James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1878

85 EXTRANEOUS MATCHES AT THE OVAL. (In each case the winning side is placed first.) I Opposing Clubs. Gentlemen of the South v. Players of the North i « • <1 T T • / n • • • • When Played. |May io 11 12 1 st Named, and Named, ist 2nd ist 2nd Inns Inns. Inns. Inns. Won bv ------------ --- ---- — - — - -------- -- w w w W I * » ^ ™ — 2 Cambridge Univ. v. Surrey !jun 1415 16 3 South v. North 4 Gentlemen v. Players ..... 5 Gloucestershire v. England Jun2i 2223 JM1282930 ----------------------- e----- July 26-27^ ^ ........... o The numbers show the order in which the matches are treated in the following notes 240 130 , . 297 123*198 274 427 78 96 129 267 156 405 83 221 Drawn 5 wickets *$ w d 212 1 wicket *9 w d 119 Drawn 5 wickets *5 w d 123 (l) Gentlemen of South v . Players of North. May 10, 11, and 12. Considering the early date, and also the absence of several of the chief Northern players with the Australian team, the sides were fairly represented. It was the first match played under this title at the Oval, though the same meet­ ing had been an annual fixture at Prince’s. Unfortunately heavy rain on the two last days ruined the prospects of the game, although the scoring was fairly high. The chief feature on the side of the Players was a brilliant and altogether blameless score of 118 by Arthur Shrewsbury, who was in three houiS and a quarter for his runs. The Gentlemen had a treacherous wicket to start on, and were all got out for 130, but in their second attempt they fared better, and their total of 240 was most creditable under the circumstances. Mr. Foord-Kelcey, of Kent, was their chief scorer, with two well played innings oi 21 not out, and 52. The match was drawn, the Players being left with 104 runs to win. Gentlemen, 130 and 240 ; total, 370. Players, 267. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets, Morley (ist inns. Gentn.) . . . . 36 18 48 6 ( 2 ) Surrey v. Cambridge University, June 14, 15, and 16. Surrey had a very weak eleven, especially in bowling, and some tall scoring ensued. Jupp was first run-getter for the county, with 38 and 52, and Humphrey, Messrs. Lindsay, Wyatt, and L. A . Shuter all contributed largely. Loose bowling and fielding enabled Mr. D. Q. Steel to score 158— a wonder­ ful display of resolute all-round hitting— out of 297, the last five wickets having added 228 runs. The bowling on both sides was weak, but Surrey had to thank bad fielding chiefly for their defeat by five wickets. Mr. Steel scored 17 runs from one over of Mr. Wyatt. Cambridge, 297 and 123 (five wickets); total, 420. Surrey, 198 and 221; total, 419. ( 3 ) North v. South- June 21, 22, 23. A match between Kent and Lancashiie at Manchester on the same days retained some players who would have been engaged at the Oval in this contest, though the sides were fairly strong. The wicket played very well to the last, the cricket throughout was excellent,,and the finish was most exciting, pro­ ducing a victory for the South by only one wicket. Messrs. W. G. Grace and