James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

78 BOWLING Matches. Inns. Overs. Harrison •ft• ft•• l ^ 28 673.1 Peato ... ••• ••• % •• 14 • 27 661 Emmett ... ......... 14 20 295.3 Bates ... ••• 14 26 460.2 Peel «»» »•• »•• 11 20 361.3 TJlyett ... ................13 20 245 AVERAGES . Rnns Maidens. Runs. Wkts. Widos. per Wkt. 247 983 81 0 11.42 268 723 69 2 12.15 134 419 32 12 13.3 193 657 39 0 16.33 161 666 32 0 17.12 89 464 26 1 17.22 Wkt*. per Inns. 2.25 2.5 1.12 1.13 1.12 1.6 Lockwood and H a l l each how led in one innings, the former taking 1 w ick e t in 9 overs fo r 9 runs, the la tter how lin g 4 overs for 11 runs. / MIDDLESEX. H on . S ec ., P. M. THORNTON , E sq ., B attersea . R ise , S.W. M i d d l e s e x o n l y p l a y e d t e n m a t c h e s l a s t seasox N, as against eleven in 1882. K en t was opposed a t Lord ’ s as well as at Canterbury, but there were no matches w ith Lancashire. When fu l ly represented the County was stronger in batting than any of its rivals, but the wan t o f a fast bow ler was more fe l t than ever. Con­ sidering that the whole w e igh t o f the bow ling had to be borne by Mr. C. T . Studd and Burton, both slow round, and tha t Mr. Wa lker ’s lobs proved the most effective change, the season’s results were h igh ly satisfac­ tory. O f the two matches w ith Nottinghamshire, how ever, the first was le ft in a very unfavourable, and the second in a hopeless, position. Mr. W a lk e r was never able to put quite his best eleven into the field, for when Mr. A lfred Ly tte lton became ava ilab le , Mr. Lucas and Mr. Ridley had given up first-class cricket. M r. Lucas’ s secession from Surrey was, o f course, a great ga in to M iddlesex— less, however, for wha t he did last season, than for what he may do in the future. The special feature of the Middlesex season was the extraord inary performance against Gloucestershire, at Clifton. Mr. I . D. W a lk e r and Mr. A lfred Lyttelton put on 324 runs for the second w icke t— the longest stand on record in a first-class match. Th e total on this occasion was 537. In the play of the team there were four prom inent points o f interest— the splendid a ll­ round cricket o f M r. C. T . Studd, the exceptional batting of Mr. L y tte lton , the complete recovery o f his best form by Mr. R idley, and the consistent success o f M r. I. D. W a lker . 1st Inns. 2nd Tnns. Total. M ay 28, M iddlesex 131 284 415 L o rd ’s. Gloucestershire 179 151 330 M iddlesex won by 85 runs. N e ith er County had its best team, but the match proved thoroughly interesting. Rain had fa llen on the previous Saturday, and Mr. Walker, on w inn ing the toss, was, perhaps, scarcely wise in tak ing first innings. A t one tim e i t seemed as though he had made a serious mistake. The v ic to ry was gained by splendid batting in the second innings. Mr. Lucas, w ithou t g iv in g an y th in g like a chance, made 97 in his best style. Mr. C. T. Studd scored 48, M r. I. D. W a lk e r 40, Mr. E. M. Hadow 29, Mr. J. E. K . Studd 28, and M r. J. Robertson fo llowed up a useful first innings o f 38 by m ak ing 20. Fo r Gloucestershire Mr. W . G. Grace made