James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

8 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. (6) Lancashirev. Surrey. Manchester, July 13, 14, and15. Owingto recent accidents , Jones and Barratt , Surrey's two regular bowlers werebothabsent , and with Messrs . Lucas and Cattley also away, the eleven was a very weakone. Butfor a determined stand by Watson(39) and Crossland (48) the ninth and tenth batsmen, whoput on 96 runs, Lancashire might have been got out for a small score . As it was, considering Surrey's bowling , they were got out cheaply for 156 and 174. Surrey just managed to save the follow on with six runs to spare , and they were really well out of a draw altogether in Lancashire's favour. Lancashire , 156 and 174 ; total , 330. Surrey, 82 and 42 (six wickets ) ; total, 124. Nash(1st Innings Surrey). T Overs. Maidens. 1 5 9 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 7 4 (7) Lancashire v. Notts. Liverpool , July 20, 21, and 22. Athunderstorm delayed the commencementof the match, and rain inter- fered with the play more than once . At the end of an innings Notts were 91 to the good, but most of the Lancashire batsmen scored well in the second innings , and, considering the ground, their total of 188 was a good performance . Barlow, for the second time of the season against Notts, saw all ten batsmen of the side dis- missed . In Lancashire's first innings he went in first and carried out his bat for 44 out of 93. The match was very evenly drawn. Lancashire , 93 and 188 ; total , 281. Notts, 164 and 23 (four wickets ) ; total , 187. (8) Lancashirev. Yorkshire. Sheffield , July 24, 25, and26. L O C K W O O D ' SB E N E F I T . Unfortunately for the deserving professional alone interested pecuniarily in this fixture , the match was altogether spoiled by the rain . Only an hour's play waspossible on the first day, and none took place till after luncheon on the second. O nthe third too the wicket was so treacherous as it dried under the sun that the batsmen on neither side could not do much, and the scoring was low. Mr. A . G. Steel was absent fromthe Lancashire team. T h eg a m ewas drawnvery evenly , Yorkshire wanting 63 to win, with six wickets to fall . Lancashire , 152 and 75, total , 227 ; Yorkshire , 98 and 67 (four wickets ), total , 165. Emmett(Yorkshire ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 4 1 0 3 4 (9) Lancashire v. Yorkshire. Manchester , August 3, 4, and 5. 8 Another very even game, and an exciting finish . The run-getting on both sides was only moderate , and Barlow's first score of 68 was by far the highest individual contribution of the mateh. Peatecameout in a n e wrole for York- shire . H ehit freely each time, and his aggregate of 59 was the largest on the side . Emmettplayed up pluckily , when Yorkshire went in a second time with 158 to win, but the bowling was a little too good for the rest , and Lancashire wonanexciting game by only 16 runs . Lancashire , 218 and 97, total , 315 ; York- shire, 158 and141, total , 299. Peate(Lancashire , 2nd innings ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 16-1 7 (10) Lancashirev. Somersetshire. Taunton, August14 and15. 2 5 5 Somersetshire had its best Eleven, but the result was never in doubt. The