James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 2. 8 1 4 (1) Lancashirev. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge , M a y18, 19 and 20. Amatch productive of only moderate scoring on both sides . Cambridge had not anything like its best Eleven, but thanks chiefly to Mr. C. T. Studd, were able to win by 14 runs . Mr. Studd made 69 and 38 and took eight wickets for 90runs. Lancashire , 165 and 130 ; total , 295. Cambridge University , 143 and 138 ; total , 281 . (2) Lancashire v. Australians. Manchester , June 1, 2 and 3. Excellent cricket throughout , and a very exciting finish . Lancashire had to follow on in aminority of 141 runs ,but the Eleven ,one and all ,played up pluckily in the second innings . Mr. Steel's 50 was well got, but it failed before the feat of Barlow. H e wentin first and carried outhis batfor 66 out of a total of 269. Murdoch (65 and 27) was the chief scorer for the Australians , but Blackham's careful play helped them the most at the finish . Spofforth had twelve Lanca- shire wickets for 157 runs . The Australians won, after a good match, by four wickets . Lancashire , 118 and 269 ; total , 387. Australians 259 and 129 ;total , 388. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 52.3 5 3 Crossland (Lancashire ) 2 1 (3) Lancashire v. CambridgeUniversity. Manchester , June 13, 14 and 15. 7 Alittle more than a day's cricket was all that the weather allowed for this match. The ground was altogether unplayable , and correct batting was im- possible . Seven Cambridge wickets were downfor nine runs . It was a bowler's gamethroughout . Drawn. Lancashire 90 and 61 (four wickets ) ; total , 151 . Cambridge, 31. Barlow(Lancashire ). Overs. 3 0 Maidens. 2 6 R u n s. Wickets. 5 1 3 (4) Lancashirev. Somersetshire. Manchester, June8, 9, and 10. Somersetshire , with its best eleven , was, on the year's form, no match in anywayfor Lancashire . As it was represented on this occasion with Messrs. Evans, Roe, Ramsay, and Newtonall away, a hollow defeat was a certainty . Lancashire , indeed , got them out twice within two hours and a quarter , and Pilling (78) alone got nine more than the Somersetshire eleven in their two innings . Nash took four wickets in one over-four balls . Somersetshire's first total of 29 was the smallest of 1882 in a match of any importance . Lancashire w o nby aninnings and 157 runs. Lancashire , 237. Somersetshire , 29 and 51 ; total,80. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. 15.3 11.2 1 0 8 1 4 7 8 6 " Nash (1st Innings Somersetshire ) Crossland Innings (5) Lancashirev. Notts. Nottingham , July 6, 7, and 8. A ninteresting match spoiled by the state of the ground. Notts gained a great advantage in winning the toss , and their first total was the only one of the four to reach three figures . Barlow was again conspicuous byreason of a good batting performance ; in Lancashire's second innings he went in first and carried out his batfor 50 out of 69. H ewas in two hours anda half for his runs . Notts won by 37 runs . Notts , 116 and 42 ; total , 158. Lancashire , 52 and69 ; total , 121. O v e r s. Maidens: R u n s. Wickets. Flowers (Notts). 49.1 2 7 4 5 Mr.A. G. Steel (2nd Innings Notts ) ...... 2 9 . 0 2 1 1 7 1 0 6