James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1888. 1 1 3 (2) Yorkshire v. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge , M a y28, 29, and 30. Thecounty team, without Lord Hawkeor Hunter, suffered at the hands of the University , and to the tune of four wickets . Lee was seen to great advan- tage in the match, scoring 38 and70 (not out). The colts , Moorhouse (42) and Wainwright(33), also showed up well in the first innings . Mr. Woodswasvery m u c hin evidence with the ball for Cambridge, as he had a handin dismissing fifteen of the Yorkshiremen-bowling twelve and catching three . For Cam- bridge the two old Etonians , Messrs . Mordaunt (60 and 33) and R. C. Gosling (18and60), assisted by Mr. G. K e m p(24 and not out 43), did most towards win- ning the match. Cambridge University , 164 and173 (six wickets ) ; total , 337 . Yorkshire , 172 and 163 ; total , 335. (3) Y o r k s h i r ev. Leicestershire. Huddersfield , June 1 and 2 . Yorkshire , without Ulyett , Preston , Peel, and Hunter, had to thank the continuous rain on the second dayfor robbing themof what looked like an easy victory . Mr. Day(63), Lee (54), and Wainwright (44) contributed 161 runs out of their first total of 234, and Creighton and Wadeaccounted for the poor per- formance of the Leicestershire batsmen, whohad lost twelve wickets for an aggregate of 88 runs whenplay ceased . Yorkshire , 234. Leicestershire , 61 and 27 (two wickets ) ; total , 88. (4) Yorkshirev. Derbyshire. Bradford, June 11 and 12. Yorkshire held the upper hand all through this match. Radcliffe (6) and 50, the latter a first -class performance ), Chatterton (29 and 11), and Mr. Walker(39 and 33) were the most prominent batsmen in Derbyshire's two innings , which amounted to 134 and 155 respectively . The Yorkshiremen , on the other hand , hadchiefly to thank Ulyett's powerful hitting in his innings of 82 for placing them46 runs ahead on the first innings . Theylost three wickets in getting the 110 required to win, and of these Lee made(not out) 49, andPreston (not out) 26. Yorkshire , 180 and 110 (three wickets ) ; total , 290. Derbyshire , 134 and 155; total , 289 . (5) Y o r k s h i r ev. Leicestershire. Leicester, J u n e16. Playwas confined to one dayowing to rain . Leicestershire were soon dis- missed for 94, and then Ulyett (59), Lee (38), and Peel (47) mainly assisted to run up a total of 233 runs for Yorkshire for the loss of seven wickets . The Leicester- shire eleven were without Rylott . Middlebrook and Mr. W. Coverdale made their first appearance for Yorkshire in this match . Yorkshire , 233 (seven wickets ). Leicestershire , 94. (6) Yorkshirev. Warwickshire. Halifax, June 23. Avery creditable show for Warwickshire against such powerful antagonists . A sno play was possible on the first day, the match was robbed of most of its interest . Witha drying wicket the bowlers had it all their ownway. Peel took seven wickets for 46 runs in Warwickshire's only innings of 93 runs ; while Pallett , in the two innings of Yorkshire , took eleven for 51 runs a good per 9