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batsman who is well in and scoring rapidly often has, and it is to be hoped often will again, turn the fortunes of a match. While he was in, the scoring was fast, and the bowling looked easy: now he is out, the boot is altogether on the other leg, the bowlers are happy, and the two batsmen who are at the wickets both look like getting out every over. The celebrated International Match between England and Australia in 1882 lasted only a short time, but the last day's cricket can never be forgotten. The University match of 1870, that of 1864, and Gentlemen and Players in 1877 and 1883, are just the same landmarks in cricket history. To this day all old cricketers and young ones too, who properly understand the history of cricket, talk of such matches, and call such matches by the name of some player whose prowess was the chief feature of the game. The Gentlemen and Players match in 1857 is always known by scholars as Hankey's match, because Hankey's innings of seventy was the main feature of the match. The University match of 1864 is to this day Mitchell's match; 1870, Cobden's match; the Australian and England match of 1882,