second day. Hill revelled in the gloom of the first morning, and Middlesex were dismissed for 82, of which Mr. A. J. Webbe subscribed 34. The last four wickets all fell without a run, Hill, in his last eleven overs, getting four ivickets for only one run. The Yorkshiremen had to complete their first innings as best they could between the showers, but they reached 167, Greenwood (43) and Hill (not out 42) contributing more than half tho total. Messrs. It. P. Walker (46) and W. H. Hadow (41) mado a stand in the middle of the second innings of Middlesex, or tho county would have fared badly. As it was. the other eight batsmen only made 26 from the bat, and the aggregate did not exceed 118. Yorkshire had 34 runs to get to win, but ill© task was not so easy as it looked. Indeed, the finish was as exciting as that of any other match during the season, and at one time tho fate of Yorkshire trembled in the balance, Two wickets fell without a run, and five wickets w’ent down for 15. Six runs to get with only three wickets to fall was the call, but Lockwood's patience at the crisis decided the match, and Yorkshire won a good match by three wickets. As a proof of the excellence of the Middlesex bowling and fielding, it may be stated that it took the Yorkshiremen an hour and a half to make 34 runs. Yorkshire, 167 and 36 (seven wickets) ; total, 203. Middlesex, 82 and 118; total, 200. Tho bowling of Messrs. Francis and Hadow at tho close w^as most effective, as the following figures will show. Overs. Maidens. Ttims. Wickets. C. K. Francis ___ 10 12 16 3 W. H. Hadow . . . . 19.3 9 19 4 (3) South i'- North. June 1, 2, and 3. B en e f it of th e C r icketer s 1 F und . Mr. G. F. Grace was not able to play, owing to illness, and Mr. Ridley was also an absentee. Otherwise the South wyas well represented; and there wras little to justify fault-finding in the composition of the North, though Mr. Williams, of Notts, might easily have been displaced for a better man. The first innings of each side was small, as the North, with a score of only 134 runs, had au advantage of six runs. Mr. F. Penn (29) and Mr. W. H. Hadow (25) were the chief scorers of the South, and Oseroft (39) and Lock- wood (24) of the North. Three wickets of the North were dowrn for 119, but the whole eleven only reached 134, the last seven icickcts falling in 13 overs . In the second innings of the South, seven batsmen gained double figures, hut the chief feature of the long score of 265 wras the excellent batting of Mr. I. D. Walker, whose 72 was as good an innings as he has played for many years. The North had to get 2G0 runs to win, hut the bowling of Lillywhite and W. G. Grace was good enough to need no change, and Lockwood’s 37 and Ulyett’s 20 were the only notable figures in a short innings of 100. Despite the liberality of the Messrs. Prince in granting the free use of their ground, the match was not as great a success as usual, owing to the weather, which was far from favourable throughout. The South w'on by 153 runs. South, 128 and 265 ; total, 393. North, 134 and 106; total, 240. Overt;. Maidens. Eons. Wickets. Lillywhite .......... 88.3 40 104 12