James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

6 2 B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . R u n sper Balls MaidensR u n sWicketsWides Wicket E. A. Bruce(fast round) 6 0 3 3 2 2 1 6 E. F. Grace(fast round) 989 1 0 0 4 1 8 2 6 1 6 W .G. Grace(m d mrnd) 841 7 7 4 1 8 2 1 R. F. Miles (slw rndlft ) 556 3 7 3 2 5 1 5 2 6 1 9 7 9 2 1 2 1 E. M. Grace (" lobs ") .. 801 7 5 2 9 1 1 2 T. W. Lang (m d mrnd) 352 4 1 1 4 8 4 F. Townsend ( "lobs ") .. 164 9 7 5 2 2 4 3 7 3 7 F. A. Carterb o w l e d9 oversfor 22 runsa n dn owickets. (1) Gloucestershirev. Surrey. Oval , June 9 and 10. The first match of the season on the Surrey ground , and for Surrey an inauspi- cious commencementof anunfortunate campaign . Gloucestershire wonthe toss , as its Captain has a painful habit of doing , and a fine start was madeon their behalf , as Mr. W. G. Grace and " The Doctor " realised 156 runs before even one wicket fell . It was well that this average was not maintained , or Surrey might never have realised the enjoyment of an innings at all . As it was, the Westerns achieved 290, while Surrey failed to exceed 131 runs, Mr. Boult, the principal contributor to these , with a neat score of 35. Surrey followed on of course with a dead weight of 159 runs, but their second show was creditable enough, as they headed the first innings of Gloucestershire , Jupp and Mr. N. Morris (the latter's debût for his native County), making as manyas 123 runs while they were together . The former made 83 in all , and the amateur 64, the latter as fine a display of batting as one could wish to see. Surrey mettled upbravely whenGloucestershire went in to get 135 runs, and at one time the endseemed likely to be close . At a critical time, however, Mr. Strachan missed Mr. Filgate badly, and, as the latter carried his bat out for 58, the mistake was fatal , as there was a tail discernible in the Western Eleven . Gloucester- shire wonby five wickets . Gloucestershire , 290 and 135 (five wickets ); total , 425. Surrey, 131 and 293 ; total , 424. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. G. F. Grace......... 8 2 4 0 1 3 4 1 2 (2) Gloucestershirev. S u s s e x. Brighton , June 12, 13, 14. Amatchclose and exciting , if uneventful in the way of scores , individual or collective . The wickets were dead, and there was heavy rain , so that the chances of some of these huge scores associated with Gloucestershire were out of the question . The champion had to be content with seven runs in his two attempts , and Gloucestershire won, for the only time during the season , in arrear at the end of the first innings . Indeed , Sussex were 40 runs to the good on the first , and Gloucestershire could only realise 109 runs at their second try , 76 of which were due to " the Doctor " alone . So Sussex had 70 runs to win, and at the end of the second day44 of these hadbeenmadefor the loss of half the wickets . Sussex were confident , of course , but the Graces ruled otherwise , and Gloucestershire w o nby 9 runs, 36 balls from W. G. and G. F. secur- ing the collapse of the last 5 Sussex wickets . Gloucestershire , 105 and 109 ; total , 214. Sussex, 145 and 60; total , 205. a