James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

7 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. 1 (12) E t o nv. H a r r o w. July 11 and 12. Forthe first time in the history of the great Public School match, one of the teams (Eton) did not contain asingle old choice , as the only one-G. B. Gosling-- wastoo seriously indisposed to play. Onthe other hand, the Harroweleven con- tained no fewer than six old players , a fact which greatly favoured their pretensions to be regarded as the better side . At the outset , however, muchof the usual interest wastaken out of the match by the wet weather, which prevented a n y start being madeuntil 10.30 on the second morning. Brewis and R. A. Studd- the last of the famous brotherhood -opened well for Eton, the score being 5 9 whenthe first wicket fell . Then, however, camea complete collapse , and though A. H. Dickinson played well for his 22, the last nine wickets were dismissed for 49. Theonly one of the Harrovians to give trouble was A. C. McLaren, w h o scored the large proportion of 76 out of 126 from the bat, and who should train oninto a first -class batsman. H ewasin for anhour and fifty -five minutes , and his runs were got without the semblance of a mistake . Harrowhadan advan- tage of 25 runs on the first innings . O nEton going in again, Brewis, Hoare, andPilkington were all seen to great advantage the first -namedplaying par- ticularly sound cricket . Of course the gamewas left drawn, the Etonians being 95runs on with seven wickets in hand. The bowling was not very formidable oneither side . Gowanskept wicket well for Harrow. TheEton boys deserve every credit for their excellent show . Of the 64 matches played , Harrow has n o ww o n27andE t o n26. T h escore will befoundwiththose ofthe other chief PublicSchoolM a t c h e sinP a r tII. B O W L I N G A A L Y S I S .-E T O N. FirstInnings. Overs. M a n s. R u n s. W k t s. SecondInnings. Overs. M a n s. Runs. W k t s. P o p e... 31.3 1 9 2 4 3 1 8 5 2 9 1 A n d e r s o n 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 5 1 7 0 Peebles 1 9 6 2 7 4 1 3 4 3 9 0 Napier 2 0 1 0 2 3 2 6 1 1 0 0 R u d d 1 0 7 0 5 3 7 0 M c L a r e n , 1 0 4 1 7. 2 H A R R O W . Overs. M d n s. Runs. Wkts. Overs. M a n s. R u n s. W k t s. F o r b e s 2 0 3 6 8 5 C r o c k e r 6 2 8 0 AH o a r e 2 0 9 3 0 2 Arkwright 3 1 3 0 S t u d d...... 2 0 1 2 0 Cooper 8 5 5 3 Forbesbowledonewide. T (13) Englandv. Australia . July 21, 22, and 23. O npublic form, it was not anticipated that the Seventh Australian T e a m wouldbe able to compete with the full strength of England on anything like equal terms . Still , as events proved, the Australians were able to makea close fight up to a certain point . Briggs , whohad strained his side badly in the match Lancashire v. Yorkshire , was not available , and his place wastaken byBarnes. The post of wicket -keeper was filled by Mr. McGregor , the Cambridge Univer