James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

7 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. A tthe outset he was a little wild , but when he got set his hitting was of a very fine character . WithW. G. away, the little bowling Gloucestershire had wasstill further reduced . As a consequence the Gloucestershire eleven hada long outing while 313 were got. Seven batsmen got double figures , but by far the best performance was that of the Oxonian, L. C. H. Palairet , whose 114 was free from anything like a fault . Withonly 112 to win at the finish , the odds were all in favour of Somersetshire . Thanks to the resolute hitting of G. Fowler, whomade52 (not out), the runs were got in an hour and twenty minutes for the loss of only three batsmen. Somersetshire , 313 and 113 (three wickets ) ; total , 426. Gloucestershire , 202 and 222 ; total , 424 . (5) Gloucestershirev. N o t t s. Nottingham , July 21 and 22. Heavyrain hadmadethe wicket at Trent Bridge very slow at the outset , and W .G. Grace, thinking it would improve, tried the dangerous experiment of putting Notts in. As luck would have it, the policy proved disastrous for his side ; and, in fact , in going in second , any outside chance Gloucestershire might ever havehad waslost . Thewicket played fairly easy indeed at the commence- ment, and Notts , making the best of their opportunity , were in most of the first day. Still , they were mainly indebted to two batsmen (Gunn and Flowers ) for their total of 253. Gunn, whowent in first wicket down, saw the rest of the side out, and was in at the finish , having scored 98 out of 242 without a mistake . Flowers ' 72 was in a different style . Alife in the long field , when he had got three, washis only actual chance , andhis brilliant hitting was of great value . Gloucestershire , whohad lost five of their best batsmen on the first night on a drying wicket , were seen to great disadvantage on the second day. In the follow on in particular , Attewell was unplayable , and in an hour and three- quarters the whole side were out. In Gloucestershire's first innings , R. W. Rice wasin two hours and ten minutes for 16. Notts wonbyan innings and 100 runs . Notts, 253. Gloucestershire , 80 and 73 ; total , 153. Attewell(2ndinnings Gloucestershire ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 2 4 1 0 R u n s. 2 6 W i c k e t s. 7 (6) Gloucestershirev. Yorkshire. Bradford, July 25, 26, and 27. TheBradford Groundis generally in favour of high scoring , andthis match wasno exception to the rule . In all, 935 runs were madein the three days, and this with only one individual contribution of over 60. Woofwas left out of the Gloucestershire eleven , a policy which was fairly open to question , to judge by the general weakness of the bowling on this occasion . Thebowling , indeed , on both sides did not present anygreat terror , and the batsmen had altogether little cause for anxiety . Thetwo highest scores of the matchwereboth to the credit of Yorkshiremen . Wardall, whowent in first , was fifth out, having scored 105 out of 202 without a fault . Ulyett's batting was, as usual , full of vigour , andhis 60 not out was perhaps the most attractive of the match. Except the first batsman (E. M. Grace ) and the last (Board ), every one of the Gloucester- shire eleven got double figures in one of the innings , and even Roberts made38 in the second " knock " in far from badstyle . The chief scorers , though,were W.G., Rice , Ferris , and Kitcat . Thoughthey had only an hour and three -quarters at the finish in which to get 200 runs , LordHawkeset his mensuch a good example , that 146 were got in the time for the loss of only three batsmen. TheYork- shire captain , with Wardall, put on 65 for the first wicket , and he was in at the finish with 74 to his credit . Yorkshire , 295 and 146 (three wickets ) ; total , 441 , Gloucestershire , 276 and 218 ; total , 494 .