John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

100 the choice o f M o r le v in preference o f I l i l l was a mistake. In c om p l in ^ , his splendid batting in the University match, Mr. W . II. Patterson was as]<*° to play for the Gentlemen, but an injured hand compelled him to dccl^ and Mr. Vernon was selected. A s at the Oval the claims o f Mr. W. w’ Read were overlooked . Unfortunately the match was played on a wict ' which placed the batsmen at a complete disadvantage. The strain o f ncarf ten weeks' cricket had proved too severe for the central portion o f Lord’^ the surface o f the ground having become loose and crumbled. A s the con* sequence o f this the slow bowlers got a wonderful lot o f work on the ball and though in the two elevens there were eighteen rea lly dangerous bats’ men, the highest individual innings was only 34. D esp ite the unusual! small scores, however, the cricket from first to last was thorough ly interest ing. Never in his life did Mr. A . P . Lucas show more masterly defence Ground and bowling considered his two innings o f 21 and 19 were equal to a couple o f ordinary 60’s. W e cannot remember a match in fine weather where runs were so hard to get. Much as the w icket helped them the bowlers on both sides deserved all that could be said in their favour. ]\jr Grace was completely puzzled by P ca te : three times in .one over the ball beat him, but broke so much as to miss the w icket. The analysis which js given below will fu lly repay perusal. In the Gentlemen 's second innings Bates bowled 29 overs for 12 runs and a wicket, tax ing to the utmost the patience and skill o f Messrs. Penn and Lucas. The best performance, how- ever, was that o f Barlow— 7 wickets for 55 runs. Score and analysis U ly e t t , c T re v o r , b E v a n s M idw in te r , b G race . , L o ckw o od , b E v a n s . . B a rn e s , c G ra ce , b Steel B a r low , c G race , b S tee l Bates, b S tee l . . . . S e lb y , b E r a n s . . . . Em m e t t , b G ra ce . . P i l l in g , n o t ou t . . . . P ea te , b E v a n s . . . . M o r ley , b E v a n s . . B 3, 1 b 4 . . . . T o ta l ..................... P L A Y E R S . 1 st Inns# 2nd Inns . . 2 st L y t t e l t o n , b S tu d d . . b S tu d d ......................... c S tu d d , b S te e l . . . , c V e r n o n , b S te e l # # c V e r n o n , b S tudd . . . . . . 8 c V e r n o n , b L u c a s . . • . . . 34 c G ra c e , b S tu dd . . . . b S tee l ................................... n o t o u t . . . . . r , # b E v a n s . . T T c S t e e l b S tu d d . . . _ • • . . 0 B ................................... T o ta l . . G EN T LEM EN . 1 st I n n s . W . G . G ra ce , b P ea te ........................ , . 2 9 b B a r low A . N . H o r n b y , b P ea te .................... .... . . 21 b B a r low A . P . L u c a s , c P i l l in g , b B a te s , . . . 21 b B a r l o w F . P e n n , c B a r low , b P ea te .........................l b B a t e s . C. F. H. L es lie , c a n d b P ea te . . . . 3 r u n o u t . C. T. S tu d d , ru n o u t ................................... 7 n o t o u t . A . H. T r e v o r , s t P i l l in g , b B a r low . . 4 n o t o u t . H o n . A . L y t t e l t o n , c P i l l in g , b B a r low . . 16 A . G. S tee l , b B a r l o w ................................... 12 G . F . V e rn on , n o t o u t ................................... 4 A . H. Evans, b Barlow ................................... 0 B 11, l b 2 .............................................. . . 1 3 W id e Total 131 Total 2nd Inns. . . 2 . . 1 . . D . . 28 . . 6 . . 4 . • 16