James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

70 let Inns. 2nd Inns. Total • June 20, M.C.C. and Ground 334 — 334 * Richmond. Richmond Club and Ground 156 70 226 M.C.C. won by an innings and 108 runs. A strong team of the M.C.C. proved far too much for the Richmond Club. Gunn played capital cricket for 59, while Flowers hit freely for 42. Mr. M. Wilde scored 73, and Mr. G. F. Willes 59. Flowers and Fothemll bowled with great success. The best cricket for the home team was shown by Mr. F. W. Bush, who made 61. 1 st Inns . 2 nd Inns. Total June 20, M.C.C. and Ground 100 — 100* Winchester. Winchester College ' 97 112 200 M.C.C. won on the first innings by 3 runs. Mr. A. G. Steel played for the Club, and proved of immense value to the side, scoring 52, and taking 12 wickets. In the second innings of Winchester, Mr. A. G, Watson showed excellent form for 48. 1 st Inns , 2 nd Inns. Total, June 21, M.C.C. and Ground 216 — 216* Eton. Eton College 230 — 230 Eton College won on the first innings by 14 runs. The victory was mainly due to the admirable batting of Messrs. F. Thomas, R. J. Lucas, and F. A. Soames, who scored 76 (not out), 48, and 38 respectively. For the M.C.C., Mr. C. H. Allcock made 40, Mr. M. P. Lucas 38, and Mr. H. G. Tylecote 35. The finish proved very exciting. 1 st Inns . 2 nd Inns, Total. June 21, M.C.C. and Ground . 231 — 231 Vincent Square. Westminster School 43 143 286 M.C.C. won on the first innings by 188 runs. Westminster had lost 8 wickets in the second innings. The boys showed to poor advantage. Wheeler played very finely for 112 for the M.C.C., and Farrands took 5 wickets in each innings. There was only one double figure score in the first innings of West, minster, but in the second, Mr. A. Armitage made 44 and Mr. C. A. Sherring 34. . n . 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. June 23, M.C.C. and Ground 229 — 229 Lord’s. Cambridge University 74 126 200 M.C.C. won by an innings and 29 runs. The match was remarkable for the splendid all-round cricket of Flowers, the Nottingham professional, who scored a brilliant innings of 122, and took 6 wickets for 20 runs and 8 for 60 runs. Seldom, indeed, has one man done so much towards winning a match. From the start, the Cantabs proved altogether unable to hold their own against their powerful opponents. Mr. Paravicini made 24 -and 6, Mr. E. 0. Powell 3 and 24, and Mr. T. Greatorex 3 and 24, but, on the whole, the batting lacked life and spirit. For the M.C.C., Flowers’s chief supporter was Mr. D. G. Spiro, who scored 47. On the strength of this per­ formance he was given a place in the Cambridge Eleven. 1st Inns. 2 nd Inns. Total. June 25, M.C.C. and Ground 275 — 275 Marlborough. Marlborough College. 108 58 166 M.C.C. won by an innings and 109 runs. Some very fine hitting was shown for the Club by Messrs. W. J. Ford and T. R. Marshall, the former scoring 82 and the latter 74. Fothergill