James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

1 0 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L, very closely with 5,583 against 5,743 . Notts , however, have distinctly the best average , while Yorkshire are second and Surrey and Kent next . The Derbyshire figures in this table come out very badly. T o t a l T o t a l Average T o t a l T o t a l A v e r a g e o fr u n s w i c k e t s perwicket of runs w i c k e t s p e rwicket f o r. thatfell. f o r. against. t a k e n. against. Nottinghamshire .. 3,885 1 5 5 25.10 3,179 2 0 7 15.74 Y o r k s h i r e 5,743 2 4 0 23.223 5,172 2 6 8 19.80 L a n c a s h i r e 3,675 1 9 0 19.65 3,282 2 0 2 16.50 K e n t 2,926 1 3 7 21.49 3,026 1 6 3 1 9 Surrey. 5,583 2 5 3 21.170 5,216 2 8 4 18.104 Derbyshire 2,013 1 5 2 13.37 2,303 1 0 0 23.3 Gloucestershire 4,008 2 0 4 19.132 4 , 2 7 4 1 8 6 2 2 . 1 8 2 M i d d l e s e x 3,123 1 9 0 16.83 3,239 1 4 4 21.31 S u s s e x.. 3,735 2 0 5 18.45 5,000 1 7 2 29.12 TheNotts bowlers , taking the numberof runs hit against them, and the bats- m e nthey dismissed , here came out better than those of any of the other eight counties . Lancashire have done very well , but the wickets taken by Sussex average nearly 30 runs apiece . Surrey have taken more wickets than any other team, andhave very good figures . In all twenty-seven individual scores of 100 or morewere hit in first -class countymatches. O f these seven were m a d efor Surrey, five for Notts, four for Gloucestershire , three for Sussex , three for Lan- cashire , two for Yorkshire , two for Middlesex , and one for Kent. The only county that did not have a three -figure innings in its record was Derbyshire . O T H E R C O U N T I E S . Opponents. Matches Won(4). Leicestershire Stockport J u n e5, 6 C H E S H I R E . Hon. Sec., James Horner, Stockport . R e s u l t sofM a t c h e s. Matches Played, 10 ; Won, 4; Drawn, 1; Lost , 5. W h e n Club. Opnts. Where played . played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y 8 5 8 9 67 57 50r u n s Warwickshire Stockport 12,13 80 139 111 93 15 runs M.C.C.& Ground Stockport July 24,25 202 203 125 154 126 runs M.C.C.& G r o u n d L o r d ' s Aug.5, 6 254 147 89 inns& 1 8r u n s Matches Drawn (1 ). R e m a r k s. Derbyshire Stockport July3,4 MatchesLost (5) . L a n c a s h i r e Stockport June26,27 Leicestershire Leicester July13, 14 Derbyshire B u x t o n وو UppinghamRovers Stockport ,,31,A g1 1 9 9 100 116 235 8 w k t sd o w n inns& 113 runs inns& 35r u n s 20,21 8 7 9 9 151 212 177 runs Manchester Aug.7, 8 Lostb y 97 99 309 92 134 261 134 134 250 *21 9 wkts ; *1 w d L a n c a s h i r e 35 108 284 inns& 141 r u n s