James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

• 01 Grae n , nd I. � . '\\ .,. n l k r, tl1� !or1ner r tiring fir t with 2g 011t <J{ r;t; r11n • The11 ct\rne f! ill .to th r H tl , ar1cl tl1 ,vick t c,1tting ttf, the Sontb �rn f 11 faf\t, th �1 tngR _ oloRing at 1 3, ,. ith 42 t · the pro uci of nine bn.tsm ·n. Lo k �,oo<l gain � cl11 cl a 'J 1 lendid inning of 67, or the sid,) wot1ld ltrt,·e f11,red badly. A 1t ,vaa. ir. H mby Acor d 28, Wild and A. ha" r •sell tc·n and s . v n batRm . n an nv rag : of two runs a-piec , the aggregnt being 12 : Th � outh had 139 r � t!'I t ? w111, ?nd at one time its victory v.· • dP m(•d c rta1n. Mr. W. . G. Grae made 87, ancl Jupp n- mo t perl ct inningA ,,f 52. \Vb. n l1alf the ,,1.ckets ,vt't(J tlo,vi1 <>11ly 27 ru11R W<?TO �till wanted aJ id ,,ic .. tory e med stu . L11ok theu took a ttirn iJ1 favot1r of the orth, 'n 11 ,l wheu · the la., ·t l1ope of thCl • outl1 ( ot1tl1 _rton) came 11 runs � ,. er till 11 eed�<1. S ven rt1n to · hru:lwood mtule th LntereRt inten e bu·t here fortlt11 ga,e , still more d cisiv . r s ? lutio1 � iu . aid of the NorthJ � - Southerton, trying to prev 11t a ball rolling mto hi, Wioket removed tl1e bails, ancl the 4 -:r orth wo 11 on of the 1nost exciti11g of the few clo e mntcho in 1 74 bv three run . Daft waA abse11t from th.e Northern }Jle 1l en. North, 123 ·and 12 ; tot 1, 2r.:1. South, 118 and 135; total, 248. Overs. Hill . . . • . . . • • • • • • • . • • • 57·3 Sontherton • • . . . • . • • . . . 59 Maidens. 27 18 Wicket 11 11 (3) Oxford University v. Middlesex. June 1 . The sensational match of the year. A contest usually prodttc i,�e of hP , ,.. scoring, but this time positively bega11 and finished in on day. The ·c!t ha(l been (leluged before the rnin, and the gronncl was a compl l , 4 am . Brief detnil ,vill suflico. fiddl sex ,vent in fi1�st and mad:) 61,, of the e 29 (l t 1e to 1'{1·. Buller. Oxford lost three wickets without n rnnt bu Lorcl Harri (39) and Messrs. Wallroth (36) and Ridley (25) altered mntt�ri-. and the total of Oxford r ached 123. The seco11(l innings of l\fiJcllc ex ,,-n, a greater surprise even tha ! t the first. F � ve wickets were down for 39, an � the next four only added eight runs. Thi was the end thou�h a. �fr. '\. E. Walker in con cious security hnd left the ground, Bnd ·o Oxford w n tho «ampest match of the year by o.n innings and 15 run,. Oxford, 123. �Iid- dlesex, 61 and 47 ; total, 108. T. B. Jones •••••• T. \V. Lang .•.••• A. W. Ridley •••• OXFORD BOWLING. Overs. Maidens. Run . 45·8 19 59 40 18 42 7 5 5 Wicket 10 ( 7 bowled.) . .. 2 (both bowled.) (4) Surrey v. Middlseex- June 22 & 23• • This time the wickets were good, btt still Middlesex fared badly. Surr y won the toss, but were unexpeetedly dismissed f or a verypoor score o f lOS, Jupp (41), Mr. Chandler (20) and R. Humphrey (14) . of these, making 75. If Surrey were unfortunate they were less so than M1ddlese:x, as the latter I