James Lillywhiite's Cricketers' Annual 1874

7 3 respect . The contrast is singular , a dead heat between an eleven without a regular amateur , and one free from the symptom of a professional . Yet the supremacy of 1873 rested between the two, though the end of the season cast doubts on the position of Notts . Indeed , it is open to question whether the county is quite so strong as it was , even though it does send practice bowlers in shoals all over the country . In batting it certainly showed a decline , as lec Dat despite one great innings , was not so consistent as of old , and Bignall , Wild, M'Intyre , and Selby have all shown a fall in point of average . In bowling , on the other hand, Notts still holds it own, and with four like Alfred Shaw, Morley , J. C. Shaw, and Martin M'Intyre , it will in all likelihood until to the endof their chapter . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 6 ; won, 5 ; drawn, 1 ; lost , 0. ft, W h e r e W h e n Club. Opponts . 188 *74 93 Opponents. Played . Played. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd I n n. I n n. I n n. I n n. Matches won (5). 1 Yorkshire. 2Surrey 3 Surrey 4Sussex 5Sussex Notts J e12-13-14 355 July10-11 Oval Jy21-22-23 140 194 102 Notts Aug7-8-9 Brghtn Aug14-15 212 *45 170 Matchdrawn(1). 6 Yorkshire.. W o nby 6 5 170 Inns and120 runs 1686 wickets *4 w d 113 119 runs *869 wickets *1 w d 9610 101 *15 19 و و *n owd R e m a r k s. Sheffild A 18-19-20 79 *12 102 136 *no wickets d o w n [The numbers attached to the different contests show the order in which they are treated in the following notes .] (1) Nottsv. Yorkshire. Nottingham , June 12, 13, 14. Adisastrous defeat for the Yorkshiremen , and a brilliant opening for the campaign of Notts . Yorkshire all out for 65, Alfred and J. C. Shaw dividing thewickets in equal proportions . Notts were not content without a huge score , for Daft made161 himself , and the aggregate was 355. The Yorkshiremen, under a heavy load , struggled resolutely enough , but they failed at 170, and they lost by an innings and 120 runs . Notts , 355. Yorkshire , 65 and 170 ; total, 235. bit (2) Nottsv. Surrey. Nottingham , July 10 and 11 . Surrey was very imperfectly represented , and made a better fight than was anticipated . Notts secured 188 , thanks to a fine innings of 67 by Oscroft , and t auseful score of 41 by Bignall . J. C. Shaw was on the spot too , and Surrey failed to get even the half of these runs ; but they fared better at the second