James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

THE COUNTIES IN 1888. 7 3 (2) Gloucestershirev. Sussex. Brighton , M a y21 , 22, and 23 . Arun-getting match, 1,117 runs being totalled in three days for the loss of 34 wickets . Gloucestershire were in all the first day, making 361 runs for the loss of only six batsmen. Of this total Dr. W . G. was responsible for more thanhalf, having got 188, and still in. O n the following dayhe continued in his very best style , and, having seen nine of his side leave , hit his wicket in playing at one of Humphreys' lobs . His score of 215 was one of his very best performances , of which the best evidence is that he was about seven hours at the wickets . Painter (64) was his most useful assistant . Sussex started very badly on a good pitch , losing half their wickets for 104 runs . Jesse Hide and the captain (Mr. C. A. Smith) , however, worked a wonderful change, and by fine batting , in less than an hour and three -quarters added 161 runs to the score . This invaluable stand (J. Hide 130, Mr. C. A. Smith 85) , with the assistance of agood 31 from Phillips , enabled the hometeam to total 354, and thus save the follow on a very creditable performance whentaking into account the heavy total they had to face . Gloucestershire , in their second effort , were not so successful , and the last wicket fell with the total 174, to which Mr. Radcliffe (68) and Mr. W. W.Pullen (33) were the largest contributors . Left with 249 to get , Sussexhadnot time enough to win, but hadstill the best of the draw on paper, scoring 161 for the loss of only three wickets , of which Mr. N e w h a mhit up81 (not out) in brilliant style . Gloucestershire , 428 and 174 ; total , 602. Sussex, 354 and 161 (three wickets ) ; total , 515. (3) Gloucestershirev. K e n t. Blackheath , M a y24, 25, and 26 . Avery creditable victory for Gloucestershire by75 runs a result due to some excellent all -round cricket in the later stages of the game. The wicket through- out played queerly , owing no doubt to the ground not having hadsufficient time to recover fromthe effects of the football . A tone time it looked as if K e n t wouldhave a good lead on the first hands, but Mr. W. G. Grace and Radcliffe bowledso well on the second morning that the last seven wickets added but 44, andafter all only a single run divided the totals of the two teams at the end of aninnings . Forthe visitors Dr. W. G. wasagain in rare form, and followed u p his big score at Brighton with a finely played innings of 64. In their second innings Gloucestershire fared better against the Kentbowlers , and the result was a total of 234 runs , of which Dr. E. M. Grace was responsible for 58 . K e n th a dlost three of their best batsmenfor 37onthe secondevening, andwere only saved from an ignominious defeat by the brilliant hitting of Mr. F. Marchant, whoscored 84 out of the 107 obtained while he was in. Walter Wrightbowled exceedingly well in Gloucestershire's first innings , taking seven of the ten wickets in 43 overs for 59 runs . Mr. W. C. Hedley (R.E.) played for Kentfor the first time in this match, taking two wickets in the second innings . Gloucestershire w o nby 75 runs. Gloucestershire , 149 and 234 ; total , 383 . Kent, 150 and158; total , 308 . (4) Gloucestershirev. L a n c a s h i r e . Gloucester , June 7, 8, and 9. This usually interesting match was utterly spoilt by the weather . Though they w o nthe toss , Gloucestershire , batting on a heavywicket, andwith Mr. Towns- endanabsentee , were disposed of by Barlow and Briggs for the small total of 48, of which two batsmen , Dr. E. M. (22) and Painter (15), contributed 37. Lanca- shire whenthey went in were fortunate in getting the wickets easy after another