Sporting and Athletic Records

68 CRICKET 128 yards lo'/jin. by E. N. CRANE (the American Baseball player) at Melbourne, 5 January 1889. 127 yards ift. 3in. by W. H. GAME at Oxford University Sports, 13 March 1873. Biggest Hits 175 yards by W, FEIXOWES at Christ Church Ground, Oxford, about the year 1856. 168 yards by C. I. THORNTON at Brighton in 1871, the distancebeing measured by the Rev. J. P YCROFT. 152 yards by C. I. THORNTON at Canterbury in a North v. South Match; and also when playing for the Orleans Club: both hits were carefully measured. 147 yards by G. J. BONNOR at Mitcham in May 1880. In practice at Melbourne BONNOR is said to have driven a ball 160 yards. Sensational Scoring C. I. THORNTON playing for Gentlemen v. Players at Brighton in 1871, had only 8 balls bowled to him, off which he scored 34—7 fours and 1 six. Fifteen years later, playing for Gentlemen of England v. I. Zingari at Scarborough in 1886, he scored 107 not out, the innings being made up of 8 sixes, 12 fours, 2 twos and 7 singles. S. M. J. WOODS playing for Somerset v. Sussexat Brighton in June 1895, scored 215 in two hours and a half. All things considered, this is a record in first-class cricket not likely soon to be beaten. E. M. GRACE playing for Thornbury Club in 1873, made 259 in100 minutes out of a total score of 331. S. D. SMITH playing for Marlborough College v. M. C. C. at Marlborough in 1873 mac le44 in 12 minutes.