James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

6 1 > brother to make a gigantic innings whenthe others fail . They all bowled too and with success , despite whatever cynicism maysay to their disadvantage Moreover , in F. Townsend they had one of the very best amateur batsmen of the day; in E. M. Knapp a very rising and good bat, as the match against Surrey at Clifton proved ; in T. W. Lang, a boy bowler very much above the ordinary standard ; in T. G. Matthews one of the most stubborn defenders of a wicket in the kingdom, and a very useful reserve in so fine an all -round cricketer as C. R. Filgate . Surely enough for any ordinary County. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played, 6; won, 4; drawn, 2; lost , 0. Club. Opponts . Matches won (4). 1 Surrey W h e r e W h e n Opponents . Played . Played. 1st 2nd 1st 2 n d W o nby Inn. Inn. Inn. Inn. Oval J n9 1 01 1 Brghtn Jn12 1314 Shffield July 28 29 290*135 131 105 109 145 2 9 3 5w k s*5 wd 609 runs 282 *79 113 Bristol A u141516 404 *69 182 247 6 wks*4wd 2875wks*5 w d Matches drawn(2). R e m a r k s. Bristol A u2 52 62 7 C h i t h m(A u2 82 93 0 1 7 2*281 1 3 4 4241 *2 w k sd n *2 1 2 *5 w k sd n 2Sussex 3 Yorkshire. 4 Yorkshire. 5Surrey 6 Sussex [Thenumbersattached to each contest showthe order in which they are treated infollowing notes .] BATTINGAVERAGES. Total Times Total Mostin Mostin Innings NotOut Runs a nI n n. M a t c h Average W .G. Grace......... 11 3 4 9 7 *1 6 0 2 0 8 6 2 F. T o w n s e n d ....... 6 2 6 2 1 3 6 136 4 3 E. M. Knapp 5 2 1 2 6 *9 0 9 6 4 2 G .F .G r a c e 9 1 2 8 8 *1 6 5 1 6 5 3 6 E. M . G r a c e 1 1 3 5 5 7 6 89 3 2 1 C. R. Filgate .... 4 1 8 7 T. W. Lang 4 1 8 6 4 4 4 4 2 F. W. Goodwyn 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 N o 1 J. Holford. 7 1 1 1 9 4 2 5 6 19 o n J. Bryan 3 1 3 4 2 4 2 4 1 7 M O T O G . Mathews. 8 1 3 27 6 7 9 1 6 R C . G o r d o n .. 3 3 6 3 3 3 4 1 2 F. A . Carter. 5 2 3 1 *1 3 1 3 1 0 F. Taylor 4 4 1 3 6 3 6 1 0 1 R .F. Miles 8 2 6 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 7 J. A . B u s h 7 1 5 8 *1 8 0 3 6 9 A . E. Coates.... 1 2 2 E .A .Brice 3 2 2 2 P C . L. Turnbull 1 0 0