James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

T H EC O U N T I E SI N 1890. 8 9 (1) Lancashirev. Surrey. Manchester , June 9 and 10. Avery sticky pitch , and consequently a bowlers ' match throughout . Pil- ling's place at the wicket was taken by Mr. Kemble, of Liverpool , while Surrey werewithout Mr. Roller and Lockwood, whowere both suffering from sprains . The first innings of Surrey lasted under two hours , no one except Mr. Read (w h oscored 30 out of 35 while at the wicket) making any stay. Lancashire , however, fared even worse , and the only three figure aggregate of the match w a sSurrey's second innings , in which M. Read(23), Abel (23), and W o o d(24 notout) all played up well. Everybatsman in Lancashire's second " hands " w a sclean bowled. Mr. A. T. Kemble(18 and 10) alone got double figures twice . T h ebowlers , especially Lohmann, were seen to the greatest advantage . Surrey w o nby61 runs . Surrey , 69 and 103 ; total , 172 . 1 1 1. Lohmann(Surrey ) Briggs (Lancashire ). W a t s o n( " )... (2) Lancashire , 61 and 50 ; total , O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 4 0 . 3 2 0 5 4 1 3 5 6 . 2 1 8 1 1 2 1 1 6 1 3 6 5 3 8 L a n c a s h i r ev. N o t t s. Nottingham , June 23, 24, and 25. F. W I L D ' SB E N E F I T . TheNotts Executive had determined to give the proceeds of this important fixture to F. Wild, a professional who rendered yeoman's service to his county from 1868 to 1881 ; and we are glad to be able to say that the match, both financially and from a cricket point of view, was a great success -though it was unfortunatethat no definite result couldbe arrived at. G o o das the Lancashire bowling was, Shrewsbury and Mr. Dixon were not parted until they had got 174 runs for the first wicket , whenthe amateur was caught for 109-a free- hitting innings , in which he gave no chance . Shrewsbury was in five hours and tenminutesfor his 117, which contained only one difficult chance; these two bats- m e ncontributing 226 to a total of 326 from the bat. Lancashire had to play an uphill gamewhenthey went in ; but the scoring was singularly even, and thanks toMr. Kemble(48), Sugg (38), A. Ward( 33), Paul (33), Baker (31 ), Mr. Hornby (25), and Yates (23), the total amounted to 264. On the third day Notts had got 139 for five wickets (Shrewsbury playing a splendid not-out innings of 76) when Mr. Dixonput the closure into force . Lancashire , with 207 to get, was in the unenviable position of having to play for a draw, and matters did not look very bright whenBarlow and Suggwere dismissed for three runs ; Briggs andW a r d, however, played with muchnerve and judgment at the crisis , so that whenthe endcameLancashire's chances did not appear so very remote, as they wanted 97 to winwith six wickets in hand. Arthur Shrewsbury accomplished one of m a n yfine performances last season , scoring 193 for once out. Notts , 331 and 139 (five wickets ) ; total , 470. Lancashire , 264 and 110 (four wickets ) ; total , 374 . (3) Lancashirev. Sussex. Manchester , June 30, July 1 and 2. Themost brilliant victory of the Lancashire season , and the first time in a first -class matchthat a captain has declared the innings whenonly two wickets havefallen . The Sussex players hadto bowl and field with a wet ball , a fact of whichBriggs (129 not out) and Albert Ward(77 not out) took full advantage , adding215 runs, andscoring at the rate of 80 per hour. Ward's patient batting w a sin contrast with the brilliant hitting of his partner , whomade100 runs in as