James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

7 2 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L. The England eleven was fairly strong in batting , but very deficient in bowling . Some good scoring was shown on both sides in the first innings , but heavy rain during the night caused the wicket to be very treacherous on the third day, and the last nineteen wickets fell for 201 runs. Murdoch and Jones, in the first innings of the Australians , made125 runs while they were together . Thegame was drawn . England , 230 and 78 ; total , 308. Australians , 180 and 91, five wickets ; total , 271 . G L O U C E S T E R S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1882.-President , Duke of Beaufort , K.G. Vice-President , e Lord Fitzhardinge . Treasurer , W. H. Harford. Captain , W. G. Grace, Secretary , E. M. Grace. Committee , Earl Bathurst , H. W. Beloe , J. A. Bush, S. H. Brookes , Sir W m. V. Guise, Bart., Henry Grace, William Henry Miles , R. Fenton Miles , T. G. Matthews , Rev. C. H. Ridding , F. Townsend, Rev. T. A. Southwood, S. Lang, J. A. Ware, Capt. J. S. Warren, A. P. Wetherman, E. J. Pagden, Colonel A. H. Versturme. T H EGloucestershire record of 1882, presented a marked contrast to the almost uninterrupted successes of a few years ago. Out of ten matches played , only two werew o n, and six lost . T h evictory over YorkshireandCheltenhamwasa good performance , but otherwise the play was very disappointing . Mr. W .G. Grace wasstopped by illness in M a y, but in the home matches he showed that he is evenyetthebest batsmanof the day. Boththe twobrothers played fine cricket in the later fixture . E. M. Grace's 122 was the only innings of three figures made for Gloucestershire . The batting of the eleven failed considerably at times. Messrs. Townsendand Gilbert were not in their best form, and Messrs . Moberly and Cranston by no means as consistent as of old. Midwinter begun the season well, but fell off in his batting at the end. Mr. Pullen, a youngster , shaped well , and is likely to be an acquisition . Midwinter and Mr. W.G. Grace bore the brunt of the bowling . Woof at times bowled well , but he was more expensive than in the previous year, and in this department the eleven will w a n to b e re-inforced. R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches Played , 10 ; Won, 2 ; Drawn, 2; Lost , 6. W h e n Opponents. Where played . played . Club. O p n t s. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd i n n. i n n. i n n. i n n. W o nb y Matches W o n(2) . *M i d d l e s e x (8) Yorkshire (11) Surrey Matches Drawn(2) . (1) Surrey (9) Notts (2) Notts (3) Lancashire (4) Yorkshire CheltenhamA g171819 Clifton 256 115 96 Sep. 7, 8, 9 193*132 113 211 inns & 45 runs 6wkts; *4wd R e m a r k s . O v a l Jne8,9,10 Clifton A g21 2223 255 *45 186 118 146 105 *7wd *4 *n owd MatchesLost (6) . Lostby L o r d s June5, 6 8 6135 213 *10 NottinghamJuly24, 25 49 108 183 10 w k s;*nowd inns& 26 r u n s M a n c h e s t e r ,, 27,28,29 88 107 172 *24 7 wkts; * 3 wd Sheffield (6) Lancashire Clifton ,,31,A.12 120 109 112 146 29runs Ag1011 12 196 248 240 217 13 runs (7) Middlesex . E X T R AM T C H E S . (5) Australians Clifton Aug.3,4,5 108 183 450 10) Australians . Clifton Cheltenham ,, 14,15,16 144 176 2 2 8 9 4 8wkts; *2w d ,, 24,25,26 131 120 *98 drawn; *6wd i n n s& 159r u n s * Seereviewof M.C.C.