John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

141 consecutive balls. Robert,m, College, Stony Stmt ford, ohin’ ; layingfor q runsonly, whilst for Trent Co ,/6*1 thirt^n w£l!le 8°hool v St t > eleven wickets for 17 rune ™ e&e v- St. at cost', e t- between Stubbington School bow^ug analv°lege>w F Sm‘?nteen mouth, is noteworthy rr ’ *areham an, i ? r sis °? C r a i n * ' had a s r - & - * » « « « » , Bponden t * - » 4 s .* s e " ‘ US ? f 3 ^ s% u l a r an(] habiy un p re ced en ted fe a t a c c om p l is h e d b y M r . G e o r g e S a in sb u ry , Pr0 • “ fo r the W a ip a w a C ou n ty C lu b v. N a p ie r . N a p ie r had s t i l l fi /w i c k e t s in hand w h e n th e sco re rs stood up a n n o u n c in g a tie . M r . Sainsbury b ow led these fiv e w ick e t s w i th o u t a ru n b e in g o b ta in e d , an d thus proved th e s a lv a t io n o f h is side. Jones o f S u rrey , in th e r e tu rn m a t c h v. K e n t , a t th e O va l , b ow le d n o w s than f o r t y - th r e e m a id en s o u t o f f i f t y - tw o overs . ° por M.C.C. an d G r o u n d v. O ld Sh ir bu r n ian s , a t L o r d ’ s, K y l o t t and Mr Watts put on 103 run s f o r th e la st w i c k e t in th e sh o r t sp a c e o f 58 minutes, the p ro fe ss ion a l h i t t in g n o few e r th an seven teen fou rs in h is innings o f 90. Mr. H. R o th e rh am , in a m a t ch b e tw een U p p in g h am R o v e r s and Gentlemen o f D e rb y sh ire , in b o w l in g an o p p on en t ou t , k n o c k e d a b a i l to the m arve llous d is tan ce o f G3 y a rd s f r om th e w i c k e t . Mr. de P a r a v ic in i , th e E ton ca p ta in , w en t t o the w ic k e t s a t C a t fo rd Bridge when fifteen run s w e re req u ired an d t im e w a s n e a r ly up . A fast bowler was pu t on , and th e E t o n ia n h i t th e first b a l l f o r e ig h t , and th e second for seven , and w on th e m a t ch h an d s d ow n . Platts, o f D e rb y sh ire , in a m a t ch b e tw een e ig h te en o f W h i t e h a v e n (with two b ow le rs ) and th e U n ited E le v e n , p la y ed a b a l l wd iicli lo d g e d in his shirt, w h ereup on h e ran aw a y f r om th e w i c k e t w i th th e e le v en a t his heels. H e w as e v e n tu a l ly c a u g h t and th e b a l l secu red , bu t th e umpire, m u ch to th e a s ton ishm en t o f th e e lev en , g a v e h im n o t ou t . A t Sandw e ll P a rk , n ea r B i rm in g h am , a c r i c k e t m a t ch 'was p la y e d o n the 22nd J u ly b e tw e en E le v e n G ir ls o f th e E d g b a s t o n H ig h S ch o o l and a rival E leven o f th e Sandvre ll P a rk S ch o o l . I t is r e p o r te d th a t th e h i t t in g was sp irited , and th e h ig h e s t score (25) w a s ob ta in ed b y o n e o f th e E d g ­ baston E leven . T h e S a n dw e l l P a rk g ir ls , h ow e v e r , w on b y 19 runs . Four fa ta l a c c id en ts are r e p o r t e d A n o ld m a n n am ed Jesse H a lsey , while w a t ch in g a c r i c k e t m a t c h at W in g r a v e , n ea r A y le s b u r y , w a s s t r u c k behind the ea r w ith the ba ll . H e f e l l , and d ied a lm o s t im m e d ia te ly . On June 16, as th e b o y s a t H u t ton G ram m a r S ch o o l , n ea r P re s ton , w e re playing at c r ick e t , a lad , tw e lv e y ea rs o f age, was s tru ck o v e r th e h e a r t by the ba ll, and d ied a lm o s t in s ta n ta n e ou s ly . A t T od rn o rd en a m an was struck on th e tem p le , and a t B u r n le y tw o p lay e rs in ru n n in g fo r a catch cann on ed v io le n t ly , and one o f th em re ce iv ed fa ta l in ju r ies .