James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

8 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (3) Notts v. Australians. Nottingham , June 8, 9, and 10. The excellent performances of Notts against the two former Australian teams invested this third meeting with additional interest . O n a good wicket some fine all round cricket wouldhave been witnessed . Unfortunately though, rain before and during the game made the play altogether unreliable , and the game throughout was one for the bowler . Owing to an injured hand Spofforth wasunable to play on the third day, but Garrett andPalmer, as the ground was proved difficult enough, and he was not missed . The Australians lost their five best wickets for thirty runs, andit was only a careful stand by Blackhamand Palmer that madetheir first score respectable . A t the finish Notts wanted 127 to win, with nine wickets to fall , and as the wicket was they would have taken some getting . Notts, 110 and 12 (one wicket), total , 122. Australians , 142 and 106, total, 248. (4) Nottsv. Yorkshire. Sheffield June 26, 27, and28. Asingular contrast to the previous match. Oscroft won the toss for Notts butgave upthe innings to Yorkshire , a very unwise step , as the wicket played easily , especially at the outset . Lockwood (74) and Ulyett (56) mainly contri- butedto Yorkshire's total of 264, and it was only a stand by Gunnand Shaw late in the second hands of Notts that enabled them to save the innings . Peate and Bates between them were credited with nineteen of the twenty Nottingham wickets . Peate's eleven cost 114 ; Bates' eight , 101 runs. Yorkshire wonby eight wickets . Yorkshire , 264 and 29 (two wickets ) ; total , 293. Notts, 143 and 148; total 291 . (5) Nottsv. Sussex. Nottingham , August 3 and 4. Sussex, though only poorly represented , made a fair show in this match Thanksto a well played score of 60 by Mr. Newhamthey madea good start with a first total of 186. A tthe end of an innings they had 38 runs in hand, but they lost all their advantage when they went in a second time, and only Mr. N e w h a moffered any resistance to the bowling of Shawand Morley. Notts won bysix wickets . Notts, 148 and 97 (four wickets ) ; total , 245. Sussex, 186 and 5 6; total , 242. Shaw(Notts) Morley " O v e r s. M a i d e n s . R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 0 7 . 1 102.0 6 3 5 4 7 0 1 0 3 7 1 1 (6) Nottsv. Surrey. Oval, August7, 8, and9. Themostextraordinary match of the Countyseason . Notts, at the end of the first day, had scored 352 with only two wickets down, and their innings ultimately reached 501. Barnes and Shrewsbury raised the total from26 for one, to 315 for two, wickets , so that 289 runs were got while they were together . Barnes' score was 130 ; but Shrewsbury wasnot dismissed until he had got 207, the largest innings ever made by a professional at the Oval. H e was six hours and a half at the wickets , but he ought to have been caught whenhehad onlymadethirty . Theonly feature of Surrey's batting was Mr. W.H. Game's vigorous hitting in the second innings for 84. N o one else madeany lengthy stay , andNotts woneasily by an innings and 189 runs. Notts, 501. Surrey, 121 and191 ; total , 312.