James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

2 6 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. Mitchell's Brewery v. Kidderminster , Sept. 24.-A. C. Laing, Past v. Pre- sent of WeymouthCollege , July 29.-S. G. Phillips , Knowle v. St. George's andBrandonHill, June 4.-F. A. Bishop , Bees v. DartmouthPark, Sept. 19.-F. G. Cole, Bees v. Holborn, Sept. 10.-W. C. Roberts , Erith v. Pallingswick ,Aug. 20.-W. C. Roberts , Erith Foresters v. Non-Commissioned Officers R.A., Sept. ept. 10.-W. Thomas , Present v. Past Devon County School , Aug. 2.-C. Hughes , Weymouth v.Bournemouth , Aug. 23.-H. Taylor , Bridlington Quay v. Walton , July, 16.-J. Churcher , Shirley v. Dartford (twice in innings ), M a y 31.-Т. Floyd , Oxford County School v. Thame, July 16.-G. S. Tuxford , Welling- borough Grammar School v. Bedford , July 6. F. Morgan , Wedmore v. Street (Somerset ), June 11.-T. Ball , Street (Somerset ) v. Butleigh , June 18.- S. Miles , Street (Somerset ) 2nd XI. v. Street Excelsiors , July 2.-A. W. Stacey , Street (Somerset ) v. Butleigh , Aug. 13.-H. Court , Street (Somerset ) 2nd XI. v. Walton,Aug. 13.-W. Lane, Street (Somerset ) v. Wookey, Aug. 27.-W.J.Parker , Single v. Married of Garton, April 30 ; Wetwangv. Driffield Church, July 16.- M. Cropper , Derby School v. Allestree , July 12.-J. W. Bovington , Windsor H o m eParkv. WestMiddlesex , Aug. 25. Rev. C. S. Smith, Driffield Church v. Colonel Brooksbank's Eleven, June 25.-W. S. Halford , W. Halford's XI. v. G. Smith's X I. , July 7.-G. Leggett , Arnold House, Present and Past v. Mr. Conwys's X I. , on Aug. 3 ; Major Donville's XII. v. Mr. Reiss's XII. , on Aug. 29.-J. P. A. Geoghegan, Notting Hill v. Cricklewood , on May 21 ; Argyll College v. D'Eresby House, on June 1 (1st inns .) ; Argyll College v. D'Eresby House, on June 1 (2nd inns .). C u r i o u sIncidents. Quaife , the young Sussex professional , in playing forward to Lohmannat the Oval, in the Surrey match, on August 29, the ball beat him altogether , and h elost his balance. Thinkingthat he hadbeenbowledfromthe noise of the ball hitting the wicket , which it did without dislodging either of the bails , he left his ground, apparently under the impression that he was out, and was promptly stumped by the Surrey wicket-keeper. At the close of the match begunon the East Melbourne ground on March 17, between Smokers and Non- Smokers, Scotton , whowas in at the finish , had to receive the last ball of the match, and playing it gently towards point , ran quickly after it , securing it as a mementoof a remarkable contest . The Non-Smokers, who were quite sold b y Scotton's manœuvre, and who were equally desirous of obtaining the ball , ap- pealed to the umpire . As " Over" had not been called , and as the ball wasin playwhenScotton seized it, the umpire had of course to give him out for hand- ling the ball . In a match between Headcorn and Yalding, within a quarter ofa nhourof the time for drawingstumpsYaldingrequired thirteen runs to w i n. Througha mistake of the scorers , however, the match was called as wonwhen buttwelveruns hadbeenadded. T h eplayers retired , but uponcloser examina- tion of the score another run was found to be necessary for victory , and the ex- traordinary sight was witnessed of wickets being again pitched within a few minutesof seven o'clock . Yaldinghad two morem e nto go in to m a k ethe requisite run, but this they failed to accomplish , and the match ended in a tie.- Inbothmatches (on June 9 andJuly 26) between Stroud and Cirencester , Stroud w o nby one run.-Playing for Stansted against R. G. Monckton's Eleven on August1, latter had made 140 in their first innings . A. R. MunaRivers went in first for Stansted withthe best bat of the side. W h e nthe formerhadm a d e 28, Mr. Tate, who was bowling , hit his wicket hard with the ball , the stumps actually swayed back and yet the bails did not come off . In the next over, delivered by the Rev. Stack, the same thing occurred ; the wickets being hard hit by a full -pitch without the bails coming off . OnJuly 31, in a matchbetween Sopley and Christchurch Ramblers, on former's ground, R. Whatmoughwith a fast ball clean bowled the off and leg stumps out of the ground without moving the middle stump.- O nJuly 20, Wellington v. Clevedon , C. E. Winter, bowling