James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

T H EC O U N T I E SI N 1 8 8 4. 1 0 3 (1) Middlesexv Surrey. Oval, June9 a n d10. Theground, in consequence of heavy rains , was all in favour of the bowlers , and the scoring , in consequence , not quite up to the usual standard . The feature ofthe matchwasthe first innings of Mr. A. J. Webbefor Middlesex . H ewent in first and carried out his bat for 83, out of a total of 196, with only one rather hard chance whenhe had reached 73, a fine performance as the wicket was. Mr. Roller , whenhe went on to bowl on the second morning in Middlesex's first innings , took six wickets for twenty runs . Middlesex won by eight wickets . Middlesex , 196 and 76 (two wickets ) ; total , 272. Surrey , 128 and 143 ; total , 271 . (2) Middlesexv. Notts. Nottingham , August 14, 15, and 16. Mr. C. T. Studd was again absent from the Southern eleven , and his bowling was sadly missed . Middlesex have usually madea good show in this match, and onthis occasion they began well , scoring 211 , 80 of which were contributed by Mr. I. D. Walker. TheNottingham innings commencedlate on the first after- noon, and was not over until the third morning. Gunn(138 ) and Attewell (84) put on 159 runs for the seventh wicket , and these two, with Scotton (66) sub- scribed 288 out of 391 from the bat. Gunn's score is the highest he has ever madefor the County, and his runs were got without a chance . H ewas in 4 hours and 55 minutes . Scotton was batting three hours and three quarters for his 66. Hisfigures included a five , from the ball touching Mr. I. D. Walker's cap, which fell off as he was bowling . The wicket did not play well when Middlesex went in a second time, and Shawbowled so well that a strong batting side were dis- missed for 105 runs. Notts wonby an innings and91 runs. Notts, 407. Middlesex , 211 and 105 ; total , 316. Shaw(2nd innings Middlesex) O v e r s. M d n s. R u n s. W k t s. 5 0 3 8 2 3 5 (3) Middlesexv. Notts. Sheffield , August 18, 19, and 20. TheMiddlesex eleven were again without Mr. C. T. Studd, and Burton, too , owing to illness , was only able to bowl very little , so that the out cricket of the Southerners suffered considerably . Hall's batting was the most noteworthy feature of a run -getting match . He scored 96 and 135 for Yorkshire , or 231 out of 575 madeby his side fromthe bat. Ulyett (107) and he, in the second innings , while they were together added 173 runs . The former hit brilliantly , and among his figures were two sixes out of the ground. The Hon. A. Lyttelton went in first wicket downfor Middlesex , and was last out, having scored 77 out of 180 from the bat. In all 804 runs were scored for thirty wickets . Thematch was drawn. Yorkshire , 212 and 390 ; total , 602. Middlesex , 402 . B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . Inns. Ts. notout. R u n s. M s t. inInns. Average. H o n. A. Lyttelton 7 0 1 9 0 7 7 2 6 . 6 T. C. O'Brien.. 1 7 1 5 3 0 1 1 9 3 2 . 1 8 T. S. Pearson. 1 8 2 4 0 3 8 3 2 5 . 3 I. D. W a l k e r 2 0 2 4 5 2 8 0 2 5 . 2 A . J. W e b b e 1 6 1 3 6 7 *8 3 2 4 . 7 C . T. S t u d d . 9 2 1 7 4 4 1 2 4 . 6 A. W .Ridley. 1 3 0 2 3 4 4 6 1 8 P. J. H e n e r y 7 1 1 2 1 4 6 2 0 . 1 P. J. deParavicini 1 3 3 1 5 4 5 3 1 5 . 4 G. F. Vernon.. 1 8 1 2 4 6 5 0 1 4 . 8 B u r t o n 1 7 7 1 1 7 3 0 1 1 . 7 J. Robertson 1 7 1 9 5 3 0 5 . 1 5 C l a r k e 6 1 1 6 *1 2 3.1 J. M c E w e n 5 0 1 3 8 2 . 3 A . P. Lucas 4 0 3 9 3 1 9 . 3 J. E. K. Studd played in three innings , scoring 1, 4, and 7; C. E. Cottrell , 0, 10, 14 . Thefollowing played in two innings :- S. W. Scott , 5 and #93 ; C. I. Thornton , 0 and 19; Pocknee, 3 and5; and Perkins , 0 and 0. T. Greatorex (0) played inoneinnings .