James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

6 5 even the shadow of a chance . Sussex , too , were bent on something prodigious , for their first wicket fell for 76, and when the match ended , they had made 212 for the loss of only five wickets . Six hundred and twenty-six runs for fifteen wickets , or an average of 42 runs to each batsman !! The score merits reproduction surely , if the bowling be allowed to sink into oblivion . G L O U C E S T E R S H I R E . W. G. Grace , c Phillips b Lillywhite E. M. Grace, b Fillery E. M. Knapp, c Charlwood b Lilly- w h i t e F. Townsend, c & b Stubberfield G. F. Grace, c Stubberfield b Fillery T. W . Lang, c & b Fillery F. Taylor , run out G. Halford , st Phillips b Charlwood R. F. Miles , c Killick b Lillywhite . J. A. Bush, b Lillywhite F. Carter, not out Byes10, 1 b 3 Total S U S S E X . 51 | J. M. Cotterill , b Townsend 73 Lillywhite , b Lang 3 136 6 9 36 Charlwood, not out C. Sharp , c & b E. M. Grace Fillery , c Townsendb Miles F. J. Greenfield , c W. G. Grace, b M i l e s Humphreys, 42 Killick , 30 C. H. Smith , to go in . 1 2Phillips , 13 Stubberfield , 13 B y e1, 1b 4 .424 T o t a l 7 8 4 7 5 4 2 2 0 6 5 2 1 2 K E N T . OFFICERS FOR 1873. -President , Hon. George W. Milles . Committee , Hon. Percy Amherst, William Banks, Esq., Capt. Brenchley , Major Denne, Alfred Gillow, Esq. , Lord Harris , H. Knatchbull -Hugessen , Esq. , Capt. Lambert, Charles Lawrie , Esq. , R. Lipscomb , Esq. , H. Norman, Esq. , W. S. Norton, Esq. , Sir Charles Oakeley , Bart ., C. P. Hilton , Esq ., Sir R. Tufton , Rev. Cyril Randolph , C. I. Thornton , Esq. , M. A. Troughton , Esq., William Yardley , Esq. Hon. Sec . , W. de C. Baker, Beverley , St. Stephen's , near Canterbury . A resurrection of Kent! Such was the general idea at the commencement of 1873 , whenSussex, Lancashire , and Surrey were each met and defeated in turn. The end of the season though, was not so successful , and doubts arose as to the genuine character of this same resurrection of which so muchhad been said . Wasthis revival a thing of reality , or merely a flash in the pan ? That is the question . Examinethe doings of 1873 for yourselves , and estimate the Kentish Eleven in their several departments , and you can decide . In bowling, Mr. Coles showered destruction and shattered limbs at Lord's , but the wicket would not have reflected credit on the roughest village common, and at the Oval he was in no waysuccessful . Willsher bowled well , but his day is just a little passed , and Croxford failed to maintain his reputation of 1872. In batting the Eleven was certainly not strong , although they were able to realise , on the principle of importation , a very formidable new ally in Lieut . Renny- Tailyour of the Royal Engineers , and a useful all -round cricketer in Capt . Fellowes of the same corps . Many Kentish cricketers were left out in the cold, and Kent is divided against itself . There is the moral . Unity is strength , andKentis not yet united.