James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

23 (13) Australia 11. Sussex. Pluyed nt~ Brighton], August 2!) and 30. Australims won by scveli wickets. SUss gr. C. Sharp bBoyle“... e Bailey b Boyle 3 H. Wliitfeld 1. Allen 1 st Mnrdocli h Boyle 7 Charlwnod b B0yle.. 18 st Murdocli l) Spolforth 0 F. B. \Vhitfeld b Spollorth . l b Spofiortli (l W. A. Beitesworth h Spofi'orth 2 l) Spofiorth . 0 Rev. F. J. Greenfield not out . 5! e Bailey' 1) Spofiortli 21 A. W. Anstruther 0 Allen b B y e sub b Spoflortli l) Lillywhite st Murdoch h Boyle W. B. Weighell run out. Gr. Humphrey's c Bailey’ b bpofiorti A. Smitli b Boyle B 4,11: 2 ,. a . 0 bSpoflortli , 0 st Murdoch 1 not out. 8 li Owiiig to the heavy state of the ground from continuous 1 It curiosity in the W“ of small scoring. and the guilt: was ne 'ly completed in one day. Mr. C. Sharp, a left handed batsman from Horslmm, who had not played for the County for some years, made his renlmeitr‘dncc on this occasion, antl Churlwood and he contributed fortyuthree out of it first total of 76 by Sussex. At one time the game seemetl to fill in favour of Sussex as nine of the Colonial wickets were down ior' forty~eight runs. but Boyle and Bluekhnm nearly doubled the score and lit the end of mi innings Sussex was only one run iii hand. There were six eyphers in the Sussex seeorrd innings, thanks to the efieeth'e howliiig of Spolforth untl Boyle, and in the end the. Anstr. linns woii easily enough by seven wickets. - Spofiortli and Boyle exteli took nine wickets, the former for sixty-mic and the letter for forty-two runs. AUSTRALIANS. A. Bnnnermnn c Bettesworth b F. R. Spofiurtli e Clmrlwoocl h Greenfield 1 | Greenfield 2 C. Bannei'inaii h Lillywhue, ‘ F. E. Allan e 1< . T. Hornn run out .............. .. white 4 G. H. Bailey c Greenfield b Lilly J. M. Black no not out, 23 white .................................. 0 H. F. Boyle c Sh W. L. Murdoch e Weighell h Green- ‘ field 18 field . .. 1) ‘ 1 D. W. (J egory l) Lillvwhite 5 l ’1‘. W. Garrett c Charlwoodh Lill l white -1 l In the second innings of the Australians, A. Bonnermnn seomd e F. Whitfeld 1, Lillywhite 8, Bannernmn e Humphreysb Lillywhite 16. Hornn e F. Whitfcld b Greenfield 3, Bailey (not out) 21t Murdoch (not out) 5,—Totiil, 53. Australia v, Eighteen Gentlemen of Sussex. Playeil at Brighton. August 30 and (ll, 01] conclusion of show. Drown. AUSTRALIANS. C, Bannernnln (not out) 18 ! F. R. Spofiorthh Shun) C. H. Bailey 0 King I) Smitl). L’ l \Vide W. L. Murdoch (not out) . J.‘ . D.w. Gregoryh Sharp. 4 l Total Messrs. W. Tobin, T. Homn, T. W. Garrett, Il‘. Allen. Hl‘ Blacklmm did not bat. ' The Eighteen soote<l 128.