James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

8 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. runs of the aggregate of the Cheshire eleven in their two attempts . Lancashire won by an innings and 53 runs . Lancashire , 220. Cheshire , 57 and 110 ; total , 167. (14) Lancashire v. Northamptonshire. Northampton , August 29 and 30. A neasy victory for Lancashire , due in the main to the good bowling of Briggs , Watson , and Barlow . Lancashire , who went in first , were all dismissed for 183 , but the Northamptonshire batting was quite powerless against the three bowlers named, and there was not a change in either innings of Northants . G. Bull (24 and 10) wasthe only batsman able to get double figures each time , and he was the highest scorer on the side . Briggs took ten Northamptonshire wickets at a cost of 77 runs. Lancashire w o nby an innings and 68 runs . Lancashire , 183. Northamptonshire , 64 and 51 ; total , 115. Watson(1st inns. Northants) Barlow(2nd ود ود ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. 3 5 . 1 2 5 1 6 4 2 6 1 7 1 9 4 B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . T i m e s I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. M o s tin a nI n n s. Average. R o b i n s o n 2 5 5 6 9 9 *1 1 1 34.19 J. Eccles 2 2 2 6 7 7 1 1 3 33.17 A.N. Hornby 2 3 1 5 9 2 9 7 26.20 Sugg(F.).. 1 8 1 4 4 5 9 8 26.3 H .B .Steel 6 0 1 5 4 6 7 25.4 Briggs 3 1 1 7 5 1 6 8 2 5 . 1 B a r l o w 3 2 2 6 1 3 7 6 20.13 G .Jowett 2 5 2 4 2 6 5 8 18.12 Yates 3 0 7 3 9 6 5 7 17.5 O .P. Lancashire 1 9 0 3 1 7 4 5 16.13 J. Leigh 4 0 6 6 4 8 16.2 Pilling 2 7 1 1 2 4 4 4 9 1 5 . 4 W a t s o n 2 8 5 3 4 3 *3 7 14.21 B a k e r 1 2 3 1 0 5 2 7 11.6 C. H.Haigh 3 0 3 0 2 4 1 0 A. E. G i b s o n 6 0 4 6 1 6 7 . 4 W a r d 8 1 3 0 1 8 4.2 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. A v e r a g e. W a t s o n . 1795.2 1 1 0 2 1759 1 2 7 13.108 Briggs 1534.2 8 2 0 1 9 2 9 1 2 4 15.69 B a r l o w 8 4 1 . 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 7 6 8 16.29 W a r d. 3 7 . 3 1 8 5 8 3 19.1 Y a t e s. 2 7 5 9 0 5 4 1 2 2 24.18 F. Sugg 1 6 1 4 9 2 2 4 . 1 B a k e r. 3 1 1 4 6 5 The following did not bowl in more than two matches :- E. C. Hornby R .H .M o s s R .P y e A. N. H o r n b y G. A. Bigg A .G. Steel J. Eccles R o b i n s o n A .Appleby G . Jowett 1 6 4 3 6 9 4 1 3 1 5 8 2 7 1 1 1 1 6 1 3 4 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 31 1 1 1 8 6 3 8 6 1 2 0 3 4 1 2 5 8 2 1 5 4 3 5 E. C. HornbyandBriggs each bowled awide,