72 xnitidcns, 20 runs. LANCASHIRE. O fficers for 1870.— President , The Earl of Sefton. Vice Presidents, Earl of Derby, Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Skelmersdale, C. Turner, Esq., M.P., Right Hon. R. A. Cross, M.P. Committee , Messrs. A. Appleby, T. T. Bellhouse, F. H. Birley, F. Hardcastle, A. N. Hornby, J. F. Lease, J. Makinson, F. Nicholson, W. Potter, A. B. Rowley, E. B. Bowlev, R. Walker, T. Walker. Hon. Sec., Mr. S. H. Swire. Treasurer, Mr. E. Cballender. Assistant Secretary and Collector , F. Reynolds, Manchester Cricket Ground, Stretford. Lancashire played ten matches in 1870, and of these five were won and five lost. A well-won victory over Notts in the first encounter of the season was followed by a hollow defeat of Derbyshire and an almost equally cora- plele triumph over Kent. Of the first five matches played four were won* but after this the eleven fell to pieces irretrievably, and with the exception of ( ne bare success over Sussex, at Brighton, the remaining engagements; all ended in failures. Mr. Hornby played brilliant cricket throughout, and Barlow's steady batting was ns useful as ever. William Me Intyre and Watson took 140 out of 174 wickets, and of the 34 left 20 fell to Mr. Appleby. With its best eleven Lancashire could cope with any shire, but except at home the best eleven is not forthcoming, and, as Gravesend and Brighton proved, the out cricket of the county is not a success. With Me srs. Hornby, Steel, Patterson, Chadwick, Hillkirk, Schofield, Appleby, and Royle, and William McIntyre, Watson, and Barlow, Lancashire can boftht of a team almost equal to that of any other county of the day. Opixmcut*. Matches JVou (5). 1 Nottinghamshire Results of Matches. Matches Ployed, 10 ; Jl o/t , 5 ; Lost, o. Club. Opponents. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Inn. Inn. Iiui. Inn. Where Played. When Pirn od. * • * i Netting. Muy 15 1 187*189! U~ f Dorhy.diire.............Munches1 June 1-2 t Kent....................... Roclid June 15—17 19 f Derbyshire............. Derby July 3-4 6 Sussex....................Brightn Aug. 17- j Matches Lost (5). j | 2 Yorkshire .............Munches June 22—21 3 Yorkshire .............Sheffield July 10—12 1 Nottinghamshire .. Munches July 13—15 5 ....................Munches Aug. 3-4-5 67 — — f Kent........................Gravcsd’Aug. 21 23; 128 85 149 181 *27 56 111 172 63 111 97 142 ♦ 56 98 138 127 70 129 158 138 94 1591 J29 Won by 128 6 wickets *4 w d 68 Inns and *25 runs 149*10 wickets no w d 125 96 runs* 8442 runs Lost by *17 9 wickets *1 w d 86 18 ruus *203 1 wicket *9 w d *98;3 wickets *7 w d 193(129 runs t Have been treated in previous reviews. (i) Lancashire r. Notts. Nottingham, May 15,16, and 17. Both Hides mustered strong elevens, and the first county match of the r n s' u produced excellent cricket all round. The first innings of Notts was