James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1884. 1 0 5 (1) Nottsv. Sussex. Nottingham , M a y 15 and 16. Sussex, with only a weak eleven , and, in losing the toss , all the worst of the wicket, never had a real chance throughout . Barnes (98) alone made 22 runs morethan the Sussex eleven in the first innings , and in their second , A. Payne (18) was the only double figure . Flowers and Attewell each bowled 26 overs (23maidens) for 22 runs in the second innings of Sussex , though the latter took eight wickets against two of Flowers. Notts wonby an innings and 151 runs. Notts, 271 ; Sussex, 76 and 44 ; total , 120 . Shaw(1st innings Sussex ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 8 . 2 2 7 2 2 6 (2) Nottsv. Surrey. Nottingham , July 2, 3, and 4. Surrey's chances were not improved by losing the toss , and their prospects were poor whenthey went in against the total of 287, to which Barnes con- tributed 78 and Scotton 71. Mr. W. W. Read (70) and Maurice Read (45) played good cricket ; but no one else of the Surrey team did much, and they werein a minority of 116 runs on the first hands. In the second , thanks to Messrs. Bowden(56), M. Read(48), and Mr. Shuter (45), they did better , but not well enough to prevent the attainment of an easy win by Notts. Mr. Shuterhit in rare form. I n his 45 wereeight fours and one six-a big hit out of the ground. Notts wonby seven wickets . total , 371. Surrey, 171 and 199 ; total , 370. m a t c h. Shaw(Notts) . Notts, 287 and 84 (three wickets ) ; 16,000 persons were present at the Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 3 . 8 3 0 6 2 (3) Notts v. Yorkshire. Sheffield , June 16 and 17. 9 Avery extraordinary match in its later stages . Withsuch a variety of good bowlingoneach side , high scoring was not probable ; still , the small figures in the second hands were equally unexpected . Yorkshire had a lead of 12 runs on the first innings ; but when they went in again the light was so very bad that Emmett's 10 was the one double figure , and the total was only 40. Notts had 53 to win, and as the first wicket fell for 20, they seemed to have the gamewell inhand. The next five wickets , though, added but twelve , and it was only the plucky play of Wright, who carried out his bat for eleven , that Notts were enabled to win bythree wickets . Adecision of the umpires giving Wright in for a catch to Lockwoodat point, produced a reprehensible demonstration from the spectators . The ball was taken close to the ground, and it was a very difficult point to decide . Notts, 117 and 54 (seven wickets ) ; total , 171. Yorkshire , 129 and 40; total , 169. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Shaw(Notts). Peate(Yorks) 53.1 4 0 . 3 2 7 2 1 6 1 4 1 1 0 7 (4) Nottsv. Sussex. Brighton , June 26, 27, and 28. A nexcellent wicket, and, as a consequence , some unusually high scoring . Sussex wonthe toss , but were dismissed for 128, chiefly through the good bowling ofAttewell andBarnes, the last few wickets only adding 26 runs . A tthe end ofthe first dayShrewsbury and Scotton hadmade111 for Notts without the loss of a wicket, and the total ultimately reached 458, to which Shrewsbury con- tributed 209, the highest score of the year in a County match. Though they