James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

9 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (10) L a n c a s h i r ev. Australians. Manchester , June 14, 15 , and 16 . Rainonly allowed an hour's play onthe first day, andthe Australians having thebest of the wicket in going in first had the gamewell in hand throughout . Messrs . Scott (38) and Jones (54) making best use of the ground while it was easy, got 60 runs without the loss of a wicket on the first day. This proved a useful start for them, as afterwards thirty wickets fell for an aggregate of 218- an average of just over seven runs . Lancashire had to bat at a great disadvan- tage, and no one but Mr. H. B. Steel (21 and 24) got double figures each time. Mr. Giffen's bowling wasthe great feature of the match. In all he took sixteen wickets at a cost of only 65 runs a performance which was not equalled byany bowler during the season . The Australians w o nby an innings and12 runs. Australians , 145. Lancashire , 46 and 87 ; total , 133. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. Mr.Giffen(1st inns. Lancashire) 2 6 . 3 " (2 n d و و " ) ...... 40.1 1 0 2 2 R u n s. 2 3 4 2 W i c k e t s. 8 8 (11 ) Lancashirev. OxfordUniversity. Manchester, June28, 29, and30. A long stand by Mr. A. N. Hornbyand Barlow at the very commencementof thematchgaveLancashire a great advantage, andtheUniversity wereneverable to get on anything like level terms . Mr. Hornbywas credited with 111 of the 191 scored on the fall of the first Lancashire wicket , without a chance, and Barlow(79) and Hudson (85) also scored well, though the latter's was a very lucky innings . Thechief feature of the Oxford batting wasthe stand of Messrs . Hewett(77) and Rashleigh (44), whoput on 120 for the sixth wicket in the first innings , and the fine cricket of Mr. Brain in the second . Mr. Brain hit with great freedom , making57 of the first 77 runs. Lancashire wonby nine wickets . Lancashire , 360 and 17 (one wicket) ; total , 377. Oxford, 179 and 196 ; total , 3 7 5. (12) L a n c a s h i r ev. E s s e x. Manchester , July 15, 16, and 17. TheEssex eleven madea poor showin batting as well as bowling , and the result was never in doubt . Lancashire , who won the toss , scored fast , making 378 before the close of the first day. In this case the professionals were the main contributors , Barlow (82), Robinson (66) , Yates (54 not out), and Watson (38) being responsible for 240 of 352 from the bat. The Essex batting was even weakerthan the bowling , and six of the eleven failed to score in the first innings . Lancashire w o nbyan innings and 227 runs. Lancashire , 378. Essex, 90 and 61 ; total , 151 . Barlow(Lancashire). Briggs " O v e r s. 5 1 . 8 3 6 M a i d e n s. 2 3 2 1 R u n s. 6 3 4 6 Wickets. 9 9 (13) Lancashirev. Cheshire. Manchester , August2 and 3. Anothereasy victory for Lancashire . Winning the toss , eight of the eleven got into double figures , the most successful of them, Robinson (73), Barlow (71), and Mr. Lancashire (66). The bowling of Briggs and Barlow , of the former in particular , proved altogether too muchfor the Cheshire batsmen, andDaven- port (14 and 64) and Pointon (13 and 36) were alone equal to double figures . These two professionals , indeed , were responsible for as many as 127 of 168 made