James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

65 Tlie following shows the results of the matches played at Lord‘s from the firs institution :— IBM Players won by 9 wickets. 1x ) Players won 1: fl wrekets* lHfll Player's wtni hy' an innings and 18 i Gentlemen (w 0 play'cd 18) won 25) runs. by . 4 . - "‘On this oceaSian the Gentlemen had the ‘ INN? Players won by an innings and ‘ 11) runs (n) ' 18:17 This was a secorrd match. the icntlexuen. who played Ill, istanec of lledgate and Cohbett. 1 Players won by H wickets Player's won by 7 u ckets ' Players won by wickets ‘ Players won by' 'l runs being defeated by' an innings [Nils Players won by runs and ilx runs ' 1831! Players won by 1159 runs 1835 PI “era won by 11] runs 1mm Players won by an innings and 131111 Drawn ; Isl runs 1X1!) Players wun hy 9 wickets , 1x61 Players won by air innings and Hill Players won by _ wickets no runs 1812 Gentlemen won by 115) runs 1 18-11: Gentlemen won by an innings i and in runs (0) ‘ lxll Players won by RN runs 1815 Players won by 117 runs 1x14; Gentlemen wen by 1 wicket lKlT Player's \\‘ul\ by' l» lNlK Gentlemen won by . runs 18“! Gentlemen won by an innings and -10 runs 18.31) Players won by an innings and 48 runs 18-31 Players won by' 311 innings and 1-1 runs lN-"il This was designated as a return match, the Players winning by an innings and 2 runs Playerswnn liyfx in ets Gentlemen won by 60 runs Players wen by' 1.37 runs (0) Players wnn liy x wickets Players won by an innings and 11K runs Gentlemen) won by’ T wickets Gentlemen won by an innings and 517. runs Players won hy 2 wickets lentlemen won by "l' ' runs Gentlemen won by' an innings and 95 runs ientlemen'wun by I wicket l i Gentlemen wnn by “1011 ruils (a) This wasealled the Barnaloor matcll, or “ Ward's Folly." the Gentlemen using wickets L’i'in. by' Hi ., the Players n. b)' I'lin (11) The Gentlemen iii this match received the as: and \Venmaxi. (a) In this match both teams were under thirty years of age. (5) Harrow v. Eton. Lord's, July 12, 1'1 Tlie rumour that had been circulated with regal'd to a probable alterati'in in the data at this annual match till after the Londuii season, fortunately for those whe regard it in the liglit of a speclacle, had turned out to be incorrect, and lo judge from the thousands who visited the ground on hell) days, the decision uf the authorities not to interfei'e Willi the previous arrangements for the contest must have beerr highly pupl ll‘. The defeat of Elan by \\'inehcster had nrit impressed the public in their favnur and the Harrm-jans were the more fancied. Harrow began well in winning the toss, but lliry- did not make a very hrilliantshow and were dismissed for 1151. Ema m-nle a grmd stairt with eighty runs and unly four wickets down. but the last five w as could only make fourteen runs, and, after all, Harrow had rm unexpected advantage of a couple of runs at the end nf air in- nings. At the close of the first day Harrow had 132 rulls to the gem] with only two wickets to fall. and there seemed small chance that the inateli u-ouhl last much over lunehcun time. l-‘ortunately for Harrow E. M. Lawson came to the rescue at a very eriticalmomelrt and to his very well-played and freely hit score of sixtysir D tance of Pilcli, Cohbett,