James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

� ---- . - - G2 play on the first day. Thogam� waR intersting as it was the first appearance of t he A t 1 tr a lil\n p layers on theu retun1 to Engla. nd. Heavy \Yickots suited \ho So,1th r n crs' bowli11g, and hiI1dered the chance of long scoreA, so that the No1th was defeated b(lfore six o'clock on the second day, the gnme thus practically lasting not 0110 entire day. The North began badly enot1gh with 41, Mr. Ho111by's ten the only double figttre. The South seemed likely to make even a ,vorse display as eight wickets were down for 21, bt1t Pooley Lillywhite nnd Sontherton made a stand at the last and raised the total � 70, the fir t named taking his · bat 011t for 19. The Northerners in theµ­ second attempt fared better ihough they only reached 78, ?il'lntyre a11d Mt. ]k> o th each scoring 22, the latter not out. These changes left the Sot1th 51 to ,vm and lI.essrs. I. D. Walker (26 not 011t), nnd G. F. Grace(� Jl<)t t)ltt) wo11 the mo,toh for them by eight wickets, Mr. W. G. Grace 5, and Nr. C. J. Thornton 1, the two dismissed batsmen. South, 70 and 61, (t o wiuketti) ; total 121 ; North 41 and 78; total 119. j . Overs ?.Iaidens Runa Wicke (South) Sontherton•••.••••••.•.. 56· l 27 68 13 {North) Shaw (1st Innings) ••••.. 31 16 39 8 (2) Oxford v. Cambridge. Lords, J11ne 29 & 30. A match altogether one..sided an . d uninteresting. Luck ,vas against Cam­ bridge it is true and therfore disappointed every one who had witnessed their pl'evious performances. Cambridge bowling was fast and wanted .I.IIAad ground. The Oxford bowling was all slow or medium pace, with one exee tio11, a11d the Dark Blues were maturally in hopes of a heavy ,vicket. T e Light Blt1es began well as in the first hour they made 71 runs for the loss f a wicket. So far so good, but then came the delt1ge and that one hour-an a, quarter of heavy rain settled Cambridge. 'fa.bor, Blacker and Longman ll fell one after ihe renewal without a · run, and the last nine \vickets added 8 rt1ns. The Oxonians scored terribly fast a! they made nearly two 1·uns d.. a-half f1·om every Cambridge ove1· and the first eight batsmen all reac ed double figures, Wallroth, Lord Harris and Campbell all playing good cric et. 'fhe second innings of Cambridge was suggestive of sheep going to he . sla 11 g hter. Longmnn played well fo1· 24, and Macan was getting into f rm when he was finely caught by Game at squn1·e-leg under the ropes. · ar <l matle 10, and the other seven in all 140, runs from the bat, G1·ee11fiel(l b ing unable to bat. Oxf01·d won by an in11ings and �2 1·uns, and ,von on t 1eii· merits, though there ,vas not the inequality suggested by the sco1·e :-0 ord 265 ; Cambridge, 109 and 64 ; total, 173. CAMBRIDGE. 1st Inn. A. S. Tabor (Eton), b Lang • • • 52 n1n out • • • 6 not out • G. E. Jeffery (Rugby), b Lang . . . G. H. Longman (Eto11 Captain), b Ridley 14 st Tylec-ote, b Ridley. W. Bla<:ker (Harrow), b Lang • 0 b Ric.1ley . . • G. Macan {Harro,v), b b Ridley . • 6 c Gan1e, b Lang. • }". J. G:reenfielcl (1Iu1·st), o �Jones, b Lang 5 abse11t) hurt) • • • T. Latham(\ inchester), 1�n out • • 1 b Lan<'r • • • • 2n I nn. • 0 • • 24 • 12 _. • •