James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

1 0 0 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. C H A P T E R III. T H E U N I V E R S I T I E SA N D P U B L I CS C H O O L S I N1879. THOUGH perhaps not quite so strong all round as in 1878 , the Cambridge eleven were in every way superior to their rivals at Oxford , and the Inter- University proved , as was expected , an easy win for the Light Blues . Gene- rally Public School Cricket was hardly up to the highest standard , but this maybe to a great extent accounted for by the rainy weather , which in many cases almost entirely prevented any chance of practice . T h e r es e e m e dto b e little difference between Harrowand Eton on the form at Lord's , and the Etonians only beat Winchester by 45 runs . Rugby proved too strong for Marlborough , and the latter defeated Cheltenham , who just settled Clifton , Forrest the Cheltenham Captain bowling the tenth Clifton wicket with the last ball of the match . The best Public School bat of the year , beyond all doubt , was C. F. Leslie , the Rugby Captain , a fine and powerful hitter , and in bowling C. T. Studd (slow round ) of Eton , who goes to Cambridge , H. Rotherham (very fast round ) of Uppingham , and H. Hardwick (slow round ) of Marlborough werethe mostsuccessful . C A M B R I D G E U N I V E R S I T Y . OFFICERS FOR 1879.-President and Treasurer , Rev. A. R. Ward, Μ.Α. Captain , Hon. A. Lyttelton , Trinity College . Secretary , L. K. Jarvis , Trinity College . Assistant Treasurer , A. G. Steel , Trinity Hall. OFFICERS FOR 1880.-President and Treasurer , Rev. A. R. Ward. Captain , A. G. Steel (Trinity Hall ). Secretary , Hon. Ivo Bligh , Trinity . Assistant Treasurer , H. E. Whitfeld (Trinity ). R e s u l t so fM a t c h e s. Matches played , 6 ; Won, 4 ; Drawn , 2 ; Lost , 0. C l u b Opponts W h e r e Opponents Played W h e n Played 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y Inn. Inn. Inn. Inn. Matches W o n(4) A nEnglandEleven M.C.C.andGround Cambridge M a y15-17 155 و د M a y22, 23 231 S u r r e y O v a l June19, 20 225 O X F O R DUNIVERSITY Lord's June30, 198 72* 121 104 4wkts ; *6 wktsd w n. 9 5 58 Inningsand78 runs. 3* 120 107 10wkts; *no wktsd. 16* 149 64 9 wkts; *1 w k td. July1, 2 MatchesDrawn(2) R e m a r k s Gentlemen of England Cambridge May26-28 146 122* 146 126 *3 wickets down. M.C.C.andGround Lord's J u n e23-25 7 2 4 7 241 - Cambridgewanted 5 runstow i n. O n ewicketd o w n.