WEST. .slon to tliat fantastic costume. The Bard however adds — ** Haddocks seems to be more noble in being fantastical— a great man. I'll warrant." Winter's Tale, act iv., sc. ii. The spectators exhibiting nervousness at the commencement of the game, William de- livered the following lecture — " Because you want the Grace that others have, You judge it straight a thing impossible To compass wonders," Henry VI., part i., act v. , sc. 4. William nodded affably to the English Captain, and said — " Prepare you, General, The enemy comes on in gallant show, And something's to be done immediately." Julius Casar, act v. , sc 1. Kanaiuis. TliG umpiro liaving quoted tuiii. « The play's the tl^ng." Hamlet ^ act ii., 8C. 2. And the batsman replying — " Aye boy, ready. " lUrtneo and Juliet, act. i. , sc, 5. William exclaims — " Make you ready your stiff bats ; Field, gentlemen of England, field boldly." llicliard III., act v., sc. 3. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 275 e Bard bostical— a mess at iam de- lve, r. , 80. 4. Englisli rv r. , sc. I, i., sc. 2. u, sc. 5. *f SC* d« Turning to Appleby, lie whispered — *' Now be a Freeman." Julius C(B»ar, act v., sc. 8. Applepie. The Bard made a few flatterinc: remarks w. a. to Gilbert upon his appearing at the wicket, but the great man did not cotton to the Bard, for he muttered — ** Sir, praise me not- ; My work hath not yet warm'd me." Ctmvlamts, act i., sc. 5. The Captain is reported to have whispered The Cap- in Gilbert's ear — " We must do something, and in the heat." King Lear, act i., sc. 7. ^ " Dispatch Those centuries to our aid. " \ Qyriolanun, act i., sc. 7. Wherupon the Leviathan opened his shoul- ders, and made . , A hit, a very palpable hit." Hamlet, act v., sc. 2. An accident of a painful and dubious nature Edgar. having occurred to a player, an anxiou sweetheart whines to this effect — " Is not that Edgar lying on the ground ? He lies not like the living ! 0, my heart I" Julim Ccesar, act i., sc. ;i. t2 ' wr^ ilQ WICKETS IX THE WEST. .hiVniH Julius Cjvsar played at PliiliKk'lpliia in 1859, and is constantly quoted. The Monkey is described as the stealth v run- Marmoset. " ner — " A snapper up of unconsidei * trifles." Winter'* Tale, act. iv., sc. 2. Edgar, a very uncertain runner, is tlius pourtrayed — "Stand, and go back, Back — I mean, go — back, that is the utmost of your having, ' Back." Coriulauvs, act v., sc. 2. Appleby is again introduced as a " IVIarvcllous good neighbour, in sooth, and a very good bjwler." Loves Labour's Lost, act v., sc. 2. The youth- The youtliful Harris is favourably men- coige. ^i^^^^j ^g ^jj^ favourite with the girls on tlie Grand Stand, for upon being asked who is their favourite — '* Volumnia (replies) ' Honourable George.' " * Cbriolanus, act i., sc. I. We must conclude our remarks upon this lively article with the following soliloquies of the Captain, the Twenty-two, and the Committee. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 277 The Captain sings out — The Cap- tain. •* Come, let us to the field, Tis three o'clock, and, comradea, yet ere night We shall try Fortune in a second fight." Julius Lkssar, act v., sc. '6. Upon the conclusion of the matcli, the The^^^ Twenty-two, in chorus, liowl— t«'^- " Beaten, but not without honour ; In this glorious and well-foughten field, We kept together in our chivalry." Jlenry T'., act. 4, sc. 6. The Committee chime in with the feeling The com- mittee. words — " I will entertain them." Julius Cccsar, act v., sc. last. Considering that the Official Handbook- was the offspring of a few days' conception, it was marvellously well produced. Before we quit the friendly soil of Pennsyl- vania, it would be unjust not to recognise the hearty co-operation of the public journals The Press. in the cause of cricket, and in favour of the English visit. Under the head of International Amenities An Article. our paper has an article, in which it alludes to the cricketers as " Giving evidence of an il I f I 278 WICKETS IN THE WEST. international sympathy in the amenities of life, and though a visit of this nature may in itself be thought a small matter, yet ' many a little maketh a mickle,' in promoting a good understanding between the two coun- tries." Another. Under " Muscular Christianity " another journal speaks out boldly, *' If we would take one step towards removing the occasion of such slurs on our American manhood, quoted above, we must encourage our youth to some manly exercises, and from all we know of cricket we can advise no better, ' Mens sana in corpore sano,' though 2000 years old, is a motto that we cannot improve upon." Another article says : "If these more pro- minent cricket matches shall have the effect of encouraging the permanent adoption by our youth of a manly recreation which is ad- mitted to be morally and physically health- ful, as well as intensely enjoyable, the ap- proaching visit of our English guests will not be without good results." The " Out-door sports " are well treated in the TcTegmph Evening Telegrajph, Alluding to tlie ap- sporte. °°^ proaching match in Philadelpliia, the article ^. WICKETS IN THE WEST. 279 goes on, — "Now is the time to re^''/«^ low mucli we stand in need of somcthin' that will take us out into the fields occai nally and keep us there for a few hours, if only as inactive spectators. What we are suffering from is the want of out-door exercises and fresh air. To a very large number of our people the game of cricket, if they hut knew it, would be a boon and also a pleasure, as the coming International Match will enable them to estimate. We hope that the coming of the famous gentlemen-players from Eng- land will revive all the old interest, and as a consequence bring new talent to our cricket- field in the future. We Avant our P^nglish friends to have a hearty welcome, and wo want our people to see what a fine game cricket is." Our last words are, that we received a hearty welcome, and we played a hearty match. Long may cricket continue to be played in the spirit which animated our kind friends at Germantown. li )i »'' , i^r m ht m Klegaiit Kvtmcts. Prose. CHAPTER III. Eoston — Eighth