James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

5 8 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 . G L O U C E S T E R S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1883.-President , Duke of Beaufort , K.G. Vice-President , Lord Fitzhardinge . Treasurer , W. H. Harford. Captain , W. G. Grace, Secretary , E. M. Grace. Committee , Earl Bathurst , H. W. Beloe , J. A. Bush, S. H. Brookes , Sir W m. V. Guise , Bart., Henry Grace, William 34. Henry Miles , R. Fenton Miles , T. G. Matthews , Rev. C. H. Ridding , F. Townsend, Rev. T. A. Southwood, S. Lang, J. A. Ware, Capt. J. S. Warren, A. P. Wetherman, W. D. L. Macpherson,Colonel A. H. Versturme. O U Tof ten matches against what are known as first -class counties , only one , and that the last one of the season , was wonby Gloucestershire . Midwinter's return to Australia weakened the all -round cricket of the eleven materially , but it was the want ofbowling which interfered mainly with the prospects of the county , andin this department it was sadly deficient . Woof, at times, was most effective with the ball ,but Mr. W. G. Grace proved to be very expensive , and there was no one else at all reliable . In batting , in the later matches , Gloucestershire had a strong side , but altogether the eleven is not by any means so formidable as it was a fewyears ago, and newtalent of promise is muchneeded. R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s . Matches Played , 10 ; Won, 1 ; Drawn, 3 ; Lost , 6. 6. Opponents . Matches Won(1). (9) Lancashire Matches Drawn(3). (2) Yorkshire (6) Middlesex (8) Notts W h e n Where played . played . Clifton Club. Opnts. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd inn. inn. inn. inn. W o nb y A g27 28 29 324 81 190 213 6 wkts; *4 w d Gloucester Jy12,13,14 143 *7 196 Clifton C h e l t e n h a m Matches Lost (6). L o r d ' s O v a l *M i d d l e s e x (1) Surrey (3) Lancashire (4) Yorkshire ). (5) Notts (7) Surrey E x t r aMatches. Somersetshire Somersetshire A g161718 189 *234 537 ,, 23,24,25 216 M y28 29 30 276 *332 179 151 131 284 174 198 167 208 34 136 153 *20 3 1J n e1 Manchester July 26, 27 Bradford ,,3031 Ag1 177 213 328 *64 Nottingham Aug. 2,3,4 229 106 371 C h e l t e n h a m Clifton T a u n t o n R e m a r k s . *n o w d *9w d *6 w d Lostb y 85 runs 7 wkts; *3 w d 10 wks;*nowd 8 wkts; *2w d inns& 36 r u n s 9 wkts; *1 w d W o nby Aug.9,10 131 231 98 150 114 runs ,, 13,14,15 371 20,21,22 109 171 261 *20 * Seereviewof M.C.C. 5 4179 343 8 wkts; *2 w d (1) Gloucestershire v. Surrey. Oval, May31, and June 1. Gloucestershire was poorly represented and the batting of its tail was so feeble that its chances were greatly reduced . Atone time it looked as if Surrey would not be able to save the follow , but the steady cricket of the two diminutive pro- fessionals , Abel (46) and Henderson (34), enabled them to get within seven runs of Gloucestershire . With208 to win, Surrey lost three of their best wickets for 67, but Mr. W. W. Read and Maurice Read punished the Gloucestershire bowling