James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

143 CHELTENHAM v. MARLBOROUGH. Total, 299 266 t „ i ,, 1 1 tmt i•« . 1st Inns, 2nd Inns, July 11, Marlborough 1 2 5 1 7 4 Cheltenham. Cheltenham 9 3 7 29 . • j . r Drawn. ^Cheltenham had lost 3 wickets. Kam interfered consideral)l 3 f with the match, and it is not too much to say, robbed Cheltenham of a victory. Mr. V. Ferguson took a very prominent part m the game. He went in tenth for Cheltenham, and scored 53 (not out), and in the first innings of Marlborough took 8 wickets for 49 runs. The other scorers for Cheltenham were Mr A B Heath (retired hurt, 31), Mr. A. B. Champain (44), Mr. C. E. Pe’arson (33),‘ and Mr. A. A. Glass (29). Mr. J. P. Cheales (48 and 47) batted consistently well for Marlborough, and received most support from Mr. E C Firth (0 and 36), Mr. F. G. Padwick (25 and 9 ), and Mr. F. Meyrick-Joiies ( 6 and 38). In the second innings of Marlborough, Mr. A. Bobinson obtained 5 wickets for 42 runs. It should not be forgotten that Cheltenham had the be 6 t of the wicket, and considering that Marlborough followed on in arrears of 1 1 2 , the latter did not come out of the fight without credit. Of the 29 matches played, Marlborough lias won 1 1 , Cheltenham 10, and 8 have been left unfinished. * WESTMINSTER v. CHARTERHOUSE. •• * gt m j m ' % 1st Inns . 2nd Inns . Total. July 26, Charterhouse " 137 — 137 . Godaiming. Westminster 63 — * 63 Charterhouse won by 74 runs and 6 wickets. Westminster had the advantage of first innings, but against the fine bowling of Messrs. C. H. Vincent and Evan-Thomas made so little use of the opportunity that only two members of the eleven (Mr. C. Gibson 24, and Mr. A. Fevez 19) reached double figures. Mr. Evan-Thomas took 5 wickets for 14 runs, and Mr. Vincent 3 wickets for 16 runs. When Charterhouse went in to bat the runs were easily hit off, Mr. G. A. Coulby being top scorer with 57, and being well supported by Mr. H. J. E. Burrell (25), and Mr. S. L. Currey (20). This was the second year in suc­ cession that Charterhouse had won in most decisive fashion. Of the 21 matches played, Westminster has won 10, Charterhouse 9, and 2 have been left unfinished.. WELLINGTON v. CHARTERHOUSE. July 5, Wellington. Wellington Charterhouse 1st Inns. 2nd Inns . Tota l. 157 — 157 89 44 • 133 Wellington won on the first innings by G 8 runs. Charterhouse had lost 0 2 wickets in the second innings. The Wellinffton hoys hatted very evenly, no fewer than nine of the eleven6reaching double figures, while only one (Mr E W Markham 41) g X n g Lharterbrnfse did very poorly Mr. G. A. Coulby, who had shown most prominently against Westmins er, made 32, Mr. E. S. Currey 16, and Mr. C. Wreford-Brown 11, but these three were