James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

1 1 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. next batsman, whoeventually saw the total to 247, carrying out his bat for an excellent 79. Sussex again scored well , making 191 , the chief features of which were another good innings of 42 by Quaife , and a well -played 48 by Mr. Smith . In the end the University had 141 to get to win, and this numbercost them six batsmen, giving them the victory by four wickets . Cambridge University , 247 and141 (six wickets ) ; total , 388. Sussex, 196 and191 ; total , 387. (5) Sussex υ. H a m p s h i r e. Portsmouth , June 21 and 22. Played, bykind permission , on the United Service Ground, at Portsmouth, the match ending in a severe reverse for Hants by an innings and 119 runs. Without their best batsman , Mr. F. E. Lacey , the Hampshire eleven could only total up60 runs for their first innings a failure due in a great measure to heavy overnight rain. With an improving wicket their opponents made better use of their time, running up no less than 266 , of which Mr. N e w h a maccounted for 74 in his best style . Going in against 206 runs Hampshire again failed , with the exception of a colt namedSmith, whomadea promising debût for his county, scoring 45 out of the total of 87. In the two innings of Hants A. Hide took eleven wickets for 43 runs . Sussex wonbyan innings and 119 runs. Sussex, 266. Hampshire, 60 and 87; total , 147. (6) Sussexv. H a m p s h i r e. Brighton , August 16 and 17. The Hampshire men were as thoroughly overmatched in this , the return match, as they had been in the previous game. Sussex , going in on a perfect wicket, ran up 301. Ofthese Mr. C. A. Smith, in two hours and fifty minutes, made142, an innings of the greatest praise for resolute and well -timed hitting . Thecolt , Major(22), and the veteran , Phillips (29), materially assisted himto- wards the close . Against this large total Hampshire were unable to makeany headway. Mr. Forster (28 and 19) was indeed the only member of the team to get twice into double figures , and Sussex w o nby an innings and 63 runs. Sussex , 301. Hampshire, 138 and 100 ; total , 238. (7) Australiansv. S u s s e x. Brighton , July 19, 20, and 21. Avery creditable win for Sussex . Owingto rain the Brighton ground, generally all in favour of the batsman , was for once in a state to favour the bowlers , and as a result only one of the four completed innings reached three figures . There was little , indeed , in the batting to call for special notice , with the exception , perhaps , of the good cricket of Mr. Newhamfor Sussex on the opening day, and the clean hitting of Mr. Turner at the close of the Austra- lian second innings . Mr. N e w h a m, whowent in first wicket down, saw all the rest of the side out, and carried out his bat for 44-just one-half of the runs got from the bat. Mr. Turner made 39 out of 49 while he was in, and just for a time it looked as if he might win the match for his side . Sussex had at the finish , though , 58 runs , a success for which they had mainly to thank the bowling of HumphreysandA. Hide. Theformer's lobs , as manywill remember, proved very effective against the Australian teams of 1880 and 1884 , and on this occasion they played a very important part in the result , producing in 75 balls nine wickets at acost of only 40runs. Arthur Hide, too , was very successful . Besides getting eight wickets from his ownbowling , he caught five Australian batsmen . Sussex , 93 and 116 ; total , 209. Australians , 63 and 88; total , 151 .