John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

0 jiih I suffered pecuniary loss to boot, whilst, the Club lias been unable to muster its full strength , and so lost several important matches. Let us hope that this is the last tmeute o f the kind to be chronicled in the annals o f Cricket. The long scores o f the season were remarkable enough, and there are two “ best on record ” to be noted down, the 742 made by the D erbyshire F riars v. G entlemen of N otts , and the single innings of 415 not out, played by Mr. \V\ N. H oe at Cambridge. Mr. L . I1, b. I yj > e cor e s 404 not out, obtained in a Clifton College match some thirteen yeai s ago, has now to take second honours. Scoring advances with the times, and, given a few more sunny summers, we may fa irly expect to have to chronicle a four figure innings played by some strong batting side. The fairness o f the delivery o f some well-known bowlers has been very generally questioned, and it must be admitted that such criticism was very natural under the circumstances. It is very d ifficu lt to decide where bow ling ends and throwing begins, and so near the wind have some bowlers been in the habit o f sailing o f late, that the Committee o f the M arylebone C lub felt themselves called upon to give strict in ju n c ­ tions to their umpires to keep an eye on bowlers generally, and check all delinquencies promptly. J ohn L jllywuite once felt h im self obliged to enforce the then existing law summarily : a little firmness would, we are convinced, soon check “ throwing b ow le rs / ’ It has been debated whether the interests o f Cricket are not to some 9 extent threatened by the passion for Lawn Tennis, and we think that the complainants have some little cause to show. The morale o f an eleven is certainly not improved by the playing o f the younger game on the outskirts of the ground, and an unfortunate batsman who solaces himself behind the Tennis net w ill hardly be as energetic in the field as his captain could wish. Lawn Tennis affords very pleasant recreation o f a mild type, but it is best played at some distance from the scene o f a cricket match. Of County Cricket there was enough to satisfy even the most inor ­ dinate appetite, but the disaffection in the ranks of the N otts Profes­ sionals detracted materially from the interest always evinced in these matches. That L ancashire won the Championship on the merits o f the Lieven cannot be disputed. Undoubtedly a strong batting team, they were also able to boast o f the best County bow ling, and probably as smart and untiring a set o f fieldsmen as represented any o f their rivals, the result being that their colours were never lowered. The fact tha t