James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 2. 7 5 (9) Gloucestershire v. Notts. Clifton , August 21, 22, and 23 . Notts represented by only a weak eleven , with Shaw, Shrewsbury, and Morley, all absent . Theground, too , owing to rain , was never in a condition for run-getting , and the scoring was only low on both sides . Mr. W. G. Grace made 55 out of Gloucestershire's first total of 118. A violent gale raged on the second night, andultimately the wicket was in such a soddened state that the gamewasgiven up as drawn. Gloucestershire , 118 and 146 ; total , 264. Notts, 105 and 4 (no wickets ) ; total , 109. Wright(fast round left , Gloucester 1st Inngs) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 5 1 4 3 3 5 (10) Gloucestershire v. Australians . Clifton , August 24, 25, and 26. Agame practically limited to a day and a half owing to incessant rain on the first day. Palmer was unable to play for the Australians ; and for the first andonly time of the tour Murdoch was absent , owing to indisposition . Massie's hitting was the feature of the match ; in the second innings of Australians he scored 55 out of 62 runswhile in with Bannerman. Inthe two innings of the AustraliansMr. W .G. Gracetook twelve wickets for 152 runs. T h eg a m ew a s drawn. Gloucestershire , 131. Australians , 190 and 98 (six wickets ) ; total , 288. (11) Gloucestershire v. Surrey. Clifton , Sept. 7, 8, and9. Surrey's poor show in the first innings never left the issue of the gamein doubt. Threeof the first fourbatsmenon the list scored 97runs; butthe total only reached 113. In their second attempt they showedan improvement; but Mr. W. W. Read(50 not out and 56) alone showed brilliant cricket . Mr. A. C. Catley madehis début for Surrey in this match. H ehit well in the second innings for 45. But for the two Graces , Gloucestershire would not have fared so well. Besidestaking nine wickets, W .G. scored 139 runs out of 304 runs m a d eb yGloucestershire fromthebatfor fourteen wickets. T h etwobrothers contributed 204. Gloucestershire wonby six wickets . Gloucestershire , 193 and132 (four wickets ) ; total , 325. Surrey, 113 and 211 ; total , 324. 4 4 Wickets. 7 Overs. Maidens. R u n s. W .G. Grace (Surrey, 1st inns ., med. round) ...... 31 1 4 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . N o t M o s tin M o s tin I n n s. o u t. R u n s. I n n s. M a t c h. Average. J. A.Bush. 1 6 4 2 3 5* 5 1.11 J. Cranston 1 9 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 15.11 L.M .D a y 5 1 2 1 8 1 1 5 . 1 W .R. Gilbert 2 2 0 2 6 9 3 9 6 0 1 2 . 5 E .M .G r a c e 2 3 1 5 7 1 1 2 2 1 3 4 25.21 W .G .G r a c e 2 2 0 6 7 6 9 9 1 3 9 3 0 . 1 6 A .D .Greene.. 1 3 1 6 4 2 8 2 8 5 . 4 H .W .Gribble 2 0 1 1 8 1 1 5 . 1 M i d w i n t e r 2 3 5 4 8 7 1 0 7* 1 0 7 2 7 . 1 W .O. Moberly. 1 6 1 2 4 1 4 0 5 4 16.1 E .P e a k e ... 1 7 2 1 2 5 2 2* 4 3 8 . 5 W .W .F. Pullen.. 1 4 1 1 7 8 7 1 7 1 1 3 . 9 G .S t r a c h a n 2 0 5 5 5 2 . 1 E .J. Taylor 4 0 5 0 1 5 2 5 1 2 . 2 F .T o w n s e n d. 1 8 1 1 8 5 3 0 3 9 1 0 . 1 5 W .O. V i z a r d 7 0 6 1 3 3 5 4 8 . 5 W o o f 2 1 6 1 1 0 1 8 1 8 7 . 5 . . . .