James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1876

G7 have been replaced by better men. The names of the elevens will a or sufficient evidence of the relative strength of the two elevens. Player* : Selby, Lockwood, Greenwood, Oscroft, Ulyett, Emmett, M. M ‘Intyro, / . Shaw, Hill, Finder, and Morley. Gentlemen:— W. G. Grace, Wyatt, Gil­ bert. Cotterill, G. F. Grace, lienny-Tailyour, Hon. M. G. Talbot, H. Loss. C. J. Thornton, C. Ross, and C. J. Brune. Of the Amateurs the brothers Grace and Mr. Cotterill were the only three batsmen entitled to the desig­ nation of first-class, and not to be hypercritical, the brothers Grace were the only bowlers on the side. Owing to heavy rain there was no play until half-past three o'clock on the first day, and then Mr. W . G. Grace acted very unwisely in putting the Players in. Lockwood and Greenwood, as usual, did the greatest part of the scoring with 100 runs between them out of a total of 205, Lockwood’s 09 being amasterly performance of far higher in­ trinsic value. The policy of the Gentlemen in not going in was u\ i lent on the second day. A warm sun and a drying wind made the wicket kick con­ siderably, and the result was a succession of disasters. The first innings lasted an hour and three-quarters, and the second only a few minutes longer! The total in the former case was 56, in the latter, 55, and the Players won a depressing and altogether uninteresting match by an innings and 91. Players, 205 ; Gentlemen, 50 and 55. Total, 111. Overs. Balls. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Morley...................... 53 1 38 07 13 (7) Players v. Gentlemen- July 22, 2:5, and 24. send, and Williams, in lieu of the brothers Ross and Hon. M. G. Talbot- The Players were not so fortunate with the bat, thanks to the effective, bowling of Mr. W. G. Grace, but otherwise the same remarks applied to the last encounter are here equally applicable. The Players went in first, and the three batsmen who were placed in leading order on the list ail got double figures, Jupp (13), Greenwood (12), and Lockwood (11). Then came the collapse ! Seven of the best Players of England dismissed for a joint contribution of 32 runs from the bat, and the Eleven all out for 70! I he innings of the Gentlemen was even more eventful. Messrs. W. G. Grace and Cotterill made 32 runs before the first wicket fell. Yet the total was only 59, of which Messrs. W. G. Grace (20) and Cotterill had scored 38. Bix double figures marked the second venture of the Players biu the aggregate was only 125, Emmett, who was the chief contributor \vith looley making 40 runs m a few minutes over th* half-hour. The Gentlemen eventually required 187 runs to win, but Southerton was too total 1-0 « ‘ Tm . , bU ’ r JJ0- Gentlemen, 59 and 93 ; tota , lo Southerton and Shaw, with the exception of four balla bv Corley, m lieu of the latter, bowled throughout for the Plavers