Cricket 1884

a u g . 2 1 ,1 8 8 4. CBICKET; A WEEKLY BECOBD OE THE GAME. 3 6 3 and Watson, and the innings closed for an addition of 32 runs. Lancashire wanted 235 to win when they went in again, and Mr. Hornby hit so freely that he was credited with 45 of the 65 scored at the fall of tbe first wicket. After this Woof’s bowling proved very effective, and when the eighth batsman was out the score was only 140. Mr. Royle,whohad been playing fine cricket, was then joined by Watson, and they added 63 before the professional wan given out leg- before. When Tilling, the last man, came iu, 23 were still wanted to -win, but with fifteen added he was caught, and Gloucestershire thus gained a hard earned triumph by seven runs. Mr. Hoyle’s 66 (not out) was a very fine display of batting. The spectators had been so pleased with Painter’s brilliant hit­ ting that about £30 was collected for him on the ground, and in recognition of his valuable bowling of late, Woof on Saturday received a presentation of a similar amount. First Inning*. Mr. A. N. Hornby, Pullen, b Woof .. Barlow, c Bush, b Page , Mr. F. Taylor, h w, Townsend .............. Briggs c E. M. Giaco, Woof ................ Mr. 0. P. Lancashire, Woof L an cash ire . . 40 . 11 b . 11 b . 27 b 7 Mr. T-. D. Hildyard, c and b W. G. Grace .. Bev. V. F. Boyle, b Town­ send ............................... Whittaker, b Woof .. .. Bobineon, c E. M., b W, <i. Grace....................... Wftteon, not out Pilling, b Woof................ Second Innings. c Brain, h Woof .. 1b w, b Woof b W o o f .................0 b W o o f .................5 b W o o f................. 10 c andb W. G. Gia<?e 5 not o u t ................ 66 C Brain, b Woof .. 1b w, b W. G. Grace IP 1 b w, b Townsend 23 cTownseud, b W.G. TH E CH AM P ION C O U N T Y OF 1884. B 5,1 b 7, w 3 15 Grace .. B 1,1 b 9 . First Innings. Mr.-T H. Brain, c Watson, b Barlow....................... Mr. E. M. Grace, c and b B a rlo w ....................... Mr. W. W . F. Pullen, c Pilling, b Watson.. .. 23 Mr. W. G. Grace, c Pilling, b Barlow....................... 31 Painter, b Barlow .. .. 30 Mr. F. Townsend, b Bar- low ...............................0 Mr. H. V. Page, b Watson 9 Mr. E. J.Taylor,b Watson 0 Mr. F. A. Curteis, b Wat­ son ...............................2 Woof, not o u t................ 0 Mr. J. A. Bubh, absent .. 0 Lb .................... 2 .. .. 188 Tolai G lo u c e ste r sh ir e . Second Innings. . .227 4 c Pilling, h Watson 0 0 c Briggs, b Barlow 24 c and b Watson 74 CWhittaker,h Briggs 48 c Hildyard,b Barlow116 28 1b w, b Watson h w, b Barlow b Barlow.................1 c Pillinj 'notout .. .. 1b w,b Barlow B 2, lb 4.. b Barlow 2 .. 13 .. 12 .. 6 Total ..101 T tal ..321 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L a n c a s h ir e . First Innings. O. M. W. G. Grace Cartels.. .. Woof .. .. P go .. .. Townsend .. 39 17 7 3 35.3 13 15 6 14 3 B.W. 59 2 Second Innings. O. M. B.W. . .. 89 15 92 3 69 li) 4 Barlow Watson Biiggs G lo u c e ste r sh ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.B.W. 40 21 41 ! 86 10 58 3 3 0 ( . . . . 55 . . . . 23 Taylor 8 Whittaker 5 Bobinson 7 O. M. B.W, 63.1 26 134 6 23 92 3 7 39 1 0 10 0 0 20 0 1 20 0 “ New C r ic k e t P h o to g r a p h ,” just published* Containing portraits of ninety of the leading cricketers of England. Cabinets, 1b. ; large size (lOin. by 7iin.), 2s. 6d. “ It is one of the best things I have seon.”— Sheffield Daily Telegraph. “ The best shillingsworth over entered at Stationers Hall.”