James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

' • 26 wickets were down for 104 when Martin M'Intyre came to the front. It was 1\ile.c's day with a vengence. He helped us materially with a not 011t i nn ings of 55-splendid hitting throughout-and by this means . we reached · the respectable sum of 170 . . Th e Com bination fifteen mo.de no kind of sh ow as Lillywhite and Southerton ups.et all their calottlations a11d not one of tl1e1n made a score. Ou1� second effort gave the spectators a sight of the Champion's hitting powers and of course they were pleased. Two tremen<lotlS ·'smacks'' over the chains sent the crowd into raptures · but his seventy-five was really a grand performance. Eight creeped into dot1ble figures and the game began to grow interesting. The Fifteen went in · to get 309 to ,viii and as there we1-e not three holrrs left fo1· the task it was obvious they must eithe1· draw or lose. It was evident that the agony would be piled up before the end. To draw was the obviot1s aim of th e­ Fifteen but our aim on the other hand was too true and the crowd grew b.·antio as the cli1nax approached. The scene when we had won, as we did by 218 r11ns, was worthy of the best finish between Eton and Harrow.. Every one of us had to reappea1 -- to satisfy the ardent cravings of an enthu­ siastic mob, and the situatio11 was painful for those of us of a retiring nature.. Lillywhite's bowling was :fine throughot1t andBush's wicket-keeping to,vards tho end fairly won the match. Score. EJtGLAJm. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings.. W. G. Chace, b Cosstick • 9 c Loughna.n, b Thompson • .. Jupp, b Cosstick. • • • Greenwood, b Cosstick. • • • G. F. Grace, b Cosstick • • • H11mphrey, b Coates .. • • • • Oscroft, b Cosstick • • • • Gilbert, b Coates . • • • • �f'Intyre not out • • • • Lillywhite, b Tinde.11 • • • • Bush, c Thompson, b TitidaU. • • Southerton, e Carr, b Convtay. • • Byes 6, 1-b 1,.-<w 1, n-b 1. • • • • 24 • 28 • 26 • 1 • 7 • 0 • 55 • 10 • 1 • 0 • 9 b D.Gregory • . c Conway, b Thompson c D. Gregory, b Coates • c Pocock, b D.Gregory • 1-b-w, b Thompson e Bannerrtiann 1 b D. Gregory c and b Conway: • • o Oliver, b Thompson not out • • • • c Banoermann� b . Thompson Byes 1, 1-b 2, w 3 'total • • • . • • 170 Total • • • Southerton I,illywhite G.F.Grace • • • ENGLISH BOWLING A.NALSIS . Hai.den Balls. overs. • 868 88 • 485 65 • 72 9 Runs. 98 72 17 V.'kts. 5 18 8 • 78 • 12 • () • 80 • 86 • lS • 2S • 1 • 6 • 11 • 2 • 6 • 23G The Fifteen scored 98 and 90• This ended our visit to New South Wales, the most pleasant portion of our t1·ip. The Twelve will _ always retain a grateful recollection of the numberless kindnesses extended to them thronghout the province and Sydney will be marked with the white stone o ' f the Australian Calendar. On the night of February the 7th, we steamed away again for Melbourne en ro1,te for Sandhurst a rough passage of sixty-seven hours rather disquieting our minds and bodies for the business of the future. THE EIGHTH MATCH v. TWENTY-TWO OF SANDHURST. Thursday Feb_ruacy 12-tb, 1874. Our luck was out again this time and we bad to tako the field. Si� wickets of Sandhurst made 56 ,runs but the last fifteen only added 34 and the whole only managed to gain· 90. The Cha.m-