James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

1 I I l I ! ' ' ' • I . I , I , I , 1 : I . I , I , - _ .. • • 88 t h e better eleven at every point, a . nd their victory was only the confi1�mat i on of p11blic fo1�m. Public School cricket flourished vigorouRly beyo11d all do11bt. .At one time Eton and Harrow formed almost the only nur8eries f or Unive1·sity players, but of late years other Schools have arisen to s11pply their proper contingent of the two Elevens. Winchester bas not rece11tly taken a large share in the s11pply of cricketers for the 1 � i, ,,. al Universitif·�, but Clift911, She1·borne, Uppingham, Repton, Haileybury, and others, have advanced to the fro11t with bold and rapid strides: · Eton defeated Harrow and Winc·hester, and it is open to doubt whetheit�� two latter would not have had to succt1mb to on e · or all of Uppingham, Clift . �11 , Tu.-!gby, and H�iiley­ bury. Ha1·row '\\·as singularly weak, with only one . good batsman, while Eto� had an Eleven of collective excellence, if not in . pos s e s sion of any very noticeable individ11al skill. Rugby, too, was strong at all points, and Uppingham, Clifton, and Haileybury, on public form were very powerf11I the first nam£)d having three fine batsmen in D. Q. Steel, A. P. Lncas, r11d T . R. Fleming, the last named a very promisjng one in J. W. E�·ing. Clelten­ ha.m, too, showed a great improvement on its display of the previous J·ear,. and the Eleven would have proved most formidable antagonists for the best of the year., It will be seen �hat . for the fir�t time ,ve ba,·e arranged this part of the Annual in alphabetical order, as making it more bandJ" and easy of reference. - ) .. • Opponents. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY- • ' . . . . . . Results of Matches. · . . - . • II • • Matches won-8; drawn, 1; lost, 3. · · · • I • • • • ,.. . . . ,, - Ovub. Oppo,nts. I W h e �3 . When Played. Pla11ed. • Won by 1st / 2nd 1t 12�idj Inn. lnn. Inn. Ir1,1z ---------�--._.L______:._ ·------ Matches wo1i (3) •M.C.C. and Ground .. Cambd g ! May 21-22 * Gentlem e no f E n g land / , Jnne 1-2 M.C.C. and Ground •. 1 L ord's June 22-23 192 *48 107 18 18 "\\ r icke ts *2 w d 198 *75 146 1261 wicket *9 w d 167 •9 63 112 9 wickets *l w d /IP,. Matches drawn (1) Remarks *Surrey •.•.•.•.•.•.•. Cambdg M 28-29-80 *814 *111 192 355 *4 w d Matclzes lost (8) · t Ele, ., en of All England Cambdg May 14-15 184 Surrey ............... Oval June 18-19 167 OXF01in •••.•••••.•. Lord's June 29-80 109 99 202 86 119 64 265 Lost by �in? *32 4 wickets *6 w d 18764 l,UllS :9 .. Inns & 92 · 1·uns In the Freshmen's match on May · - 4 and 5 Mr. Tabo1·'s Twelve (169 and 8Q9} beat Mr. Longman's Twelve ( 104 and 86) by 208 1·uns . . On May 11 and 12 the Ele,·en (247 and 266) pl a ye d a drawn match w ith � n ext Sixteen (213 and 101 for eight wickets.