James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

A F E WL O O S ES T R I N G S. 2 5 7 H i g hS c o r i n g. Playing at Melbourne, in April , East Melbourne scored 581 in six hours against Melbourne University . F. Laver made 118, and Vautin 164. -Playing at Westbury , on April 22, for Leighton v. L. C. H. Palairet's Eleven , F. S. Jackson's 111 included three successive hits for six . At Lord's , on M a y18, against M.C.C. and Ground J. J. Lyons scored 149 in second innings of Australians in an hour and thirty -five minutes . At one time he made 50 in four successive overs . In second innings of Australians v. North of England at Manchester, on July 1. J. J. Lyons scored the first hundred in an hour.-A t Leatherhead , on June 24, against St. John's School , Christ's Hospital got the last 27 runs in seven minutes , and the winning hit was made off the last ball of the day. For Mr. A. J. Webbe's Eleven v. Oxford University , at Oxford, on M a y 18, J. J. Ferris scored 114 in the two innings of the former without being once out.-- At Kennington Oval, on July 11, Surrey C. & G. v. Wanderers. In six hours of actual play, 625 runs were scored for eight wickets .- A tClapton , on June 13, Clapton v. Wanstead, Clapton scored 252 for one wicket . O n two successive Saturdays , against London Hospital and Wanstead respectively , Clapton made591 for three wickets .- I nsecond innings of Eastbourne v. Crystal Palace , at Eastbourne , on August 27, H. S. Bush and H. J. Davenport scored 205 in an hour and seventeen minutes without losing a wicket .-- In second innings of match v. M.C.C. and Ground at Scarborough , on Aug. 29, Yorkshire got 196 to winin two hours for the loss of three wickets. F. S. Jackson made111not o u t. H i g hA g g r e g a t e s . In the Seniors ' Match at Oxford, begun May1, 1,036 runs were scored for 28 wickets. In the Freshmen'smatchat Oxford, begunonM a y4, 1,437 runs were scored for 27 wickets . In the match between Surrey v. Sussex , on July 26, at Kennington Oval, in the three days 1,001 runs were totalled . In the three following days 944 runs were got in a match between Surrey and Australians , so that 1,945 runs were scored at the Ovalthat weekfor 78 wickets.- I nthe match at Oxford, between Twelve and Next Sixteen , in the three afternoons 1,093 were scored for 27 wickets . I nthree days of match between Australians and M.C.C. and G. at Lords , 1,167 runs were scored for 38 wickets . In a match between Somersetshire and Middlesex , at Taunton, on August 9, 1,122 runs were scored for 35wickets .-OnAugust 26 and 27, at Eastbourne , 1,032 runs were scored for 20 wickets in a match between Eastbourne and Crystal Palace . S m a l lS c o r i n g. O nJune 12, at Sheffield , in the match Yorkshire v. Surrey , the highest of four completed innings was 98. - O nMay29, at Kennington Oval, in the match Surrey v. Australians , Abel failed to score in either innings of Surrey .-O nJuly 14, in a match Notts v. Yorkshire , Sherwin's not out 10 was highest score in the second innings of Notts. In a match between Leicestershire and Surrey, at Leicester , onAugust 11, 197 runs were scored for 35 wickets .-Merchant Taylors ' School , Crosby, got Liverpool College out on June 3 for 6.-Glamorganshire School weredismissed by Rydal Mount School on July 15 for 7, in which were three byes.-- In the matchbetween Lancashire and Yorkshire , at Manchester , on Aug. 7and8, only 223 runs were scored in four innings . The highest was 64. In a match between Pickering (Canada) and Markham, at Pickering , the former scored four in the first innings , including two extras . T h eHighestTotal in a n ImportantM a t c h. Ina match begun on July 31 at Portsmouth between Australians v. Oxford and Cambridge Past and Present , the Australians scored 843, the highest innings on record in an important match. The previous record was 803 by the Non- Smokers against the Smokers on the East Melbourne Ground in 1887 . innings lasted ten hours . The