James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

63- (9) M .C .C . and G round v . Cambridge Un iversity . Cambridge , June 6 , 7 and 8 . Seeing that Marylebone were playing Warwickshire at Lord’s on the , days, it was scarcely ‘ surprising that the premier Club wer . m i h ? no less an “ incident ’ ’ than the compilation <§ honours were borne off by N. F. Druce with 199 fa colossal inn l l l 'i 1 few mistakes), and Wilson with 84 ; but nearly all batted well Carpenter and 38) alone among the opposition scored well twice, and' a feeble te n suffered a crushing reverse by an innings and 23 runs. Only 30 wickets f£n while 1,007 runs were being got. Cambridge, 515. M.C.C. and Gm.md 252 (10) M.C.C* v . O x fo rd U n ivers ity . Oxford , June 10 , 11 and 12 . For the first of their two matches with the University, M.C.C. sent down a fairly good team. The opening stages were productive of very high, but at the same time consistent scoring, Mr. G. C. Mordaunt and Alec Hearne (each with 95) on their respective sides both just failing to reach three figures. Showers on the second day and night affected the ground, so that the Oxfordians fared badly against Mead and Martin. Then Bean lost his wicket ere a run had been got, and it was reserved for Captain Quinton and Mr. Hewett, by a timely stand, to place the issue beyond doubt. Marylebone won a good game by five wickets. M.C.C., 350 and 133 ( 5 wickets); total, 483. Oxford, 319 and 163 ; total, 482. (11) M .C .C . and G round v . K en t. Lord's , June 13, 14 and 15. Noteworthy for another splendid achievement by W. G., and for the appearance of H. H. Massie, the once famous Australian. Never throughout his career had the champion been seen to better advantage, and. during his second innings of 125, 50 were scored in 40 minutes. Alec Hearne (59), Mr. Mason ( 5 5 ), and Mr. L. Wilson (57) were all in great form for Kent. But Dr. Grace enabled M.C.C. to transform a deficit into a long lead, the Club winning by 111 runs. M.C.C., 184 and 298; total, 482. Kent, 262 and 109; total, 371. (12) M .C .C . and G round v . H am psh ire . Lord's , June 17 and 18. An “ average ” match in all ways, and played by only average sides. Capt. Quinton’s 62 for Hants was the highest in the matc^, which the County v.on by 54 runs. Hampshire, 175 and 143; total, 318. M.C.C., 134 and 130; total, 2 b 1 . (13) M .C .C . v . C am br idge U n iv e rs ity . Lord's , June 27 and 28. Not verv encouraging for the Cantabs, especially as M.C.C. were only weakly represented, llit fk e ll and Grace shaped ertremel, wed t o tte ^ v e p i t y 'buftheir. £ f o r g e t s f or « , an d * for «• - J to Mr. a\ L. W ilson (75), Davidson g * ; won by an innings and 11 runs. & , i total, 259. THE MARYLEUONK CLUli IN 1 8 9 5