James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

85 ' A. G. Steel and Barlow. as Ulyett (M and H) alone otteretl any. simit resistnnc . aml Lancashirc won \ ' ilv hr rm innings and 21: runs. Lancashire. 267. Ym-ksliire,.l am] Ilh’; to . I. ' . Maidens. Runs. W'ckts. Mr. A. (t, Steel (Luncashire) 37: 11-1 M (3) Lancashire v. Not/cs. Manchester, July Is, HI. and 20. , A match for the benefit of C. Coward. a professiu ll. n'ell-kuuuu ' connection with Laucushirc cricket a fcwyoars agn. Owing to rarinusre nus otts had only a very poor team. with Daft. Sell ' and Shrewshury all a\ . and its defeat h}- a strong Elem): of Lancashire \ IS therefore hardly n surprist. Scottnn, a left- handed hatsnmn. who had not been played for':i year or two, shcwed good cricket for his second score of in. but other“ e the Nottingham batting could hardly he C111. ‘ed as ' hove mediocrity. Mr. \. G. Steel was essentially the hero of the match he was chief scorer with 7 4 out of a first total of l; hyLnncnshire, and in all itli his hmrliug he too]; thirteen Nottingham wickets. Laue. . e W0" hV tell wickets. Lancashirc, 15-2 and ill (no wickets); total. 17x. Nntts. 4:1 zuul ~ , mm], m. combating the hllwling of Mr Overs. Maidens. Runs. \\"ickcts. Mr. A. G, Steel (Lnucashire) ........ 33.3 ' 72 1:2 (4) Lancashn‘e 7'. Yorkslm'e. Huddersfield, Aug. 8, 9. and ll). This time the Laucastriaus could not claim the services of Mr it. Steel, and though in the first innings of Yorkshire Barlow proved as effective, in the summl his assistance would have hem of material help to the County. The Yorkshinx men made an unfavourable start, as Barlon-'s lefbhand slow rountl get them nut fine after the other, and the Eleven could only muster a paltn total of ‘17. The first Lancnshire wicket fell for GT, hut~ no stand \ .s after ds made, am] the inninrrs closed for 125. m' 51 runs ahead, Bates taking eight wickets in nineteen OVL’I’S for nineteen runs. Things then looked very well for Lancnshxrc. hut :\ g-rzmdly hit secoiid score of fill not out hy Ulyett n'irlmut a chance altered the aspect of affairs, and as rain p eutel - uy p!;| - at all mi the third day the game hml to he abandoned in a very nit ‘Qstlllg Mate. Yorkshire hcmg 70 runs nu with six wickets to" fall. Yorkshire, -IT and Lil (four wickets) : total, like Lauea~ shire, lib". Overs. Maidens. Runs. \\’ickets. l lli if“! N Barlow (Ist. inns, Yorkshire) . . e ' l is. of Lancnshi ), . .. .1 Ali, 3 mm (m' "' BA’I‘Tlh AVERAGES. Times not Must in Most in Inns. out. ltuns, an i|l|]5.tll]li\t0h. Aver. T 0 it} 47 47 10 A. Applcli5' Barlow ill 1 m) \V. S. Butteru'flrtl Al N 31 Crosslaiid . 2 n 29 A. N. Horii 1.3 0 14m J. E. Kersha 12 I :,| O. P. Laucasln in n 2] w, M'Intyre If. 2 h. 3 l 5'1’ am.“ If) 5 M 1.11 . 15. :t mm V. Roy-lo . . N n 81 s. s. Schultz s; g 41,” A. 0. Steel . r. 0 TN D. Q. Steel . fi 1 22 Starch. . 3 8a Watson . 15 1 39