James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

T H EM A R Y L E B O N E C L U BI N 1 8 8 3. 1 4 5 (6) M.C.C. and Groundv. Derbyshire. Lord's , M a y31, and June 1. Derbyshire , though well represented , was beaten by a not very strong eleven of M.C.C. very decisively . The victory of Marylebone was mainly due to the fime all round cricket of Flowers. In addition to a score of 131 out of 220 fromthe bat, he took ten Derbyshire wickets at a cost of 86 runs . M.C.C. won b yan innings and 29 runs . M.C.C. and Ground, 243. Derbyshire , 132 and 8 2; total , 214. (7) M.C.C. a n dG r o u n dv. Notts. Lord's, June 4 and 5. Acreditable victory for M.C.C. , mainly through the very effective bowling ofWoofat the close . Marylebone had not a very strong eleven , and Notts, for w h o mShrewsbury contributed 85 out of 164, just doubled their opponents ' total . TheNottingham authorities discarded Gunnon this occasion , and he proved to bethe highest scorer on the side of M.C.C. , with 15 and 46. With 137 runs to win, Notts at one time had 70 up for the loss of three batsmen. Woof's bowling , however, turned the scale altogether , and he secured the last six wickets at a cost of only 15 runs. M.C.C. won by 41 runs. М.С.С., 82and 218 ; total , 300. Notts, 164 and 95 ; total , 259. W o o f(2nd innings M.C.C. ) Overs. Maidens. 14.3 7 (8) M.C.C. andGroundv. Lancashire. Lord's, June 11 and12. R u n s. 1 5 Wickets. 6 A neasy victory for Lancashire over a strongish eleven of M.C.C. The County had an advantage of only nine runs on the first innings , but good bowling and fine all -round fielding enabled them to get Marylebone out for 80 in their second " hands," Nashgetting the last four wickets in twenty one balls for five runs . Lancashire , when they went in a second time, had 75 to win, and Mr. Hornby and Barlow got these without the loss of a wicket . Lancashire w o nb y ten wickets . Lancashire , 160 and 75 (for no wickets ) ; total , 235. M.C.C. and Ground, 151 and 80 ; total , 231 . Nash(2nd innings M.C.C. ) . O v e r s. 5 . 1 M a i d e n s . 2 R u n s. Wickets. 4 5 (9) M.C.C. andGroundv. CambridgeUniversity. Lord's, June18 and 19 . Thelast trial match of the Cantabs . M.C.C. was well represented , but the University had the best of the play on both days, and their victory by 81 runs was a very creditable performance . Messrs . P. J. de Paravicini (40 and 65) and J. E. K. Studd (16 and 69) were the principal contributors for the University . Inthe second innings the latter was in while 165 runs were scored. Barnes hit very finely for M.C.C. on the second day. I nhis score of 72 there were only six singles . Sherwin , the Marylebone wicket -keeper , injured his shoulder severely inmaking a brilliant catch , which dismissed Mr. C. W. Wright on the first night , and could not play afterwards . Cambridge won by 81 runs. Cambridge, 158 and 243 ; total , 401. M.C.C. and Ground, 107 and 213 ; total , 320. (10) M.C.C. and Groundv. Oxford University (12 a side ) . Lord's, June 21 and 22. The bowling of the University team was so exceptionally weakthat some