James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1889. 7 3 the second innings , the average was only just over fourteen runs, and Mr. A. K. Watson's 39 and12 represented the highest aggregate . Lancashire wonbyseven wickets . Lancashire , 172 and 114 (three wickets ) ; total , 286. Oxford , 156 and 129 ; total , 285 . (13) Lancashirev. Warwickshire. Manchester , July 5 and 6. Warwickshire had to take the field against its most formidable oppo- nent of 1889 without the services of its best all -round cricketer , Pallett- very hard luck under the circumstances . His bowling , in particular , was greatly missed, and most of the Lancashire eleven , whowent in first , scored freely . Sugg (91 ), Briggs (78 ), and A. Ward (60) did the bulk of the run-getting , and the result was a big total of 404-the county's highest aggregate of the year . TheWarwickshire batting was uneven , and Law (who was the most successful run-getter , with 14 and 78), Mr. Docker, and Collishaw were the only batsmen to showup at all creditably . Law's second score of 78, considering the hopeless state of the gamefor his side , was an exhibition of great merit . Lancashire won b yaninnings and144 runs . Lancashire , 404. Warwickshire , 99 and 161 ; total , 2 6 0. Briggs (Lancashire ) Overs. Maidens. 5 8 . 3 1 4 R u n s. 1 1 0 Wickets. 1 1 (14) L a n c a s h i r ev. W a r w i c k s h i r e . Birmingham, July 22 and 23. Rain, a frequent source of inconvenience during the season , ruined the wicket for this match, and the bowlers hada thoroughly good time of it . In all , 291 runs were totalled for 35 wickets , so that the average for each batsmanwas only just over eight runs . Briggs , whopractically wonthe match for Lanca- shire by his vigorous hitting at the finish , carried out his bat for 42, and his was the only score of over 26 in the match . He took cight wickets , too , for 60 for Lancashire , and Shilton the same number for Warwickshire at a cost of three more runs . Lancashire won by five wickets . Lancashire , 62 and 84 (five wickets ) ; total , 146. Warwickshire, 67 and 78 ; total , 145 . Barlow(2nd inns. Warwickshire ) O v e r s. 1 6 . 3 Maidens. 1 0 1 5 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 5 (15) Lancashirev . Cheshire. Manchester , August 5 and 6. Rain limited the match to an innings by each side , and fortunately for Cheshire , whowere 57 to the bad as far as the gamewent. Paul (37) was the highest scorer for Lancashire , and Mr. H. Hartley (32 not out ) for Cheshire . Briggs andWatsonwere unchanged through Cheshire's innings , the latter taking six wickets for 39, the former four for 30. Mr. Bretherton's figures for Cheshire werealso noteworthy. His five wickets cost 40 runs. Lancashire , 134. Cheshire , 7 7. (16) Lancashirev. Leicestershire. Manchester , August 29 . Leicestershire had only a weak side , and on a wicket all in favour of the bowlers they were additionally handicapped . Their batting was of the most