John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

116 A somewhat unexpected v ic to ry , as i t was genera lly considered that C lifton had the better side. The Cheltenham hoys, however, played with remarkable pluck and spirit, and had the best o f the gam e throughout. In the ir first innings H. Osborne h it free ly fo r 50, and H. B oyd played good cr ick e t fo r 40, w h ile in the ir second G. E . G reenway— a very pro. m ising youn g cr ick e ter—batted in fine form for 52 (not out). The chief scorers fo r C lifton were W . Evershed 40 and 0 , and J . H . Brain, 18 and 36. Ten matches have now been p layed— C lifton has won 5, Cheltenham 2 , and 3 have been le ft unfinished. I CL IFTON v. SHERBORNE . 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Ju ly 8 , Sherborne 185 108 293 C lifton . Clifton 131 165 296 C lifton won by 6 wickets'. Some capital batting was shown on both sides. F or C lifton J. H. Brain scored 7 and 66 , W . Evershed 4 and 31, W. P . R ichardson , 34 and 15 (not out), and C. G. Carnegy 32. The ch ie f scorers for Sherborne were A . G. Bewes, 48 and 4, S. Wh itehead 47 and 13, and E . W . Bastard 34 and 9. CHARTERHOUSE v. W ELL ING TON . I 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Ju ly 11, Charterhouse 270 — 270 Charterhouse. W e llin g ton 57 46 103 Charterhouse won by an innings and 167 runs. The Charterhouse boys proved far too strong for th e ir opponents, and gained a most decisive victory. W . Lea was top scorer for the winners w ith a hard hit, but somewhat lucky innings o f 90. R . T. R okeby made 30, F .L . Dames 27, and S. A . S. Ponsonby 25. In the two innings of W e lling ton on ly three batsmen reached double figures. Sm ith and Streatfield bowled most successfully for Charterhouse, the form er taking [ 12 wickets and the latter 6 . UPPINGHAM v. REPTON . 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. j Ju ly 6 , Uppingham School 187 — 187 Uppingham . Repton School 85 78 153 Uppingham won on the first innings by 102 runs. R ep ton had lost 6 w ickets in the second innings. The Uppingham boys had a very easy task. F. Hairland scored 42, H. Eccles 35, and A. Neilson and L. Orford each made 24. F or the winners, Neilson and Turner bowled w ith great success. * • TONBR IDGE SCHOOL v. BRIGHTON COLLEGE . 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Ju ly 9, Brighton College 97 21 118 B righ ton . Tonbridge School 91 — 91 B righ ton won on the first innings by 6 runs, and had lost 3 wickets in I the Second innings. , r. 1 I * it *1 t N* J J »