James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

5 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (3) Derbyshire v. Lancashire. Derby, June25 and26. Inwinningthe toss Lancashire had all the best of the wicket , and with muchthe worst of the ground andluck Derbyshire had little chance . Mr. L. C. Docker(39 and 34) played good cricket each time, but, besides Chatterton , no one else could make any stand against Watson and Barlow. These two bowlers were unchanged throughout both innings of Derbyshire . Mr. R. P. Smith was unable to play for Derbyshire , and Hay, owing to an accident , could not bat in either innings . Lancashire wonby an innings and 78 runs. Lancashire , 238. Derbyshire , 109 and 51 ; total , 160. Barlow (Lancashire ) W a t s o n( و د Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 2 . 1 51.2 2 3 2 5 8 1 6 7 6 1 2 (4) Derbyshire v. Yorkshire. Derby, July 19, 20 and 21. Raininterfered materially with the game, and only twenty wickets fell during the match. A useful stand by Hunter(51 not out) and Emmett(49), at the close of the innings , enabled Yorkshire to reach a total of 299. The Derbyshire eleven , though , played up so pluckily that they just secured the 220 wanted to avoid a follow on. Platts being the chief contributor , with 55. A t the finish Yorkshire were 99 on, with all ten wickets to fall . Yorkshire , 299 and20 (no wickets down) ; total , 319. Derbyshire , 220. (5) Derbyshire v. Sussex. Derby, July 30 and 31. Derbyshire's continued ill luck in losing the toss again seriously injured its chances , and Sussex , in going in first , had a very great advantage . The ground was, indeed , so much against the Derbyshire batsmen when they went in to bat that only one of them, Mr. T. Evans, a newplayer , got a double figure (29 and 14) in each innings , and in neither case could they reach the hundred. Mr. B. E. Nicholls , of the Winchester College Eleven, madehis debut for Sussex in this match. Sussex wonby an innings and 68 runs . Sussex , 250. Derbyshire , 97 and 85 ; total , 182. J. Hide (Sussex) Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 4 2 2 5 4 7 (6) Derbyshire v. Yorkshire. Sheffield , August6 and7. 7 Though very fairly represented Derbyshire made a poor show in this match. Theydid very well to get the Yorkshiremen out for 173, but their batting was most disappointing , and Mr. E. A. J. Maynard alone got double figures in both innings . Chatterton , in Yorkshire's innings , took six wickets for 64 runs . Harrison's fast bowling had very muchto do with the decisive defeat suffered by Derbyshire . Yorkshire wonby an innings and three runs. Yorkshire , 173. Derbyshire , 70 and 100 ; total , 170. Harrison (Yorkshire ). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 4 2 . 1 2 7 3 3 (7) Derbyshirev. Surrey. Oval, August30, 31, andSeptember 1. Wickets. 8 A nexcellent wicket , and , as a consequence , generally high scoring . The extraordinary stand of the Derbyshire tail in the second innings changed the whole aspect of the game. After following on in a minority of 179, five of thebestwickets wered o w nfor 78, andit seemedas if Surreywouldwinin one innings . Thanks to the very fine cricket of Messrs . W. Evershed (92), Maynard (84), and of Cropper (51), the last half of the Derbyshire eleven