John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

I l l May 19> Cambridge Cam bridge U n iv e rs ity Y o rk sh ire let Inns. 88 248 2nd Inns. 223 64 Total. 311 312 Y orksh ire w on b y 8 w ickets . a disastrous m a tch fo r the L ig h t Blues. Severa l showers fe ll on the dav, and Y ork sh ire , fo r the loss o f one w ick e t , scored 180. Th is °^ s a t io n a f beg inn ing took a ll the in terest ou t o f the cr icke t . Cambridge Sen0t very strong ly represented— w en t down q u ick ly before the b ow lin g "Tpeate Bates, and H ill , and had to “ fo l low on ” aga inst a m a jo r ity o f runs. A t the second a ttem p t Mr. Steel (71), and M r. G-. B. Studd ( 68 ), ; layed Jpendidly, bu t it was too la te to save the gam e . Mr. J. E . K . studd (40 and 25), batted w e ll in each inn ings . F o r Y orksh ire , Ha ll played finely for 77 and 22. U ly e tt made 66 and 17, and Bates 45 and (not out) 13. May 23 .—Cambridge .— Cambridge U n ivers ity v .M .C .C . and G round .— (See M.C.C. Review.) v 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. May 30, Cam br idge U n ivers ity 370 34 404 Cambridge. Gentlemen o f E n g lan d 352 145 497 Drawn . Cam br idge had 8 w icke ts to fa ll. A remarkable match , p layed on an abso lu te ly per fect w icke t . In the course o f three fu ll days ’ cr ick e t 901 runs w ere scored, and three in d i­ vidual innings exceeded 100 each . F o r the Gentlem en , Mr. A . P . Lucas made 142—up to the present time his h ighest inn ings in a first-rate match. I t is a lm ost needless to say that his ba tting was o f the finest description. T o go in against such a tota l as 352 and surpass it was an achievement o f w h ich Cam bridge cricketers had good reason to be proud . Every member o f the G en tlem en ’ s team w en t on to bow l, but M r. Buchanan and M r. P. H. M orton a lone took w ickets . Out o f 362 runs from the bat, 267 wrere scored by tw o batsmen, Mr. J. E. K . Studd m ak ing 154, and Mr. C. T. Studd 113. The brothers played splendid c r ick e t , and while they were together , took the to ta l from 62 to 280. A w a y from the Cambridge ground Mr. J. E. K. Studd cou ld show no approach to the pitch of excellence he reached in this and prev ious matches. W i th tw o hours longer to p lay Cambridge wou ld doubtless have w on the m a tch , the only batsmen being ou t in the second inn in g s be in g Messrs. L a n ca ­ shire and Maynard. Several o f the Gentlemen , besides Mr. Lucas, h i t freely, Mr. Thorn ton m ak ing 15 and (not ou t) 50, Mr. V ernon 42 and 21, Mr. Bobertson 30 and 17, M r . Schu ltz 37 and 9, and Mr. A . J. W ebbe 38 and 5. 1st Inns, 2nd Inns. Total. June 13, Cambridge U n ive rs ity 187 38 225 L iverpool. Lancashire 71 153 224 Cambridge w on b y 7 w ickets. The new ground at L iverpoo l opened w ith this m a tch , and in the course o f two or three hours p lay it was made qu ite ev iden t tha t the turf was not sound enough to stand the strain. F rom the first the wicket was difficult, and w inn ing the toss w en t fa r towards d ec id ing the lesult. Mr. G. B. Studd p layed a splendid inn ings o f 106 fo r Cambridge going in first and tak ing ou t his bat. Tw o or three times the ba ll bea t om, but he did not g ive a chan ce to the field. On such a ground his performance was a m arve llous one. Mr. Steel (p la y in g against h is