SPORT ANCIENT AND MODERN 



CRICKET 



Despite the efforts of Mr. P. J. de Paravicini, 

 Buckinghamshire up to 1908 has never taken an 

 important position even among the second-class 

 counties. The cricket of Eton College, however, 

 deserves more space than the exigencies of this 

 work will permit. In contrasting the results 

 with those of its chief opponents, Harrow and 

 Winchester, it must be borne in mind that the 

 river furnishes a formidable counter-attraction at 

 Eton. Until quite recently when Agar's Plough 

 became the school ground, the home matches 

 were played in Upper Club, Winchester being 

 met out and home in alternate years, and Harrow 

 always at Lord's. After 1866, for thirty years, 

 the Eton eleven was managed by the late Mr. R. 

 A. H. Mitchell ; he has been succeeded in most 

 satisfactory fashion by Mr. C. M. Wells. 



Of the eighty matches played up to 1908 with 

 Harrow, Eton had won thirty-one and Harrow 

 thirty-four, seventeen having been drawn. By 

 scoring 183 for Eton in 1904, Mr. D. C. Boles 

 created a new record for the match, beating 152 

 made by Mr. Emilius Bayley, now the Rev. Sir 

 John Robert Laurie, in 1841. The other cen- 

 turies for Eton have been 120 by Mr. B. J. T. Bo- 

 sanquet in 1896; 117 by Mr. A. W. Ridley in 

 1871 ; 114 by Mr. C. P. Foley in 1886; 113 

 by Mr. W. F. Forbes in 1876 ; 108 by the late 

 Mr. C. J.Ottaway in 1869; 101 by Mr. H.C. 

 Pilkington in 1896; and 100 by Mr. E. N. S. 

 Crankshaw in 1903. There have been eight 

 Harrovian centuries. The largest Etonian totals 

 have been 406 in 1904; 386 in 1896 ; 365 in 

 1906 and 308 in 1845, 1871, and 1876. 

 Harrow has six times exceeded 300. 



The chief Etonian bowling successes against 

 Harrow have been : 



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1886) 



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1893 



1894 

 1903 



F. M. Buckland | 

 C. T. Studd . 

 P. de Paravicini > 



Hon. A. E. Par- 

 ker ... 



E. G. Bromley 

 Martin . 



H. R. Bromley) 

 Davenport J 



H. W. Studd . 



H. R. E. Harri- 

 son . . . 



F. H. E. Cun- 

 liffe . . . 



C. E. Hatfield . 



6 for 35 and 6 for 42 ; 4 



for 63 and 5 for 64 

 6 for 28 



5 for 50 and 7 for 42 ; 6 

 for 42 and 6 for 57 



8 for 37 



6 for 46 and z for 48 ; 6 

 for 88 and 4 for 49 



5 for 79 and 4 for 73 ; 6 for 

 44 and 2 for 67 



6 for 27 and 8 for 72 



6 for 29 and 3 for 26 



7 for 54 and 6 for 40 

 5 for 35 and 7 for 58 



Of the seventy-six matches played with Win- 

 chester to 1908, Eton has won twenty-five and 



lost twenty-four, eight being drawn, with a tie 

 in 1845. The centuries for Eton have been in 

 1863, when the total was 444 ; A. Lubbock 1 74 

 not out, and E. W. Tritton 130 ; in 1874 when 

 the total was 381; H. E. Whitmore 109, and 

 Hon. A. Lyttelton 104 ; the latter in 1875 scored 

 IO2; in 1885 H. Philipson scored 141 ; in 1886 

 Hon. H. Coventry 119; in 1887 the late W. D. 

 Llewellyn 124, and in 1905 W. N. Todd 134. 

 The only Wykehamist centuries have been in 

 1852, E. R. Trevilian 126; in 1892, J. R. Mason 

 147, and in 1901, E. L. Wright 113. The 

 home matches played by Eton are generally 

 with I Zingari, M.C.C. and Ground, Free 

 Foresters, New College, Oxford, Windsor Gar- 

 rison, &c. 



The following old Etonians have played in 

 Test Matches in England: Lord Harris, Hon. 

 Alfred Lyttelton, C.T. Studd, and B. J.T. Bosan- 

 quet ; while the following have been on tour to 

 Australia : Lord Harris, Hon. Ivo Bligh (now 

 Lord Darnley), C. T. Studd, G. B. Studd, Lord 

 Hawke, A. E. Newton, H. Philipson, P. R. 

 Johnson, B. J. T. Bosanquet. The following 

 have represented the Gentlemen at Lord's since 

 1878: Lord Harris, Lord Hawke, Hon. Alfred 

 Lyttelton, A. W. Ridley, Hon. Ivo Bligh (now 

 Lord Darnley), C. T. Studd, G. B. Studd, W. 

 F. Forbes, P. J. de Paravicini, H. W. Bainbridge, 

 H. W. Forster, F. Marchant, H. Philipson, Lord 

 George Scott, A. E. Newton, F. H. E. Cunliffe, 

 and B. J. T. Bosanquet ; and the following have 

 represented the Gentlemen against the Austra- 

 lians : Lord Harris, Hon. Edward Lyttelton, 

 Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, G. B. Studd, C. T. Studd, 

 and Lord Hawke. 



Since 1878 the following old Etonians have 

 found places in the Oxford eleven : W. F. 

 Forbes, A. E. Newton, H. W. Forster, H. Philip- 

 son, Lord George Scott, the late W. D. Llewellyn, 

 the late D. H. Forbes, R. T. Jones, C. C. and 

 H. C. Pilkington, F. H. E. Cunliffe, B. J. T. 

 Bosanquet, C. H. B. Marsham, H. A. Arkwright, 

 W. Findlay, G. E. Martin, R. V. Buxton, A. M. 

 and F. H. Hollins. In the Cambridge eleven : 

 J. E. K., G. B., C. T., and R. A. Studd, H. 

 Whitfeld, Hon. Ivo Bligh, C. W. Foley, Lord 

 Hawke, P. J. de Paravicini, H. W. Bainbridge, 

 Hon. C. M. Knatchbull Hugessen, F. Mar- 

 chant, F. Thomas, H. J. Mordaunt, W. C. 

 Bridgeman, R. C. Gosling, H. R. Bromley- 

 Davenport, H. K. Longman, E. F. Penn, C. P. 

 Foley, H. W. de Zoete, P. R. Johnson, and 

 P. W. Cobbold. 



The writer as an old Etonian may be per- 

 mitted to add : floreat Etona, ftoreat flortbit. 



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