James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

· 80 St11·1·(1_}� 1na<le a11 atl,·a11ce, if 11<>t -0f :t vPI')" Jc,ci�i,·e cJ1aractc1·, i11 1874.. Ifad tl 1 e 1ni1tch at the 0\�111 agai11Ht Nott� <->111:v tt11·11etl �liglitlJ· at tl1e finish the Col111ty ,,ot1l<l l1t1,\ ,. e l)ee11 e<111al i11 p<)i11t <)f ,�ic�tol'i{_�� a11<l 1·e,..e1·Re�. A� it wa�, ,,..itl i. a few excc11tion�, St1r1·,�y �11,>,,..e,l goo(l cricket i11 187-:1-, and csp(\cially nt tl1c o,�aI the Ele,..c11 })layc<l tll) ''litl1 1n11cl1 '>f t}1e <Jl<l fi1·e. l{ich in a1nate11rs ftt the presc11t time tht' (J()1111ty sl1ffe1·s tl1� 11s1lal p<!t111.lt.Y of weal { tParus in ot1t mn.tches to t}1c <JXt(\11t c,"('Il <>f i11gl,)riot1;;; cli:-;pli1ys tt� ,vas tl1at at Chelte11ham i11 the fi11nl r11c<>1111tt'1· of tl1e sc 1 a . ..,011. .J 111 ,p "·;\g the mainstaJ"' of the Col111ty witl1 tl1c bat, a11tl l1i� ff 1 at� ,ve1·e really r-;11r1)ri-.;i11g. One 1·eall:,. good fast bo"·lo1·, as i11 tl1e c,isf\ of l\1i(lllles(,x, , Y .;0111(1 l>e tl (:xod- se11tl to S t11Tey, bltt at p1·eRe11 t tl1c1·c is 11<.1 h i g 11 . Results of !\'latches. Matcl1es pl,1yecl, IQ; W 011, 4; l ) r , i v. · 11, 2; Lo�t, ,;. ·- - · -- ----� - - ---: ---- - - - � - � - :--- -.---:-- ��-----:-- --- -- I Club. Wl1ere I PlaJ;ecl. j Wlze,i PlcifJed. 1st 1 , 21i(l 1 It I.21117 , 111,ri. ln11. ; I n,i- , I;i1t 1 - - - - ---- Mat<·lte.� wort (4). * Glou<-este1 ..sl.Lire . . . . Oval Ju11c 8-9 � C � 1nh1·i � l \ ge U11 ive1·ty j g v � ! , . f � J 1111 e l � -1? �f1cl<llest: x ..•..•.... 1 Pn1 1 cc-: o J1u1e 2....-23 5 Sussex ..... . ..... . Oval Aug 6-7-8 Jf atrlies tlra101i (2). 1 Ca1nbridge U11ivert. C:i 1 1 1l) dg , Uy28 29 3t) 4 Sl1ssex ............ 1 ilri 3 ht11 Jy 20-21-22 Matclzes lost (6). I J 2 Yorkshi1·e .......•.. 1 Shffield Jnl5-1 G-17 * Nottinghrims11ire.... N otghm ,Tune 29-2() * Mi<lclle8£lX ••.•..•••. 1 Oval Jy 18-19-20 * Nottinghamshiro.... Oval At1g 10-11 6 Y0I·ksl1i1·0 ••.•••••. . 1 Oval Au 17 18 lf) * Glol1ceste1·shi1·e :.... Chethm; Aug 25-20 / I r ... 1 !)(, *;Jf) .107 12:i t) ,\-if\ kts • 4 w,d 119 1 8 7 ' 157 8,j ti4 n1ns 1():3 2:3�) �);3 1-16 1()2 }\lll� -3 1 348 / - f _ 1 � 7 I 199 ; 1nnti an<l 2 runs , . . . Re1rz.a. , · ks . 192 355 314 *111 *4 "\\. ,l 3 4 . 1 ; - 178 �68Inf:1,�-01·of Surry 1 I I Lost by 13R 1:21 2(Ju 2,il I!)B ntu� 14 ! *;_$f) , 61 l!ll 1 H ,vi<·k<�t� *2 ,v d 14!) 167 l 7 t J j 4 18:2 41 I"llll� - 1()() !.,( 3 1 ·1-J * 11.J 1 v. icket *fl ,v <1 fl5 1!)3 187 *l{)·! 4 ,vickets *{> w d 2 1 : 73 124 � - I11ning� tt: 2 l 1�1s (1) Surrey ·v. Cam.bridge University. Cambridge, iray 2�, 29, 30. A boal1tiful ,�·icket and 110 lack of batting on eitl1cr siLlc. The 1"est1lt ,vas 972 rt1nK fo1· 34 ,viekets, or an average of nearly 2!J r1111� to each bi1 tsrur1i11. The Unive1·sity, a batting Eleven until the last, scorecl :314, witJ1 niue d<>t1blo figures, and Sttn·cy had to follow 011, 011ly 1·E�aching 1!)2. Its scco11tl ve11ti1rc waB a ma1·v·ellons feat, for at the fall of it:; fifth ,vicket 348 rttns had l>een m,1de, autl the innings in all 011ly 1·eachcJ to 3,3,3. l)ooley'� 97 was a sple11ditl p�rfo1·ma11ce, as ,vas the 82 of IvI1·. T. \V. vVeoLling, wl1iloru kno\Vll a� T. \V. Baggallay of :\fa1'lbo1'ough 11<)te, Jttpp 111aki11g t,vo good sco1·e� of