James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

76 (4) Gloucestershire e. Yorkshire. ’ Hheifielll, July 29, 30, 3 . (Emmett’s Benefit.) A splendid wicket and fine weather enabled the popular protessional. for whosehenefit the matcli had been apportioned. lo have a bumper. The three first innings Wei-5 productive of some high scoring. hut (llouecstershirc collapsed altogetlier at the finish. aml Yorkshire secured a victory that. at the commence- ment of the second innings of Gloucestershire, they could scarcely’ have expectefl. It was at one time a. close race on the 1 st inniuga, as Gloucestershire had lost. seven wickets for I "y. against a total of . by Yorkshire. though a. timely’ score of 6:2 liy \V. G. and a useful one of 3.1 not out by a ne\\' amateur, Mr. A ltohin- son, enabled Gloucestershire to have an advantage of l ~uns at the end of an innings. The Gloucestershire howling was meroilesslypnuished in the second attempt of the Yorkshiremen. and Ulyett and Lockwood both got into three figures. the former scoring 109, the latter 107. Ml’. W. l}, Grace's four Wickets cost an average of 9:2 runs, and the only howler at all successful was; Mr. (i. F. Grace wlio was not tried at all till after" six others of his side, and then delivered I 1 or 4 [In A wins flml/iun' 1m : hours and ten minutes were left when Gloucesterslure liegmi their Eeelmd muingsJmt 1 hour and 27) minutes proved suflieient. and Ulyett and Bates did a great performance in gettii\g a strong liatiing side out for Til, of which two hat. on (W. G. Grace 35). and E. M. Grace 21) subscribed Mi. Yorkshire won by ' 1 runs‘ Yorkshire, 1.78 and 1am ; total, . Gleucestershirc, 2M and T. . total, . Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wckts. Bates (2an innings,) Gloucestershire 1!|-. G 33 1 (5) Gloucestershire Notts. Nottingham, Augl l. “2 and 5}. Gloucester-shire, on this occasion, was stronger than in the luatcli at Slieflieltl in the early’ part of the week‘ Gloucestershire made a. very had star s six of their host wi kets. including those of the three Graces and Gilbert, down (or ‘IT, and it wa. only a timely stand by Ml’. Moherl) (256) and Rev. l' ttersley-Smitli (fill) that enabled Gloucestershire to attain a respeolalrle total of [4 In much the same way. at the close of the Nottingham innings. Flowers (37) and Barnes (54; not out) gave the bowlers most of the trouble. and through their efforts, chiefly Nntts had an advantage oi". 92‘. runs. “fill! the weather anything hut CCX‘llllili (lloncesterslrii'e had nota. very hopeful look out when they hogan their second innings, but Mr. \V. (t. Grace was equal to the oeeasiou,mul his lengthened stay' of five hours anrl t\renty-fl\'e minutes at the wickets fai' llli runs Favetl the Klan. \Vheu play ceasetl Nous had made Ill. of NW runs wanted to win, [or the loss of a wicket. so that the game was drawn without any prepum uee to either shire Notts. as and in (one wicket) , mm, zus. Gloucestersl m7. mid ; J ; mm: HR. Overs. Maidens; RI! .. W kt' Barnes (2nd inns, Gloucester-sliii'e m ll?) c »1 h. (6) Gloucestershu~e 7). Notts. Cliftori, August l‘),.l:l, | 1, On a heavy wicket. and one almost unplaynhle towarda the finish Nous was especially unlucky in lesiiu,r the serriccs of smell a, hauler as Alfred filllaw. Mr. H. F. Grace played tu'o good innings of 2" st out and 117, and Mr. lilnherlfs second score of 5 was, considering the air instances. a vetv fine performance Oseroft, with l l and 20, was the principal centrilmtor for Ntftts. and he was mg only one to get dot-lilo figures eacli time. Gloucester e had always plenty in hand, arid woii by [09 runs. Gloucestershire, 127 and - total 21 A Notts {N and TI ; total, 1.37). ’ ’ ’ Overs. Maidens. Runs. W'clrts. 82 47 92 10 Morley (Notts) 7 7 4—1 (ill 1 l. W. G. Grace (Gloucester)