Match — Massachusetts Association — Tho Swamp — A Tie— A Draw— Parker House— Chambermaids — Base-ball — Presentation to the Colonel — A Fire — Fare- well to the States — Conclusion of Tour — Arrival at Quebec — Last Words — SS. " Prussian " — Home. "The Boston Cricket Club and all cricketers in Massachusetts, where we hicve jibout a dozen clubs, wish to see you play at l^oston. We shall esteem ourselves pecu- liarly unfortunate if you come through Boston and do not give us a day or two's cricket." " We shall endeavour to do all we can to make your stay here agreeable, although the t^hort time we have for preparation may pre- vent us from carrying out everything which w^e originally projected." "It is perhaps needless to say how cordial your reception would be, but we should use every effort to make your stay enjoyable." T1 WICKETS IN THE WEST. £81 )n — The JeiTOaids B— -Fare- '' Quebec d all lay at pecii- oston t." an to 1 the pre- iiicli rdial use )Ic." These extracts prove tliat the same friendly spu'it animated tlie good people of Boston towards the English Cricketers. Time was the only difficulty. Sept. 28 was the day fixed for sailing home. It was necessary to rob Peter to pay Paul. Philadelphia must be curtailed ofsacniege. some of her attractions, New York must abandon some of her many temptations, or Boston will not be satisfied. "^^ was sad indeed to slip awa}' from Phila- delphia, but not, as was ungenerously said in some quarters, in any want of grateful senti- ment towards our entertainers there, it was strictly in accordance with our original plan. To see as much of America and Americans as we possibly could in the time. The prolonged excitement of the match at Pliiladelphia led first to missing a train which would have conveyed the Twelve, travelling all night, to Boston in time to play on Sept. *' The miss was as good as a mile," as good rroveri.. indeed as two hundred miles, for it hung the Twelve up to dry in New York for some hours, and it was not until the evening of ' <\ A f m bg 1: 282 Fifth Avenue. i lii r I Harvanl College. Parker House. WICKETS IN THE WEST. Sept. 25 that they were able to proceed to Boston. The previous evening had been spent at tlie Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, a magnificent structure, crowded with fair and young nymphs, fresh from the briny attrac- tions of Newport. A long night's journey landed tlie Twelve at Boston on the morning of September 26. Heavy rain all night did not promise a good day's cricket — a promise kept to the full — a one day's match was arranged. The original programme had included a drive to and breakfast at Harvard College. The Captain was compelled to abandon this, as his young friends were unkempt and un- washed, not to say hungry ; their wants required immediate attention, and Harvard is several miles away from Boston. The Twelve were sorry not to acknowledge the University's kind proposals otherwise than by declining. Parker House received them — a most comfortable and clean hotel. The chambermaids are remarkable, not only for good looks but for civility. It appeared miraculous to the wearied travellers, after L WICKETS IN THE WEST. . 283 their experience of other handmaids in the Mui Leonard, at Ottoway, h Ai»iiloby ..2 1 b w, 1) (iraco 2 Byes, 4; leg-ltye, 1... i» Totiil .5k Total 43 1st inn. KN(iL.\ND. Oraco, t) Eastwood *J() Hoinl.y, 1. (J. \Vnj,'ht A. Liil)l)ock, Linden, 1) Ejistwood 5 Hadow, st ILvigli, I) Eastwood .... 1 ILirriM, c dorse, b U. Wri,i,'lit 3 Fi-.UK'i.s, st Ilai.icli, b G. Wri-;ht... 5 Appleby, st Ilaigh, b G. Wright.. 1 Fitz(]lorald, run out.. 2 E. Lubltoc'k, not out 4 Jioae, run out Pickering, b Sodon Ottoway, b G. Wright Extras 4 2nd inn. c and b Ea.stwood 5 b Eastwood b Eastwood 3 I) Ea-stwood cand bG. Wright... 2 It Eastwood 8 not out 3 not out Bye Total. 51 Total 90 The game was not ended at sunset, and was drawn. ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. ENGLAND.— First Innings. Balls. Runs. Wickets. Rose, 68 37 10 Appleby, m 14 9 Second Innings. Grace, 74 35 13 Appleby, 72 3 7 BOSTON.— First Innings. Balls. Runs. Wickets. G.Wright, 100 24 5 Eastwood, 100 20 3 Second Innings. - G.Wright, 51 11 1 Eastwood, 40 10 6 ^\<^TirT, ' ' Wii j iiiiffli'iMttMw^ 'i^ggg K'i WICKETS IN THE WEST. 2Ul 2nil inn. I' Uracc. ace 2 {-•'ye, 1... r» 43 2ii(l inn. iwood 5 3 Vright... 2 8 3 1 22 iset, and 'ickets. . 10 . 9 13 r cliets. 5 3 1 6 Till' tlijinks of tlic Twelve are eminently due to Mr. Uockwell, for liis exertions in their behalf. The famous hase-hall players, the l^rothers Wri^iit, who had ]>layed in the New York Twenty-two, are natives of Boston, and took a jirominent part in the match. G. Wright presented each of the "\vclve with a base-ball. This game is well adai)ted to jiasc-baii. the genius of the peo})le. It is of compara- tively short duration, It has few pauses, It Is constantly changing Its aspect. There Is no sticking, no monotonous change of overs, all is on the strike, everybody is on the bound. It will hold Its own in America, and cricket can never expect to attain to its popularity. From an English point of view it presents little interest, there are no hard knocks on the knuckles or shins, none of the excitement that is engendered by a fast bowler on a quick wicket. It demands quickness of foot and eye, and above all it requires ^^martness and precision of throwing. It develops fielding, and it ought to teach men to open their shoulders, for hard hitting is a sine quel non ' with a good base-ball player. To sum it up, it is an impr vement on our u2 ^ i Si i f I IM « ■ WICKETS IN THE WEST. The Rod StookiiiKS. Koutidcrs. old schoolboys' game of rounders, without, however, the most attractive part to an A cook ui). English schoolboy — the " corking." We can see still, we are not sure that we cannot still feel, the quiver of the fat boy's nether parts, as the ball, well directed, buried itself in his flesh. " Rounders" had attractions for youth, we doubt if the improved game would amuse the grown-up British public. Inmiense sums are staked upon it in America, and a hand- some income is realised by the celebrated Red Stocking Boston