James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

6 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (2) M.C.C. andGroundv. Derbyshire. Lord's , M a y13 and 14. Thefirst match of the season for the Derbyshire team, and a success as it proved. The Marylebone Clubhada fairly strong eleven , but the wicket , owing to continuous rain on the first day, was never easy , and the batsmencould do little with the Derbyshire bowlers . Davenport, after seeing nine wickets fall , carried out his bat for 37 out of a total of 73 in the first innings , and he was the highest scorer in the match for M.C.C. The best batting of the match was shownby W. Chatterton , whowas responsible for 97 of the Derbyshire aggre- gate of 173. H e was in for two hours and three -quarters an exceptionally good performance against Wootton, Rylott , and Attewell , on a very difficult wicket . Mr. Walker's bowling had muchto do with Derbyshire's victory . Al- together he took ten Marylebone wickets for 37 runs . Davidson made his début for Derbyshire in this match. Derbyshire wonby an innings and 28 runs . Derbyshire , 173. M.C.C. and Ground, 73 and72 ; total , 145. (3) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. Lancashire. Lord's , M a y17 and 18 . Amatchbegun and finished in one day. N o play was possible until the second morning, and then the wicket was so difficult that the gamewascompleted in a little over five hours . Marylebone , whohad only a moderate team, wentin first , andwere all out in an hour for 30, Watsontaking six wickets at a cost of onlyeight runs . Lancashire , whenthey went in a second time, had70 runs to get to win a difficult task, although the wicket was improving . Mr. Hornby's brilliant hitting , however, soon placed the issue beyond doubt. H escored 50 of 66 runswhileh ewasin, andmainlyb yhis aid the countywasable to winwith six wickets to spare . Lancashire , 53 and 71 (four wickets ) ; total , 124. M.C.C. andGround, 30 and92; total , 122. W a t s o n(1st innings M.C.C.) Barlow(2nd ) Rylott (1st innings Lancashire ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 1 5 1 0 8 W i c k e t s. 6 25.1 1 0 2 3 6 5 2 2 . 1 1 1 2 2 7 (4) M . C . C .a n dG r o u n dv. S u s s e x. Lord's , M a y20 and 21 . Abowler's matchthroughout . Sussex, though not in full strength , hadall the best of the luck in going in first , and this advantage enabled them to beat a strong side of M.C.C. Mr. Ellis made58 out of 115 from the bat in the County's first innings -a performance which contributed in a great measure to the defeat of M.C.C. Mr. W .G. Grace subscribed 29 for the Club in its first attempt , but the other nineteen wickets only gave one double figure , andin the second innings Mr. Robertsonwasthe highestscorer with nine. O w i n gto rain the groundw a s altogether against the batsmen on the second day, and seventeen wickets fell for 87runs. Sussex wonby59 runs . Sussex, 121 and 48; total , 169. M.C.C. and Ground, 66 and 44; total , 110. Wootton(M . СС.) J. Hide(Sussex) R u n s. Wickets. Overs. 4 6 . 2 M a i d e n s. 2 1 6 2 1 2 49.2 2 5 6 0 1 2 . (5) M . C . C .a n dG r o u n dv. Australians. Lord's , M a y24 and 25. A sit wasthe commencementof the Derbyweekthe fixture waslimited to twodays. Rain, though , prevented the delivery of a ball on either the first or second , so that the gamewas never even begun.