James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

7 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. tralians under a great disadvantage , and they had, too, the worst of the wicket , whichdid not play so well as on the first day. TheMarylebone Club, though , deserve every credit for a brilliant victory , and, but for their generally bad fielding , their success ought to have been far more decisive . M.C.C. wonby an innings and 115 runs. M.C.C. and Ground, 481. Australians , 184 and 182 ; total , 366. (6) M.C.C. and Groundv. Oxford University (12 a side) . Oxford, June 6 and 7. The ground, owing to heavy rains , was altogether against the batsmen, and, as a consequence generally low scoring . The Marylebone Twelve included Mr. J. G. Walker , Barnes , and Flowers ; otherwise there was nothing like a first- class batsman, excepting Attewell , in the team. Winning the toss , though , proved a great advantage to them, and their bowling as the ground played was so good that towards the finish the gamegrew very exciting . As it was, Oxford only wonjust before time. Mr. E. H. Buckland's slow round armbowling in the secondinnings of M.C.C.was remarkable. Overs. Maidens. 2 1 1 3 R u n s. 17.0 Mr. Keymade a six in each innings off Woof. Oxford, 134 and 70 (six wickets ) ; total , 204. total , 202. Flowers (1st innings Oxford) W o o f(2nd innings و د ) W i c k e t s. 7 Oxford won by five wickets . M.C.C. and Ground, 165 and 37 ; Overs. 31.1 2 3 1 3 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 3 3 9 5 5 9 (7) M.C.C. and Groundv. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge, June9 and 10. 2R u n-getting to any extent ona groundsaturated fromheavyrains was im- possible . Thebowlers , indeed , were seen to the greatest advantage , and thirty wickets only realised an aggregate of 151 runs . Marylebone was again repre- sented byan inferior batting side, containing only Barnes, Flowers , Gunn, and Scotton of any note. In bowling Flowers, Woof, and Barnes proved sufficient as the ground was, and the good batting of the last -named (28 not out) and Scotton (43 not out) at the finish gave them a creditable victory with eight wickets to spare . M.C.C. and Ground 38 and 76 (two wickets ) ; total , 114. Cambridge, 68 and 45 ; total , 113. Mr. C. W. Rock's figures in first innings of M.C.C. are extraordinary :- 1 5overs , 12 maidens, 6 runs , 5 wickets . W o o f(M.C.C.) . Barnes( ) . وو Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 5 9 15.1 3 8 9 (8) M.C.C. a n dG r o u n dv. Derbyshire. Lord's , June 9 and 10. 4 1 - 1 5 W i c k e t s. 8 6 Theonly occasion on which the Derbyshire eleven won the toss during the season, and singularly , too, the only victory they obtained . M.C.C. was only re- presented by a weakteam ; but they were able to makea good fight , and the finish wasvery exciting . Raininterfered considerably with the game on the first day, andthe toss proved of considerable advantage to the County. Mr. Cecil Wilsonhit freely in the second innings of M.C.C. , and Mr. H. G. Ruggles -Brise (83) and he contributed 104 out of 133 from the bat. Derbyshire was, in a great measure, indebted for its success to the good all round cricket of Cropper. H ewas not only the highest scorer in each innings (46 and 23), but in addition took nine wickets for 92 runs . There was no extra in either innings of the County. Derbyshire won by seven runs . Derbyshire , 191 and 82 ; total , 273. М.С.С., 131 and135; total, 266. (9) M.C.C. and Groundv. Gentlemenof Philadelphia. Lord's , June16 and17. The Philadelphians were unlucky in losing the services of Mr. C. Newhall.