James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

THE COUNTIES IN 1886.7 9 1 7) L a n c a s h i r ev. N o t t s. Manchester , August 5, 6, and 7. B A R L O W ' S B E N E F I T Raininterfered to some extent with the gameon each of the three days, and a little morethan aninnings to each side was the extent of the play. Mr. Hornby and Barlow made109 before the former, whohad got 88 of them without a chance, was caught. With the exception of Watson, who failed to score , all the other batsmen reached double figures , and the result was a total of 323-a verycreditable achievementagainst the bowlingof Notts. T h ewicketw a sall in favour of Lancashire whentheir turn came to field , and only Shrewsbury, whose67 was an excellent display of defensive cricket , gave them great trouble . Notts had to follow on in a minority of 131 runs . Onlyanhour and twenty minutes remained whenthey entered on their second innings , and during this timetheymade71 for the loss of two of their best wickets . Thegamewas cer- tainly in favour of Lancashire , who were 60 runs ahead with only eight wickets ofNotts to fall . Lancashire , 323. Notts , 192 and71 (two wickets ) ; total , 263 . Some 26,000 persons paid at the turnstiles , notwithstanding the unfavour- able weather, and Barlow's benefit , therefore , must have been a great success . (8) Lancashirev. Sussex. Brighton , August 9, 10, and 11 . A neven match on the first hands, ending, after a surprising collapse in Lancashire's second innings , in a creditable win for Sussex . Tester and Mr. F. Thomas, both of w h o mscored 58, were the chief scorers for Sussex , and Robinson (54) for Lancashire , who were eleven runs to the good at the end of an innings . O na drying wicket , though, they made only a poor showwhenthey went in again, and Mr. Lancashire (21) alone got double figures . Wanting72 to win, Sussex did not fare well for a time, and six wickets were downfor 48 runs. A badmiss before he scored , however, gave Jesse Hide a life , or Lancashire would havebeen near winning. As it was, Hide quickly knocked up 21 runs not out, andSussex wonan exciting match by four wickets . Sussex, 200 and 73 (six wickets ) ; total , 273. Lancashire , 211 and 60 ; total , 271. Mr. G. H. Cotterill , of Brighton College , madehis first appearance for Sussex in this match. Barlow(1st inns. Sussex) Humphreys(Sussex ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 5 0 1 1 3 0 3 5 4 2 6 (9) Lancashirev. OxfordUniversity. Oxford, June 10, 11 , and 12. Wickets. 6 6 Thelast of the homefixtures of the University , and a draw certainly in favour of Lancashire . The county was able to claim a lead of eighty runs on the first innings , an advantage chiefly due to the brilliant hitting of Mr. Е. С. Hornby, whowas responsible for 82, including two sixes , out of 157 from the bat. The Oxford eleven madea muchbetter show whenthey went in a second time, and the 63 of the Freshman, Mr. W. Rashleigh , whowasin two hours for his runs, wasin particular worthy of high praise . Mr. O. P. Lancashire , in the absence of Mr. A. N. Hornby, captain of the Lancashire eleven , with Barlow, got 84 of the 198 wanted to win, and whenthe game ended , the county wantedonly 92 to winwith nine wickets to fall . Lancashire , 162 and 106 (one wicket) ; total , 268. Oxford University , 82 and 277 ; total , 359. Overs. Briggs (1st inns . Oxford ) .......... Mr. Whitby(1st inns . Lancashire ) 9 . 1 M a i d e n s. 5 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . 3 1 . 1 1 2 7 4 7