92 (3) South v. North. Rochdale, September 7, 8 , i). F or the B en e f it of the C r icketers * F und . By some, so late a fixture for a benefit match was deemed impolitic, and, as events proved, tlie event was not a pecuniary success. On the other liand, the cricket was brilliant throughout, and in the three days 690 rune wore scored for the loss of only twonty-threo wickets, or an average of just over 30 runs for each batsman. The South had not even its usual itinerant strength, nor indeed the North, as Daft, Shrewsbury, and Shaw were absent from the latter, and from the South, Jupp and Southerton were both absen­ tees. The Grace family did more than their fair share for the South, as G. T. Grace contributed 81 and 03, W. G. Grace 41 and 39, and W. R. Gilbert 15 and 35,—or in all 301 out of 136 runs from the bat. The match was drawn. South, 221 and 238 (three wickets) ; total, 459. North, 237. The receipts amouuted to £168 19s. 5d, and the expenditure to £210 10s. 8 d , so that the result was a loss of £41 11s. 3d. to the fund, a result to 1 ye regretted, considering the object of the match. The following is a summary of the different matches played by the various Counties in 1876 . Matches Highest Lowest Played. Won. Drawn. Lost. Score. Score. Gloucestershire . . . . 8 o 3 0 528 133 Yorkshire ............. . . . . 10 0 3 2 262 32 Notts .................... . . . . 10 4 3 3 339 46 Surrey.................... . . . . 12 * 2(1 tie) 1 8 276 26 Lancashire............. . . . . 10 **• O 0 ** .) 187 56 Middlesex ............. 6 1 (1 tie) 3 1 339 82 Sussex.................... 3 1 4 330 81 Kent........................ . . . . 10 4 0 6 363 56 Derbyshire............. 6 2 0 4 181 63 Hampshire............. 3 0 l 277 63 CHAPTER IV. THE UNIVERSITIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1870. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. O f f ic k r t for 1876 .-—President, F. J . Greenfield (Petcrhouse). Don. Sc r.. Hon. E. Lyttleton (Trinity). Treasurer, W. S. Patterson (Trinity). Ui ficers for 1877.— President, W. S. Patterson (Trinity;, l i o n . Sec .. E. Lyttelton (Trinity). Hon. Treasurer, A. P. Lucas (Clare). Results of Matches. Matches Played , 7 ; lfron, 4; Drawn, 2 ; L o s t , 1 . l i o n . Opponents. When Played. Where Played. Mulches If on (1). » M.C.C. and Ground___Oamlxig My 18-19-20 Surrey ..........................O va l Jn 15-16-17 M.( < and Ground . . . . Lord’s Jn 19-20-21 Oxford............................ Lord's Jn 20-27-28 Club. Opponents. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Inn. Inn. Inn. Inn. 98 192 198 191 133 *159 i iron ha 85 138 3021 *76 137 206 40 148 66 runs 148 runs 6 wiekfs I \s <1 112 262,9 wiekts In d