James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

1 0 0 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L. 10. L a n c a s h i r ev. C h e s h i r e. Stockport , August1 and2. The Cheshire eleven , had time permitted , would have had to endure a second and decisive defeat . Lancashire , though only weak, had indeed far the best of the game at all points , and at the finish Cheshire were 309 runs behind with only two wickets to fall . Mr. Hornby(65) and Barlow(100) con- tributed 165 out of 292 from the bat in Lancashire's second innings . This wasBarlow's first hundred for the county. Lancashire , 154 and 306 ; total , 460. Cheshire , 85 and 66 (eight wickets ) ; total , 151 . Crossland (1st innings Cheshire ). Overs. Maidens. 1 8 . 1 5 (11) Lancashire v. Leicestershire . August7, 8, and9. R u n s. 2 4 Wickets. 5 Thoughthey had all the best of an excellent wicket , Leicestershire made a poor show, and Warren (37 and 34) was the creditably . Barlow was again successful in second hundred for the County within a week. Lancashire wonbyan innings and 62 runs. 115 and 116 ; total , 221. only batsman who shaped at all getting into three figures , his H ewas in five hours for his 119 . Lancashire , 283. Leicestershire , (12) Lancashire v. Somersetshire. Taunton, August11 and 12. ThoughMessrs . Newtonand Challen played good cricket in Somersetshire's second innings , the play of the eleven generally was not of a very high order . Barlowand Crossland were away from the Lancashire eleven , and otherwise the Countywas only poorly represented . Mr. Hornby(66 and 36) hit freely each time for Lancashire. Watsontook eleven Somersetshire wickets for 116 runs. Somersetshire were beaten by eight wickets . Lancashire , 215 and 68 (two wickets ) ; total , 283. Somersetshire , 86 and 196 ; total , 282 . (13) Lancashire v. Somersetshire. Manchester , August 28 and 29 . Thewicket was dead from recent rains , and, as a consequence , the play was all in favour of the bowlers. Somersetshire, w h owere one short in the first innings , could do little against the bowling of Watsonand Barlowand Mr. F. W . Terrywas principal scorer with 19 and 14. Lancashire wonby ten wickets . Lancashire , 158 and 21 (no wicket ) ; total , 179. Somersetshire , 85 and 92 ; total , 177. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets Watson(Lancashire ). 6 2 . 2 2 6 1 0 5 1 1 B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . Inns. T i m e s notout. R u n s. M o s tin I n n s. A v e r a g e. Rev.V.Royle 6 2 1 9 9 *7 9 4 9 . 3 A .G .Steel 9 2 2 4 4 4 1 3 4 . 6 H .B .Steel 1 3 1 3 9 3 1 0 0 32.9 A .N.H o r n b y 2 9 3 7 2 4 6 6 27.22 Briggs 2 8 2 6 0 9 1 1 2 23.11 O.P. Lancashire 2 3 1 4 7 4 1 1 9 2 1 . 1 2 L.D .Hildyard 9 1 1 6 4 *4 2 2 0 . 4 E .E .Steel 8 1 1 4 2 5 1 20.2 F .Taylor... 1 0 1 1 7 9 *5 4 1 9 . 8 B a r l o w. 3 1 1 5 6 4 1 1 9 1 8 . 2 4 J. E. K e r s h a w 5 0 9 2 4 1 1 8 . 2 W a t s o n 2 9 5 3 8 8 4 5 1 6 . 4 J. G .H e a p 5 1 6 6 *31 16.2