James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

7 6 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (7) Etonv. H a r r o w. July 10 and 11. Afterhaving all the worst of the first innings the HarrowEleven played up so pluckily that an apparently certain defeat was turned into a creditable draw. Eton, going in first on a splendid wicket , madelight of the Harrow bowling. Lubbock, whoopened the batting , laid the foundation of abig score with a well -played 56, but the most successful run-getters were Bosanquet (120) and Pilkington (101), both of whomshowed considerable freedom . The early batsmenof Harrow, with the one exception of Vibart (42), fared badly, and the best stand of the innings was Wyld(81) and Dowson(26), who put o n 101 in an hour and a quarter for the ninth wicket . Though they had a n advantage of no less than 168 on the first innings Eton were naturally tired with their double turn of fielding . As a consequence the Harrowbatsmen mostly shaped well , and a very useful stand by Studd (50) and Rattigan (72) fortheseventhwicketsavedthe side fromdefeat. A tthe finish H a r r o w ere 37runs on with two wickets in hand. I nHarrow's first innings Mitchell took six wickets for 44 runs with " lobs." T h e score will be foundin scores of Public School matches in Part II. Harrow, 218 and 255 (8 wickets ) ; total ,473. E t o n, 386. H A R R O W B W L I N G . FirstInnings. Overs. M a n s. R u n s. W k t s. W a r d... 2 5 7 5 4 1 Mitchell 4 0 1 7 4 4 6 Bosanquet 2 7 1 2 4 0 1 T r y o n... 1 5 1 0 3 2 1 Allen 5 0 2 5 0 Legard 2 1 1 0 0 Pilkington... Second Innings . Overs. M d n s. R u n s. W k t s. 7 2 2 1 0 3 7 1 2 7 0 1 2 7 1 4 4 4 2 2 4 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 3 6 2 7 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Tryonbowled4,Bosanquet 3, andLegard1wide. Mitchell bowled1wideand1 no-ball . (8) Gentlemenv. Players. July 13, 14 and 15. Bothsides were well represented , so that the victory of the Gentlemen wasthe morecreditable . It was a fine performance for themto make224, as they did , against such bowling at the finish for the loss of only four batsmen. Hearneand Haywardadded 156 for the ninth wicket in the second innings of the Players . The Gentlemenwonby six wickets . First Innings. G E N T L E M E N . Mr. W .G. Grace (Glo'ster ), b Richardson 14 c Richardson , b Hearne Mr. A. E. Stoddart (Middlesex ), lbw, b H e a r n e... 3 0 K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Sussex ), lbw, b Briggs 47 Mr. L. C. H. Palairet (Somerset ), c andb Briggs 2 2 Mr. F. S. Jackson (Yorks ), b Briggs 57 Mr. A. C. McLaren (Lancashire ), b R i c h a r d s o n Sir T. C. O'Brien (Middlesex ), b Richard- s o n 4 2 1 7 Mr. S. M. J. Woods(Somerset ), bBriggs 14 Mr. A. O. Jones (Notts), not out Mr. E. Smith (Yorks), c Abel, b Briggs ... 4 Mr.G. McGregor(Middlesex),b Richard- s o n B5, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 ...... T o t a l... SecondInnings . 5 4 1 5 1 1 8 4 0 c B r o w n, b Richardson not out... b Richardson... n o to u t 12 cGunn, b Lohmann 3 3 0 9 B26, n b1 2 7 2 6 8 T o t a l 2 2 4