James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

THE COUNTIES IN 1887. 1 0 3 3 (1) Yorkshirev. Warwickshire. Huddersfield , M a y27 and 28 . The first match ever played between these two counties . Though Mr. H. W. Bainbridge assisted the latter , they were poorly represented , with Messrs . H. Rotherham , H. O. Whitby , and H. Č. Maul all absent . Rain on the first day left its unmistakable markon the match. Indeed , after Warwickshire , w h owonthe toss , had scored 68 runs for three wickets , the bowlers had it all their ownway, except during the partnership of Hall and Wadein Yorkshire's only innings . Emmettand Preston quickly finished off the Warwickshire tail onthe second day, only 27 runs being added to the overnight score . Yorkshire lost six wicketsfor 50 w h e nthe s t a n dm e n t i o n e dresultedin a nadditionof 77 runs to the score . Wade(47) was only eclipsed by Hall, who was batting for three hours and a half for his 51 not out. Warwickshire opened their second innings in a minority of 71 runs , andat call of time had lost seven wickets for 35, so that the gamewas drawndecidedly in favour of Yorkshire . Warwickshire , 95and35 (seven wickets ) ; total , 130. Yorkshire , 166 . Bates(2ndinns. Warwickshire) O v e r s. 2 9 M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 6 5 2 1 (2) Yorkshire v. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge , June 2, 3, and 4. W e tweatherprevented this matchfrombeing broughtto a definite con- clusion , and saved the county from almost certain defeat , the University only requiring 21 more runs, with eight wickets to fall . Batting first , Cambridge ran up the respectable score of 267 runs , of which the chief credit belonged to Mr. F. Thomas, whomade his first appearance of the season for Cambridge . His 114 was a masterly display of batting , with only a chance to mid-off whenhe had made 70. Yorkshire had to bat on a treacherous wicket , andwith this assistance the Cambridge bowlers were able to dismiss them for 145 runs, a good 53 by Peel being the only noteworthy batting performance . Following on, the county, thanks to mistakes in the field by their opponents , and a plucky stand at the last by Wade(64) and Grimshaw (28), managedto get ahead to the extent of 84 runs . Time, too, was in their favour , and though the University hit up63 of the required numberin the fifty minutes left to play, the match had to be given up in avery unsatisfactory state . Cambridge University , 267 and 63 (two wickets ); total , 330. Yorkshire , 145 and 205 ; total , 350. (3) Y o r k s h i r ev. Leicestershire. Dewsbury, June 10 and 11 . W o nby Yorkshire by 145 runs two minutes before time. Thehometeam commenced batting , but were dismissed by Rylott and Pougher for the small total of 132. This insignificant score , however, was more than the visitors could manage-a result chiefly owing to the effective bowling of Peel and Bates , w h ogot rid of the last eight batsmen for 11 runs . Yorkshire's second innings amounted to 241 runs . Mr. Hill , a Dewsbury amateur, who made his début for his county in this match, batted well for 65 runs . Going in again against the formidable total of 294, the visitors failed to reach it by 145 runs , though Warren (31) andTomlin (34) did their best to avert a defeat . Yorkshire , 132 and 241 ; total , 373. Leicestershire , 79 and 149 ; total , 228 . Bates(1st inns. Leicestershire ) .... Peel ( " (2 n d و د و د و و O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 9 6 7 3 } 8 4 4 5 4 1 2 5 4 7 6