47 Allsopp fully sustained their reputations, Patterson returning to the form he showed when he was at Uppingham. Webbe and Lucas were the best University batsmen of the year beyond all doubt. Steel frames well, and will make a splendid bat, as he has both style and hitting powers; and Heath, when he has gained more nerve, will make his mark in these University contests, though wanting confidence on this occasion. The match will be memorable as the only one in which a score of a hundred runs has been made on each side, and those who witnessed it are not likely to forget one of its most noteworthy features, the very brilliant fielding of Royle at cover point for Oxford, his picking up and returns occasionally being splendid. Patterson bowled straight and well, though he was hit severely in the second innings, and the fast bowler of Cambridge (Luddington) was very nasty at times, his delivery being very awkward, with now and then a dangerous “ bump. ” Buckland did not come off, and his bowling was wonderfully plain and easy, as was the entire bowling of Oxford in this match. It is worthy of note, as a testimony to the effective coaching of H. H. Stephenson, that Uppingham supplied four members of the Cambridge eleven, that the four Uppinghamians scored 225 out of 362 runs from the bat, and two of them took 16 out of twenty wickets. Each University has now won 20 matches, those in 1827 and 1844 having been drawn. Cambridge won those in 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1815, 1847, 1849, 1851, 1856, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1876. Oxford those in 1829, 1836, 1838, 1846, 18*18, 1850, 1852, 1853,1854, 1855, 1857, 1858, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1874, and 1875. % (•5) Gentlemen v. Players. July 3, 4 and 5. Unfortunately for the best match of the year the game was utterly one­ sided, and consequently devoid of interest. Mr. Hornby was the captain of the amateurs, and Daft of the professionals. The former won the toss, and the innings of the Gentlemen attained colossal proportions, reaching the highest score ever made in a match at Lord’s. It was said early in the season by a few critics ambitious of notoriety that Mr. W. G. Grace was “ on the down lino ; ” but his batting on this occasion was as full of vigour and as remarkable for judicious placing as ever ; and his score of 169, in which were a hit for 7 and one for 6 , settled, as his bat has done so often in previous years, the chances of the Players. Mr. Ridley played a very correct and sound innings of 103; and at the end of the first day only 6 wickets had fallen for 433 runs. The end of the innings was sensational enough, as Lord Harris, Mr. W. H. Hadow, Mr. A. Appleby, and Hon. A. Lyttelton were all bowled by Morley without a run between them ; and of the ifiruns added all fell to Mr. G. F. Graco, who carried out his bat for a freely hit score of 68 . Fortunately for the players, Oscroft hit with all his old dash for 58, and Jupp had some little luck in the attainment of 34 ; otherwise the batting was tame in the extremo; and in the follow-on the display was simply feeble. Indeed, the continuance of dry weather, hard grounds, and long scores had told on the professionals, and their cricket was altogether below the mark. Daft went in late, and when five wickets were down for 79 runs he had only made 11 . The destruction of the last 5 wickots only occupied an hour and five minutes; and of the 53 made on the third morning, Daft, who earned out his bat for 39, made 29. Messrs. W. G. Grace, G. F. Grace, and Ridley, in their ono innings, scored within ten runs of the aggregate made by the eleven pro­ fessionals from the hot in their double innings. The Gentlemen won by an innings and 98 runs.