James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

57 sur rise to anyone to hear of their defeat by an innings and 713 runs. 11.0.0. an Ground, (39 and 52; tot-51,121. Cambridge 15‘l. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wckts. M. A. G. Steel (Cambridge) .. 32.1 13 4.1 10 (3) M.C.C. and Ground 1}. Kent. llliiy 20 and 121. With Messrs. 1“. Penn. b‘oord, Kelcey, and Absalom away, Kent was very weakly represented. Murylebone on the other hand was anything but strong, with lllr. XV. (1. Grace, Alfred Shaw. and Morley nwzty', and Mr. Hornby, the only amateur of any pretensimisi Kent dill very little execution with the ball, but. its butting was even worse, and Hearue (I4 and 29) rind Mr. V, K. Show (17 and 1) alone got double figures in the match. Wheii Mr. Alfred Penn and Hearnc were collared there was no one else zit all likely' to take effect with the ball, and llInrylehone with a. totiil of 199 lnid an easy win by on innings and 10~l runs. 11.0.0. mid Gi'ound, 199. Kent, 39 and 56; total, 95. Rylott's bowling tor l\[.C.C. was sensntioniil. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. (12.3 42 34 ll (4) M.C.C. and Ground 11. Lancashire. Lord’s, May 23, 24. A mutcli with faiir completed innings without a total higher thnii 99. Exee t for its “ round," represented on this occasion by W. Myci'oft, Shaw, Hearne, inn Mm- 1ey, t is: Club was weak, but Bnrlnu', Messrs. Hornby, nnd D. Q. Steel were the only batsmen ot the County who could do anything with the bowling of Show, and Barlow in the first innings performed the not commoii feet of going in first and carryiiig out his but for 114. Mr. Strntford (2-1 and 18) was the only one to get double figures encli time for the Club, and the bowling of Mr. A. G. Steel generally puzzled the batsmen so much that the County ultimately won by 55) runs. Laucnshire, 99 and 81 ; total, 183. 11.0.0. and Ground, 58 and 66 ~, total, 124. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wckts. Mr. A. G. Steel (Lancashire 4 19 42 12 Show (M.C.C.) 45 as 12 h). (5) M.C.G. and Ground 1). Derbyshire. Juneiland~l. A matcli almost completed in a day. Two dangerous batsmen, Mr. W. G. Grace and Hoii. E. Lyttelton, were on the side of the Club. but the bowling was not particularly strong, being confined to Mr. W. G. Grace, vaott, Clayton. and Mr. Stratfortl. In the first innings of the County, Mr. RP. Smith‘s 17 was theouly double figure, and thougli Plotts hit. well for 50 in the second attempt. the scoring all roulld had been so low 0“ the first day that thirtymvo wickets had falleii for only ‘ 7 runs. Heavy rain 11nd made the ground in n wretched state on the seeon dogv, but it did not suit the bowling of Derbyshire so much as was expected, and M410. won easily enough by five wickets. 11.0.0. aml Ground, 74 and 81 (five Wickets); total, 155. Derbysliiro, m; and 118; total, 154. Overs. Maideiis. Runs. Wekts. Mr. W. G. Grace (1st inns., Derbyshire)... 28 15 223 8 (6) M.C.G. and Ground 1): Hampshire. Juiie G, T. Another motcli of very brief duration, com leted with onl zui hour‘s ls on the second day. The County was fairly strgng, with Messll's. Ridley, lipunl’mn, flvd Lougmnn all in the Eleveii, but the bowling did not seem in my way to disturba not very strong butting team of the Club, and Tate alone dltl the execution. Mr. A. H. Strntford was the chief scorer in the one innings of