James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

8 0 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (2) Lancashire v. Oxford University. Manchester , June 15, 16, and 17. A sin the previous match , the wicket was mostly in favour of the bowler , and again Lancashire were successful -more so than on the occasion of the first meeting. Messrs . Brain and Page again did good service for Oxford with the bat, and Messrs . Key, O'Brien , and Cochrane also scored fairly well. The Lan- cashire eleven , though , were able to claim a lead of 95 runs on the first hands , and this enabled them to win with nine wickets to spare . Barlow (62), Robinson (44), and Mr. Lancashire (42), were the chief scorers for the county. Briggs ' bowling , though , was the best feature of the match . In all he took eleven Oxfordwickets for 60 runs . Lancashire , 271 and 35 (one wicket ) ; total , 306. Oxford, 176 and 129 ; total , 305 . (3) Lancashire v. Yorkshire. Manchester, June18, 19, and20. Ulyett, owing to a sprained ankle , was unable to help Yorkshire , but, on the other hand, there was more than one noticeable absentee on the Lancashire side . Yorkshire , at the end of the first day, had made 117 for the loss of only two wickets , against a total of 168 by Lancashire . The wicket , after rain , though, suited Barlow and Watson so well on the second morning that the innings closed for an addition of 41 runs, Grimshaw(74) and Hall (40) contributing 114 of the total of 158. In the second innings of Lancashire Emmettbowled with great success , and no one but Messrs . Hornby(61 and 34) and W. E. Leach (5 and 39)-thelatter of whomwas in two hours and three-quarters for his runs-made any stand . A tthe finish Yorkshire had 74 to win with four wickets to fall . Harri son , the Yorkshire fast bowler, who proved so effective in 1883 , reappeared for the first time this season in the Yorkshire eleven . Lancashire , 168 and 138 ; total , 306. Yorkshire , 158 and 75 (six wickets ) ; total , 233. Emmett(2nd innings Lancashire ). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 4 5 0 (4) Lancashirev. Sussex. Brighton, June22, 23, and24. 1 7 7 The first match played between the counties for manyyears . Neither side had its best eleven , and the scoring , on the whole, was not up to the Brighton average . Still , the match was well contested throughout , and Lancashire was only able to claim an advantage of 32 runs . Messrs. N e w h a m(43 and 19) and Tester (32 and 34) were the principal scorers for Sussex ; and Messrs . Haigh (73 and5) and W. E. Leach (56 and 22) for Lancashire . Thebest bowling was that of Arthur Hide for Sussex , of Barlow and Briggs for the opposition . Lancashire , 215 and 153 ; total , 368. Sussex, 192 and 143 ; total , 335. (5) Lancashire v. Cheshire. Stockport, June26 and27. A neasy victory for far fromthe strongest eleven available for Lancashire . Cheshire only batted ten men, owing to the absence of Whatmough, and were still at a further disadvantage in losing the toss . Robinson, of Lan- cashire , was the highest scorer in the match with 82, and Bower(64) and he wereanswerable for one half of the total m a d efromthe bat. B r o w ncontri- buted41 (not out) to Cheshire's first total of 97. Lancashire wonby an innings and113 runs. Lancashire , 309. Cheshire , 97 and 99 ; total , 196.