James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 4. 1 1 9 1 R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches Played, 16 ; Won, 8 ; Drawn, 4 ; Lost , 4. W h e n Club. Opnts. Where played . played . 1st 2nd 1st, 2nd *S u s s e x ' Huddersfield 1 2, 13 Opponents. W o nb y MatchesW o n(8) . *Gloucestershire. *K e n t .... M r e t n-in-M s hM a y8,9,10 Sheffield J u n e2, 3 128 135 179 250 *31 151 129 43 41 runs 285 1 3 3 58 " D e r b y ,, 23, 24 148 181 B r a d f o r d G r a v e s e n d July28, 29 301 *16 126 117 June5,6,7 *6 2 *Derbyshire. *L a n c a s h i r e *Gloucestershire. *K e n t ..... *Derbyshire Matches Drawn(4). *M i d d l e s e x *Surrey *M i d d l e s e x *S u r r e y *N o t t s Matches Lost (4). *Lancashire *N o t t s *S u s s e x E x t r aMatches. : MatchW o n(1). (1) CambridgeUniversity MatchesLost (2) . *M . C . C. andG r o u n d (2) Australians Manchester ,, 26, 27 B r a d f o r d L o r d ' s D e w s b u r y Sheffield O v a l Sheffield Sheffield A u g .14,15 338 ,, 25,26,27 231 *9 98 67 *97 123 154 1 1 71 2 7 *6 206 137 J y24,25,26 160 284 266 *20 A g181920 212 390 202 Sept. 4,5,6 134 1 1 0 *11 Ju16,17,18 129 40 117 54 July14, 15 128 72 170 *31 Nottingham ,, 17,18,19 95 199 114 *181 Brighton A g21 22 23 164 176 359 Cambridge My262728 539 L o r d ' s B r a d f o r d 8 wkts; *2 w d inns& 9 4r u n s 10 w k s; *n o w d 3 wkts; *7 wd inns& 57 r u n s 10wkts; *now d. 10 wkts; *now d R e m a r k s. *2w d *1 w d *n o w d Lostb y. 3 wkts; *7 w d 6 wkts ; *4 wd 7 wkts; *3 w d inns& 19 r u n s W o nby 114 222 inns & 203 runs Lostb y M a y15, 16 66 141 183 *31 8 wkts ; *2 w d J u n e9, 10 55 72 60 *68 *All these havebeentreated in previous reviews . (1) Yorkshire v. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge , July 26, 27, and 28. w k t s; *7wd Despite that Lockwoodwas unable to bat, owing to an injured hand, the Yorkshiremen were able to reach a huge total of 539 , the second largest innings in afirst -class match in 1884. Bates scored 133 , Hall 116, and Grimshaw 115- three batsmen thus contributing a hundred in the same innings , a feat unpre- cedented in an important match in England till the previous Thursday . " Extras" furnished 68 of the Yorkshiretotal. Mr. J . A .Turner's second score of 63 not out was the only noteworthy feature of the University bat- ting . Yorkshire wonby an innings and 203 runs . Yorkshire , 539. Cambridge , 114 and 222; total , 336, Emmett(1st innings Cambridge) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 3 3 9 3 4 (2) Australians v. Yorkshire. Bradford, June 9 and 10. 6 Murdoch was unable to play in this match for the Australians , and Alexander took his place . Theground , in consequence of heavy rain , was in a very spongy condition , and the bowlers had all the best of the game. Thehighest of the three completed innings amounted to 72, and Bates ' first score of 24 wasthebest o neither side. In all 238 runs weretotalled from the bat for 37 wickets , and this gives an average of under 6 runs . T h e Australians wonby three wickets . Spofforth and Palmer bowled throughout