Club. Cricket has to contend as^ainst the business habits of Ameri- cans. They will not give the time necessary for the game. They will snatch a few moments from the counter for base-ball, and tliey w^ould do the same for cricket ; but the same two men may be in at the one game the whole time they can devote to leisure, and they are not charmed with monotony, even if it be High Art. Whereas, at the other game, they may see several sides out in the same time. We believe this to be the true social position of cricket in the States. Time is monev here, and there is no denying that much of that valuable commodity is egregiously cut into MiMMMi T ii' WICKETS IN THE WEST. 298 ribbons at cricket. Americans might learn much, if they chose, from our noble game : if it inculcates one thing, it preaches and practises patience, it enforces self-control, it eliminates the irascible, it displays the excel- lence of discipline, it is more eloquent than P^ather Mathew on temperance and sobriety. With all respect for base-ball and its disciples, we believe that it principally encourages the two' leading failings of American character — ultra-rapidity, quicksilver-sosity, or whatever else of lightning proclivity you like to call it, and ardent speculation. At Boston, as at Philadelphia, invitations Irom the proprietors of the theatres were for- The (hai.i;i warded to the Twelve. The Boston Museum, by the kindness of Mr. Field, was open to them, and an excellent old comedy of Hol- croft's, " The Boad to Ruin," was admirably played. Mr. Booth, of the Boston Theatre, placed stalls also at their disposal. Hadow, in the course of the day, was driven by a gentleman to Harvard Univer- sity, where he met with great civility from the undergrads and dons in residence. The Twelve in their tour through the s II • 1 1 I I i I . 294 The club. The modern Colon. WrCKETS IX THE WEST. States were as busy as bees, they could but sip the honey hi tlieir hurried flight, but they treasure in the cells of their memory many sweet souvenirs of each place. The Somerset Club is one of the best in America, most comfortably and elegantly appointed, its members did all they could in the tune at tlieir disposal to introduce the Twelve to that inner sociaKty which distin- guishes Boston. The last evening was almost sad — cricket-bags were closed for the last time, heads were now turned homewards, excepting Appleby's, he was bound to the far West, to the Pacific shore. The Eleven would plough the main without their great bowler, and to-night for the last time they all sat at the same board. The " discoverer of America," the hero of Alexandra Bay, has long been left out in the cold. Colonel Maude, V.C., C.B,, had accom- panied the Twelve throughout their tour. He had been their guide, philosopher, and friend in many a carouse. His philosophy was of the pleasantest, his guidance of value, his friendship of proved worth. It was unani- mously agreed to present him with a slight WICKETS IN THE WEST. 21)5 :>uld but but they y many best in eg-antly ould ill uce the distiri- > almost be last awards, to the Eleven ' great hey all lero of in the ccom- r. He friend i^as of ', his nani- ilight mark of appreciation. The last dinner was selected for the occasion, the Captain's last speech was uttered in an attempt to do jus- tice to it. A gold pencil-case witli inscrip- tion, " Presented by the Gentlemen Cricketers p.e-cnta- of England to Col. Maude, V.C, C.B., 1872," ''"" was handed to him. He was not allowed to return thanks. The tour was completed. The man that dared to make another speech would have been brained on the spot. Many was the parting glass, the long roll of cock- tails was drained to the dregs; it was gratify- ing to hear but one consenting remark, that the tour had been successful, that the Eleven were well pleased. A lurid glare in the sky betokened fire in a fire, the neighbourhood of the Parker House. All hurried to the spot, and a grand sight was presented, an enormous granite structure was in flames. Little dreaming of the awful catastrophe that lurked in the paulo post future of this fine town, we could not help re- marking to a bystander in the crowd, as we noticed the activity and courage of the fire- men, and the extraordinary power which they soon exerted over the destroying ele- i II !i The l)ri>|)het. 296 WICKETS IN THE WEST. ment. " You are not likely to ha\ c a second Chicago." '' No, indeed," said the stranger, " if any town oan he safe from fire it is Boston." Within a few weeks, as the world knows, the most solid part of the town was a crumbUng ruin. The epidemic amongst the horses had not yet been heard of. Fire engines dashed through the crowd. What a])peared to us an alarming conflagration was subdued with ease in a few hours. At 8.30 a.m. on September 27, the Eleven left Boston en route for* Quebec. Heavy clouds dissolving into rain hung over the White Mountains. The line runs through some beautiful scenery, the woods are donning their rich autumn tints. Striking the Grand Trunk, over which familiar line the Eleven were franked by the kindness of Mr. Bridges, the State of Maine law. Maine was entered. The horror of the Cricketers on learning that no beverage ex- cept tea and coffee was to be obtained for love or money at the refreshment stations cannot be described. Thick pea soup washed down with weak tea, mutton cutlets and coffee, oysters and cold water might be had for the asking. •M^MtaHMI jssi WICKETS IN THE WEST. 207 o* second ranger, e it is Us the e town nongst Fire What on was JO A.M. ton en olvin n tains, enery, itunin over inked ate of the ■e ex- d for tions shed and had Maine law is a fine thing in the main, but it is scarcely fair to impose its restrictions upon travellers passing through. It is one of the startling paradoxes that abound in America. Tliat such a law can be passed in a dram-drinking comnmnity, that it can be observed in a nation of cocktails almost makes one believe that thirst is an artificial creation, and that whisky must have some higher aim than a human throat. The conductor of the train, who was quite as decided in his disapprobation of Maine law as ourselves, consoled us by a lesson in Euchre. This cap- Euciue. tivating game is very popular; Euchre and Poker may be called the national games of I'oker. America. We did not clearly com.prehend the game beyond an idea that it is profitable to the instructor, and expensive to the tyro. The journey continued through the night, and early on the morning of September 28 the travellers found themselves amidst the woods of Canada. In the first rays of the sun, glittering with the tears of departing night, the foliage of the woods is indescribably ^"*""'" beautiful, — crimson, pink, magenta and every modern shade of rose, glowing amidst the u ■iH r _j| ^' fii? Wt ' , I'H''' m «' '■' M m 1 i 1 '• i^^HAM ' 1 K ■, , 1 1 ■ < 1 , 1 ^Hi^ n 9 f) fl ' ^. aW ■i , ^B ' ^ li i 8B il ' 1 1 Hi! ' i i . BKi ■ 1- M. ■ '' li Bi 1 pi ■f ' . 