James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

6 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (2) M.C.C. and Groundv. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge, M a y11, 12, and 13 . TheMarylebone eleven contained at the best only three batsmen in anyway entitled to be considered first class , to wit, G. G. Hearne, Midwinter, and Flowers. These three , with William Mycroft, were the only bowlers of any kind. As a consequence the Club madeonly a sorry show. Hearne (20 and 15) was the highest scorer , the best contribution otherwise was 15. In the two innings the last five batsmen made18 runs. Messrs. C. T. Studd (41 and 42) and W.N.Roe(27 and 45) were the most successful for the University . Cambridge woneasily by 189 runs . University 130 and 189 , total 319. M.C.C. 84 and 46, total1 3 0. R. C. Ramsay(Cambridge, slow round) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 4 0 1 6 4 9 (3) M.C.C. and Groundv. Sussex. Lord's , May11 and 12. Wickets. 1 3 Marylebone had not a strong eleven , but Sussex was also not represented at its best, with Messrs . Bettesworth and Blackman away. Lillywhite , whohad just returned from Australia , was absent , the first Sussex match he had missed for twenty years . Mr. Hornby and Barnes , the first Marylebone batsmen, scored 50 runs in 20 minutes , but with this exception the batting on neither side presented any feature of great interest . Sussex at the close had some- thing like a chance , but mistakes in the field ruined them. Morley, for the Club, took twelve wickets for 80 runs . M.C.C. won by 5 wickets . and84(five wickets ) ; total 238. Sussex, 101 and136 ; total , 237. (4) M.C.C. and Groundv. Lancashire. Lord's , M a y15 and 16. M.C.C., 154 The easy victory of M.C.C. was rather a surprise . The team was by no means a formidable one, and on paper hardly good enough to beat a very fairly representative eleven of Lancashire , barring Mr. A. G. Steel . Mycroft , Mid- winter, Barnes, and Flowers were the only Marylebone bowlers , but the Lancashire batsmen could do little with the last named. Rainmade the wickets rather slow, and Mr. E. H. Porter (6 and 57) was the highest scorer . Barnes' innings of 119 helped greatly to decide the match in favour of M.C.C. H ewas in three hours and twenty minutes , and scored more than half the aggregate (231) . M.C.C. wonby eight wickets . M.C.C., 231 and 28 (two wickets ) ; total , 259. Lancashire , 99 and 159 ; total , 258 . Flowers (M.C.C., slow-round) O v e r s. 7 9 . 1 R u n s. M a i d e n s. 4 1 8 5 (5) M.C.C. and Groundv. Derbyshire. Lord's , May18 and 19 . W i c k e t s. 1 1 Derbyshire with Messrs . L. C. Docker and Evans away, had not its best team, and its weakbowling enabled a not very strong eleven of M.C.C. to obtain a very decisive victory . Midwinter, Fothergill , and Rylott were the only bowlers of M.C.C., but they were too much for the Derbyshire batsmen, who made a very poor show. Midwinter (137, not out), in his one innings scored four more than the Derbyshire eleven in their two attempts . Fothergill (74), madea promising débût for M.C.C. Marylebone wonby an innings and 258 runs. M.C.C. and Ground, 390. Derbyshire , 56 and 76 ; total , 132. Midwinter (M.C.C. , mearum-round) . . . . . . . . O v e r s. M a i d e n s . R u n s. 3 2 4 9 5 0 W i c k e t s. 9