James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

5 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETER'SA N N U A L. (7) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. Leicestershire . Lord's , M a y24 and25. Withquite a third rate eleven , the result , aneasy win for Leicestershire , was only what might have been expected for M.C.C. Mr. F. H. Bohlen , of Phila- delphia , helped Barnes to put on 82 in forty -five minutes for the first wicket in M.C.C.'s second innnings . Barnes stayed in till 228 had been got, and his scorė of 95 only included one chance whenhe hadgot sixty . Evena better performance perhaps , was that of Brown, of Bedfordshire , whomadea very successful first appearance for M.C.C. He carried out his bat for 64 out of 124, without a chance . Tomlinscored 140 out of 270 fromthe bat for Leicestershire . H em a d ehis runs in two hours and forty minutes a brilliant display of hitting , though marred by a little luck . Leicestershire won by eight wickets . Leicestershire , 286 and 93 (twowickets ) ; total , 379. M.C.C, and Ground, 124 and254 ; total , 278. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Pougher (1st innings M.C.C.) ......... 29.2 4 9 7 1 2 (8) M . C . C .a n dG r o u n dv. S o u t hA f r i c a n s . Lord's, June5. A singularly creditable victory for the SouthAfricans, after a mostexciting finish . M.C.C. had a fairly good side , including Messrs . W. G. Grace , H. Philipson , F. H. Bohlen , T. C. O'Brien , Mead, and Chatterton , and until quite the finish had always a bit the best of the game. Rain had prevented any play on the first day, and Mr. W. G. Grace, thinking the wicket would improve, sent the SouthAfricans in to bat. W h e ntheywentin for the fourth innings M.C.C. h a d84to get to win, andas 63 of these were m a d ewith only three batsmenout their victory seemed assured . Instead , Middleton and Rowe, supported b y excellent all -roundfielding , bowledso effectively that the seven remainingwickets weredismissed for nine runs . Hence, the Sonth Africans won a very fine match with eleven runs to spare . South Africans , 126 and 60 ; total , 186. M.C.C. and Ground, 103 and72 ; total , 175. Middleton (South Africans ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 3 5 - 1 3 3 S W i c k e t s. 1 2 (9) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. O x f o r dU n i v e r s i t y. Oxford, June7 and8. TheUniversity were placed at a great disadvantage in having to meet a strongish side of M.C.C. without three of their best players . Still , though beaten , the eleven made a fairly good show, and their out-cricket in particular was by no means of a low standard . M.C.C. , as the wicket was, got an advantage in going in first , and the lead of 59 they had at the end of an innings had much to do with their ultimate success . The best batting of the match was perhaps that of Alec Hearne in the second innings of M.C.C. His 78, which took him two hours andforty minntes, was free from a chance . Mr. Bardswell's all-round cricket w a sthe best on the Oxfordside . Besides taking nine wickets for 111 runs, h e scored 34 for once out . M.C.C. won by 109 runs . M.C.C. and Ground, 140 and 193; total , 328. Oxford, 81 and 143 ; total , 224. Martin(M.C.C.) Overs. 50.1 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 0 4 8 (10) M.C.C. a n dG r o u n dv. Yorkshire. Lord's, June14a n d15. 8 Yorkshire's second defeat of the week. Neither side had quite its full strength , as while Messrs . Jackson , E. Smith, and Sellers were not playing for the County, M.C.C. was by no means well represented . The wicket at the commencementwas still suffering from the heavy rainfall , and as the gamewent, Mr. C. W. Wright acted wisely in putting the Yorkshiremen in. Still there was little advantageto either side at the end of the first day. Yorkshire were then 5 3 on with seven wickets to fall , andthanks to a very fine piece of bowlingb y