James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1880. 8 9 J.S t e w a r t A .H .Stratford. C .T. S t u d d. G .B .S t u d d J. E .K .S t u d d C . I. T h o r n t o n 2 2 8 5 5 8 0 8 8 4 . 0 0 3 2 1 6 1 6 . 0 2 1 0 1 6 5* 1 6 . 5 0 2 6 1 0 5 - 1 0 1 3 3 2 - 3 0 1 1 8 2 5 1 4 . 6 V a s s i l a ... 2 1 0 0* G .V e r n o n 1 6 1 3 6 7 1 0 6 2 4 - 7 I. D .W a l k e r 1 7 1 4 4 8 9 4 2 8 A . J. W e b b e 1 7 1 5 4 7 1 3 2 3 4 - 3 F .T. W e l m a n 6 3 3 2 1 3* 1 0 - 2 T. Wilson, 15; A. S. Stewart ,120; Bates, 1.8 ; batted in onematchonly. B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. C. W .Bulpett 3 1 1 3 6 1 1 6 2 C l a r k e 339-3 1 6 6 4 5 5 3 1 14-21 A .F. J. F o r d 2 9 8 1 2 2 4 5 6 3 1 1 4 - 2 2 P. J. H e n e r y 1 0 6 4 7 1 5 5 8 1 9 - 3 T. S. P e a r s o n 2 1 6 4 2 1 4 2 J. R o b e r t s o n 2 7 6 - 2 1:6 4 5 5 2 0 22-15 A . H . Stratford 1 8 8 2 9 1 2 9 C. T. S t u d d.. 3 2 5 1 6 7 3 7 1 2 1 17-14 Vassila 3 3 1 7 3 7 0 A .J. W e b b e 3 6 - 2 1 0 6 3 3 2 1 I. D .W a l k e r 1 2 3 5 4 1 8 7 1 2 15-7 C. E. Cottrell . 1 2 7 - 2 6 8 1 2 2 8 1 5 - 2 A .S. S t e w a r t.. 4 5 2 4 5 0 2 2 5 W . J. Ford, 5 overs , 1 maiden, 15 runs, O wicket ; S. W. Scott, 3 overs , 1 maiden, 6 runs , 0 wicket ; J. Stewart , 3 overs , 0 maiden , 11 runs , 1 wicket ; T. S. Pearson , 6 overs, 1 maiden, 8 runs, O wicket ; J. Wilson, 20 overs , 8 maidens,31 runs, 0 wicket , bowledin onematchonly. N O T T I N G H A M S H I R E . OFFICERSFOR 1880.-President , Mr. W. H. C. Oates. Vice-President , Sir James Oldknow, Kt. Committee , Major Bechor , G. Fillingham , L. Franklin , A. T. Ashwell, A. Hoyles, C J. Elliott , J. D. Gorse, W . Wright, S. Brittle , H. Story , J. Scroop Hutchinson, M. Mason Hon. Secretary and Treasurer , Captain Holden , Bramcote , Nottingham- shire . Assistant Secretary , E. Brown, Middle Pavement , Nottingham . Nottinghamshire could fairly claim the championship of county cricket in 1880. Truethat it h a dto suffer defeat at the handsof Yorkshirein the return match at Sheffield ; but this was the only occasion on which it hadthe worst of any of the ten games in which the eleven took part , and two at least of the three d r a w nwerem u c hin its favour. O nthe formof their t w o meetings there was little to be chosen between Notts and Yorkshire , but the eleven that represented the former was undoubtedly the more reliable , and indeed it would have been very difficult to find a weakspot in it. Oscroft was in nothing like his best batting form ; nor were Shrewsbury and Selby , despite a good innings by each at the end of the campaign ,