James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 0. 7 1 matches with Surrey and Yorkshire against time will be readily remem- bered. In the five homematches, the lowest score madeby the eleven was 171, and in three innings the total exceeded 300. Mr. W. G. Grace batted as well as ever he has done, especially towards the end of the season, and Messrs. G. F. Grace, E. M. Grace, Moberly, Townsend, and Midwinter, proved very difficult to dislodge , Mr. Moberly playing several good innings . Thebrunt of the bowlingfell on Mr. W.G. Grace andMidwinter; butWoof, a colt , whobowls medium-pace left round-arm with a consider- able break , also did good service at times , and is likely to be of use to the county. B a dfielding cost theeleven theAustralian match. R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches played , 10; Won, 4 ; Drawn, 5 ; Lost, 1. Club. Oppnts. W h e r e W h e n Opponents. P l a y e d. Played. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. i n n. inn. inn. inn. MatchesW o n(4). (5) Middlesex (7) Surrey Clifton Aug.12-14 306 152* 335 122 5 wks; *5wksd. C h e l t e n h a m 19-21351 5 2* 285 17 10wks; *0 w kd. " (8) Yorks (9) Lancashire C l i f t o n " 23-25 302 84* 195 190 6wks; *4wksd . Clifton 26,27249 23* 186 8 5 7wks; *3 wksd. MatchesD r a w n(5) . 1 M i d d l e s e x R e m a r k s . Lord's June14-16 281 9 6 75* 0* w k t; d o w n. (2) Lancashire (3) Yorkshire (4) Notts (6) Notts... MatchesLost (1). (1) Surrey 2* wkts; down. Sheffield 26-28-190 " " 9 5 1 3 7 *9 wkts; d o w n. L o s tb y Manchester July 22-24 181 14* 158 107 Nottingham 29-31 125* Cheltenham Aug. 16-18 172 171 272 O v a l Australians (extra match).. Clifton June10,11 8 4 62 114 114 82runs. (Aug. 2,3,4 1 9 1 9 7110 2 4 6 6 8runs. 1Hasbeen treated in review of M.C.C. , chap. II. (1) Gloucestershire v. Surrey. Oval, June 10, 11, 1880. The only defeat suffered by the Gloucestershire Eleven during the season Neither shire was represented by its best eleven , and rain had interfered with the wicket , to prevent anything like high scoring . Surrey made 114 each time (Mr. J. Shuter 28 and 17). Potter's bowling was so wonder- fully accurate , that they had the best of the gamethroughout ; and in the second innings of Gloucestershire , Mr. A. P. Lucas was so destructive , that the last five wickets fell for nine runs . Woof, a colt , who had only played once before for the county , showed some very promising bowling (slow left- hand round-arm) for Gloucestershire , and came off more than once later in the season . Surrey won by 82 runs . Surrey , 114 and 114 ; total , 228. Gloucestershire , 84and62; total , 146. Potter(Surrey) Mr. Lucas (2nd innings ,Gloucestershire ) Overs. Maidens, Rune. 9 4 1 4 4 5 1 2 3 Wickets. 1 1日付 5 . . . . . .