James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

5 6 (4) OxfordUniversityv. Middlesex. Prince's , June 16 and 17. A nextraordinary match, if merely on account of the different phases it presented , until the finish . Mr. A. W. Ridley was il , and absent from the side of the University , so that his " lobs " were not seen against the County . Middlesex had to follow on being in a minority of 139 ; a splendid score of 109, by C. A. Wallroth , helping chiefly to swell the Oxford total . The County , though, nearly doubled the amount of their first innings in their second venture , I. D. Walker taking highest honours-by no means the first time- with61, and C. J. Brune the second with 41. Oxford had thus only 65 runs to win, and everybody voted the affair " a moral ." It was no moral after all , though as seven batsmen only realised twenty runs , and but for the resistance of two Old Etonians , C. J. Ottaway (not out 21) and S. E. Butler (15), Oxford might have lost . As it was, the indifferent fielding of Middlesex did muchto prevent their success , as C. W. Boyle and J. Maude were the sole batsmen in reserve , and there were breakers ahead for Oxford , if the fielding had only been moderate . I. D. Walker's " lobs " proved the terror of Oxford , vide analyses b e l o w. I. D. W a l k e r O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 29.1 C. W. Boyle (Oxford ) 23 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 5 6 6 1 0 2 8 9 (one bowled). 4(all bowled). Oxford wonby two wickets . Oxford , 258 and 65 (eight wickets ) ; total 323. Middlesex, 119 and 203 ; total , 322. (5) Gentlemenv. Players. Prince's , July 17 and 18. Amatchnot so attractive as it wouldhave beenh a dthere beenno collision with that between Surrey and Middlesex at the Oval. The latter certainly deprived the Gentlemen of more than one Amateurrepresenting Middlesex , as well as two or three professionals for years identified with Surrey. The result , though, was precisely the same as in the two previous meetings , under the same title , as the Players were utterly overpowered , and this , too , by certainly not the best eleven that could be found amongAmateurs. TheGraces , though, were there , and Mr. Hornby, and this trio seemed sufficient to settle the question . Indeed these three batsmen accumulated 233 out of 296 runs from the bat . Mr. Hornby's innings of 104 was a grand display in every sense of the adjective , and Mr. G. F. Grace's 63 an exhibition of masterly defiance of first class bowling . The Champion had to be content with second score , although 70 runs are not usually expected to play second fiddle . Insignificance is theonly term that can be fitly used to describe the efforts of the Players . Theexpression canbe justified by a glance at the details given below. There- fromit will be seen that the Gentlemen wonbyan innings and 54 runs. Score : G E N T L E M E N . W .G. Grace, cCarpenter bJ. C. Shaw 70 | H. Renny-Tailyour , st Pinder b A. W. Yardley, c andb McIntyre 16 S h a w A. N. Hornby , e McIntyre b Lilly- F. Stokes , c Pinder b Emmett 1 0 w h i t e 104 C. K. Francis, not out 0 F. E. R. Fryer, runout 2 R. Bissett , c Lockwood b A. Shaw . 0 1 7 C. E. B. Nepean , cJ. C. b A. Shaw. 20 .313 G. F. Grace , c Carpenter b Emmett. 63 A. W. Ridley , c andb Emmett 20 b9,, 1 b5, w 3 Total.