James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

T KT H E COUNTIESIN 1870 1 9 3 2 0 1 Y O R K S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1879.-President and Treasurer , M. J. Ellison . Committee , E. T. Atkin, M. J. Dodworth, J. T. Dobb, F. S. Atkin , R. Renton, R. Gillot , J. Chester , E. Gorrill , J. M. Hibbert , R. Wigfull , H. Stratford , S. L. Levick , C. Stokes , and M. J. Ellison , jun . Hon. Sec ., J. B. Wostinholm , 10, Norfolk R o w, Sheffield . Considering the number of matches in which the county was engaged , two more indeed than Notts and four more than any other shire , it would have been sur- prising if the Yorkshire eleven had not shown a little inequality at times during a season so unusual as that of 1879. In absolute figures it certainly cannot showsuch a clean bill of health as two of its Northern rivals , but none the less it can lay claim to being the only county that beat Lancashire and Notts ; and its doubledefeat of Middlesexmorethancounterbalanced the tworeverses it suffered at the hands of Derbyshire . Strangely enough , with the exception of its defeat by Derbyshire , not one of the seven homematches resulted unfavour- ably for Yorkshire ; and while two of the four lost were by such small majorities as 7 and 27 runs , five of its six homevictories were decisive . It is something to have defeated in turn Middlesex , Surrey , Kent, Notts , Gloucestershire , and Lanca- shire , every county indeed but its neighbour of Derby . Altogether the York- shiremen did not in some cases play upto their reputation , but with batsmenlike Ulyett, Bates , Lockwood, and Hall, and such bowlers as Bates , Peate, Emmett, Hill , Mr. H. Woodand Ulyett , there is at least the material for a county eleven . R e s u l t so fM a t c h e s . Matches Played , 14 ; Won, 7 ; Drawn, 3 ; Lost, 4. Club Opponts Opponents W h e r e Played W h e n Played 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nby Inn. Inn. Inn. Inn. Lord's H u l l Sheffield Sheffield MatchesLost (4) Sheffield " ¹K e n t M a i d s t o n e ¹Derbyshire D e r b y Aug.4-6 E x t r aMatches M.C.C.a n dG r o u n d.. Lord's M a y19, 20 M.C.C.andGround.. Scarboro' Sept. 8. 9 1 4 8 1 Matches W o n(7) ¹Middlesex Surrey K e n t Nottinghamshire.... Gloucestershire M i d d l e s e x Lancashire.. MatchesDrawn(3) Nottinghamshire Gloucestershire 1Surrey. Lancashire.... ¹Derbyshire Nottinghm June 9-11 CheltenhamAug.18-20 135 63* 269 O v a l 25-27 5 9 Manchester July10, 11 1 4, 15 2 4, 2 5 9 2 J u n e5 - 7 183 92 95 179 8 wkts ; * for 2 wkts. ود و د ود دو 12-14 118 50 58 16-18 114 124 97 80 Innings and 10 runs . 61 runs. 30,Jly 2 180 18 117 79 July28-30 128 105 253 63 9 wkts ; * for 1 wkt. 7 runs. Huddersfild Aug. 7-9 9 0 5 2 96 45 5 wkts; * for 5 wkts. 1 1 - 1 3 و د 353 87 186 Innings and 80 runs . R e m a r k s 4 6 2* 170 *for n owickets. * for 1 wicket. و د Lostby 7 9 6 9 1 8 0 Inningsand32 runs. 8 0 6 7 129 45 و د 90 114 106 105 8 16 31 4 6 27runs. 7 runs. Inningsand2 runs. 94 53 130 24% Lost by 9 wickets ; 129* * for 1 wicket. D r a w n; for 3wkts. Havebeen treated in previous reviews of M.C.C. , Derbyshire , Gloucestershire , Kent, Lancashire ,Middlesex , Nottinghamshire , and Surrey .