James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

HE MERITS OP THE VAR IOUS PU B L IC SCHOOL ELEVFV q are fully dealt with in another part of the Companion pe| will be found short descriptions of the School matches ni\""i during 1 8 8 3 ‘ ™ ETON v.- HARROW . . • M m The 50th match between the two great public schools was com- menced at Lord's on Friday, July 13, and had to be left drawn on the second afternoon owing to heavy rain. Eton had no fewer than seven old choices— the new men being Mr. Grenfell, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Forster and Hon. A. E. Parker. Harrow, on the other, hand, had eight new players, the only men who had previously appeared at Lord’s beinu- Messrs Crawley, Greatorex, and Hewitt. It was a great pity the match could not be completed. There were two sensational performances— those of Mr. Marchant and Hon. A. E. Parker. In the first innings, Hr. Marchant went in with the score at 21, and was dismissed at 136, having made 93 out of 115 during his stay at the wickets. His hitting was some of the finest ever seen in the Schools’ match, and certainly nothing so brilliant has been done since Mr. Walter Forbes’s 113 jut 1876. He was batting for an hour and thirty-five minutes, and included in his innings were tliirteen fours, four threes, and six twos. Iso less remarkable was the achievement of Mr. Parker—a right-handed fast bowler. This gentle­ man took 8 wickets in Harrow’s first innings at a cost of 37 runs. Six of these wickets fell to his last 18 balls, the batsmen becoming altogether demoralised. Mr. A. H. Studd played a most patient innings of 64 for Eton, going in first and being the sixtli man out. He was batting for three hours and a quarter, the total when he left being 193. For Harrow Mr. T. Greatorex showed really admirable cricket, taking out his bat in each innings. On the first day he kept up his wicket when no one else could do anything against Mr. Parker’s bowling, and on the Saturday, when the ground was wet and easy, he hit with power and freedom. Many excellent judges considered him the best batsman in the match, and his subsequent play for Middlesex tvas highly promising. Mr. Oates and Mr. Buxton also did well. Harrow brought out a fast under-hand bowler in Mr. Grieve, and the experiment proved fairly succcessful. Fu 1score and analysis:— j * 1 • • • • • • * « « • • 0 0 • • • • • t M G1 9 0 f4? 12 IS ETON A. H. Stuild, bGrieve F. Thomas, bYoung U. li. Pemberton, bYoung K. Marchant, bGrieve K. J. Lucas, cThompson, bYoung A. C. Richards, bGrieve....... J. Hargreaves,cCrawley, bThompson11 Hon. C. M. Knatchbnll-Hugessen, b •Grieve ' V.. C. A.Grenfell,bYoung H. W. Forster, stCox, bHewett Hon. A. K.Parker, not out Noball f » * • • 0 0 • • • •4*1 • 0 0 • • • * . • • • • ♦ 0 0 • • 0 #• 0 0 0 0 0 * • 0 0 0 0 ♦ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 t> 0 1 ■M M B B habrow . F. T.Oates, bThomas V. Thompson, runout 0 . I). Buxton, bParker T. Greatorex, notout H. li. Crawley, cMarchanf,bParker E.M. ButleT, oHargreaves, bParker H.T. Hewett, bParker . A. F. Dauglish, bParker B. A. F. Grieve, bParker A R. Cox, Vb.v,Y>Parker W. A. K. Young, bParker B5,1b3 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 0 0 0 0 # 0 0 % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 231 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 # In Harrow's second innings, Oates scored (not out) £2, Bqxton fc Thomas, Richards)7,Greatorex(notout) 4 0 ; b 6 ,w 1 —total 7$. , v . 22 & 9 3$ 37 3 2 1 0 * 0 0 3 129 b