James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

6 2 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. 1852 Players wonby 5 wickets 1853 Gentlemenwonby60runs 1854 Players wonby9 wickets 1855 Players wonby7 wickets 1856 Players wonby2 wickets 1857 Players w o nby13 runs 1858 Players wonby 285 runs 1859 Players wonby 169 runs 1860 Players wonbyaninnings and181 runs 1861 Players w o nby aninnings and60 runs 1862 Players wonby 157 runs 4 1863 Players w o nby8wickets 1864 Players w o nbyaninnings and68 runs 1865 Gentlemenwonby8 wickets 1866 Players wonby38 runs 1867 Gentlemenw o nby8 wickets 1868 Gentlemenw o nb y8 wickets 1869 Gentlemenw o nb y3 wickets 1870 Gentlemenwonby 4 runs 1871 D r a w n 1872 Gentlemenw o nby7 wickets 1873 Gentlemenw o nbyaninnings and55 r u n s 1874 Players wonby2 wickets 1875 Gentlemenwonby262 runs 1876 Gentlemenw o nby aninnings and93 r u n s 1877 Gentlemenw o nby1wicket 1878 Gentlemenwonby206 runs 1879D r a w n 1880 Gentlemenw o nby 5wickets 1 O nthis occasion the Gentlemenhadthe assistance of Redgate andCobbett. 2This was called the Barn-door match, or ' Ward's Folly , the Gentlemen using wickets 27in . by 8in., the Players 36in . by12in . 3 TheGentlemeninthis matchreceived the assistance of Pilch, Cobbett , and W e n m a n. 4 In this matchboth teams were under thirty years of age. (8) E t o nv. H a r r o w. July 9, 10, 1880. From their previous performances the Etonians were the more fancied , although not so muchas before their matchwith Winchester, whichthey hadonly w o nby nine runs. Harroww o nthe toss , which gave them, of course , an advantage, but the wicket during the rain was never in good batting order , and the hitting therefore appeared to be a little slow. Harrowhad the stronger batting eleven all through, as the last half of the Etonside was extremely weak, and indeed, in their two innings , the last five batsmenonly contributed 36 runs. In fielding , thoughboth sides were good, the Etonians were, if anything, a trifle the smarter ; but in wicket- keeping the Harrovians had undoubtedly the advantage, and, indeed , in M. C. Kempthey had the best school performer with the gloves since the days of H o n. A. Lyttelton . Paravacini , the Eton captain , whowas, per- haps , the best all -round player in the match, bowled exceedingly well throughout , but otherwise the Eton bowling was very weak, and in this department Harrowshowed a great superiority . For Harrow, E. M. Hadow, the last of a celebrated brotherhood , played two very useful innings , the second much the better of the two ; but perhaps the best form was that of A. F. Kemp, who also bowled effectively , and will be of great service as captain in 1881. Harrowwonby ninety-five runs. R. C. Ramsayc Newtonb Paravicini A. F. K e m pb Paravicini H A R R O W . P. H. Martineau e Paravicini b Bainbridge J. D u n n, cGrenfell b Bainbridge . M .C. K e m p(Capt.) b Paravicini F. W .Stancombecandb Bainbridge W .E. Bolitho b Bainbridge F. W .P e m b e rc a n db Paravicini. E .M .H a d o wn o to u t F .G .L. L u c a sb Paravicini.. R. J. McNeillc a n db Jardine B y e1, leg-bye1, wide 1 Total........... 28 b Paravicini 15 c Curzonb Throwley 21 b Paravicini 1 1 1 8 2 0 bParavicini 1 5 9 candb Bainbridge . 1 4 8 notout 8 12 b Paravicini 1 9 b Paravicini 1 1 28 c Onslowb Bainbridge 4 9 10 b Paravicini 0 5 bParavicini 9 3 Byes2, wides 2...... 4 . 1 4 8 Total 1 4 2