James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

1 0 0 Gloucestershirev.Lancashire.— (See Lancashire {S e e Yorksh ire Ju ly 26.—Manchester Rev iew.) J u ly 30i—Bradford.—G loucestershire v . Yorkshire. R e v ie w . ) A ug . 2 .—N o ttingham .—G loucestershire v. N o tts .— (S ee N o t t s R ev iew .) 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total A ug . 16, Gloucestershire 189 234 423 C lifton . M iddlesex 537 — 537 D rawn . G loucestershire had lost 9 w ickets. The most sensationa l coun ty m atch of the season, and one that will a lw ay s be remembered for the extraordinary performance accomplished by Messrs. Alfred L y tte lton and I. D. Walker. Middlesex won the toss and when one w ick e t had fa llen for 8 runs Mr. L y tte lton became Mr W a lk er ’s partner. W h ile the two gen tlem en were together no fewer than 324 runs were put on, th is being the longest stand ever made in a first-class match . So absolute was th e mastery obtained over the G loucestershire b ow ling tha t a t one period of the afternoon 170 runs were scored in less than an hour. Mr. L y tte lton gave two chances and Mr. Walker three, but i t would have been wonderful indeed had such a number of runs been made w ith ou t any m istakes. The h itt ing of both batsmen was superb. Mr. Ly tte lton made a six , twenty-one fours, five threes, and nineteen twos, and Mr. W alker two sixes, seventeen fours, four threes, and fourteen twos. The former gen tlem an scored 181, and the la tter 145. Mr. C. T. Studd played an adm irable innings of 91, and the Middlesex to ta l reached 537. On the last day, Gloucester­ shire just managed to save the game, hav ing one wicket to fall and w an ting 1L4 runs to save the sing le inn ings defeat. The draw was obtained by the fine, patient ba tting of Mr. W . G. Grace and Mr. Gilbert, the former scoring 85 and Mr. G ilbert 79. Mr. Moberly played a cap ital first inn ings of 53 . 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Aug. 20, Gloucestershire 109 171 280 Cheltenham. Surrey 261 20 281 Surrey won by 9 w ickets . The opening match of th e Cheltenham week. Both sides were strongly represented, but Surrey had the best of the game throughout. Gloucestershire’s chance was lost by the poor batting in the first innings. Out of Surrey’s total o f 261, four batsmen—Mr. W. W. Bead, Mr. Shuter, Mr. Roller, and Abel—made between them 199. Mr. Bead scored 42, Mr. Shuter 58, Mr. Bo iler 52, and Abel 47. The first named pair put on 85 runs wh ile they were together, and the partnership of Mr. Boiler and Abel yielded 83 runs. For Gloucestershire, Mr. H. Y. Page made 50 and 4, Mr. W. G. Grace 1 and 47, Mr. Townsend 8 and 31, and Mr. G ilbert 11 and 24. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Gloucestershire 216 — 216 Notts 276 332 608 Drawn. Notts had lost 6 w ickets. Aug. 23, Cheltenham, A fine ba tting performance by Messrs. H. Y. Page and W. 0 . Vizard saved Gloucestershire from defeat. These young cricketers got together when 8 w ickets had fa llen for 82, and hopes o f saving the “ follow on had been almost g iven up. However, a mastery was obtained over the N o ttingham how ling , both men p lay ing admirable cricket. Mr, Page