James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1880. 6 5 Wootton, a youngster, whohad shownup well in the Colts ' matchearly in the season , proved too effective with his left round-arm bowling, andcon- sidering that he took six wickets , among them, those of Hon. A. Lyttelton , Messrs. I. D. Walker, Pearson, and Selby, for fifty -four runs, it wasa rare performancefor so young a cricketer . Kenthad 141 to win, andbut for the unwearieddefence of H o n. Ivo Bligh, they wouldhave fared badly. Abad decision gave Mr. A. Pennin on an appeal for run out, whenthings were beginning to look rather dubious for Kent, and the victory ultimately was theirs by three wickets , Mr. Bligh taking out his bat for 69 out of 142 . Thefielding on both sides was exceptionally good, two catches , one by Flowers at long on, which disposed of Mr. Frank Penn in the second innings ; the other, by Mr. Jones at long off , which settled Mr. C. I. Thornton, in England's second effort , being particularly noticeable . Kent, 189 and 142 (nine wickets down); total 331. England, 172 and 157 ; total , 3 2 9. (13) Gentlemenof Englandv. Gentlemenof Kent, Canterbury , August 5, 6, 7, 1880. Unlike the samematchof the previous year, on this occasion the Gentle- m e nhadsomething like a representative eleven , though there were still weakplaces to be found. Both sides weresurprisingly weakin bowling, andhence somehigh scoring was witnessed , though hardly so high as had been expected. Another splendid score of 120 by H o n. A. Lyttelton was the chief feature of England's one innings , and Mr. R. A. Mitchell showed in his 61 that his play had lost little of its pristine force . But for Lord Harris, whocontributed 74 out of 145, Kentwouldhave madea poor show in their first attempt,but they redeemedtheir reputation in the second, and whenplay was prematurely stopped by rain , they had got 209 for the loss of five wickets ; Mr. F. Penn74, H o n. Ivo Bligh 73. O nthe whole, though the cricket wasmuchinferior to that of the early part of the week. Kent, 155 and 209 (five wickets down) ; total , 364. England, 363. Although the week ended as it had begun in rain , it proved , as far as cricket was concerned, moresuccessful than manyof its predecessors , and the excellent batting of H o n. A. Lyttelton , Barnes, Lord Harris , H o n. Ivo Bligh , the bowling of Shaw, Wootton, Mr. Cunliffe , and the grand fielding shown in the opening match, will not soon be forgotten in Kentish circles. F