— Cricketer's Herald. “ The likenesses generally are excellent. ’— Cricket. —M. H u b s t, 23, Church Street, Sheffield,— (A d v t) This summer there has been, fortunately, no difficulty in determining the champion­ ship of county cricket. Last year there was, n point of play, little to choose between the great northern shires of Notts and York. This season, though, the Nottinghamshire eleven have asserted their superiority un­ mistakably over all their rivals. The omis­ sion of the Lancashire fixtures was to be re­ gretted if only for the reason that they have always proved to be amongst the most inter­ esting contents of the year. Still, no one would feel inclined to argue that on the form they have been showing of late tbe Lanca­ shire eleven were in any way the equals of the fine all-round team which has repre­ sented Notts in 1884. The record of the Nottinghamshire players is indeed one such as no county has been able to boast of late vears. Of ten matches played, nine were won and the ODe undecided game drawn all in their favour. The first fixture with York­ shire was only won with three wickets to spare, but in the other eight wins they had plenty in hand. Their cricket at every point was exceptionally good. The tables which follow show that only thirteen players were tried for the county. Every one of the regular members of the eleven scored a batting average of double figures. This in itself would prove the strength of the eleven throughout as a batting side, even if there were not still more convincing evidence in the fact that seven members in the team had an average of over twenty, two of them over thirty runs. Arthur Shrewsbury is well at the head of the list, and his aggregate shows 119 more than that of Scotton, who occupies the second place. Weakness of the eyes has troubled him at times, but he has proved himself to be one of the very best, if not the best, professional batsman of the year. Scotton’s continuous successes have been among the most remarkable incidents of the s ason. His second innings of 104 not out at Lord’s was a very fine display, but he has rarely failed to score creditably, and his unwearying defence has been invaluable to his side. Barnes began the season in most brilliant fashion, but latterly he has been rather out of form, and, excepting his second score of 62 at the Oval, during the last few weeks he has not shown to the best advantage. Gunn, unlike Barnes, ©pened badly, and but for his 44 against Surrey at Nottingham he might have been left out of the team. In the more recent matches, though, ho has shown consistentl y good play, and he finished up the season last week with a very fine score of 138 against Middlesex at Not­ tingham. Five not outs have helped Walter Wright materially, but he has generally shown good cricket, and at the Oval he really played well each time. Attewell, in some matches, showed very good form, and his cricket at times was quite first class. Flowers was hardly as successful as in some previous years, but his hitting, occasionally, was very vigorous, and Selby, Shaw, Mills and Sherwin were ccrtainly a better tail than any other county could boast. In bowling, Notts is excep­ tionally strong just now. Walter Wright has certainly not proved so effective as in former years, nor has Barnes. These two, though, have been excellent changes to the three slower bowlers, Shaw, Attewell and Flowers, and there has been, certainly, no want of variety in the bowling. Considering the generally hard wickets o n which they have had to perform Shaw and A ttew ell have been extraordinarily successful. Shaw has, in all, taken 64 wickets for an aggre­ gate of 608 runs, and his average of 9.32 is a wonderful one for a slow bowler, under sucli conditions as he has had to bowl. Attewell has proved him self to be a m ost consistent bow ler, and for a young player his perform ance has been m ost creditable. He is one of the m ost reliable bowlers of the day, as he is on e of the best all round young cricketers. M uch of the success which has attended the N ottingham shire Eleven this year m ay, too, fairly be ascribed to the judicious generalship of A lfred Shaw. BESULTS OF MATCHES. Played 10, won 9, drawn 1. Date and place. 