James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

T H EC O U N T I E SI N 1 8 8 5. 8 5 - (3) Middlesexv. Notts. Nottingham , August 20, 21 , and 22. Thoughthe wicket at the outset was in excellent order , heavy rain on the second and third mornings interfered with its condition subsequently . Messrs . E. H. Buckland (30) and Stoddart (79) made a favourable commencementfor Middlesex, andthe score was120 beforethe formerwas bowled. Notts, onthe contrary, madea bad start , though the tail played up so well that they were able t o head their opponents by 32 runs on the first hands. O n the third day Middlesex had to play merely for a draw, and, thanks to Mr. O'Brien (50)*^ andMessrs . Butler and Paravicini , who were together an hour for 25 runs, they succeeded at the finish . Notts wanted 74 runs to win, with nine wickets to fall . I nthe first innings of Notts Shrewsbury was caught from the fifth ball of an over. Mr. E. M. Butler , the Harrow captain , made his first appearance for Middlesex in this match. Middlesex 225 and 144 ; total , 369. Notts, 257 and. 39 (one wicket) ; total , 296. B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . T i m e s I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. M o s ti n a nInns. Average. S. W .Scott. 9 2 2 7 4 *1 3 5 39.1 G .B .S t u d d. 6 1 1 6 7 1 0 4 33.2 A . J. W e b b e 1 9 1 4 4 1 6 7 2 4 . 9 T. C. O ' B r i e n. 1 5 0 3 3 9 5 4 22.9 A .E.Stoddart 8 0 1 4 9 7 9 18.5 E .H a d o w 1 6 3 2 3 9 5 6 1 8 . 5 E.H .Buckland . 8 0 1 3 6 5 1 1 7 C. E. Cottrell 9 0 1 4 4 4 6 1 6 W e s t 9 0 2 9 2 6 7 15.7 E .M .Butler 1 4 1 3 7 *1 7 12.1 T. S. Pearson......... 4 0 4 . 4 3 0 1 1 P. J. deParavicini 1 4 2 1 2 6 2 5 10.6 J. Robertson 1 9 3 1 6 0 *3 3 1 0 B u r t o n 1 9 7 1 1 2 *2 1 9 . 4 S. N e w t o n 6 0 3 2 1 6 5 . 2 W .W i l l i a m s 1 7 1 8 2 *1 4 5.2 A . W .Ridley. 4 0 5 4 1.1 G. F. Vernonplayed in three innings , scoring 11, 5, and 6. Thefollowing played in two innings :- W. J. Ford, 41,75 ; C. I. Thornton , 5, 13 ; Hon. A. Lyttelton , 14, 2 ; T... Greatorex, 0,6; J. S. Haycraft, 0,5 ; G. R. Burge, 1, 0. B u r t o n J. R o b e r t s o n E. H.Buckland. W e s t A . J. W e b b e E .M .H a d o w . C.E .Cottrell B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. 6 7 7 . 3 3 4 4 8 0 4 4 7 17.5 4 2 0 . 1 1 9 9 6 5 1 3 0 2 1 . 2 1 1 4 8 . 3 7 0 1 8 2 8 22.6 3 3 0 1 3 1 6 1 0 2 6 2 3 . 1 2 4 9 . 3 2 9 5 8 2 2 9 1 1 1 . 2 4 4 2 1 2 7 30.2 2 5 0 1 1 9 3 5 5 1 1 32.3 T h efollowingbowledinthreeinnings: - P. J. de Paravicini, 28, 13, 37, 1 . Thefollowing bowled in two innings :- G. R. Burge, 28.2 , 6, 58, 5 ; A. W. Ridley , 19, 6, 31 , 2 ; T. C. O'Brien , 7, 3, 22, 0. Thefollowing bowledin one innings :- T. S. Pearson , 7, 1, 16, 1 ; W . Williams, 5. 0, 10,0; A .E. Stoddart, 3, 1, 7, 0 ; S. W .Scott, 4, 0, 18, 0. N O T T I N G H A M S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1885.-President , Lord Belper. Vice-President , The Mayor of Nottingham. Trustees , Captain Holden, Mr. W. Wright, and W. H. C. Oates . Committee , C. J. Elliott , Capt. Lambert, J. Littlewood , W. F... Bromley, Major Egerton , R. H. Steegmann , S. Butler , J. Burgess , G. H.-