James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

9 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. Opponents. Resultsof M a t c h e s. MatchesPlayed, 14; W o n, 7 ; D r a w n, 7. Club. Opnts. 1st 2 n d 1st 2 n d i n n. i n n . i n n. i n n. (1) Sussex *Lancashire *Middlesex . *K e n t.. (3) Yorkshire. (4) Sussex (5)Surrey MatchesD r a w n(7). (2) Surrey *Gloucestershire *Gloucestershire *Lancashire ... (6) Yorkshire.. *Middlesex W h e n Where played . played . W o nb y MatchesW o n(7). Brighton M y 3 1 J u 1 2135 *84 122 Nottingham Lord's M a i d s t o n e June 3, 4 173 42 ., 17,18,19 204*236 ,, 24,25,26 185 *159 120 149 Nottingham July 1, 2,3 ود Nottingham 22,23,24 176 O v a l A u g2, 3, 4 272 *25 Nottingham Ju14,15,16 223 100 161 8 runs 8 8 73 innings& 15 runs 99 194 7 wkts; *3 w d Mrtn-in-Mrsh 28,29,30 124 430 242 Nottingham Jy 29,30,31 *343 3 2 1 Manchester A u g5, 6, 7 192 *71 323 253 95 7 wkts; *3 w d 4 8 innings& 83 runs 185 5 wkts; *5 w d 228 113 3 wkts; *7 w d R e m a r k s. 2 8 2*100 *2 w d *3wd *2wd Sheffield و و 9,10,11 156 5 8 *7 5 *6 w d Nottingham ,, 19,20,21 125 *24 168 73 *2 w d *K e n t Nottingham E x t r aMatches. NottinghamM a y18, 19 104 109 *12 D r a w n; *2 w d Australians Australians ,,26,27,28 177 *82 246 104 *3 w d Nottingham Jly 8,9, 10 197 157 175 *122 Drawn; *4 w d *Havebeen treated in previous reviews of M.C.C. , Gloucestershire , Kent, Lancashire , and Middlesex. (1) N o t t sv. S u s s e x. Brighton , M a y31, June 1 and 2. Sussex , without Messrs . F. M. Lucas and Newham ,, were obviously at agreat disadvantage against such formidable opponents . fight , thanks in a great measure to the good all-round cricket of a whilom memberof the Notts County Eleven , G. Bean. The wicket was never in a con- dition favourable for heavy scoring , andthe highest run-getter in the matchwas Scotton , who made 70 runs for once out. H. Harris and F. Shacklock , who played for Derbyshire in 1884 and 1885 , made their first appearance in inter- countymatches for Notts . Bean, in addition to two useful innings of 23 and 10, took eight Notts wickets for 63 runs . Sussex were beaten by seven wickets . ) Notts, 135 and 84 (three wickets ) ; total , 219. Sussex , 122 and 95 ; total , 217, (2) Notts v. Surrey. Nottingham , June 14 , 15, and 16 . Great interest wasevinced in this matchin Nottingham, and about eighteen thousand persons were present during the three days . Surrey , winning the toss , wentin first on a wet wicket , and thanks to some exceptionally fine cricket by M.Read(83) andDiver (94), were not dismissed till after luncheon on the second day. The two professionals named were both in splendid form , and while they weretogether 168 runs were added, 114 of which were got in the hour. The chief feature of the Nottingham batting was the unwearying patience of Scotton andthe plucky play of Sherwin at the close . Scotton wentin first and carried out his bat. H ewas batting altogether for six hours and a quarter , and only gave a hard chance at the wicket when he had scored 92. Sherwin , the eleventh batsman, saved the follow on for Notts -an important thing as the ground was. H ewas in anhour and twenty -five minutes , and helped to add 42 runs for the :