James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

46 • match, as six wickets prodttced 118 out of 169, but the last four Latsmeu onl y added ten, and l\farylebone won b)" 40 r11ns. Marylebone 125 a.nu lo9 ; total 284. Oxford 116 e.nd 128; total 244:. Over . lia.idens. Rttns. Wckt�.. Morley (first innings of Orlord).... 28 15 27 7 (4) M.c.c. and Ground v . North of England. r 1 Lord's, ,June 1 & 2. A match that ought to have di·a"'�u, bt1t none the Iese;, in spite of splendid weather, apparently unattractive, , j l 1 ( l g i 1 1 g l)y the nt1ro her of spectators. Daft did not play for the North, a11(l tLt· .:\faryleb<J11e Cl11l, auuexc.d Alfred Shaw, so that the sides had rathe1� a rnixed ap p euran c ! f : . .:\ n t1nknown player, yclept W. Clark, was chosen to plaj· for the Nortl1. J,ut on what round is likely to remain a mystery. The Cll1b V.'as fairly �trong, but the North took little heed of its bowling in the first innings 8.8 tl1e total r�ached 175, Mr. Hornby playing a splendi(l in11ings of 53. Alfred Shaw, too, im �t ortalised himself by takin � all the ten wickets, a feat rare (nough to men t red letterE!. 111·. W. G. Grace sco1·ecl 43 for the � lub : but th � aggre­ gate only reached 154, Messrs. Buller, W. Penn and G. Bird scor1ng 80 of the 111 remaining. Morley rathe1· distttrbed the chances of . the Xorth in its second effort, as he took five wickets at a cost of 48 runs, and the whole Eleven only secured 106. The Clnb had only 128 to win, bt1t this wa beyond their capacity, and the North won in the end by 45 rtms. North.. 175 and 106; total, 281. M.C.C. and Ground, 154 and 82; total, 236. Ove1·s. i!aidens. Rt111s. W'kts. A. Shaw (1st jnnings of North).. . . 36 8 73 10 • (5) M.c.c. and Ground v. Nottinghamslrire. Lord's, Jl1ne 8 and 9. The Club was certainlj· not well represe11ted, but it none the Jess had little difficult)· in disposing of the once invincible col1nty by six. "·ickets. Notts made 124 (Daft 28, M'lntyre 26). But for Mr. Hornby the Club would have failed to exceed this performance, but the Lancashire amateur showed some of the very best crick-et io the e:i:teni of 72 rnns, and the innings did not close nntil the ftgitres showed . 167 . The County in its second effort only secured the miserable sum of 88, and Marylebone ultimately won by six wickets. �f.C.C. and Ground, 157 and 56 (four wickets); total, 213. :Not­ tinghamshire, 12'"'&ncL88; total, 212. . · Q ve r & .,. �aitl e ns. R11nss. Wkts. �f. l\f'lntyre (1st inn. of M.C.C.) 18 11 18 6 (6) M.c.c. and Ground t'. West of England. · Lord's, June 15 & 16 .. The brothers Grace were pla 1 ing at the Oval for Genilemen of England against the Universities, and the West of England was, eve11 omitting that family very unperfectly represented. There was no bow�ng ind�ecl ?n �he side, and the c-lub, with a not very strong team had no difficulty 1n winn1n