James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1888. 8 5 (1) L a n c a s h i r ev. S u s s e x. Manchester , M a y31 and June 1. WithSussexminusBean, andthe hometeamwithout Mr. Hornby, Mr. Jowett , Sugg, and Pilling , neither side could be styled representative . In the absence of thelast namedthe homeexecutive were able to find a place for the first time for Whiteside , whose debût was fairly successful . Sussex went in first , and remained at the wickets nearly the whole of the first day, Mr. Newham, who was in just over four hours, giving a most masterly display of batting in his score of 128. Mr. M'Cormick hit hard for 64 out of 87 during his stay, while Humphreysadded a good not-out contribution of 52 to a total of 280. Mr. Crosfield (44) and Barlow (29) put on 63 runs for the first wicket of Lanca- shire , but after this Mr. Smith bowled so well that the remaining batsmen only totalled 87. Though Lancashire , following onin a minority of 130, lost three good wickets for 12 runs , Briggs came to the rescue , and totally changed the aspect of the game. H etreated all the Sussex bowling alike , making126 (not out) out of 206 while he was at the wickets . This was a wonderful perfor- mance, more particularly after taking nine of the Sussex wickets in their only innings . Owing to wet there was no play on the third day, so the match was left drawn, Lancashire being 98 runs on with three wickets to fall . Lancashire , 150 and 228 (seven wickets ) ; total , 378. Sussex , 280 . (2) L a n c a s h i r ev. N o t t s. Nottingham , June 18, 19, and 20. Another match spoilt by rain , and left in an interesting condition . Sherwin , the Notts captain , winning the toss , took advantage of anexcellent wicket , but the eleven sadly disappointed their followers , being cheaply got rid of for 162 . Their opponents made much better use of their opportunities , and ran up atotal of 239 , Briggs (60), Mr. Hornby (37) , and Ward (37 not out) being the chief scorers . Thoughon going in a second time Notts lost four good menfor 47, Barnes was in his very best form , and being ably assisted by Richardson (38), Flowers (19), and Shacklock (10 ), was enabled , thanks to his own excellent contribution of 90 (not out), to set his opponents 127 to win. Mr. Hornby and Barlow got 15 of these when rain came on and stopped further play , Lancashire requiring 112 to winwith all their wickets to fall . Notts, 162 and 203 ; total , 365. Lan- cashire , 239 and 15 (no wicket) ; total , 254. (3) Lancashirev. Yorkshire. Sheffield , July 4, 5, and 6. Continuous rain on the first two days deprived this match of all interest . Mr. Hornbyhaving wonthe toss , opened as usual on the third day with Barlow, and they made27 between them-exactly one-half the aggregate of the innings . The same thing happened, only on a larger scale , whenthe Yorkshiremen went to the wickets . The first three batsmen, Hall (33), Ulyett (25), and Lee (18), accounted for 76 runs out of a total of 78 from the bat. Six menfailed to score , Mr. Napier bowling four of them without a run being got off him. Lancashire made 35 without losing a wicket in their second innings , so were nine runs onat the close with all ten wickets to fall . Lancashire , 54 and35 (no wicket) ; total , 89. Yorkshire , 80.