The Japan cricket eleven, who have been with us since the 3rd of October, left here on Saturday by the Melbourne for Japan, Their stay was prolonged on account of the wet week which commenced on the second day of the match against a combined eleven of Shanghai, and though as cricket enthusiasts we lamented the abandonment of that game and the postponement of further play, we are able now to look upon it as a disguised blessing, for it enabled Shanghai to become acquainted with the social merits of its guests, and to return in some slight degree the profuse hospitality heaped upon Shanghai cricketers when visiting Kobe and Yokohama. Besides the more public functions such as the dinner atthe Shanghai Club and the entertain. ment at the Lyceum Theatre many mem,
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