James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

T H E COUNTIES IN 1880. 9 7 Mr. F. Penn (Kent) c Pilling b Bates ... 6 e Pilling b Morley LordHarris (Kent) c Lockwoodb Shaw... 7 cBates b Shaw..... 0 8 Mr. A. N. Hornby (Lancashire ) c Barlow b S h a w 8 b S h a w 7 1 H o n. Ivo Bligh (Kent) not out 1 2 c E m m e t tb Bates 1 0 Mr. G. F. Vernon(Middlesex ) c Morleyb S h a w 1 9 runout .... 1 4 Mr. G. Strachan(Surrey) c Shawb Mor- ley.... 4 b S h a w 11 Mr. E. F. S. Tylecote (Beds) c Juppb Morley... 0 c Batesb Barlow 6 Mr. P. H. Morton (Norfolk) c Ulyett b S h a w 0 L e g-byes 2 n o to u t B y e s 7 Total. 9 4 T o t a l .135 W .G. Grace. M o r t o n L u c a s S t r a c h a n B O W L I N GO F G E N T L E M E N . Overs. Maidens. Rutis. Wickets. 4 5 2 2 5 5 0 5 4 2 3 9 1 1 2 80-3 4 4 8 1 1 6 6 2 6 1 S h a w Morley B a t e s B a r n e s B a r l o w B O W L I N GO F P L A Y E R S . 5 8 4 3 2 2 7 2 5 2 4 5 2 2 2 0 4 6 4 1 0 1 2 5 2 1 (4) Englandv. Australia . September 6, 7, 8, 1880 . 1 5 2 0 1 Themost wonderful display of all -round cricket ever seen in England : Very little exception could be taken to the composition of the English eleven , and in every sense the match was a complete success . Spofforth's absence , owing to an injured hand, very materially interfered with the chances of the Colonials , and their bowling in the first innings was appa- rently very weak. England derived a great advantage , too , in going in first on a splendid wicket , and the reputation of English batsmen was fully maintained by a long total of 420 ; the scores of Messrs . W. G. Grace , Lucas , A. G. Steel , and Lord Harris being alike praiseworthy , as the result of really good cricket . In their first attempt the Colonials gave a very mediocre exhibition of batting , though the English fielding was brilliant ; and the catches which disposed of Alexander, Bonnor, and Moulewere real wonders ; that of G. F. Grace at long-on, froma tremendouslyhigh hit b y Bonnor, being one of the best w ehave ever seen. All hopes for the Colonials appeared gone when they followed on in a crushing minority of 271 runs, but the cricket that followed was all round far the most in- teresting witnessed for a long time . The wicket -keeping of the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton , especially to Morley's bowling , was simply perfection . Shaw, Morley , Mr. W.G. Grace , and A. G. Steel all bowled well , and the fielding was splendid ; but Murdoch , the Australian captain , played every kind of H 1