The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-24 00:00:00

CRICKIT.

Mmi.LtsEx r. NOTTlltallaYalltali.—. The match of the sea.
son, 'as the contaat between the above nan.cd comae, halt Iv-en
designsted,was mmciaded tm SetuNey in fay..ur o.f Nottingham-
shire by six wicket'. When time was celled on Yrlday, Middle-
sex had lost six wickets for 11l nine, Mr. B. D. Walker being,
not out, 16, and Mr. Daniel 0. Saturday was all a cricket
morning . the temperature wee nearly Xo degrees higher than on
the two previous days, and the sun shone brightly. The Inte-
resting phase which the game had assumed attracted a good
many visitors even at the early hour announced than peat
elm en', and with commendable punctuality the Middlesex

gentlemen, who had to go In, were at their pnsts, but when the
Lime for gelding arrived there were tom• absentees, and two
never entered an aypearance at all. At twenty singles to
twelve Mears. R. D. Walker and Daniel, the not oda,' mom-
pied the wickets, and J. C. Shaw and Wootton started the bowl-
ing. Mr. R. D. Walker was badly missed by Grundy in the slip
at starting. Ten were added to the score, when Mr. Daidel's
dumps were disturbed by Wootton (7 for IYl'. Wootton
also settled George Hearne for lour (a for big). Mr. V. E.
Walker gut a lour (three from an overthrow, and then,
throJgh a misunderstanding with his brother, ran out
g for tam, and Mantle's middle stump was carried away

by the left'handed Maw, the last wicket-collapsing with the
score at 137, Mr. R. D. Walker carrying out his bat for a good
innings of U. This, by a singular coniciderce, lett Nottsexactly
the number of runs to get, at which the Middlesex score stood
on Friday night, viz., 111, which it was calculated they would
hit off In about two hours at their rate of scoring in the pre-
vious innings. Accordingly, Notts sent in A. Shaw and sum-
mers at • quarter to one—Mr. R. D. Walker and Hearne kowl-
inc. Shaw mode eight by • brace of fours, when Mr. ft,
Walker bowled him " round his leg- ;1 for 161. Just auhrequent
to J. osit oft joinhVinniers, the latter was badly mired be-
tween Hearne and .J. D. Walker—he retaliated by making
ten off licenses next over bye brace of fours and a two. This
puniihnient caused Hearne's retirement in favour of Mantleff oft
whose fourth over J. Osereft was very cleverly caught, low
down in the Rip, by Mr. R. D. Walker (2 for 33). Next came
Itlchard Daft, who played very cautiously, evidently bent
on again carrying out his bat, and when Summers
had made two more fine drives for four each and
a cut for three, Mr. K. D. Walker oleo bowled him with an
awful " twister ;" alter making 37 by four fours, three threes
Re. (This colt's attitude at the wicket la exceedingly ugly, but
he possesses great freedom of manipulation, and will prove a
most valuable man to his county.) Thls made the third wicket
for 53, time exactly one hour. W. Oscroft went at once to
work in earnest, and after hitting Mr. Walker to the market
wall, lit fairly hold of one of Mantles to leg, and sent the
ball nearly to the bottom of the ground, for which six were run
Daft wu half an hour getting 10. With the score at 70 Toni
Meanie had another try, but °scroll drove his first ball to the
pavilion for 4. At Si oscroft was again caught by Hearne
easily. Paling, another splendid Notts oat, came In, and lifted
Mr. R. D. Walker with tremendous force to long on, but Mr.
V. K Walker could not get back to secure It. 100 now went
up, sad there was • Notts cheer. Paling made • splendid en
drive fora to the pavilion, and afterwards Mantle went on again.
When only two runs were wanted Daft cut Mantle (very but
right into Mr. V. E. Walker's hands at point, but, minibile
dictu, that splendid fieldsman dropped it. Indeed, Middlesex
luck was dead out. Paling then made the winning hit. and
Daft achieved the great and rare honour of carrying out his bat
In both Innings, for which he was much cheered. Paling's hits
included two fours, two threes, and two twos, Notts won at
t 45 by six wicket&
MARTLZBONK CUT! •ND GROMIT, V. CRELTI:NHAN COLLEGZ.—
This two day match was completed on Saturday at Lord's ground,
the weather being all that could be desired. On Friday night,
It will be remembered, that the college had loot *even wickets In
their second innings for 116 runs. They got the score up to 187
119 of which were extras, which does not say nnseh for the M.C.C.
fielding;. The club In their second essay could not even wipe off
a moiety of the balance standing against them by one run, amid
so, at • quarter to five, the collegians secured a victory over the
Marylebone Club and Ground.

LANCASHIRE V. YORKSHIRE—The./ two northern counUes
met in honourable rivalry on Thursday at Whalley. near !slack-
burn, under the most favourable auspices, both as regards wea-
ther and wickets. Yorkshire got ins runs In their first Innings,
P. stephensem contributing 54 by some drat-class play. Lanca-
shire were all disposesi of fur 67 in their drat, and in their wood
tunings lost three wickets for as runs.