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In tliis matcli it looked any odds ou South 

 Australia, but the New South Wales bowlers fairly 

 paralysed the South Australian batsmen, and they 

 were all out, on the last day, before luncheon. Not 

 many people were present, as it was generally con- 

 sidered the visitors would quickly knock up the runs 

 required. I was, luckily, there, and a more exciting 

 bit of cricket I have seldom seen. There had been 

 rjin during the night, and this may have helped the 

 bowlers a little, but both McKibbin and Charlie 

 Turner were in great form. George GijBTen acknow- 

 ledged that the bowling was good enough to beat any 

 batsmen. 



On this ground I have seen the only W. G. Grace, 

 score, but he was generally unlucky here. W. G. Grace 

 is by no means the popular idol in Australia he is in 

 England, and it would be long odds on Stoddart for 

 the *' Favourite Stakes ^' on that side of the globe. 

 No more popular cricketer ever captained an English 

 Eleven in Australia than A. E. Stoddart. He is a 

 gentleman, every inch of him. It did one good to hear 

 the ringing cheers that always greeted the famous 

 Middlesex bat when he walked quietly to the wicket. 

 The 1895 English Eleven was one of the most popular 

 that ever visited Australia, and for this, in a great 

 measure, the members have to thank their captain. 

 A. E. Stoddart stands no nonsense in his team. He 

 is a strict disciplinarian, and yet he knows where to 



