James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

THE COUNTIES IN 1888. 7 5 ن asbefore , and the total only reached 56 in all . Briggs got twelve wickets for 45runs, and as he had taken thirteen Derbyshire wickets for 39 runs in the previous match at Manchester , his twenty -five wickets for the week cost under three andahalf runs each . Lancashire wonby 116 runs. Gloucestershire , 33 and 56 ; total , 89. Lancashire , 108 and 97 ; total , 205 . Briggs Overs. M a i d e n s. 3 8 1 8 4 5 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 2 (8) Gloucestershirev. Yorkshire. Halifax , July 30 and 31 . Withmore wet, as a consequence the bowlers had matters again their ownway in this match, played on the new ground of the Halifax Club . Though Gloucester- shire ,winning the toss , lost six batsmen for 30 runs , the tail improved matters con- siderably , Mr. Page (31), Woof (12), and Mr. Troup (11 ) helping to raise the total to 89. Against this Yorkshire made 122 , a good stand by Wainwright (26) andPeel (25) more than doubling the score at a critical period of the innings . Witha deficit of 33 runs Gloucestershire would have fared very badly in their second innings but for some brilliant hitting by Mr. Pullen . His runs were got on afast drying wicket , and besides being the highest score of the match , his 43wasa most praiseworthy attempt to pull the gameout of the fire . Requiring 70runs to win, Yorkshire had only got 64 whenthe ninth batsman came in; but Moorhouse and Wadewere fortunately equal to the occasion , and Yorkshire won agood and exciting match by three wickets . Yorkshire , 122 and 71 (seven wickets ) ; total , 193. Gloucestershire , 89 and 102 ; total , 191 . Peel(Yorkshire ) . . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 6 2 . 2 2 5 8 4 (9) Gloucestershirev. Notts. Nottingham , August 2 and 3. Wickets. 1 3 Avery creditable win for Gloucestershire . Roberts being unable to play for the latter , Mr. E. Peake, the old Oxonian of 1882 , took his place , and proved himself a very able substitute , both with the bat and ball . Notts, whowere without Mr. J. A. Dixon, had first innings , but only accounted for 124 runs, of which Gunn's 31, Scotton's ,20, and ahard-hit 43from Flowers, were thelargest contributions . Mr. W. G. Grace showed morethan his usual care, andwasably seconded byPainter ; both were not out at end of day with the score at 101 for three wickets , the pair mentioned having raised the total from 43. Next day Painter quickly succumbed for 48, but the Doctor increased his score to 59-a very valuable and careful innings . Ina minority of 53 on the first hands, Notts commencedbadly, and half their wickets were downwith these runs not knocked off . Flowers, however, as in the first innings , came to the rescue with ahard-hit 38, and the total of 115 left Gloucestershire with 63 to get to win. These they obtained with the loss of four batsmen, winning the match accordingly by six wickets . Gloucestershire , 177 and 65 (four wickets ) ; total , 242. Notts , 124 and 115 ; total , 239. (10) Gloucestershirev. Sussex. Clifton , August 6, 7, and 8. Like its predecessor at Brighton at the end of M a y, this match proved one of the few run-getting county matches of the season . Inthe twomatches 2,068 runs were scored for the loss of 67 wickets , or an average of over 30 runs per batsman. Mr. Pullen was the Gloucestershire hero of the game, scoring 70 and not out 45. Mr. Brain gave him substantial assistance in the first innings with