James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

75 (1) Gloucester-shire r'. Surrey. Oval, June 2”, '_’I, and 2" , Both sides were fairly represented,. though M s. Mobcrly, Miles and I‘ownsend were absent from the Gloucestershire team, and Sontherto n and anp had been nnwisoly, as was generally thought left out of tlie Surrey Eleveii, ivlucli this time includ0(l eight amateurs. Me (lame and Lucas eacli con- tributed 5.2,or together “1—1 out of a first aggrex to of 130 by Surrey. anrl tl “4 moderate total proved too much lerfllnncestershire, who were all. to the surprise of_tlio liuhlic, dismissed for 111, Mr. \V. G. (ix‘flcl‘e. wno had r ved himself till third Wicket dowri, contributing“). and Mr. E. “Wight, tn uteur debutant a very freely hit I} At the end of the secmid ( things were all in 1avour of Gloucesters ire, as Surrey had all been ( . sczl for 1m; in their 5°°°Ddjnninas and Gluucestershire made 11‘.’ out of 17“ w. ited to win, with only four Wickets dOWl], aml Messrs. W. G. (trace, and G. F. Grace butli not out. On the third morning, with five wickets to fall, including thait of BM. (t. F. Grace, it looked anyodds ml Gloucestershire, but. the Surrey tealn played up like men, and a hard won victory was theirs by only sixteexi runs. P. Johnson, a left hand round arm bowler, rather Over mediuin pace, made his rlulml in this mateli, and took eleven wickets for ”7 runs, but he hardly fulfilled this promisn wter in the season. Surrey, 1:30 and 11m; total, 28“. Gloucestersliire, 111 and 1.x. total. 27“. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Gilbert (lat innings, Surrey) ............ 2.l ‘J 31-3 U (2) Gloucestershire zr. Sussex. Brighton. June 2! " This was the commencement of it most inglorions campaign for Sussex, and the result a foretastc of what. was to seem frequently later in the scasoii. Sussex had neither Messrs. Cotterill. \Vhitfiol(l. .Smith, nor James Phillips, and the cricket it showed all round—batting, bowling and fielding—ri'as alike interior. Tlie Sussex batsmen in the first innings could not resist the temptations of Mr. R. F. Miles‘s off-balls, and, with seven men 011 the oil-side. most of them fell into the tral), H. Phillips aloiie contributing ll) out "f 11:5. Mn w. G. Grace failed to score, but the other members of the Downend family made full amends fur his shortcmniugs, us “ G. F.” subscribed 71, " the Docwr" fill, and \V. R. Gilbcr 3-1, or together 178 to the Gloucestcrshire total of 2:11. The sccoiid innings of 51 sex was worse than the first. and it only needs to be said that the home Elevcii were beaten by all inninr'. 07 runs. Gloucestershire, fill. Sussex 0:1 and TI ; total, 1111. c, . (3) Gloucestershire f’. Lancaslnre. . Manchestei‘, July 25, 26, LT. Tlio first match ever played between these Counties, and mic so universally attractive that fiftecii thousand spectators were present on the third day. On the first (lay rain prevented even the completioii of n.“ innings by Lancashirc but the home County. which by tlie way was very strongly represented, made a poor show with the bat. Barlo\v who went in first being tenth out for forty out of a total of eighty-nine. The Gloucestcrshire Eleven were all dis! ' ed for 1 11; by Mr. A‘ G. Steel and Wm, McIntyre. but they had a busy time of it in their next outing. The first wicket of Lancashire in the second innings fell at 10 and of these Barlow, who had been Mr. Hornby‘s compaiiioii had only subscribed ill, ”1" AmMCMl’Ciflg finally cauglit for mu. Gloucestershire went on a second time with 2:11; runs to win, and an hour and three quarters left for play, and when stumps were dran’ii six wickets had fallen for so that the draw was iii “WU“? of LEDCHSMI'D- Lancushire, Nil and ill“) ; total, Glunncstershire, 114; and 12: (six wickets); total Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Mr. R. F. Miles (lst innings, Lancashire) 40.2 $1 38 r