James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1876

99 The following table shows the result of the matches since their institu­ tion :— 1857. Players won by 10 wickets 1858. Players won by 3 wickets 1859. Players won by an innings and 25 runs 1800. Players won by 8 wickets 1861. Players won by an innings and 68 runs 1862. Drawn. The Players had 2 wickets to fall and 33 runs to get 1863. Players won by 9 wickets 1864. Players won by 205 runs 1865. Players won by 118 runs 1866. Gentlemen won by 98 runs 1867. Drawn. Players scored 249 Gentlemen, 136 and 244 for 7 wickets 1868. Gentlemen won by an innings and 87 runs 1869. Gentlemen won by 17 runs 1870. Drawn. The Players had 6 wickets to fall and 455 to get 1871. Gentlemen won by 5 wickets 1872. Gentlemen won by 9 wickets 1873. Gentlemen won by an innings and 11 runs i 1874. Gentlemen won by 48 runs 1875. Drawn. SUSSEX. O fficers for 1875.— Patron , Viscount Pevensey. President, Mr. H, M. Curteis. Vice-President, Mr. Henry Brand. Treasurer , Mr. W. G. Ashby. Committee —East Sussex —Mr. T. R. Burt, Captain H. Campion, Mr. H. Curteis, Mr. S. Beard, Mr. R. Loder.—West Sussex— Viscount Tumour, Rev. H. Nicholls, Lieut. Col. Ingram, Major Wisden, Mr. A. W. Biddulph.—Brighton—Mr. H. Dering, Col. Baines, Rev. J. Pycroft, Mr. H. Cooke, Rev. Geo. Cotterill. lion. Secs. Mr. G. W. King, 41, Brunswick Place, Brighton ; Mr. C. H. Smith, 34, Ship Street, Brighton. Sussex showed a brilliant summary in 1875. A table of eight matches with live decisive victories and two bare defeats, was, at least, encouraging even if some of the encounters were not of the highest order. Three Amateurs head the poll of batsmen, and the County is fortunate to have three such dangerous players as Messrs. Cotterill, Greenfield, and Winslow. Cliarlwood began well but fell off towards the end of the season, while on the other hand Walter Humphreys showed consistently good form. James Phillips played rarely and suffered from want of practice. Lillywhite and Fillery together obtained 121 out of 151 wickets, a fact sufficiently demon­ strative of the value of their aid with the hall. New bowling is the next need to be supplied by the executive.