James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

88 •Lancashire v. Oxford U n iv e rs ity .— (See Uni - 120 58 199 201 J une 14.—Manchester. versity Matches.) . . ' * June 25.— Derby.—Lancashire v. Derby , . . 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. . • ; J u ly 5, Lancashire ’ . 79 Manchester. Yorkshire • 143 Yorksh ire tvon by 8 w ickets. N o county match Was ever anticipated w ith more intense interest, and on the first day over 14,000 persons pa id fo r admission. Lancashire had not hitherto lost a sing le match, and both sides were desperately anx ious to w in . Th is anx iety had an un favou rab le effect on the batting, for, considering the excellence o f the w icket, the scores should certainly have been larger . Th e Yorks^liremen were superior at a ll points, and fu l ly deserved the ir triuqrpb. H arrison bow led w ith g rea t success, taking 7 wickets for 43 runs and 2 for 27 runs. In Lancash ire ’s first Va*/ 9 • ■ ■ 4 inn ings Bates obtained 3 wickets fo r 14 runs, w h i le in the second Emm ett took 3 for 13 and U lv e t t 4 for 25 runs. Out of 191 runs scored from the bat by Yorksh ire , H a ll, Lockwood, and Bates made between them 150. H a l l scored 43 and 19 (not out), Lockwood 34 and 20 (no t ou t ), and Bates 17 and 17. F o r Lancashire, M r. H o rn b y made 12 and 29, M r . T ay lo r 15 and 18, and M r. Roper 23 and 8. In the first innings 5 Lancash ire wickets fe ll after luncheon for 21 runs, and in the second innings, 7 wickets fe ll a fter luncheon for 39 runs. Mr. Royle, and Robinson were pot p lay ing . . 1st Inns. Ju ly 12, ' Lancash ire 204 Manchester. Surrey , ‘ 99 ‘ \ \ " Lancash ire won by 3 wickets. F ew matches last year w e re .iriarked by more strik ing vicissitudes. A t the close o f the first day ’s play, Lancash ire had completed an inn ings of 204, and Surrey had lost 7 wickets for 46 runs. On the second day, however, tile Lancashire fielding w as unaccountably bad, and the Surrey h itting very brilliant. M r . W . W . Read scored 127, Henderson 67, and M r. Shuter 40. U p to the time he had made 70 runs M r. Read played fine cricket, bu t afterwards he gave several chances. Lancash ire ’s victory was practica lly gained by B a r low and B riggs. B a r low scored 71 and 39 (not out) and took 10 wipkets, wh ile B r igg s played an in v a lu ­ able second inn ings of 55. The ir best supporter was M r. J. H . Payne, who made 24 (not out) and 3 3 . . : . ‘ ^ , Ju ly 16.— $helfield.— Lancash ire v. Yorksh ire .— (See Yorkshire Review.) 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. ■• “ Ju ly 26, 1 'Lancash ire* . . 153. 20 173 M r. A . G. Steel, 2nd Inns. 196 300 Total. 400 399 [anchester. Gloucestershire 3 136 170 ■ ‘'Lancash ire won by 10 wickets. Gloucestershire won the toss, and went in on a very fair wicket, but so w retched ly bad was the ba tt in g that the innings on ly lasted an hour and a quarter. There ■fras no excuse whatever fo r such a performance. M r . A . G. Steel took five wickets, inc lud ing the brothers Grace and Mr. G ilbert, for 20 runs, and B a r low 5 wickets for 10 runs. _ It is not too much to say that w ith the close o f the first innings the interest in the match came to an end. M r. E. M. Grace p layed a plucky second innings o f 44, but Gloucestershire could never make up for the disastrous start. There were six double figure scores for Lancashire, Mr. A . G. Steel s 28 be ing the highest. W oo f took 6 wickets for 55 runs.