James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1878

s'des, a result due to the heavy rains that had fallen on the day preceding and on the first day of the match. A commencement was not possible until th^ second morning, and then Sussex were all put out for 131, an amateur colt Mr. R . T . Ellis, making a very favourable debut, and playing really sound cricket for 73, not out. The finish of the match was most exciting, as Gloucestershire went in a second time with only forty-five minutes in which to get the 52 runs wanted to win. Two wickets (Messrs. E. M. and G. F. Grace) were lost, but ultimately, amidst great excitement, Gloucestershire won with only a minute in hand by eight wickets. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Mr. W . G. G r a c e .......................... 84 22 120 Midwinter ............ .................. 53 29 57 66 Wickets. II 7 ( 8 ) Gloucestershire v. Surrey. Clifton, Aug. 30, 31, and Sept. 1. A rather inglorious conclusion to a generally successful Surrey season. Heavy showers completely spoiled the game on the two first days, an 1 on the third the wicket played so treacherously that run-getting was impossible. Both sides were well represented, Surrey having the strongest batting eleven that it has mustered for years. Nevertheless the Surrey batting fell utterly to pieces, and Messrs. A . P. Lucas, who went in first, and was in the end not out for 36, and Lindsay (41), made 77 out of 112 runs from the bat in the first innings. The Surrey fielding, too, was very much below its standard of 1877, while that of the Gloucestershire eleven was unusually brilliant, even for them. Messrs, Gilbert (45) and Townsend (53) alone made a lengthy stand against the bowling of Southerton and Barratt, the former of whom delivered 62 overs, 36 maidens for 40 runs and three wickets. The second innings of Surrey was a woeful collapse. Mr. Lucas, Mr. Read, and Jupp together only got one run ; and Messrs. Game (25) and Strachan (10 not out) made 35 out of 5r from the bat. Gloucestershire Avon by ten wickets. Gloucestershire, 172 wickets); total, 176. Surrey, 121 and 53; total, 174. The the second innings of Surrey deserves record. Overs. Maidens. W. G. Grace ..................................... 20 Midwinter ......................................... 20 and 4 (no bowling in 9 9 Runs, 26 25 Wickets. 5 5 B a t t i n g A v e r a g e s . Inns. E. M. Grace .......... 9 W . O. Moberley . . 7 W . G. G ra ce .......... 11 Midwinter .............. 7 J. A . Bush............... 3 G. F. Grace.............. 13 W . R . Gilbert . . . . F. G. Monkland. . . . 13 9 8 3 10 J. Cranston.............. 6 F . Townsend .......... R . E. B u sh .............. R . F. Miles .......... E. J. Taylor .......... 4 W . Fairbanks.......... 7 C. R . K em p e .......... 3 C. R . F ilga te .......... 3 Capt. Kingscote__ 2 Times not out. 1 2 I I 0 1 3 1 o o o 6 o o o o la Runs. 310 180 327 182 85 281 IOO I25 89 113 50 57 12 62 28 19 o Most in an inns. 89 101a 84 68 53 83 45 28a 3 7 53 4 2 20a 11 46 15 14 o Most in a match. 89 IOI 93 68 53 83 47 5 2 37 53 4 2 28 11 46 16 19 o Aver.| 38.6 36 32*7 30.2 28.1 2 3-5 16 15-5 14-5 14.1 16.2 14.1 3 8.6 9.2 6.1 o The following played in one match only:— H. Gallop, o a, 16, andNorley,o.