James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

5 Painter 34 and 4, Mr. Townsend 27 and 5, Mr. Page 13 and 20, Mr. grain 5 anti 26, and Mi. L. J. Taylor 20 (not out) and 5. Rain fell on the Tuesday moinmg, and in their second innings the Gloucestershire bats­ men found Palmer unplayable on a “ kicking” wicket. The Victorian got a tremendous amount of work on the ball, and took 7 wickets for 31 runs. He bowled Mr. L. M. Grace and Mr. Taylor right round tlieir legs. Aug. 21, Nottingham. , ,. 1st Inns. Australians 265 Notts 273 Drawn. Notts had lost one wicket. 2nd Inns, 141 15 Total. 406 288 In very few matches last season was the all round cricket maintained at a higher standard. Throughout the three days the play was admirable. At the finish Nottingham had the best of tiie game on paper, but as the wicket had broken up. a little, and Alfred Shaw had been incapacitated by an injury to his hand, the result would have been by no means a certainty. The match was a fitting termination to Nottingham’s brilliant season. Flowers, who had never before done well against the Australian bowlers, headed the Nottingham score with an excellent 69. Gunn played a still finer innings of 68, Selby made 37, and Barnes 36. For the Australians, Blaekliam scored 51 and 16, Spofforth 54 and 1, Giffen 30 and 25, Midwinter 25 and 11, Murdoch 29 and 5, M‘Bonnell 4 and 28, and Palmer 23 and 6. Attewell took 8 Australian wickets. Aug. 25, Brighton. 1st Inns. 190 Australians Cambridge University (Past and Present) Australians won by 142 runs. 135 2nd Inns. 180 93 Total. 370 228 Apart from the big representative matches, no fixture of the tour had been looked forward to with more interest, and, so far as English cricketers were concerned, the season scarcely produced a more grievous disappointment. The wicket was not nearly so good as those provided earlier in the summer at Brighton, and the Cambridge men found Spofforth far too much for them. The batsmen from whom most was expected were the most conspicuous failures, Messrs. A. G. Steel, Lucas, and Alfred Lyttelton only scoring 30 runs between them. Spofforth bowled magnificently, and took in all 13 wickets tor 85 inns. Giffen tooled wickets. Mr. A. F. J. Ford and Mr. P. H. Morton alone upheld the fame of Cambridge cricket. The former scored 31 and 9 (not out) and took 6 wickets, and Mr. Morton scored 39 (not out) and 8, and also took 6 wickets. In the second innings Mr. Moiton bowled in quite his old form of 1878. It-was unfortunate for Cambridge that Mr. Ford bad an attack of lumbago, and could not bowl alter the fhst day. Spofforth scored 42 and 12 for the Australians, Bannerman 7 and 44, Giffen 34 and 8, Bonnor 5 and 36, Scott 25 and 17, M'Donnell 22 and 20, and Palmer 23 and 0. Only once during the match did the Cantabs have reason to reioice. On the second morning Messrs. Ford and Morton put on 54 runs for the last wicket, and saved the “ follow on.” It must be stated that Cambridge had to commence each innings after a day’s field- ing, and in a bad light. ■ . 6 • j