James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

T H EC O U N T I E SI N 1 8 8 4. 8 9 wicket in their second innings . Mr. W. G. Grace scored 53 out of 108 from thebat in Gloucestershire's first innings ; Mr. Hornby46 out of 130 for Lan- cashire . Barlow took six Gloucestershire wickets at a cost of 65 runs. Gloucestershire 119 and 25 (one wicket ) ; total , 144, Lancashire , 142 . (7) Gloucestershirev. Yorkshire. Bradford, July 28 and 29. Owing to the death of their mother , Messrs . E. M. and W. G. Gra e wereunable to play in this match, and the game consequently lost much of its interest . The ground , too , was very slow, from the heavy rains , so that , though Peate was absent , the superior bowling of Yorkshire told heavily against the Gloucestershire batsmen. After being 184 behind on the first hands , Gloucestershire had to bat on a drying wicket and in a very bad light ; and, under the circumstances , they did creditably to reach a total of 127 . Mr. W. H. Woodhouse , of the Manningham Club , made his first appearance for Yorkshire in this match. H egot 62 by excellent cricket , though Grim- shaw (71) was principal scorer . Yorkshire won by an innings and 57 runs . Yorkshire , 301 ; Gloucestershire , 117 and 127 ; total , 244 . Peel(Yorkshire ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets.. 57.1 2 6 8 7 (8) Gloucestershirev. Notts. Nottingham , July 31 and August 1. 1 1 The two brothers Grace were again absent , and with all the strength of Notts in the field the match lost much of its attractiveness . The ground , too , in consequence of heavy rains , was all in favour of the bowlers , and the ⚫scoringon both sides was very low. Mr. Pullen went in with one wicket downin the first innings of Gloucestershire , and was not out at the finish for 24, one-half of the total fromthe bat. Flowersm a d e50 out of 61 while in for Notts, and Scotton was at the wickets two hours and fifty minutes for 19. Alfred Shaw's bowling , though , was the curiosity of the match. He accom-- plished the hat trick in each innings ; in the first he was credited with six wickets in seven balls . Shawand Attewell were unchanged throughout both innings of Gloucestershire . Notts wonby ten wickets . Notts, 105 and 9 (no wickets ) ; total , 114. Gloucestershire , 49 and 63 ; total , 112 . S h a w(Notts) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 4 7 7 9 (9) Gloucestershire v. Lancashire. Clifton , August 14, 15, and 16. 6 5 Wickets... 1 4 The only victory of the Gloucestershire season . Neither Mr. A. G. Steel nor Crossland could play in this match , and Lancashire , therefore , had not its full strength . The excellent bowling , though, of Barlow and Watson enabled themto get rid of Gloucestershire very cheaply for 101, and the latter had to follow on in a minority of 87 runs . Whenthey went in again , how- ever , Mr. Pullen (74) and Painter (116) entirely altered the aspect of the game, and so well did these two batsmen hit that 100 runs weremadein an hour. Painter was missed whenhe had got 108, but this was his only actual escape . H ewas only in two hours and a quarter , and among his figures were fourteen fours . W h e nthey went in again , Lancashire wanted235 to win, and with eight wickets down for 149 their chances were not promising . Mr. Royle, though , found a useful partner in Watson , and when the latter was caught , 23 only were left to win. Of these , Pilling helped to make fifteen before he was caught , and Lancashire thus lost a very excellent match by seven runs . Mr. Royle carried out his bat for 66, thoroughly well got . About£30 was collected on the ground for Painter , Gloucestershire , 101and 321 ; total , 422. Lancashire , 188 and 227 ; total , 415.