James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

A и в а г и Д Е О 1 6 0 8 1И P A R TI. C H A P T E R I. T H EY O R K S H I R E E L V E NO F 1 8 9 3. Afterten years the Yorkshire eleven have found themselves once again at the head of County cricket . Norcan any one urge that the honours they wonlast summerwere at all a fluke . Onthe contrary the position they gained was the out-c o m eof really goodandconsistent all-round cricket . Ofthe sixteen matches played against the leading Counties , no less than twelve were won. Lancashire beat them twice , the only other reverse was at the hands of Surrey at the Oval. Besides these , fourteen minor matches were decided , but with less satisfactory results . Still it must be added that in more than one of these , owing to the visit of the Australian team and the consequent call on some of the Yorkshire players for the representative matches , the County had not its full strength on all occasions . A t the same time in spite of more than one comparatively poor performance in the less important matches Yorkshire had beyonda doubt the best eleven. Of run-getters there was no lack, with batsmen capable of getting runs to the last m a n . Theout cricket too was decidedly above the average . There was infinite variety in the bowling , and the bowlers moreover could most of them bat. The fielding too was generally smart as well as true , so that the bowlers were seen to the best advantage . The cricket of the Yorkshire eleven was just of the kind to please the public , bright , vigorous , and with plenty of go in it . Hence their success was, and deservedly , popular .