James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1876

32 liberty, as well as a good field and a fair bowler, he has pretensions equal to those of flic best. Many other batsmen deserve more than a passing notice, notably Foster, Shrewsbury, Fooley, Southerton, Fillery, Lillywhite, James Phillips, W. Humphreys, Clayton, Elliott, Frost, M. McIntyre’ Ulyett and Hicks. J r Alfred Shaw may fairly be classed as the most successful bowler, but as liis doings have been fully treated aleady, it will be enough to notify the fact and pass on. Southerton, too, did well throughout, more especially when he had the ground to suit him, notably, for the Players against the Gentlemen, and for South v. Forth, both at Prince’s. Morley’s feats stamp him as the best fast bowler, as Hill and Emmett were hardly so dangerous as of old, though the former at times “ came oil',’ ’ witness his exploit at Tunbridge Wells, for the North, in bowling Messrs. W. G. Grace, G. F. Grace and Cbarlwcod in one over. Mycroft’s figures will be found to be wonderful on a reference to the averages, and that he is a bowler of very high repute seems beyond a doubt, though whether h< is in quite ti e front rank remains to be seen. Among the Gentlemen Mr. W. G. Grace was the most successful, but there was generally little in the bowling of the Amateurs to merit distinction. Mr. Appleby reserved Limsclf for the County matches, and with all his old success, while Messrs. W. II. Hadow, Miles, V. K. Shaw, Rutter, Francis, Straclian, Greenfield, Foord-Kelcey, Sharpe and others were all successful. Of individual achievement there was no Jack, either with bat or ball. Alfred Shaw's feats have been chronicled, but even lie was eclipsed by Mr. Stiacban, who, on the second day’of the match between the Gentlemen and the Players at the Oval, effected the most extraordinary bowling performance of the season, delivering nine overs and three balls for no runs and five wickets. Messrs. W. G. Grace and A. J. Webbc immortalised themselves in the second innings of the Gentlemen against the Players at Lord’s by .scoring 203 runs for the first wicket, and the former made a brilliant finish to his season in September, for the United South Eleven, scoring in the course of ten days two wonderful innings, viz. 152, at Gravesend, and 210, at Hastings in each case against strong eighteens. The highest innings of the county season fell to Sussex, who scored 414 against Kent at Brighton ; the second to Gloucestershire, 309 in the return against Surrey at Clifton ; and these two matches gave rise to the longest individual scores—191 by Mr. J. M. Cotterill for Sussex, and 180 (not out) by Mr. G. F. Grace for Glouce stershire—the latter a wonderful exploit, taking into consideration that the runs weie all made without “ a ghost of a chance.” On August 20 ami 21, a memorable game took place on the Lines at Chatham, between the Royal Engineers and I Zingari, twelve a side. The match was fixed for two days, and at the end only eight wickets of the Engineers were down for 724 runs, making the largest total by 35 runs ever scored in an innings. It was a marvellous feat in many ways, as at the close of the first day tlie Engineers had made 320 runs without losing a wicket, the Hon. M. G. Talbot not out, 153; Mr. L. K. .Scott not out, 142, and extras 25. The Twelve Zingari wreic Messrs. R. I). Balfour, I . CrutcbJey, F. E. R. Fryer II, Fellowes, J. W. Inge, C. W. M. Kemp, 1. Langley, C. AY, Mills, Hon. 8 J'omonby Fane, A. G. Bussell, E. Somerset, and E. Wood, and their uaifit-» will attest that there was at least metal of ordinary calibre to oppose the soldiers. In fact, there was sensation throughout, as not a chance was g iYen until wore than 300 iuns had been made, and the fielding of the