James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

THE COUNTIES IN 1887. 6 7 (4) Gloucestershirev. Yorkshire. Gloucester , June 30, and July 1 and 2. ThoughGloucestershire was only moderately representative , the matchmust always remain a memorable one on account of the brilliant performances of Dr. W . G. Grace. Hescored 92 and 183 (not out), thus making275 runs out of his side's total of 658 from the bat. Hewas batting just under five hours for his second score , and never gave an actual chance . Gloucestershire , having wonthe toss , kept possession of the wicket till the second morning, M r Troup (62)- а fine display for a schoolboy , Mr. Hale (41 ), and Mr. Boughton (41 ), all giving their captain good and substantial support . Yorkshire kept up the character of the run-getting . Hall and Ulyett opened with 173 runs for the first wicket , of whichthe latter was responsible for 104. Hall 70, and a finely hit 84 from Bates brought the total to exactly three hundred. Dr. E. M. took seven wickets with lobs . Thehometeam, with 69 runs in hand, commenced badly in their second innings , losing eight wickets for 146 runs . W h e nMr. Newnham, however, joined the Champion , the runs came very rapidly , and 143 runs were added to the total in an hour and fifty minutes . Yorkshire wanted 408 runs to win whenthe match was left drawn. Hunter, at the wicket , dismissed nine batsmen in the two innings , all caught . Gloucestershire , 369 and 338 ; total , 707. York- shire , 300. ( 5) Gloucestershirev. L a n c a s h i r e . Manchester , July 21, 22, and 23. 1 Judging from the paper formof the twoteams, the match should have been a close andexciting one. Thesuperior bowling of the hometeam, however, settled the question of supremacy most decidedly . Gloucestershire did well in their first attempt , the three veterans , Dr. E. M. (84), Mr. F. Townsend(56), and Dr. W. G. (41), totalling 181 runs out of the 248 obtained by the side . Lancashire , ongoing in, fairly collared the Gloucestershire bowling , and in the grand total of 444 ten batsmenreached double figures . The captain (Mr. Hornby) played a dashing innings of 97 , while Briggs (65), Yates (57), and Mr. Eccles (49) were the chief contributors of the rest . Watson's bowling was remarkably successful in the second innings of Gloucestershire , as he had a hand in dismissing seven of the t e a mfor thesmalltotal of 9 8 runs. M r . C r o o m ew a sunableto bat for the visitors in their second innings , owing to a very nasty accident while fielding . Lancashire wonby an innings and 98 runs . Gloucestershire , 248 and 98 ; total , 346. Lancashire , 444. (6) Gloucestershirev. Y o r k s h i r e. Dewsbury, July 25, 26, and 27. Heavyrain on the second night decided this match in favour of the home team, whowere muchthe stronger bowling side . Yorkshire commenced, and Ulyett and Hall treated their opponents to one of their well -known starts , scoring 127 in an hour and thirty -five minutes . Ulyett was bowled for a fault- less innings of 98 ; but his partner saw the whole side disposed of, being credited withapatient and defensive innings of 119. Thoughthe Yorkshire total was large (334), the visitors managedto head it by 29 runs. TheChampion, like Ulyett , just failed to add another hundred to his long list , while Mr. Pullen (78) andMr. Brain (74) ably assisted him. Yorkshire's second innings reached 184 , thus leaving the visitors 156 to get to win in a little over two hours . Peel andWade, however, helped by the ground, proved too much for Gloucestershire , and they were all dismissed for a total of 85 runs . Roberts , a left -handed bowler, madehis début for Gloucestershire in this match, and with great success . H e