James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

T H EC O U N T I E SI N 1 8 8 1. 7 9 with the best substitutes available at the moment, and the team was at the best a very sorry representation of the cricket forces of Notts. Shore, amediumpace bowler, whohad shownvery fair form in the Colts ' Match, at Lord's , in 1880 , Mills , and Lane, all of them left -handers , had to take the places of Shaw, Morley, and Barnes , and under the circumstances they did fairly well to get rid of the Lancashire Eleven for a total of 239. It was notso m u c htheir bowling as their batting that proved a failure . In the second innings Gunn played good cricket for 49, but Watson and Nash found easy victims in most of the rest , andthe match was altogether a dis- appointment to the Manchester folk . Mr. R. Wood, an old Carthusian , wasthe highest scorer for Lancashire with 50. Lancashire won by ten wickets . Lancashire , 239 and 5 (no wickets down) ; total , 244, Notts , 67 and175; total , 242. Watson(Lancashire ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 4 8 8 7 8 2 (2) Lancashire v. Surrey. Manchester , June 16, 17, and 18, 1881 . Wickets, 1 1 Withits best eleven , Surrey's chances would not have been very rosy , but with Messrs . Lucas , Shuter , and Lindsay all away their defeat was a foregone conclusion in the event of a completion of the game. Nine of the Lancashire team got double figures , but manyof them were much indebted to the slack and unreliable fielding of Surrey , whose display was positively discreditable . Watson, who enjoyed the (for him unusual ) distinction of highest seorer , with 60 not out, was missed more than once , and run after run was allowed that might easily have been saved . Asteady second score of 30 by Mr. S. Cattley was the only redeeming feature of the Surrey batting , and their defeat by an innings and 125 runs was only a fitting punishment for very poor all round cricket . Lancashire , 324. Surrey , 69 and 130 ; total , 199. W a t s o n(Lancashire) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets, 8 0 - 3 4 7 6 4 1 0 (3) Lancashire v. Yorkshire. Sheffield , July 4, 5, and6, 1881. Aswasto have been expected , a match stubbornly contested and pro- ductive of some of the very best cricket of the year . Mr. A. G. Steel , whose bowling has always been most successful against Yorkshire , would have strengthened Lancashire , but with this exception both sides were well represented . Throughout the game was most exciting , but heavy rain on the third morningwas very prejudicial to the chances of the Yorkshiremen , and the ground not only distinctly favoured the Lancashire team at the crisis , but it m a yfairly be urged greatly conduced to the defeat of their opponents . Lockwood (73 and 36) was the principal contributor for York- shire , each time without a chance , but Barlow's second score of 61, the best innings on the Lancashire side , was not so void of faults ; and indeed he was missed when he had got a very few runs . No possible exception on the other hand, could be taken to the fielding of the Lancashire eleven , whichhadmuch to do with their success . Lancashire won by 50 runs. Lancashire , 162 and 196 ; total , 358. Yorkshire , 163 and 145 ; total , 308 .