James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

1 1 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. The Australians , who required 152 runs to save an innings ' defeat , showed to much greater advantage when they batted a second time, and, aided by some mistakes in the field , scored 300 runs for the loss of seven wickets . Palmercontributed 84, Scott 43, and Trumble52 (not out), all by good cricket . A t the finish the Australiansw e r e148 runs o n w i t hthree wicketsto fall. Sussex, 352. Australians , 200 and 300 (seven wickets ) ; total , 500. 1 0 Australians v. Southof England. Brighton , September 9, 10, and 11 . Raininterfered with the gameon the first two days, and as a natural conse- quence had a prejudicial effect on the run -getting . There were only two scores of over fifty , indeed , in the first hands, and both of these were on the Australian side , Mr. Giffen (52) and Mr. Jarvis (51 not out). W h e nthe South went in a second time , though, they fared better , thanks to some brilliant cricket byMr. W . W. Read. The sixth wicket fell at 140, but Humphreysand Mr. Readhit sowell that 105 runs were added in the next seventy minutes . Both batsmen were in at the finish , Mr. Read 102 , Humphreys 38, and the South 162 on with four wickets still to fall . South, 136 and 245 (six wickets ) ; total , 381. Australians , 2 1 9. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o tout. R u n s. a nI n n s. F.M .L u c a s 1 2 1 5 7 2 1 2 1 Average. 5 2 G .B r a n n 1 2 2 4 4 1 2 1 9 44.1 W .N e w h a m 1 2 0 3 9 5 1 2 7 32.11 F. T h o m a s. 1 2 0 3 6 5 7 3 30.5 Humphreys, W . 2 7 6 5 9 8 *6 8 28.10 Hide, J.... 2 7 1 5 0 3 1 7 3 1 9 . 9 R . T. Ellis . 6 1 8 6 5 8 17.1 B e a n 2 4 1 3 6 5 1 0 8 15.20 1 Tester... 2 6 0 4 0 6 1 3 0 15.16 E . J. M c C o r m i c k 1 4 0 2 1 1 4 1 15.1 Quaife 2 4 2 3 2 3 4 6 14.15 ✔ A. B l a c k m a n 6 1 6 5 3 8 1 3 Phillips , H . 2 0 6 1 5 9 *1 7 1 1 . 5 Payne,A. 4 0 3 4 2 6 8 . 2 B u d g e n 1 9 4 1 1 7 3 2 7.12 Hide,A. 2 4 8 1 1 2 4 5 7 Phillips , J..... 2 0 1 1 6 5.1 R. K. Sampson. 2 0 7 5 3.1 Tebay 2 0 6 5 3 C .A . S m i t h 5 0 1 3 1 0 2.3 Mitchell Humphreys, G..... G .N.Wyatt G. H. Cotterill Clark 4 2 4 2 2 4 0 8 4 2 0 3 3 1 . 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 D O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. Humphreys, W . 3 4 5 5 0 9 7 0 5 5 Average. 17.35 H i d e, J. 1068.1 5 1 4 1 3 8 9 7 7 18.3 Hide, A. 1027.1 5 3 7 1 2 1 8 6 6 18.30 B e a n . 4 9 1 2 1 4 7 4 9 3 8 19.27 T e s t e r 393.2 1 8 7 5 8 1 2 4 24.5 C.A .S m i t h 3 2 9 8 0 0 Thefollowing bowled in less than three innings :- Quaife 3 4 . 2 1 5 5 9 5 1 1 . 4 W .N e w h a m 2 4 1 0 4 8 1 4 8 G . B r a n n .. 2 2 1 9 5 0 1 5 0 A .B l a c k m a n 3 1 1 5 5 4 1 5 4 Clark 9 2 1 9 0 1 0 B u d g e n 10 έ τ η2 1 9 1 9 1 Q l o Payne, A. 5 1 1 8 0