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860 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECOED OF THE GAME, AUG. 29, 1889. S U S S E X v . Y O R K S H I R E . T h e S u s s e x e l e v e n , w h o s e w i n o v e r Y o r k ­ s h i r e a t B r a d f o r d h a d b e e n t h e i r o n e v i c t o r y o f t h e y e a r i n i m p o r t a n t m a t c h e s , w e r e s e e n t o l e s s a d v a n t a g e i n t h e r e t u r n , b e g u n a t B r i g h t o n o n T h u r s d a y , f i n i s h i n g a v e r y u n ­ f o r t u n a t e s e a s o n w i t h a n o t h e r , t h e i r t e n t h d e f e a t . T h o u g h r a i n d e l a y e d t h e c o m m e n c e ­ m e n t o f t h e g a m e a n d w a s t h e c a u s e o f s e v e r a l i n t e r r u p t i o n s , o n t h e f i r s t d a y t h e w i c k e t d i d n o t d r y e n o u g h t o g e t d i f f i c u l t , a n d s o m e v e r y f a i r b a t t i n g w a s s h o w n o n b o t h s i d e s . T h e f i e l d i n g , t h o u g h , i n e a c h c a s e w a s f a i l t y , a n d m o s t o f t h e p r i n c i p a l s c o r e r s h a d l u c k . A s i t w a s , w h e n p l a y c l o s e d o n T h u r s d a y n i g h t , t h e g a m e w a s l e f t i n a v e r y e v e n s t a t e , S u s s e x , a f t e r d i s m i s s i n g t h e i r o p p o n e n t s f o r l 6 8 , h a v i n g s c o r e d 4 2 f o r t h e l o s s o f t w o w i c k e t s . O n F r i d a y , t h o u g h , a s t h e g r o u n d d r i e d , t h e b o w l e r s h a d a l l t h e b e s t o f t h e g a m e . A t t h e o u t s e t , S u s s e x f a r e d s o b a d l y t h a t t h e e i g h t r e m a i n i n g w i c k e t s o n l y a d d e d 5 7 r u n s , a n d i t w a s o n l y s o m e s p i r i t e d b a t t i n g b y M r . D u d n e y w h i c h s a v e d t h e m f r o m f o l l o w i n g o n . T h e Y o r k s h i r e m e n w h e n t h e y w e n t i n a g a i n h a d a v e r y u s e ­ f u l l e a d o f 6 3 , b u t t h e e a r l i e r b a t s m e n f a i l e d t o t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e i r o p p o r t u n i t i e s , a n d w h e n t h e s e v e n t h w i c k e t f e l l t h e t o t a l w a s o n l y 7 2 . M o o r h o u s e , h o w e v e r , b y s o m e f i n e h i t t i n g i m p r o v e d t h e p o s i t i o n o f h i s s i d e m a t e r i a l l y , a n d h i s 4 4 , m a d e i n f i f t y m i n u t e s , w a s a n e x c e p t i o n a l l y g o o d i n n i n g s . S u s s e x w e r e l e f t w i t h 2 1 4 t o w i n , a n d w h e n s t u m p s w e r e d r a w n o n F r i d a y n i g h t h a d m a d e 6 0 o f t h e n u m b e r a t a c o s t o f f o u r o f t h e i r b e s t b a t s ­ m e n . T h e c h a n c e s o f t h e h o m e t e a m w h e n p l a y b e g a n w e r e , t h e r e f o r e , f a r f r o m h o p e f u l , a n a t h o u g h T e o a y , H u m p h r e y s , a n d J e s s e H i d e m a d e a p l u c k y e f f o r t Y o r k s h i r e w o n w i t h 6 8 r u n s i n h a n d . Y orkshire . First Innings. Ulyett, b J. Hide ......... 1 Hall, c Tebay, b Bean ... 6 Lee, c Quaife, b J. Hide ... 2 Peel, c Godfrey, b A. Hide 31 Wainwright, c Quaife, b J. Hide .............................31 run out Lord Hawke, c Tebay, b Bean .......................... 37 Second Innings. b Bean .......... 9 c J., b A. Hide ... 