James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

1 1 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 1 1 S U S S E X . OFFICERS FOR 1886 .-- President , The Earl of Sheffield . Treasurer , W. G. Ashby. Committee , East Sussex : Hon. C. Brand, S. Beard , H. C. Hardy, Spencer Austen Leigh , Rev. W. D. Parish , H. Whitfeld . West Sussex : Rev. F. F. J. Greenfield , H. E. Harris , C. J. Lucas , M. P. Lucas , W. Nap- per , Lieut .-Col . Wisden . Brighton : C. A. Brown, H. Cooke , R. T. Ellis , Capt. E. Pearson , F. Ravenhill , C. H. Smith , and four additional members from the following Clubs : Chichester , C. R. A. Leslie ; Eastbourne , Major Cardwell ; Hastings , T. Parkin ; Horsham, W. J. Collyer . Secretary , Geo. Goldsmith , 11 , Prince Albert Street , Brighton . SUSSEX, not always sure of its strongest eleven , was on several occasions not seen to the best advantage . The result of the season was indeed not altogether satis- factory , showing only four victories to six defeats . Thefour successes , though , wereall very creditable , particularly that over Lancashire at Brighton-a match completely pulled out of the fire . The county was unfortunate in being unable to securetheservices of Messrs. F . M .L u c a sa n dW .N e w h a min o r et h a no n e important match, and the batting was of course considerably weakened in their absence . The two amateurs named, though, both batted in brilliant style , as did Mr. F. Thomas, the Eton captain of 1885 , of last year's Cambridge eleven , who bids fair to be a great acquisition to Sussex . Jesse Hide was useful with both bat and ball , but the best all-round cricket of the year was shownbyWalter Humphreys, whowas not only in the forefront in the batting averages , but was also the mostsuccessful bowlerof the season. Resultsof M a t c h e s. (6 ) Matches Played , 12 ; Won, 4 ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost , 6. Opponents. MatchesW o n(4). *Gloucestershire *K e n t *Lancashire *Surrey Matches D r a w n(2). (1)Yorkshire. (2)Yorkshire. MatchesLost(6). و د 238 287 220 126 179 runs 200 *73 211 60 4 wkts; *6 w d Club. Opnts. W h e r eplayed. W h e n played. 1st 2 n d 1st 2 n d W o nb y inn. inn. inn. inn. Brighton J u n7, 8, 9 349 *19 147 219 10wkts; *n o w d Tonbridge Jy151617 Brighton A g9 1011 O v a l 1 61 718 277 *75 182 169 4 wkts; *6 w d R e m a r k s . Huddersfield My27282946 *22 93 173 *4 w d Brighton A g232425 233*173 284 343 *5 w d Lostby Brighton June1, 2 M a n c h e s t e r Gloucester 2 4, 2 5 1 2 2 95 135 *84 5 01 2 1 3 1 5 July1, 2, 3 *S u r r e y *N o t t s.. و د و د و د 8, 9, 10 1 92021 224 160 293 197 161 370 319*213 97 207 213 *92 7 wkts; *3 wd i n n s& 1 4 4runs 106 runs 4 wkts; *6 w d 3 wkts; *7 w d 222324 88 73 176 - inns& 1 5runs ExtraMatches. *M . C . C. a n dG r o u n d Lord's (3)Hants Brighton (4)Hants SouthamptonAug.2,3 (5)Australians .. Brighton و د 48 66 44 W o nby 59 runs " 198 68 inns& 154r 1 4 41 6 3 200*300 D r a w n; *7 w d * Seereviews of M.C.C., Gloucestershire , Kent, Lancashire, Notts, andSurrey. M a y20, 21 121 June14,15 420 3 6 0 inns& 53r ود 2 62 72 8 352 *N o t t s.... *Lancashire *Gloucestershire *K e n t.. Brighton Brighton Nottingham