James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1 8 8 0. 5 9 the average . Mr. I. D. Walker (27 and 74) punished the bowling of the University severely , but it wasnotby any meansof heavy calibre , andMr. Evans, the great gun of the side , was not so destructive as usual , his six wickets costing 112 runs . The Oxford batting and fielding , too , were in no way brilliant , and a rather uninteresting game ended in a draw. Middlesex, 210 and 211 ; total , 421. Oxford, 144 and68 (two wickets down) ; total, 212. (6) Oxfordv. C a m b r i d g e. June 28, 29, 1880. The forty -ninth meeting between the Universities , and the twenty- third victory of the Cantabs, who at the present time are two matches to thegood. O npaper Cambridge had a strong eleven, and though some of the usually most reliable batsmenhad been doing little in the early matches, an easy victory was confidently predicted for them. Oxford was voted to have an outside chance should Mr. Evans, their fast bowler, be favoured with a wicket to help him, but the ground played well throughout , and the success of the Cantabs was never in doubt. With only 166 against them Oxford just averted a follow on, and it was solely due to the plucky stand made by the last batsman, N. McLachlan, who joined E. T. Hirst whensix runs were still wanting to save the innings , that the Oxonians were only 34 runs behind on the first hands . It was hardly expected that Oxford would make a close finish with 267 to win, but the display was even below expectations , and Mr. Fowler's slogging score of 4 3 was the only relief to a very uninteresting innings . Several of the Cambridgebatsmen failed to maintain their reputations , and byfar the best cricket o n either side w a sthat of Mr. G. B. Studd. Mr. Steel's bowling was very effective towards the close , though heavily punished in the second. Inthe first innings Mr. Morton's fast round-armproved very destructive to the tune of six wickets-three with successive balls-for forty -five runs . Mr. Evans, though not so deadly as he has been, kept up his end with great pluck , but otherwise the Oxford bowling was very feeble . Undoubtedly the Cantabs were much the stronger eleven, but w ehave seen muchbetter all -round cricket in an Inter -University match, C A M B R I D G E . H o n. IvoBligh (Eton) c Harrison b Pat- t e r s o n H. Whitfeld (Eton) b Evans A. G. Steel (Marlborough) b Harrison R .S. Jones(Private) bE v a n s C. T. Studd(Eton) b E v a n s.... G.B. Studd(Eton) 1 b w, b Evans C. P. Wilson(Marlborough) not out A. F. Ford(Repton)b Evans O.P. Lancashire(Rossall ) b E v a n s P. H. Morton(Rossall) bM c L a c h l a n C.W .Foley(E t o n)b Thornton...... Byes14, 1-b 3 Total 5 9 cT r e v o rb E v a n s.. 1 3 0 c F o w l e rb H a r r i s o n 3 2 19 st Fowlerb Evans 4 1 c Colebrookeb Harrison 2 1 c H i r s tb M c L a c h l a n 5 2 3 8 b McLachlan 4 2 1 3 c a n db Greene. 2 3 1 b E v a n s 0 5 b McLachlan. 2 9 1 2 n o to u t 1 6 0 b E v a n s 3 1 8 Total 2 3 2 1 7 Byes14, 1-b 4.... 1 6 6 O X F O R D . 3 notout E. L. Colebrooke (Charterhouse ) st Foley b Steel. A. H. Trevor (Winchester) st Foleyb Steel 18 b Steel 3 4 4