1st inn. 2nd inn. Tot. May 15 and 16, Notts...............271 .. — .. 271 Nottingham..............Sussex.......... 76 44 .. 120 Won by an innings and 151 runs. May 26,27,28, Notts......... 164 .. 18*a.. 850 Lords........................Middlesex.. 285 .. 113 .. 838 a Four wickets down. Won by six wickets. June 2, 3,4, Notts........... 287 .. 84a .. 371 Nottingham.............Surrey........... 171 .. 199 .. 870 a Three wickets down. Won by seven wickets. June 16 and 17, Notts........... 117 .. 5 ia .. 171 Sheffield......... .......Yorkshire... .129 .. 40 .. 169 a Sev»a wickets down. Won by three wickets. June 26, 27, 28, Notts.............. 458 .. — .. 458 Brighton................. Sussex......... 128 .. 302 .. 430 Won bv an innings and 28 runs. July 14,15,16, * Notts.......... 204 .. 77« ,. 281 Gloucester.........Gloucestershire 201 .. 79 .. 250 a Four wickets down. Won by six wickets. July 17,18,19, Notts............. 114 .. 181a .. 295 Not ingham.............Yorkshire ... 95 .. 199 .. 294 a Three wickets down. Won by seven wickets. July 31, Aug. 1, Notts............. 105 .. 9a .. 114 Nottingham.............Gloucestershr. 49 .. 63 .. 112 a No wicket down. Won bv ten wickets. August 4, 5, 6, Notts............. 216 .. *34 .. 550 Oval......... rT.......... Surrey..............243 .. 155a .. 898 a Seven wickets down. Drawn. August 14, 15,16, Notts........... 407 .. — .. 407 Nottingham......... Middlesex.... 211 .. 105 .. 316 Won by an innings and 91 runs. B atting A verages . Innisgs. Buns. Most in Time* an imns. not out. Aver. Shrewsbury 15 . 605 .. 209 . 1 .. 43. 3 Scotton .... 17 . 486 .. 104* . 3 .. 84.10 Barnes .... 16 .. 440 .. 98 . 1 .. 29. 5 16 . 434 .. 138 . . 1 .. 28.14 W. Wiight 12 . 147 .. 50* . 5 .. 21 12 . 229 .. 54 . 1 .. 20. 9 Flowers .... 16 .. 278 .. 58* . 2 .. 19. 3 Attewell.... 13 . 184 .. 84 . 1 .. 15. 4 Sherwin .... 11 .. 103 .. 23 . 3 .. 12. 7 10 .. 93 .. 81 . 2 .. 11. 5 Mills .......... 8 .. 71 .. 18 . 2 .. 11. 5 * Signifies not out. Mr. C. W . Wright played in four innings, scoring eight runs, and Mr. J. A. Dixon in three innings, scoring 20 runs. B o w lin g A ve r a g e s . Overs. Maidens. Buns. Wickets. Aver. Shaw .. .. 637.1 .. 876 . 808 .. 64 .., 9.32 Attewell .. 646.2 .. 871 . . 670 .. 55 . 12.10 Flowers .. 292 .. 147 . . 399 .. 25 . 15.24 87.2 .. 88 . . 138 .. 7 . . 19. 5 Barnes .. 292.3 .. 147 . . 401 .. 18 .,. 22. 5 W. Wright 352,2 .. 171 . . 498 .. 21 .,. 33.15 Gunn .... 17 .. 12 .,, 28 .. 0 .. R apid S coring . —Playing against Upper Clapton at Hornsey on August 16, Hornsey scored 171 runs in the first hour and twenty minutes, and 270 runs for four wickets in 2J hours, Mr. George Swinstead, going in first, carried out liis bat for a splendid innings of 175, only giving one chance, when he had made 125. At Uxbridge on Saturday, August 9, in a match between Uxbridge Saw Mills (Messrs. Stevens and Co.) and the .Volunteers, the former scored 9 (3 extras) and 13, and the Volunteers 4 (3 extras), Syrett taking 5 wickets for 0, and Thonger 5 for 1. In the seoond innings the Volunteers made 19 for 3 wickets, thus winning by 7 wickets.