52 CHAPTER II. PRINCE'S CLUB IN 1876. O fficers for 1876. Committee , Marquis of Bowmont, Earl of Clarendon, Earl of Coventry, Lord Dolamore, Viscount Downe, W. Hart Dyke, M.P., Viscount Folkestone, Earl of Gosford, Lord Grey Do Radclifte, Arthur E. Guest, Lord George Hamilton, M*P., Lord Londesborough, Alfred Lubbock, Earl of March, Colonel Marshall, Lord Methuen, Marquis of Queensberry, Captain W. S. Kenyon-Slaney, A. H. Smith-Barry, M.P., Colonel Taylor, M.P., Colonel Trotter, Lord Willoughby de Broke. Secretary , George Prince. Only three matches were played by Prince's Club and Ground during 1876, but there was no lack of interesting encounters, as the list of extraneous matches which follows will show. Early in the year the wickets were good, but to­ wards the end they wore very badly, and the cricket suffered in consequence. The sad death of Box, who had been ground-keeper from the first opening of the ground, brought to a melancholy close a not over-successful season. Details of the different matches follow. PRINCE'S CLUB AND GROUND. Results of Matches. Matches Played , 3 ; Won, 2 ; Drawn , 1. Opponents. Matches Won (2) * West Kent South Wales Matches drawn (1) Knickerbockers Where Played. When Club. Opponents. Played* 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Wonby Inn. Inn. Inn. Inn. June 24 *144 109 July 22 162 — 101 June 29-30 212 135 138 4 * 12 a side. — 35 runs * 5 w d 60 61 runs *7 w d — | Remarks. 91 *1 wicket down EXTRANEOUS MATCHES AT PRINCE’S. (In each case the winning side is placed first.) Score of Score of Opposing Clubs. When 1st named. 2nd named. Played. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Won by Inn. Inn. Inn. Inn. I Z. v. Household Brigade May 17 1 Gentlemen of the South v. Players of the North . . . . Middlesex v. 15 Colts......... 2 Yorkshire v. Middlesex . . . . Household Brigade v. Royal Marines........................... 3 South v. North (benefit of fund) ............................... Household Brigade v. Gen­ tlemen of Warwickshir- Houseliold Brigade v. 60th R ifle* ............................ 4 Middlesex v. Surrey ....... Bar v. Armv........... .......... 5 Oxford Univ. v. Middlesex Jn 19—21 Household Brigade v. Christ' Church Cardinals.............June 22 239 *173 351‘ 167 *36 May 18-20 59 May 22-23' May 25-27 May 29-30 110; *20 June 1-2-3 128! 265 June 7 June 8 Jn 12—14 Jn 16-17 118 121 runs 91 140 6 -wickets 4 w d 235: — 155! — 339 *70 264 612 *59 165 82 77 134 39 53 276 85 439 *44 Drawn, *1 w d 118 3 wickets *7 w d 51 106 8 wickets *2 w d 153 runs *61 196 runs *3 w d *91 102 runs *6 w d 132 8 wickets *2 w d 237(8 wickets *2 w d *166 Drawn, *4 w d 172 — 121 *94 48 luns * 3 w d