James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

1 0 0 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. victory with four wickets to spare . Attewell's bowling deserves special notice . Notts , 92 and 145 (four wickets ) ; total , 237. Somersetshire , 77 and 159 ; total , 2 3 6. Attewell Overs. Maidens. 4 8 . 3 1 7 R u n s. 8 5 W i c k e t s. 1 3 (4) N o t t s v. Y o r k s h i r e. Sheffield , June 27, 28, and 29. Several interruptions from rain on the first twodays, and no play at all on the third day, owing to the samecause . Inconsequence the gameonly extended slightly into its second stage , and there was no chance of a definite finish . A t theendof aninnings there was only a difference of ten runs in favour of Notts , and this advantage was more than neutralised by the efforts of the five batsmen whofigured in Yorkshire's second innings . Whenplay finally ceased , Yorkshire were fifty -two on with six wickets to fall , so that the draw did not particularly favour either side . In all 344 runs were scored for twenty-four wickets , andthe best of eleven double figures was Gunn's 42 for Notts . Yorkshire , 136 and 62 (four wickets ) ; total , 198. Notts, 146. Attewell(Notts) Peel (Yorkshire ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 6 7 . 3 3 7 3 4 7 8 1 6 5 4 W i c k e t s. 8 6 (5) N o t t s v. S u s s e x. Brighton , July 7 and 8. TheSussex eleven up to a certain point had all the best of the game, and under better conditions might have been able to claim a creditable victory . Better conditions in this case meanbetter fielding , and, indeed , mistakes in the field during the second innings of Notts cost Sussex the match. As far as the first innings went, though they lost the toss , the home team had a decided advantage , thanks to three amateurs , G. Brann (61), C. A. Smith (49), and W . H.Andrews(41), whowere responsible for 151 of 213 from the bat. Inspite , too, of bad fielding , which gave both Shrewsbury andG u n nan extra life , whenthe fourth wicket in the second innings of Notts fell , they were only 48 on. Subse- quently Flowers also had an escape , which he utilised to some purpose , knocking up58 in fifty minutes . Later , again , Arthur Shrewsbury , nephew of the great cricketer , gave Sherwin, the last man, useful assistance to the extent of 65runs for the tenth wicket . On a run- getting pitch a total of 235 was not an impos- sible task , even for a fourth innings . Excepting C. A. Smith, who was the highest scorer with 41, no one offered any great resistance to Attewell and Shacklock , and in the end Sussex were in a minority of 91 runs . Notts , 167 and 289; total , 456. Sussex , 222 and 143 ; total , 365 . (6) Notts v . Yorkshire. Nottingham, July 14 and 15. A nunsatisfactory draw, as was the case in the previous match at Sheffield . Yorkshire , whowonthe toss , were not seen to anygreat advantage on the slow wicket , and Ulyett's 35 was the only noteworthy feature in their first innings of 107. The wicket on the second morning had improved greatly in pace , and the tail of the Nott's eleven scored heavily . Yorkshire , it maybe added, waswithout Wainwright, owing to an injury , and the loss of his bowling was severely felt . A tall events , after Shrewsbury hadbeendismissed the seventh wicket-for a fine score of 117 , J. S. Robinson (71 ), Attewell (51 ), Daft (32 not out), and Sherwin (28), all scored freely , so much so that the last half of the innings added 265 runs . Inaminority of 262 , Yorkshire fared badly in their second innings , and when play ceased on the second night had only made 33 for the loss of four good