James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

9 8 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. N O T T I N G H A M S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1892. -President , W. B. Huntsman. Vice -President , The Mayor ofNottingham. Committee , C. W. Wright, J. A. Dixon, Lord Belper, W. F. Bromley, J. Robinson , A. H. Bonser , Dr. Dixon , H. Turner , Dr. Williams , Captain Denison , Dr. G. B. White , J. Forman. Hon. Sec . , Captain Oates , Langford Hall , Newark. Secretary , E. Browne, Trent Bridge Ground. U pto the beginning of August it looked as if Notts was practically certain of a distinction -very rare in the history of county cricket -of an unbeaten record . Thevictory of the Nottinghamshire eleven over Surrey at the Oval was by com- monconsent regarded as virtually settling the premiership of the year . So far the season had been a brilliant succession of victories , with apparently no pos- sibility of a reverse in the few remaining engagements . Of late years , though , August has been a fatal month for Notts , and the experience of the last fort- night was disastrous . While Surrey was playing up with renewed vigour , its great rival had apparently lost most of the confidence which had characterised the all -roundcricket of the teamin the earlier matches. T h e defeat of Notts by Somersetshire at Taunton maybe explained in a great measure on the ground of ill luck in the wicket ; but the reverse in the next match, at the hands of Lancashire , would, however, want a better explanation , and it can only be said that the play all round was not up to the best standard of Notts . Arthur Shrewsbury's batting was one of the very best features of the year's cricket . Just at first he seemed to be totally out of luck, and his batting was altogether unworthy of such a great master of the art . Subsequently , though , he played himself into quite his old form, and he was quite the best batsman of the year . With Gunn, Barnes , J. A. Dixon , J. S. Robinson , Flowers , and a promising youngster in A. O. Jones of Cambridge University , not to mention H. B. Daft , Shacklock , and Attewell , Notts had a good batting side . Attewell , Shacklock , Flowers , and Barnes , too , still represent a formidable quartette of bowlers , and, with a good field , Notts had really no superiors as an all -round eleven . A s it was, their drawnmatches madethe year's summaryon paper less successful than it really was. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches Played , 16 ; Won, 10 ; Drawn, 4; Lost , 2. Where played . played . W h e n Opponents. Club. Opnts. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd. i n n. i n n. i n n. inn. W o nb y MatchesW o n(10). NottinghamMy26,27,28 143 96 101 75 63runs. Nottingham Ju6, 7, 8 124 *1.43 178*222 97 169 7 wkts ; *3 w d 217 182 6.wkts; *4 w d L o r d ' s 77 159 6 wkts; *4 w d 222 *143 91 runs (1) Sussex (2) Surrey *Lancashire *M i d d l e s e x . (3) Somersetshire.. (5) Sussex *Gloucestershire (7) Surrey *K e n t *M i d d l e s e x MatchesD r a w n(4). (4) Yorkshire.. (6) Yorkshire.... *Gloucestershire *K e n t MatchesLost (2). (8) Somersetshire. *Lancashire ExtraMatches(2). *M . C . C. a n dG r o u n d.... (9)Lancashire Nottingham ,, 16,17,18 Nottingham Brighton ,, 20,21,22 466 195 257 inns& 14 runs ,, 23,24,25 92*145 July7,8,9 167 289 Nottingham 21, 22 Oval Canterbury ود Aug.1, 2,3 و و 253 124*165 4,5,6 226 178 Nottingham ,, 8,9,10 191*111 Sheffield June27,28 146 Nottingham July 14, 15 369 Cheltenham Au15,16,17 429 Nottingham 28,29,30 T a u n t o n M a n c h e s t e r " 8 0 7 3 inns& 100runs 129 159 4 wkts; *6 w d 162 184 56 runs 97 202 8 wkts; *2 w d R e m a r k s . 1 3 6 *62 *4 w d 107 *33 *4 w d 1 4 6*196 *5 w d 1 1 3 A u g18, 1 9 1 1 869 309 ,, 25,26,27 158 50 277 My19,20,21 187 90 145 146 71 Lord's Birmingham June13,14 150 *69 146 R a i n Lostb y inns& 122runs inns& 6 9r u n s Lost by 14runs Wonby4 wkts ; *6 w d * Seeprevious reviews.