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CRICKET. The   School v.  R ugby   Club .— This,  the  return  match,  was  played  in  the  Close  on  Saturday,  July  6th.     Notwithstanding  the  absence  o f  Pauncefote  and  W ilkes— two  o f  our  best  batsmen— the   School  made  an  ex­ ceedingly  good  show  o f batting,  the  captain  for  the  time  being  taking  the  lead  with   a  finely  played  72.      Stokes  and  Tobin,  ma.,  Steward   and   Gardner,   also   showed   some  very   good   batting.     The   Clubs’   prospects  did  not  look  very  flourishing,   losing  three  wickets in  25  minutes.     Score :— RUGBY    SCHOOL. F.   Stokes,  c Willes, b Carles     . .       ..  57 W. Yardley, e  Swainson, b Buchanan  ..    2 J.  T.  Soutter, b  Buchanan        . .        . . 4 S. P. Bucknill, c and b Buchanan       ..   72 F.  Tobin ma., c and b Haven      ..       . .    45 G. E.  Steward, not o u t .......................... 34 F.  Tobin mi.,  c and b Raven     . .         . .   12 J. W.  Gardner, c Mordaunt,b Buchanan  30 Y.  Ellis, c Buchana?  ............................ 6 C.   K. Francis, b Buchanan      ..       ..   IS A. A. Bourne, c Browne, b Buchanan  ..     0 Byes 15,1-b 3, w 1  3 .......................... 31 T o t a l........................            307 THE    M ETEOR. 11 RUGBY    CLUB. J. H. Raven, at Yardley, b Bourns     . .   13 C. W.  Carles, e Gardner, b Bourne     . ,     0 R. P. Smith, c Tobin mi., b Bourne    . .     6 G.   L. Bennett, not o u t ...................... 3 D.   Buchanan, not oat     . .      ..          . .     0 Leg-byes           ..       ..          .       ..    2 T o t a l........................              23 Free   F oresters v.  The  School —Monday ahd  Tuesday , July 8 &9.—The match was very  closely  contested,  and on the fall  of  Yardley’s  and  Tobin  ma.’s wickets in the 2nd innings,  it  seemed as if the Foresters would yet pull off the  match.    After   some  careful   play,   Tobin   mi.  made the winning hit for the  School,  with  two  wickets  to fall.    The Foresters lost the services  in the middle of  the  match  of  Raven, who met  with a bad  accident.    On the one side Mordaunt  and Higgins, and on the other Tobin mi., Yard-  ley, and  especially Tobin ma.—who played two  fine innings— deserve mention.    Score :— FREE  FORESTERS. 1st  Innings.                             2nd  Innings. D. Buchanan, c Ellis b  Bourne O b  Ellis    .. 7 G. Bennett, run  out    .. 0  not out   . . 22 J. R. Raven, retired    .. 43  absent     .. 0 A. Hillyard, b Bourne .. 7  b Bourne.. 11 R. Brodie, b Bourne      . 1  c Ellis b  Bourne 4 O. Mordaunt, c Ellis   • • 6  o Wilkes bSoutter 55 M. F. Higgins, b E llis. . 21  b Ellis    .. 50 F. Paget, c Tobin mi., b Paunce- st      Yardley     b f o  t e ................................... 30  Pauncefote 3 A. R.  Kenney, c  Tobin  ma.,  b b Ellis    .. 1 Ellis    .. 3 A. Lee, lbw b Ellis 11  c   Tobin   ma.,   b Ellis.. 3 S. B. Chamberlayne, not o u t.. 4  b Pauncefote     .. 14 B y e l ,w l 2      b 2 , 1-b 1, w 2 .. 5 Total      ..           128       T otal..           175 RUGBY    SCHOOL. 1st Innings.                        2nd Innings. F. Stokes, b Chamberlayne    ..    1  o      Hillyard      b Chamberlayne    14 J. Wilkes, run ont       . .   ..lb  Buchanan        ..    7 J. T.  Soutter, run on t. .        . .   18  e     Buchanan    b Chamberlpyne      0  S.  P.  Bncknill, c  Buchanan  b       b Chamberlayne      0  Chamberlayne         ..          . 3 F.  Tobin ma., b Chamberlayne  75  c  Chamberlayne b Buchanan    . . .   35 W. Yardley, b Hillyard ..  16  run out   . . 53 F. Tobin mi., b Kenney . .   24  not out   .. 6 B. Pauncefote, b Buchanan ..     6  c and b Chamber­ layne   . . 9 C. K. Francis, b Buchanan ..    9  run out   .. 0 V. Ellis, not out . ,     3  not out   . . 