James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1878

55 1841 Eton won in one innings by 17 5 1842 1843 runs Harrow won by 65 runs Harrow won by 20 runs 1844 Eton won in one innings by 69 runs 1845 Eton won in one innings by 174 runs Eton won in one innings by 135 runs Eton won by 9 wickets Harrow won by 41 runs Harrow won by 77 runs 850 Eton won by 7 wickets 1846 1847 1848 1849 1867 1868 1869 Drawn Harrow won by 7 wickets Eton won in one innings by 19 runs 1870 Eton won by 21 runs Eton won in one innings by 77 runs Eton won by 9 wickets Harrow won by 5 wickets 1874 Eton won by 5 wickets 1875 Drawn Eton won by an innings and 24 runs Drawn 1871 1872 1873 1876 1877 I In i860, 1861, 1863, and 1867 tlie matches were not finished. There were no matches in 1819, 1820, 1821, 1826, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1856. * The players in this match were under twenty years of age. and ( 9 ) Gloucestershire & Yorkshire v. England. July 16, 17, and 18. England had not by any means its best eleven, nor, indeed, were the counties well represented. Rain prevented any play on the first day, but still the scoring was high, the three completed innings realising an average of 214 runs. Mr. W . G. Grace was, fortunately for the allies, in his best form with the bat, and, indeed, he contributed 52 and n o out of totals of 199 and 231. Yorkshire supplied six of the eleven, but the Gloucestershire contingent did more than its full share of the work, scoring 277 out of 413 runs from the bat. On the other side, Mr. Hornby was as preeminent as Mr. Grace, for out of 213 in the first innings he was credited with 105, and out of 62 for one wicket in the second 33 not out. The match was drawn. Gloucestershire and Yorkshire, 199 and 231; total, 430. England, 213 and 62 (one wicket); total 275. (10) Marlborough v. Rugby. July 25 and 26. j^The Rugberians were, all round, an eleven much inferior to the old standard of Rugby cricket, while Marlborough, ignoring its captain, A . G. Steel, who was undoubtedly the best public school player of the year, had some players much above the avc: : ge. Marlborough only had an advantage of three runs on the first innings, as Steel did not score, but in the second venture he punished the Rugby bowling severely, although his 128, well played up to a certain point, contained three palpable chances towards the finish. C. P. Wilson also made two excellent scores of 42 and 51 for Marl­ borough ; but the Rugby team were not strong at any point, although F . S. Gaddum took eleven wickets for 122 runs. The Rugberians were utterly unable to play the slow round arm bowling of A . G. Steel, as his analysis will show. Overs. Balls. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 67 2 32 59 II Marlborough won by 196 runs. Marlborough, 108 and 266; total, 374. Rugby, 105 and 73 ; total, 178.