James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

8 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. L A N C A S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1888.-President , Sir Humphreyde Trafford , Bart. Committee , A. N. Hornby, W. E. Openshaw, C. G. Hulton, E. B. Rowley, E. Challen- der, R. Walker, S. R. Platt , A. G. Steel , R. Gorton, A. Appleby, G. Walsh, E. Roper, A. F. Pope, Ernest Leese, O. P. Lancashire , and John Stanning . H o n. Secretary , S. H. Swire . Hon. Treasurer , J. McLaren. Assistant Secretary and Collector , F. Reynolds , 26, Barton Arcade, Manchester . THOUGHin point of actual wins in the more important matches Lancashire's record was not as good as those of Kent or Yorkshire , its eleven were on public form certainly entitled to a place quite in the forefront of county cricket . Theplay was at times perhaps a little uneven, but in more than onew a y the Lancashire eleven were not in the best of luck. Mr. A. G. Steel w a s unable to help in one of what are called the first -class fixtures , and Robinson, whowas at the head of the batting averages in 1887 , owing to illness could play little , and then, out of practice , with comparatively little success . Thewet wickets prevalent , too, did not seem to suit either Mr. Hornby or Barlow , two of the great mainstays of the team in past years , and though considerable allowance must be made in the fact that the eleven was often by no means representative , still the batting washardly so reliable or so dangerous as it had been. T h efast bowlerso m u c hwantedh a d not been found, and the bulk of the work was done by Briggs , Barlow, and Watson a trio of bowlers not tobe surpassed in a county team. Mention should be made of Lancashire's victories over the Australians at Manchester , as well as over Surrey at the Oval, and it is also worthy of remark that not one of the extra matches was lost. Resultsof M a t c h e s. Matches Played , 14; Won, 4 ; Drawn, 5 ; Lost, 5. W h e n Where played . played . Opponents. MatchesW o n(4) . Lord's *Middlesex .. (4) Middlesex *Gloucestershire (8) Surrey MatchesD r a w n(5). (1) Sussex *Gloucestershire (2) Notts (3) Yorkshire (9) Notts *K e n t MatchesLost (5). (5) Yorkshire (6) Surrey *K e n t (7) Sussex ExtraMatches(7). June4,5 Club. Opnts. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd i n n. inn. i n n. inn. W o nb y 108 285 171 198 24runs Manchester July 5, 6,7 220 114 85 26,27 108 97 33 56 Ag16,17,18 376 *73 294 152 Liverpool O v a l و د Manchester M31,Jn1,2 150 *228 280 Gloucester Jun. 7,8,9 *232 وو 4 8 Nottingham 18,19,20 239 *15 162 203 Sheffield July 4, 5, 6 54 *35 80 Manchester Ag23,24,25 102 64 73 *15 Manchester My21,22,23 123 129 169 116 Manchester July 19, 20 79 82 51 *111 Manchester Aug.2 3 5 6 3 123 Canterbury Brighton ,, 1 3,1 4 " 9,10 Manchester May24, 25 96 135 210 *23 111 171 152 *132 66 inns &21 runs 116 runs 9 wkts ; *1wd R e m a r k s. *7wd *8 w d *n o w d *n ow d Lostby 33 runs *2 w d 2 wkts ; *8 w d inns& 25 runs 9 wkts ; *1 w d 9 wkts ; *1 w d W o nb y (10) Australians (11) OxfordUniversity (1 2) OxfordUniversity (1 3) Cheshire (14) Derbyshire (1 5) Cheshire (16) Derbyshire O x f o r d و و 98 154 163 28,29 179 255 103 Manchester J u21,22,23 205 172 315 Stockport July 13,14 176 88 99 M a n c h e s t e r 2 3, 2 4 182 Manchester August 6, 7 225 D e r b y و و وو 8 7 5 3 20, 21 139 *89 171 * See reviews of M.C.C. , Gloucestershire ,andKent. 23 runs 110 221 runs 42 20 runs 66 99 runs 1 7 inns& 78runs 79 inns& 93runs 56 4wkts; *6wd