Identifier: wgcricketingremi00grac (find matches)
Title: "W.G.", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Grace, W. G. (William Gilbert), 1848-1915
Subjects: Cricket
Publisher: London, J. Bowden
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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IN THE THROES OF MAL-DE-MER 37 left-handed Lancashire bowler), W. H. Hadow,C. J. Ottaway, C. K. Francis (now one of theMetropoHtan Stipendiary Magistrates), F. Picker-ing, and W. M. Rose. Mr. Fitzgerald captainedand managed the tour, which was one of thepleasantest experiences of my life. We met at Liverpool on August 8, 1872 (Ihad to leave Canterbury in the middle of thecricket w^eek, so as to catch the boat), andjust before sailing a number of gentlemen—•well-known cricketers in the Liverpool district•—entertained us at luncheon at the AdelphiHotel. We left the Mersey that afternoon bythe steamship Sarniatlan, which was then thelatest addition to the Allan Line fleet, and afine comfortable ship too. She was makingher second trip when we were among herpassengers. After crossing the bar of the Merseyand getting off the coast of Ireland we tookin mails and a few more passengers off LoughFoyle. Then the bad sailors began to feelthe first effects of the Atlantic billows. Up totha

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