John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

107 in the Nottingham E leven . It had been intended to ca ll the fixture « Yorkshire v. N o t ts ,” but as it was a speculation among the players them - “ f^Tthe County Comm ittees objected, and the title was changed to “ Shaw’ n -en v . Emmett’s E lev en .” A s the ground was not in good conditio h ^ 1 1 — 1 - ■ ■ rt 1MA/'h • # * 1. /.^ 4y‘\t* OOO11 Ml11III ^ J j , QJ'J ^li0 ^ iud as T w u bv"U lyett (53 ) , and II. C legg (the B rad fo rd professional) (27 ) . F ou r * l ers reached doub le figures. In the second inn ings o f Shaw ’ s E leven , « 1 v ( ° o ),again p layed good cr ick e t , while Shaw and M orley hit pluckily f (n o t ou t) and 21 respective ly . Emm ett ’ s team ob ta ined with little IU* W 1 m •*> Elev v. Emmett s E l ven . A s the ground was not in g od cond ition was agreed to have a fresh w icket fo r each innings. Shaw won the to but his eleven on ly scored 1 17, S e lby mak ing 28 , Shrews!,,,™ Barnes 13- W h en Emm e tt ’ s E leven w en t in some capital hattiim w lifficulty the 75 runs set them to win. Bates hit freely andwell for 31, and Ulyett made 28 (not out), l ’catc and Bates bowled most successful! v for 2nd Inns. 157 28 Total. 251 252 Emmett’s side, the form er taking 9, the latter 7 w ickets 1st Inns. August 1, Th irteen o f K en t . 94 Canterbury. E leven o f Eng land 224 England won by 10 w ickets. The first match o f a disappointing and somewhat un interesting Canter­ bury week. T h e w icket was fiery and dangerous, and the game appeared to he played in a ha lf-h earted spirit. T h e batsmen w ere at a disadvantage throughout, and the Eng land sco re w ou ld have been greatly decreased had the Kent fieldsmen taken the catches that were offered them. The feature of the match was the b ow l in g o f M or ley , who in the two innings o f Kent took 11 wickets at a cost o f on ly 88 runs. T h e ch ie f scorers for England were Mr. A . J . W ebb e 41, Mr. V ernon 41, Mr. K. A . II. M itch e ll 27, and Mr. Thorn ton 24, wh ile fo r K en t , G eorge Hearne made 19 and 28, Collins 0 and 36, and M r . M ack innon , 0 and 25, and F . Hearne 4 and 20. In the first innings o f Kent, M r . W . II. Patterson rece ived so severe a b low on the hand that he was unable to take any further part in the w e ek ’s cr ick e t . The proceeds o f the match were g iven to Edward Plenty, who fo r many years kept w ick e t in K en t matches w ith considerab le success. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. August 3, Gentlem en o f Eng land 92 130 222 Canterbury. K en t 143 80 223 K en t w on by 9 w ickets . The second match o f the Can terbury week. T h e sides were almost the same as in the open ing contest, and though no particu lar interest attached to the game, the ground on the Lad ies ’ Hay , was as large ly attended as ever. The w icket was still fiery , and the fast b ow le r s proved very effective. M r. F o o rd -K e lc e y and G eorge Hearne did nearly all the bowling fo r Kent, the form er tak ing 11 w ickets fo r 112 runs, and the latter 8 fo r 77 runs. The batting on the who le was o f a very m oderate quality. F o r Kent, M r. M ack innon made 10 and 39 (n o t ou t ) , H on . Iv o Bligh 34 and 4, M r. T y le co te 0 and 30, and M r. F o o rd -K e lc e y 3 0 ; wh ile for the Gentlemen o f Eng land , the best scores were M r. M itche ll 25 and 9 , Hon. A . Lytte lton 5 and 23, and Hon . E . L y tte lton , absent 0 , and 27. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. September 4, I Z ingar i 124 236 360 Scarborough. Yorksh ire 121 80 201 I Z ingar i w on by 159 runs. This, the. second match of the annual Scarborough Cricket Festival, was not arranged by the County Committee, and only five professionals—