James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1876

97 B o w l i n g A v e r a g e s . Balls Maidens Buna Wickets Wldes Buns per Wicket. Southerton ............. ......... 3609 4G5 1067 80 0 13.27 C lifford ................... ......... 132 17 50 3 1 16.2 Wheeler ................ ......... 193 21 67 4 0 16.3 W. W. Read ........ ......... 71 1 52 3 0 17.1 G. Strachan........... .......... 612 79 188 10 0 18.8 Street....................... .......... 3043 357 1015 42 1 24.7 Elliott .................. ........... 172 13 100 2 1 50 W. H. Game bowled 44 balls for 17 runs and 1 w ide; Potter bowled 168 balls for 75 runs. The following bowled in one match on ly :—C. Tillard, 100 balls for 47 run; and 2 wickets ; Freeman, 20 balls for 22 runs and 1 wicket; S. W . Gore, 8 balls for 15 runs; W. Cliarman, 60 balls for 21 runs; Swann, 16 balls for 11 runss Poolcy, 44 balls for 34 runs. Clifford and Street each bowled a no ball. E xtraneous M atches at O val . 1st nam ed 2 n d n am ed R e s u l t . Gentlemen won 1 Gentlemen v. Players by innings and of Sou th .................. Jne 24-25 388 — 125 84 129 runs 2 Gentlemen v. Players July 1-2-3 169 *31 143 165 Drawn *7 w d (1) Gentlemen of South v. Players of South. June 24 and 25 Of late years tho preponderance of the amateurs has been very marked and the match of 1875 was no exception to the general rule. The Players scored 125— Jupp (47), Fillery (26), and Charlwood (20), the only double figures. T h e y began well, too, in getting rid of the Champion with­ out a run ; but with the exception of Mr Thornton all the other members of the side got double figures—Mr. Bush with 18 and not out, the lowest in amount, and Messrs. G. F. Grace (66), Lucas (63), and Strachan (34), the highest out of an aggregate of 338. The Players wanted 213 runs to save the innings, but Charlwood, Humphrey, Southerton, each o f whom made 16, and Lillywhite, 11, were the only batsmen to make any stand, and seven of the Eleven together only realised" 22 runs from the hat. The Gentlemen won by an innings and 129 runs. Gentlemen, 338. Players, 125 and 84 ; total, 209. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. W . G. G race .................... 70.2 22 110 11 (2) Gentlemen v. players. July l , 2 and 3. • A match utterly marred by the weather, which had a serious effect on the cricket and gave rise to a demonstration of the imuiy headed at the finish. On the first day play was not began until half-past three in the afternoon, owing to rain, and “ time ” saw only four players out for 127 runs. The next morning six wickets produced 16 runs, and Mr. Strachan performed a remark­ able feat, howling 39 halls for no runs and 5 wickets, getting 4 wickets with the last ten balls delivered. The Gentlemen had 26 runs to the good on the E