James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

79 Aug. 4, Nottingham . n , _ „ 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Tota l. .0 .0 . and Ground 225 79 304 Notts Castle . r .192 96 / 288 D rawn . Not ts had lost 4 w ick e ts . j Had tim e perm itted the M.C.C. must a lm ost cer ta in ly have been defeated. A. Pau l, for th e home team, p layed very finely for 86 and 21. . X TIT n n i ~ , 1st Inns. 2 nd Inns. Total. Aug. o, • M.C.C. and Ground m 210 331 Lord’s. \ Cheshire 210 211 421 Cheshire won by 40 runs. A most cred itab le v ic tory for the new ly-form ed com ity club . The <raiue was keen ly contested throughout, and some cap ita l cricket was shown on both sides. For Cheshire, W hatmough scored 60 and 9 (retired hurt), M illw ard 21 and 65 (not out), and G. C. Dennisson 32 and 33 , while for th e M.C.C. Mr. F. W. Capron made 75 and 7, P ickett 0 and 60, and Mr. J. 8. Russel 23 and 26. * L.f [-' 1 1 • 1 st Inns. Aug. 7, M.C.C. and Ground .r 210 H itch in . H ertfordsh ire 236 M.C.C. ,won hy 12 runs. A finely-contested game. The bow ling of Mr. W. D. B ov ill and Flowers won the m a tch for th e M.C.C. after the'chances had looked a ll in favour of Hertfordshire. In the first inn ing s of the county, Mr. H. Pigg made 82 and Mr. A. Butcher 65; - 1 f 1 - - 1st Inns . 2nd Inns. Total. Aug 8, M.C.C. and Ground 206 128334 2nd Inns. Total. - 96 306 " 58 294 r ’ * Norw ich . 66 fft .1 332 1 -r Norfo lk f , ' - 266 *'* ' M.C.C. won by two w ickets. The main causes of th is b r il lian t v ictory were the fine bow ling of Attewell and P ick e t t , and th e ba tting of the former professional and Mr. E. Money-W igram . A t tew e l l took, in the two innings, 9 w ickets for 101 runs, and scored 38 and 48 ; Mr. Money-W igram made 62 and 41. For Norfolk, Rev. A. C. D av ies scored 70 and 2, Hansell 59 and 15, and Mr. L. K. Jarv is 43 and 19. ' ' ' 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. A u g 8 . r M.C.C. and Ground 309 — 309 Lord’s. * Suffolk 317 136 •. 253., M.C.C. won by an inn ings and 56 runs. The d ec is ive v ic to ry of the M.C.C. was m a in ly due to the splendid all round cri kef of Barnes, wh i scored 107, in a l it t le over two hours, and took. 15 w ickets at a cost of 120 runs. > ■ 1st InnB. 2 nd Inns. Total. A ug . 11, M.C.C. and Ground 235 38 273 Lord’s. Northamptonsh ire 135- 273 408 Drawn. M.C.C. h vd not lost a w icket. As the w ick e t was in exce llen t cond ition there were some good scores on both sides. For th e MC.C., Gunn made 107 and 18 (not out), w h ile for Northamptonshire Mr, G. J. Gu lliver scored 1 and 103, Mi. J, 1 . K ingston 12 and 72, and Mr. J. Turner 50 and 0. 3 IstInns . 2 nd Inns. Total. Aug . 11, M.C.C. and Ground 189 49 238 Middleton Towers. M iddleton Towers 267 159 416 D rawn . M.C.C. had lost three w ickets. • Included in th e M iddleton Towers eleven were several w e ll known