James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

66 August 1, Lord’s. 2nd Inns. Total. 331 314 August 3, Lord’s. 2nd Inns. 75 1G9 . Total. 290 424 August. 6 , Canterbury. 1st Inns. M.C.C. and Ground 331 C lifton College 117 197 M.C.C. won by an inn ings and 17 runs. The Club b a tt in g was s ingu lar ly even , 8 members of the team reach ing double figures. Mr. J. 8 . Russel made 65, Mr. A. H. Heath, 61 , Captain Hardy 60, W est 40, Captain Ind 33, and Burton 22 (not out). “ Ir. K. J. Key, who afterwards played so f in e ly for Surrey, scored 48 and 106 for Clifton, and though h is long inn ing s was by no means free from b lem ish , he h i t most b r illian t ly . W est took 10 o f the College w ickets and Burton 6 . 1st Inns. M.C.C. and Ground 215 Devonshire 255 Devonsh ire won by 134 runs. Up to a certain point th e M.C.C. made a very good fight, but in the second inn ings the ba tting com p le te ly broke down. On each side there was an ind iv idua l score of over 100. Underwood, a young Nottingham professional, scored 124 for Devonshire, and Mr. W. D. Ham ilton, of the 1882 Oxford U n ivers ity Eleven, 114 for the M.C.C. Mr. Hamilton was (no t out) 114 on the first even ing , but did no t reach th e ground on the second morning in time to go on w ith his inn ing s . 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. M.C.C. and Ground 295 64 359 Kent 164 194 358 M.C.C. won by 9 w ickets. The opening match of the Canterbury week. On the first day the attendance exceeded three thousand, and on Tuesday i t numbered about four thousand. Only on the occasion of the Au stra lian s’ v is it in 1882 have there been such companies on the first tw o days of the week. On the Wednesday afternoon the match was finished in a perfect storm of wind and rain. W ith the advantage of first inn ings the M.C.C. had the match in hand from start to finish. Their decisive v ictory was chiefly due to the fine ba tting of Mr. W h itfe ld and Mr. C. C. Clarke, and the effective bowling o f Messrs. C. T. Studd and A. G. Steel. Mr. Whitfeld made 74—an inn ings tha t was free from an y th in g like fault, and Mr. Clarke h it finely for 63. Mr. Studd took 8 w ickets at a cost of 127 and Mr. Steel* 7 w ickets for 99 runs. Mr. C. I. Thornton scored 41 and Mr. W . G.'Grace 0 and 37 (no t out). For the County, Mr. E. F. S. Tylecote made 35 and 35, G. G. Hearne 55 and 10, Mr. L. W ilson 39 an d -17, and Hon. Ivo B ligh 7 and 38. 1st Inn?. 2nd Inns. Total. August 6 , M.C.C. and Ground . 271 — 271 Lord’s. Essex 160 110 270 M.C.C. won by an inn ing s and 1 run. Mr. G. R. Burge played a brillian t inn ings of 83 for the M.C.C. and received some good support from W . Hearn and Mr. S. J. Wilson, who scored 44 and 41 respectively. In the second inn ings of Essex, W . Mycroft bowled finely and took 5 w ickets for 15 runs. . 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. August 8 , M.C.C. and Ground 359 — 359 Lord’s. Suffolk 78 178 256 M.C.C. won by an inn ings and 103 runs. Suffolk won the toss, hut for some reason put the M.C.C. in to bat