James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

5 6 LILLYW H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (4) M i d d l e s e xv. Gloucestershire . June2, 3, and 4. Left drawn, owing to wet, on second day. Mr. W. G. Grace treated the spectators to one of his best displays of batting , seeing eight wickets fall before he was dismissed 1bw by Mr. Webbe for a fine innings of 113 out of a total of 197 runs . Middlesex replied with 172 , and the captain was, in the fitness of things , chief scorer with 47. The third day's play was all in favour of the bowlers on a fast drying wicket , and Mr. Robertson andBurton dismissed the Western team for the small score of 84. This left Middlesex with 110 to win, witha little under an hour left , and they made25 of the required number for the loss of four of their best wickets . Gloucestershire , 197 and 84 ; total , 281 . Middlesex , 172 and 25 (four wickets ) ; total , 197 . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 6 Mr. Robertson(2ndinns. Gloucestershire ).... 26 1 0 (5) M i d d l e s e xv. Y o r k s h i r e. J u n e6 a n d7 . 4 1 Thebatting of the Yorkshire eleven was certainly disappointing , looking at some of their subsequent performances . Luck, though , was a little against them, and the Middlesex captain acted wisely in putting them in to bat, as events proved. The wicket , indeed , improved considerably as the game advanced , and Middlesex undoubtedly had the best of it . Thanks chiefly to Messrs . A. J. Webbe(34) and J. G. Walker (29), who together made eight morethan Yorkshire , Middlesex were able to claim a lead of 44 runs on the first hands, though they failed to reach the hundred by one run. A tthe finish they were left with 116 to win, and these were got without difficulty , four batsmen being dismissed before the task was accomplished . Burton's bowling helped greatly towards this result . He took altogether ten Yorkshire wickets at a cost of 82 runs . Mr. E. Robinson, of Honley, and Denton, of Wakefield , played for Yorkshire for the first time in this match. Middlesex , 99 and 116 (four wickets ) ; total , 215. Yorkshire , 55 and 159 ; total , 214. Mr. Robertson(1st inns. Yorkshire).... O v e r s. 2 3 M a i d e n s. 1 0 R u n s. 2 6 W i c k e t s. 5 (6) M i d d l e s e xv. N o t t s. June 9, 10, and 11 . Though the wicket was favourable for run-getting , the batting generally was disappointing . Only two batsmen , Shrewsbury (119) and Gunn (50), reached the half -hundred, and the cricket shown by the former was decidedly thebest of the match. Shrewsbury was at the wickets four hours and a half , and his long innings was without a flaw . The most noteworthy exhibition on the side of Middlesex was that of Mr. A. P. Lucas , whoreappeared in first - class cricket after an absence of two years . H e was the highest scorer of the Middlesex eleven , and his second innings of 44 was the outcome of sound, defensive cricket . Attewell bowled with great success for Notts . Eight of the Middlesex wickets fell to h i m for less than five and a half runs apiece. Notts wonby an innings and six runs . Notts , 268. Middlesex , 86 and 176 ; total , 262. Attewell(Notts) Overs. Maidens. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 . 1 R u n s. 6 1 Wickets. 4 2 0 5 &