James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

LIMA WHITF.’ s ( UICKBTElts’ ANNUAL. 1 16 NO TT INGH AM SH IRE . O fktckus pok 1895.— /'resident: Win. Wright. Vic*-President: The Mayor of Nottingham. C om m i t t e e : Lord Helper, 11. Edwards, S. McCrae, W. Hollins, l)r. G. B. White, J. Forman, G. M. Royle, W. H. Speed, Dr. Dixon, W. E. Denison, Capt. Tomasson, J. A. Dixon. Hon. Secretary: W. Wright, Wollaton, Notts. Secretary : H. Turner, Lucerne House, West Bridgford, Notts. T h a t only three out of eighteen matches should have been won is a sufficient indication that the all-round cricket of the Notts eleven was very faulty in some way or other. The want of rising young players had been conspicuous for some years. It was hound to have a serious effect some time or other, and the time arrived sooner, perhaps, than was expected. The bowling in particular had been i. radually decreasing in quality as well as quantity, till at last there was only one reliable bowler in William Attewell. All the same, the worst of luck, it must 1)0 admitted, befel Notts throughout the summer. Arthur Shrewsbury happily was able to play towards the latter part of the season. Still, he was not in 'the best of health, and, though still successful, hardly the batsman he was. Nor was Gunn in anything like the best fettle. An injury kept Flowers, too, out of one or two matches in the middle of the season. To add to their misfortunes, Pike, who had shown himself such a capable wicket-keeper in 1894, hurt his hand so badly that he was not able to keep at all, and Hardstaff, a likely l>owler, though the wickets were hardly of a kind to help him, could only play rarely. On several occasions Notts showed themselves a fairly good batting ide, and a little more bowling would work a great change in their fortunes. Results o f Matches. Matches jdayed, 18; mon, 8 ; draim, 5 ; lost, 10. Opponent*. Match** I t *on ( 8 ) . 1 ) Sussex *) I /eiceHterxhire 5) Sussex Match** iJraum (5), 2 >Yorkshire .. <*) Derbyahire ... * Ix*rbvKliire .. ( 6 ; Hurray ') K > n t ............. Mat*in 9 l.ost (10). *) 1encfnUrvhiiv Surrey *( I H * h i r e .. <4) Yorkshire ... *> K en t............ •) Middlesex ... CbnjeintenJiire (*j Middh v x tiUmfttfit rshire letrim hire .. • « « • • 4 • I I * • • • < » I « • • • • (•; Where played. Club. 1 Opnts. When played. i Won by. 1 st | 2 nd 1 st 2 nd iIns. Ins. Ins. lllS. Nottingham May 16,17,18 720 170 178 Ins. Ar 378 runs Nottingham JunelO, 11,12 312 192 104 Ins. isi 10 runs Brighton July 22 , 23,24 98 261 121 1 171 07 runs Nottingham 1 1 It*marks. May 23, 24,25 200 *279 237 CO to *4 wrd;+ 8 wd,in.e. I)erby July 1 , 2 , 3 July 11,12,13 124 *161 100 1 *7 wkts. d. Nottingham 3(53 154 .‘385 ( )val Aug. 5, 0 , 7 83 *60 158 *0 wkts. d. Nottingham AU^.26,27, 28 223 *96 +308 *110 w: + 8 w,in.d. Leicester Lost hu. May 20 , 21 01 126 205 91 KW 70 runs Nottingham June 3, 1, 5 102 201 306 *59 0 wkts.; *1 wrd. Nottingham Junel7, IK 35 122 345 Ins. & ls 8 runs Klictfield Juno 2 i, 25, 26 214 72 234 *53 Ow'kts.; *\ wd. Maidstone July 15, 1(>, 17 140 257 408 243 Ins. <V05 runs liord h July 18, 10 109 40 Ins. & 01 runs Nottingham July 25, 20,57 120 100 173 188 135 runs Nott jngham Aug. 15,10 178 127 271 •38 8 wkts. ; *2 wd. ( heltenharn Aug. 10 , 20 05 99 257 Ins. k 03 runs Maiif'hf*sU*r Aug.22, 23, 21 151 220 307 •8 10 wkts.; *no w' Have been treated in previous reviews.