James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1889. 5 1 theHarrowbatting , whichwascertainly above the average , wasseen to advan- tage. Thecommencementwasnot a very auspicious one, as the score wasonly 2 9w h e nthe secondwicket fell . Wills andHoare, w h oadded62, werethefirst tomakea stand . The former's 50 was the best display of cricket onthe side . Jackson, the captain , was the highest scorer with 68, but he was missed at cover-point early in his innings , and he should have been caught at square -leg had the ball been judged properly . Napier , a left -hand bat, played very creditably for 38, and as the later batsmen mostly lent useful assistance , the result wasavery respectable total of 272. Heavyrain followed immediately on theconclusion of the Harrowinnings , and Etonhadno chance of going intill thefollowing morning. Fortunately for them, however, there wasnosunshine , and though the wicket , of course , was slow , and runs did not come as fast as on theprevious day, the batsmen were not placed at such a disadvantage as might havebeenexpected . While Bromley-Davenport and Tristram weretogether it looked as if E t o nwouldsave the followo n,butthe last four membersof the eleven wereonly able to realize 16 runs between them, andHarrowhada lead of 107 runs whenthe tenth wicket fell . Eton, too,beganso badly whenthey wentin a second time that it seemed very doubtful if Harrowwould bat a second time. Theremarkable defence of G. B. Gosling andgood free cricket of the captain , Bromley -Davenport (who scored 42 out of 52 while he was in), however, gave the game a more favourable aspect for the Etonians , and the chances of a drawngamebeganto assume a real shape . Gosling's defence was unwearying , and if his play was very tedious , it was of inestimable value to the side . While he wasin there wasquite a prospect of saving the game, and even whenhedid leave it was not a certainty that Harrow would actually win. His persistent defence , indeed , nearly saved Eton from defeat . H e was batting altogether for two hours and fifty minutes for 35, and in the first hourhe only scored five runs. Asthe gamehas to be continued till 7.30, on the second day of this match, and the second innings of Harrow only began at 6.40 , they had to makeexactly a runaminute to win. As the Etoncaptain , too-to his credit beit said-played the game thoroughly and in the most sportsmanlike spirit , the Harrovians wereable to get the runs well within the time required , havinga quarter of an hour to spare and eight wickets in hand when the end arrived . J. Gowanskept wicket for Harrow as a substitute for H. Butler (who injured his handjust before the match), and kept it well. The better side w o nun- doubtedly , in our opinion . In batting and bowling Harrow were a more level lot,and there was certainly more variety in their bowling . The score will be foundwiththose of the other chief PublicSchoolMatchesin Part II. B O W L I N GA N A L Y S I S.-H A R R O W . J. H .W a r d S t u d d..... T o l l e m a c h e B.-Davenport J o n e s FirstInnings. SecondInnings. Ovs. M n s. Rns. W t s. 4 21 4 6 2 8 8 0 . 8 1 2 5 6 3 2 2 3 2 8 1 0 6 8 6 5 1 8 1 0 1 5.3 0 8 4 Ovs. M n s. R n s. W t s. 9 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 6 1 1 1 0 E T O N. Ovs. M n s. R n s. W t s. 2 7 1 4 3 3 3 SecondInnings. Ovs. M n s. R n s. W t s. 1 6 6 3 5 1 First Innings. Jackson H o a r e P o p e A n d e r s o n Napier --Peebles 2 9 2 1 1 8 1 24.4 1 1 4 3 3 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 8 2 2 Wills 2 9 1 8 4 8 2 1 7 6 0 3 02 17:0 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 3 8 0 5 0 9 0 0 2 2 0:0分 10月 2 0 1 6 4 3 1 1 Popebowled a no-ball , and Hoare ,Pope, and Anderson each awide .