1 i •■; i \ \ ■ , 1 1 1 >,: >H < i; ■ h" ':' ^R. 1 1* ' ' ■tt ' i r / 1 ■E ' » i . H < 1 I . '■■ 1 , J I 1 .,;. J i'^' 1 ' '-.>'?; '^^^H \^' . 1 II m ^' ''' ^ ! ? ■ 1 I 1 B^flw 1 ■• i i. 1 I ' 1 1 B?H| 1 1- KK ( ■ II 1 ni A i III' ^ ■Ai M . H^H^^^Hk SUCH 298 WICKETS IN THE WEST. . dark green pine or the still unchanged and lighter verdure of the ash and oak. The maple is the glory of the Canadian autumn. Gold and crimson vies with green on the same bough. Soon the mighty stream of St. Lawrence is seen again. Cape Diamond once more presents its bold outline, and Quebec greets again the pilgrims at its feet. The Eleven arrived at 10 a.m. and in the course of an hour luggage and all were on board the s.s. Prus- S.S. Prussian. Mr. and Mrs. Patteson and a few friends had travelled from Toronto to see the last of the Eleven on Canadian shores. It was with great regret that we heard of the serious illness of Henley of the 60tli Rifles, who had played against us and been a jovial comrade in the early part of the tour. He was lying ill in Quebec ; our time did not permit us to land ; the good ship was impatient, steam was up ; a word of com- mand from the chief officer was quickly fol- lowed by the splash of the rope as it fell from the tug, and with that splash was ended our own connection with the pleasant country of the West. We did manage a cheer for our friends as Mr. Uennett WICKETS IN THE WEST. 299 I t tliey gradually dropped back in our wake, but it was with a heavy heart we had seen Sonow. the last of the hospitable friends who were the first to welcome us. A few last words must find a place here, ust words. Our tour was ended, our faces were turned homewards, gently steaming on the placid ■ waters of the St. Lawrence, the land growing fainter as each day saw us nearer the Atlantic. Before reaching the Straits of Belle Isle, before leaving behind us the shores of Labrador, and committing ourselves to the mercies of the ocean, let us hazard a conjee- nazani. ' ture upon the results of our tour. Firstly, to ourselves as cricketers the result Firstly. had been singularly successful : we had taken part in eight matches against odds ; we had won seven and had made a drawn match of the eighth. Nothing can rob us of this roll of victory. Then comes the thouglit. Are the secondly. victories worthy of the "lo Triumphe '"? Will a paan. the defeats of the Twenty-two work to their future advantage ? The first thought admits ' of a little hesitation. The games, with one exception, Philadelphia, had been won with consummate ease, never at any moment was f, ' mo WICKETS IN THE WEST. r w. a. f I victory in doubt ; is there, then, any reason for self-congratulation? To the outsider, who looks only at the scores and forms his opinion of the match accordingly, there is doubtless little on the surface to make him feel proud of his countrymen. The Captain can add something to the score : he is proud of his Eleven's achievements on this account ; the matches were won by strict attention to orders, by discipline, not enforced but wil- lingly displayed, by playing the game from first to last. It is no slight handicap to match any Eleven, on indifferent grounds, against a Twenty-two. The Canadian teams were certainly weak in batting, but their bowling was always good ; their fielding might have been better, but then there was no match without several fine fieldsmen, and runs were almost always hard to get. Runs vjere got by steady and careful play. Victory is of course largely due to the never-failing bat of W. G. Grace ; but to the fine fielding of the Eleven, and the splendid bowling of Appleby, coupled with the insinuating Rose, nmst the small scores of the opponents be attributed, The matches, in a word, proved WrCKETS IN THE WEST. .301 iitiglit. tlie triumpli of tllsciplinc over a coiifusetl mass. It is this triumph that we claim as Riyht or our own ; not tliat we beat a series of Twenty-two, but that we owe our victory to the display of those qualities which distinguish good cricketers. That this is no vain-glorious assertion, was proved on two occasions, — once at Toronto symptoms of slackness set in, the opponents' score mounted accordingly ; disci- pline restored, the average was kept within bounds. At Boston the Eleven were train- weary and disgusted, their elan was on the wane, their discipline was tottering — they nearly lost the match. The Canadian cricketers must not be judged merely by their small scores. They all did their best to make up for a small score by patience in the field and sustained efforts with the ball. They played a good game, if a losing one. The Twelve felt proud of their victory at the time, and we think they are entitled to their opinion. To New York and Philadelphia the same remarks apply. The Twenty-two of New York were perhaps the weakest team that was encountered, for their bowling was not so formidable, if the batting was a trifle .'502 WICKETS IN THE WEST. 1! Second tliou^'ht. superior. Tlie palm certainly must be given to Plilladclpliia. We come now to the second thought, Will our tour have any good result? We are not confident that we shall in any way have ad- vanced the cause of cricket as against base- ball. We have before alluded to the reasons which give the latter game the call hi American opinion. But we do believe, and the local papers bear