James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

7 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. free hitting by Watson(29) and Crossland (24), though at the close of the innings , changed the aspect of the game . On the heavy wicket the Derbyshire batsmencould do little with the slow bowling of Watsonand Barlow, and only three of them-Messrs L. C. Docker (20 and 14), Foster (21 and 3), and Mr.R . P. Smith (8 and 14)-gotdouble figures in either innings . Lancashire wonb y tenwickets . Lancashire , 125 and 28 (no wicket ) ; total , 153. Derbyshire , 8 3 and67 : total , 150 . Watson(Lancashire , slow round) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 6 3 7 4 4 2 (2) Derbyshire v. Yorkshire. Huddersfield, June1 and2. 8 Derbyshire had not its best eleven with Messrs . L. C. Docker and Evans away. Theywere only 48 behind on the first innings ; but onthe second they werealtogether beaten by the slow bowling of Bates, and were all out for 64. Cropper, whomadehis début for Derbyshire in this match, was highest scorer , with 34 and 14-a good performance against Yorkshire bowling . Bates' 54w a s the best contribution onthe Yorkshire side . Yorkshire wonbyeight wickets . Yorkshire , 207 and 16 (two wickets ) ; total , 223. Derbyshire , 158 and 64 ; total, 2 2 2. Bates (Yorkshire , slow round) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 6 . 1 (3) Derbyshirev. Sussex. Brighton, June5, 6 and7. 2 2 6 3 9 Themost exciting finish of the Countyseason . Luckwas against Derbyshire onthe third day, whenthey went with 122 to win, and the rain favoured Sussex just at the turning point of the game. Butfor the bad fielding of their opponents , Derbyshire ought not to have madeanything like 283 in their first innings . The twoprincipal scorers -Messrs . Shuker (85), and Docker (60)--had, indeed , more than one life . Sussex had to follow on in a minority of 101; but the Derby- shire bowling , excepting that of Mycroft, got heavily punished in the second innings . Sussex won, after a most exciting finish , by three runs . Most of the credit of this success wasdue to Mr. TrevorandJuniper. T h eformerscored 61 and 63, and the latter's bowling fairly settled the hopes of Derbyshire at the finish . Sussex , 162 and 222; total , 384. Derbyshire , 263 and 118 ; total , 3 8 1. Juniper (fast left round, Derbyshire 2nd) Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 1 3 6 1 3 0 (4) Derbyshire v. Australians . June12, 13 and14. 7 O npaper, Derbyshire had not the shadow of a chance , and the result of the gamewasnever in doubt. TheAustralian bowling was altogether too muchfor the Countyteam; and Platts , whocarried out his bat for 33 in the first innings , wasthe only one to makeanylengthy stay. Forthe Australians , Massie scored 66 of the first 85, runs in 55 minutes . Spofforth's bowling was the feature of the match. Australians wonbyan innings and 109 runs . Australians , 292 ; Derby- shire , 106 and 77; total , 183. Spofforth (Australians , fast round) . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 4 5 2 (5) Derbyshirev Lancashire. Derby, June26 and27. 5 7 1 0 Derbyshire had all the worst of the luck in losing the toss . O nthe second day, after heavy rain , the bowling of Watson and Crossland was almost unplay