James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

9 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. hardly up to their old standard . Daft at times played well , but the best performances were done by the younger membersof the team; and Barnes, whohad the best average of the year amongprofessional cricketers , showed throughout splendid cricket , having the best average in county matches, only excepting Mr. W. G. Grace. During the early part of the season Scotton scored very well , and a promising young batsman was added to the eleven in the colt , Gunn. Alfred Shawwas, as he always has been, very successful with the ball ; and Morleyhas hardly ever bowledbetter , as his average will show. Barnes and Flowers also did their fair share of the bowling; andSherwin proved himself the best wicket-keeper the county has had for some time. All round, Notts had a very fine eleven, and its claim to the first position among the counties cannot be challenged , R e s u l t so fM a t c h e s . Matches played , 10 ; Won, 6 ; Drawn, 3 ; Lost , 1 . Opponents. W h e r e played. Club. Opnts. W h e n played. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd i n n. i n n. i n n . i n n. W o nb y. MatchesW o n(6). 1 Lancashire (2) Yorkshire 1M i d d l e s e x 1 L a n c a s h i r e (3) Surrey. 1 Middlesex MatchesD r a w n(3). (1) Surrey. 1 Gloucestershire 1Gloucestershire MatchesLost (1). (4) Yorkshire E x t r aM a t c h e s. M . C . C .a n dG r o u n d Australians Manchester Jne17-19 121 129* 132 117 N o t t i n g h a m Lord's Jly12,13 125 34 62 95 28,29 9 8 53 6 6 84 Nottingham 15,16 6 6*54 O v a l و د 2 6 - 2 82 6 6 NottinghamAug19,20 172 *73 7 2 4 6 5 wkts; *5 wd. 2 wkts; *8 w d. 9 wkts ; *1wd. 4 wkts; *6 wd. Inngs &65 rns. Remarks. 1 6 185 93 151 5 wkts; *5wd. Nottingham Jne3,4,5 104 *71 82 106 *2 wkts down. Nottingham Jly29-31 137 125* *9 Cheltenham Aug16,17 272 1 7 2171 Lostb y Sheffield 40 77 Aug.9-11 102 92 77 118* 5 wkts; *5 w d. Nottingham Sept. 2,3 307 142 Nottingham 23-25 88 131* 141 1H a v ebeentreatedin previousreviews, Inns& 125 rns. 1 w k t; *n o w d. و د (1) Nottsv. Surrey. Nottingham , June 3, 4, 5, 1880 . Surrey for once in an out match mustered a fairly representative eleven , though Pooley had to give up his place at the sticks owing to a domestic affliction . Rain spoiled the wicket as well as materially interfered with the game throughout , and finally robbed Notts of a certain victory . Mr. A. P. Lucas's 34 for Surrey , was the highest score of the match ; and the aggre- gate only amountedto 364 for 32 wickets . O n the third afternoon the