John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

140 M r . E . F . S. T v le c o t e (404 , n o t ou t , in a s ch o o l m a t ch a t Clift0n C o l leg e in 1868) and M r . W . G . G race (100, n o t ou t , v. T w e n ty .tWo ,, G r im sby in 1876) are the o n ly o th e r c r ick e te r s w h o h a v e ever reached 400 in a s in g le inn in g s . „ „ „ Another remarkable score avus that o f Ihornbury v, Jam es Thorn*, when the former eleven obtained G74 runs lor the loss o f three wickets o n ly . N e th erw ood , too, los t three w ick e ts o n ly in c om p i l in g 531 rur^ v. N iton . The fo l low in g is the sm a llest a g g r e g a te o f th e season MERIDEN v. NETHER WHITACRE. N etiilr W iiitacre . Fiefiold, b Hicken . . . . , . # <0 Keighley, h w, b llick cn .............. 0 Dabbs, b Hickon . . . . , . , * 0 Dale, not out ..............................] 0 Total ................................ ... Oldham, c Watson, b Hicken . . . . 0 Smith, b Watson • . . . . . . . 0 Greenvray, b Hicken.................. .... . 0 Cupifc, c Fitter, b Hicken..................0 Handscombe, c and b Watson . . . . 0 Boonham, b H icken ................. . . 0 White, b Watson ......................... 0 , M eriden scored 73. W es t Hadham disposed o f Basford In s t itu te w i th o u t a run being obta ined fr om the hat, bu t there was one “ e x t r a ; ” an d Am ersham Hall S ch oo l how led ou t U n ive rs ity H a l l fo r one run ob ta in ed from the bat, w h ils t St. Paul's ob ta ined o n ly one run from the ba t and one “ ex tra ” against B a r le y A b b ey . E lstree S ch oo l disposed o f C h igw e l l School for fou r runs, and Pun ch B ro th e r s ’ E lev en ob ta in ed on ly one run from the bat and s ix “ extras ” aga inst A l l Saints. The most rem a rkab le b ow l in g feats in first-class m a tches have been recorded in p reced ing p a g e s ; from a la rg e n um b e r reported to us as hav in g been a ccom p lish ed in m in o r m atches , we take the f o l l o w i n g . B y lo t t , for M.C.C. and G round v. R ichm on d , ob ta in ed a l l ten wickets in the first inn ings, and in the second inn ings he took five o f the s ix wickets tha t fell, at a cost o f three runs on ly . M r. R . P. W in ch , fo r Ound le School v . K e tter ing , clean bow led a l l ten w ick e ts , thus rep ea t in g h is fea t o f 1879, v. N ortham p tonsh ire . Mr. II. S. Dame, fo r T a r v in v. Chr istleton , obtained all the ten w ickets fo r 25 r u n s : he also bow led tw o ba lls each o f which passed through the w ick e t w ith ou t rem o v in g th e bails, the g round man hav ing gauged the space betw een the stumps w ith an o ld ba ll. In the match at N ottingham betw een S h aw ’s E leven and E igh teen o f N o tting ­ ham Castle, Peate bow led fou r w ickets w ith fou r con secu t ive b a l l s ; and M a jor D. W . M ack innon , fo r Sou thern D iv is ion v. South Hants, obtained five w ick e ts w ith six consecu tive balls. Mr. O. II. P ed ley , p la y in g for R.M .C., Sandhurst, c. Captain P a t ton ’ s E lev en , took e igh t w ick e ts for seven runs, and M r. J. Evans, fo r Battersea v . A dd iscom be , had seven w ickets fo r fou r r u n s ; w h i ls t Mr. H. V . Pate , o f the CJapham Club, obta ined seven wickets v . B lenhe im fo r e leven runs, seven w icke ts v. Fa irfie ld fo r six runs, and six wickets v. Spencer fo r seven runs only. M r. W . P. Daniels, fo r the N ew Zea land Loan A g en cy v. M oser & Co., took five w ickets in one over o f five balls. In an un fin ished match between N ew port and Cardiff, Mr. J. W i l l iam s ob ta ined ten w ickets for five runs on ly . F o r S tan ley House S ch oo l v. P erth St. Johnstone , Lang ob ta ined five w ickets in an ov e r o f six halls, and fo r E d in b u rgh A ca d e ­ m ica ls v. Aberdeenshire, R . P . H o rsb ru gh took fou r Avickets w ith fou r 0