James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 2. 8 9 (7) Nottsv. Australians. Nottingham , Sept. 4, 5, and6. O S C R O F T ' SB E N E F I T . Thegood fortune of the Australians attended them again in this match ; and Nottshad all the worst of the game in losing the toss . The ground, at the outset , was slow from heavy rains , and whenNotts went in a second time it was all against the bat. It was entirely owing to the good play of Murdoch(72) that the Australians were able to claim a lead of 20 runs on the first innings , but after this they hadthings muchtheir ownway. In the second hands' the luck was m u c hagainst Notts, but their cricket at the same time was not up to their best standard . Helpedby the ground, Spofforth and Boyle bowled with such effect , whenNotts went in for their second innings , that they were all dismissed for 41, and the Australians won by 184 runs. Australians , 131 and 212 ; total , 343. Notts, 111 and 48; total , 159. Spofforth (Australians ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s . 5 4 (8) Nottsv. Sussex. 2 4 Brighton , September 7, 8, and 9. R u n s. Wickets. 6 4 1 1 Nottshadonly aweakeleven with Shrewsbury, Barnes and Morley all away; butthe result of the match was never in doubt. Sussex, though fairly repre- sented , made only a poor show against the bowling of Shaw, Flowers, and Wright, and Tester (25 and 24 not out) proved to be their highest scorer . Mr. C. W .Wright, of Cambridge University , went in first for Notts , and was the last out, scoring 99 out of 249 from the bat. Notts wonbyten wickets . Notts, 266and9 (no wickets ) ; total 275. Sussex , 165 and 109 ; total , 274. Shaw(Notts) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 8 1 9 0 1 2 2 Wickets. 9 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . M o s tin T i m e s Inns. Runs. anInns. not out. Average. W .B a r n e s 2 3 7 0 8 1 3 0 1 3 2 . 4 C. W .Wright 6 1 5 7 9 9 1 3 1 . 2 A .Shrewsbury 1 6 4 1 62 0 7 1 2 7 . 1 1 W .F l o w e r s.. 2 1 3 7 5 5 9 2 4 19.14 A .S h a w 2 0 2 7 5 8 8 5 1 8 . 5 W .Scotton 2 3 3 4 4 4 9 4 1 8 . 2 E .Mills 5 9 1 5 9 0 1 8 . 1 W .Oscroft 2 3 3 4 2 6 2 1 15.12 J. Selby 2 3 2 1 6 6 6 0 1 2 . 1 0 W .G u n n 1 9 1 7 6 3 9 4 11.10 F .B u t l e r. 1 7 1 6 0 4 1 2 10.10 W .Wright 1 4 7 7 2 8 6 9 . 5 M .S h e r w i n. 2 0 9 8 1 8 4 6 . 2 W .A t t e w e l l 4 2 5 1 0 0 6 . 1 F.Morley. 1 6 5 6 2 2 5 5 . 1 W .C. O a t e s 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 J. A .D i x o n 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Averages.. W .Attewell. 5 9 3 0 7 4 7 1 0 . 4 A .S h a w. 1151.3 6 8 0 1 0 2 8 8 8 11.50 F .Moriey 749.1 3 8 9 9 4 5 7 6 12.33 W .G u n n 7 6 3 6 9 6 7 13.5 W .Flowers 537.3 2 5 3 6 2 8 4 4 15.22 W .W r i g h t 327.1 1 1 5 4 5 3 2 5 1 8 . 3 E .M i l l s 7 2 . 2 3 6 7 5 2 37.1 W .B a r n e s. 2 3 7 9 6 3 8 4 1 0 3 8 . 4 Thetwofollowing bowled inone matchonly :- W. Scotton , 4overs , 1 maiden, 16 runs, 1wicket ; J. A. Dixon, 9 overs , 2 maidens , 21 runs, 0 wicket . Sherwin stumped eleven andcaughtout sixteen batsman.