James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

T H EC O U N T I E SI N 1881. 8 5 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Average. B u r t o n 3 5 6 - 0 1 7 2 4 3 5 3 1 1 4 . 7 C. T. S t u d d 3 3 2 - 0 1 7 2 4 1 3 2 7 1 5 . 8 C l a r k e.. 3 6 5 - 2 1 8 8 4 0 5 2 3 1 7 - 1 4 A . F. J. F o r d 9 4 . 0 3 6 1 6 8 9 1 8 . 6 I. D .W a l k e r. 73-3 2 6 1 1 4 6 19.0 J. R o b e r t s o n . 2 9 1 . 1 1 0 2 5 0 1 2 6 19-7 T. S. P e a r s o n 17.0 2 4 2 2 2 1 . 0 P. J. d eParavicini. 4 3 . 0 1 5 8 4 1 8 4 . 0 Osborne bowled in two innings , and took one wicket for 40 runs, A. J. Webbe, in twoinnings , taking two wickets for 32 runs, and W. C. Wilkinson, in one innings , obtaining three wickets . N O T T I N G H A M S H I R . OFFICERSFOR 1881. -President , The Duke of Portland. Vice -President , Colonel Seely , M.P. Trustees , Captain Holden , Mr. W. Wright , and Mr. W. H. C. Oates . Committee , Captain Denison , Major Bechor , Messrs . S. Brittle , R. Tolley , R. Daft , M. Mason, J. S. Hutchinson , H. V. Story , Captain Sherbrooke , J. D. Gorse , C. J. Elliott , A. Hoyles . Secretary and Treasurer , Captain Holden . Browne, Thurland Street , Nottingham. H o n. Assistant Secretary , Mr. E. The absence of several of the leading professionals during a greater portion of the season , owing to a most unfortunate and ill advised com- bination , deprived Nottinghamshire of their excellent chance of again occupying the first place in the records of County cricket , as in 1880. Alfred Shawand Shrewsburyfigured in the first matchof the season ; and, as Morley, Barnes, Scotton , Flowers and Selby did not makeamendsto the committee until the end of July, the executive until Augusthad to entrust the representation of the County to the best players available at the moment. Under such circumstances it was hardly to be expected that the eleven hastily improvised , and without practice or organisation , could do much, and its successes against Surrey at Nottingham , Sussex at Brighton , and Gloucestershire at Clifton , only served to show what a wealth of professional cricket Notts possesses . The eleven began with a decisive victory over Sussex , and every one of the four defeats was experienced when all the seven professionals were still on strike . In F. Butler the County introduced oneof the best youngprofessionals it has had since William Oscroft , and the coolness and nerve with which he played Morley and Shawat Lord's , proved himto be a batsman quite up to the best Nottingham standard . E. Mills , another new aspirant , is a left handed bowler with a high delivery ,