James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1878

64 (2) Gloucestershire v. Sussex. Brighton, June u , 12, and 13. At otic timd Sussex liad a good chance, but the eleven fell to piecei altogether when the pinch came. The run-getting was uneven in each first innings as Mr. A . E . Bush’s 42 was the only score ofnote for Gloucestershire, and Mr. J. M. Cotterills’ 60 for Sussex. Mr. Browns’ fast bowling was very- successful in the first innings of Gloucestershire, and at the end of the'first hands S “ <i „ runts to the good. They were finally left with 171 runs to win, but save Lillywhite, who got 24, none made a stand, and the side were all out for 86. Gloucestershire won by 84 runs. Gloucestershire, 129 and 181 ; total, 310. Sussex, 140 and 86; total, 226. Overs. Maidens. Runs. YVckets. Mr. W . G. Grace ........................... 98 4 7 81 11 Mr. C. A. Brown (istins Gloucester) 40 18 5 8 7 (3) Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire. Sheffield, July 30, 31, and Aug . 1. Both counties were well represented, though Mr. J. A . Bush, the Gloucestershire wicket-keeper, was absent. The weather was glorious, and the match was singularly exciting from the first until the delivery of the very last ball. The Yorkshiremen did well to get rid of the strong batting eleven •of Gloucester in the first venture for 185 runs. Greenwood (go), Emmett 1(43), and Eastwood (88), were the chief agents in the Yorkshire first score of •236, so that at the end of an innings the Gloucestershire eleven were 5 1 runs tto the bad. A very well-played score of 84, on a kicking wicket, by Mr. W . G. Grace, was the only feature in the second attempt of Gloucestershire, and, indeed, but for this, Yorkshire would have had the best chance of the year of defeating the invincible western team. The Yorkshiremen were sure o f a close thing on commencing their second innings, as they were left with 139 runs to win, in two hours and twenty-five minutes. A colt, named Bates, played excellent cricket for 36, but otherwise the bowling o f Messrs. W . G. Grace and Gilbert, supported by splendid fielding, and the good wicket-keeping of Mr. Moberley, who caught three batsmen and stumped a fourth, demoralised the other Yorkshiremen, and when Hill, the tenth bats­ man came in, 42 runs were still wanted. Hill made fourteen in four hits, and this saved the match, as when he was had at point nine wickets were down for i2 i and time was up. The match was, therefore, drawn in a very interesting state, and whether Clayton and Finder would have made the 18 runs wanted by Yorkshire must be a matter of opinion. Gloucestershire, 185 and 189 ; .total, 374. Yorkshire, 236 and 121 (nine w ickets); total, 357. , Overs. Maidens. Runs. YVickets. M r. Gilbert (1st innings Yorkshire)., 31 19 34 6 (4) Gloucestershire v No Nottingham, Aug . 2, 3, and 4. The weather was cold and miserable throughout, and the wicket did not play well, especially at hist, dhe Nottingham eleven made a very poor show both with bat and ball, and suffered a hollow defeat by an innings and 48 runs. Mr W . O. Moberley played a very fine innings of 101, not out, L Glouces- S VICn ^ r ‘ ^ G r a c e ’s 89 was a rare exhibition of determined hitting. Mr. Jolley s 53 was a useful, if not very elegant, score, but he failed to get a