The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-30 00:00:00

FRIDAY.

At Oxford--Marylebone Club and Ground v. Univer
sity of Oxford.
At Blackheath—Paragon Club v. Clapton.
At Chester—The above match concluded.
At Cirencester—The above match resumed.

SATURDAY.
At Oxford—The above match concluded.
At Cirencester—The above match concluded.
At Wimbledon—Nelson House School v. Wellesley
House.
At'Holloway—Merchant Tailors v. St. Paul's Schools.

AN ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. FIFTEEN OF

OXFORDSHIRE.

This has now become an annual match, although in
the present instance it was not The Eleven, but an eleven
got together by Pilch. Upon the arrival of Pilch's forces
at Oxford, in which city the contest was to be fought, on
the Christ Church ground, he discovered that there were
two defaulters. These vacancies he consequently filled
up with Willsher and another Pilch.
The match occupied Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes-
day, but the score, by some accident, did not reach us.
There was some unusually fine batting exhibited
by Mr. Armitstead, who obtained and maintained for a
considerable time a complete mastership of the bowling,
and, therefore, he frequently did just as he pleased with
the ball, vastly to the chagrin of the excellent bowlers
by whom he was opposed. Hence the large contribution,
71, of this gentleman. Hurst played well to the tune of
18, whilst Mr. Colley carried out his bat with a score of
48, and Mr. Willes offered 28 to the general amount,
which eventually was not less than 200.
The Eleven were very unsuccessful, and only placed
72 runs upon the paper, of which total Caffyn presented
29. The Eleven were thus called upon, in pursuance of
the 46th law of the game, to follow their innings. This
they did, and upon the occasion effected a score of 184.
This sum was principally made up by Chatterton's 46,
by Grundy's 27, by Parr's 24, by Guy's 22, and by But-
tress's 17. The County was now to go in for 58 to tie,
or 59 to winAwhichilatterinumber they achieved with the
loss of three wickets only. The ultimate state of the
score was this.

OXFORDSHIRE.

W. G. ArTaitstead, Esq., 1 b w,
b Grundy
W. Hurst, run out
Hon. E. C. Leigh, b Grundy... 4
A. Faber, Esq., c Buttress, b
7 not out
Grundy
H. M. Aitken, Esq., b Buttress
400
H. Colley, Esq., not out 4B
E. Balfour, Esq., b Grundy
H. Phillips, Esq., c Lockyer, b

4 not out .

Caffyn
W. Packer, Esq., c Lockyer, b
Caffyno
W. Ridding, Esq., b Caffyn 2
A. Cazenove, Esq., b Grundy 0
A. Ilankey, Esq., 1) Caffyn 9
E. Wiles, Esq., b Buttress 2B
R. Clement, Esq., b Grundy 0
C. Marsham, Esq., b Grundy 0
Bye, 1 ; legs, 7 ; wide, 1

Total

.200

Total ....• ~

THE ELEVEN.

Chatterton, c Balfour, b Caze-
novo
Lockyer, b Balfour
Pilch, run out 8 c Hurst, b Balfour . Willsher, c and b Ca.zenovc
Guy, b Caul:love .
ti 2 Icbcwaz, b
nov
ham 92
Parr, b Cazenovo ... ...
.... 5 s Ridding, b Marsham 24
_
CaffYn, c Leigh, b BaiaUr.... ...... 29 e Hank.ey, b Marshall' 0
eßaelf,oub Mars
Sampson, c Balfour, b Cazenove 1 b Marsham
Grundy, b Cazenove.• .. %
0 c Hurst, b Aitken
-. ......
R. Pilch, c Marshani b Balfour '2. b Willes . l3
Buttress, not 0ut..,,;. ...... ...... 5 b Marsham .
Byes, 9 ; legs, 3 ;
4 wide, 9

Bye, 1 ; Wide, 3 ......
....._..

Total 72
Total
And so Oxfordshirq gal ped the day by 11 wickets 'lB4