James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

P A R T I. C H A P T E R I. T H EY O R K S H I R E E L V E NO F1 8 8 5. H O U G Hthey were not able to boast such a successful year as their neighbours of Notts , the Yorkshire detail other equals during the summer of 1885. At times their play was a little uncertain , and in more than one match the standard of Yorkshire cricket was hardly sustained . On the whole , though , their record was a distinctly favourable one , and Yorkshiremen generally had really small cause for com- plaint with the position the County held at the end of the season . Only two defeats were suffered during the summer, and, though more than one of the undecided games did not look well for them, the comparisons of actual wins and losses will contrast favourably with the tables of every other shire but one. The victory- " it was a glorious victory " indeed -over Notts at Nottingham , on the other hand, was brilliant enough to balance any short- comings of the Yorkshire Eleven in their matches against Kent, Middlesex , and Derbyshire , while the large majority they were able to claim on this occasion against such a formidable side as Notts was sufficient alone to stampthemas an exceptionally powerful combination of all -round cricket . Emmett, the veteran , most cheery of players , and best of captains , Ulyett , Bates , Peel , Lee, Grimshaw, Hall , Hunter , Peate , represented a nine not easyto match anywhere. W h e nto these m a ybe added so promising an all -round cricketer as the young professional , Preston , and an amateur certainly above the average , in Mr. W. H. Woodhouse, it will be seen that Yorkshire can boast a team of which it has good reason to be proud. The Eleven in the photograph is that which drew with Sussex at Brighton last August. B