James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

6 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. including four fours from one over of Barlow, and Mr. Frank Townsend , who played an excellent first innings of 43, did most of the scoring for the Seniors , andwhenit is added that Mr. G. F. Grace was the highest scorer for the Juniors in their first effort with 35 not out, and that Mr. W. G. Grace was ac- countable for the downfall of nine of the youngsters ' wickets , it will be seen that Gloucestershire had a field day. Over Thirty , 138 , 54 (three wickets ) ; total , 192. Under Thirty , 111 , 80 ; total , 191. The Seniors wonby seven wickets . Mr. W. G. Grace (2nd Innings Juniors ) Barlow(1st InningsSeniors) O v e r s 4 6 3 4 :3 M a i d e n s R a n s W i c k e t s 3 1 2 0 3 4 3 2 6 5 On the second day, during the luncheon hour , the presentation was made to Mr. W. G. Grace , in front of the pavilion by Lord Fitzhardinge . His lordship stated that 770l . 14s . 6d. had been collected in Gloucestershire including a donation from His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and 50l . from the Surrey County Club, and the total sumwhich would be placed to Mr. Grace's credit , including the value of the clock and ornaments, would be about 1,400l . After a reply from Mr. Grace, Lord Charles Russell , an old member of the Marylebone Club , made a neat and effective speech , eulogising Mr. Grace's skill as a cricketer . He had. he said , certainly seen greater men in one depart- ment of the gamethan Mr. Grace, but he would say, with a clear conscience , that he had never seen a better field , and he had never seen anyone approach him as a batsman . More than agility was wanted in playing cricket . The gamemust be played with head and heart , and in that respect Mr. Grace was eminently prominent . Looking at Mr. Grace's playing , he was never able to tell whether that gentleman was playing a winning or a losing game. He had never seen the slightest lukewarmness or inertness in him in the field . they wantedto see Mr. Grace play cricket , he would ask them to look at him playing one ball . They all knew the miserably tame effect of the ball hitting the bat instead of the bat hitting the ball , whether acting on the defensive or offensive . In playing a ball , Mr. Grace put every muscle into it , from the sole ofhis foot to the crown of his head ; and just as he played one ball so he played cricket . Hewas heart and soul in it . He had never heard a bell ring for cricketers to go into the field but Mr. Grace was in first . The testimonial , in addition to money, comprised a marble clock bearing this inscription : sented to W. G. Grace on July 22, 1879 , on the occasion of the match Over Thirty v. Under Thirty , played in his honour at Lord's ," and two bronze orna- ments representing Egyptian obelisks . (11 ) R u g b yv. Marlborough. Lord's , July 30, 31 , 1879 . I f "P r e - Onpublic form the match seemed an easy victory for Rugby, and the result confirmed the general expectation . The Rugbeians were a much stronger and more powerful eleven than their opponents , and in batting especially the Marlburians were very weak. They threw away their best chance , too , when they missed C. F. Leslie in the second innings at point when he had only made a very few , and the Rugby Captain , who ought to be heard of in county and first- class cricket later on, punished them heavily by scoring 80 out of a total of 144 . Hitchcock played pluckily for Marlborough in the second innings for 42, but there was no one to help him, and eight of the eleven together only subscribed 18 runs . The best bowling on either side was that of Hardwick (slow round ) for