us out, that a great stir was made by our advent, and that many re- turned to cricket who had abandoned it, and that some will take it up who have never tried it. We cannot expect that a new exhi- bition of first-class cricket will have any im- portant or immediate result. No Canadian is likely to become a second W. G. if he lives to be a hundred and plays till past four score. But we trust that the root has been planted in the schools; that the boys who flocked upon the grounds will practise the game, and that the great public interest taken in our matches will provoke the authori- ties to direct the juvenile mind towards the noble game. It is possible that the Twelve may have committed many little social errors. WrCKETS IX THE WEST. 303 Iiiniioiu's have rcaclieil oiir ears of acts of apparent want of civility on our part, for these we most liiimbly ask pardon. Our mistakes do a(bnit of excuse ; we had more to do in tlie time tlian we could do properly, and omissions must not be re<:^arded in tlie same light as conunissions. We trust that at any rate we did our best in the field to justify the invitation that was so generously extended to us. Last words take long to utter. We liave Farewell. said much but we feel more. In bidding fare- well to Canada and the States, we shall only do justice to our own feelings when we place on record our deep conviction that a better knowledge of our own colony, a heartier ap- preciation of our American cousins will be due to the generous si)irit which prompted the citizens, on both sides of the border, to invite the English Twelve to pitch their Wickets in the West. The good ship Prussian pursued an even course across the Atlantic. The straits of Belle Isle were passed at 2.20 a.m. on the morning of Oct 1st. The ship's log reads as follows : — i I jgsasm < • :. t n / ;J04 WICKETS IN THE WEST. Sept. 20tli, noO miles; 3()tli, 275 miles. Oct. 1st, 280 miles; 2iul, 300 miles ; 8r(l, 270 miles; 4tli, 275 miles; 5tli, 280 miles; Gtli,301 miles; 7tli, 258 miles. Fine westerly breezes prevailed tliroii<]^liout the voyage ; sails were set, and we bounded merrily towards home. Poor George was the only invalid. I.Iarmalade and sardines were consumed in awful mnnbers of pots and tins ; yarns were rifj ; and perhaps a story was never told moro likely to make night hideous in a hammock than the followhig: — An 'orribie " A rcport is currcnt," so commenced the story-teller, " that a ghastly scene was wit- nessed at the death-bed of A- B- the late mmate of the lighthouse at Cape Race, the southern extremity of Newfound- land. Some ten years ago or more, Messrs. Allan lost a magnificent steamer, bound for Quebec, with full cargo and complement of passengers. Easterly wmds had prevailed, and the steamer on a certain night must have been bowling along before the fresh- ening breeze and approaching the coast hidden from view by gathering fog. That brave ship never was seen again; she WICKETS IN THE WEST. had been siglited witliin a day's journey of Cape Race ; a few broken boards, the un- mistakable evidence of a wreck, were col- lected beneath the lightliouse amongst the rocks, of wl lose danger that lighthouse should have given warning. Had it failed on that night of troubled water to pierce tlio gloom? Could the shrieks, which the lighthouse men afterwards described as audible above the roar of the angry wind, have proceeded from the unfortunate beings on board that un- happy vessel? Only one thing was ever ascertained : it was the good ship that had driven on these rocks. Not one soul lived to tell how or when. *' The ten years rolled on, the memory of that night was preserved only by the friends of those beneath the sea ; the lighthouse man lay on the bed of death ; a secret weighed on his guilty mind ; it left his lips, with the hue of death stealthily gathering over his brow. In his last agony, in almost his last words, he confessed to the fact of having on that night of horror, which now filled his mind, omitted to light the guardian lamp. He had been drinking and was overcome by sleep ; he awoke to hear the shrieks of his victims. 305 «06 WICKETS IN THE WEST. / 1, I but the secret of that night was never di- vulged till he sank beneath its weight." All the stories told were not of this weird- like character ; luckily not, as we were caught in a fog off the Irish coast, and for a few hours lay to, not knowing where we were. Hadow was the first to spy the revolving light on Instrahull. Our ship's head v^a^ pointing to Scotland. We were ten miles north of the light, and many miles out of our course. But we were out of the Atlantic without a gale of wind, and we could almost have an ashore gladly. At 7 A.M. Moville lay before us, and after a short delay, which the Honourable George took advantage of, to get his traps together and leave us, "The Ten" were soon steam- ing again down the Irish Channel — a charm- ing day's sail. At midnight the bar of the Mersey was passed ; at 1 a.m. the Prussian *' stopped; " and at 3 a.m. on Oct. 8, the Chief Officer and a few of the Ten had a last glass together, to the memory of the American Tour. Oct. 8. — Arrival of the English Cricketers at Liverpool, Dispersing of the same to the Four Winds of Heaven. GENERAL AND PERSONAL. This concluding chapter will be an olla podrida. It is intended to supply omissions, and to give a little fresh information. It will introduce some of the living poets of Canada, in '' Farewell Odes to the Cricketers." It will give the Captain's last speech and his best — because you will hear no more from him ; a few scraps from Yankee papers perhaps ; in fact, anything and everything that can be ex- tracted from portfolio and waistcoat pockets, or filched from a comrade's diary. The following "Farewell Odes" were ad- dressed to the Twelve before they left Canada : — Farewell, ye sons of England's favoured land, Where peace and plenty flourish, hand-in-han'' ; Where'er you go, whatever realms to roam. May you in safety reach your far-oflf home I x8 308 WICKETS IN THE WEST. 11 {■ There may you guard your nation's wickets well, By ** hits " unerring as were those of " Tell " ; And, lastly, may