1 8 name of C. K. Francis, we shall complete the list. Francis has bowled with more of his old spin and devil this season than ever since he was a boy at Rugby, and his performance against Yorkshire at the end of the season was wonderful—11 overs, 12 runs, 7 wickets. The improvement in Eton cricket since Mr. R. A. H. Mitchell joined the staff becomes more marked each year. It is not merely the promising bats man that is coached up, but there is a soundness, a quiet self-reliant patienm and a straightness of bat throughout the whole eleven, which proves that the system in practice at Eton is not to be surpassed. In more than one point Eton of late years! has had advantages over Harrow, but the presence and the influence of Mr. Mitchell is the one point which overshadows all the rest. No doubt the Eton eleven of 187b were an excellent school eleven; Forbes, who proved a good captain, standing pre-eminently first. He is as good a bat as a schoolboy can be, and with practice to first-class bowling would soon bo in the front rank. An excellent field, and powerful thrower (witness his 133 yards throw). At times he bowls a difficult ball, though inclined to be short, and it is a great pity that he is not proceeding to the University. Perhaps Goodhart and Whitfield were the next best, but the batting strength was in tho extreme evenness of the rest, consequently some one or two invariably scored. Studd plays in capital form and ought to make a real good man next year. The fielding was generally very good, Studd at cover, and Whitfield at short slip, being excellent. The bowling was of the average school standard. Portal, left-hand medium, and Smith, slow right, being the best. Both will remain at Eton till next season, and as no less than seven of this year’s eleven are staying on, there seems every chance of Eton bringing an equally strong team to Lord’s in 1877. Bury, a powerful hitter, and Foley are going to Cambridge, while Brise has entered at Oxford. The cricket at Harrow does not appear to be in a satisfactory state, but our knowledge of the system pursued there is so meagre that we do not feel justified in expressing an opinion as to where alterations should be made. An old Harrovian, who knows the school well and is one of its best friends, tells us that there is not that attention paid to the professionals, that care at practice taken, without which success cannot bo expected. When the boys think that they are more competent judges than their instructors and ignore the advice of their elders, who have in their day brought credit to their schools in the cricket world, then there is something unsatisfactory, and it is time that a remedy should be found. It would be a general calamity to cricket if the school which has given us the Walkers, Buller, Daniel, Hadow, Webbe, cam multis a liis , were to fail in its cricket heroes. Meek, the captain, appears to have been a brilliant but uncertain bat, scarcely doing himself justice owing to lack of patience and judgment; he is a fine, dashing field. Grundy gives promise of being a fine bat some day. L. K. Jarvis was perhaps the soundest and steadiest cricketer in the eleven ; at Lord’s he was singu­ larly unfortunate. We should not be surprised to see him train on into a really good b a t ; he goes to Cambridge, and will therefore have every chance. Harding, Blaine, and Grundy were, perhaps, next in order of merit. Giles will probably be useful next year both with bat and ball, and remains on at Harrow. The bowling was decidedly weak, and below school form, Clough- Taylor and Giles being the best. Stewart was not so effective as last year ; L. K. Jarvis frequently proved himself very useful with his lobs. Hirst appears to have been 'the best cricketer at Kugby, though, on their own ground, Speed, Bennett, and Burton seldom failed to score. So far as one can judge by scores, Rugby seemed to be a strong batting team ; they invariably scored largely in their school matches against fair elevens, and consequently the school match at Lords was reckoned one of the “ good «