James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

A F E WL O O S ES T R I N G S . 2 8 9 C H A P T E R X I. A Few Loose Strings . * T H EL A R G E S T I N D I V I D U A L N N I N G S R E C O R D . C A I U SC O L L E G E L.V.C.v. E M M A N U E L L.V.C. Cambridge, July 12, 1881. E M M A N U E L L . V . C . 4 1 5 C.H.Allcock ,c Broughton, b Fitzgerald 66 C A I U SL.V.C. G. C. Fitzgerald , 1 b w, bRoe 2 9 W .N.R o e, not out C. E. Broughton, b Roe.. 1 5 F. S. Sanders , c W.B. Allcock , b C. H. J. S. Austen, c andb D a v y 2 5 A l l c o c k 1 4 H. S. Cooper, b B u r d 3 2 W .C. D a v y, c Hewetson, b R o e 2 1 A. Hewetson, c L y n c h, b D a v y 1 2 1 C. S. Bayley, c Creak, b C. H. Allcock 0 W .B. Allcock, notout 8 E . L. B u r d, b C. H. Allcock 0 Byes 30, 1 b 4, w 4, n b 3..... 4 1 R. Threlfall , c a n db Roe.... 4 G . W .L y n c h, b C. H. Allcock 2 Total 7 0 8 F. M . Clarke, motout 5 F. E. Nicholl , b C. H. Allcock G. Lenox-Conyngham, b Roe Byes6, 1 b 1... 3 0 7 3 Total 1 0 0 Since 1868, Mr.E. F. S. Tylecote's 404 notoutfor Classicals v. Moderns, at Clifton Col- lege ,hadbeen the largest individual innings recorded , but Mr. Roe's score exceeded this b yeleven. Mr.R o ewasof MagdalenCollege, but was, withanother, giventoE m m a n u e l. H ewasin fourhoursandfifty -five minutes; and his hits wereonesix, six fives , sixteen fours , forty-eight threes , fifty -two twos, and sixty -seven singles . H eonly gave two chances, thefirst after h eh a dm a d etwohundred. A S I D EW I T H O U T A R U N . M E R I D E N v. N E T H E RW H I T A C R E . August 13, 1881. M E R I D E N . N E T H E RW H I T A C R E . E. Skidmore, b H a n d s c o m b e.. 4 O l d h a m, c W a t s o n, b Hicken.... 0 R. T h o m p s o n, b Fiefield. 1 8 Smith, b Watson.... 0 E. Hicken, h w, b Cupit 1 2 G r e e n w a y, b Hicken 0 W .Watson, c a n db Fiefield. 1 Cupit, c Fitter,b Hicken.. 0 A. Garratt, b Fiefield 2 H a n d s c o m b e , c andb W a t s o n 0 W .Boden, b Fiefield 0 B o o n h a m, b Hicken 0 J. Glover, b Fiefield 1 W h i t e, b W a t s o n.. 0 J. Sharp , c Greenway, b Fiefield . 1 4 Fiefield , b Hicken 0 S. P. Thompson, b Handscombe 2 Keighley, h w, b Hicken 0 W.Thompson, not out 1 Dabbs, b Hicken 0 F. Fitter, b H a n d s c o m b e 2 Dale, notout 0 E x t r a s 1 6 E x t r a s 0 T o t a l 7 3 T o t a l 0 *OnDecember6, 7, 8, 1879, East Melbourne scored 742, v. Tasmaniaat Melbourne, and on July 20 and 21, at Derby, the Friars scored samenumberv. Gentlemenof Notts. These are the largest innings byaneleven . L