James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

7 9 E X T R A N E O U SM A T C H E SA TO V A L. [In each case the winning side is placed first , and whendrawn the score of first- namedis placed first in tabulated form.] Opponents. W h e n played. Scores. W o nb y 1. Surrey v. 22 Colts and Captain May9-10 Private v. Joint-Stock Banks... June19 1 Gentlemen v. Players of South June 26-27 2Gentlemenv. Players 3 S o u t hv. N o r t h... 183 3 1 8 148 *123 Drawn, *15 w d 2 2 0 9 8r u n s 339 *55 126 266 8 wickets *2 w d 3 3 0 2 0 6 213 Innsa n d11 runs 148 105 Innsa n d58 runs 95 52 Inns and6 runs July3-4 July 24-25 311 Joint -Stock v. Private Banks.. August 2 7 1 5 3 (1) G e n t l e m e nv. Players of South. Oval, June 26 and 27. Theeighth meeting under the above denomination , and, as usual , a gift for the Gentlemen. The Gentlemen fully sustained the reputation of the match for high scoring , as Mr. W. G. Grace made134, his brother , G. F., 74 and not out, Mr. Absolom 49 in his ownknowneccentricity of style ; the three con- tributing 257 out of 331 runs from the bat. Jupp made 31 for the Players , but the Eleven in all only reached 126, a terrible minority of 213 runs. In their second effort the Players somewhat redeemed their character . Silcock and Lillywhite went in first , and 50 runs were the product of the first half -hour ; 74 runs before the fall of a wicket . Silcock made 66, Charlwood 49, Fillery 41, and Lillywhite 38 ; the three Sussex players contributing one-half of the runs from the .bat . Ultimately the Gentlemen went in against 55, and won by eight wickets . Gentlemen, 339 and 55 (two wickets ) ; total , 394. Players , 126 and 266: total , 392. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 6. 2 4 6 (four bowled). G. F. Grace(1st innings ) 2 2:3 (2) Gentlemenv. Players. July 3 and 4. Thesecond of the three victories that fell to the amateur element in 1873, and like the others , a match only two days in duration . Mr. W. G. Grace , according to his invariable custom, got into three figures , and the Players suffered heavily in losing the toss , as they did in each of the three meetings . Lockwood asserted his claim for the presentation of spectacles , and in the first innings of the Players Charlwood was the chief scorer with so small a contribution as 24. The Gentlemenwere very strong , and the Players were all abroad as usual , with Mr. Buchanan's bowling , though in the second innings they mastered him, only to fall victims to the insidious attack of Mr. W. G. Grace. Alfred Shaw proved the mainstay of the Players with the ball , and Martin M'Intyre did not come off this time. Mr. W. G. Grace was at the wickets three hours and-a-quarter , making 158 out of 245 runs. Moreover, there were only 19 singles in this