James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

9 4 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. Briggs W a t s o n M o l d B a k e r . B a r l o w - 0). B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. W i c k e t s. Average. 448.4 1 9 5 7 4 0 6 2 11.58 830.2 4 6 4 9 8 2 7 1 13.59 633.3 2 2 1 1 1 6 9 8 0 14.49 1 7 6 . 4 7 4 2 5 3 1 5 16.14 5 7 1 8 1 3 5 4 33.3 Hewitson bowled in three innings (43-11-120-4) and F. Ward in one innings (5-0-17 E X T R A N E O U S M A T C H E S A TO L DT R A F F O R D . Australians v. North of England. Manchester , June 26, 27, and 28. Mr. Hornby, who was to have captained the Northern team, was incapa- citated by a strain , and Hall took his place the side being composed wholly of professionals . On public form it was thought the Australians hadno chance ; but thanks to winning the toss they made a fairly good show, Murdoch (74) and Blackhamadding 109 while together . Rain interfered considerably with the play , and after Shrewsbury and Hall had scored 50 for the first wicket the side collapsed whenopposed by Turner and Ferris , and barely succeeded in saving the follow on. The Australians fared badly on going in again, andwhenthe gamehad to be given up they had lost half their wickets for 58 runs . Still , as the ground was the North would have had an uphill task to avoid defeat , the visitors being 126 runs to the good . The match was thus left drawn in a most interesting state . Australians , 216 and 58 (five wickets ) ; total , 274. North of England, 148. Australians v. A n EnglandEleven. Manchester , September 18, 19, and 20. The last match of the Australians ' tour , and a fixture arranged in place of the abandoned game with England fixed to commence on August 25, whennot a ball wasbowled in the three days. Apowerful team of professionals hadbeen got together to meet them. The only feature of a singularly uneven innings was the stand by Messrs . Barrett (97) and Murdoch (57), who put on as many as 99 onthe fall of the first wicket . The Englishmen could only respond with 167, and they would indeed have fared badly but for the patient batting of Gunn and the admirable cricket of Peel (not out 55) andF. Sugg. Lyons treated the spectators to some brilliant hitting whenthe Colonials took the bat again , and hescored no fewer than 56 out of 66 in twenty -five minutes . But the most remarkable performance was that of Dr. Barrett , who wound up the season in splendid style . He was in both innings the whole time that the Australians were batting , and totalled 170 for once out , with few mistakes . The bad light , andconsequent short days , prevented the match being brought to a definite issue , and at the close the Australians appeared to hold a winning advantage . Austra- lians , 234 and 186 (four wickets ) ; total , 420. Eleven of England, 167 . M I D D L E S E X . OFFICERS FOR 1890. - President , Earl of Strafford . Vice - Presidents , Lord G. Hamilton , M.P. , V. E. Walker . Hon. Treasurer , W. Nicholson . Hon. Sec ., P. M. Thornton . Assistant Sec ., J. A. Murdoch. Committee , H o n. A. Lyttelton , R. Henderson , G. Lee , J. Robertson , E. Rutter , C. M. Tebbut , M. Turner , C. I. Thornton , G. F. Vernon , V. E. Walker , I. D. Walker , J. G. Walker, A. J. Webbe. THE falling off in the all -round play of the Middlesex Eleven during the latter part of the season was not altogether easy to account for . Brilliant victories over