James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

74 4 success was th e fa c t th a t in m a tch a fte r m a tch the coun ty was repre. seated b y substan tia lly th e same e leven . In Ju ly , Su gg and Grimsbaw had to m ake w a y fo r M r . H aw k e and M r . Lumb , and there w ere other s l igh t va r ia t ion s caused by acc iden t or illness, but in the wh o le sixteen matches, o n ly sixteen men w e re tried, and tw o o f these made on ly a s in g le appearance. Thus, at a l l times, Y o rk sh ire had a good working team. In es t im a t in g the gen e ra l cha rac ter o f the cricket, three points a t once arrest a t ten t ion— the adm irab le and consistent ba tt in g of Hall the d iscove ry o f a new fas t b ow le r in H a rr ison , and the valuable assistance rendered to the coun ty by M r. E dw a rd Lumb . Hull faj” surpassed an y th in g he had done in prev ious years, and fu l ly established his position as one o f the most tru s tw o r th y professionals in the country. T o the casual onlooker, his s ty le presents sm a ll attraction , but his patience is un t ir in g , and i t was c le a r ly shown in the Lancashire matches tha t his nerve was equa l to th e most t r y in g occasions. Harrison, on the strength o f a sensational per form ance in the Colts’ match at L o r d ’ s, was at once taken in to the County e leven . H is services proved s im p ly inva luab le . B a r e ly indeed has a you n g c r ick e te r so quickly taken a prom ineirt positioti. W h i le g i v in g h im the fu lles t credit, how­ ever, i t has been gen e ra lly a llow ed th a t at tim es his d e l iv e iy was open to objection. M r . Lum b was not chosen t i l l the e igh th match, but it soon became ev iden t that Y o rk sh ire could not put its best side into the field w ithou t him . He is a most patient, ca re fu l batsman. U lyett made no exceptiona l scores, but could n ea r ly a lw a ys be depended on for runs. As in form er years he was incomparab ly the best cr icke ter in the team. Lockwood played the h ighest inn ings o f the season in first-class matches — 208 against K en t at Gravesend— and Hon. M. B. H awke , though not ve ry successful as a batsman, proved a popu lar captain. The one disappointment o f the yea r was the fa l l in g o f f in P ea te ’ s bowling. M ay 21.— L o rd ’s.— Yorksh ire v. M.C.C. and Ground.—(S'ee M.C.C. Review.) May 21.— Cambridge.— Y o rk sh ire v. Cam bridge U n ive rs ity .— (See University Matches.) 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. June 7, Yo rksh ire 275 — 275 Dewsbury. K en t 65 79 144 Yo rk sh ire won by an inn ings and 31 runs. K en t on ly put a moderate team in to the field, and was completely overmatched. Yorksh ire had the gam e in hand from the start. The batting was consistently good ; Bates scored an adm irab le 79, Lockwood made 59, U ly e t t 35, Hun ter 25, and P e e l 20. Harrison and Peate bowled unchanged throughout the two inn ings o f K en t . Th e former took, in a ll, 11 w ickets fo r 76 runs, and Pea te 8 w ickets fo r 59 runs. O’ Shaughnessv, who made 12 and 24, was the on ly batsman to offer them any serious resistance. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. June 11, Yorksh ire 126 181 307 Sheffield. Sussex - 182 128 310 Sussex won by 3 runs.- The grea t surprise o f the season. T h a t Sussex, w i th three o f the best amateur batsmen away , should beat Yo i'ksh ire , was a result fo r which no one Avas in the least prepared. O f course the v ic to ry was something