James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1893. 7 3 (1) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. N o t t s. Lord's , M a y3 and4. T h eopening matchof the Maryleboneseason, and fittingly for the benefit of J. Wheeler, a professional whohad served the M. C. C. faithfully for manyyears as a ground bowler . The gametoo, was worthy of the occasion , producing a well earned victory for the Club, after having all the worst of the play . Thanks to the good cricket of Gunn(61), Shacklock (49), and Barnes (34), Notts were able to get an advantage of 58 on the first innings , with atotal of 199. Meanwhile M.C.C.'s batting hadbeen more uneven, as C. E. DeTrafford (77), Storer (30) (not out), and W . L. Murdoch(14), alone got double figures ; and eight of the eleven could only account for 16betweenthem. Six of the best wickets of M.C.C.wered o w ntoo, in the second innings for 56, and with 2 runs still wanting to reach the county score ,the gameseemed to be all in favour of the latter . Asit was, the tail changed the whole aspect of the match, and Chatterton , Pougher, J. H. Hornsby, and Hearne, between, them added 118 runs . J. T. Hearne and Pougher, too, subsequently took such full advantage of the worn wicket , that Notts , with Barnes injured , were all dismissed for 89. M.C.C. consequently wonwith 37 runs to spare . M.С.С. , 141 and184; total , 325; Notts, 199 and89 ; total , 288. (2) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. Y o r k s h i r e . Lord's, M a y8 and 9. Though Lord Hawke, F. S. Jackson , and E. Smith, as well as Peel, were all away, the Yorkshiremen were strong enough to beat a fairly strong side of M.C.C. with 17 runs to spare . The wicket was not of the best , and the scoring generally wasbelow the average . Thehighest of the four completed innings was 149, and oddly enough, the best individual contributor on either side was 59. Wainwright's all-round cricket for Yorkshire, was the most noteworthy feature of the match. Besides taking eight wickets , he made the most runs of the 22 players , with scores of 59 and 17. Flowers' second innings of 59 for M.C.C., was the result of fine batting . Hirst's fast bowling wonthe match for Yorkshire . In the second innings at one time he got five batsmen in 25 balls at a cost of two runs . Yorkshire, 149 and102; total , 281 ; M.C.C., 123 and111; total, 234. Hirst (Yorkshire ) O v e r s . M a i d e n s . 3 0 1 2 R u n s. 4 8 (3) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. L a n c a s h i r e. Lord's , M a yII and 12 . W i c k e t s . n Avery even match throughout , won, by M.C.C. after a most exciting finish , with only one wicket in hand, The first day's cricket left Lancashire in a minority of 17 runs at the completion of an innings . M.C.C.'s advantage was entirely the work of the two professionals , Davidson (43 ) and Rawlin (65 ), as the other nine batsmen could only make38 between them. Rawlin's all -round cricket wasone of the most important factors in Lancashire's defeat , for his bowling was chiefly responsible for the cheap dismissal of Lancashire in their second innings . But for C. P. Foley , M.C.C. would have fared very badly whenthey went in a second time . With only 103 to win eight of the best batsmen were out with the total only 41. At this critical momentJ. T. Hearne lent Foley most useful assistance , andthe latter was still in whenthe winning hit was made, with 62, the result of two hours faultless cricket , out of 105, to his credit . M.C.C. 155 and205 (nine wickets ), total 260. Lancashire 138 and 119, total 287. Oakley , a mediumpace left -handed bowler made his first appearance for Lancashire in this m a t c h. Overs. Maidens. Rawlin, (2nd innings Lancashire ) ) 2 1 5 R u n s. Wickets.tw 3 5 5