you win your final score. Where " bats and balls " and " byes " are known no more. Veteran. kU. The second Ode is less affecting, but of a genial strain :- .i * THE GENTLEMEN CRICKETERS' TEAM. A SONG. {liespectfulhj dedicated to its subject.) I've a toast to propose to you — so. Gentlemen, hand on The Mumm, and the Cliquot, the Mttet and Chandon : The toast that I offer, with pleasure extreme, Is the health of " The Gentlemen Cricketers' Team." And first, here's the health of their Captain, FitzGerald, Whose time-honoured name stands in need of no herald : AU know that he manages matches as well As a match-making mother with daughters to sell. Next, here's to the Chief of the ball-driving race, A Giant in cricket, as well as a Grace : Bat, bowler, or field, in himself he's a host, All round, the best player that Britain can boast. Here's to Hornby, who bears the cognomen of " Monkey," All muscle and nerve — never feeble or funky ; For pluck, skill, and strength, he is hard to be beaten By picked men from Winchester, Harrow, or Eton ! Here's the left-handed bowler, that Lancashire swell. Whom Ottawa batsmen remember so well : He bowled a whole innings (and bowled like great gunsi, In Apple-pie order for — only three runs 1 WICKETS IN THE WEST. 309 And here's to his confrere, spectacular Rose, A rather quick bowler of dangerous *' slows " : And now to the Lubbocks, a brave pair of brothers, Who i-ank with the Graces, the Walkers, and others. Next, here's to four stars of the Oxford Eleven, (With all due respect for the home-keeping Seven) Here's to Harris and Ottoway, Francis and Hadow, May Time ne'er decrease his Herculean shadow I Here's to Pickering, lastly— his name is enough To prove that he's made of good cricketing stuff — Warm welcome, I'm sure, he will ever be shown, For the sake of his Uncle, as well as his own ! So here's to them singly, or taken together — A finer set never yet hunted the leather — Once more, then, I pledge you, with pleasure extreme, The health of " The Gentlemen Cricketers' Team." In addition to the matches played, there invitations. were several invitations to the Twelve to play elsewhere. A most cordial invitation was given by the Cricketers of Detroit and Chicago, and of Frederickton in Nova Scotia. A match was also proposed by the Officers quartered at Halifax. Time would not allow of their fulfilment. Nothing strikes the stranger more in his travels in the West than the exuberance of the local papers ; they are racy and original beyond con- !>9-— Mk—*-.-**""- gnnn i . u :!■•' '4 , .■ i I i % i I ! i' n 111 I .^ 310 WICKETS IN THE WEST. ception ; a bit free at times, but the The press, country smacks of freedom. Births, deaths, and marriages are arranged under the graphic heads of "Cradle," "Altar," and "Tomb." Advertisements take the engaging form of an attractive or sensational story. We annex one or two specimens ; they are from San Francisco, the Eldorado of journalism. Rooms. Rooms are thus advertised: — "One of the most pathetic songs ever written is that en- titled ' No Baby in the House.' We once roomed alongside a baby for two weeks, only a board partition between us. The little angel would begin to yell at exactly a quarter past one every night, and keep it up at inter- vals till daylight. We used to lie and imagine the pleasure — oh ! the indescribable rapture — of clutching that darling's wind- pipe for about six minutes. The only thing that kept us from bursting through and com- mitting some horrid deed was the thought of the awful end that sometimes awaits mur- derers in this State — the rope's end. So we removed to the Gait Houses 623, Market Street^ where we found ' Quiet well-furnished Rooms^ and no Babies.^ t }} ■i WICKETS IN THE WEST. 311 We recommend the Ibilowing to Messrs. Jay and the Necropolis Funeral Company, Limited : — . • *'Tom went home in a delightful state of Furnishing. mind the night of the boat race; he had been to Sacramento on business. His sweet wife met him with a smile ; he knocked her down with the boot-jack ; he pounded up all his furniture into fragments about the size of a piece of chalk. This done, he picked up his wife and the rest of the rub- bish and threw them out of window. With her dying breath she gasped, ' Tom, promise • me you will not marry that red-haired Polly Squibbs, and be sure you get your new furniture at Plum, Bell & Go's Establish' merit' She then expired." Business is indissolubly connected with Assurance. life, it follows a man into his grave. Read the following : — " A lovely wife in town, on the death of insurance. her husband, sent the following thrilling telegram to a distant friend. * Dear John is dead : loss fully covered by insurance.' " Englishmen must be prepared for new phrases in America ; on the railroads nearly I- ai2 WICKETS IN THE WEST. I Phrases. every term in general use is distinct from those employed at home. The guard is a "conductor," luggage is " baggage," carriage is " car." Take your seats is translated " all aboard." " Please " has no equivalent in America. Rails are " trucks." The station is always a "d6-pot." The favourite remark of ladies expressing delight or surprise is, "Oh, my !" At Boston one was constantly met with the ejaculation, " How !" pronounced " Heow." The journals are not very particular, pro- vided they can produce something sensational. To say that the press expresses public opinion is a libel on Americans. The mass of the people we believe to be moderate in their opinions ; the general tone of the papers is extravagant. An outrageous attack appeared in the New York Herald upon the treatment of steerage passengers in Messrs. Allan's pfTsenger. vcsscls. As we happened to cross in the very ship, Sarmatian^ that formed the subject of several most excruciating columns, we are happy to give our evidence, which will con- tradict in toto the alleorations of the corre- spondent. Amongst many other horrors he The steerage T WlCK^tS IN THE WEST. 318 V v- ! alludes to the bad bread furnished to the Horrors of ,p,i , , 1*1 ^^^^ middle steerage passengers, Ine bread complainea pussage. of was brought to our table one morning, and by