James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

T H EC O U N T I E SI N 1 8 8 3. 8 5 (1) Yorkshire v. Cambridge University . Cambridge, M a y24, 25, and 26. Rain, in all probability , saved the University eleven from defeat . The scoring on both sides hardly came up to expectations , and the batting of Cam- bridge was certainly disappointing , though the eleven was not the best the University could boast . All round, the cricket was a little below the standard ofbothteams. A tthe finish Yorkshirewanted78 to winwith all their wickets to go down. Yorkshire , 176 and 7 (for no wicket ) ; total , 183. Cambridge , 105 and155 ; total , 260. (2) Yorkshire v. Leicestershire . Leicester , June 22 and 23 . It was really only an eleven of Yorkshire which opposed Leicestershire , with Emmett, Peate, Ulyett , Harrison , Lockwood, Bates , and Hunter all absent . Grimshawhit well for 60 in the first innings , and Hall carried his bat through the second for 82 out of 152 fromthe bat, otherwise there was little of note in the batting . Mr. C. Marriott (61 and 11) and Warren (49 and 47) together scored 168 out of 228 madeby Leicestershire from the bat. Mr. H. T. Arnall , in the second innings of Yorkshire , took three wickets with successive balls . A t the close , Leicestershire wanted 67 to win with three wickets to fall . Yorkshire , 140 and 158 ; total , 298. Leicestershire , 151 and 81 (for seven wickets ) ; total , 232. (3) Yorkshire v. Leicestershire . Sheffield , July 9, 10, and 11. Hall, Bates , Ulyett , Peate, Lockwood, and Harrison were again absentees from the Yorkshire eleven . Despite their absence they had all the best of the drawngame, wanting only 43 to win with nine wickets to fall whenplay ceased . Mr. E. Lumbmadehis debut for Yorkshire . H ecarried his bat through the first innings of Yorkshire for 82 out of 183. Mr. C. Marriott , for Leicestershire , scored 77 out of 208 from the bat . Yorkshire , 183 and 27 (for one wicket ) ; total , 210. Leicestershire , 124 and 128; total , 252. Hill (1st innings Leicestershire ). O v e r s . 3 4 M a i d e n s . 2 3 R u n s. 1 8 W i c k e t s. 6 D R OB A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s I n n s. notout. R u n s. L .H a l l 2 9 9 8 2 1 M o s tin a nI n n s. *1 2 4 A v e r a g e. 4 1 . 1 G .Ulyett 3 0 1 9 5 6 8 4 32.28 E .Lockwood 2 7 3 6 7 1 2 0 8 2 7 . 2 3 E .L u m b 1 5 4 2 7 7 *7 0 2 5 . 2 W .B a t e s 2 8 1 5 7 1 7 9 2 1 . 4 J. H u n t e r 2 0 7 2 1 9 *5 1 16.11 H o n. M .B. H a w k e. 1 3 0 2 1 7 6 0 16.9 T . E m m e t t 2 6 1 3 8 3 5 0 15.8 R .P e e l 2 1 2 2 9 3 7 4 1 5 . 8 E .P e a t e. 2 1 3 2 6 4 6 4 14.12 I. Grimshaw. 1 6 0 1 7 0 2 8 1 0 . 1 0 F .H .Sugg 1 2 4 8 0 *1 3 1 0 E .T .H i r s t 8 0 6 2 2 4 7 . 6 G .P . H a r r i s o n . 2 2 3 1 0 6 1 9 5 . 1 1 The following played in one match only :- W. H. Bowers , who scored 5 and 5; S. Crossland 2 ; G. A. B. Leatham, 4not out and 0 not out ; and H. E. Rhodes , 0 and 8.