James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

8 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. Opponents. MatchesLost (6). *Surrey O v a l July2, 3 *Surrey Brighton ,, 9,10,11 R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s-Continued. W h e n Club. Opnts. Where played . played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 8 0 1 0 2 301 155 232 252 138 2 wkts; *8 wd W o nb y Lostb y inns& 119runs *K e n t ... M a i d s t o n e " 16, 17 85 111 232 inns& 36r u n s *N o t t s Nottingham 2 6,27 6 11 4 2230 inns& 27r u n s (4) Yorkshire Brighton A g2021 22 174 105 331 inns& 5 2r u n s *Derbyshire. Brighton Sep. 3,4, 5 269 7 4 156 216 29 runs ExtraMatches ( Won1 , Lost2) W o nb y (1)Hants Brighton M a y14,15 196 9 4 60 inns& 4 2r u n s Lostb y (2) Hants SouthamptonJune4,5,6 94 165 110 180 31 runs Lostby *M . C . C. andG r o u n d. Lord's M a y7, 8, 9 91 73 103 *62 9 wkts; *1 w d *See previous reviews M.C.C., Derbyshire , Kent, Surrey , and Notts . (1) Sussexv. Hants. Brighton , May14 and15. Owingto the rain the wickets were not in a condition favourable to run- getting , andthe scoring was very muchbelow the average of matches between these counties . Mr. H. S. Saunders Davies played well for his first score of 42 for Hants. but otherwise there was nothing noteworthy in the batting , and Sussex woneasily by an innings and42 runs . Sussex, 196. Hants, 94and 60 ; total , 154. Juniper (Sussex) Overs. 4 4 Maidens. 2 8 R u n s. 4 0 Wickets. 8 (2) Sussex v. Hants. Southampton , June 4, 5, and 6. Areversal of the result of the previous match. Neither side was at all well represented , and the scoring was again below the mark all round. Dible's bowling had muchto do with the success of Hants, and, indeed , he fairly won themthe matchat the finish . Mr. F. E. Lacey(20 and 55), of Hampshire, was thehighest scorer of the 22 players . Hantswonby 31 runs. Hants, 110 and 180; total , 290. Sussex, 94 and 165 ; total , 259 . Dible(Hants) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 5 0 2 0 6 6 Wickets. 1 0 (3) Sussex v. Yorkshire. Sheffield , June 11, 12, and13. A glorious victory for Sussex , the result of capital all -round cricket throughout . A victory , too, the more creditable considering that the Southerners hadby no means their best eleven . It was only the plucky play of the two last batsmen, Peate and Harrison , that enabled Yorkshire to save the follow on, and at the end of an innings they were 56 to the bad. With185 to win, Yorkshire had made 123 for five wickets , but Humphreys' lobs proved