James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

9 8 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L. (1) Sussex v. Yorkshire. Bradford, May18, 19, and 20. Raindid not allow any play on the third day, afortunate circumstance for the Sussex eleven . Ulyett, Bates , Peel, and Hunterhad just returned from Australia , but the result showed that they were all in form, and the three first named contributed largely to Yorkshire's score of 377. The best stand of the innings , though , was by Mr. Woodhouse(63) and Lee(60), who raised the total from 111 to 233. The Sussex batsmencould do little with the Yorkshire bowling , and no play was possible after the completion of their innings for 105. The rain in all probability prevented Yorkshire's attain- mentof an easy victory . Yorkshire , 377. Sussex, 105. (2) Sussex v. Hampshire. Brighton , May25, 26, and 27. Hampshire was not only poorly represented , but in addition , in the absence of Mr. W o o d, had to play one short , and further , had all the worst of the wicket in losing the toss after the rain. With the exception of Mr. Powell (35 and 43), the batting of the Hampshire eleven presented no note- worthy features , and the result was never in doubt. Mr. N e w h a mwas principal scorer for Sussex with 82. Sussex wonby an innings and64 runs . Sussex, 260. Hants, 87 and 109 ; total , 196. Dible(Hants) . Humphreys(Sussex) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 0 4 0 . 1 2 9 6 6 0 7 7 7 9 (3) Sussexv. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge , June 8, 9, and 10. Heavyrain prevented a commencementtill the second morning, and the wicket, whenplay did begin, was all against the batsmen. Juniper and Mr. C. A. Smith bowled with great success for the county, and it was to their bowling and the brilliant cricket of Mr. F. M. Lucas at the finish that Sussex scored a very creditable victory . Mr. Lucas contributed 76 (not out) of 133 made for three wickets , and his batting fairly decided the game in favour of his side . Sussex wonby seven wickets . Sussex, 75 and 133 (three wickets ) ; total , 208. Cambridge University , 86 and 119 ; total , 205. Juniper(1st innings Cambridge) C. A. Smith (2nd innings Cambridge) C. W .Rock(1st innings Sussex) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 3 1 3 2 4 7 1 8 1 3 8 5 25.2 8 2 8 5 (4) Sussex v. Hampshire. Southampton , August 3, 4, and 5. Avery creditable victory for the Hampshire Eleven , though it must be added that Sussex had nothing like its full strength . The success of Hants was mostly due to the excellent batting of Mr. E. O. Powell, who scored 115 in the match, and the effective bowling of Mr. Currie . Messrs. A. Black- m a n(73) and Wyatt (31) contributed 104 of 152 from the bat in the first innings of Sussex , and Humphreys (55) to the second total of 144. Hampshire w o n by 101 runs. Hants, 153 and 258 ; total , 411. Sussex, 166 and 144 ; total , 310. C. E. Currie (Hants) A. Hide(2nd innings Hants) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 7 0 5 9 3 1 3 3 1 0 0 7 5 9 7 (5) Sussexv. Yorkshire. Brighton , August 24, 25, and 26. Amatch productive of exceptionally high scoring , 1,039 runs being totalled in the three days, with only twenty-six wickets down. Ulyett (82 and 91), Hall (87 and 37), Lee (32 and 80), and Bates (25 and 80not out) were chief scorers for Yorkshire ; Messrs . Newham(101) and F. M. Lucas (63) for Sussex . In the