James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

1 0 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (2) Australiansv. G e n t l e m e n . June 17, 18, and 19. Mr. C. W .Rock, of Cambridge University , wasunable to play for the Gentle- men, and the bowling of the Gentlemen , poor at the best , was still further weakened . High scoring with the ground in the best condition was expected , and these expectations were fully realised , 1064 runs being madeduring the matchfor twenty-eight wickets . Messrs . W. G. Grace and W. H. Patterson beganwell by scoring 104 for the first wicket of the Gentlemen, and the former stayed until the total was 261 , of which he had contributed 148--an innings , particularly during the latter part , of exceptional merit . Messrs . Hawke(56), W.E. Roller (63), and G. Kemp, of Cambridge University (83), subsequently punished the Australian bowling heavily , and helped to produce a very good total of 471. The Australians in their turn scored fast , and Messrs . Jones (151) and Jarvis (71) were seen to particular advantage , the former, who was in altogether for four hours and a quarter , only giving one chance at the wicket , whenhis score was sixty . Only two of the teamfailed to get double figures , and the last two batsmen , Messrs . Garrett and Evans , hit so freely that the English total was passed by seventeen runs , 69 having been added for the tenth wicket. T h eheavyscoring hadtold onthe pitch w h e nthe Gentlemenwentin a second time, and as Messrs . Lucas and Roller were both hurt there were only nine to bat. Mr. Garrett , too, bowled so well that the total only reached 105, and there the gameended, as only a quarter of an hour remained for play. Thedrawwas in favour of the Australians , whowould only have had to get 89 to win. Gen- tlemen, 471 and 105 ; total , 576. Australians , 488. Overs. M a i d e n s. 2 1 Mr. Garrett (2ndinnings Gentlemen) ...... 38 (3) G e n t l e m e nv. Players. July 15, 16, and 17. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 2 8 5 TheGentlemen, a very weakteam, were fortunate in being able to avert a defeat . Going in first , thanks chiefly to the excellent cricket of Mr. W. G. Grace, they madea good start , the score being 145 on the fall of the third wicket . After this , though, no one madeany stand against Barnes ' bowling , and the last five wickets only added 38 runs . Shrewsbury was run out before he had made manybut given in bythe umpire, or the Gentlemen might have made a good gameof it. Shrewsbury wasbatting four hours and a half for his 127, a fine dis- playof cricket in every way. Inthe match Mr. W. G. Grace made115 for only onceout, and but for him the Gentlemen would have made only a poor show. Messrs . Radcliffe , Daft (a son of Richard Daft), Turner, and Dormanplayed for the first time for the Gentlemen in this match. Rainprevented any play on the third day. G E N T L E M E N . E. M. Grace (Gloucester ), 1b w, b Barnes .. 21 W.G. Grace (Gloucester ), c Abel, b Flowers 65 O. G. Radcliffe (Gloucester ), b Lohmann.... 16 E. F. S. Tylecote (Beds), c andb Barnes 9 H. W. Bainbridge (Warwick), c Sherwin , b b L o h m a n n 1 6 not out 5 0 c Sherwin, b L o h m a n n. 2 7 b Flowers 1 1 B a r n e s 2 C. Toppin(Cumberland),b L o h m a n n W .W .Read(Surrey ), b Barnes . K. J. Key(Surrey ), 1b w, b Lohmann H .B. Daft(Notts),b L o h m a n n. A. W .D o r m a n(Kent), not out B 11, nb 1 4 0 cAbel, b L o h m a n n 0 5 2 J. A. Turner (Leicestershire ), b Barnes 3 notout 4 5 3 1 2 B 3 Total . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 3 Total... 111