James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

9 4 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. Resultsof M a t c h e s. Matches Played , 12 ; Won, 1 ; Drawn, 1 ; Lost , 10. Opponents. W h e n Where played . played . Club. Opnts. 1 s t 2 n d1st 2 n d i n n. i n n. i n n. i n n. W o nb y MatchW o n(1). (1) Yorkshire. B r a d f o r d Jn.24,25,26 273 *120 150 242 4 wkts; *6 w d M a t c hD r a w n(1). R e m a r k s. Gloucestershire Brighton Jn.10,11,12 278*133 192 368 *7 w d MatchesLost (10). Lostb y N o t t s . . . . . NottinghamMy20,21,22 93 142 277 inns& 4 2runs Lancashire M a n c h e s t e r ,, 23,24,25 155 107 160*103 5 wkts; *5 w d N o t t s Brighton June27,28 121 120 269 inns& 28 r u n s K e n t Surrey Surrey Gloucestershire G r a v e s e n d Jly8, 9, 10 143 172 410 inns& 9 5runs Brighton ,, 15,16,17 180 81 181 *82 7 wkts; *3 w d O v a l 29, 30 111 131 326 inns& 84 r u n s Bristol Aug.5, 6 7 9 8 2201 inns& 4 0runs Lancashire Brighton 1 2, 13 64 128 225 inns& 3 3 runs " K e n t Brighton ود 15, 1 6 97 123 258 inns& 3 8r u n s (2) Yorkshire ... Brighton ,,22,23,24 95 145 158 150 68 runs E x t r aMatches. M a t c hW o n(1). W o nby (4)Hampshire Brighton July22, 23 396 M a t c hD r a w n(1). R e m a r k s. (5)Hampshire Southampton Aug. 1, 2,3 186 242 232 M a t c hLost (1). Lostb y (3) CambridgeUniversity . . . Brighton 122 242 inns & 32 runs Jn20,21,22 316 118 430 *32 *2 w d *5 9wkts ; * 1 w d All those unnumberedhave been treated in previous reviews . (1) S u s s e xv. Y o r k s h i r e. Bradford, June 24, 25, and 26. Fortunate enough to win the toss , the Sussex team gained a considerable advantage on the first hands, which enabled them to keep in front till the finish . A tthe end of an innings Yorkshire were 123 runs to the bad, and but for the good cricket of Wainwright towards the end, they would have fared still worse . Mr. Newham(110) and Humphreys (45) together scored more than the York- shire eleven , and the former's batting was well worth seeing . H e was in only twohours, and with the exception of a hard chance to point whenhe had only got 12, there was no sign of a mistake . Following on, Yorkshire's commence- mentwasnot an auspicious one, and in spite of a well -played 49 byLee, when the sixth wicket fell they were only six runs on. Somevery spirited hitting by the two young professionals , Wainwright and Woodhouse , however , altered the aspect of the game, and a rapid change it was, as they added 93 runs in fifty -five minutes. T h ewicket wasstill in favourof the batsmanw h e nSussex wentin to make 120 runs to win, and, thanks to Major's 38 and lesser contributions , they wonwith four wickets to spare . Sussex , 273 and 120 (six wickets ) ; total , 393. Yorkshire , 150 and 242 ; total , 392 . (2) Sussex v. Yorkshire. Brighton , August 22, 23, and 24. Rainnot only delayed the commencementof the game, but caused several interruptions , and the score suffered to some extent in consequence , particularly