James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

1 0 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. L o h m a n n . B e a u m o n t . Bowley Henderson M a u r i c eR e a d W .W . Read.. A b e l B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n g. Wickets. Average. 1487.1 6 8 7 2 0 4 8 2 0 7 9 . 1 8 5 1162.2 6 2 4 1 4 1 1 1 2 6 11.25 789.3 4 2 1 1 0 1 5 7 2 14.7 1 0 5 8 5 1 5 9 8 19.7 3 6 1 5 7 4 3 2 4 . 2 1 0 1 . 8 2 6 2 5 2 8 8 1 . 4 1 6 6 8 8 2 2 8 4 5 7 Jones bowled in three innings , 58.1-29-64-4. The following bowled in two innings :- C. A. Trouncer , 9-2-25-0; Brockwell , 23.2-7-56-4; and Osman, 43-21-53-2; and C. Mills in oneinnings, 1 5 - 1 1 - 1 7 - 0 . E X T R A N E O U S M A T C H E SA T T H EO V A L. (In each case the winning side is placed first .) ContendingClubs. W h e n 1st 2 n d 1st 2 n d played. i n n. i n n. i n n. inn. W o nb y (1)Players of Eng. v. Australians M a y31, June1 231 *12 127 114 10 wkts.; *no w d (2) Players v. Gentlemen (3) Englandv. Australia July13,14 Aug. 13,14 1 7 6 3 1 7 7 6 61 inns& 39runs 8 0 100 inns& 137runs (1) Players of Englandv. Australians . M a y31 and June 1. The Australians were without their captain , who was suffering from aninjured hand; but, on the other hand, the Players were certainly not a representative teamwith Briggs away. ThePlayers , though , showed to advantage at every point of the game, and the result was hardly , if ever, in doubt. Ulyett and Abelput on63 runs for the first wicket of the Players , whohad wonthe toss , and the last two batsmen, Woodand Wright, added 43, the former's 44 an exceedingly good display . The batting of the Australians fell below expectations , as Mr. Trott's 41wasthe highest score in the first , and Mr. Bonnor's 34 in the second , innings , andneither of their two attempts reached 130. Mr. Bonnor, the big hitter , this time restricted himself entirely to defence , being in over two hours for his 34. Barnestook nine Australian wickets in their t w o innings for 62 runs. T h e Players won by ten wickets . Players , 231 and 12 (no wicket) ; total , 243. Australians , 127 and 114 ; total , 241 . (2) Gentlemenv. Players . July 13 and 14. A sweet revenge for the Players after their narrow defeat at Lord's . Mr. A. G. Steel was unfortunately unable to assist the amateurs , whowere otherwise a stronger eleven than that which did battle at Lord's . N oplay was possible on the first day, but, as it proved , there wasplenty of time andto spare to settle the question of supremacy . Winning the toss again , Ulyett this time wisely batted first . The wicket played easily to commencewith, and though there were no high scores , Briggs (29), Gunn (28), Sugg (28 ) , Wood (23 ), all played well , and helped to the respectable aggregate of 176. The batting of theGentlemenwas very disappointing fromthe first . Thewicket was of course not easy, but this could not account for the double complete breakdown. Mr. Readwas the only exception , and he batted well for 30 and 9. In fact , Mr. Ford(16) in the first , and Mr. Bowden(18) in the second , were the only other batsmen to reach double figures . Players wonby an innings and 39 runs .