James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

6 4 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. (2) Middlesexv. Gloucestershire . J u n e5 a n d6. Rainaltogether spoiled the chances of any of the long scoring which has usually marked the matches between these Counties . Middlesex was very strong , butnot Gloucestershire , who had neither Messrs . Moberly nor Townsend. Mr. G. B. Studd, the Cambridge Captain , hit well for 84 for Middlesex , but that eleven was muchfavoured by the bad fielding of the Gloucestershire team. Gloucestershire hadall the worst of the wicket , and in going in first Middlesex hada very markedadvantage . Mr. Strachan , whowas for some years the Surrey Captain, and whobelongs to the Countyby birth , re-appeared in the Gloucester- shire eleven after a long absence , but it was his only match of the season . Middlesex won by ten wickets . Middlesex , 213 and 10 (no wickets ) ; total 223 . Gloucestershire , 86 and 135 ; total 221 Burton (1st innings Gloucestershire ) C. T. Studd(2nd ) O v e r s. 3 4 3 3 - 1 M a i d e n s . 1 8 1 5 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 2 9 4 8 6 7 (3) Middlesexv. Yorkshire. June8, 9, 10. Heavyrain altogether ruined what would, in all probability , have been a good match. 'The finish , as the game was, was very exciting , but owing to the state of the ground the play was unreliable . Neither Mr. G. B. nor Mr. C. T. Studdwere able to play for Middlesex , but the bowling of Mr. A. J. Ford and Burton proved quite enough for the Yorkshire men on the slow wicket . The ground was all in favour of the bowlers , buteven allowing for this the Yorkshire batting was very disappointing . In the first innings the scoring was very level , butinthe second the tail made a sorry show, and the last seven batsmen on the side only added nine runs . At the finish Middlesex had only 42 to win, and they nearly failed in the attempt . As it was, Peate and Bates bowled so well, and the fielding was so close , that they lost their seven best batsmen before the game came to an end. Middlesex won by three wickets . Middlesex , 182 and 43 (seven wickets ) ; total 225. Yorkshire , 151 and 72 ; total 223 . Burton(2nd innings Yorkshire ) .. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 1 5 2 0 30-3 (4) Nottsv. Middlesex. J u n e12 a n d13. W i c k e t s. 7 Except for the absence of the Batting though never had a Another match completely spoiled by rain . brothers Studd Middlesex was well represented . fair chance on the heavy wickets , and Notts had the best of the gamethrough- out. In the first innings Middlesex , a strong batting side ,were all dismissed for 32. This was the third total of less than 40 in a county matchduring the week. Flowers (52) was the highest scorer for Notts. Middlesex was beaten by an innings and one run. Notts 210, Middlesex 32 and 177, total 209. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Morley (1st innings Middlesex , medium-round) 18 2 0 (5) Oxford v. Cambridge. June26, 27, and28. 9 W i c k e t s. 6 Theforty-eighth match between the Universities . Atthe commencementof the season it was thought the Cantabs would have no possible chance . Oxford though utterly failed to maintain their expectation of the earlier matches , and their bowling , as was generally foreseen ,was so moderate that they really never