James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

8 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 237, which serves to point to an overdose of water on the wicket . Whatever the cause , Lohmann, with eight wickets for 36 runs , Briggs four for 24, Barlow five for 11 , made the most of it . In their second attempt , Lancashire , on an improving wicket, compiled 270, a brilliant 98 fromF. H. Sugg, aided by46 from Mr. Eccles , and 37 from Watson, being the chief items . Surrey had to go in to get 313 , in which they failed by 147 runs . Lohmannand M. Read, with scores of 60 and 36, both batted well. The former's all -round cricket was the best feature of the match. H em a d e75 runs, andtookthirteen wickets for 111 runs. Lancashire , 121 and 275 ; total 391. Surrey, 79 and 165 ; total , 244 . Briggs (1st innings Surrey ) و د (2 n d Barlow(1st ) وو ود ود Wickets. 4 O v e r s. 3 1 . 3 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 9 2 4 5 3 . 3 3 3 4 5 1 4 7 1 1 5 4 5 5 (6) L a n c a s h i r ev. N o t t s. Manchester , August 18, 19, and 20. Lancashire followed up their success against Surrey at the Oval by defeating Notts at Manchester in this match by ten wickets . Heavyrain hadmadethe wicket very soft , and on Notts going in first it proved very difficult under a drying sun. It seemed to just suit Barlow's bowling, as he was responsible for eight Notts wickets in their small aggregate of 92 runs . Atone time he hadtaken seven wickets for 17 runs, in 14 overs . Scotton played excellently under great dis- advantages , making35 runs, and carrying his bat through the innings . The home team took advantage of a slight improvement in the ground, and totalled 201, Briggs (48) and Mr. Jowett (41) both playing faultless cricket . Briggs , Barlow, and Pilling between them wonthe match for Lancashire on Notts going in a second time , as they disposed of their opponents for 114 , and gave Lancashire the victory by ten wickets . Notts , 92 and 114 ; total , 206 . Lancashire , 201 and 6 (no wicket) ; total , 207 . Barlow(1st inningsNotts) ) Briggs(2nd ” " O v e r s. 2 6 M a i d e n s. 1 7 R u n s. Wickets. 2 6 8 5 8 3 1 5 3 7 (7) Lancashirev. Sussex. Brighton , August 22, 23, and 24. After three days of interesting cricket the Lancashire eleven were able to add another to their well -earned list of victories . Sussex batted first , but Watsonand Briggs trundled to such effect , that no great stand was madeagainst them, and147 was the total at the fall of the tenth wicket . Small as this total was, it seemed doubtful at one time if the Lancastrians would head it . As, though , the last wicket made a useful stand , this enabled them to do so by 49 runs, Sugg playing well for 69. Sussex fared much better in their second innings , Humphreys (82) and Mr. F. Thomas (56) adding , while together , 127 runs to the total ,which eventually reached 252. Lancashire , requiring 204 runs to winon the morning of the last day, proved equal to the occasion with the loss of six wickets , thanks to some brilliant batting from Mr. Hornby (38) and Sugg (69 ) . Sussex , 147 and 252 ; total , 399. Lancashire , 196 and 204 (six wickets ); total , 4 0 0. (8) Lancashirev. Yorkshire. Manchester , August 25, 26, and 27. Yorkshire closed their county season with a very creditable victory over Lancashire. T h elatter werewithoutthe assistance of Messrs. A. G. Steel a n d