21 c Dudney, b Godfrey.........21 c and b Bean ... 5 Brown, lbw, b Bean.........13 Wade, c Humphreys, b Bean ............................. 7 b J. Hide Moorhouse, c Humphreys, b J. Hide ...................... 0 c Andrews, b A. Hide................ b Kean................ 1 ... 19 Whitehead, c Dudney, b Godfrey ......................18 Hunter, not o u t............... 5 B 4 ,lb 3 ...................... 7 A. Hide, b Humphreys ... 41 notout c A. Hide, Godfrey ... B 7, lb 1 8 Total .............158 S u s se x . First Innings. Quaife, st Hunter, b Peel 0 Bean, c Lee, b P e e l...... 23 Mr. W. Newham, c Wade, b Wainwright..............19 Mr. G. Brann, st Hunter, b Peel ............................ 2 Tebay, b Peel .............. 0 Humphreys, c Ulyelt, b Peel ............................ 0 ,T. Hide, c and b Peel ... 3 Mr. W. H. Andrews, b Peel ............................ 7 Mr. W. H. Dudney, b Ulyett.......................... 24 Mr. C. J. M. Godfrey, b Wainwright .............12 A. Hide, not o u t.............. 3 B ............... ... ... 2 Total ...150 Second Innings, b Wainwright... 19 st Hunter, b P eel................10 st Hunter, b Peel................ b Wainwright... 2 st Hunter, b Peel................29 b Whitehead ... 22 not out .........33 b Peel................ b Wainwright... 8 b Peel............... b Peel.............. B l.lb l .. Total ............... 95 Total ...145 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u ssex . First Innings. O. M.R. W. 26 8 43 7 . 5 1 13 0 . 14.3 5 23 2 . 6 1 14 1 Peel......... Whitehead Wainwright Ulyett ... Second Innings. O. M.R. W. . ... 39.2 8 75 6 . ... 11 5 21 1 . ... 28 11 47 3 Y o r k s h ir e First Innings. O. M. R. W. A. Hide ............19 6 46 1 . J. Hide .......... 34 12 49 4 , Bean ......... 19 6 48 4 Godfrey......... 3.1 0 8 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 13 4 2L 2 . ... 23 8 . ... 21 6 8.1 5 Humphreys 9 2 43 1 45 3 7 2 26 1 L A N C A S H I R E v . N O T T S . U n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e r a i n , w h i c h i n t e r f e r w i t h s o m a n y i m p o r t a n t f i x t u r e s l a s t w c o m p l e t e l y r u i n e d a l p r o s p e c t s o f t h e i n i n g g a m w h i c h w a s g e n e r a l l y ^ e x p e c w h e n t h e t i m e r r i v e d f o r t h e s e p o w e r c o u n t i e s t o d e o i d e t h e i r s e c o n d m a t c h s e a s o n . O n t h e o c c a s i o n o f t h e f i r s t m e N o t t s h a d a n e a s y w i n , b u t d u r i n g t h e f e w w e e k s t h e L a n c a s i r e t e a m h a d b s h o w i n g s u c h e x c e l l e n t a l l - r o u n d f o r m i t w a s g e n e r a l l y t h o u g h t t h e y w o u l d m b o l d b d f o r v i c t o r y . I n f a c t p u b l i c o p i n i o n , i n s p i t e o f t h e b r i l l i a n t p e r f o r m o f t h e N o t t i n g h a m p l a y e r s t h i s s u m m r a t h e r f a v o u r e d t h e o h a n c e s o f t h e L a n c e l e v n , m o r e e p e c i a l l y a s h e y h a d t h e t a g e o f p l a y i n g o n t h e i r o w n g r o u n d . t h e e x c e p t i o n t h a t M r . E c c l e s w a s a b s f r o m t h e h o m e t e a m , a n d M r . D i x o n f N o t t s , b o t h c o u n t i e s h a d t h e i r f u l l s t r e L a n c a s h i r h a v i n g b e e n f o r t u n a t e e n o u s e c u r e