James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1894. 1 2 5 Y O R K S H I R E . OFFICERSF O R1894.-President, M. J. Ellison . Vice-Presidents, Lord H a w k e and Major W. H. Shepherd. Treasurer , M. J. Ellison , jun. Committee , M. J. Dodworth, C. Stokes , E. Barber , D. Haigh, J. Tomlinson, J. J. Hounsfield (Sheffield ), J. W. Bannister , Ald. Bower, and F. Mudd(Leeds ), R. N. Rhodes, J. W . Cockerham, Seth Waring (Bradford), A. P. Crosland (Huddersfield ), SamShaw(Dewsbury), H. Ostler (Hull), W. Carr (Barnsley ), H. Turner (Halifax ), J. Harrop (Wakefield ), F. W. Thornton (Craven ). Secretary . J. B. Wostinholm, 10, Norfolk R o w, Sheffield . O nthe form there wasvery little to choose betweenYorkshireand Surrey. True the latter beat its great rival twice , and once at least under conditions that did not favour them materially . At the same time Yorkshire were decidedly unlucky, in not being able to finish the last match of the season owing to two days continuous rain, while Surrey had the weather favourable sufficiently long to enable themto win their final engagement with Sussex . As it was Yorkshire's all -round cricket was of a very high order . On wickets that helped the ball they hadanincomparable trio of bowlers in Peel, Wainwright and Hirst , with a fourth of almost equal merit in Mr. F. S. Jackson . In batting , too, the eleven were a very level lot with run-getters to the last , as Hirst and Hunter showed more than In fielding , too, they were a decidedly good side , better , in fact , all round than perhaps any other County eleven . o n c e. R e s u l t sof C h a m p i o n s h i pM a t c h e s. MatchesPlayed, 16 ; W o n, 12 ; D r a w n, 1 ; Lost, 2 ; Abandoned, 1. Club. O p n t s. Where played . When played 1st (2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y W o nb y Opponents. Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. MatchesW o n(12). Lancashire Sussex N o t t s M i d d l e s e x Sussex Notts Somerset Gloucestershire Lancashire K e n t Middlesex Gloucestershire M a n c h e s t e r Brighton Nottingham L o r d ' s M a y14, 15 1 5 2 2 4, 25 3 2 8 " 28, 29, 30 9 4*144 106 31J u n e1 8 1 *75 D e w s b u r y June7, 8 133 139 L e e d s July2, 3, 4 220*330 Huddersfield July1 9 1 7 3 L e e d s July23, 24 140 61 108 B r a d f o r d A u g .6, 7, 8 183 217 181 Canterbury Sheffield Aug.13, 14 184 *68 B r i s t o l Aug.20, 21,22*365 K e n t B r a d f o r d June4, 5, 6 MatchesD r a w n(1). Somerset T a u n t o n A u g u s t24 *3 50 98 inns. and4 runs Aug. 9, 10, 11 213 *26 123 178inns. and36 runs 1313wkts.; *7 w d 6 3 3wkts.; *7 wd 51 166 runs 151 201 runs; *7 w d inns. del. 94inns. and5 runs 6726 runs 1 0 2117 runs 115 10 wkts.; *nowd 1524wkts.; *6 w d 151inns.and100runs *8w d; ins. dcl. abandoned (rain). R e m a r k s . rain; *3 w d 114 9 2 5 5 198 7 4 98 1 1 4 9 9 Matches Lost (2). Lostby Surrey Sheffield June11, 12 6 4 79 143 8888runs Surrey O v a l June25, 26 142 294 401 *3610wkts.; *now d *Haveall been treated in previous reviews .