the request of the doctor, we tried it. It was no better and no worse than that sup- plied at the doctor's table. It was not a PVench roll, but it was bread fit to eat. The greatest attention was paid to the passengers, and we are confident that in no lii.e is such accommodation afforded as on board Messrs. Allan's magnificent vessels. Apropos of the Sarmatian and Prussian^ the Captain of the Twelve addressed a letter a letter. to Messrs. Allan, which may be appended as a parting illustration of the tour. " Liveqiool, Oct. 9, 1872. ^ *' Gentlemen, "On behalf of England's Amateur Cricketers I beg to express our grateful re- cognition of your share in the success of our expedition. The laurels we have won in Canada will long be dear to us, but insepar* ably connected with them will be the recol- lection of the days spent on board your good ships Sarmatian and Prussian. I am happy to add our tribute to the well-established K ^U WICKETS IN THE WEST. fame of the Allan Line. In conclusion, per- mit me to return our thanks to the officers, to whose kindness and good fellowship we owe many pleasant hours ; and last, but not least, to all those who administered so effi- ciently to the- wants of the saloon and the comforts of the cabin. " I am, Gentlemen, " Yours, &c., " R. A. Fitzgerald, " Captain of the Twelve." A reply. The followiug reply was received to the above : — " Sir, " We have to acknowledge receipt of your favour of yesterday's date, and are much gratified to learn that you can express yourself ho warmly with respect to the plea- sures experienced on board the steamers of our line. " We highly appreciate the spirit which prompts you to take notice of any little at- tention which may have been specially be- stowed upon yourself and friends, and will WICKETS IN THE WEST. take care to convey your acknowledgments to the proper quarter. " We are, Sir, " Yours faithfully, " Allan, Brothers & Co. "Liverpool. ** Pray accept also our congratulations on the successful results of your efforts abroad." .:nrj T' Aie Twelve were not much gratified upon landing in England, to find the object of their expedition and the good taste of their Captain and the managers in America severely questioned. They rose like one man at the objectionable article, and in order that the British public might be put in possession of all the facts, and in justice to the hosts and antagonists on the other side, the following article was published by the kindness of the Editor, in the world-wide columns of Bell's Life. As the article enters fully into the origin and terms of the expedition, we invite attention to it. 1 , ;U6 WTCKETS IN THE WEST. ( VISIT OF THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS TO AMERICA. [From Bell's Life in London.) The return of the EngUsh amateurs from America has elicited an mireflecting and in- viihous s[)irit of criticism in certain quarters. A wrong impression of the objects and results of the trip is thereby pronmlgated. A deli- berate slur is passed upon the hospitality and resources of tiie Canadians ; the enterprise of our gallant representatives is carped at, and the good taste of the promoters on each side is questioned. We cannot imagine any- thing more distasteful to our friends in Canada than the tone of such an article. In justice more especially to them, and at the same time to place our own Twelve in a proper light for public opinion, we propose to analyse the objections taken to the expe- dition. We will admit, in common with one hostile section, that curiosity to see Mr. Grace and his companions actually in the flesh may be laid to the charge of the managers on the other side, and it is pos- tt WICKKTS TN THE WEST. ai7 siblc that the Secretary of tlie JVIaryleboiic Club, who may be taken as the manager on this side, in acceptin ■m they are not quite certain that, out of respect to their neighbours, their own claims upon tlie Mother Country are not to some extent ignored. They are particularly sensitive on all points affecting their loyalty to the Queen, and devo- tion to British institutions. They believe that ignorance on some points and prejudice on others prevail in England, which tend to separate rather than to knit together the Mother Country and her colony. They desire, above everything, that Englishmen should see the Dominion before they pronounce judgment on its resources. They are sanguine that a great future is in store for them, and their only want for the present is the hearty co-operation of English hands and hearts, to assist them in the great work of bringing the tar- West within the pale of civilisation. We must, therefore, draw attention to the fact that the young Englishmen were not suffered to draw their comparisons from the cricket field alone. The special object hi view was to introduce them to the leading inhabitants of each town, and to make them acquainted, as well as could be in so hurried a visit, with the principal features of each iiiM r'lrii'lTI iiihiir U^ WICKETS IN THE WEST. 829 'f respect upon tlic fiiifnored. iH points lul devo- eve that idice on tend to lier the )^ desire, should onounce pingnine -'in, and hearty arts, to nnging isation. to the re not ni tlie ect in wading then) nrried ' each district. No effort was spared on the part of the hosts, and we cannot tliink so poorly of tlie guests as to sup])ose tliat they would leave the hospitable board with no better result than a satiated appetite. On the con- trary, we are informed that the visitors took great interest in all they saw, and that they on several occasions expressed' their grateful sense of the attention shown to them and the pleasure afforded to them. We must not omit to mention one special instance, which will illustrate our political view of the expedi- tion. Col. Cumberland, an influential resi- dent at Toronto, organised a large party, and after providing special train and steamer, entertained his visitors at AUandale, on the shores of Lake Simcoe. The route is des- tined to tiike its place in Canadian history. AUandale is a station whose elegance of design confronts the forest in its primeval solitude. The railway, opened thus far, will convey