James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

5 6 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . O v e r s M a i d e n s R u n s W i c k e t s R y l o t t 3 0 7 1 7 1 2 8 1 7 3 7 A v e r a g e 7 : 2 2 Mycroft, W..... 276-1 1 6 9 2 8 2 3 6 7 : 3 0 Stratford, A. Η. 3 9 1 6 5 9 7 8 . 3 F l o w e r s. 156-1 8 0 1 7 6 2 0 8 - 1 6 - Tylecote, H. G. 1 2 3 1 9 2 9 - 1 H e a r n e , G. 6 6 3 0 8 4 9 9 - 3 Morley 236-2 1 2 3 2 4 9 2 4 1 0 . 9 W e s t 7 3 1 1 1 1 1 S h a w 3 4 6 - 2 1 9 5 2 6 7 2 3 11.14 B a r n e s 1 5 9 7 2 1 9 8 1 6 12.6 Clayton 7 5 3 6 9 9 7 14.1 Francis, C. K. 2 7 1 8 6 0 4 1 5 S t e e l e... 5 7 F T 0 1 2 7г о 9 3 4 2 3 - 1 Powys, W. N., bowled 6 overs for 3 runs ; Bray, E., 5 overs for 15 runs, neither taking a w i c k e t. E X T R A N E O U S M A T C H E SA T L O R D ' S. (In each case the winning side is placed first .) OpposingClubs W h e n Played 1st 2 n d 1st 2 n d Inn. Inn. Inn. Inn. 1 4 W o nb y (8) Etonv. Harrow (1) Middlesexv. Surrey (2) Northv. South (3) Yorkshire v. Middlesex (4) Middlesexv. Gloucestershire (5) Oxford University v. Middlesex (6)Cambridge v. Oxford ... (7) Gentlemenv. Players (9) Middlesexv. Notts (10) OverThirtyv. UnderThirty (11) Rugbyv. Marlborough July 1, 2 M a y29, 30 J u n e2-4 5 - 7 ود ود ود وو 9 - 1 1 129 64* 117 74 9 29 3 8 0 5 6 183 9 2* 95 179 4 11 0 9* 70 6 wkts ; *4 wkts down 4 9runs 19,20 113 182* 158 135 8 wkts; *2 wktsd o w n D r a w n; *5 wktsd o w n 7wkts; *4 wktsd o w n 30, & 7 - 9 198 16* 149 1 0 9 6 4 121 1 0 3 9 wkts; *1 wktd o w n D r a w n ود ود ود و د و و 1 1,1 2 1 4 - 1 6 8 2141 6 6 30, 31 141 144 9 9 8 5 6 7 69* D r a w n; *4 wktsd o w n 7 4* D r a w n; *2 wktsd o w n 21-23 138 54* 111 80 8 8 100 7 wkts; *3 wktsd o w n 97r u n s OpposingClubs (1 2) Englandv. ThirteenofKent (13) Gents of England v. Gents of K e n t(12 a side) C A N T E R B U R Y W E E K . W h e n 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Played I n n. I n n. I n n. I n n. August4-6 72 " 7-9 241 W o nb y 246* 142 174 4wkts; *6 wktsd o w n 158 181 8 7 1 3 1runs. (1 ) M i d d l e s e xv. Surrey. Lord's , M a y29 and 30, 1879 . Heavy rain on the night preceding the match , following an almost con- tinuous rain during the two first days of the week, had reduced Lord's to a swamp, and a commencement might well have been deferred until the second morning . Instead , when play did begin , at three P.M. on the first day, neither bowlers , batsmen , nor those in the field could gain a secure foothold , and the sight of fieldsmen unable to turn to get after a ball reduced the cricket to little short of a mockery. Messrs . Lucas (22 and 25) and Lindsay (45 and 3) played well, but the best cricket on the Surrey side was that of Boardman, a colt , who got 30 and 22 in very promising style . At the end of an innings , Surrey were