James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

5 0 G E N T L E M E N ' SB O W L I N G . D. Buchanan(slow round left ) 67.1 G. F. Grace (fast round) 4 4 C. K. Francis (fast round) 2 9 A. W. Ridley (lobs ) I T T Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Wides. 2 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 7 2 5 0 1 7 3 4 3 0 4 2 9 2 0 (5) H a r r o wv. E t o n. Lord's , July 11 and 12. Amatch, wonby sheer pluck and excellence of play . Any reasonable odds were to be had on Eton, and " those who ought to know" predicted another reverse for Harrow. It certainly was a reverse , in that it was the opposite in result to that of the preceding year , but in no other sense . Eton wonthe toss , too , and that was another nail , it was said , in the Harrow coffin . Harrow, though, for once proved superior to so slight a circumstance as that of the spin of a coin and resolutely set themselves to overpower ancient supersition . The Harrovians had only one run in hand at the end of the first innings , but their bowling seemed to have more" devil " in it than that of Eton, and there were many whoput confidence in the patience and waiting powers of the Harrow Eleven. The result , indeed , showed that , for once, Harrowcould send up a team above the average of late years , and that at every department of the gamethe School , at least , could assert that it was well represented . A proof of their patience need not be wanted, whenit is stated , that they had to go in against 167 runs, and that these runs were obtained with the loss of only half their wickets . It was the steady batting of P. F. Hadowthat won the match, unquestionably ; a batsman patient as Job, or to maintain the resemblance to cricket , as Jupp. His not out innings of 54 was , it must be admitted , one of which any cricketer might justly have been proud . Buckland bowled steadily enough for Eton, but there was no other to giveehim help , while Shand and Leyland and Crutchley and Grenfell all did their share for the School on the Hill. T h efull score heads the list of the Public School Matches in 1873 at the end of Chap. IV. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. F. M. Buckland (Eton) ... 98-3 5 4 1 1 4 9 *Harrowwonby five wickets , and Bedlamwas let loose for a time. At least , a few enthusiastic supporters of the winning side behaved so boisterously as to favour the illusion of freed lunatics . Let it be recorded , to the benefit of fashionable cricket , that thirty -thousand persons visited the ground during the twodays. H A R R O WB O L I N G . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Wides. F. L. Shand(fast round left ) . 6 2 2 6 1 1 6 8 1 F. D. Leyland (fast round) 2 3 - 2 7 4 4 6 0 W. H. Grenfell (fast round) 3 7 1 3 7 1 0 C. Morrall (slow round) 2 4 5 5 6 1 0 P. E. Crutchley (fast round) 5 2 8