James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1876

GO 1814. Eton won in 1 innings by G9 runs 1915. Eton won in 1 innings by 174 runs 1846. Eton won in 1 innings by 135 runs 1847. Eton won by 9 wickets 1869. Eton won in 1 innings by 19 runs 1870. Eton won by 21 runs 1871. Eton won in 1 innings by 77 runs 1872. Eton won by 6 wickets 1873. Harrow won by 5 wickets 1874. Eton won by 5 wickets 1875. Drawn. 1818. Harrow won by 41 runs 1849. Harrow won by 77 runs There were no matches in 1819, 1820, 1821, 1826, 1829, 1830, 1831, and 1856. Eton lias won 24 matches, Harrow 22, and 5 have been unfinished. (7) Rugby v. Marlborough- Lord’s, July 28 and 29. It was an uninteresting match, from the evident unequality of the two elevens. Marlborough were overweighted both in batting and bowling and their defeat was certain. The Marlhnrians were only at the wickets forty- five minutes and their score was feeble, 23. Rugby occupied the wickets three hours for 140, and the only feature in the second innings of Marl­ borough, was the fact that four wickets at the close fell in fourteen balls with­ out a run. Marlborough had the weakest eleven that we have ever seen from a Public School. Yet they could make a good stand against Cheltenham. Rugby, 156. Marlborough, 23 and 98 ; total, 121. The score will be found in Chap. IY. under heading of Universities and Public Schools in 1875. (8) Kent and Gloucestershire England. Canterbury, August 2 and 3. Kent and Gloucester seem an odd combination to challenge and defeat England, but, at least, they can claim to have done so twice. Lockwood was never asked to play for England and this policy gave rise to comment in uninformed circles, where he is deemed the best professional batsman of the day. The match was remarkable for the welcome reappearance of Mr. Yardley, and in quite his old form. Mr. W. G. Grace was disappointing with the hat, as he only scored 19 and 12 not out, but he made amends with his bowling, as the sequel will show. The Canterbury ground with its narrow limits, is usually conducive to high scoring, and it was not a surprise that the first innings of each side should have been large, the score of the Counties (248) exceeding that of England by 28 runs. What sensation there was in store came from the second innings of the eleven said to represent All England. A genuine surprise it was beyond all doubt. Imagine four such batsmen as Jupp, Greenwood, and Messrs Ridley and Webbe, out for five runs. Mr. L D. Walker made 15 and Mr. R. A. Mitchell 7, and they too went at 28. Six of the best men in England down for 28, against the bowling of Messrs W. G. Grace and Foord-Kelcey ! Changes are plentiful in cricket surely, Pooley (141 and A. Shaw (21), tried to put a better aspect on affairs, but the innings was over in the end for 68, an affair of an hour and fen minutes. To he brief the Counties had 42 runs to get to win and they won by six wickets. Kent and Gloucestershire, 248 and 44 (four wickets); total, 292. England, 220 and 68; total, 288. The bowling of Mr. W. G. Grace, in the two innings of England, is appended. Overs. Balls. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 69.3 3 28 116 11