A HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX 



The match, North against South, has become 

 as obsolete at St. John's Wood as the once 

 famous matches of the All England and 

 United All England elevens. The centenary 

 of M.C.C. was observed in June 1887, 

 when M.C.C. played England ; Eighteen 

 Veterans met the Gentlemen of M.C.C. ; 

 and a banquet was held at which the Hon. 

 E. Chandos-Leigh, the president of the year, 

 took the chair, among the speakers being Mr. 

 Goschen, the Duke of Abercorn, Lord Bess- 

 borough, the Provost of Eton, M. Wadding- 

 ton, Mr. E. Stanhope, Lord George Hamilton, 

 Sir A. L. Smith, Mr. Justice Chitty, and 

 Lord Harris. 



THE UNIVERSITY MATCH 



Up to the close of 1909 seventy-five univer- 

 sity matches have been played, of which Cam- 

 bridge have won thirty-six and Oxford thirty- 

 one matches; in 1827, 1844, 1888, 1899,1900, 

 1901, 1904 and 1 909 the matches were drawn. 

 The two largest aggregates, Oxford's 503 and 

 Cambridge's 392, were both obtained in the 

 same match in 1900. The largest individual 

 innings, 172 not out by Mr. J. F. Marsh for 

 Cambridge in 1904, was intrinsically inferior 

 to the 171 of Mr. R. E. Foster for Oxford 

 in 1900. Mr. W. Yardley with 100 and 

 130 in 1872 for Cambridge is the only 

 cricketer twice to score centuries in this 

 match, but Mr. J. E. Raphael with 130 in 

 1903 and 99 in 1905 only failed by one run 

 to achieve the same distinction for Oxford. 

 Mr. Eustace Crawley has alone made a 100 

 both in the Eton and Harrow and Oxford 

 and Cambridge matches. Those who have 

 also scored centuries for Oxford are Messrs. 

 K. J. Key, M. R. Jardine, G. O. Smith, 

 H. K. Foster, F. M. Buckland, V. T. Hill, 

 W. H. Game, A. Eccles, W. H. Patterson, 

 W. Rashleigh, Lord George Scott, C. B. Fry, 

 and C. H. B. Marsham ; and for Cambridge 

 Messrs. H. J. Mordaunt, G. B. Studd, E. R. 

 Wilson, S. H. Day, E. C. Streatfeild, 

 C. E. M. Wilson, L. G. Colbeck, W. S. 

 Patterson, C. W. Wright, and H. W. 

 Bainbridge. The most famous finish was in 

 1870 when Oxford with three wickets to fall 

 wanted only 4 runs to win. Mr. Bourne 

 then caught Mr. Rutter off the second ball of 

 Mr. Cobden's last over, and Messrs. W. A. 

 Stewart and H. A. Belcher were bowled with 

 the next two balls. It was in 1896 that 

 Mr. F. Mitchell provoked an angry demon- 

 stration by directing Mr. E. B. Shine to send 

 down no balls to prevent Oxford avoiding 

 the follow on. 



GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS 



In seasons when the Australians have not 

 visited England, the fixture at Lord's between 

 Gentlemen and Players has always been 

 regarded as the chief exhibition match in 

 which it was a great honour to be invited to 

 play. Two matches were played in 1806, 

 but the Gentlemen were assisted by Beldham 

 and Lambert. Although in 1819 they played 

 unsupported, in 1820 Howard was introduced. 

 Odds were not given after 1838, since when 

 up to the end of 1909 the Gentlemen have 

 won twenty-eight and the Players thirty-six. 

 The highest individual score is Mr. C. B. Fry's 

 232 not out in 1903, Dr. W. G. Grace's 

 largest being 169 in 1876, and he is the only 

 cricketer except Hayward who has exceeded 

 the century more than twice at Lord's. The 

 highest for the Players are 1 63 by J. T. Brown 

 in 1900 and 141 by Braund in 1902. Mr. 

 R. E. Foster scored two hundreds, 102 not 

 out and 136 in the match in 1900, and 

 J. H. King with 104 and 109 not out 

 effected a similar feat in 1904, both on their 

 first appearance in the match. The aggregates 

 exceeding 1,000 are : in 1900, 1,274 for 

 thirty-eight wickets ; 1903, 1,218 for twenty- 

 three wickets; 1897, 1,196 runs; 1904, 

 1,165 f r thirty-seven wickets; 1895, 1,156 

 runs; 1905, 1,149 f r thirty-four wickets; 

 1883, 1,118 for thirty-three wickets ; 1901, 

 1,079 f r thirty-six wickets; 1878, 1,066 

 runs ; 1898, 1,059 runs ; and 1884, 1,000 for 

 thirty-four wickets. The longest partnership 

 was in 1 903, when Messrs. C. B. Fry and A. C. 

 Maclaren added 309 without being separated. 

 In 1900 the Players were set 501 to win, 

 and made them for the loss of eight wickets. 

 The instances of two bowlers being unchanged 

 in the match are W. Lillywhite and James 

 Broadbridge (playing as given men for the 

 Gentlemen) in 1829 and for the Players in 

 1832 ; W. Lillywhite and S. Redgate in 

 1837; Wisden and W. Clarke in 1850; 

 Mr. Matthew Kempson and Sir Frederick 

 Bathurst in 1853 ; Jackson and Willsher in 

 1 86 1 ; Willsher and Tarrant in 1864; and 

 the Hon. F. S. Jackson and Mr. S. M. J. 

 Woods in 1894. 



THE AUSTRALIANS AT LORD'S 



The first appearance of the Australians 

 at Lord's against M.C.C. and Ground in 

 1878 was one of the most extraordinary 

 matches ever played. The ground was in a 

 dreadful state, and the Australians in one day 

 defeated a powerful side by nine wickets, 



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