James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1888. 1 0 9 (1) Sussex v. Yorkshire. Sheffield , June 4 and 5. Thepolicy of putting the opposite side in whenwinning the toss was tried in this match with ill -success . Yorkshire ran up over a hundred runs for one wicket-a good performance under the circumstances . The total ultimately reached 178. Hall (49), Peel (38), Lee (32), and G. Ulyett (29) scored 148 of the number. Sussex lost five batsmen for 21, but thanks to a stand by Mr. Branu (notout32) andA. Hide(22), the follow on was averted byseven runs . Yorkshire's second innings fell short of the first by 30 runs , Peel, who hit very hard andwell for 50, doing most execution . Sussex , requiring 222 to win, could not increase on their first effort , and Yorkshire wonthe match by 116 runs . Yorkshire , 178 and148 ; total , 326. Sussex , 105 and 105 ; total , 210. (2) S u s s e xυ. Y o r k s h i r e. Brighton , August 27, 28, and 29. Theclosing match of the season for both counties . Sussex batted first , but failed to utilize their opportunity , and were all out for 95, Peel taking five wickets for 40 runs . TheYorkshiremen did very little better , and were only 20 ahead, Lee making 44 out of the 115. Rain during the night made the wicket worse on the second day, and Preston (eight wickets for 27 runs), bowling with great success , Sussex were dismissed for 66. It looked an easy task for York- shire with only 47 to get to win, but rain coming on after 13 runs had been scored , the gamehad to be abandoned till the next day. Theground then was all in favour of the bowlers , and Yorkshire experienced great difficulty in pulling through, having only three wickets to spare at the finish . Yorkshire , 115 and 47(seven wickets ) ; total , 162. Sussex , 95 and 66 ; total , 161 . Preston(2ndinnings Sussex) O v e r s. 2 9 . 2 M a i d e n s. 1 8 2 7 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 8 . . . . . . . . (3) S u s s e xv. D u r h a m . Sunderland , June 7, 8, and 9. This match opened in a most sensational manner by the hometeam dis- missing their opponents ' strongest eleven for 29 runs . The credit of this per- formance was due to Anderson, a native of Gateshead , but now serving in the Foot Guards, whohad ahand in dismissing all the ten batsmen. The two Hides retaliated by getting rid of the Durhameleven for 51 and 64, and as Sussex collared the bowling at their second attempt to the tune of 323 runs , they won easily in the end by 237 runs. Sussex, 29 and323; total , 352. Durham, 51 and 64; total , 115. (4) Sussex v. CambridgeUniversity. Brighton , June 18 and 19. TheUniversity team were seen to great advantage in this match. Sussex occupied the wickets for a good part of the first day, scoring 196, to which Quaife (47), Mr. N e w h a m(47) , J. Hide (38), and Mr. W. H. Andrews (38) were the highest contributors . Cambridge had lost five wickets for 49 whenMr. Butler (20) and Mr. Ford(78) cametogether to put, as it proved , quite a different complexion on the game. The latter hit very brilliantly , as did Mr. Woods, the