James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

• • 69 brothers G111ice ( W. G. 127, G. F. 81, and E. �1. 5() , ) making 259 of 30;3 rti . wc from the bat. They , too, took every "'i<�kct. in the first innings of 1"c)rkab1re whioh on ly reachecl 18 7 . Tho second waH 1nore prolific, thanks to Andrew Greenwood, ,vl10 curried out his bat t<>r 78. The aggregate , tl1ou g l1, ,vas only 161, so that Glot1cestershire ''l<>n in 0110 inningR with 78 rt111s to · � p are. Glouoestersl1ire , 316. YoI·kshire, 87 and lGl; total, 248. Overs. Cla:) rton ( Yorkshire ) • • . . 34 · l\I11j<leng l;l Ruus. 20 Wicket�. ;3 I (5) Gloucestershire v. Surrey. Cl1eltenhan1 , Aug. 24 & 2..5_ One of t11e ecc(�ntricities co1r•mon to Cricket. The gronnd v;as l 121 rd R-nd fiery, and th( > ball mo�t irregular in its C<)urse. Glouceijtersbire plaJ ·P,l its full stre11gtb, Surrey b) � no mean� so. Sn1·rey ,, -- ent in first an<l er1 j cJJ ·e-:tl cine of the sl1ortest in11illgs ever pln.yed at crirket.. In foriy-five minut<·s 8il1.l in the course of twenty·fi\·e o, r ers the whole St1r1·ey Eleve11 hed been dis11�is�e(t for 27 ru11H , l\fr. Strachan ( 6 ) tl1� higl1r8t sco1·e1·. Gloucestershire cnlJ- 1 � atla 124, so that the g 1:ound is to be deemed r�sponsible; Mr. W. G. Grf:te, 27. In the seconcl i111ungs Surrej .. showed a slight impro, ,. ement, l)Ut ihe g< (;re failed at 73, and Glouoeste.rsbire with $Uch a · totitl as 124 actuall y ��,:11 l, y an innings and 24 1'11ns. Glouceste1·shi1"e , 124. Surrey , 27 and 73; t < ,tal, 100. . · • j o,-ers. W. G. Grace . . . . . . 38 Southerto11 • . . . . . 27 ·2 Maidens. 11 11 R\lD.S. · 66 · 43 Wickets. lt 6 ( 6 ) Gloucestershire i·. Sussex. Clifton, � 27, 28 , 20. . A· tota.l contrast to the match Inst 11nde1· notice. In tl1at , three i 1111 ings producE:d 224 rl1ns, in this , 15 wicktts realiReJ 850 r11ns. Gl ( }ttCt'�ti·r�1tire began the batting and made the largest score (412 ) of a Ct>l111t:· i11 18 7 4. :\fr. G. 1 .1 . Groee reached 103, lfr. Gordc,n 96 , 11nd a11d nipe of tlP si<�<' g,1i 11 cd double fig\tres. S11ssex ht ") eded little the l1ugo aggregate of t Ile t•Jll�c �iti < ,n. James J > hillips played :fine cricket for 67 nnd Fillcry aa 4 Well f c. \r 4A, 1.l 1 e rlt1is ·comil1g to a dece11t sho,v of 204. S11ssex l11t<.l to follo,v oil with 208 to t1 1 e ·bad , bttt by ve1y spirited-batting, notabJ j , on the pa:rt of Afr. J. 11. Cott()till ( 61 ) 1 James Phillips ( 58 ) , l?illery and Lill� 1 "·}1ite ( €nfh n<,t :30 ) n1ntt<.41·s adva11ced so far that 234 accrt1e(l for ti 1i e '\\·iekets, a11tl Su��c-x turtled "-} i at at :first coul1.l only have b<�en regarde<.1 21s a t�1·tain defent in� o a very c1·€-<lit.. able dra,v. Glo11Ct'StE::rshire , 412. St1ssex, 2(}4 «11d 234 (6,·e ,,,.iek�tR ) i total 2 438. . , • ' ' . • • W. G. <1ra<}e • • • • G. F. Grace .•.... C. S. Gordon . • • • • F. Townsend . " . . E. M. Grace ...... E. C. B. Ford .... • BAT"l'ThG AVERAGES• Total Times Tot.Al I Innings · Not out R11ns 7 0 5$14 .7 1 . �74 5· 0 , 183 4 0 122 8 0 80 5 2 40 .. • Mo"t in !\I-0st in an Inn. Itfa!cb. Aver:i:t1 179 17!) i�·6 1()3 l i):l . �3·4 . 96 � . !}6 . 8(; H • • 6 6 , tiu 30·2 61 51 • �(,·2 • * 3 2 '>� lG·l ,, )