James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

T H E COUNTIES IN 1891 . 7 7 Lockwood L o h m a n n Sharpe B o w l e y W .W .R e a d B r o c k w e l l. A b e l H e n d e r s o n B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. 4 7 7 Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Average. 1 8 6 8 7 2 8 7 1 0 . 2 1187.3 4 4 8 1,962 1 7 5 11.3 9 2 8 . 1 3 6 0 1,812 1 4 7 1 2 . 4 8 2 3 3 1 3 2 8 1 6 . 4 3 4 . 3 1 1 1 7 7 16.5 1 3 3 . 3 4 5 2 8 7 1 5 1 9 . 2 8 4 2 8 1 8 1 9 20.1 3 4 1 8 6 4 1 6 4 D. L. A. Jephson bowled in two innings -1 5 - 6 - 4 3 - 3. The following bowled in one innings :-Beaumont,24-8-46-2; Osman, 27-1-25-1; and E. C. Streatfeild ,11-5-15-0. G e n t l e m e nv. Players. Oval, July 2 and 3. Agreat triumph for the Amateurs, who, in truth , were represented by avery powerfulside . A tthe same time, and while the Players ' eleven could scarcely have been improved upon, neither Messrs . A. G. Steel , Newham, nor Nepean were able to assist the Gentlemen. In Mr. J. J. Ferris , the celebrated Aus- tralian , and Mr. S. M. J. Woods, however, they hada pair of splendid bowlers , w h ofully justified their selection . As in the Oval match of 1890 , it will be seen that as manyas four Cambridge University cricketers assisted the Gentlemen- and, singularly enough , precisely the same four . After a somewhat disappoint- ing display by the professionals , the Gentlemen's turn came, when Mr. Ernest Smith, of Oxford University , Mr. W. W. Read, and Mr. Stoddart fairly bore off the batting honours . Mr. Smith had previously given proof of his capacity to hit, and on this occasion he punished all the bowling with equal impartiality , hitting all round the wicket with the utmost freedom and brilliancy . His 76 wasa very fine display . On a fast -drying wicket , which just suited Mr. Ferris , thePlayers never had a chance whenthey went in again, and the match came to an unexpectedly early conclusion . In the two days , 12,029 persons paid for admission . It is worthy of note that this was the first time for ten years that theGentlemenhadwonat the Oval. Hunterin every wayjustified his selection to keepwicket , andof course the same remark applies to Mr. Gregor McGregor onthe opposite side . P L A Y E R S . Shrewsbury(Notts), c Smith,b Jackson.... 17 Ulyett(Yorkshire), c Dixon, b W o o d s G u n n(Notts), c a n db W o o d s Abel(Surrey ), с Douglas , b Woods Barnes(Notts,) b W o o d s. Read(Surrey ), st McGregor, b Grace Peel(Yorkshire), notout L o h m a n n(Surrey), c Stoddart,b Grace Briggs (Lancashire ), с McGregor, b Woods.. Sharpe(Surrey ), c Stoddart ,b Woods.... Hunter(Yorkshire ), lbw, b Grace ... B8, lb 2 13 0 cStoddart , b Ferris c Stoddart, b Woods. 1 4 22 c Woods, b Ferris 1 0 11 c Smith, b Ferris 5 2 7 cGrace, b Ferris 0 5 lbw, b Woods.. 0 2 7 cGrace, b Ferris 1 22 c Smith, b Ferris 5 6 c O'Brien, b W o o d s 7 candbFerris . 4 5 n o tout 8 1 1 0 B 3, lb 1 4 Total... .165 Total 5 9 G E N T L E M E N . W . G. Grace (Gloucestershire ), lbw, b Briggs F. S. Jackson (Cambridge University ), c 8 Hunter, b Briggs 5 A. E. Stoddart (Middlesex ), c Gunn, b Sharpe 3 9 G. McGregor (Cambridge University ), c Read, b Briggs 1 1 T. C. O'Brien (Middlesex ), c Sharpe , b S. M. J. Woods (Cambridge University ), Briggs 1 9 W .W. Read(Surrey ), b Briggs ........ 5 0 J. A. Dixon(Notts), b Sharpe 2 0 r u nout. B1, lb 1 1 1 J. J. Ferris , not out 7 2 R. N. Douglas (Cambridge University ), b Briggs 3 0 E. Smith (Oxford University ), c Ulyett , b L o h m a n n.. 7 6 Total .278