James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

2 6 6 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. XI., June 28.-W. Wilkins , Crayford Y.M.F.S. v. Foot's Cray, Aug. 4.-J. Madden, Northampton Excelsior v. Wolverton Britannia , May28.-C. Bent, Northampton Excelsior v. Depôt , Sept. 13.-C. White , Northampton College v . MountPleasant , Aug. 30.-- W. Phipps , Oxford Corporation v. St. Ebbes , Aug. 2.-F. C. Kingston , Guilsboro ' Grammar School v. Northampton Grammar School , July12.-R. C. Linnell , Guilsboro ' GrammarSchool v. Lutterworth GrammarSchool , July 19.-S. G. Phillips , Knowle v. Westbury , Aug. 30.-S. G. Phillips , Knowle/v. Warmley, Sept. 6.-S. G. Phillips , Knowle v. Almons- bury, Sept. 13.-W. C. Collins , Dane Hill School v. Deal College , June 11.- Rev. W. McAllister , Derbyshire Friars v. Buxton (first three balls of the match), Aug. 28.--Martin , Kent v. Surrey , Aug, 28.-S. Farr , Chiswick Park v. South Saxons , Aug. 12.-G. Banks , Olympians v. M a w, Son and Thompson's , Aug. 16.-R. O. Bishop , Borth v. Towyn, Aug. 16.-E. C. Mordaunt , Esher v. Η. Scott -Holmes ' XI., Sept. 20 .--- Bean, Trial Match (Sheffield Park), April 28.- Bowley, Surrey XI. v. 18 of Kingston , April 29.-H. G. Gibbs , Abbots Langley v. Stanmore , July 24.-R. L. S. Rennie , Brondesbury College v. Harlesdon Col- lege , June 14 (twice in same innings ) . Wicket-Keeping. In amatch played at York on August 16, between Yorkshire Gentlemen andHeworthRevellers , the Rev. E. S. Carter , for the former , performed the extraordinary feat of stumping three batsmen off three successive balls . The bowler's name was Wisker , and altogether Mr. Carter stumped five and caught two of the Revellers , all off that bowler. O nJune 20 and 21, at Brighton , Butt , the Sussex wicket -keeper did not let a single extra throughout an innings of 703 by Cambridge University . ImportantM a t c hfinished in O n eD a y. Surrey v. Leicestershire , at the Oval, M a y12, the first instance in an im- portant fixture on the Surrey ground. CloseFinishes. A tKennington Oval, on August 12, England defeated Australia by 2 wickets .-At Hastings , on Sept. 13, the South of England defeated the North by 9 runs .- A tScarborough , on Sept. 6, the Australians defeated Lord Londes- borough's XI. by 7 runs .-On Aug. 19 , Leicestershire Club and Groundbeat Northamptonshire Club and Groundby 4 wickets with one minute to spare.- A tWalton-on-Thames, on June 14, A. O. Miles ' XI. defeated HershamBur- woodby 6 wickets within three minutes of time, having scored 130 runs in the hour. On July 8, Wellington College beat Haileybury College by 7 wickets withinthreeminutesof time. Applicationof Rulefor TerminatingInnings. Thematchbetween Notts v. Sussex , at Brighton , on June 11 , was the first occasion on which the closure has been applied in the first innings of a match between two first -class counties . The innings was closed at Manchester , on July 2, Lancashire v. Sussex , whenthe former team closed their first innings at 246 for twowickets , afterwards dismissing their opponents twice for 35 and24.-- A tOxford, on M a y9, Trinity College v. Keble College , declared their second innings closed at 128 for three wickets , and suffered defeat by five wickets . C u r i o u sIncidents. A nextraordinary match was played at Newlands, Cape Town, on Feb. 13. For Western Province , E. Budler andA. Richards scored 124 in the hour, when the innings was closed . The Diocesan College scored 57 and 73, and the same