Sporting and Athletic Records

AUSTRALIAN TEAMS IN ENGLAND 5] following table the points given to each county are determined by the percentage of games won and drawn (reckoning 1 for a win and '/» for a draw) tothe total number of games played. Matches played and Order of Merit 1870—1896 Won Lost Drawn Total games Lancashire 147 83 55 285 Nottinghamshire 140 79 98 317 Yorkshire 172 106 87 365 Surrey 191 135 62 388 Middlesex 94 101 64 259 Gloucestershire ... 88 133 80 30I Kent 86 135 59 280 Sussex 58 169 47 274 of points gained 6l 59 59 57 48 43 4i 29 IV.—AUSTRALIAN TEAMS IN ENGLAND Highest Individual Score for the Australians a86* Made by W. L. MURDOCH against Sussex at Brighton, 18 May 1882. Highest Individual Score against the Australians 228 Made byW. GUNN forthe Playersof England at Lord's, 19 June 1890. Longest Partnership for the Australians 376 Made by W. L. MURDOCH and G. H. S. TROTT against Past and Present of Cambridge University at Leyton, 9 August 1890. * Signifies not out.