James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

4 8 O X F O R D . 1stinn. 2 n dinn. W. Law(Harrow), b Jeffery E. S. Garnier (Marlborough ), c and b Jeffery C. A. Wallroth (Harrow ), b Jeffery C. J. Ottaway (Eton, Capt.) , b Tillard A. W. Ridley (Eton ), b Jeffery C. E. B. Nepean (Charterhouse ), c Ford , 36 cTillard , b Sims 2 7 10 b Tillard 1 9 0 bTillard 4 4 1 b Tillard 5 2 8 b Tillard 0 b Tillard. 2 2 b Tillard 5 0 W. H. Game(Sherborne ), b Jeffery 4 8 b Tiliard C. K. Francis (Rugby), c Goldeney , b Jeffery 4 n o tout S. E. Butler (Eton), 1b w, b Jeffery 3 notout : 0 3 4 C. W. Boyle (Clifton ), b Jeffery 0 J. Maude(Eton), not out 1 B y e s 9 Byes 15, 1-b 2, w 1 1 8 Total 1 8 2 Total 1 7 7 Oxford Bowling.-S. E. Butler (fast round), 34 overs , 10 maidens , 91 runs , and 6 wickets ; C. W. Boyle (fast round), 29 overs 1 ball , 6 maidens, 62 runs, 2wickets , and 1 wide ; C. K. Francis (fast round), 24 overs , 7 maidens, 54 runs, and 3 wickets ; A. W. Ridley (lobs ), 34 overs , 3 maidens, 51 runs, and 3 wickets ; J. Maude(left round medium), 30 overs , 10 maidens, 53 runs, 6 wickets , and 1 wide. Cambridge Bowling .-G. E. Jeffery (slow round),73 overs , 32 maidens, 92 runs, and 8 wickets ; H. M. Sims (fast round), 41 overs , 13 maidens, 110 runs, and 1 wicket ; C. Tillard (fast round), 55 overs 3 balls , 20 maidens , 104 runs, and 8 wickets ; F. E. R. Fryer (slow round ), 3 overs for 13 runs ; H. A. Hamilton (fast round), 4 overs , 1 maiden , 8 runs , and 1 wide ; G. Goldney , 2 overs for 5 runs . Cambridge has thus won19, and Oxford 18 matches , two being unfinished . Oxford wonthose in 1829, 1836, 1838, 1846, 1848, 1850, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1857, 1858 , 1863 , 1864, 1865 , 1866, 1871 , and 1873. Cambridge those in 1839 , 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1845, 1847, 1849 , 1851, 1856, 1859, 1860 , 1861, 1862, 1867, 1868 , 1869, 1870, and 1872 , and two (1827 and 1844 ) were unfinished . (4) G e n t l e m e nv. Players. Lord's , June 30 and July 1. Of late years it seems as if the amateurs were fairly able to master those who have to pursue cricket as a profession . It matters not whether the efflux of time has produced professional decadence and amateur uprise or not, nor is it of very great importance to argue that one amateur has revolutionised cricket altogether , and that , bereft of Mr. W. G. Grace's help , the Gentlemen would still be unable to cope with the Players . Whatever the reasons , it is certain that in 1873 the professionals were vastly below the form of the amateurs , as each of the three matches proved beyond a doubt . In the meeting now under notice Mr. W. G. Grace " notched " heavily , as is his invariable habit , against the best bowling that England can produce ; for on a ground dead and soaking from heavy rain he compiled a score of 163, or more than a moiety of the entire innings . His younger brother , too , was second in order , so that the pair jointly subscribed 204 out of 302 runs from the bat : not a bad proportion of the aggregate total . The batting of the Players was certainly productive of no