James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

T H EM A R Y L E B O N E C L U BIN 1881. 5 7 (11) Englandv. Thirteen of Kent. Canterbury , Aug. 1, 2, 1881 . Thematchhad been set apart for the benefit of Henty, once wicket keeper to the County , but , unfortunately , from several causes , it was not a success . Owingto fixtures of their own, none of the Yorkshire Eleven could help England, and Kent had not only lost Lord Harris , Messrs . Frank PennandCunliffe , but to aggravate its ill luck, Mr. W. H. Patterson , its best available batsman, was disabled after making three runs. T omake matters worse the wicket was really dangerous throughout , so that the cricket lost all its interest . Messrs . A. J. Webbeand Vernoneach got 41 for England , but the Kentish batsmen were not at their ease with the bowling of Morley and Barnes on the bumpyground, and the highest con- tribution was the second score of 36 by Collins , a professional whohadbeen butlittle tried . Perhaps the best feature of the matchwas Mr. E. F. Tyle- cote's wicket keeping for Kent. As the ground was it was a good perform- ance to stand up to the fast bowling as he did, and take it well . England w o nby ten wickets . England, 224 and 28 (no wickets down) ; total , 252. Thirteen of Kent, 94 and157; total , 251 . Morley(England) O v e r s. 8 6 M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s, 5 3 8 8 1 1 (12) K e n tv. G e n t l e m e nof E n g l a n d(12 a side ). Aug. 3, 4, 1881 . The match originally stood as Gentlemenof Kentv. Gentlemenof Eng- land, but with Mr. A. Penn and Major Fellowes , besides others , unable to play, it waswisely decided to add professionals to the Kentish side . Several of those whose namesappeared had little right to a place in the twelve called the Gentlemen of England, but such trifling matters are fortunately not allowed to disturb the arrangements of the Canterbury authorities . TheGentlemenincluded the brothers Lyttleton , Messrs . A. G. Steel , A. J. Webbe, I. D. Walker, Vernon, and Hornby, but the wicket as at the first matchplayed very falsely , and as the deliveries of Mr. Foord-Kelcey and George Hearne proved to be more deadly on the bumpyground, Kent were able to reverse the result of the first match, winning by nine wickets . Kent, 143 and 80 (two wickets down) ; total , 223. Gentlemen of England , 92 and 132 ; total , 222. Mr.Foord-Kelcey. O v e r s. 6 0 - 1 2 5 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 1 2 W i c k e t s. 1 1 (13) I Zingariv. G e n t l e m e nof E n g l a n d. Aug. 5, 1881. Before the commencementof this matchmost of the principal amateurs w h ohad figured in the two previous contests had evidently become tired of false wickets and the general dulness of the cricket , and sought other fields . At least none of any importance but the brothers Lyttleton ,