James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1888. 8 7 Surreyw o nin aninnings and 25 runs . Surrey, 123. Lancashire , 35 and 63 ; total, 98. L o h m a n n(Surrey) ... B e a u m o r t(2ndinnings Lancashire) . . . . . O v e r s. 43.1 19 Maidens. 2 8 1 0 R u n s. Wickets. 6 1 1 9 1 3 5 (7) Lancashire v. Sussex. Brighton , August 13 and 14 . Thefirst victory of Sussex in an important county match during the year. Lancashire were muchweakenedby the absence of Briggs andSugg, whowere playing for England v. Australia at the Oval. Batting first on a run-getting pitch , Lancashire made a very poor show, and out of the total of 111 the last two wickets made 66, Yates 41 and Pilling 25 not out. Sussex responded with 152, and their opponents with 171, Mr. Taylor (40), Mr. Eccles (37), and Mr. Crosfield (28)doing most of the work. This left Sussex with 131 to win, and Mr. GressonandQuaifeknockedoff 34 of themfor the first wicket. Thelatter wasjoined by Mr. Newham, andthe issue was soon placed beyond doubt , Quaife being not out 56, and Mr. N e w h a mnot out 51, in each case the result of fine cricket . Sussex w o nby nine wickets . Lancashire , 111 and 171 ; total , 282 . Sussex , 152 and132 (one wicket) ; total , 284. (8) Lancashirev. Surrey. Oval, August 16, 17, and 18. That Lancashire caught the " Champion " county team thoroughly off colour on this occasion of their return match no one whowatched it will gainsay for a moment. Thevictory , however, was one of which the Northerners have every reason to be proud. Batting first on an excellent wicket , Surrey put on thebigtotal of 294runs. O fthese, MauriceRead, w h om a d e74, showedsome of his old form, which had been missing of late , and Mr. Shuter, too , added 51 , Mr. Read54, and Abel54, all playing good cricket . Large as was the result of the hometeam's first venture , their opponents exceeded this by82 runs . This result waschiefly due to the indifferent form shownin the field by the Surrey eleven . Everymemberof the Lancashire team who scored 20 runs was let off , some of them more than once . Extras (38) also told a tale , the Surrey eleven being at a great disadvantage owing to the loss of Woodat the wicket. Withall this luck every praise must be given to Mr. Eccles for the fine display of batting in his large score of 184 ; while Briggs (45) and Mr. Crosfield (43) ably supported him. The wicket still remained in good order when Surrey commenced their second innings . Though Mr. Shuter and Abel put on 73 for the first wicket , the remainder of the side seemed to be as muchout of form with the bat as they had been previously in the field . Their opponents were thus left with 71 to get to win, andthis they easily accomplished with the loss of one wicket . Lancashire , 376 and 73 (one wicket) ; total , 449. Surrey , 294 and 152 ; total , 446. (9) Lancashirev. Notts. Manchester , August 23, 24, and 25. Another match utterly spoilt with rain . No play took place on the second day, and rain fell on each of the others . Lancashire led off with a total of 102 , Mr. Hornby making 50 out of 54 while at the wicket -a strong contrast to