James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BI N 1 8 8 4. 7 9 R E S U L T SO F M A T C H E S-Continued. 1861-Cambridgeby133 1 8 3 2-Cambridgeby8wkts. 1883-Oxfordb y8wkts. 1864-Oxfordb y4wkts. 1865-Oxfordb y114 runs 1866-Oxfordb y 13 runs 1867--Cambridgeb y5 wkts. 1868-Cambridgeb y168 1869-Cambridgeby58 1870-Cambridgeb y2 runs 1871-Oxfordb y8wkts. 1 8 7 2-Cambridgeinone innings by166 runs 1873-Oxfordb y3wkts. 1874-Oxford in one innings by 92 runs 1875-Oxfordb y6 runs 1876-Cambridgeby 9 wkts. 1877-Oxfordb y10 wkts. 1878-Cambridgeb y238 1879-Cambridgeby 9wkts. 1880-Cambridgeb y115 1881-Oxfordb y131 runs 1 8 8 2-Cambridgeb y7 wkts. 1883-Cambridgeby7 wkts. 1884-Oxfordb y7 wkts. (8) G e n t l e m e nv. Players. July7, 8, and 9. Three full days of fine and, as a consequence , very interesting cricket . Bothsides were well represented , though the Amateurs missed the help of the H o n. Alfred Lyttelton and Mr. C. T. Studd. The Players , who wonthe toss , beganwith a creditable aggregate of 290 , and it was only the brilliant cricket of LordHarris and Mr. Read, who added 168 runs while they were together , that enabled the Gentlemen to claim a lead of six runs on the first innings . Ulyett has never played better cricket than on this occasion , and Bates was also in fine form. The Players would, indeed , have fared badly but for these two Yorkshiremen, whocontributed as manyas 277 of the 475 runs scored by the Players from the bat. The Gentlemen went in a second time with 204 to win, andlost LordHarris and Mr.Lucasfor only 29 runs. Messrs. Graceand Steel , however, played such fine cricket , despite the excellent bowling and fielding of the Players , that their partnership produced 137 runs, and their stand practi- cally decided the match in favour of the Gentlemen. In all , 1,000 runs w e r escoredfor 3 4 wickets. T P L A Y E R S . Barlow (Lancashire ), c K e m pb Christo- pherson 43 b Christopherson . 2 Bates (Yorks), b Christopherson , 4 5 c a n db Steel 7 2 Ulyett (Yorks), c Readb Grace.. 94 c Rotherhamb Paravicini. 6 4 Barnes(Notts), c Readb Steel 2 4 c Pageb Christopherson 1 1 Shrewsbury (Notts), b Christopherson . 0 b Steel 7 Hall (Yorks), b Christopherson 0 bChristopherson. 0 Flowers (Notts),b Steel 1 7 r u no u t 9 G. G. Hearne (Kent), b Christopherson . Emmett(Yorks ), c O'Brien b Steel 1 6 r u no u t 9 2 0 cGraceb Christopherson 1 Peate (Yorks), b Steel 9 b Page. 2 0 Sherwin(Notts), not out B7, 1b 4... 11 n o to u t 1 1 1 B9, 1b4 1 3 T o t a l .290 T o t a l ..209 G E N T L E M E N . 0 W .G. Grace (Gloucester ), b Barlow 21 b Flowers 8 9 A. P. Lucas (Middlesex), b Peate .. 2 6 b Flowers 6 T. C. O'Brien (Middlesex), с Flowers b Barlow 1 4 n o to u t 2 1 A. G. Steel (Lancashire ), b Barlow 1 2 c H e a r n eb F l o w e r s. 6 3 LordHarris (Kent), c Sherwinb Ulyett ...... 85 W .W .Read(Surrey), candb Barnes. c Bates b Peate. 0 8 7 n o to u t. 1 8 M. C. K e m p(Kent), c Barlowb Peate 1 5 H. V. Page(Gloucester ), c Hearne b Peate 11 P. J. deParavicini (Middlesex ), not out...... 16 S. Christopherson (Kent), c Sherwinb Peate 3 H.Rotherham(Warwickshire), b Peate...... 5 B15, 1b4, w 2. Total 2 1 . 2 9 6 B7, w 1 8 T o t a l. 2 0 5