James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

The Clifton hoys were superior to their opponents at all points rrame. Mr. K. J. Key made a rather lucky 59, Mr. J. H. Brain i the flue cricket for 40, Mr. J. II. Pox scored 44, Mr. F. G. Newhoult Mr. ri. I?. Powell 13. In the second innings of Sherborne, Messrs and Tonks put on 25 for the first wicket, and the last 9 wickets fell / 0 7 runs Mr. G. Fowler took five wickets for 5 runs, and Mr. Brain f r for 4 runs. The scoring in the first innings of Sherborne was remark ably slow, the first 10 runs taking just over an hour and a quarter t obtain. It should be stated that the wicket was soft and slow h '° degree. ' * i * W na HOSSALL SCHOOL v. LOBETTO SCHOOL. June 29, Loretto. 93 let Inns. 2nd Inns. Totni Loretto 49 205 Rossall . 59 34 Drawn. Rossall had lost 5 wickets. Had time permitted, Loretto would, in all probability, have gained aw easy victory, as Rossall, with 5 wickets to fall, wanted no fewer than 162 runs to win. In the second innings of Loretto the hatting was extremely good. Mr. A. Pearson made 51 (not out), Mr. L. R. Patterson 41, and Mr. A. S. Blair 35, and there were three other double figure scores. Mr. C. E. Tunnicliffe bowled wonderfully well for Rossall, and in the first innings of Loretto took 7 wickets for 11 runs. The hatting of the Rossall team was disappointing, but it must be stated that the wicket gave the bowlers a slight advantage. UPPINGHAM SCHOOL t\ LORETTO SCHOOL. lBt Inns. 2ndInns. Total. July 9, Uppingham 119 — 119 Uppingham. Loretto , 207 • • — 207 Loretto won on the first innings by 88 runs. * • •(••j Loretto’s victory was mainly due to the excellent batting of Messrs. L. R. Patterson and J. N. Kyd, the former scoring 87 and the latter 47. Messrs. A. 8 . Blair (19), F. Reid (19), and A. Pearson (16) also showed promising form. For the home team Mr. C. G. Stone made 30, Mr. T. H. Roberts 31, Mr. T. E. Eecles 17, and Mr. T. G. Philpott 12. Mr. Blair, a capital bowler for a schoolboy, took five of the Uppingham wickets. This was the first match that Uppingham had ever played against a Scotch School. ’ .x REPTON SCHOOL r. MALVERN COLLEGE. * ' 1st Inns. 2ndInns. Total. July 13, .MalvernCollege . 122* . <138 260 Repton. . Repton School 1 *\138 *»< 125 2t>3 . . . . Repton School won by 5 wickets, i . .. ) 1 A good and evenly contested game throughout. Thb Repton boys gained a slight advantage on the first innings, and that advantage they maintained to the finish. Mr. C. A. Kempson played fine cricket for 20 and 47. and was well supported by Messrs E. F. Kearsey (16 and 21 ), A. H. Cochrane (33), H. Dewhurst (25), and L. G. Ford (16 and 17). F°r Malvern, Mr. N. Morice made 25 and 48, Mr. E. Marsh 18 and 32 , Mr. P. Harrison 31 and 3 , and Mr. II. Harding 3 and 29. Mr. Kearsey took 8 Malvern wickets. - •• • *