James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

101 scored 93 and Mr. V izard 49 (no t out). There was some splendid cricket shown for Nottinghamshire, who, at the close of the match, were 392 runs to the good w ith 4 wickets to fa ll. Gunn made 46 and 77, Selby 12 and 100, Barnes 86 and 1, Flowers 14 and 73, and Shrewsbury 23 and 57. . ' let Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Aug. 27, Gloucestershire 324 81 405 Clifton. Lancashire 190 213 403 Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets. A brillian t finish to a most unfortunate season. Gloucestershire won the toss, and went in on an excellent wicket. Messrs. W . G. Grace and Cranston batted very finely, the former scoring 112 and the latter 127. Mr. Grace’ s innings, which was marred only by a chance at slip, when he had made 103, was worthy o f his best days. Mr. Cranston had never before made 100 for the County, and his batting throughout was of the finest description. Hav ing made such an excellent start, the Gloucester­ shire men bowled and fielded admirably, and fu lly earned their success. Lancashire, however, did not lose without a hard struggle. In the first innings, P i l l in g made 46 (not out), Barlow 30, Briggs 28, and Mr. lloy le and Watson each 22, wh ile in the second Robinson played splendidly for 90. When Gloucestershire went in to make the 80 runs required to win, Mr. Pullen h it br illian tly for 35 and Mi*. W. G. Grace made 28. Matches plaj’ed, 10— won 1, lost 6, drawn 3. The batting figures sufficiently prove that with stronger bowling the County might yet have held its own. Mr. W . G. Grace has gone up from 31.16 to 36.17, Mr. Gilbert from 11.13 to 28.7, and Mr. Cranston from 11.10 to 33.6. The hard wickets, of course, account in a considerable measure for the improvement. Of the bowling, the less said the better, but it should be mentioned that Woof, who at times bowled exceedingly well, unfortunately injured his hand at the very height of the season. BATTING AVERAGES. W. G. G race........ J. Cranston ........ W. R. Gilbeit E. M. G race ........ H. Y. Page ........ W. O. Moberly ... W. Fairbanks W. W. F. Pullen ... . J. H. Brain ........ F. Townsend........ W. O. Vizard........ W. F. Cavo ........ Painter .............. A. E. Leatham ... A. Serjeant ........ G. B. Nicholls H. G. Gallop........ Wool... »♦« ••• Moifc in Most in Times Matches. Inns. Runs. an Inns. a Match. not out. Aver. ... 10 18 605 112 140 0 36.17 ... 0 10 270 127 134 2 33.6 ... 10 18 427 78 115 3 28.7 ... 10 18 436 71 88 0 24.4 ... 7 11 197 93 93 2 21.8 ... 6 9 129 63 65 0 14.3 ... 2 4 29 12 22 2 14.1 ... G 10 137 41 46 0 13.7 ... 2 4 53 17 30 0 13.1 ... 7 13 16G 65 63 0 12.10 ... 6 8 85 49* 49 1 12.1 ... 3 6 65 42 47 0 10.5 ... 9 15 135 26 61 0 9 ... 6 11 62 23 27 2 6.8 ... 3 0 41 25 25 0 6.5 ... 2 4 12. 6* 6 1 4 ... 2 „ 4 12 12 12 0 3 ... 9 15 29 8 8 5 2.9 * Not out. E B H ayo -a rth played in three innings, scoring 7, 0, and 1 ; E. J. Tay lor and A. D. Greene in two each, the former making 2 and 3, and the latter 4 and 1 j and W. A* Boughton in one innings, scpiing 3,