James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

5 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 1 (11) M.C.C. and Groundv. Oxford University. Lord's , June 30 and July 1. The last of the trial matches of the Oxford eleven . As the gamewas limited to two days as usual , and as the scoring was fairly high , there wasno chance of a definite result . Though M.C.C. was only poorly represented , the end of the first innings showedthe Club to have a lead of six runs a result due entirely to the two professionals , Chatterton and Rawlin, each of w h o mscored 66 runs . W h e nOxford went in again, though, Messrs . Gresson and Nepean put on 80 runs for the first wicket, and some good cricket later on by Mr. Rashleigh and Lord George Scott enabled them to reach a respectable total of 249. Only three innings were completed , and, had the game been continued , M.C.C. wouldhave hadto get 244 to win by no means aneasy task. Oxford University , 193 and 249 ; total , 442. M.C.C. and Ground, 199 . (12) M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d(v. Lancashire. Lord's, July 18 and 19. A singularly exciting finish , M.C.C. , after having all the worst of the early part of the game, being only beaten by two wickets to spare . Though they were 61 runs behind , Mr. W. G. Grace and Scotton madesuch a good start for Marylebone whenthey went in again , that 94 runs were scored , before the latter , who had only made 28 of the number, was run out. At luncheon time on the second day M.C.C. were 61 on with only a wicket down, but after this Watsonbowledwith such extraordinary success that noneof the re- maining batsmen got double figures , and the last nine wickets only added 26 runs . Watson's figures were remarkable . At the close of the innings he delivered 79 balls for ten runs and six wickets , though during the latter part of the match the ground was helping the bowler materially . Lancashire only wanted 82 to win, but in the state of the pitch this was by no means an easy task, and as it was it was mainly the good cricket of Mr. Eccles at the finish that enabled Lancashire to pull through . Mr. W. G. Grace scored 73 out of 130 runs from the bat in the second innings of M.C.C. , andin addition got seven Lancashire wickets for 66 runs . Lancashire , 216 and 82 (eight wickets ) ; total , 298. M.C.C. andGround, 155 and 142; total , 297. Watson(2nd innings M.C.C.) Overs. M a i d e n s. 4 4 . 3 2 8 R u n s, Wickets. 3 8 6 (13) M . C . C .v. G e n t l e m e nof C a n a d a. Lord's, August1 and 2. The Marylebone Club put a strong team of Amateurs into the field to oppose the Canadians , and though the game was drawn certainly to their dis- advantage , the latter deserved every praise for the good fight they made. Though M.C.C. , who went in first , made309, the Canadian team were only 55 behind at the end of an innings a result mainly due to the good batting of A. C. Allan (78) and D. W. Saunders (62). WhenMarylebone went in a second time D. R. Ogden, the Canadian captain , bowled with no small success , and the dismissal of such a strong batting side for 192 was certainly a very creditable achievement . D. R. Ogdentook nine of the ten wickets of M.C.C. at a cost of 83 runs . TheCanadians entered on their second innings requiring 248 to win, andwhenplay ceased , 139 of the numberhad been got for the loss of six bats- m e n. A. C. Allan's batting was one of the best features of the Canadians ' cricket . In the match he scored 113 runs for only once out. M.C.C. , 309 and 192; total , 501. Gentlemen of Canada, 254 and 139 (six wickets ) ; total , 393 .