James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

7 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (1) Middlesexv. Surrey. • Oval, June7 and8. Middlesex was only represented by a moderate eleven , and Surrey had the gamewell in hand throughout . The wicket was in excellent order, but Middlesex were only able to make183 and 95, and to the second total Mr. A. W. Ridley contributed as many as 53. Surrey's victory was, in a great measure, dueto the bowling of Barratt and Johnson. In the second innings of Middlesex they were unchanged , a creditable performance on a good wicket . Surreyw o nby ten wickets . Surrey, 274 and 5 (for no wicket) ; total , 279. Middlesex, 183 and 95 ; total , 278 . Barratt (Surrey) Johnson(2nd innings Middlesex) Overs. Maidens. 59.1 2 7 2 1 1 3 1 1 6 3 6 R u n s. Wickets. 1 1 5 (2) Middlesexv. Notts. Nottingham , August 20, 21, and 22. Both sides well represented , and, as a consequence , fine cricket all round. Outof the first total of 288 of Notts, Barnes (91 ) and Flowers (87) subscribed 168; and in the second the same two batsmen made more than half the aggregate -Barnes 85 and Flowers 79. Thanks, mainly , to Mr. I. D. Walker (62), Middlesex made 100 for the first wicket , but the total only reached 224, andwhenthey went in again on the third afternoon six of the best wickets were dismissed for 76. A tthe close Middlesex were 242 runs behind, with only four wicketsto fall . O u tof 542runs got byNotts BarnesandFlowerscontributed 342. Notts, 288 and 254 ; total , 542. Middlesex, 224 and 76 (for six wickets ; otal, 300 Flowers (2nd innings Middlesex) . Overs. 1 5 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 9 1 5 4 (3) Middlesexv. Yorkshire. Huddersfield , August 23, 24, and 25. Thewickets all in favour of the bat, and, as a consequence , very high scoring onboth sides . In all , 981 runs were totalled for 34 wi kets , an average of just under 29 runs . The H o n. A. Lyttelton (52 and 68) and Mr. I. D. Walker (76 and5) were again the principal run-getters for Middlesex , and Hall (16 and 87 not out), Ulyett (65 and 32), and Mr. Lumb (70 and 24, each time not out), for Yorkshire . Atthe finish Yorkshire wanted 114 to win, with six wickets to fall . Harrison's bowling for.Yorkshire was for once a failure , costing 84 runs without awicket . Yorkshire , 236 and 198 (for four wickets ) ; total , 434. Middlesex , 305 and 242 ; total , 547. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s T o t a l M o s t Inns. notout. R u n s. in Inns. Average. H o n. A . Lyttelton 7 1 4 1 2 1 8 1 6 8 . 4 A . W .Ridley. 6 1 2 6 0 1 3 6 5 2 C. T . S t u d d.... 1 2 3 4 6 1 *1 0 5 5 1 . 2 I. D. W a l k e r. 1 8 2 5 5 2 1 4 5 3 4 . 8 A .P. L u c a s 7 1 1 8 9 9 7 31.3 G .B . S t u d d 7 0 2 0 9 7 4 2 9 . 6 P. J. d eParavicini 1 3 3 2 5 8 *61 2 5 . 8 A . J. W e b b e 1 0 2 1 7 4 #7 2 2 1 . 6