James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

95 Maidens. Runs. “lckts. .l.l l 9 ii 215 0 U (2) England w. Gloucestershire. August Iii, Ill, 17. (iluucestershire missed the serviees of_ Mr. Miles. and Midwinter w- - 51) linrt by a hard hit, back of Ulyett, i either to hat, howl or field aftei weak Eleven, more cspeeiiil A. G. Steel in the Eleven. excciit in the batting uf Mr. liiiglaiirl, ear ging unthis bat chief contributor for the (fmnit ti st. iiiiiiii of Eiiglzind. that he n s unable ‘ds- On 0 other hand. England had only a. m howling. mm llcltllet‘ Shaw, Morley, not Mr. cm was little in the match worthy of speciail note, w. Read, who played really gnutl cricket, for h tiuic for H and‘ Mr. Li. F. Grace was with [N nnzl 1 not out. and Einiiictt's bowling. its will be shown llOlD“’. w-is lai'tieularly elfeotirc for the opposition. Glou— ccstersliirc iulc the same otal each tiiu Engliniil won by six wickets. Eii d n and” (four Wickets); total, 2m. Gluiiccstcrshirc, 11:4 and IIN; total, 2:1“. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wckts. Iti 35 5 ti Eti 4 Barratt (lst innings, Gloucester) Mr. Ton'nscnd (Ist innings, En= r (3) North 7). South. September 1:1, in, 21. A miitch arranged for the benefit of tlie sufferers by the loss of the I'ri‘m Alien steamer on the Thames. The Committee of the Snrre5' Couiity Cr kct Cluligiive the free use of thc gi‘ound, and several of the Southern Amateui's came from very long distances to play.thougli Messrs. \V. G. Grace and A. N. Hornliy were liotli ulisent. Unfortunately, the weather W4\5 cold mid disagreeable through- out, nl'fll the Southern Aimitcurs were so obviously out of all practice that the grime had lost all interest evcii at. the end (lf the first day. The Southerners missed W. G. Grace’s bowling, and some fiiie hitting was shown for the Nurtli b Selli (Til), Ulyett (71), and Emmett (4.3). None of the Southerners, exceiit Afr. G. l“. Grace, who played sterling cricket each innings for 22 not out and at not out, seemed to have any notioii of timiiig the hall, and the Nortli won by an innings iind 1-5; runs. Nortli, KUZl. Soutli tit and -l<i; total, 1M). Overs. Maidens. Runs. chkts. Shaw (North). 41 79 10 . ' fl! 55 8 her and a onc~sided niatcli, it sum of {162 was realised and SUSSEX. Oh‘FlCEllS FOR 1878 —1’ulmn, The Earl of Sheffield. I’m-idmt. Mr. H. M. Cnrteis. l" r»l‘: In Mr. Heiii‘3'R.Br:\iid. Treasurer, 1'. \V. G. Ashby. L'mnuiilhw— nst Sus Mr. A. Brand, Mr. H.Ciinipiiiii,l\ . H.Cutteis, Mr. S, chii-d M .J. E. Raven, Mr. K. R. Murchison ;West Sussex. apt. R. Burl-ell, Rev. H cholls. Limit-Col. Ingram, Major \Vis(len. MLA. J. \\'. Biddulph, Mr. Win. In per; Brighuiii : Mr; 11. During, CUl-Billllcs, Rev. J. Pycroft, Mr. H. Cullil‘. Kev. (leu. Cotterill, Mr. C. A. Brown. Four other members from Chicliester.I-Iastiiigs, Eastlmnriie. and Horsh in. ”nu Se Mr. G. W'. King i'i'z. Brunswick Place, Brigliton; Mr. C. H. Smitli, JH, Slllp‘ feet, Brighton, mid Moustow's Manor, Hcnfield. It would lie diflicult to write at all cheeringly' of Sussex cricket in 1878. Tlie ahseiice of Mr. J. M. Cottcrill was of course greatly to be regretted, but the