James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EO L U BIN 1888. 6 3 by14 runs. M.C.C. and Ground, 100 and 110; total , 210. Australians , 128 and 96; total , 224. (8) M.C.C. and Groundv. CambridgeUniversity. Lord's , June 25, 26, and 27 . This match was greatly interfered with byrain, and had eventually to be abandonedearly on the third day, though while play lasted runs were madeat a consistently rapid rate . The Club and Ground had a good bowling but very poor batting side . As Mr. G. Kemp's 46 was the highest total in the Univer- sity innings of 205, the batting was very even , and this success they followed up b ygetting rid of M.C.C. for 102. W h e nthe Club followed on, however, the Cambridge fielding was very loose , and they threw so manychances awaythat the Clubhadscored 315 for seven wickets whenrain put an end to the game. Mr.Powell (89) , Chatterton (74), and West(65) were the highest scorers . Twelve batted on each side , but only eleven fielded . M.C.C. and Ground, 102 and 315 (seven wickets ); total , 417. Cambridge University , 205. (9) M.C.C. a n dG r o u n dv. Oxford University. Lord's , June 28 and 29 . B yno meansa satisfactory trial match for the University . Thewicket all through was against the batsmen, andwhenthe gameended on the second night forty -four wickets hadfallen for only 412 runs . For the Club Dr. W. G. Grace (25 and 39) and Chatterton (34 and 0)were the highest performers ; while for the University Lord George Scott (20 and 41) was the only batsman to reach double figures on each occasion . Pougher, for M.C.C. , took ten wickets for 64, and Chatterton six for 15 runs . M.C.C. won by 62 runs . M.C.C. and Ground, 140 and 111 ; total , 251 . Oxford University , 91 and 98 ; total , 189. (10) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. Notts. Lord's , July 19, 20, and 21 . Athree -days' match practically reduced to one bythe wet. Mr. Daft (28) wasthe top scorer for the County, and Scotton (25) for the Club. Martin took five wickets of Notts for 32 runs. Only twenty-one wickets fell in the match. M.C.C. andGround, 84. Notts , 108 and 1 (one wicket) ; total , 109. (11) M.C.C. a n d G r o u n dv. Yorkshire. Scarborough , September 3, 4, and 5. After three days of very even cricket Yorkshire was able to avenge its defeat at the handsof the Club at Lord's at the commencementof the season. Being short of professional bowling the Club was unfortunate in losing the toss , andas eight of their opponents found their wayinto double figures they hadthe substantial score of 207 to go in against . Losing seven wickets for 53, it was left to the tail to save the follow on, and thanks to a finely hit 48 not out from Mr. C. I. Thornton, and 23 from Mr. H. W. Forster , this was done with 17 runs to spare . Yorkshire collapsed for 100 runs at their second attempt , but as the Club, whentheir turn cameto bat, failed to reach that numberby eight , Yorkshire w o nby 60 runs . Yorkshire , 207 and 100 ; total , 307. M.C.C. and Ground, 155 and 92 ; total , 247. Preston (2nd innings M.C.C. ) . . . . . . . . . . O v e r s. 24.2 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 5 2 8 Wickets. 9