This day Au 5th was the annual Town Boy and Queen Scholar match which ended in favour of the latter by 17 runs. For further particulars see Cricket Ledger. The following are the names of the Players on the Town Boy side. B. Berens A. Salvin E. Fellows P. Skipworth S. Fellows Hon E. Bourke…
Several Cricket matches have been played at Fields during the last & present month (June & July /51) viz with Charter-House, Master’s Eleven, & Marylebone in the latter of wh we beat to everyone’s astonishment. Vid. Cricket Ledger J Murray Prin. Opp.
On Wednesday (June 25th /51) Liddell gave us an early play for the match between our eleven & I. Zingari – for particulars see Cricket Ledger. J Murray Prin. Opp.
Today (Ap. 30/51) our elevens played a match at Fields with an Old Westminster eleven in wh. we were victorious, the game being decided by the first Innings (v. Cricket Ledger). It may here be mentioned, that Liddell who it seems had led us to believe that we were to have an early play, sternly…
On Saturday Aug 10th a match was played at our ground between our eleven & an eleven of Grimstone’s. It was won by the latter (our usual good luck) by 1 wicket to go down. Everard Evered Prin. Opp.
On Thursday Aug 8th a match came off at our ground between our eleven & the Charterhouse. The challenge was given on our part; but some of the eleven thought it too low on the ground of Charterhouse not being a publick school. Blagden (Captain) & Ingram (1st Mon.) refused to play; but afterwards agreed,…
On Thursday July 26th the Annual Grand Match between the T.B.B. and Q.S.S. took place in which the former were beaten in one innings & 82 runs to spare. It was badly managed & the dinner anything but satisfactory – see Cricket Ledger. W.C. Macready Prin. Opp.
On Thursday July the 18th the match between our eleven & the Mary-lebone Club took place, much to the credit of Westminster – we were prevented from having a second innings on account of the weather – so it was made a one innings match. The M.C.C. beat us only by twenty-six runs, which in…
On the 3rd of July a cricket match took place between our Eleven & the I. Zingari in which the latter won by upwards of eighty runs – (for particular see cricket ledg.) W.C. Macready Prin. Opp.
The annual Lamprobatic match took place as usual. The town boys beating the Q.SS. by 30 runs (for particular see cricket ledg.) Macready Prin. Opp.