James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

6 2 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. (10) M.C.C. andGroundv. CambridgeUniversity. Lord's, June 19, 20, and 21. Thelast of the trial matches of the Cambridge Eleven. Marylebone had a strong team, and the scoring on both sides was above the average . The feature of Cambridge's first innings was a determined stand madeby the two last batsmen who added very unexpectedly 78 runs to the total . Mr. R. C. Ramsay taking out his bat for 60. In the second innings G. B. (94), and J. E. K. Studd (67), did a fine performance , scoring 163 before the first wicket fell . Marylebone had an almost hopeless task when they went in with 358 to win, and the only feature oftheir batting was the brilliant hitting of Mr. Hornby. H e went in first and carried out his bat for 121 , out of a total of 194. H ewas only two hours and twenty minutes at the wickets . This hitting was some of the best of the season. Cambridgewonby 163 runs. Cambridge 201 and 304 ; total , 505. M.С.С., 148 and 194 ; total , 342. (11) M.C.C. and Groundv. Oxford University. Lord's, June 22 and 23. Oxford had not its full strength , with Messrs . Leslie and Robinson away. Their defeat by a not very formidable eleven of M.C.C. was by no means hopeful for their prospects against Cambridge. The ground did not play very well owing to rain ; but the University bowling was only weakand seven of the Marylebone Eleven got double figures . E. D. Shaw (24 and 26) was the highest scorer for the University. T h echief feature of the matchwas the excellent cricket of Flowersfor M.C.C. His 52 was the best contribution onthis side, and he took ten wickets for 85 runs . M.C.C. won by an innings and 3 runs. М.С.С. , 224 ; Oxford 115 and 106 ; total , 221 . (12) M.C.C. and Groundv. Australians. Lord's , July 10, 11, and 12. In all probability the rain robbed M.C.C. of a victory that wouldhave been very popular. The Marylebone Eleven was very strong . Seven of them, Messrs . Grace, Hornby, G. B. Studd, C. T. Studd, Steel , Tylecote , and Lucas,hadplayed for the Gentlemen of England, and these , with Lord Harris , Mr. A. H. Evans, Barnes, and Flowers, constituted almost an England side . TheAustralians were without Boyle, but otherwise they had their full strength . Marylebone were lucky in winning the toss , and as the wicket was very easy and not in favour of the bowlers , the Australians were not seen at their best . Garrett took seven wickets for 89 runs, but Spofforth , Palmer, and Giffen were all very expensive , especially the last named, whose one wicket cost 90 runs. Rain prevented the delivery of a ball on the second day, but the play on the third was most interesting . The feature of the match was the brilliant batting of Messrs . A. P. Lucas andC. T. Studd. While they were together the score was raised from 102 to 206, and Mr. Studd's 114 was far and awaythe best cricket of the match. Aweekbefore , on the same ground, the same batsmen, for the Gentlemen against the Players , had put on 204 runs before they were parted. It was indeed Mr. Studd's match. The wicket was drying and getting very difficult whenhe wenton to bowl, but his bowling was almost as successful as his batting , andhe took four wickets for 16 runs . Auseful stand by Horan (42), and Bonnor (25), and some good batting by the eleventh man (Spofforth ) made the innings of the Australians larger than at one time seemed likely . They were though at the finish 164 runs behind, and in the state the ground then was the draw wasall in M.C.C.'s favour . M.C.C., 302 ; Australians , 138.