James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1880. 5 3 of Marylebone under favourable conditions of ground andweather was rather a surprise . Mr. G. Law's 54 in second innings of M.C.C. was the only notable batting performance of the match . Marylebone won by 103 runs . M.C.C. , 92 and 167; total , 259, Lancashire , 49 and107; total , 156. Rylott (M.C.C.) Watson(Lancashire ) O v e r. 4 6 . 1 Maidens. R u n s. 2 2 5 7 Wickets. 1 2 72-3 2 2 9 8 1 2 (2) M.C.C. and Groundv. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge, M a y13, 14, 15, 1880. Withthe exception of Mr. P. H. Morton, who did not assist themin the earlier matches , the Cantabs had all their strength , but they failed to show up well against a Marylebone Eleven , in which were seven professionals , including Shaw, Morley , Barnes , and Ulyett . The captain ( Mr. A. G. Steel ) played a fine second innings of 70, but otherwise the scores were small , and the bowling generally was below University form. Marylebone won by nine wickets . M.C.C. , 207 and 44 (one wicket down) ; total , 251 . Cambridge, 79 and 171 ; total , 250. S h a w(M,C.C.). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 8 0 9 9 5 5 3 (3) M.C.C. a n dG r o u n dv. Sussex. Lord's , M a y20, 21, 1880. T H EH I G H E S TS C O R EOF T H ES E A S O NIN A FIRST-C L A S SM A T C H. A crushing defeat for the county, and this at the hands of only an inferior eleven of the Premier Club. Seven bowlers were tried for Sussex , but all were equally devoid of sting , and the result was the largest total (429) madein a first -class matchin 1880. Mr. Pearson was badly missed early in his innings , but his score of 121 was only one short of the total m a d eby the Sussex team fromthe bat in their first attempt, and Mr. M. P. Lucas's 65 and 34, both got by very clean and well-timedhitting , were the only redeeming features of a very poor display of county cricket . Marylebone won by an innings and 178 runs . M.C.C. , 429. Sussex , 127 and124; total , 251. (4) M.C.C. a n dG r o u n dv. Yorkshire. Lord's , M a y24, 25, 1880. Marylebone, though with four weakspots in its team, was better repre- sented than in its two previous engagements at Lord's , andthe result was the fourth successive victory of the club . Considering the state of the ground, the scoring all round was surprisingly low, and the Yorkshire batting proved a woeful disappointment . Bates, with 19 and 18, being the highest contributor . The first four batsmen of Marylebone-Mr. Hornby, Midwinter , Barnes , and Mr. Pearson -subscribed 83 out of 107 from the bat; and in all 258 runs only were scored for 31 wickets . M.C.C. w o nby 10 wickets . M.C.C. , 115 and 15 (no wicket down) ; total , 130 , Yorkshire