James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1894. 5 7 Mead, who got the last five batsmen in five overs for the same number of runs , the second total only reached 109. The final stage of the game was very exciting , and it was in fact , a little luck for Davidson and Brownjust at the finish that gave M.C.C. the victory by four wickets . Tunnicliffe scored 70 for Yorkshire for once out. M.C.C. and Ground125 and 100 (six wickets ) ; total , 225. York- shire , 115 and 109 ; total , 224. Foster (1st innings , M.C.C. ) Mead(2nd innings , Yorkshire ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 3 1 3 6 6 5 9 2 5 9 6 ( 11 ) M.C.C. a n dG r o u n dv. C a m b r i d g eUniversity. Lord's, June25, 26, and27. A match productive of remarkable scoring . The lowest total of the four innings was217, the highest , 595 for seven wickets . Altogether 1,332 runs were madefor thirty -seven wickets , which gives an average of exactly 36 runs . Messrs . Lathamand Perkins were the chief scorers for the University , the former with 170, the latter with 118 for the double innings . Mr. W. G. Grace's second score of 196, however, was a long waythe highest , as it was the best display of the match. Atone time, while he was in with Mr. Ranjitsinhji , 200 runs were scored in twohours . All the Cambridge eleven , except Mr. D uV. Brunton, bowled in the second innings of M.C.C. Mr. W. G. Grace's 196,it is worthy of remark, is the highest score he has ever madeat Lord's . W. G. junr. scored 0 and 54, besides taking six wickets for 99 runs . M.C.C. won by 374 runs . M.C.C. and Ground, 258 and 595 (for seven wickets , innings closed ) ; total , 753. Cambridge , 262a n d217 ; total , 479. (12) M.C.C. a n dG r o u n dv. OxfordUniversity. Lord's, June28 and29. Thewicket never played well and hence the scoring was of a very different character to that recorded in the match between M.C.C. and Ground v. Cambridge University earlier in the week. Mr. R. C. N. Palairet , (46 and 21) on the side of Oxford, and Mr. A. E. Stoddart , (78and15) on the other were the principal scorers . Withthe ground all against the batsmen, the figures of some of the bowlers were out of the common. J. T. Hearne, took seven of Oxford's wickets in the first innings , and alltogether ten wickets in the match at a cost of ten and a half runs apiece . Mr. D. H. Forbes ' fast bowling at the finish proved remarkably effective . H egot five of the six wickets downin M.C.C. second innings for only 21 runs . M.C.C. won by four wickets . M.C.C. and Ground, 174 and 70 (six wickets ) ; total , 244. Oxford University , 103 and 140, total , 243 . (13) M.C.C. a n d G r o u n dv. Yorkshire. Scarboro', August 28 and 29 . A sthe wicket was, Yorkshire got a big advantage in going in first . Thanks to the batting of Mr. F. S. Jackson (27), and Brown(80), with a useful score of 5 2byTunnicliffe , at one time the County hadmade180 with only half the side out. Asthe wicket dried , however, Davidson's bowling became very difficult , so muchso, that the last five wickets only added 29 runs . Peel and Wainwright found the ground even more to their taste whenWebbewent in, andthe innings was over in an hour and a quarter , for 59, of which Davidson, whowas not out, had contri- buted 26. In the follow on the batsmen were a little more favoured , but still the highest score was a lucky 30 by Mr. C. I. Thornton. Yorkshire wonby an innings and eleven runs. Yorkshire , 219. M.C.C. and Ground, 59 and 149 ; total , 208. Wainwright(Yorkshire ) Davidson (M.С.С. ) . . . . . . . . . O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 3 5 2 0 . 4 1 6 6 0 9 3 7 1 0 5