James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

C R I C K E TR E C O R D S . 5 P A R TI. C H A P T E R I. C R I C K E T R C O R . (To November 30, 1897). B YF. S. A S H L E Y-C O O P E R. SCORES OF THREEHUNDREDOR MOREIN FIRST CLASS MATCHES.-4 2 4, A. C. MacLaren, Lancashire v. Somerset, at Taunton, July 15, 1895 (highest score on record in any first -class match or inter -county contest ); 344 , Dr. W. G. Grace , M.C.C. v. Kent, at Canterbury , August 11, 1876 ; 338 , W. W. Read, Surrey v. Oxford University , at Kennington Oval , June 25 , 1888 ; 321 , W. L. Murdoch , New South Wales v. Victoria , at Sydney , February 10, 1882 (highest in Australia in a first -class match) ; 318 not out , Dr. W. G. Grace, Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire , at Cheltenham , August 17, 1876 ; 311 , Brown (J, T. ), Yorkshire v. Sussex , at Sheffield , July 12, 1897 ; 301 , Dr. W. G. Grace , Gloucestershire v. Sussex , at Bristol , August 3, 1896 . The record in Victoria is 279 not out , W. L. Murdoch, Australian XI. v. Combined Australia , at Melbourne , January , 1884. The South Australian record is 271 , G. Giffen , South Australia v. Victoria , at Adelaide , November 9, 1891. SCORESOF T H R E EH U N D R E DO R M O R EIN M A T C H E SOTHERT H A NFIRST CLASS .-485 , A. E. Stoddart , Hampstead v. Stoics , at Hampstead , August 4, 1886 ; 419 not out, J. S. Carrick , West of Scotland v. Priory Park, at Chichester , July 13 , 1885 ; 417 not out, J. Worrall, Carlton v. Melbourne University , at Melbourne , February 8, 1896 (highest individual score in Australia ) ; 415 not out , W. N. Roe, Emanuel L. V. C. v. Caius L. V. C. , at Cambridge , July 12, 1881 ; 404 not out, E. F. S. Tylecote , Classics v. Moderns (Clifton College ), May 26 , 1868 ; 400 not out, Dr. W. G. Grace , U.S.E.E. v. XXII. of Grimsby and District , at Grimsby , July 10, 1876 (highest against odds ) ; 386 , Major Spens , United Service v. Nondescripts , 1882 ; 364 , F. M. Atkins , Mote Park v. Shorncliffe Camp, July 25, 1887 ; 362 , Carrington , Mentmore v. West Park, at Mentmore, February 20, 1897 (highest individual score in South Australia ) ; 360 not out , retired , C. Hill, Prince Alfred College v. St. Peter's College , at Adelaide , December 7 , 1893 (highest score in an inter -school match); 352 not out , F. Laver, East Melbournev. St. Kilda, February, 1893 ; 338 not out, W . E. W . Collins , Northwoodv. Freshwater, 1874 ; 338, A. H. Trevor, Orleans Club v. Rickling Green, at Rickling Green, August 4 and 5, 1882 ; 331 , W. F. Forbes , A. E. Fellowes ' XI. v. Huntingdonshire , July 9, 1881 ; 331 not out , H. Renny-Tailyour , Royal Engineers v. Civil Service , at Chatham, 1880 , 328 not out , W . Bruce , Melbourne v: Hotham, January , 1884 ; 327 not out , Dr. E. M. Grace, Thornbury v. Chewton Keynsham, 1876 ; 325, Η. Ν. B