James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

6 4 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (10) Over Thirty v. UnderThirty. July 19, 20, 1880. Thesecond matchunder this name, that of 1879 having been chosen as the occasion of the presentation of the W. G. Grace testimonial . Neither eleven was in any way representative , but some excellent cricket was shownon both sides , and the finish proved to be the most exciting of the year, Mr. W. G. Grace fitly enough was the hero of the match, and as he scored altogether 100 runs in the two innings , besides taking seven wickets , he did the seniors good service . Selby , who played an exceedingly good innings of 40, not out, strove hard to give the elders the victory , and nearly succeeded . W h e nPinder, the last m a ncame in, 17 were still wantedto win, but a grand piece of fielding at cover-point by Mr. Royle, in stopping a hard hit of Pinder's , turned the scale whenonly two remained to tie , and, as it proved, gave the juniors the match. Abaddecision gave Pinder out, caught at the wicket ; and, amidst some excitement , Under Thirty wonby two runs. Scotton (44 and 26) was the chief contributor for the juniors . UnderThirty , 189 and 127; total , 316. Over thirty , 175 and 139; total , 314. (11) R u g b yv. Marlborough. July 28, 1880. Amatch robbed of all interest by the obvious superiority of the Rug beians , and completed in a day. The Marlburians made a serious mistake in letting off the Rugbycaptain , C. F. Leslie , as he made 91 , before , he retired . Under any circumstances , however, the issue would have been the same, and the Marlburians were altogether over-matched. Their cricket all round was of a very poor kind, and the result was, with the ex- ception of the match in 1868, the severest defeat Marlborough has ever received in these contests . Rugbywonby aninnings and 120 runs . Rugby, 219. Marlborough , 71 and 28 ; total , 99. P. L. Hirst (Rugby), Overs. 1 9 . 3 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 1 7 1 3 (12) Englandv. Thirteen of Kent. Canterbury , August 2, 3, 4, 1880. In spite of the rain , which prevented a start until late on the first day, theopening match of the weekwas a great success . The cricket through- out was good, the fielding at times brilliant in the extreme , and the finish one of considerable excitement . Owingto other fixtures , Englandhadnot quite its best eleven , but still it was strong and more truly representative thansome seen at Canterbury on previous occasions . A fine not-out score of 74 by Hon. A. Lyttelton , and a surprise in the shape of twenty -three from Morley were the features of England's first innings , but Kentwere able to head them by 17 runs, thanks to the first batsmen of the eleven ; the last seven wickets only adding 38 runs . It seemed as if the England team were going to make a better score in the second attempt , but