James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

1 2 3 KT H EC O U N T I E SIN 1879. EYLA 7 1 (1) Gloucestershire v. Surrey. Oval, June 5, 6, 7, 1879. Gloucestershire had nothing like its best eleven , with Messrs . E. M. Grace , Townsend, and Moberly away; but, thanks to W. G. and G. F. Grace, they managed to win easily enough , with ten wickets to spare . Surrey was very fairly represented , but the batting was exceedingly tame, and only Messrs . Lucas (5 and 41) and J. Shuter (0 and 32) showed any form . The brothers Grace between them scored 180 (W. G. , 123 , and G. F. , 57), or the western eleven would have fared badly, as the remaining eight wickets only added 39, and seven of the side altogether were accountable for only 26 runs . Gloucestershire wonby ten wickets . Gloucestershire , 239 and 4 (no wickets ) ; total , 243. Surrey 88 and 154 ; total , 242 . W . G. Grace (1st innings , Surrey ) .. Southerton(1st " O v e r s M a i d e n s R u n s W i c k e t s 52-2 3 0 2 7 4 3 4 6 5 5 Gloucestershire ) 46 M (2) Gloucestershire v. Lancashire. Manchester , July 24, 25, 1879 . On this occasion , in anticipation of a hard struggle , both counties mustered in almost their full strength , and there was every reason for predicting one of the best matches of the season . The Lancashire total of 184 was not by any means regarded as a difficult task for Gloucestershire , but the western cracks failed ignominiously , and Mr. A. G. Steel and W m. McIntyre so demoralised them that in the two innings only 128 runs were made from the bat , Midwinter (20 not out, and 14) being the highest scorer . In the first innings of Gloucestershire nine batsmen were accountable for 17 runs, and with the exception of one over by Watson , Mr. A. G. Steel and McIntyre bowled un- changed for Lancashire throughout the match . Lancashire wonby aninnings and49 runs . Lancashire , 185. Gloucestershire , 52 and 83 ; total , 135. A .G .Steel McIntyre O v e r s 6 8 - 3 5 9 M a i d e n s 2 9 3 2 R u n s 5 3 6 4 W i c k e t s 9 1 0 (3) Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire. Sheffield , July 28, 29, 1879. Yorkshire had not its full strength with Hill and Lockwood away, but in spite of this , the eleven managedto win one of the very best matches of the year by sheer pluck and good up-hill play . The home team did very well at the outset to get rid of four such batsmen as W. G. Grace , E. M. Grace, F. Townsend and Midwinter for 34 runs , but W. R. Gilbert (97) gave them considerable trouble , and an opportune display of hitting by Mr. J. A. Bush , who was credited with 57 gave Gloucestershire a good start of 253. Mr. Townsend's lobs proved Yorkshire batsmen to be still unequal to the task of playing slows , and whenthey followed on in a minority of 125 runs, the chances of a Yorkshire triumph seemed very slight . Avery finely -played 98 by Ulyett , and some useful hitting byMr. Bottomley, Watmuff, and Pinder, improved the appearance of matters , but still there were few doubtful of the ability of Gloucestershire to m a k ethe 71 runs wantedto win. Mr. W .G. Graceforsook his usual order of going in , and reserved himself for fourth wicket down ; but Peate and Bates established a thorough funk , and amidst the greatest excitement the Glouces