James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

j 71 Results of Matches. Matches p]ayed, 4; won, 1 ; dra.wn, 1; loet, 2. Wh,re Whm OppOMnt,. played. pla1JBd. f Olub. Opponta. j 1,t I 2nd It 12.na j Inn. lnn. Inn. I11,1z Won by . Matchea won (1). I i Lancashire •••••... Md.stone Aug 17 18 ,___.., ____ 988 •11 116 1 10 wkts •no w d Matcll�I drawn (1). 1 Lanca1bire ........ M11chstr July 17 18 _._. 197 1S6 *116 •t wkts dwn MatcJiea lo&t (2). • Derbyshire •..••••• Wks,vth 1 July 18 14 • Derbyshire •••••••• , Tunbdg July 28 M j Wells l 97 8138 ntni 92 r l96 8 wkta •7 w ll Kent was besides defeated by M.CC. by an innings and 53 runs. • Have already been trea ted in review of Derbyshire. (1) Kent v. Lancashire. Manchester, July 17 & 18. Neiiher County was fittingly represented, Kent an odd combb 1 ation especially. The sides, though, were well matched, and the SC<>res far from une,,en. Henty (37) '\\"BS head scorer for Kent in its first and Ca1>t. S \"t in­ ford (50) in the second innings. Kent was fi 1l e runs to the bad H,t the en<l of an innings io each, but it made a good show in its second effort, nu1king in all 197. Lancashire had 193 to win, and of these 115 "�ere matle with the loss of half its ,vickets. The game was consequently <lra,vn in a state far from uni1lteresting. Kent, 130 and 197; total, 327. Lai1cusbire, 135 and 115 (five wickets); total, 250. (2) Kent v. Lancashire. Maidstone, Aug. 17 & 18. The one little e"·e lamb of Kent, its one victory of the year. Kent play • : il very m1.1ch stronger than its first match, while Lancashire, as usual i11 ot,t matches, was decidedly weak. Lancashire were first to bat, to the t1ute , f 116, Barlow taking his bat thronghout the inDin gs . Kent mnJe 233, thau�� chiefly to two Royal Engineers, H. W. Renny:Tailyot1r tllid Ctl.pt. Fellov."<•s. The former scored nearly half of the rt1ns, making 124 in two hours n11d te11 minutea. The second ventttre of Lancashire was only a shatle better tha 1., its first, and Kent had only ten n1ns to get to win, a n11mber made off si� balls. Lancashire ,vas defeated by ten wickets. Kent, 233 and 10 (!:<• wickets) ; total, 243. Lancashire, 116 and 126; total , 2-'12. Overs. Capt. Fello,,;es (Kent) 65 ?.faidens. 2V RunA. 100 \Vickcts. 13