James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

J K AF E WLOOSE STRINGSWYJKII 2 3 9 v.Berkeley , J. Bates scored 108, not out . Hebroke the little finger of his right hand when he had made 64. For Lord Harris's eleven v. New South Wales , on January 24, every batsman got double figures in one innings or other . Longscores for first wicket.-On August 15, at Clifton , for Glou- cestershire v. Middlesex , in first innings Messrs . W. G. Grace and Gilbert made 160 runs before a wicket fell . On June 14, for Boston Park v. Una, Mr. G. H. Jupp and F. Read, went in first , and made 110 before they were parted . CarryingBatthroughInnings. In match between Marylebone Club andGroundv. Oxford University at Oxford, on June 5 W. Hearn went in first and carried out his bat for 58 out of 126 runs . On May 22, for Caius College v. Trinity College , Cambridge , F. E. Lacey went in first and carried out his bat for 137 runs . On July 26, for Boston Park v. Chiswick , F. Readwent in first and was not out for 80. On July 5, at Dewsbury, for Batley and Chickenley v. Dewsbury , Savile and United Clerks , A. Champion went in first a n d w a s not out with 6 8 out of 128. For Halewoodv. Farnworthon September 6, Mr. Haddock went in first and carried out his bat for 58 out of 155 . For Winsford v. Devon County School at West Buckland , F. C. Rowe of Harrow eleven of 1878 , went in first , taking out his bat for 47 out of a total of 83 . Tie M a t c h e s.-At Billington near Leighton Buzzard, a match was played between Billington v. Eddlesborough . It resulted in a tie on both innings , each side scoring 29 in the first , and 42 in the second attempt . A third innings was played , and after Eddlesborough had been got out for 38, Billington scored 39 for 4 wickets ; thus winning by 6 wickets . In match U. S. E. E. v. Eighteen of Birmingham , on June 17 , 18, 19 , each side scored 68 in first innings . The Ranelagh and Harcourt clubs both scored 68 on June14. SavernakeForest v. Swindonboth scored 42 on June 21. Gentlemen of England and Cambridge University both scored 146 on May 26 in first innings of match . OnMay17, Star v. Lower Norwood at Peckham Rye, each side scored3 2 runs. Featswith the Ball. - O nAugust 30 , for Boston Park v. Pallings- with, H. Tate took 8 wickets for 7 runs . OnAugust 2 at Brixton , for Melrose v. Equitable , C. Powell took 7 wickets for 1 run . For Newport (Mon. ) v. Landovery at Swansea , on June 17, J. Williams's analysis showed 8 wickets for 1 run. O n July 26, for Boston Park v. Chiswick , T. S. Croxford took 4 wickets (all bowled ), in an over of 5 balls . On May 31 at Kensal Green , for Kilburn v. Perseverance , W. Wilson took 8 wickets for 6 runs . On June 28 at Battersea Park, for same club v. Carlton , Wilson got 8 wickets (6 bowled ) for 2 runs . For West Buckland , Holiday Wanderers v. Rev. J. H. Copleston's eleven , C. H. Luxton bowled 7 overs (5 maidens ), for 2 runs and 7 wickets , In a match at Woodsome, September 21 , between Almondbury School and Huddersfield Colle- giate , Hallas and Sykes for former bowled throughout , and the analysis was, Hallas , 42 balls , 1 run , and 5 wickets ; Sykes , 45 balls , 0 runs , and 4 wickets , 87 balls being bowled for one run off the bat. In a match between Hull Town and Sheffield v. Shrewsbury , at Hull , on June 5, H. W. Hart bowled throughout first innings of latter , taking 6 wickets for no runs . In match between Gentlemen of Ireland and M.C.C. , all ten wickets of M.C.C. were bowled. W. Thomas's analysis for Battersea second eleven is well worthy of record . This lad , aged 15, took , during the season , 53 wickets for 133 runs , giving himan average of only 2 runs per wicket.Imoled elmtodi autle vd For other feats , see Notable Performances ,p. 2 3 3 . f c i u mchla