James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1888. 7 1 (13) E t o nv. H a r r o w. July 13 and 14. Apleasant contrast to the Inter -University contest as far as the elements wereconcerned , andone of the fewmatches of the year at Lord's played without arainy accompaniment. Opinions were very divided on the result amongst the old boys of each school , Harrow being perhaps slightly the favourite , owing tothemoderate formshownbyEtonagainst Winchester . Harrowbatted first , butdisappointed their partizans with a small total of 84, of which C. E. Gilroy contributed 24, andF. S. Jackson 21. Etondid only slightly better with a score of106, andthe only batsmanto showup prominently wasYate-Lee, whoproved tobetopscorer with a well-played 37. Harrowhadlost two wickets for four runs intheir second innings , but whenR. B. Hoare and H. D. Watsongot together the pair turned the scale in favour of Harrow, and added 70 runs for the next wicket . Jackson (59) assisted Hoare to increase the score by another 114 before their partnership closed . Hoare played in fine free style , and his innings of 108 was aworthy addition to the scores of three figures made in this great match . Harrow's innings at last closed for 234, and this left Etonwith 209 to get to win. Theyhad to bat in a very bad light , andthat, combined with their long outing, seemed to demoralize them. Theylost eight wickets for 17 runs, but Goadand Hodgson, playing up pluckily , raised the total to 52, and Harrow werein the end left with aneasy victory by 156,runs . Thescore will be found in the scores of principal Public School Matches in Part II. B O W L I N GA N A L Y S I S.-H A R R O W . S t u d d Pechell Davenport J o n e s B a t h u r s t H o a r e Jackson J. A. M ' L a r e n Gilroy R a m s a y..... FirstInnings. Ovs. M n s. R n s. W t s. 27.2 15 27 1 9 5 3 1 6 4 5 4 2 2 6 2 1 2 1 6 2 0 0 1 F o r d SecondInnings. Ovs. M n s. R n s. W t s. 4 5 1 7 7 28 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 2 . 5 2 4 0 1 9 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 1 4 4 1 0 7 1 2 30 . . . Bromley-Davenport bowled awide. First Innings. E T O N . Ovs. M n s. R n s. W t s. 2 5 1 2 3 7 1 3 5 1 9 4 0 6 9 8 1 1 1 6 2 1 1 0 7.1 4 6 2 Second. Innings. Ovs. M n s. R n s. W t s. 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 7 4 2 8 5 1 2.3 2 0 0 1 1 0 C H A P T E R II. T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 8. G L O U C E S T E R S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1888. --President , Duke of Beaufort , K.G. Vice -President , Lord Fitzhardinge . Treasurer , W. H. Harford . Captain , W.G. Grace . Secretary . E. M. Grace . Committee , H. W. Beloe , J. A. Bush, S. H. Brookes , Henry Grace, R. Fenton Miles , T. G. Matthews, Rev. C. H. Ridding , F. Townsend, J. A. Ware, G. Norman, W. D. L. Macpherson, Colonel A. H. Versturme, E. J. Taylor, E. A. Harvey, E. B. Haygarth, E. G. Clarke , J. W .Arrow- smith , andArthur Robinson . GLOUCESTERSHIRE cricket showed a marked improvement on the form of the previous season . In 1887 only one out of fourteen fixtures ended favourably ,