James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

' iluuccste 77 (7) Gloucestershlre v. Sussex. Choltenhnm, August If». 20. The first match hy way at inauguratmg a Cheltonliam week proposed tn he established an a pcrm'ment hasis. after the fashinn of the time-henna ‘ctl fixture at (Jituterhnr It was an unfortunate contest. for a giant, as Si). , on its fnrni of INT was utterly incnpahlc Hf nieetiiig (ilunccstershire witli any chance of Rnccofi d the game was finished well heforc time on the sceenil d ; (lluuceste he scored very slen’l) u] were in all the first day fer only~ In? runs: to which the ltev. Hatter>lry inilli w gain chief contributor with z'nl not out. Of the Sn ex batting in the first, inninl no more severe comment can he made than t it the eleven were all (lirlllli oil in an hour by the howling of Messrs. \V. l. Grace nnrl (iilhe .. They hogan as luilly in the second innings with twn wickets down fl)!‘ seven. but fortunately James Phillips and Charl— wmiil put on togetlmr 510 rims. and the former carried out his [wt for a finely played 77. The last scvcii wicketsmily “than IN runs. and (Iloncestersliirc wmi by an innings anil 2?! runs. Gloucestctshire, lilT Snss ill and HF»; tutal, lT-I. Ovci M (lens. Runs. \\'ckls. ]'[l(l0( ussex) .. . :l|:._ in As 7 e (lst inning” 1! in u (8) Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire. Cllcltflllllml. August ' ’ I. Rain prevented any pl it all on the sceoiid iy, and cfiectiially spoiled what would prulmhly, under I mirahlc circlnustances, have heeii ml excitiiig match, Yurhehire were in all the first day, and when play eeasurl nine wickets were down for " 1. Hall, who hail gem in first wicket dim-n. lJeiiig not out K2, a thoroughly , ‘ play ml min- t. mime batting. When the chi-cc «me ,flill)crt., anil Moherly were all out fiii- fill. them seeineil a chance that liloueestershire would follow on, hut Messr ll‘ll‘VllFcHd (ll) and Cr isteii (Ilil). .':L\‘C(l them froni this, and when the game ceased Mr. “V, (l. (: ce had gut two of the best Yorkshire wickets down in second innings for 21) run. The game \' drawn. Gloucester shire. 173. Yin (5 fire. L’l'.’ and iii (twn wickets) ; total' ’ — (9) Gloucestershn‘e z'. Laneaslure. Clifton. August iii. 27, 2s. Bath Counties were fai y represented, though Midwinter was uwiw from llluncestemhire. The cunil on nf the grnnnd. which wris‘ as usual. snakiiig from ' ' <4 seemcil more ,uit‘.i\)lc for the bnwling of (ilonccstcrsliire than tha‘t at Lane ire. though all the live creek; of the lnttei‘ were present. Two him,»- men, M srs. Hin-nhy (ill) and Rnylr~ (an), contributed more than one half of the first tettil of Lancas re. null for the opposition \V. (‘n (-ll|)A:in(l (i. F. (lrn not out) dill mostuf the scoring. the hitter'sainirreproachahle innings. MW . (l. (lrncc and Gilbert hon-led unchanged throughout the second innings nE Laneashire. 'hieh only ninunntcil to TN, and Gluneestershire won by eight wickets. ire, ins and 32 (two wickets); total, - l). Lancashire, lfrl and 7:4; total, Maidens. Runs. \\'c‘.<t.=i W. G. iraee (Gloucestershire).. 211 ion 11 (10) Gloucester-shire v. Surrey. Ulil'tuii, August 2‘.‘, Ell), ill. t A match rmnarlrahle fur the slew rate : which tlic runs were got tlit‘mlglmut. Surrey were in all the first ' for lfyli runs at a. sacrifice of only three wickets. and of their only tontl 0 Jam) (no not out) and Mr. J. Shuter (an). alone cnntrillutfll 119. the former heing in six hours and three~qmirlers for his runs. Surrey looked to he well in it when they had get the Gloucestcrshire Eleven (hit for xi runs. hut in the "follow on” G. F. Grace (ml) and Townsend (lli nut nut) ruhlioil them of the victory that had at. one time appeared certaiii, anl the game hail to be drawn mueli in Sur Gloucestenhiio, SI and ltil (tinn- wickets) ; total. 2m. Surrey, Mai li-nr. Ruin. \\’i~k|s. Barrntt (list innings Gloucester) lli 38 5