James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

T H EC O U N T I E SI N 1 8 8 5. 9 9 first innings Ulyett and Hall put on 128, in the second 108 before a wicket fell . The game was drawn. Yorkshire , 326 and 345 (for six wickets ) ; total , 671 . Sussex, 368. B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. N o to u t. R u n s. a nInns. Average. F .M .L u c a s .. 6 2 3 9 6 *2 1 5 9 9 W .N e w h a m 1 5 1 6 8 9 *1 4 1 4 9 . 3 H u m p h r e y s . 2 6 3 4 8 0 5 5 2 0 . 2 0 R .T.Ellis 1 5 1 2 5 3 6 5 1 8 . 1 E. J. McCormick 8 0 1 4 1 6 6 1 7 . 5 G .B r a n n 1 6 0 2 7 1 9 9 16.15 J. Phillips 8 1 1 1 4 5 6 1 6 . 2 G.N.Wyatt 2 5 92 0 1 3 6 9 6 5 15.9 J.H i d e 2 7 0 4 1 2 5 4 15.7 A .B l a c k m a n 7 0 1 0 3 7 3 14.5 Tester 2 8 0 3 9 6 4 9 1 4 . 4 H .Phillips 2 6 7 2 4 3 *5 5 12.15 Juniper 9 1 8 9 3 1 11.1 Q u a i f e 1 5 1 1 2 3 3 8 8 . 1 1 C.A .S m i t h . 1 0 2 6 9 3 3 8 . 5 P .Coles. 8 1 5 2 1 4 7 . 3 A .H i d e. 2 6 5 1 3 9 *2 7 6 . 1 3 C o m b e r 6 1 2 8 8 5.3 M .P. L u c a s. 3 0 1 5 8 5 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. Juniper A .H i d e C.A . Smith H u m p h r e y s J.H i d e. T e s t e r W .N e w h a m G .N .W y a t t A .B l a c k m a n .. E .J. M c C o r m i c k G .B r a n n. 2 0 9 . 3 1 0 7 1 2 8 9 2 2 13.3 7 2 0 . 3 3 5 1 9 6 2 4 5 2 1 . 1 7 1 8 5 . 1 7 5 2 8 0 1 2 2 8 . 4 423.3 6 2 1 1 1 5 4 7 2 3 . 3 4 7 7 0 . 1 3 2 8 1 1 2 0 7 4 9 24.31 5 9 3 . 2 2 4 7 1 0 0 2 3 4 29.16 1 4 6 5 6 2 7 6 7 39.3 2 8 1 0 4 9 1 4 9 1 0 2 4 7 1 6 3 3 5 4 . 1 3 5 6 1 0 9 1 1 0 9 2 7 5 7 8 0 Thefollowing bowledin less than three innings :- B. S. Nicholls , 21 , 5, 48, 3, 16 ; Η. Phillips , 17 , 8, 28, 1, 28 ; M. P. Lucas , 1, 0, 4,0 ; Huggett , 6, 2, 11 , 0 ; F. M. Lucas , 1, 0, 9, 0; Comber, 11 , 4, 20, 0; C. J. Hoar, 12, 2, 28,0 ; C. J. Godfrey, 35, 9, 59, 0. Y O R K S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1885.-President and Treasurer , M. J. Ellison . Committee , E. T. Atkin, M. J. Dodworth, J. T. Dobb, F. S. Atkin, R. Gillott , J. Chester , R. Wigfull , H. Stratford , C. Stokes , M. J. Ellison , Jan. , E. Tozer , A. G. Winnill , R. Gilbertson (Leeds), A. C. Sharpe (Huddersfield ), T. G. Beaumont (Dewsbury), D. Hearfield (Hull ), Rev. E. S. Carter (York), G. Chester , W. Swale (Halifax ), and W. J. Dewhirst (Bradford ). Secretary , J. B. Wostinholm,10, NorfolkR o w, Sheffield . W I T Hthe one exception of Notts , Yorkshire had no equal, certainly no superior , on the cricket -fields of 1885, Somecritics would be inclined to argue that they were well entitled to share the supremacy with their neighbours and great rivals of Notts. A nimpartial analysis , though, would hardly support such a view, and excellent as were the achievements of the Yorkshire players no dispassionate observer would place themquite on a par with Notts on last year's form. Seven wins and two losses , such was the record of victories and defeats . There were, though , as manyas seven drawngames, and of these a majority were certainly not left in a favourable condition for them. O nthe other hand, they were the only eleven able to beat Notts, and their victory on the Trent Bridge Ground was the result of exceptionally good all-round cricket . In batting Yorkshire was undoubtedly strong . Though E 2