James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

9 8 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L. (1) Lancashirev. Yorkshire. Manchester, June26 and27. Mr. A. G. Steel was unable to play for Lancashire , and he was of course muchmissed . Still the home eleven made an excellent fight , and were only beaten by three wickets . The scoring was not high on either side , andMr. E. E. Steel , the youngest of the four brothers , was the principal scorer with two excellent innings of 51 and30 not out. Yorkshire, with 97 to win, lost half of their wickets in the second innings for 44 and the result seemed very doubtful . Ulyett, though , played with great care and judgment at the crisis , and it was mainly to him that Yorkshire owed its victory . Yorkshire , 181 and 97 (seven wickets ) ; total , 278. Lancashire , 123 and 154 ; total , 276. Ulyett (1st innings Lancashire ). Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 2 2 (2) Lancashire v. Yorkshire. Sheffield , July 14 and 15. 8 3 8 5 Mr. A. G. Steel was, fortunately for Lancashire , able to play in this return match, and he made all the difference . The ground, owing to recent rain , was all against the batsmen, and the honours were shared by the bowlers , of whom Barlowwas the most successful . Briggs and Mr. A. G. Steel were responsible for 112 out of a total of 165 from the bat in Lancashire's first innings , and the former's 75 not out was a good display of batting , with only one chance at 59. Bates hit very freely in Yorkshire's first innings ; but otherwise there was little worthy of note in the batting , and the last nine wickets only added 14 runs . Lancashire won by six wickets . Lancashire , 170 and 31 (four wickets ) ; total , Yorkshire, 123 and 72 ; total , 200 . •Barlow(Lancashire ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 60.1 3 2 6 6 1 3 (3) Lancashirev. Surrey. Liverpool, July17 and18. Lancashire , though very strongly represented , was beaten after a very exciting finish . Theground at Liverpool does not wear well, and Surrey con- sequently gained a great advantage in winning the toss . Mr. Shuter's first score for Surrey (56) was the highest of the match, and on the whole the bowlers wereseen to the greatest advantage . W h e nthey went in a second time Lanca- shire wanted 123 to win, and the third wicket fell for 55. After this , though , the bowling of Mr. Horner and Barratt , helped by fine fielding , told with great effect , and Surrey gained a highly creditable victory by 29 runs. Surrey, 163 and95 ; total , 258. Lancashire , 126 and 103 ; total , 229 . Barlow(Lancashire ) Mr. Horner (Surrey) Barratt (Surrey) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 7 3 . 1 3 9 8 7 1 1 5 9 . 2 3 0 7 3 7 6 2 . 2 2 8 1 1 4 1 1 (4) Lancashire v. Surrey. Oval, July 18, 19 and 20. Lancashire had quite its full strength with the one exception of Crossland , and the result was an easy victory . Winning the toss , they were not dis- missed until 252 had been made, of which 100 were due to Mr. H. B. Steel , w h omadehis first appearance at the Oval in this match. H e was somewhat lucky in placing the ball , but his hitting all round was very fine . Surrey were cheaply got rid of in the first innings , and though they fared better in the second, thanks to a well hit , if rather lucky , 94 by Mr. Diver, Lancashire had too long a start to give thema real chance . Lancashire wonby eight wickets . Lancashire , 252 and 120 (two wickets ) ; total , 372. Surrey, 149 and 222 ; total, 371.