little to the English mind under the letters G. N. R. But to his English guests the colonel explained the gi'eat part which that line is intended to play in the future of Canada. It is the artery of the West, along ;J30 WICKETS IN THE WEST. \ \ .y' ] which will throb, ere many years are over, the pulse of the Pacific and Atlantic shores. In their journey through the bush the visi- tors could estimate the resources of the lumber trade. They could wonder at the surprising fertility of the scanty clearings, the struggle of the backwoodsman with the forces of nature, the track of the fire, that spread destruction for miles, but which left behind it hopes for the settler in the charred stump and tottering trunk. It was remarked en route that the Englishmen were not only cricketers but emigration commissioners. We accept the latter title with pleasure for them, their eyes and ears may yet make some return to Canada for the hospitality she gave them. At the University it may well be presumed that those members of the Cana- dian team, in statu pupiUan\ will not hide their candle under a bushel. They may be allowed the privilege of travellers, to adorn their tale, but we shall be disappointed if they do not spread amongst their companions a desire to visit Canada and a better know- ledge of its loyal inhabitants. If only curiosity is aroused by this excursion ot WICKETS m THE WEST. 331 are over, tic shores. 1 the visi- 3S of the er at the irings, the the forces at spread ft behind ■ed stump arked en not only lers. We for them, ke some she gave well be le Cana- not hide may be to adorn )inted if ipanions r know- If only 'sion ot cricketers we maintain that its results will be advantageous ; for the promotion of cricket it will have done much, for the better acquaintance with our most attached colony it will have done more. If there be any still susceptible enough to disparage the expedition, either by dislike of the terms on which it was started, or by dissatisfaction at its results, we can only record our conviction that an offer so made should never be re- jected, and that nothing could contribute more to a good understanding between the inhabitants of both countries than a visit of gentlemen, on pleasure bent and on infor- mation bound. We cannot dismiss our subject without allusion to our American cousins. They played an important part in the expedition. They not only contributed handsomely to the general fund, but they vied with the Canadians in providing the best attainable cricket, and the most hearty welcome to their guests. The spirit in which the visitors were received, at Philadelphia especially, illustrates very forcibly our political argu- ment. International amenities were the 332 WICKETS TN THE WEST. ( - •1^' burden of their song, and the advantages to be derived by young America from their contact with English exponents of tlie game were urged by the press of all shades. The Americans have equal difficulties of climate and business to contend against ; but there exists at Philadelphia and at Boston a strong undercurrent of enterprise that will not let' the game expire. At New York a healthy English element alone preserves it. The most closely-contested match took place at Philadelphia, as that at Boston cannot be called a match, owing to the saturation of the ground by heavy rains. But one feeling pervaded the whole cricket community, to show the Englishmen that a love of the game does exist in America, and that its preservation and maintenance would be se- cured by periodical visits of this nature from our side of the Atlantic. We can in con- clusion only express a hope that many years will not elapse ere the expedition be re- peated. We feel certain that the cricketers to come will re-echo the sentiment of Mr. Fitzgerald and his companions, that from Quebec to Philadelphia they passed as strangers, but to part as friends. ^^. ::ii antages to from their the game des. The of climate but there n a strong ill not let a healthy it. The : place at •annot be iration of ne feehng [Unity, to e of the that its id be se- cure from in con- ^ny years 1 be re- ricketers ; of Mr. lat from ssed as CONCLUSION. The end is at hand. We have attempted to describe faithfully our impressions of America. We lay down our pen with a feeling of relief We have discharged, to the best of our ability, our debt to the Canadians and the cricketers of the States. We scarcely hope that we have been able to carry with us many readers step by step through our tour. Our exploits appeal to a small section of our countrymen, but we believe we had the wishes of all for our success. . The Captain's task is almost done; it remains only for him to acknowledge most gratefully the services of each of his Eleven ; each did his part well ; each contributed t J >r'v*- \ s 334 WICKETS IN THE WEST. the general success. The services of the umpires and scorers at the several matches must not be overlooked. There was no dis- pute, and no difficulty at any place. The thanks of the Twelve are eminently due to them, as they fill an invidious post, and have much laid to their charge that they deserve not. Farrands gave general satisfaction, and his conduct at all times was woi'thy of the high character which distinguishes the ground players of the Marylebone Cricket Club. It does not often fall to the lot of any leader, from the head of an Eleven to the general of an army, to conduct any expedition without some cause of complaint on the one side or the other. The Captain can truthfully say, that, from Quebec to Philadelphia, his Eleven were of one accord with himself; and to the united good feeling and harmony that pre- vailed he attributes the great success of the expedition. He will long remember their faithful trust in him; may they never regret that they followed him across the Atlantic, and may the first visit of Amateur Cricketers lead to others of a similar nature ; so that the link I 'jH !«■■■ EST. Tvices of the veral matches re was no dis- Y place. The inently due to 30st, and have ; they deserve tisfaction, and tvoT'thy of the les the ground iket Club. 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