James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

68 Marylebone wickets for 136 runs. For the M.C.C. the best scores were Mr. J. S. Russel 17 and 65, O’Shaughnessy 38 and 31, Mr. B. Cloete 45 and 12, and Hay 51 and 1 . 1st Inn*. 2nd Inns. Total. Aug. 24, M.C.C. and Ground 127 142 269 Lord’s. W iltshire 120 150 270 Wiltshire won by one wicket. A well-contested game throughout. The finish proved most exciting, one run only being wanted to win when the last man went in. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Aug 27, M.C.C. and Ground 354 _ 354 Lord’s. Birmingham Association 103 96 199 M.C.C. won by an innings and 155 runs. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Aug. 30, M.C.C. and Ground 222 63 285 Scarborough. Yorkshire 228 262 490 Brawn. M.C.C. had lost two wickets. So good was the batting a ll through the match that 775 runs were scored for the loss of 32 wickets. The Scarborough Club, who arranged the fixture, did not secure the representative Yorkshire eleven, Hall, Hunter, and Harrison being all away. Richard Daft, the famous Nottingham batsman, played on the side of the M.C.C. as an amateur. He only appeared as an emergency, however, being in no way connected with the club. For Yorkshire, Bates scored 75 and 13, Ulyett 5 and 84, Lockwood 2 and 79, Peate 60 and 0, Hon. M. B. Hawke 25 and 22, and Peel 21 and 12 . In the first innings Peate and Peel put on 88 runs for the ninth wicket. The feature of the M.C.C. batting was a long stand made by Messrs. Paravicini and Schultz, who scored 60 and 51 res­ pectively, and carried the total from 62 to 180. In Yorkshire’s first innings, Mr. C. W. Wright made five catches at the wicket. Sept. 13. Nottingham. zna inns. 149 104 248 127 The M.C.C. and Ground 99 Notts 23 M.C.C. won by 121 runs. A very inglorious finish to Nottinghamshire’s successful season. ___ county, not represented by quite its best eleven, earned the unpleasant distinction of being dismissed for a smaller score than was made by any other side in a first-class match last season. Though the bowling of Woof and Rylott was exceedingly fine, and the wicket very slow, there was no excuse for such a collapse. The bowling figures in this remark­ able innings of 23 were—Rylott, 17 overs and 3 balls, 13 maidens, 7 runs, and 4 wickets, and Woof, 17 overs, 10 maidens, 13 runs, and 5 wickets. Six Nottingham batsmen failed to score. For the M.C.C. the batting was consistently good. Mr. W. J. Ford made 23 and 28, W. Hearn 23 and 14, Scotton 12 and 18, Attewell 8 and 20, and F. Hearne 12 (not out) and 15. Scotton and Attewell, i t w ill be seen, were playing against their County. The only feature of Nottingham’s second innings was a well h it 84 by Mills. In the first innings of the M.C.C., Walter Wright took 5 wickets for 26 runs, and in the second, Shacklock, a new right- handed fast bowler, delivered 9 overs and a ball for 18 runs and 4 wickets. Total matches, 130—won 49, lost 17, drawn 64. First-class matches, 14—won 6. lost 4. drawn 4.