James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1890. 7 9 (11) Gloucestershirev. Lancashire. Clifton , August 7, 8, and 9. In this match Gloucestershire fully maintained their recent goodform. Win- ning the toss , Messrs . W. G. (90) and E. M. Grace (69) again made a splendid start , putting on 139 for the first wicket ; and afterwards Messrs . Cranston (74) a n dCroome(71 ) scored at a great pace . Mr. W. G. Grace played in his very best form, offering not the slightest chance . The Lancashire batsmen, too, batted with equal freedom whentheir turn came, Barlow (92), F. Sugg ( 52), Mr. Hornby(45), and Briggs (35) being top scorers . The two former scored 80 beforea wicket fell , andBarlow'sdefence was as resolute as ever. ultimately reached 358, or only one short of the Gloucestershire aggregate . In thesecond innings , whenthe hometeam's score was 165 for seven wickets (Mr. Cranston 53), Mr. Grace put his opponents in on the chance of getting themout before time . It was found impossible to part the first pair , though, and the gamewas left drawn-Sugg not out 55, Barlownot out 18. Gloucestershire , 359 and165 ; total , 524. Lancashire , 358 and 79 (no wicket ) ; total , 437. (12) Gloucestershirev. N o t t s. Clifton , August 14, 15, and 16. T h etotal After being dismissed for the poor total of 77, it was encouraging for Gloucestershire to be able to claim alead of fifteen runs onthefirst " hands." T h e colt , Needham, who was played this time by Notts vice Shacklock , came off successfully , though, strangely enough, all the four batsmen w h o mhe dismissed in the first innings played on. WhenGloucester went in the second time, Messrs . Page and Radcliffe scored 47 before a wicket fell , and this good start was followed by an exceptionally fine batting performance by Mr. W. G. Grace . Goingin on the fall of the first wicket, he carried his bat out for 70 out of a total of 170 , playing Attewell , Barnes , Flowers , and Needham with the utmost skill andjudgment, and without the semblance of a chance . It was believed by m a n ythat to get 186 runs would not prove a very formidable task to a powerful batting team like Notts . Woof, however , was fully equal to the occasion , and his bowling fairly turned the scale in Gloucestershire's favour . In one over he dismissed Shrewsbury, Barnes, and Butler , and in the whole match he was credited with fourteen wickets at a cost of less than 7 runs each. This double victory over Notts-a feat performed by no other county in 1890 -was naturally very popular. Gloucestershire wonby 42 runs . Gloucestershire , 77 and 170; total , 247. Notts, 62 and 143 ; total , 205. (13) Gloucestershirev. M i d d l e s e x. Cheltenham , August 18 and 19. Theopening match of the Thirteenth Cheltenham Week. Gloucestershire w o nthe toss , but made an indifferent start , and it was only an invaluable stand by Mr. W . G. Grace (57) and Painter (34) that enabled them to reach the respectable total of 164. Although Middlesex had the worst of the wicket, it is hard to account for their complete breakdown in both innings . O n l yMessrs . Stoddart (4 and 15), O'Brien (21 and 8), and Rawlin (26 and 5) succeeded in getting double figures either time ; and except for seven overs on the first day, Woofand Roberts were unchanged throughout . The Gloucester- shire menfielded up with great dash, and their success was gained by thoroughly good all -round cricket . Gloucestershire won by an innings and 22 runs. Gloucestershire , 164. Middlesex , 83 and 59; total , 142 . W o o f(Gloucestershire ) Roberts( و و ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 3 7 . 1 1 6 7 0 2 9 . 3 1 3 4 5 W i c k e t s. 1 1 7