James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

71 (1) Derbyshire v. Yorkshire. Sheilieltl, May 27, "28, and 211. A howlers’ match throngln t. thanks to almost continuous rain on the first day. Aplneky and well-hit e of fifty-t c by Ulyctt enabled Yorkshire to head their opponents 011 the h 1 innings by 1:1 runs. ml advantage very useful to then), a; events provetl. Derhyshire could only winter thirty-four without a donlilc figure in their secund efl'ort, lint Yorkshire would probably have done little better had not the end come in time - they lost five wickets in tlie attainmelib of the "2 runs wanted to win. Yon slur won by five wickets. Yorkshire, 122 and 22 (live wickem) ; total. 1 I l. Derhyshire, 101! and :H ; total. I In. Overs. Maidens. Runs. “Wits. til; 19 ill 10 Emniett (Yorkshire) (2) Derbyshire v. Hampshire. Derby, June 10, I l, and l'_’. Hampshire was, as was invariably the c- we during the season. poorly represented, but as raiii prevented more than a few avers on the seenmd and thinl days, there was little interest of any kind iii the game. \Vhen the stumps were finally drawn. Derhyshire had completed one innings for 137, and Hampshire only lost Fevcn wickets for 71. Q3) Derbyshire v. Laneashire. Manchester, Julie 1:1 and l-L <- gniud margin to .- 3; tomll, 2”). Derbyshire. lil Llilki Tl! total. 137. Overs. Maidens. Rims, “relate. \\'atsmi (Lnncashire) . 46.3 213 Q1 11 (4) Derbyshire v. Kent. Derby. June 17, 18, and lll. At the ontsettlio searing was low on botll sides. but in the second innings it improved considerably, and at the eml of the sacomi day there SECUlCd every chance of a close finisli. At the completion of an innings. Kent. who had scored only 111. were 115 runs ahead. but the Derhys ire Elevcii again experienced some difficulty in getting rid of Lord Han-is. and his score of 1011 was one of the most brilliantdisplays of elemi anti well-timed batting sceii during the season. Dcrhyshire had 21.3 runs to win. and chiefly through the spirited batting oE Rigloy and Hillkillll. of these had made 111 for the loss of three “win-ta at the end of the second day. The chances were then very even. hat the tail of the Derhyshire team failed altogether at the mas. and Kent won by 52 runs. Kent, ill and 128; total. 1 v. DCl'ilyalliu‘. w, and 162; total “ (5) Derbyshire w. Notts. - Nottingham, June 20, 21. Though the wicket was in \'e - good condition, the scoring w 5 generally low, mid only one of the four innings reaehml double figures. Thanks to William Mycroft‘s bowling, Derbyshire did well to get rid of the Nottingham team tor 94 runs in theiirst innings, hat in the seeoixd they were less successful, as :. ' 0