James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

7 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. rainfall , and they took full advantage of this luck by running up 232 runs for theloss of eight wickets -a creditable score , duein a great measure to Sugg, w h ohit with brilliance for his 102 (not out), his first innings of three figures in an important match. N oplay was possible on either the second or the third day, so the game was drawn. Gloucestershire , 48. Lancashire , 232 (eight wickets ). Barlow (Lancashire ) .. O v e r s. 2 6 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 6 1 3 (5) Gloucestershire υ. Notts. Cheltenham , June 14 and 15. W i c k e t s. 5 Adecisive defeat for Gloucestershire , who certainly had all the worst of the luck. Notts , winning the toss , scored 137 for nine wickets , of which Barnes was credited with 51. Scotton was two hours and a half at the wickets in making his 37, but the tail showedvery different cricket , the last two batsmen, Richardson (38) and Shacklock (not out 36), by fine hitting adding 78 for the tenth wicket . Raininterfered so muchwith the gameon the second day that at the close of play half the Gloucestershire wickets were downfor only 60 runs. Thepitch , too, didnot improve on the third day, and the bowlers were assisted to such an extent thatB a r n e sa n dAttewellw e r eenabledto dismiss Gloucestershireforthe small totals of 112 and 75. Notts wonby an innings and 28 runs . Barnes's bowling figures are noteworthy . Notts, 215. Gloucestershire , 112 and 75 ; total , 187 . Barnes (Notts) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 8 1 4 2 E 9 1 3 (6) Gloucestershirev. K e n t. Moreton -in-Marsh, July 19, 20, and 21 . Owingto recent rains , coupled with some very fine bowling byWoofand Roberts, this return match, like its predecessor at Blackheath , ended very disastrously for Kent. Winning the toss , the latter were disposed of in an hour andahalf for the small total of 28 runs thelowest score of the yearin oneof the chief county matches . Of these Mr. A. J. Thornton andWoottonmadeeight apiece , extras accounted for two more, leaving the remaining nine batsmen to account for 10 between them. Acouple was the highest hit madein the innings . Gloucestershire in their turn madea muchbetter show, scoring 124 in what proved to be their only innings . Going in a second time, Kent, who were only poorly represented , fared a little better , but were all out for 52, and thus lost thematchbyan innings and 44 runs. Gloucestershire , 124. Kent, 28 and 52 ; total , 80. W o o f R o b e r t s Overs. 7 6 6 5 . 3 Maidens. 5 3 4 4 (7) Gloucestershirev. Lancashire. Liverpool , July 26 and 27 . R u n s. 4 5 2 7 W i c k e t s. 1 1 9 Abowler's match, as the fact that only one of the four completed innings reached three figures will testify . Lancashire , having wonthe toss , managedto put together 108 , Briggs , with 35, being top scorer . Gloucestershire , though , fared muchworse, as they were all disposed of in exactly an hour for 33, or only five runs morethan they haddismissed Kentfor in the previous weekat Moreton. Briggs andBarlowbowledunchanged,the former's last six overs being delivered for three runs and six wickets . With75 runs in hand Lancashire ran up an additional 97 in their second innings , leaving Gloucestershire with 173 to win a hopeless task , as the result proved . Briggs and Barlow , indeed , proved almost as effective