SPORT ANCIENT AND MODERN 



dismissing the Club for 33 and 19 Mr. 

 F. R. Spofforth in the first innings took six 

 for 4, including a hat trick, and Mr. H. F. 

 Boyle six for 3 in the second. The Colonials 

 beat Middlesex by 98 runs despite the great 

 century by the Hon. Edward Lyttelton, but 

 were defeated by an innings and 72 runs by the 

 famous Cambridge eleven. The Australians 

 were not seen at Lord's again until 1882. 

 Since that time they have five times met the 

 Gentlemen, winning three times and losing 

 once. In 1906 Mr. W. W. Armstrong scored 

 248 not out, the third largest innings ever 

 made on the ground in a first-class match. 



The Australians were beaten by an innings 

 and 263 runs by the Players in 1 890, but won 

 by six wickets in 1893. Against M.C.C. 

 the Australians have won five times, lost six 

 times and had six draws. Middlesex has been 

 met on eleven occasions, but the county has 

 never yet been successful. Ten test matches 

 have been played at Lord's, England being 

 victorious in 1884, 1886, 1890 and 1896, 

 the Australians in 1888, 1899 and 1909, whilst 

 the matches 1893, I 9 02 an( * 1905 were un- 

 finished. In 1888 England scored 53, her 

 smallest aggregate in the whole series in this 

 country. Shrewsbury scored 106 in 1893, 

 Mr. A. G. Steel 148 in 1884, Mr. S. E. 

 Gregory 103 in 1896, Mr. V. S. Ransford 

 143 in 1909, Mr. G. H. S. Trott 143 in 

 1896, Mr. C. Hill 135 in 1899, Mr. V. 

 Trumper 135 not out in 1899 and Mr. H. 

 Graham 107 in 1893. Gunn's innings 

 of 228 for the Players at Lord's in 1890 

 is the highest individual innings hit against 

 the Australians in this country. 



HARROW SCHOOL CRICKET 



Space will not permit adequate treatment 

 of the cricket of Harrow. Unlike Eton, 

 the cricket has not been mainly in charge of 

 masters but of such old Harrovians as the 

 Hon. Robert Grimston, Mr. I. D. Walker, 

 and Mr. A. J. Webbe in conjunction with 

 Mr. M. C. Kemp. The great feature, 

 of course, is the annual match at Lord's with 

 Eton. Of the eighty-three encounters up to 

 1910, Harrow has won thirty-five and lost 

 thirty-one, seventeen having been drawn, but 

 Harrovians object very strongly to the game 



in 1805 (when Lord Byron played) being 

 treated as a regular match between the two 

 schools, contending that it is no more correct 

 to count it than the fixture in 1857 for 

 boys under twenty, which has been rejected. 



The centuries scored for Harrow against 

 Eton are, 142 by T. G. O. Cole in 1897, 

 135 by A. K. Watson in 1885, 124 by 

 J. H. Stogden in 1895, 112 not out by 

 A. W. T. Daniel in 1860, 108 by R. B. 

 Hoare in 1888 and 100 by E. Crawley in 

 1885, as well as the unparalleled double 

 century in 1907 of M. C. Bird who grandly 

 obtained 100 not out and 131. The largest 

 totals are 388 in 1900, 385 in 1898, 376 in 

 1901, 326 in 1895 and 324 in 1885. 



Winchester only once played at Harrow, 

 in 1837. Harrow had the double satisfaction 

 of winning both matches against Eton and 

 Winchester in 1842. 



The following old Harrovians have played 

 in test matches in England : A. N. Hornby, 

 A. C. Maclaren and the Hon. F. S. Jackson. 

 Old Harrovians who have been to the Anti- 

 podes are : A. N. Hornby, F. A. MacKinnon 

 (who was never given his colours), A. C. Mac- 

 laren, E. M. Dowson, and M. C. Bird. The 

 following since 1878 have represented the 

 Gentlemen against the Players at Lord's: A. N. 

 Hornby, M. C. Kemp, H. T. Hewett, A. C. 

 Maclaren, the Hon. F. S. Jackson, and E. M. 

 Dowson ; while for the Gentlemen against 

 the Australians were selected A. N. Hornby, 

 W. H. Patterson, R. C. Ramsey, M. C. 

 Kemp, and A. C. Maclaren. 



Since 1878 the following Old Harrovians 

 have found places in the Oxford eleven : 

 A. Haskett Smith, W. H. Patterson, H. T. 

 Hewet, M. C. Kemp, W. E. Bolitho, A. K. 

 and H. D. Watson, H. J. Wyld, W. S. Med- 

 licot, R. G. Barnes, M. J. Dauglish, D. R. 

 Brandt and K. M. Carlisle. Harrovians in the 

 Cambridge eleven have been P. J. T. Henery, 

 C. D. Buxton, R. C. Ramsey, D. G. Spiro, 

 F. C. C. Rowe, R. Spencer, E. M. Butler, 

 E. Crawley, the Hon. F. S. Jackson, E. M. 

 Dowson, W. P. Robertson, F. B. Wilson,. 

 C. H. Eyre, F. J. V. Hopley, E. W. Mann, 

 R. E. H. Bailey and M. Falcon a list that 

 may well be remembered with pride by 

 anyone reared in the great school on the 

 Hill. 



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