James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

- • 62 \ fell fi .� shori of thr e figure , in their first 11. tte:rn i,t , Mr. Gilbert, ho ea.tried bis bat out for 80, a.lone m ·ldng &ny stand. Jupp ( 58 ) , Mr. Chandler ( 4 9 ) an d S wann ( not ffllt, 44 � h�ped to _ swell . th e secon� total of Bt\1T81 to 289 , Fr eman beSi d es scoring 25. .......i dlesex had 247 · ti1ns to win. bnt they s�ured little more th:�-half that st1ln. Eight wickets were down for 85 , but .&8tow , by good ft e hitting , and Mr. Brune put on 58 runs between them� and M i ddlesex lost · by 102 rans. Surrey, 103 and 239; tot,.,.,., 342. Middlesex, 95 &nd 145; totfil, 240. • • Overs. · Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 6 6 • E. Rutter ( lsi Inns of Surtet) 31·2 Street ( 1st Inns of ' Middl e · sex ) 32·2 C . J. Brune ( 2nd Inn of Surrey) 40 7 10 . 18 6 (5 bowled ) ( 5 ) Gentlemen � or Sottth v. Players of North. July 20, 21, 22 • • Hill, Elllmett, Lockwood, J. C. Shaw and A. Greenwood, absent from the PlayerS, with the t o brothers Grace, and Mr. · Buller the only two of the other side who otlght to have played. As a test , therefore, the match was a failure , the sides being very far from representative. The Gentlemen headed their opponents by 97 runs on the first innin g � , Messrs. W. G. Grace ( 104 ) and A, P. Luaas ,, one of the Uppingham Eleven � 4 ) scoring more than the whole of the opposition. In their secoud innings the Players began by making 78 runs in 50 minutes. The three fust batsmen on tae list mad.-e 157, 99 of these due to A. F. Smith of Yorkshire by brillia,11t hittin , 87 to Oscroft and 21 to Bignall , the only other score worthy of note heing by Platts of D-eTbyahlPe ( 31 ) . The Gentlemen wanted 124 runs to win, and thanks to some good batting b-y F. W. Bennet of the Royal Engineers ( 33 ) , G. F. Grace ( 31 ) and A. P. Lucas { 23 ) won by four wickets; Gentlemen, 244 and 127 ( six wickets ) ; total , 371. Players, 147 and 220. Total , 267: Overs. Maidens. R11ns. Wickets. W. G. Grace ( 1st Inns of Players ) 81 8 60 7 ( 6 ) Gentlemen v.. P.la.yers. July 23, 24, 25. 1874. Both sides were xnost inefficie....,..lM".., represented, and the match was p 1·a c t i ­ oe.lly a misnomer, though he scores were Itttge 012 .. both sides. T he full t"ecords will supply wh&t details are needed. One fact, .deserves notioe, the � policy of liq.wing inexperienced men to stand as . umpires. The persons advanced on this oec sion to administer the law were Keeble and Luff, s e le ct e d apparently because they were at hand and without regard to any knowledge o f , -�e game , d th ir decisio s . gave Illnc.h dissatisfaction. A general ap ,pe 1 was made by the Players in the second innings of the Ge11tle­ mep. a�ns� Mr. _W. G . Oraoeior obintucting the field in p reventing Lilly- - ":hite froto. �� . ball p19,y back by Mr. G. F. Grace, but - the umph·es . · did llaf a.llo � . the l 1mJ Gentl�men won by 60 runs. Gentlemen, 222 antl 2 9:, to� 43 1 . e�.,...., 243 .1 an d 128; to . - 871. • • • •