James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 2. 9 9 (1 ) Yorkshire v. Australians. Bradford, June 5, 6, and7. Rainprevented any play at all on the first day, andthere was no chance of a completion of the game. A fine innings of 66 by E. Lockwood, enabled York- shire to have a lead of 18 runs on the first innings , andwhenplay ceased there was little to favour either side in the draw, Yorkshire wanting 88 to win, and seven wickets to fall . Yorkshire 140 and 36 (three wickets ) ; total , 176. Australians , 128 and 135 ; total , 263. Boyle(1st innings , Yorkshire ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 3 5 1 9 (2) Yorkshire v. Australians. Sheffield , June 19, 20, and 21. 3 0 The scoring on both sides was below the average , and 34 wickets only produced an aggregate of 492 runs or a little over fifteen runs a piece . The Yorkshire batting was very uneven, and, indeed , the last five batsmen in the two innings only contributed 37 runs. Murdoch and Bannermanscored 142 out of atotal of 242 fromthe bat by the Australians . Yorkshire lost by six wickets . Australians 148 and 99 (four wickets ) ; total , 247. Yorkshire , 92 and 153 ; total,245. Garrett(Australians ) Giffen(1st innings , Yorkshire ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 1 16.1 3 4 6 6 4 1 6 8 5 (3) Yorkshire v. Australians. Dewsbury, July 13, 14, and 15. T h efirst of three consecutive matchesbetweenYorkshire and the Austra- lians . Bates was suffering from a sprained ankle, but Peel, a Colt, took his place, andwith success , his bowling being the best on the side . Lockwood played another fine innings of 61, but no one else on the Yorkshire side except Grimshaw(27) got double figures . A tthe end of an innings Yorkshire was 12 runs behind. There was no chance of finishing the match whenUlyett andMr. H a w k eopened Yorkshire's second innings , and none of the best Australian bowlers were tried . Thegamewas drawn. Yorkshire , 129 and 64 (one wicket ) ; total , 193. Australians , 141. Garrett(1st Innings Yorkshire). Peel(Yorkshire) Overs. Maidens. 4 0 1 8 R u n s. 5 0 Wickets. 7 4 6 2 4 4 1 6 (4) Yorkshirev. Australians. Bradford, July 17, 18, and 19. Abowler's matchthroughout , owing to the heavy condition of the ground. TheAustralian first innings was the only one that reached three figures ; and Bannerman's42 was the highest individual score . Emmett's bowling was one of the mostnoteworthy features of the match; in the first innings he took five wickets for ten ; in the second , six for 22 runs. Australians wonby47 runs. Australians , 132 and 67; total , 199. Yorkshire , 68 and 84 ; total , 152. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Emmett(Yorkshire ). Boyle(Australians ) 34.1 4 7 1 9 2 4 3 2 4 3 1 1 8 (5) Yorkshire v. Australians. Middlesborough , July 20, 21, and 22. Thelast of the Australians ' five matches with Yorkshire . Grimshaw (not E 2