James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

which was held on August 1, the anniversary of the Battle of the Nile, on board the flags lip Ih e \ ictory^’at Portsmouth, and at which Admiral Sir ( t # P hipps H ornby piesided. Our visitors professed themselves very ranch pleased *\vitli the manner in which they had been received through­ out their torn, and when they all (except their captain) left Liverpool in the “ Austria on Saturday, August 9, it was with the expressed wish that the happy visit might be repeated before many years. Below are given the results of all the matches, together with the batting and bowling averages. June 2, Dublin. June 4, Dublin. June 7, Edinburgh. June 13t Scarborough. Jane 16v Lord’s. June 20, Stockport. June 23, Leicester. Ph ilade lph ians ............... ... i s i Dub lin U n i v e r s i t y .............................. 181 Drawn. Philadelphians had not lost a wicket. Ph ilade lph ians .............................. 219 Gentlemen o f Ireland .............. 8 8 Ph iladelph ians won b y six w ickets . Ph ilade lph ians .............................. 119 Gentlemen o f Scotland .............. 7 9 Gentlemen o f Scotland won b y five wickets. Ph iladelphians * .............................. 4 3 3 S c a r b o r o u g h ..................................... 138 D rawn . Scarborough had lost six wickets. Philadelphians .......................... 174 Gentlemen o f M.C.C. .............. 406 Lost b y an inn ings and 171 runs. Philadelphians .......................... 620 Gentlemen o f Cheshire .............. 83 Ph iladelph ians won b y an inn ings and 292 runs. Ph iladelphians ... ............... 260 Gentlemen o f Leicestershire ... 67 Ph iladelph ians won b y an inn ings and 108 runs. June 27, Philadelphians ............... 189 Southampton . Gentlemen o f H am p s h i r e .............. 202 Gentlemen o f Hampshire won b y five w ickets. Philadelphians .......................... 162 Gentlemen o f Gloucestershire ... 94 Philadelphians won by 168 runs. Ph iladelphians .............................. 319 Lansdown C.C. ... ••• * •• 311 Drawn. Lansdown had lost one w icket. Ph iladelphians . . . . ............... 29S Castleton C .C . ... •»* ••• ••• Ph iladelphians won b y an inn ings and 16 runs. Ph iladelph ians .......................... 186 Gentlemen o f L iverpool .............. 169 Philadelphians won b y 4 runs. Philadelphians .............. •• Gentlemen o f Northumberland ... 72 Philadelphians won by 96 runs. Ph iladelph ians . . .# .............. |67 Gentlemen o f Derbyshire ... ... 141 Drawn. Derbyshire had lost five wickets. Philadelphians .......................... Gentlemen o f Surrey ... Ph iladelphians won by three w ickets. Philadelphians 181 Gentlemen o f Sussex Sussex won b y ten wicket s. Philadelphians .......................... Gentlemen o f Kent ... ... ••• Kent won by six wickets. Philadelphians .............................. 311 Un ited Service ... •• Pi awn . Philadelphians had lost one w icket. June SO, 1Cheltenham. July 2, Lansdown. July 4, Rochdale. July 7, Liverpool. July 11, Newcastle. July 14, Derby. July 17, Oval. July 21, Brighton. July 26, Maidstone. Ang. 1, Portsmouth. 2 nd Inns. Total. 23 204 218 309 47 266 177 265 94 213 136 215 —- 438 235 373 61 235 — 406 — 520 115 228 r 260 95 162 94 4 tr i1^ 283 85 287 207 369 107 . 20 1 1 — 319 18 329 • 298 198 282 102 287 114 283 1 1 2 267 89 161 243 400 60 201 229 360 189 379 164 345 46 348 229 335 43 339 160 471 , — 237 ✓ t>