James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

89 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Aug. 9, Lancashire 218 — 218 Manchester. Notts 110 90 200 Drawn. Notts had lost 2 wickets. Owing to bad weather there was no chance of playing on the second day, and rain caused frequent interruptions on the Saturday. Under more favourable circumstances Lancashire Avould, in all probability, ]i,ive been victorious. Messrs. A. 0. and I). Q. Steel played splendid cricket together, the former scoring 60 and the latter 75. For Notting­ hamshire, Shrewsbury made 9 and 48. In the visitors’ first innings, Watson took 7 wickets for 41 runs. Aug. 20.—Gravesend.—Lancashire v. Kent.—(See Kent Review.) Aug. 23.—Oval.—Lancashire v. Surrey.—(See Surrey Review.) Aug. 27.—Clifton.—Lancashirer.Gloucestershire.—(See Gloucestershire Review.) Matches played, 12—won 6, lost 5, drawn 1. The batting figures show a great falling-off. Only three men have an average of over 20, as against seven in 1882. Barlow has gone down from 31.13 to 26.1, Mr. Taylor from 25.6 to 18.8, Hobinson from 28.8 to 16.15, and Mr. Boyle from 22.6 to 8.6. Briggs, on the other hand, has advanced from 8.13 to 19.5. Mr. Hornby’s average was very high for the first half of the season, but after June it steadily declined. The bowling comes out remarkably well, but it was more expensive than in 1882—a na+ural result of the fine weather and hard wickets. • a • 4 •• • • • * # • 4 - * « M - f * Barlow ... . A. N. Hornby A. G. Steel . Briggs F. Taylor E. Roper... H. B. Steel Robinson Pilling ... Crodol&nd J. H. Payne Watson ... Rev. V. F. Royle ... S. M. Crosfield Nash...... . C. Haigh.,. * * * M l 4 M » • I • • • • • • • • • a a a « • I • • a • • • a • a • a a • I • • a • » • * » • • * * a a • * • a » M • « * • • • t • * * ♦ • M • a * • * • • • i • « i • M • M BATTING AVERAGES. Most in Most in Times tehee. Inns. Runs. an Inns. a Match. not out. Aver. 12 21 , 469 88 110 • 3 26.1 12 ' 20 495 96 ' 184 1 26.1 3 4 ’ 92 60 60 0 23 12 • 19 366 > 60 60 . 0 19.5 6 11 203 83 88 0 18.3 6 10 163 29 43 1 18.1 2 4 \ 51 37 0 ? 1 17 9 10 271 90 100 0 16.15 10 16 140 46* 6 k 6 15.5 12 18 22 2 41 50 3 14.12 10 16 168 33 67 3 13.2 12 19 203 74 M 2 12.4 4 8 70 38 33 0 8.6 4 6 * ' 62 25* 25 0 8.4 11 • .16- 65 • 16 10 4 5.5 3 4 11 8 8 0 2.3 * Not out. < •D._Q. Steel, 4 and 75, and W. N. Massey, 5 and 1. The following played in one innings:—E. Leese, 14, and G. Harper. 1 . > - • a • Watson Crossland Barlow ... A. G. Steel Nash Briggs M * • a a • • a ♦ • a • • a • • t • a a a • « M « • a a • a • T i ^/ BOWLING AVERAGES. Runs. Wkts. ches. Inns. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wkfcs. Wides. per Wkt. per Inns. 12 22 637 327 710 60 0 11.60 2.1G 11 • 19 • 347.3 135 599 41 0 13.27 2.6 12 22 726 359 917 60 0 13.59 3 3 6 137.2 77 152 10 0 15.2 1.4 8 13 166.3 65 318 18 1 17.10 1.5 5 5 47.2 16 87 1 0 87 .1 * • uuw-uju in ttwo innings oi iuiis , j wicnecj, nnd A. N. Hornby (1 over, 6 runs) and liobinson (5 overs. 15 runs) each bowled in one innings. ' * '