James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1886. 6 1 (6) M . C . C .v. Parsees. Lord's , M a y27 and 28. Thefirst appearance of the Indian cricketers in London. The Marylebone Clubdeemedit advisable to pit a strong eleven , including , amongothers , Messrs . W . G. Grace, I. D. Walker, J. Robertson , and F. T. Welman, against the Parsees , and the result was disastrous for the latter . The Parsee captain , thoughhew o nthe toss , chose to give his opponents the innings , and the result wassomehigh scoring . Messrs . Grace and Walkerput on 119 runs for the first wicket in an hour and a quarter , and Mr. W . Lindsay subsequently punished the weakbowling severely . The batting of the Parsees was only of a mode- rate character. Mr. Morenasshowedfair cricket for his two scores of 10 and 28 not out, but otherwise the form was very crude . Mr. Grace took eleven of their wickets for 44, Mr. Walker five for 28 runs . M.C.C. wonby an innings and 224 runs . M.C.C., 313. Parsees , 23 and 66 ; total , 89. (7) M.C.C. andGroundv. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge , M a y31 and June 1. Avery even game, though the Marylebone Club was byno means well repre- sented . The scoring on both sides was below the usual standard , and thirty -six wickets fell in the three days for an aggregate of 629-an average of 17½ runs. In the second innings of M.C.C. Mr. C. Booth, the old Cantab, and Emmett were responsible for 81 out of 127 from the bat. InCambridge's second Messrs . Bainbridge and Turner contributed 80 out of 132 got from the bat for the loss of six wickets , Mr. Rock's bowling had muchto do with the success of the University . His eleven wickets cost 103 runs . O n the other side Emmetttook ten wickets for an average of exactly eleven runs. The University wonby four wickets . Cambridge, 168 and 147 (six wickets ) ; total , 315. M.C.C. and Ground, 181 and 138 ; total , 314 . (8) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. OxfordUniversity. Oxford , June 21 and 22. Though only fairly well represented , Marylebone had a very easy victory . The University , too, was weak without the valuable services of Messrs . Cochrane, Key, Hildyard , and Whitby, and on the whole the cricket was very uneventful . Theexception was provided by Mr. W. G. Grace, who showed to extraordinary advantage both with bat and ball . His contribution to the Mary- lebone total of 260 was 104, without the semblance of a mistake till he had got 94. In addition , in the second innings of Oxford he performed the very rare feat of taking all ten wickets . Four of the ten were bowled, four caught , one stumped, and one 1 b w. Mr. Grace's all -round cricket was, in fact , one of the most noteworthy events of an eventful season . M.C.C. wonby an innings and 28 runs . M.C.C. and Ground , 260 ; Oxford University , 142 and 90 ; total , 2 3 2. (9) M.C.C. andGroundv. CambridgeUniversity. Lord's, June 28 and29. A neasy victory for the University , reduced in value by the weakness of the Marylebone Eleven. Cambridge, winning the toss , made a creditable score of 254, more than half of which c a m efromthe bats of the Captain, Mr. Bain- bridge (47), and Mr. Turner (92). The latter , who was at the wickets two hours andthree -quarters , has rarely been seen to better advantage. H e gave no chance during his long innings . The Marylebone batsmen madea poor show against the University bowling , particularly of Mr. Rock, who was singularly