James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

13 A method of play, the N otts left-hander developed great powers of defence, and an inexhaustible amount of patience. His play was most consistent throughout the summer, and on being chosen for E ngland at the Oval, when it was found that Mr. L ucas could not play, he signalised his selection by an innings that was quite masterly. B arnes commenced brilliantly and then went off, while, on the other hand, U lyett , made very small scores during the first six weeks of the season, and did not « * really get into form until the end of June. H all made most of his runs against weak bowling, hut, for the second year, headed the Y orkshire averages. He was the only batsman who in first-class matches made four scores of 100 or upwards. B arlow had to howl so much for L anca - for the County .suffered severely, hut towards the end of the season he redeemed his reputation by an exceptionally fine innings against the A ustralians on a slow and difficult wicket at Nottingham. Cricketers will also remember the invaluable aid he afforded Mr. S teel in the E ngland and A ustralia match at Lord’s. B ates , as is usual with him, was brilliant hut uncertain, doing great things one day and failing unaccountably the next. It was S hrewsbury ’ s i I distinction to play an innings of 209 for N ottinghamshire against S ussex at Brighton, this being the second time in his career that he has made over 200 in a big match. shire that his hatting Despite the hard wickets, a great deal of the professional howling was very fine indeed, and it was certainly a curious fact that two of the most successful howlers of the season— A lfred S haw and E mmett —should have been over 40 years of age. The way in which these illustrious veterans acquitted themselves was indeed lemaikable. S haw commenced his career in. first-class matches in 1864, and E mmett first appeared for Y orkshire in 1866. A leap to the front was taken by A ttewell , who proved himself an exceedingly fine medium pace bowler. He met with singular success against the A ustralians , but perhaps his best performance was in the M iddlesex and N otts match at Lord’s. Against a strong batting side, with the ground in good order for run-getting, he took seven wickets for 21 runs. P eate did not approach his record of 1882, but he was decidedly better than in 1883, and did many big things. B arlow ’ s howling was consistently good, and for L ancashire , nothing less than remarkable. U lyett , as a bowler, was unequal, hut on certain days, and most notably for E ngland against A ustralia , at Lord’s, he proved irresistible. W ootton , the young K ent left hander 0