James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1886. 1 1 1 (1) Sussex v. Yorkshire.c Huddersfield , M a y27, 28, and 29. Abowler's match, as the small totals will show. Yorkshire could not reach the century by seven runs in their first innings , and of these Lee alone scored 40. Their opponents fared even worse at the hands of Peate, who with Emmett dismissed them for 46. Rain madethe ground easier in Yorkshire's second inn- ings , and with Bates 63, Hall (not out) 50, and Peate 30, they accounted for 173 runs . Hall, going in first , carried out his bat. Sussex lost four wickets in the 40 minutes left them to play . Peate in the match took nine wickets for only 21 runs . Sussex , 46 and 24 (four wickets ) ; total , 70. Yorkshire , 93 and 173 ; total, 266. Peate(Yorkshire) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 80.2 1 9 2 1 (2) Sussex v. Yorkshire. Brighton , August 23, 24, and 25. W i c k e t s. 9 Agreat contrast to the previous fixture . The batsmen this time were seen to the greatest advantage , and 1023 runs were scored for 35 wickets . In the end- a draw-Sussex wanted231 runs andhadfive wickets to fall . Yorkshire's two ventures were remarkable for the fine batting of Hon. M. B. Hawke(144) in the first , and Bates (136) and Hall (92) in the second . For Sussex W. Newham(44 and 12) and F. Thomas (39 and 57) were most successful . Sussex , 223 and 173 (five wickets ) ; total , 396. Yorkshire , 284 and 343 ; total , 627 . (3) Sussexv. Hants. Brighton , June 14 and 15 . Sussex , winning the toss , scored 420 in their first and only innings , and of these 328 were obtained by two batsmen , F. M. Lucas (109 ) and G. Brann (219 ), bysome of the finest cricket seen during the season . The Hampshire eleven , 222 runs to the bad on the first hands , collapsed altogether in their second , A. Hide disposing of nine of them at the small cost of 25 runs an extraordinary performance on a batsman's wicket . Sussex won in an innings with 154 runs to spare . Sussex , 420. Hants , 198 and 68 ; total , 266 . A. Hide(Sussex ) . Overs. Maidens. 3 9 2 5 R u n s . 2 5 Wickets. 9 (4) Sussex υ. 1.1 H a n t s . Southampton , August 2 and 3. As in the first match , Sussex proved too strong for their opponents , and again defeated them , this time in an innings and 53 runs . W.Newham (127 ) and F. M. Lucas (94) were the chief scorers for Sussex , F. E. Lacey (4 and 46) and C. R. Seymour (43 not out and 15) for Hants . Sussex , 360. Hants , 144 and 163 ; total , 307. (5) Sussexv. Australians. Brighton , August 26, 27, and 28. Heavyrun-getting prevented a definite result . TheAustralians , winning the toss , hardly made the best use of their opportunity , as they only managed to total exactly 200 runs , of which G. Giffen claimed 73-a capital innings . Sussex madebut a moderate show, and the seventh wicket fell with the total at 161 . F. M. Lucas and G. Brann, the next two batsmen , however , altered the com- plexion of the game, exactly doubling the score during their partnership . The latter hit hard for 104 , and the former carried out his bat for an excellent 93.