James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

6 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. L A N C A S H I R E . OFFICERSFOR 1883.-President , Sir Humphreyde Trafford , Bart. Vico Presidents , Earl of Derby, Earl of Sefton , Earl of Lathom, Earl of Elles- mere, Sir R. A. Cross , M.P. , R. N. Phillips , M.P., A. B. Rowley, J. Makinson , J.P. , J. A. Bannerman . General Committee , A. N. Hornby, W. Brierley , W. E. Openshaw , C. G. Hulton , E. B. Rowley, E. Challender , R. Walker, S. R. Platt , A. J. Steel , S. Field , R. Gorton , A. Appleby , G. Walsh. Hon. Secretary , S. H. Swire. Hon. Treasurer , J. McLaren. Assistant Secretary and Collector , F. Reynolds, Stretford Villas , Stretford , Lancashire. T H Ecollapse of the Lancashire eleven in their concluding matches was one of the surprises of the season . Their form all round at the commencement, was almost without a fault , and there seemed every reason for the prediction that they would be again very near the championship of Countycricket . U pto the first weekof July they knewno defeat , but in their Southern tour, at the close of the campaign, they were beaten in succession by Kent, Surrey, and Gloucestershire , and their cricket was very disappointing . Theywere not able , it is true , always to get their best eleven , and Mr. A. G. Steel was only present on very rare occasions . Pilling , too, was lost to the teammorethan once from illness , as was Robinson twice . Unfortunately for the team also , Mr. Hornby, after the first few matches , did nothing with the bat, and Mr. Royle was out of form at the finish . Altogether Lancashire had not the best of luck, but their cricket , it mustbe admitted , showed a great falling -off all round in August. R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches Played, 12 ; Won, 6 ; Drawn, 1 ; Lost , 5. Opponents. MatchesW o n(6) . *Derbyshire *K e n t. (1) Notts *Lerbyshire (3) Surrey *Gloucestershire. W h e n Club. O p n t s. Where played . played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Manchester M a y17, 18 332 5 4 Manchester June4,5,6 206 238 309 و د " 7 , 8 185 *18 110 2 5, 26 238 Nottingham D e r b y Manchester J y12,13,14 204*196 Manchester 2 6,27 153 *20 1 0 9 99 W o nb y 118 inns& 160 runs 65 70runs 9 2 9wkts; *1 w d 51 inns& 7 8r u n s 3 wkts; *7 w d 300 34 136 10w k s; *now d Matches Drawn(1) . R e m a r k s. (5) Notts Manchester Ag.9,10,11 218 1 1 0*9 0 *2 w d Matches Lost (5). Lostb y (2) Yorkshire (4) Yorkshire *K e n t. Manchester July5, 6 Sheffield 7 9 120 143 *58 8 wkts; *2 w d " 1 6,1 7 83 127 93 *119 8 wkts; *2 w d Gravesend Aug.20,21 97 92 92 118 21 runs (6) Surrey O v a l ,, 23,24,25 75 240 82*234 3 wkts; *7 w d *Gloucestershire. Clifton ,, 27,28,29 190 213 324 *81 6 wkts; *4w d E x t r aMatches. [1, 2 W o nb y OxfordUniversity. O x f o r d May31, J u 167 288 102 202 151 runs *M . C . C. andG r o u n d. L o r d ' s June11,12 160 *75 151 80 10 wkts; *now d Oxford University . M a n c h e s t e r 1 4 4 2 7 و د 115 102 inns& 271 runs *See reviews of M.C.C. , Derbyshire , Gloucestershire , andKent. (1) Lancashire v. Notts. Nottingham , June 7 and 8. Theone defeat of Notts by a County eleven during the season . The wicket