James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

7 8 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. the persons of capable professionals , mostly naturalised , until at the present time Mr. Hornby, whose untiring zeal and example have conduced m u c hto the county's advancement, has at his disposal an Eleven, not only formidable both in bowling and batting , but without doubt the best fielding side of any shire in England . The record of 1881 is one of which the Lancashire players maywell be proud. Of thirteen matches, ten resulted in their favour , nine with unmistakable majorities and six with morethan an innings to spare . All the three undecided gameswere drawnvery m u c hin their favour , and the only occasion when the finish was at all calculated to trouble them was in the first meeting with Yorkshire , when luck favoured them materially just at the close . Their defeat by Cambridge University at Liverpool was the one speck in a most brilliant season , and then Mr. A. G. Steel was not only arrayed against them, but did all the execution at least with the ball . Taken at every point of the game, the Lancashire Eleven were deservedly the champions of the year. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches Played, 13 ; Won, 10 ; Drawn, 3 ; Lost , 0. Opponents. Club. O p n t s. W h e r e played. 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. 102 62 Inn. & 135 runs. June2, 3 239 *5 67 175 10 wkts; *now.d 9,10 285 16-18324 2 7, 28248 136 103 Inns. &46runs. 169 130 Inns. & 125runs. 48 59 Inns. & 141 runs. 163 145 50 runs . MatchesW o n(10). *Derbyshire. Manchester M a y26, 27 209 (1) Notts د و *K e n t... (2) Surrey. ود وو *Derbyshire (3) Yorkshire *Gloucestershire (4) Yorkshire " و د D e r b y Sheffield 196 M a n c h e s t e r 2 1, 222 3 6 " 28-30 212 *70 96 185 Aug18,19 78 255 25-27 228 36 81 216 runs. 38 61 " (7) Surrey *K e n t MatchesD r a w n(3). *Gloucestershire (5)Notts (6)Middlesex O v a l M a i d s t o n e C l i f t o n July4 , 5, 6162 4 2 158 Inns. & 36runs. A u g22-24 192 267* 122 N o t t i n g h a m 11-13 132 154* 97 M a n c h e s t e r 16-17 325 E x t r aM a t c h e s. M.C.C.a n dG r o u n d L o r d ' s CambridgeUniversity . Liverpool " " 8 wkts; *2 w.d. Inns.& 129 runs. R e m a r k s . *9 w k t sd o w n. *5 wktsd o w n. 168 *71 *2 wktsd o w n. June19,20 82 130* 84 126 13,14 71 153 187 *38 *Havebeen treated in previous reviews . (1) Lancashire v. Notts. Manchester, June 2 and 3, 1881. W o nb y 8wkts; *2w.d Lostb y 7wkts ; *3w.d. Thefirst Nottingham fixture after Shaw, Shrewsbury , and the other five professionals of the county had refused to play . As a consequence of their desertion the executive had at the eleventh hour to fill up the vacancies