t h e v a l u a b l e s e r v i c e s o f M r . A . G f o r t h e m t c h . T h e h e a v y r a i n s d u r i n g e a r l p a r t o f t h e w e e k h a d s o s a t u r a t e d g r o u n d t h a t i t w a s f o u n d i m p o s s i b l e t o a s t a r t o n T h u r s d a y , a n d o n F r i d a y f r e q s o w e r s d e l a j e d a c o m m e n c e m e n t u p a s t f o u r o ’ c l o c k i n t h e a f t e r n o o n . N o t t i n g h a m h a v n g w o n t h e t o s s , s e n t S h r e w s b u r y a n d F l o w e r s , a n d f r o m t t h i r d b a l l t h e l a t t e r w a s c a u g h t a t t h e w A h e a v y s h o w e r c a u s e d a n o t h e r i n t e r r u a n d w h e n p l a y w a s r e s u m e d , G u n n a S h r e w s b u r y r a i s e d t h e t o t a l t o 8 6 . T h e f a f t e r m a k i n g 2 0 i n f o r t y - f i v e m i n u t e s c a u g h t , a n d w h e n S h r e w s b u r y , B a r n e s , D a f t , S c o t t o n , A t t e w e l l , B u t l e r a n d S h a r e t i r e d , t h e s c o r e h a d m e a n w h i l e b e e i n c r e a s e d b y o n l y 3 3 r u n s . W h e n p l a y c o n F r i d a y n i g h t , N o t t s h a d s c o r e d 6 9 f o l o s s o f s i x w i c k e t s a n d o f t h i s n u m b e r S b u r y , w h o w a s n o t o u t , h a d c o n t r i b u t e d f i n e p e r f o r m a n c e a g a i n s t s u c h b o w l e r B r i g g s a n d W a t s o n , w i t h a w i c k e t e n t i r t h e i r f a v o u r . T h e a c t u a l p e r i o d o f p l a y s o f a r o n l y b e e n a n h o u r a n d f i f t y m i n a n d a s t h e r a i n c a m e d o w n a g a i n w i t h f o r c e o n F r i d a y n i g h t a n d f o l l o w i n g m t h e c a p t a i n s d e c i d e d e a r l y o n S a t u r d a a b a n d o n t h e g a m e . T h e i m p c s s i b i l i t y d e c i d i n g t h e m a t c h c r e a t e d g r e a t d i s a p m e n t , a s t h e r e s u l t w a s a w a i t e d : w i t h g i n t e r e s t . T h e c o n t e n d i n g j t e a m s , t o o , s o s t r o n g a l l r o u n d , t h a t i t w o u l d h a v e u n i v e r s a l s a t i s f a c t i o n t o h a v e s e e n t h e p l a y e d o u t o n a g o o d p i t c h a n d u n d e r o a r i l y f a v o u r a b l e c o n d i t i o n s , s o t h a t t h e c a p a b i l i t i e s o f t h e t w o e l e v e n s m i g h t b e e n f a i r l y w e i g h e d . N otts . Flowers, c Pilling, b Watson ............... 0 Shrewsbury, not out 33 Gunn, c Hornby, b Briggs ............... 20 Barnes, b Watson ... 4 Mr. H. B. Daft, b Watson ............... 2 Scotton, b Briggs ., Attewell, b Briggs. Butler, b Briggs . Shacklock, c and Wutson............. L b .................... Total ... . L E I C E S T E R S H I R A f t e r t h r e e d a y s , w i t h r u p t i o n f r o m r a i n , t h e t h e s e c o u n t i e s , b e g u n d a y , w a s l e f t u n d e c i d t h o u g h E s s e x a t t h e f i r u n s t o w i n , w i t h t h e s t o f a l l . E s s e x , w h o o n 1 3 1 f o r f i v e w i c k e t s , i n n i n g s c l o s e d , t h a n k s M r . B u x t o n a n d B u r n s f r t h e s i x t h w i c k e t . h i t s c o r e o f 8 1 b y T o m a l l d i s m s s e d f o r 1 7 2 , w e r e l e s s s u c c s » f u l , t 1 5 0 . W i t h 4 5 t o w i n , q u a r t e r s t i l l l e t f o r p l h a v e e v e r y c h a n c e o