James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

T H E COUNTIESIN 1884. Yorkshire Committee. Still , had it not been for their very bad fielding at helding the close they would have been very near winning , if they had not absolutely w o n. W i t hseven wickets d o w nfor 96, the Australians seemedto b e in dangerof a follow on, and it was mainly the good hitting of Bonnor (70) whichcaused them to be only 41 runs behind at the end of aninnings . The Australians , with 176 to win, lost four of their best wickets for 25. Here, though , Bannerman and Bonnor became partners , and , helped by extraor- dinarily bad fielding , they made the 153 runs wanted , winning the match by six wickets . Spofforth took thirteen of the Players' wickets for 123 runs . Australians , 189 and 178 (four wickets ) ; total , 367. Players , 230 and 134 ; total , 364. Spofforth Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 7 1 . 9 4 2 1 2 3 (2) Australiansv. A nE n g l a n dEleven. Huddersfield , July 3, 4, and 5. Wickets. 1 3 Butfor a timely shower of rain , the Australians would in all probability havesuffered a decisive defeat. A sthe matchbetweenthe Gentlemenand the Players wasin course of decision on the samedays at the Oval, the English teamwas in no way strong . Still , their performance was a wonderfully fine one, and Scotton (134), Attewell (84), Grimshaw(77), and Mr. E. T. Hirst , all played well, the three last -namedhitting very freely . Scotton was in all the first dayand an hour and a quarter on the second , and during his innings of six hours he never gave a chance. Attewell's bowling was so good that no one on the Australian side madea very long score , and Scott (17 and 50) was the highest contributor . A stoppage of three quarters of anhour from rain just before the close helped the Australians materially , and the gamewas drawnwith themstill in want of 154 runs to save the innings , and only three wickets to fall . Blackhamstood out of the match, and his place wastaken by Alexander. Australians , 175 and 124 (seven wickets ) ; total , 299. England Eleven 453. Attewell (EnglandEleven) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 7 7 . 2 4 1 1 0 (3) Australians v. I Zingari. Scarborough , September 4, 5, and 6. 7 1 Thoughthe ground was soft from rain, some good cricket was shownon both sides . TheZingari were fairly strong , but their bowling washardly good enough to get the Australians out twice for moderate scores . Their chief run- getter wasMr. W. F. Forbes, who, though alittle uneasy at first , whenhe settled downplayed capital cricket for his eighty , a creditable performance considering that hehad little or no first class cricket during the season . In his figures were a hit from Midwinter out of the ground for six . Six Australian wickets were downfor 187, and40 were still required to save a follow -on whenthe seventh fell . HadMr. G. B. Studd taken achance offered by Midwinter , the game might at least have been saved ; but, instead , Midwinter and Spofforth each scored well , and the Australians were only four runs behind on the first innings . W h e nthey went in again the Colonists had 137 to win, and, thanks to McDonnell's finely hit 67, the runs were got for the loss of only two wickets . Owingto illness Mr. Christopherson was only able to bowl very little . Austra- lians , 233 and 139 (two wickets ) ; total , 372. I Zingari , 229 and 140 ; total , 369 . Spofforth Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 0 4 . 2 1 8 5 1 4 4 4