James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

9 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. the second day. In a minority of 143 , and with the wicket getting worse , the chances of Sussex were not rosy . Tester (28) and Tebay(21) proved to be the only batsmen able to produce double figures , and the match ended , as before stated , in an easy victory for Notts by an innings and 74 runs. Notts , 240. Sussex , 97 and69; total , 166. (2) Nottsv. Surrey. Nottingham, M a y21, 22, and 23. Surrey were able to place their best team in the field for this important match, while their opponents were unfortunately deprived of the services of Attewell as well as of Shrewsbury. Notts, winning the toss , commenced very badly, four good wickets going for 20 runs . Mr. Lindley (40), the well-known football player , whose first appearance this was for Notts , however, assisted G u n n(69) to add 75 for their partnership , and with the help of a well -played 39 from Richardson the respectable total of 187 was reached . Gunn, who batted in his very best style , saw six wickets fall , and was in while 151 runs were scored . Mr. Shuter and Abel opened the first innings of Surrey so successfully that w h e nplayceased on the first night the score was94, with neither batsman out. Next morning the pair carried the total to 144 before Abel (77) was caught, and Mr. Shuter (69) was third out at 163 ; but the last batsmen did so little that the innings terminated for 239, the last nine wickets only adding 93 runs. Lohmannwas in great form whenNotts commencedtheir second innings , as he proved by clean bowling Mr. Dixon, Scotton , and Gunnin succession . The side would have cut a sorry figure indeed hadit not been for the plucky play of Mr. Daft, who carried out his bat for 68-an exceedingly fine display of cricket . The total of 131 left Surrey 81 to get, and this they did with the loss of Mr. Roller's (16) wicket , Mr. Key(30) and Henderson (36) carrying out their bats . Surrey won by nine wickets . Surrey , 237 and 82 (one wicket ) ; total , 319. Notts , 187 and 131 ; total , 318. (3) Notts v. Sussex. Brighton , June 11 and 12 . Mr. Dixon was unable to play for Notts, and Beanwas still an absentee from the homeside . The wicket was slow from recent rains , and the play was correspondingly tedious with two exceptions , Flowers's 62 in the first innings of Notts, andwhenMr. Daft (34) and Scotton (37) were knocking off the 75 runs required to win in the second innings . Barnes bowled too effectively when Sussex oppened the match to allow of long scoring , and except for 21 from the captain , Mr. C. A. Smith, there wasnothing to call for remark in the total of 84. Notts lost five wickets for 62, whenFlowers joined Mr. Daft (23), and the pair put some life in the gameas above stated , bringing up the total to 157. Quaife (31), Mr. Brann (28), and A. Hide (31) were chiefly responsible for the better showmadeby Sussex next time, but the total of 147 only left their opponents 75 to win, which Mr. Daft and Scotton knocked off in as manyminutes . Notts w o nbyten wickets . Notts , 157 and 75 (no wicket) ; total , 232. Sussex , 84 and147 ; total , 231 . (4) Notts v. Yorkshire. Nottingham , July 6 and 7. Atedious and uninteresting match, caused partly bythe impossibility of any play on the first day, and bysome unnecessarily slow batting . Subsequently Notts, going in first , scored 143, of which Barnes made63 andGunn30. Then followed a very tedious performance by Yorkshire , who were over three hours