James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

T H E COUNTIES IN 1884. 9 7 L A N C A S H I R E . OFFICERSFOR 1884. -President , Sir Humphreyde Trafford , Bart. 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, E. Roper. Hon. Secretary , S. H. Swire . Hon. Treasurer , J. McLaren. Assistant Secretary and Collector , F. Reynolds , Stretford Villas , Stretford , Lancashire . LANCASHIRE, on the whole, did not show any very great improvement on the form of the previous season . W h e nthe eleven was really a representative one the cricket all round was up to the best standard of the county, and on some occasions , notably against Yorkshire at Sheffield , it was of the very highest order . The executive , though , cannot always , with such an amount of amateur talent , count on placing its best eleven in the field , and this fact must be taken into account in analysing the doings of the year. In the early part of the season the play was not quite up to the mark; but on the Southern tour in August some very fine cricket was shown, and Mr. Hornby, who, in the first fewmatches did not appear to be in run-getting form , hit with all his old free- d o mand success . Barlow's ill -success with the bat was compensated for by his excellent performance with the ball , and his bowling was one of the best features of the season's cricket . Mr. H. B. Steel's hitting wasof great service to the county, and he ought to be of even moreuse. Theabsence of the usual fixture with Notts was much to be regretted . The reason assigned for the refusal of the Notts Committeewas the determination of Lancashire to con- tinue playing unfair bowlers . R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches Played, 10 ; Won, 5 ; Drawn, 1 ; Lost , 4. W h e n Opponents. Where played . played . Club. Opnts. 1 s t2 n d1 st 2 n d W o nb y i n n. i n n. i n n . i n n. Matches W o n(5). ManchesterM y 2 2 2 3 2 4 Sheffield D e r b y O v a l Maidstone ,, 21, 2 2 ManchesterJuly24,25 Manchester Ju9, 10,11 M a n c h e s t e r Liverpool Clifton ManchesterJ u n e12,13 207 T a u n t o n M a n c h e s t e r *Derbyshire (2) Yorkshire *Derbyshire (4) Surrey *K e n t. Matches Drawn(1) . *Gloucestershire. *K e n t. MatchesLost(4). (1) Yorkshire (3) Surrey *Gloucestershire. E x t r aMatches. Matches Won(5). (7) Leicestershire (9) Cheshire .. (11 ) Leicestershire (1 2) Somersetshire (13) Somersetshire A g141516 188 227 101-321 Manchester ,, 30, Jy1 297 *41 L e i c e s t e r 126 208 9 wkts ; *1 w d 243 99 185 115 42runs July14, 15 170 *31 128 72 6 wkts; *4w d Aug.4, 5 162 8 0 46 inns & 36 runs ,, 18,19,20 252*120 149 222 8 wkts; *2 w d 240 *37 200 123 8 wkts; *2 w d R e m a r k s . 142 119 *25 *1 w d L o s tb y 61 240 156*146 7 wkts; *3 wd 2 6, 27 ود ود 17,1 8 123 154 181 *97 126 103 163 95 3 wkts; *7 w d 29 runs 7 runs W o nby 33 131 inns & 43 runs Aug.7,8,9 283 11,12 215 68 ,, 28, 29 158 *21 115 116 inns & 62 runs 86 196 8 wkts; *2 w d 85 92 10wkts;*n ow d Matches Drawn(2) . R e m a r k s . (6) Australians (10) Cheshire ManchesterJune5,6,7 Stockport A u g .1, 2 195 1 7 43 1 5 154 306 8 5 *66 *8wd MatchesLost (3). *M . C . C. & G r o u n d (5) OxfordUniversity L o r d ' s O x f o r d M a y19 1 8 7 95 286 29,30 (8) OxfordUniversity Manchester Jne16, 17 *Seereviews of M.C.C., Derbyshire , Gloucestershire , andKent. E 145 1 5 4224 111 132 220 160 195 Lostb y inns& 4 r u n s inns & 36 runs 5 wkts; *5 w d