f w e , o w v e r , d i d M r b o w l , t h a t M r . L u c a s l e n g t h e n e d s t a y , a n d a c c u r a c y o f t h e t w o b o e l e v n w e r e a b l t s a a b l e p e r f o r m a n c e , c o n f i r s t d a y t h e y h a d t o p L eicestersh ire . First Innings. T. Warren, c and b Pickett Wheeler, b Burns ......... Richardson and Sherwin did not bat. L a n c a sh ir e —Mr. A. N. Hornby, Mr. A. G. Steel, with Barlow, F. Sugg,A. Ward, Briggs, Paul, Mold, Baker, Watson, and Pilling. BOWLING ANALYSIS. N o tts . O. M. R.W. I O. M. R.W. Watson ... 28.4 12 36 4 |Briggs ... 28 13 32 4 Second Innings. b Bishop ...........20 st Littlewood, b B rns ........... 49 Mr. S. R. Wright, c Lucas, b Bishop ......................21 b Pickett ... Mr.C. Marriott, c Bishop, b Burns ...................... 1 Pougher, b Bishop .........15 To lin, c Lucas, b Bishop 81 J. Atter, b Pickett Mr. O. C. Stone, c Gosling, b Owen ...................... J. Warren, c Lucas, b Owen ............................ Holland, run out ......... Rylott, not out ............... Extras ...................... b Pickett......... 5 lbw, b Bishop ... 10 run out .........27 not out ......... 6 28 b Bishop Total ............... 172 c Rowe,bPickett 0 c Owen,b Bishop 7 b B ishop.........15 Extras ... 5 Total ...150 E s ex . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. P. Lucas, c Wright, b Rylott ......................48 not out ..............21 Mr. H. G. Owen, c Wright, b Pougher........................ 10 Mr. F. E. Rowe, c Stone, b W right......................26 Mr. R. C. Gosling, c Wheeler, b Rylott...........14 Jones, c Pougher,b Rylott 0 Bu s, not out ..................89 Mr. C. D. Buxton, st Wheeler,bPougher ... 63 c J. Warren, b Pougher......... c T. Warren, b Wright ......... b Pougher......... b W right......... b W right......... c T. Warren, b Pougher......... C a r p e n te r , c and b Pougher ...................... 0 b Wright ... Littlewood, c Marriott, b Rylott........................................................16 Mr. F. A. Bishop, c Marriott, b Rylott......... 0 Pickett, run out......................................... 5 Extras ................................................ 7 Total ............... 278 Total EOWLING ANALYSIS. 39 Pougher... RyloLt ... T. Warren WriRht ... J. Warren E ssex . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 53 16 108 3 54 24 71 5 18 4 34 0 18 4 38 1 7 2 20 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 16 3 20 3 ... 15.4 8 19 4 L eice ste r sh ir e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Pickett ........ 36 17 67 2 . Burns................34 16 46 2 Bishop .........17 9 22 3 , Lucas................. 8 1 12 0 Owen . Second Innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 43 21 44 3 . ... 33 13 46 1 . ... 41 22 48 5 6 2 7 0 C r icket R eport S h eets for sending matches to this paper can be had at the office, 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons. Price Id. each or 9d. per dozen, postage Id. per dozen extra. ...13 4 17 2 Burns bowled a wide. S urrey E leven op 1888. —The Champion County. Fac-simile of Photograph taken by Messrs. H awkins , 5$in. by 9in., with names of each member. Suitable for framing, Post-free Four Stamps. Cricket Office, 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, E.C.