James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

5 4 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L . H A R R O WB O W L I N G . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. K e m p(slowround) Shakerley(m e d i u mround) Routledge(fast round)... . . . Moncreiffe(fast round) Greatorex(slowround) . . . 9 3 1 7 0 6 7 . 2 3 9 8 9 7 3 2 . 2 1 8 3 5 2 2 8 1 4 3 8 5 1 7 3 3 5 5 Eton O fthe 57 matcheseachhasw o n25, a n d 7 have been unfinished. w o nthose in 1805, 1823 , 1824, 1825, 1827, 1828, 1832, 1835, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1850, 1862, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1874, and 1876. Harrowthose in 1818, 1822, 1833, 1834, 1836 , 1842, 1843, 1848 , 1849 , 1851 , 1852 , 1853 , 1854 , 1855 , 1857 , 1858 , 1859 , 1864 , 1865 , 1866 , 1868 , 1873 , 1878 , 1880 , and 1881 ; those in 1860 , 1861 , 1863 , 1867 , 1875 , 1877 and 1879 being unfinished . The Etonians do not count that in 1857 , as being for players over 20 years of age , (9) Gentlemenv. Players. July11, 12, 1881. Asingular contrast , at least in the matter of scoring , to the previous matchbetweenthe same sides at the Oval. Mr. Patterson , the hero of the Inter -University match, was selected , but could not play , owing to an injured hand, and Mr. Vernon took his place . Otherwise the elevens were as chosen , and no fault could be found with the composition of either , except that a place mighthave been found amongst the Gentlemenfor Mr. W. W. Read. The Players were fortunate in winning the toss , but from the first the wicket , though never dangerous , played treacherously , and indeed the groundbore unmistakable signs of hard usage anddry weather. A n extra- ordinary feat of bowling by Mr. Evans , the Oxford Captain , who clean bowled the three last wickets in his final over, was the only note- worthy feature in the first innings of the Professionals . The Players ' total of 95 was voted far too small for the Gentlemen, and from the w a y Messrs. Grace and Hornbybeganit seemed as if they were going to give their opponents a good turn of leather hunting . Twenty-four runs came from the first eight overs delivered by Bates and Morley, but directly Peate and Barlow came on the aspect of affairs underwent a remarkable change, and such bowling as that shown by the pair at Lord's , on the first day, has never been excelled in any match. Peate , to judge by the way in which he "stuck up " Mr. Grace , had evidently found a spot , and he worked very perseveringly at it , thoroughly beating the great batsman three successive balls . As a proof of the wonderful bowling of Peate and Barlow, it need only be instanced that it took an undoubtedly very strong batting side three hours and three-quarters to obtain a hundred and thirty -one runs ; and, indeed , the only batsmen who showed any confidence in playing Peate were Mr. Lucas, whose admirable defence in each innings was the feature of the match, the H o n. Alfred Lyttelton , and Mr. Steel . Mr. Studd, whohadnot been tried on the first day, was judiciously put on first in the second innings of the Players , and he got well on to the spot that Peate hadworkedso suc- cessfully . At one time it looked as if the Gentlemen were going to have