1 A. A. Bourne, run  out..  Byes 4 ,1-b 5, w 8 . .     9 . . 1 2      b l , l - b l 2 Total   .. 177       Total.. 128 Rev. C. B. Hutchinson ’s House v. Rev. T. W, Jbx Blake ’s House .—This match was for second  House,  and  was  won  easily  by  the Rev.  0. B.  Hutchinson’s  House  by  145  runs.    For  Hut­ chinson’s,   Wilkes   scored  well  both   innings,  making  27  and  113;  Yardley  made 46 and 4  ;  and   Gwyer  two  good  innings  o f  34  and  40.  Scully also played two useful inningB o f 20 and  21.    For Blake’s, Clark went in first and carried  his bat out for 92.    Tobin ma., and Gardner (for  Tobin mi.,) made each two good innings—Tobin  ma. making 27 and 27,  and Gardner 23  ahd 17.  The score  as follows:— HUTCHINSON’S. 1st Inningi.                           2nd Innings. W. Yardley, c  and b Clark       . .  46  b Piercy  ..         . .    4 J. Wilkes, c  Clark,  b Graham..   27 c Penrose,  b Gra­ ham   . .         ..  113 J.  Soully,  c Haslam,  b  Piercy  20  c Tobin b Graham  21  T.G.Hare,cPenrose,bGraham    O b  Clark  ..         . . 3 S. K. Gwyer, b Clark   ..          .. 34 c Gray, b  Graham 40 J.  H. Becke, c and b  Clark      . .    9 c Hornby, b   Gra­ ham      ..       . . 1 2 A. B.  Chapman, b Clark        ..   15  b Graham           .  14  C.  T. Layton, b Clark   ..        . .   1  (Anderson  mi.)  c Gray, b Graham   0  F.W.Isherwood,cGray,bClark   0  not out    . .        . . 4 W. K. Eddis, o  Gray, b Graham  15  c Gardner, b  Gra­ ham      ..       ..     0 E.   R. Fleteher, not out          . .     7  c Penrose, b  Gra­ ham      . .        ..     5 Extras  .......................... 20    Extras..         . .   17 Total ........................ 194         Total        ..  238 BLAKE’S. 1st Innings.                           2nd Innings. C. H.  Clark, not out    . .         ..  92  c Eddis, b Yardley  15 F. Tobin ma., o Wilkes,- b Yard-  ley       ..        . .        . .         ..  27  oYardley, b Gwyer  27 H.   P.  Hornby,   c   Layton,   b  Yardley          ..       ' . .         . .     4  b Gwyer  ..        ..    0 A. Gray, c and b Yardley        ..      2 b Gwyer ..        . .    7 H.   H. Johnston, b  Gwyer      ..     6 b Yardley          ..   7 J. W. Gardner, c and b Yardley  28  c Yardley b Gwyer  17  J.  M. Piercy, b Yardley         . .        0 b Yardley         ..  16 F.   W.  Haslam, b Gwyer         . .     8 run out   . .         ..   6 J. Graham, b  Yardley  ..         . .        2 not out   . .        ..    4 J. Penrose, c Yardley, b Gwyer       5 b  Yardley         . .    0 W. Fletcher,  c Eddis,  b Gwyer      2 b  Yardley         . .    0 Extras  ........................ 18     Extras           . .     1 Total         ..        ..1 8 3          Total        . .   100 The  Rev.   C.   B.  Hutchinson’s  House   Pie  Match  ended  in a victory  for Yardley’s side by  six wickets, the chief scores being  H.   Hall  22  and  31, W. Yardley 48 and 3,  and J.  O. Ander­ son  8  and  (not  out) 21, for the winning  side; -     12 THE    METEOR, and  J.  Wilkes 28 and 36,  S. K. Gwyer  16  and  22  for  the  losing.—The  Tutor Pie Match was  won by  Wilkes’ s  side by  7  wickets.     W . Yard-  ley made SO and 51, J.  Wilkes 47 and  1,  S.  K.  Gwyer 3 and (not out) 49, W.  K.  Eddis 41   and  8, and M. Kitchener 20. A   Match  between  the  Twenty   and   Fifth  Forms  has  been   won  by  the  former  by   six  wickets. Mr.  J.  M. W ilson ’s  House ' Pie  Match has  been won by Bourne’s  side, beating  Gemmell’s  by 220 runs.    The chief scorers were—Bourne,  0  and  80;   Botfield, -3  and 171;  Langford  (not  out)  7;  and (not out) 33. Bey. T. W . Jex Blake ’s Tutor  Pie Match , won by Tobin mi.’s  side by 9  wickets,  the prin­ cipal scorers being—Tobin ma., 24;  Soutter (for  Tobin  mi.,)  23, and Tobin terts.,  31;  and  Clark,  25  (not out).