CRICKET.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 99, 24 September 1874, Page 3

CRICKET.

CRICKET EXTRAORDINARY. As a specimen of tall scoring, it is worthy of mention that in a match played on Woolwich Common, on July 23rd, between the Royal Artillery and the Oxford, Harlequins, two days wqre occupied in the capture of 15 wickets only, whose contributions amounted in the aggregate to the astounding number of 859 runs, which gives the extraordinary average of 67*4 per wicket. Three of the gentleman engaged made very large individual scores, viz :—Mr Frank Crawford, formerly of the Mote Club, Maidstone, and now of the Royal Artillery, who amassed 171 in rare form, and Messrs Ottaway and H. E. Bull, of Oxford University notoriety, who respectively scored 123 and 122. Despite the large total of the Royal Artillery (427), the Harlequins beat them with five wickets to spare. Woolwich Common, it may be remarked, ranks with Parker's Piece, Cambridge, Brighton, Lord's, the Oval, Canterbury, &c, as one of the fastest run-getting grounds in England. The above feat in scoring has seldom been equalled. In consequence of the protracted drought the grounds have now arrived at that state in which long scores are inevitable, and may be confidently looked for during the remainder of the season.