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hitting of Saunders, Broadbridge, and T. Beagley, was deservedly 

 admired, Saunders scored 99 in his first innings, and was run out ; 

 T. Beagley scored 54, and not out ; and Broadbridge marked 52, and 

 not out in his second innings. The first innings of the players reached 

 the large number of 243, while that of the gentlemen only marked 143, 

 but they made up 272 in their second innings. The year 1825 is also 

 memorable in the annals of cricket, as being the first that saw the 

 matches between the Public Schools at Lord's. The Winchester 

 Eleven on this occasion beat Harrow by 140 runs, while the Etonians 

 also won in their match with Harrow by 7 wickets. These matches 

 have been regularly continued until the present time, with the excep- 

 tion of one or two years, when they were stopped by the head-masters, 

 in consequence of complaints made by some of the parents of the boys, 

 on account of the expenses and temptation their sons incurred by 

 remaining in London. A general expression of public feeling, how- 

 ever, in favour of the restoration of these popular matches, which 

 always attracted a very large concourse of spectators and excited the 

 warmest interest, caused the veto to be taken ofi', it being generally 

 considered that the evil of one or two boys being dragged into the 

 vortex of dissipation and expense was more than counterbalanced 

 by the stimulus thus given to manly and athletic exercises. Conse- 

 quently, when Dr. Vaughan, the late head-master of Harrow, who was 

 always most favourable to the continuance of the Public-School 

 matches, entered Lord's Cricket Ground a few years ago to witness the 

 prowess of his own scholars, his appearance was hailed with enthusiastic 

 cheers by the crowd of spectators assembled to watch the game. 



In 1820 Mr, Smith once more entered the cricket lists, being then 

 44 years of age, to play on the side of Hants against All England ; but 

 be appears then to have been out of practice, for he was bowled out in 

 the first innings by Powell, without scoring a run, and in the second 

 only obtained 2, when he was stumped by Shearman, England won 

 on this occasion by 82 runs. In 1820 the three Pilches first played 

 in a match at Lord's on the 24th of July, between the Marylebone 

 Club and the county of Norfolk, with Messrs. E, H, Budd, F, Lad- 

 broke, and T. Vigne. N. Pilch succeeded in scoring 52 runs in his 

 second innings. The other two bowled with success on the Norfolk 

 side. Mr, Ward made the great score of 278 for Marylebone in his 

 first innings, and Lord F. Beauclerk 82 and not out. The whole 

 innings reached 473, and the game resulted in Marylebone winning 

 by 417 runs. The four innings of both sides amounted to 745. The 

 batting of Fuller Pilch (who subsequently resided .at West Mailing, in 

 Kent) afterwards attained the highest excellence, while his fielding 

 was most admirable. Twenty years afterwards, viz, in 1840, he was 



