James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

D A U T H ECOUNTIESIN 1893. 1 1 1 all nine hours and realised 674 runs, only 24 behind the record for Inter -County matches, Surrey's 698against Sussexat the Oval in1888. Threebatsmenonthe side got over a hundred, of itself a very rare occurrence, and a fourth was within eleven of it. Shrewsbury, whowas not out till the second morning, scored 164, Gunn156, Barnes 102, and W. Attewell 89. In spite of their long outing Sussex werealso seen to advantage , and their aggregate of 485 for 16 wickets was a very creditable performance . The credit of this rested mainly with Mr. W. L. Murdoch (7 5and61) and Bean(21 and69). Still , w h e nthe game was over they were wanting no less than 189 to save the innings , with only four wickets to fall . In the three days 1159 runs were scored for twenty six wickets . Notts , 674, Surrey , 221 and 264 (six wickets ), total 485. 1 0 (5) N o t t sv. Y o r k s h i r e . Bradford, July 3, 4, and5. Play on the first day owing to a severe storm was limited to 40 minutes. Thoughthe ground, too ,was rather in favour of the bowlers on the second morning the Yorkshire m e nwere seen to such advantage with the bat that the innings realised 220, of which Peel (65) and B r o w n(48) accounted for more thanhalf. Notts in their turn improved even on this , and to a considerable tune . Theinnings indeed was still incomplete , to the extent of two wickets whenthe captain closed it withthe total 321. G u n n(150,)andBarnes(61) laid the foundation of a fine score a n dthe formerw h owasin altogether five hours never madea mistake throughout. Yorkshire went in for the second time 101 to the bad, andin the hour and three quarters , left for play, scored 120 for the loss of only three wickets . Yorkshire , 220 and120 (three wickets ) total , 340. Notts 321 (eight wickets , innings closed ). Hunterdid not let one extra in the long innings of Notts. (6) Nottsv. Yorkshire. J a l c h e flex e x a l o lNottingham, July13 a n d14. The result was a triumph at the finish for Yorkshire bowling . At the com pletion of an innings Notts were in a minority of 58 runs , a lead for which they weremainly indebted to the forcing game of the Cambridge captain , Mr. F. S. Jackson (59), and the steady cricket of Brown (40). Withthe ground all in favour of the bowlers Notts had a very difficult task before them even to clear off their arrears . Their chances , too, were still further reduced by their own rashness in having three batsmen run out. As it was, nine wickets went downfor 27, and the only double figure in a total of 38 was to Sherwin, who carried out his bat for ten. Yorkshire's victory by aninnings and 20 runs was chiefly due to the effective bowling of Wainwright and Hirst , the latter of whomtook four wickets for eleven r u n s . Yorkshire , 182. Notts , 124 and 38 ; total , 162. Wainwright O v e r s. 6 9 . 3 Maidens. (7) N o t t sv. S u r r e y. Oval, August7 and 8. 1 7 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 8 8 8 Though they won the toss , Notts gained little thereby , as the recent rainfall enabled the bowlers to get some little help from the ground even at the outset . Nonethe less the batting of Notts was disappointing . Shrewsbury and Gunn m a d eten betweenthem, andthe best contribution in a total of 120 wasBarnes' 23. O nthe other hand, Abel and Haywardbegan so well for Surrey that 63 was upbefore a wicket fell . The early promise , moreover , was upheld by Mr. W. W. Read, Mr. Key, Henderson, and Lockwood with the ultimate result of a total of 290. Though the wicket had improved considerably in pace by the time Notts wentin a second time, their best batsmen again failed , to such an extent , too, thathalf the side were out for 54. T h etail , however, notably Mr. A. O. Jones, W .Attewell , and Shacklock , played up very pluckily , so that the innings was