James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

1 0 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. S U S S E X . OFFICERS FOR 1888. -President , The Earl of Sheffield . Vice - President , Earl Winterton, Viscount Gage, Lord Leconfield , Hon. A. L. Pelham, W . H. Campion. Treasurer , W. G. Ashby. Committee , East Sussex : H o n. C. Brand, S. Beard, Spencer Austen Leigh , Rev. W. D. Parish , H. Whitfeld. West Sussex : Rev. F. F. J. Greenfield , Montagu Turner, C. J. Lucas , M. P. Lucas , W. Napper , Lieut . Col. Wisden . Brighton : H. Cooke, R. T. Ellis , Capt. E. Pearson , F. Ravenhill , C. H. Smith , A. J. Cullen . Secretary , Geo. Goldsmith , 11 , Prince Albert Street , Brighton . W I T Honly one victory to their credit in a programme of twelve matches, it wouldbe difficult to find anything of a laudatory character to write in connec- tion with Sussex cricket . This year, too , it could hardly be urged that the eleven wasnot generally , with two exceptions , fairly represented . The excep- tions , though, were important ones , as Beanand Mr. Thomaswere only able to play once , and the loss of the excellent all -round cricket of the former , who was ill during practically the whole of the cricket season , was very severely felt-a very serious loss indeed to the team. Mr. Newham, though, was able to play regularly , and his batting was consistently good. Quaife , who on his form of 1887 bade fair to be one of the very best batsmen of the year, was not so succes- ful as was expected , andthough several of the team hadvery respectable averages , there was nothing very muchabove the average in the batting . Thesame, too, mightbe said of the bowling. Arthur Hide was generally effective , at times particularly so . Otherwise , though Humphreys' lobs played a very important part in the brilliant victory the county claimed over the Australians , the figures wereon moderately good, and the out-cricket of the Sussex eleven is still susceptible of great improvement. Resultsof M a t c h e s. Matches Played , 12 ; Won, 1 ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost , 9. Opponents. W h e r eplayed. W h e n played. Club. Opnts. 1 s t2 n d 1st 2 n d i n n. i n n. inn. i n n. W o nb y MatchW o n(1). *Lancashire Brighton Aug.13,14 152*132 111 171 Matches D r a w n(2). *Gloucestershire 9 wkts; *1 w d R e m a r k s. Brighton *Lancashire MatchesLost (9). M a n c h e s t e r ,, 31, J1,2 My21,22,23 354*161 280 428 174 150*228 *4 w d *7 w d و د 9 7 6 9 240 *N o t t s . (1) Yorkshire . *N o t t s.. *K e n t *Surrey *K e n t.. *Gloucestershire *Surrey O v a l (2) Yorkshire..... E x t r aMatches. MatchesW o n(4). (3) D u r h a m (5)Hampshire Sunderland Portsmouth Nottingham 1 4,1 5 Sheffield June4, 5 Brighton Brighton Brighton Tonbridge C l i f t o n Brighton وو 105 105 1 7 8 148 11,1 2 84 147 157 *75 July 5,6, 7 107 146 146 *109 26,27,28 163 157 203 *119 5 1 96 103 *45 وو Aug.2, 3 " ود 6, 7, 8 130 344 328 *149 9,10, 11 114 99 698 ,, 27,28,29 95 66 115 *47 June7,8,9 29 323 51 وو 21, 22 266 Lostb y inns& 7 4runs 116runs 10wkts; *no wd 5 wkts ; *5w d 10 wkts; *now d 1 wkt; *9 w d 7 wkts; *3 w d inns& 4 8 5runs 3 wkts; *7 w d W o nb y 64 237 runs 60 87 inns & 119 runs (6) Hampshire (7) Australians . Brighton Brighton Aug. 16,17 301 138 100 inns& 6 3r u n s Jy19,20,21 93 116 63 89 58 runs MatchLost (1). Lostby (4) Cambridge University Brighton June18,19 196 191 247 *141 4 wkts ; *6 w d * These have been treated in previous reviews .