James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

14 they have great difficulty, and often fail signally, in getting an eleven together. The N orth v . S outh Colts’ match was rendered remarkable by the destructive character of H arrison ' s deliveries, as in the second innings the young Yorkshireman took nine wickets at a cost of id rtniiJ only. He was at once drafted into the County Eleven, and was accorded the signal honour of a place in the P layers ’ Eleven at Lord’s his fivst season. A very strong team was got together to meet Y orkshire , and the Club bad an advantage of four runs on the first innings, and finally set the County 118 to win. U lyett and E mmett hit these off in brilliant fashion, and thus achieved an unexpectedly decisive victory without the loss of a wicket. K ent followed with a one-innings victory over a weak Eleven, and the prospects o f the M. C. C. season looked far from bright. A great victory, however, over N otts changed the luck, and for this W oof — who, on a worn wicket, took six wickets for 15 runs— deserves nearly all the credit. L ancashire , a week later, turned the tables on the Club, winning easily by ten wickets, Mr. H ornby hitting very brilliantly ; and then C ambridge followed on with another success by 81 runs. The C anterbury week, however, which, favoured by fairly fine weather, was as pleasant and popular a as ever, saw the scarlet and gold once more in the ascendant, K ent being defeated by nine wickets. The return match with Y orkshire at Scarborough was drawn, but at Nottingham the Club won by 121 runs, I I ylott and W oof disposing of the County Eleven in the first innings for 23 runs—the smallest score in a first-class match during the season. The fine batting of F lowers was quite a feature of the M arylebone season. : The Public School Cricket of the year is fu lly dealt with in a special article, and we need here only allude to the singular dearth of promising bowlers and the dehut of two admirable batsmen in Me and G keatorex . Turning our attention to the form of individuals, Mr. C. T. S tudd must for the second year in succession be accorded the premier position as an all-round cricketer, and some years have elapsed since the post of honour has been filled by a player so excellent in all the three depart­ ments of the game. His batting especially has been of the highest class, and in comparing his performances with those of Mr. W. W. H ead , it must be borne in mind that the former played in all the great matches, whereas M r . H ead did not take part in either of the meetings with the 1 layers , devoting himself almost exclusively to S urrey County fixtuKS,