James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

5 0 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R SA N N U A L. effect of his loss was shownby the wayhe scored whenhe did return into the eleven . Bowling here, too, was the weak point . Wellington showed fairly good cricket throughout the season , and were all round better than many, not to say most, of the other schools . Westminster mayhave been a little better than some years , but their form against Charterhousewasdistinctly moderate. G. H. Gibsonwas the best all- round cricketer in the eleven . In batting they were fairly good, but they hardly played upto their form. In Scotland , Fettes College had not only two or three good run-getters , but an effective bowler as well in Prichard. Blair Lodge, though, hadthebest Scotch eleven of the year. Highscoring as the wickets were, was the exception rather than the rule. Surrey's score of 401 against Yorkshire at the Oval was the highest in the matches for the county championship . The best innings of the season in Englandwas the 595 of M.C.C. andG. against Cambridgeat Lord's the w e e k before the Inter -University match. It was the more memorable, too, for the fact that Mr. W. G. Grace's 196 is his best record on the Marylebone ground during the thirty years he has played there . The match between M.C.C. and Ground, at Portsmouth, on August 20th and 21st , was remarkable for the reason that three batsmen each scored over a hundred in the innings , the only occasion on which that feat was performed in England, at least . In another place an innings of within eleven runs of seven hundred was scored . This was at Philadelphia , and the match in question was between Mr. G. S. Patterson's ElevenandA. M . Wood'sEleven, a trial in view of the Phila- delphians double fixture with Lord Hawke's team. This total of 689, it is worthy of remark, is the highest so far recorded in America. In contrast to this tall scoring it m a ybe recalled that in twosuccessive matchesof Somersetshire the g a m e gamewas completed in a day. The visit of another amateur team to America deserves conspicuous notice in any record of the cricket year of 1894. Lord Hawke, who again undertook the responsibility of getting up the side , was fortunate in collect- ing a strong combination , muchstronger in fact than any AmateurEleven that had previously toured in the States . Theresult was as gratifying to the English teamas it was disappointing to the Philadelphians . Both matches against the Gentlemenof Philadelphia , indeed , were woneasily , the second by considerably morethan an innings . It would appear , too, as if there was every probability of an English Amateur team visiting the West Indies in the early part of 1895. According to all accounts the WestIndians , generally , have expressed the greatest interest in the arrangement of such a trip . Dr. Anderson has been the moving spirit in the matter over here, and his will be the credit if the trip comes off .