James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

4 2 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (3) M.C.C. andGroundv. Sussex. Lord's , M a y16 and 17, 1881 . Marylebone paid Sussex a doubtful compliment in opposing them with no better bowlers than Mycroft and Messrs. Robertson and A. J. Ford. Raindid not improve the ground towards the finish , and the Sussex team had not a pleasant task in their second innings to face the bumpy delivery ofMr. Robertson , who took seven wickets for 46 runs . Mr. Hornby made 6 8out of 104while in for M.C.C., a n d Mr. R. T. Ellis reached the same number for the County , but otherwise the scoring was not higb . M.С.С. w o nby seven wickets . M.C.C. , 210 and 64 (three wickets down) ; total 274. Sussex, 182 and91; total , 273. Mycroft(M.C.C.).. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets 9 0 . 1 5 7 9 0 1 1 (4) M.C.C. and Ground v. Oxford University . Oxford, M a y16, 17, and 18, 1881. Marylebone was much stronger with the ball than with the bat , and yet strangely enough it was with the latter that it was most successful . Thanks to bad fielding and dropped catches Messrs . W. H. Fowler, of Somersetshire (61), and Foljambe (99), scored very fast against the University , but the best score of the innings was Barnes' 60. It certainly said little for the Oxford bowling that such an eleven of M.C.C. should have been able to make334 runs , but on the other hand it wassubsequently shown that their batting must be strong to explain such totals as 219 and 222 against such bowlers as Shaw, Morley, Barnes , and Flowers. Mr. Leslie , the Rugby Captain of 1880 , madehis first appearance for the University in this match, and his second innings of 111 not out was a remarkaole display of defens ve batting , under certainly unfavourable circumstances of ground and weather. H eonly gave one chance, that late in the innings , and in appraising his performance it must be rememberedthat he was opposed by four of the best bowlers in England. In all 775 runs were scored for 30 wickets ; a remarkable average for a newground. M.C.C. , 334, Oxford, 219 and 222 ; total, 441. (5) M.C.C. and Groundv. Lancashire. Lord's , M a y19 and 20, 1881 . Lancashire was only poorly represented , and for once Mr. Hornby, in addition to Messrs . A. G. Steel , Royle, and Appleby, was away. Marylebone was, onthe other hand, stronger at least in batting than it had been in any of the previous matches, so that the odds certainly seemedto be in favour o the Club. Unfortunately the weatherhad affected the wicket so m u c h that the bowlers had all the best of the play, and hence the scoring w a s lower than might have been expected . Mr. A. P. Lucas went in first for M.C.C. in the second innings , and carried out his bat for 43 out of 126 ; but