James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

71 a slow wicket did not cause much surprise. The only batsmen who offered any resistance to the Nottingham bowling were Abel (45 and 5) and Mr. W. W'. Head (22 and 17). Abel’s innings was an exceedingly good one. l o r Notts there were eight double figure scores, Shaw with 38 , Shrewsbury 31, and Flowers 28, heading the list. Alfred Shaw bowled wonderfully well, taking 2 wickets for 13 runs and 7 wickets for 22 runs. Mills took 4 wickets for 18 runs and 3 for 21 runs. Mr. Boiler obtained 5 Nottingham wickets for 27 runs. , Notts v. M.C.C. and Ground.—(See M.C.C. Review.) 1st lime. 2ml Inns. Total. June 7, Notts 110 92 202 Nottingham. Lancashire 185 18 203 Lancashire won by 9 wickets. The only defeat suffered by Nottinghamshire in a county match last season. Bad fielding had something to do with the result. Mr. Hon by scored 02 for Lancashire, but gave four distinct chrrices. He was misseu. at slip before he had made a run, twice in the long field when lie laid scored 49 and 52 respectively, and afterwards at short-leg. The wicket was extremely difficult, and the Nottingham batsmen could do very little against Watson and Barlow. Watson took, in all, 11 wickets "for 87 runs, and Barlow 6 for 97 runs. Attewell (14 and 25) was the most successful batsman for Nottinghamshire. This was the only match during the season in which Morley played for his County. June 25.—Sheffield.—Notts v. Yorkshire.—( Yor 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. July 2, Notts 151 25 176 Nottingham. Yorkshire 61 114 175 Notts won by 9 wickets. Thanks chiefly to some really admirable bowling, Notts gained a decisive victory. The honours rested with Alfred Shaw and Flowers. The former took 6 wickets for 21 runs and 2 for 37 runs, and Flowers 2 fur 20 runs and 4 for 21 runs. Walter Wright and Attewell also bowled well. Yorkshire had to “ follow on” against a majority of 90 runs, and Hall and Ulyett scored 61 for the first wicket. During the latter part of the innings, however, the ground was very treacherous, and the last six wickets only added 29 runs. On the winning side, Shrews­ bury scored 38 and 13 (notout), Scotton 25, Gunn 22, and Attewell 22. For Yorkshire, Ulyett made 2 and a splendid 6], Bates 23 and 18, and Hall 19 and 16. Lockwood was not playing. July 19.—Lord’s.—Notts v. Middlesex.— ( Middlesex Review.) 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. July 26, Notts 230 — 230 Nottingham. Sussex 61 142 203 Notts won by an innings and 27 runs. Any chance that Sussex might have had was lost on the first day, when the southern eleven were got rid of for 61 runs. At the second attempt Mr. G. N. Wyatt (62) and Walter Humphreys (41) played very fine cricket, hut their efforts were fruitless. Shrewsbury played a capital innings of 98 for Notts, and his best supporters were—Gunn (38), Mr. 0. W. Wright (34), and Barnes (34). Mr. B. E. Nicholls, the Winchester College howler, made his first appearance in the Sussex Eleven, hut met with no success. This was perhaps owing to a strain.