James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

3 3 very attractive match has already been arranged to take place at the Oval, the Australian Twelve being engaged to play there against a team representing All England. Prince's , as last year, will be the scene of a match between Northv. South, for the benefit of the Cricketers ' Fund, in all likelihood to occur on Thursday , the 28th of May, the week preceding “ the Derby Day." In a minor degree of information , Morley (of Notts ), and F. Randon (of Leicester ), have been engaged at Lord's ; Potter (of Northamptonshire ) and Barratt (of Durham) at the Oval. Vale . C H A P T E R V I I. C R I C K E TI N S C O T L A N D . B YA S E T T L E R . THINGS are looking up over the border . Time was when cricket was a thing practically unknownsave from hearsay , and absolutely uncultivated except on the occasion of an incursion of the Sassenach . Sports move onward, though, North as well as South of the Tweed, and cricket has made such strides as would have been deemedimpossible by the most sanguine had he been invested with the mantle of prophecy . The weather suited us Scotchmen in 1873 , and reserved its frowns for the perfidious Saxon , and cricket throve on a soil that was congenial . Of the chief contest of the year the Inter-City Match-all particulars will be well known to Scotchmen, as Glasgow kept possession of the wickets an entire day, and Mr. T. Chalmers treated Glasgow to an innings of 157, a performance such as Northern cricketers have never seen equalled , and few cosmopolitans have seen beaten . The West of Scotland Club , too , worthily upheld the name of the thriving western city , as it wonboth matches against the Grange Club of Edinburgh easily , Mr. Lawrence playing a splendid innings of 53 for the victors on the occasion of the second meeting. The Clydesdale met the Caledonian twice , too, as usual ; and, for the first time since the establishment of either club, the former had to succumb on each occasion to a severe defeat , Mr. Lawrence, for the Caledonian , making 60 runs in the first and Mr. Chalmers 64 in the return match. Run-getting was, indeed , prevalent in 1873, as, in the match between the West of Scotland Club and the officers of the 11th Regiment, the former scored 360 runs for the loss of only four wickets , an achievement only excelled by the performance of Gloucester in the second innings against Surrey at Bristol . The Inter -University match, moreover , proved a signal success , although the verdict beforehand was given in favour of Edinburgh , who numbered in their ranks , besides other good m e nandtrue, Mr. J. M. Cotterill , as subsequent events proved, one of the most dangerous batsmen among the English Amateurs of '73 . Glasgow made a good fight though , and scored 111 and 43 (for two wickets ), against 216 ; Mr. D. M. Brunton not only making 41 and not out, but also showing very pro- mising form with the ball . The Dalkeith Club was more fortunate against the Grange than the West of Scotland , as , in the two matches against the