James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

THE COUNTIES IN 1889. 7 5 M I D D L E S E X . OFFICERS FOR 1889. - President , Earl of Strafford . Vice - Presidents , Lord G. Hamilton, M.P., V. E. Walker. Treasurer , W. Nicholson . H o n. Sec . , P. M. Thornton. Assistant Sec . , J. A. Murdoch. Committee , Hon. A. Lyttelton , R. Henderson, J. Robertson , E. Rutter, G. B. Studd, C. м. Tebbut, Harcourt Turner, C. I. Thornton, G. F. Vernon, I. D. Walker, J. G. Walker, A. J. Webbe. M R. BACMEISTER'S partial success at the commencementof the season afforded somehope that Middlesex had hit upon a bowler likely to be of permanentuse. It cannot be said , though , that his early promise was at all realized , and, later on, the county had to rely mainly on the sturdy Burton, Messrs . Stoddart and Nepean, with occasional changes in Messrs . Hadowand Ford. Mr. Nepeanwas at times very puzzling , and Mr. Stoddart and Burton both did a lot of hard work withvery creditable results . Mr. Stoddart showed a marked improvement as a bowler, andhis advance in this department was a great assistance to the team. Mr. O'Brien's consistently successful batting , until he injured his arm, was one of the best features of the year's cricket . Unable to play quite at the opening of the season , his batting was one succession of long scores , one of which, against Yorkshire at Lord's , is not likely to be forgotten by those whowere fortunate enough to witness one of the most brilliant finishes of late years . Mr. Stoddart's batting was of a distinctly high class , and the samemaybe said of that of Mr. E. A. Nepean . The latter rarely failed , and was responsible for m a n yexceptionally good innings during the season . His batting showed, indeed , a marked advance last year, and his was one of the most difficult wickets to get on the Middlesex side . The all-round cricket of Messrs . Stoddart andNepeanhad muchto do with the successes of the Middlesex Eleven in 1889 , and the latter , undoubtedly , showed himself to be one of the most improved , as well as the most promising all -round , cricketers of the day. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s. Matches Played , 11 ; Won, 3 ; Drawn, 3 ; Lost , 5. Club. Opnts. W h e n Opponents. Where played . played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y i n n. i n n. i n n. inn. MatchesW o n(3). *Gloucestershire *Lancashire *Yorkshire. (2) Notts (3) Yorkshire... *Gloucestershire Lord's June8,4 Manchester 6,7 237*140 79 297 7 wkts; * 3 w d 96 168 74 159 31 runs وو Lord's ,, 202122 368 280 259 388 4wkts MatchD r a w n(3). R e m a r k s. Nottingham Aug12, 13 105 *27 161 166 *1wd Halifax ,, 151617 108 *22 151 90 *1 w d Cheltenham ,, 222324 178+240 282 *48 *5 wd MatchesLost (5). Lostb y *N o t t s Lord's M a y30,31 5 473 134 inns. & 7 runs *Surrey Lord's June17,18 177 180 144*214 6wkts *Lancashire Lord's July15, 16 145 186 398 inns. & 6 7runs *K e n t . Canterbury Aug. 5, 6,7 90 111 256 inns. & 5 5r u n s (1) Surrey O v a l ,, 8, 9, 10 236 197 507 inns. & 74 runs No play took place in the first fixture with Kent on June 10,11, and 12, owing to rain . * Havebeen treated in previous reviews . + Innings declared ; 7w d.