James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1888. 7 7 د draw. This, though, was soon lost , as Mr. W.G. Grace was stumped in the first over , and Mr. Radcliffe , who played a plucky innings of 76, was the only notable contributor to a disappointing innings of 147. Middlesex won by an innings and 33 runs. Mr. Bryant's wicket -keeping for Middlesex deserves mention. In the matchhe stumped four and caught three batsmen. Middlesex , 295. Gloucester- shire , 115 and 147; total , 262 . (13) Gloucestershirev. Surrey. Clifton , August 27, 28, and 29 . Anotheraddition to a long list of interesting matches altogether spoilt by the weather . Winning the toss , Dr. W. G. thought it best to send his opponents into the field . Theyonly stayed there , however, an hour, and in that brief period L o h m a n na dBeaumontbowledwith such deadlyeffect that Gloucestershire were disposed of for 39 runs . Lohmann'swas a marvellous performance ; he took seven wickets for 17 runs. TheGloucestershire bowling , onthe other hand, did not seem to puzzle the Surrey batsmen, and at the end of the day they had put together 261 for seven wickets , Abel not out 94. No play was possible on the second day owingto rain , and only very little on the third -only sufficient , indeed , to get rid of Abel, whoonce more missed his hundred by four runs . Raincoming on again at lunch-time the match was abandoned, Surrey having scored 267 for eight wickets , or 228 runs on with two wickets to fall . Gloucestershire , 39 . Surrey, 267 (eight wickets ) . (14) Gloucestershirev. Australians. Clifton , August 9, 10, and 11 . Inview of the match with England at the Oval on the following Monday, the Australian Selection Committee determined to give Mr. Turner a rest , and the wantof his bowling was, as was only to be expected , severely felt . The Gloucestershire eleven , too , had the advantage of first knock, and the game throughout was altogether in their favour . Thechief features of the county's batting was the double success of Mr. Frank Townsend, one of the veterans of the team, and of Mr. Radcliffe . The former , who was chief contributor with 66 and92, hit with great brilliance eachtime, as did Mr. Radcliffe , w h owasun- fortunately stumpedwhenonly wanting one of his hundredin the second innings . TheAustralians had 384 to get to win at the finish , and their task was madethe moredifficult by the wicket , which had worn considerably . Roberts found a spot at one end which he utilized to good purpose , and Messrs . Trott and McDonnell, whowere chief scorers in the previous innings , were again the most successful , the former's first score of 59 being the best on the side . Gloucester- shire wonby 257 runs the first victory the county had been able to claim over an Australian team. Gloucestershire , 214 and 312 ; total , 526. Australians , 143 and 126 ; total , 269. (15) Gloucestershirev. Australians. Cheltenham , August 20, 21 , and 22 . Gloucestershire had this time to play without its best bowler, Woof. For- tunately , though, he was not , as it happened, missed , and though the Australians werelucky enough to winthe toss , they never had a look in after the gamehad advanced a very short stage . Their batting was not seen to anything like advantage , and Bannerman's second score of 37 was the best contribution on their side . Onthe other hand, Mr. W. G. Grace was in his best vein, and his 92 out of a total of 209 only contained one mistake -a chance in the long field when he had got 46. Messrs . Turner and Ferris , too , the Australian bowlers , were not