James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

6 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (10) E t o nv. H a r r o w. July 9 and 10. Harrow, though they wonthe toss , madeonly a moderate show, and on the form of this matchwere certainly the inferior eleven . Crawley, whobatted so well in 1885 , again showed to great advantage , andhis two scores of 40 and 69 were both thoroughly well got. Inthe second innings Fair and he madeover a hundred runs for the first wicket . The tail , though, in each case madea sorry show, and the only one of the last seven batsmen whodid anything was Arbuthnot, who hit well in the second innings for 25. Foley , who scored 114 and 36, played steady cricket each time for Eton; and Llewelyn, Gosling , Mordaunt, and Coventry all batted well . The Eton fielding wasnot good, but in bowling they hada great advantage over Harrow, who were decidedly weakin this depart- ment. Harrowhad the best bat in Crawley, andEtondecidedly the best bowler in H. R. BromleyDavenport (fast left hand), whowas certainly muchabove the average of school bowlers . On the whole, the Etonians were undoubtedly the better team, and their victory by six wickets was very popular . Thescore of the match will be found in the Chapter on Public School Cricket in Part II. B O W L I N GA N A L Y S I S.-H A R R O W . First Innings. SecondInnings. O v s. M n s. R n s. W t s. O v s. M n s. R n s. W t s. D a v e n p o r t M o r d a u n t B r a n d Gosling 4 4 2 0 7 9 5 6 7 4 1 7 3 26.3 17 1 6 1 4 8 3 2 5 3 4 2 2 5 1 3 5 2 7 3 4 2 2 8 3 2 4 1 7 1 1 9 1 0 1 9 0 H o a r e 5 1 1 3 0 M'Lachlan.... 5 3 7 0 Coventry 3 1 8 0 E T O N . First Innings. SecondInnings. O v s. M n s. R n s. W t s. O v s. M n s. R n s. W t s. M ' L a r e n M a c k i e 2 2 9 5 6 2 1 3 6 2 7 0 R a m s a y 2 6 9 4 9 4 Dauglish 1 5 2 3 8 1 A r b u t h n o t . 1 2 5 2 8 3 F a i r. 3 0 1 7 3 0 1 4 1 1 3 0 3 4 1 0 7 7 3 9 4 1 0 0 8 4 7 1 1 7 1 2 1 0 0 O fthe60matches, each school hasw o n25, and10 have been unfinished . Etonw o nthose 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, 1876, and 1886. Harrow, those 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 members of either school . (11 ) Players v. Gentlemen. July 12, 13, and 14. The Gentlemen, with Messrs . A. G. Steel , W. W. Read, C. W. Rock, and W .E. Roller , all away, were not represented at their best ; but the Players , on the other hand, were also weak. All the Yorkshiremen were otherwise engaged , and this robbed the match of muchof its interest , so that on the whole it was hardly as exciting as usual . The Players , who went in first , madean excellent score of 201 , and the advantage they were able to get on the first hands w o n them the game. Barnes' batting was certainly the best on the side of the Players , and his judicious play at the close fairly decided the issue in their favour. FlowersandAbelwere of great use, and the latter's success wasthe