James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

7 1 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. feeble character , and the gamewas so utterly one-sided as to be completed in a day, the rarest occurrence in a county match. Thetime of actual play, indeed , w a sonly four hours and twelve minutes, and the Leicestershire eleven were twice dismissed for an aggregate of 54-an average of under three runs per wicket. Each innings lasted just fifty minutes , and Mr. Stone's first score of 10 wasthe only double figure on the side . Pougher, on the other side , bowled with great success , taking eight wickets for 54 runs. Briggs' figures , though , were the most remarkable . Lancashire wonby aninnings and 69 runs. Lancashire , 123. Leicestershire , 23 and 31 ; total , 54. Briggs (Lancashire ). Overs. Maidens. 2 0 , 2 7 (17) Lancashirev. Cheshire. Stockport , September 6 and 7. R u n s. 3 5 W i c k e t s. 1 5 Thefinal match of the Lancashire season , and a brilliant close to a success- ful year. Messrs . Hornbyand Eccles were both absent from the Lancashire eleven , but Cheshire was also without some of its best players , amongthem Davenport, their most reliable bat. Mr. Leigh, who opened the batting for Lancashire with Barlow , was bowled without scoring , but Barlow and Sugg gave the Cheshire bowlers severe punishment , and in two hours and twenty minutes 201 runs were added , 115 of them by Sugg. Barlow scored much faster than is his wont, and his 106 was ,consequently , a muchmore interesting innings for the spectators . Cheshire , in their first innings , madea poor show against thebowling of Briggs and Mold; and, though they fared better in the second, the improvement was solely due to Mr. A. M. Latham , who was in two hours for a thoroughly well -got score of 57. Lancashire won by an innings and 179 runs. Lancashire , 345. Cheshire , 55 and 111 ; total , 166. Briggs (1st inns . Cheshire ) Barlow(2nd Overs. 1 2 M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 5 و د وو ) 17.1 7 2 1 2 7 5 7 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. A .W a r d 3 1 5 8 0 3 M o s tin a nI n n s. *1 1 4 Average. 3 0 . 2 3 B a r l o w 2 6 5 6 1 9 1 0 6 29.10 F. H .Sugg 3 3 2 8 4 1 1 1 5 2 7 . 4 Briggs 2 9 2 5 9 1 7 8 21.24 Mr.A. N. Hornby 2 9 0 5 1 2 7 8 17.19 M r .J. Eccles 2 5 2 4 0 2 7 8 17.11 B a k e r 1 7 1 2 6 8 5 5 16.12 P a u l 1 9 3 2 5 8 6 0 16.2 F .W a r d 1 2 1 1 7 2 5 0 15.7 Tot W a t s o n 2 7 8 2 1 6 2 3 11.7 o f tPilling 2 3 6 1 6 4 2 8 9.11 Mr.S. M .Crosfield . 1 7 2 1 0 7 2 7 7.2 M o l d 2 7 6 9 0 *1 3 4.6 Thefollowing batted in three innings : Yates , 2, 3, 10, and Mr. R. Smith, 14, *0,15; Mr. A.G. Steel 31, 15, Whiteside 2, 0, twice ; and Mr. G. Jowett 4, Mills 1, Higson 15, Mr. A. E. Stanley 12, and Mr. J. Leigh , once only . B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . B a r l o w Briggs W a t s o n M o l d O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. Average. 1 5 1 6 1 2 3 3 2 5 9 . 8 990.4 3 9 8 1 5 8 3 1 5 7 10.13 1114.4 5 8 0 1 4 1 9 1 2 3 1 1 . 6 6 686.2 2 6 3 1 2 4 2 9 8 12.68 M o nThe following bowled in two innings : Mr. A. G. Steel , 3-0-12-1, and F, Ward, 1 5 - 6 - 26-1. A. Ward, 5-1-12-0, bowled in one innings only .