James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

46 largest number of wickets (196). anti a poll ofericlccters would, I should fancy, place Morley at the head of the fast bowlers. though Myeroft can show a very Kylett's bowltng for the Matylebonc Club was at times effective, line av age. , . . . and Emmett, hyreducmg hts pace, was able to point to a much better than at tlte end of the previous yearn Mr. \V. G. Grace and Hearnc sttmmat)‘ . , _ were both shghtly less successful tlt in 1878, but Barratt showed a great improvement, and among the others B “V, Bates, Rev. F. J. Greenfield, Mr. A. H. Stratfon], \\';\lsflll, and Mr. I-oord-Kelcev, the first four of them all slow round bowlers, all came out well. ‘ That the present Seerettu’y of the Marylehmw Clul) does not intend to "now“?! Sl’l":lrc of “Ul‘tl’ to he (lCCl‘t sctl will he gathered from tlte fact that the programme of _la year: showed the large number of serenty»scvcu engagements as.agatnst51.t\‘ we in 1878. Still, with the excepticm of three matches tn which the A altatis were opposed to M.C.C. and Ground Middlesex v. Cambridge Uni er 'ty, rcspeetivelv, there was no new attractioti’ The match between M,C.C. and Ground and. ngland, might be made one of the most interestingeontests ofthe season uete the Elevens thtirou hl ' representative, but in this case the grourid was itt a dreadful state owing ti) heavy rain, and linlglalnd wpln lbylthrtzc wicke , The SOUTH mtgtt tat~c (It tic best Of it with the No ,, . \\'hitsuntide matclt at Lord's had they no’t thrown their hiétucli‘atiifs niiii'llflrl and as it was Mr. \\’. G. Grace chivalrously permitted play to be ettt‘antfiiUl the “fl“u‘es OW" time to allow tlte Northerner-s to win by three \l l' tc< n resuit for- which they were chicflyindebted to thc eflectis,e h'tttin r‘PCfcls' and iimntett at the finish. Tlie Inter-University match pt’et-ctigtg 1 "l‘lcr one-sided alh" that was pl'CtliL'lUtl. and though Cflflllfl'ltltvc did “0th {EC come up to expectation with the hat, Oxford showed such “Kraut of )ltl lqu‘ c1 felt so cempletely to pieces in the secontl innings that the Light Bluct- has; “l‘l‘v eneugh by 238 runs. Tlie match between the Gentlemen and i’lat-.,._ns,l,) remarkable for two brilliant innings of 83 and 64 by Sell) 7‘ TL > “145 Players, and of some equally tine batting by Mr. \V. (i. (irice i'l or. “E 90 in his first effort,. anti Ht>n II. Lyttclton, Whose 4,' and 160(SL10red lflmciy been equalled 011 the occuston of a first "l’lwfll'nlijc 3.“ fl . ) itnc contest. The Gentlemen att nu excellent wicket won easil -h't 206 1-18 {Win}: the only other match at Lord‘s that was really eicitin'r Tn”, Kind between Eit)!‘ and Harrow, when Tran-son’s plucky battin' iii tl‘“s “at lnnittpfi fairly turned the tide agaitist Etoii, attd Harrow wori f - -m secnnd finish by only twentyruns, “191 d glorious AT the Oral ere “r match was 5 toiled more 01‘ less , , 4 only fuur matches ot' any particulni interest, of course ricel iiiiiafllill “Kim ‘v?"° the County Eleven participator]. Strangelt' enounh the clam at SSE 1,“ which Gentlemen anti Players, usually pt‘oduetive’of high run. ettici ftueen the able for short Scams, and the Players, With apparentltg even-billy“ iemnflf‘ fat-our oil the cnnuneneement (if their second innitms losit aft ,1) 1,111“? m the"- runs The ntatclt hetween Gloucestershire and Enzlitmi eit’thl a] l y fifty-fire regntn the laurels it had lost in the previous year. (Houéeff i 19 latter to fortunate in losing Midwinter ‘lmwling in the middle ef the h f“ tire was un- llilc ‘ slow round was perhaps missed, but the play was alum game, and Mr. the wet WlCliCtS, and ott the iill'lii of the County in 13:8 _ge le' Sporled b)’ hands of art inferior Eleven of England by six wicketsl {its defeat by flw Much in]; was slung over the match between the AustraliahflgsqzqtlfurlllliISlPo' of England, {DT'WlllCll' the Cemmtttee had granted the {role its‘e (if n“: “be? and an aeritnonteus dtseussion cnstted between the Australian w grount‘i sonic of out‘ leading prolesstenals, which culminated in the aisénc'cngilififia‘iflzr from the game. Into the merits of the case I do not intend to enter; there