caterer continued to bowl well in adelaide district cricket over the following seasons and was chosen in the south australian side to play the australians in adelaide starting 14 march 1884, taking 4/60. in the 1884/85 season, caterer was chosen in a south australian side to play the touring english team led by alfred shaw, taking match figures of 7/109 and impressing the south australian selectors enough to name him in the south australian team to play against victoria at the melbourne cricket ground (mcg).