James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

T H EM A R Y L E B O N E C L U BI N 1 8 8 5. 6 1 total-a partnership altogether without a parallel in this match . On no previous occasion , too , have two batsmen scored over a hundred in the same innings ; and, further , Harrow's total of 324 is the highest as yet recorded in the Eton andHarrowmatches . Onthe first day484 runs had been scored for the loss of only eleven wickets . O nthe second day, though , the wicket showed evident signs of wear, and the bowlers were able in their turn to claim the advantage . A sin thefirst innings , Philipson and Foley again showed good cricket , and the latter's all-round play was the morecommendable as he was suffering from the effect of a sunstroke . W h e nthey went in again Harrow had an hour and fifty -three minutes left in which to make93 runs , Only 32 were got in the first hour, and these hadcost Harrowthree of her best batsmen. WhenYoungjoined Butler twenty runs were still wanted, with three wickets to fall , and it looked as if time would, after all , be the winner . Young, though , hit freely ; while Butler , who hadbeenbatting with great judgment, played up with undiminished pluck, and Harrow on, amidst the greatest excitement , two minutes before the time, with three wickets to spare . All round the cricket was above the average , and the ✓ batting and fielding in particular decidedly above the usual standard . Philipson andFoley were the most successful batsmen for Eton ; Crawley, Watson, and Butler, whose nerve at the finish was of the greatest service for Harrow. Bromley-Martin, and Young, were the best bowlers . O n the second day the latter bowled sixteen maiden overs-a very rare record in a school match. Philipson's wicket -keeping was the morecommendableas he was not at all in a fit condition to occupy the position . O nthe first day 6,716 paid at the gate ; on the second day, 5,864 . E T O NB O W L I N G . FirstInnings. Overs. M d n s. R u n s. W k t s. SecondInnings. Overs. M a n s. R u n s. W k t s. Bromley-Martin63.1 28 8 8 6 3 6 B r a n d. 3 6 1 2 8 8 3 4 1 7 1 4 9 4 8 1 L o r dG e o. Scott 11 2 3 9 0 M o r d a u n t 8 3 1 6 0 T h o m a s 9 2 2 5 0 H .W .Forster... 19 1 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 7 3 8 1 B a r n a r d. 6 1 1 7 0 S. E . Forster 6 0 1 9 0 Gosling 2 1 5 1 H A R R O WB O W L I N G . Overs. M d n s. R u n s. W k t s. Overs. M d n s. R u n s. W k t s. R a m s a y 4 2 1 8 7 0 1 3 9 1 9 5 5 3 B o v i l l 4 3 2 3 5 9 3 1 2 6 2 4 1 Y o u n g 5 8 . 2 3 8 5 6 4 5 0 3 6 4 6 3 B e n t o n 5 1 1 9 0 4 2 1 0 1 W a t s o n . 2 2 1 0 4 8 1 3 . 3 1 5 2 N.B. Thefull score will be found underthe Principal Public School Matches of 1885 , in Part II. O fthe 59 matchesHarrowhas w o n25, Eton24, and 10 havebeenunfinished . Etonwonthose 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, 1881 , and 1885 ; those in 1860, 1861, 1863 , 1867, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1882 , 1883 , and 1884, being unfinished . The Etonians do not count that in 1857, as being for players over 20 years of age ; the Harrovians that of 1805 on the ground that several of the players were not membersof either school . (9) Middlesex v. Kent. July 13 and 14. 3 1 The first victory recorded to the Middlesex Eleven during the season . Though Lord Harris and Mr. W. H. Patterson were absent from Kent.