James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1889. 9 3. P L A Y E R S . Overs. M a n s. R u n s. W k t s. Overs. M a n s. Runs. Wkts. W o o d s. 5 5 1 9 1 2 5 3 8 2 2 5 0 Nepean.... 34.1 7 7 7 2 9 . 1 1 3 2 1 Bishop 3 3 8 7 4 1 1 7 7 3 4 0 D i x o n 3 1 1 1 7 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 0 Stoddart 1 2 2 2 9 1 7 2 2 3 0 G r a c e 5 1 1 5 0 5 1 1 4 0 R e a d...... 2 1 2 0 (3) Gentlemenof Surrey v. Gentlemenof Philadelphia . July 18, 19, and 20. Amatchworthy of special record , if only on account of Mr. W. W. Read's performance . Only six batsmen had been able previously to score ahundred twice in amatch, andsince the Surrey county Club wasinstituted in 1845 the feat had neverbeenachievedat the Oval. Mr. W . W . Read's scores of 105 and 130 for Surrey therefore form a record on that historic ground. Altogether 1,150 runs werescored in the three days, five more than the previous best at the Oval a fortnight before in the match between Gentlemen and Players . Messrs . W . Scott (142), and W. C. Morgan(98 ), were the chief scorers in the first innings of the Philadelphians , but the batting throughout was of a high level . Scott , in addition , took ten Surrey wickets , so that his all -round cricket wasvery much above the average . Atthe finish the Philadelphians wanted 144 to win, with seven wickets to fall . Gentlemen of Surrey, 294 and 355 ; total , 649. Gentle- m e nof Philadelphia , 458 and 43 (three wickets ) ; total , 501 . S U S S E X . OFFICERS FOR 1889.-President, The Earl of Sheffield . Vice - President , Earl Winterton , Viscount Gage, Lord Leconfield , W. H. Campion . Treasurer , W. G. Ashby. Committee , East Sussex : Hon. C. Brand , S. Beard , Spencer Austen Leigh , Rev. W. D. Parish , H. Whitfeld . West Sussex : Rev. F. F. J. Greenfield , Montagu Turner , C. J. Lucas , M. P. Lucas , W. Napper, Lieut . Col. Wisden. Brighton : H. Cooke , R. T. Ellis , Capt. E. Pearson , F. Ravenhill , C. H. Smith , A. J. Cullen . Secretary , W. Newham, County Cricket Ground, Brighton . PITY ' tis true , but it remains the fact , that little in the wayof praise can fairly be said of Sussex cricket in 1889. Of late years bad luck has followed the county with equal foot, and the loss of Mr. C. A. Smith, whowas not only the one fast bowler on the side , but had also captained the eleven with great judg- ment during the last two or three years , was only another of manysimilar strokes of ill -fortune . Whatever the cause , the record was as bad as it well could be, worse in fact than the least successful of the other seven counties who are considered first -class . Only one match, the first against Yorkshire at Bradford , was won, and, on the other hand, ten of the eleven remaining engagements were lost , seven of them in a single innings . Quaife , whose batting was of such a high quality in 1888 , did comparatively little in county matches , and with the exception of Mr. Newham, who was handicapped in having to bear the responsibility of the greater part of the run-getting , and Jesse Hide, who was generally of use, the batting was very disappointing . The bowling of Walter Humphreysand the two Hides was hardly formidable enough to give the eleven muchof a chance on any wicket . The ill -success of Sussex , though the subject of general regret , was too marked to warrant any possible extenuation ,