James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1883. 6 7 generally was in favour of the bowler , but the victory of Lancashire was, in a great measure . due to the faulty fielding of their opponents . Mr. Hornby had four distinct lives in his score of 62, and his good luck helped materially to turn the scale against Notts . H ewas missed first before he hadmadea run, again at 49, a third time at 51, and lastly at 58. Watson's bowling puzzled the Nottsbatsmen considerably , and his eleven wickets were got at an average of under eight runs . Lancashire wonby nine wickets . Lancashire , 185 and 18 (for one wicket) ; total , 203. Notts, 110 and 92 ; total . 202. Watson(Lancashire ) Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 8 5 (2) Lancashire v. Yorkshire. Manchester , July 5 and 6. 3 8 8 7 1 1 Lancashire , without either Messrs .A. G. Steel , Royle , or Robinson , was only moderately represented , and the County was, consequently , not seen at its best . Harrison's fast bowling had very much to do with the poor show of the Lancastrians but the batting of Hall, Lockwood, and Bates was also an im- portant factor in the result . Out of 191 runs scored by Lancashire fromthe bat these three professionals contributed 150. Yorkshire won by eight wickets . Yorkshire , 143 and 58 (for two wickets ) ; total , 201. Lancashire , 79 and 120 ; total, 199. Harrison(1st innings Lancashire) Overs. 17.2 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 4 3 7 (3) Lancashire v. Surrey. Manchester , July 12, 13 and 14. A nextraordinary match, if only by reason of the plucky fight madebySurrey. Lancashire forced their opponents to follow on in a minority of 105, but Mr. W . W. Read (127 ). and the young professional , Henderson (67), in the second innings , madesuch a determined stand that 184 runs were added before they were parted , and the aspect of the gamewas altogether changed . With 196 to win Lancashire lost six of its best wickets for 113 but a mistake in missing Briggs cost Surrey dear, and they lost by three wickets . Lancashire's victory was, in a great measure . due to the capital all -round cricket of Barlow . In his two innings he scored 110 (the second time not out). and, in addition , took ten Surrey wickets for 118 runs . Lancashire , 204 and 196 (for seven wickets ) ; total , 400. Surrey, 99 and 300; total , 399. Barratt (1st innings Lancashire ) Barlow(1st innings Surrey ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 0 2 8 1 3 1 7 7 2 2 7 8 5 (4) Lancashire v. Yorkshire. Sheffield , July 16 and 17. This time Messrs . A. G. Steel and Royle, as well as Robinson, were in the Lancashire eleven , and the only absentee was Pilling . Peate was unable to help Yorkshire , but his bowling was, fortunately for them, not missed , though the bowlers hadall the best of the gamein the three first innings . Harrison again provedtoo m u c hfor the Lancastrians, and Ulyett did an extraordinary per- formance in the first innings , bowling Mr. Hornby, Watson, and Briggs with successive balls . With118 for Yorkshireto winthere seemedeverychance of a good finish ,but Ulyett and Hall got 94 before they were separated , and, as at Manchester , Yorkshire won by eight wickets . Yorkshire , 93 and 119 (for two wickets ) ; total , 212. Lancashire , 127 and 83 ; total , 210 . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. " ). 1 2 . 3 1 0 4 2 2 5 3 1 6 5 D 2 Harrison (1st innings Lancashire ) Ulyett "