James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1894. 1 0 5 was of amuchbrighter nature . Abel (63), Hayward(41), Mr. Read(30), Mr. Key (28), Brockwell (not out 29), and Mr. Jephson (23) were all comfortable with the bowling , andwhenat length the visitors were out 242 was on the telegraph board. Abel's innings was characteristic and invaluable . ThoughNotts began their second essay auspiciously , 60 appearing for the loss of one wicket , the later batsmen offered but little opposition to Richardson and Lockwood , and in the end the combined efforts of the side accounted for a score of 135, in which Flowers ' 43 was the most important item . Surrey wonby aninnings and 9 runs . Surrey, 242. Notts , 98 and135; total, 233. Richardson (Surrey ) O v e r s. 6 7 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 5 9 9 1 3 (3) Notts v. W a r w i c k s h i r e Birmingham, M a y21, 22 and23. In the return match between these counties , Notts (thanks mainly to Mr. Dixon) met with more success than in the previous fixture . Notts wonthe toss , and were batting nearly the whole of the first day for 238. Mr. Dixon, who went in first , wasout sixth wicket , with the total 190, of which he cleared 106. Whitehead again bowled with effect , securing eight of the ten wickets for 95 runs . Warwick- shire , thanks largely to scores of 70 by Mr. Docker, 68 by Law, and 58 by W . G. Quaife , were able to pass the opposition total by 10, while Notts. at their second attempt , could only attain 146, of which the major portion came from Mr. J. S. Robinson (40) and Pike , who on this his first appearance for the county made 68 for once out. Warwickshire , wanting 137 to win, with about two hours left for play , hadmade97 for the loss of four wickets , Diver (57) whentime was called and the matchleft drawn. In the second innings of Notts Shilton obtained seven wickets for 75 runs. Notts, 238and146; total , 384. Warwickshire, 248 and 97 (four wickets) ; total, 345. (4) Notts v. Yorkshire. Nottingham, M a y28, 29 a n d30. Contrary to general expectation , this match furnished some interesting cricket and a close finish . Notts went in first and compiled 106, for which they were mainly indebted to Flowers ' 39 and Mr. Robinson's 23not out. Yorkshire in their turn madea promising start , Mr. Jackson contributing 42 and Mr. Mitchell (the Cambridge freshman's first appearance for the county )20. Subsequently , however, Hardstaff , Notts' newleft -hand slow bowler , puzzled the Yorkshiremen so much that the innings closed for 94, leaving Notts with an advantage of 12 runs . Hardstaff was credited with seven wickets at a cost of 44. Though Peel (seven wickets for 58) (was far from easy to play, Notts were able on going in again to total 131 , Gunnmaking 45 and Pike carrying his bat for 24. The opening portion of Yorkshire's second innings was not so favourable , four of their best wickets going down for 44 runs , but later on some useful batting by Peel , Brown, Wainwright, and Mounsey enabled their side to attain the necessary runs at an expense of seven wickets . Yorkshire wonby three wickets . Yorkshire , 94 and 144 (seven wickets ) ; total , 238. Notts , 106 and131; total , 237. (5) Nottsv. Yorkshire. Leeds, July, 2, 3 a n d4. Considerable interest attached to this encounter , by reason of the keen fight made by Notts at the previous meeting of the counties . Notts this time , though , were without Messrs . Dixon and Robinson, as well as Shrewsbury . Yorkshire went in first , and, thanks to Mr. Jackson (43), Brown (72), and Tunnicliffe (43), showed the waywith an innings of 220. To this Notts replied with 198. A t first Foster's bowling was so successful that half the side were out for only 59, but