James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

7 4 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (4) M. C. C. a n dG r o u n dv. Sussex. Lord's , M a y15, 16, and 17. Amatchproductive of heavyscoring throughout in spite too of rain on the secondand third days. Sussex, w h o wentin first m a d e317 in four hoursanda quarter , and in the last hour on the first day A. E. Stoddart , and C. P. Foley , put on 89 for M. C. C. without the loss of a wicket . G. Brann's resolute hitting for Sussex , was the best feature of the batting . Out of 177 added while he was in he contributed 137 without a chance , and as his innings only lasted under two hours he scored at the rate of morethana run a minute. O nthe second morning C. P. Foley and Gunnadded 111 in an hour, andbefore the latter was out, after an innings of two hours and fifty minutes , he had made 124 with only a chanceto long on. H e a v yrain on the third morningcaused the match to be prematurely drawn, with Sussex 13 runs on and seven wickets to fall . М. С. С. 345. Sussex 317 and 41 (three wickets ) Total 358. (5) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. Australians. Lord's , M a y18 , 19, and 20 . Aglorious finish to a match full of excitement throughout . TheAustralians were most unfortunate in having to play without C. T. B. Turner, and as the wicket was, his bowling would have been of the greatest service . Theground was, in fact , so soft at the commencementthat the Australian captain tried the experi- mentof taking the field instead of the innings on winning the toss . The result certainly did not justify the action , and indeed the Marylebone batsmen scored at a great rate throughout . The vigorous cricket of F. Marchant and Flowers in particular , was seen to the greatest advantage . In a little over an hour they added 152 runs , and the latter's 130 was as good a display of the kind as one could wish to see . Marchant, whoultimately got 103, ought to have been caught w h e nheh a dmade15-one of m a n ymistakes in the field . Thebest standin the Australians ' first innings was by the last two batsmen , Gregory and Blackham , whoput on 60 by free cricket . The great feature of the match though , was when the Australians followed on. This time J. J. Lyons was in his most brilliant hitting form, and with the assistance of A. C. Bannerman, in an hour and ahalf hadwiped off the arrears of 181 without the loss of a wicket . His hitting was quite themostremarkable w ehave ever seen. A tone time he scored 16 from a n over of J. T. Hearne, and although there were three and at times four menin the long field , they had no chance of saving the boundary hit . Excepting Bannerman, w h ow a sin for anhourandtwentyminutesfor his 75, noneof the other Austra- lians did much, and the innings eventually terminated for 347. Witha wet wicket and wet ball , M. C. C. whowanted 167 to win, fared well at the outset , W. G. Grace and A. E. Stoddart making 72 without the loss of a wicket . Thanks to some fine bowling by M'Leod, however, seven batsmen were out for 106, andit was only the plucky play of Attewell and J. T. Hearne which saved M. C. C. The game ended with the Club wanting 14 to winand two wickets to fall . M.C.C. , 424 and 153(eight wickets), total 577 ; Australians, 243 and347; total , 590. M'Leod(2nd Innings M.C.C. ). Overs. Maidens. 9 1 9 R u n s. 2 9 Wickets. 5 (6) M. C. C. G r o u n dv. C a m b r i d g eUniversity. Cambridge, M a y25 and 26. The University eleven were seen to great advantage at all points , with the result ofan easy victory by ten wickets . Except for the professional element M.C.C. was only moderately represented , and in spite of a good score of 268 to commence with, the issue was hardly ever in doubt. Theone feature of M. C. C.'s batting wasthe partnership of Carpenter (115) and Chatterton (48) in the first innings .