James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1880. 5 5 very poor, and Derbyshire had to be content with a first innings of 26 Morley taking six wickets for nine runs . M.C.C. won by an innings and 101 runs. M.C.C., 201. Derbyshire , 26 and 74 ; total , 100. Morley(M.C.C. ). Overs. Maidens, R u n s. Wickets, 5 3 3 2 4 3 1 1 (8) M.C.C. andGroundv. CambridgeUniversity. Lord's , June 21, 22, 23, 1880. The first matchof the Universities ' trial weekat Lord's , Marylebonehad a strong eleven , including Messrs . Lucas , Pearson , Vernon, Ridley , with Barnes , Pilling , Shaw, and Morley , and everything was in favour of good cricket . The scoring all round though was only moderate , and neither in batting nor in bowling did the Cantabs makea very favourable impression . Messrs. A. G. Steel andC. T. Studd were indeed the only membersof the University team to show up at all creditably , and the pair made as many as 81 out of 138 runs in first innings . Mr. Steel's bowling, too , wasaccount- able for ten wickets ; but, with the exception of Messrs . C. T. Studd and Wilson, the attack was voted as weak, and their defeat by 49 runs did not satisfy their partizans . M.C.C. , 185 and 125 ; total , 310. Cambridge , 138 and 123 ; total , 261 . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets, Morley(M.C.C.) Mr. Steel (Cambridge) 1 4 2 1 0 1 8 1 5 3 1 4 3 9 8 1 4 1 0 (9) M.C.C. andGroundv. OxfordUniversity. Lord's , June 24, 25, 1880. A neleven very similar in strength to that placed by M.C.C. in the field against Cambridge, madethis match a fair test as far as cricket can ever be reliable . M u c hwas expected from the fast bowling of Mr. Evans on the Oxford side , but Barnes removed his sting at the outset , and his two wickets cost as manyas 86 runs . But for the slow round of Mr. Harrison , the Clifton captain of 1879 , which showedseven wickets for sixty -nine runs , the Oxford bowling was feeble , much weaker than that of Cambridge, thoughthe last five wickets of M.C.C. only added nineteen runs . Messrs . Trevor (20 and 30), Evans (30 and 22), and Thornton(36 and 12), were the most prominent performers with the bat for Oxford , but taken all round, the eleven was by no meansa superior one on the formof this one match. Barnes went in first for the club, and carried out his bat for 118 . M.C.C. wonby nine wickets . M.C.C. , 236 and 13 (one wicket down) ; total , 249. Oxford , 134 and 114 ; total , 248. Midwinter(1st Innings , Oxford) .... Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 9 7 (10) M.C.C. andGroundv. Hampshire. Lord's , July 15, 16, 1880. 3 It wasnot a high compliment even to a county struggling for existence like Hampshire , to place in opposition to it an eleven composed of Messrs ,