James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1889. 4 3 beencaught in the slips before he had scored in the first innings , so that , fine display though his 105was, he had to thank Oxford for the whole of his long total . M.C.C. found the Oxford bowling far from difficult , and the 99 wanted to winwere got in five minutes over the hour. M.C.C. and Ground w o n b yseven wickets . M.C.C. and Ground, 233 and 100 (three wickets ) ; total , 333 . Oxford University , 112 and 219 ; total , 331 . (7) M.C.C. and Groundv. CambridgeUniversity. Lord's , June 24 and 25. Averycreditable victory for the University over a strongish eleven of M.C.C. , the moreso as they were without their best bowler, S. M. J. Woods, who was ffering from an injured hand. The scoring all round wa s above the average , and in all 887 runs were recorded in the match for thirty -eight wickets . Mr. W . J. Ford, whohadbeen absent in N e wZealand for some years , assisted M.C.C. , andhit with all his old freedom, making64 in fifty -five minutes , while Mr. T. C. O'Brien's 50 only occupied five minutes over the half -hour. Thanks to a fine innings of 113 by Mr. C. P. Foley,Cambridge had a lead of 55 on the first hands, but lost their advantage through a mistake in the field in giving Mr. C. D. Buxtona life at mid-on whenhe had only got fourteen . Asit was, Mr. Buxton m a d enoother mistake, andhe carried out hisbatfor 103 out of a total of 225. A tthe end of the second innings Cambridge, wanting 171 to win, had lost four of their best batsmenfor the small proportion of 43 runs . O npaper their chances onthe third morning were very small , but Mr. F. Thomas upset calculations by an admirably played innings of 61, and smaller contributions bythe later bats- m e nenabled Cambridge to claim a most deserving victory with two wickets to spare. Cambridge University , 273 and 171 (eight wickets ) ; total , 444. М.С.С. andG r o u n d, 218 and225 ; total , 443. (8) M.C.C. a n d G r o u n dv. Oxford University. Lord's, June 28 and 29. Withtwelve players on each side , and little bowling, there was everything to augurwell for high scoring . These expectations , too , were practically realized , and in the two days 754 runs were recorded for thirty wickets . This was, too, Oxford's best showwith the bat during the season ,and in particular while Messrs . Philipson and Croomewere in the game was lively , these two batsmen at one time adding 107 in forty -five minutes . The bulk of the scoring for M.C.C. was done by Messrs . Lacey , O'Brien , and Wright, who together accounted for 175 of the first total of 266. M.C.C. were 96 runs behind whenthey went in again on the second afternoon , but only two hours remained for play, and during this time eight wickets had fallen for 126. The game consequently was drawn, M.C.C. being 30 on with three wickets to fall . Mr. H. W. Forster's bowling for O x f o r dw a sthebestof them a t c h. H etookin all ten wicketsat a cost of 87 runs . M.C.C. and Ground, 266 and 126 (eight wickets ) ; total , 392. Oxford University , 362. (9) M.C.C. v. Gentlemenof Philadelphia . Lord's , July 22 and 23. The Philadelphians had to face a very strong amateur combination when they visited Lord's , and, though fairly successful in the first innings , made such apoor show with the bat at the second attempt that they were badly beaten in the end. Going in first , the Marylebone eleven were mostly seen to advan- tage , the Rev. R. T. Thornton (111 ), Messrs . C. I. Thornton (73), and C. C.