James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1890. 1 1 3 the side . Still , so far from the record of Sussex cricket being brighter than in 1889, it is to be regretted that only on one occasion during the season of 1890 didvictory smile uponthe efforts of the once powerful southern shire . Arthur Hide's engagementat Marlborough College kept himawayuntil August, though w h e nhe was able to appear his bowling failed to makethe impression that had been anticipated . Quaife , whoheads the batting , opened the season auspiciously enough, but fell awayunaccountably towards the close . Mr. N e w h a malto- gether failed to maintain his fine record of 1889, and in fact , only three bonâ fide membersof the eleven averaged over fourteen runs per innings . Bean's one noteworthy effort with the bat wasnot in an inter -county match. Onewinand elevenlosses (ten of them by overwhelming majorities ) out of twelve first -class fixtures , in addition to two severe defeats at the hands of Hampshire , is not a cheering record . The weakness of the county's attack was nowhere evidenced so strongly as in the match with Cambridge University , when the light blues established a newrecord by running up the huge total of 703. It is a significant fact, too , that the lowest bowling average is Mr. Godfrey's , 22.63 . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches Played , 12 ; Won, 1 ; Lost, 11 . Opponents. W h e r eplayed. W h e n played. Club. Opnts. 1 s t2 n d1st 2 n d i n n. i n n. i n n. i n n. W o nb y *Gloucestershire M a t c hW o n(1). *Gloucestershire MatchesLost (11). *N o t t s..... (1) Yorkshire. *N o t t s.. *Lancashire *K e n t *S u r r e y *K e n t *S u r r e y *L a n c a s h i r e (2) Yorkshire ... Brighton My26,27,28 301 +295 227 148 221 runs Lostby Nottingham , 15,16,17 186 138 590 inns& 266 runs Bradford J u n. 2,3, 4 285 260 388*158 6 wkts; *4 w d Brighton ,, 9,1 0,11 105 119 +362 inns& 138runs Manchester July 1, 2 3 5 24+246 inns& 187runs T o w nMalling " 3 , 4 100 59 1 7 3 inns& 14runs Brighton ,, 10,11,12 96 104 291 inns& 9 1runs Brighton , 17,18,19 119 63 239 inns& 5 7runs O v a l 28, 29 91 1 3 6392 inns& 165runs Bristol Aug.4, 5,6 183 249 437 inns& 5 runs Brighton 14, 15 86 100 248 inns& 6 2runs " Brighton " 28, 29 48 82 208 inns& 78 runs E x t r aMatches. MatchW o n(1). W o nby *M . C . C. a n dG r o u n d Lord's M a y12, 13 41 *53 57 36 5wkts ; *5 w d MatchesLost(5). Lostb y (5)Australians (3) CambridgeUniversity (4) Oxford University (6)Hampshire Brighton Jn19,20,21 270 187 179 +703 425 runs Brighton 23, 24 177 83 128 218 86 runs Brighton Ju.24,25,26 91 227 363 Southampton Aug. 7,8 188 125 172*143 (7)Hampshire Brighton ,, 21,22,23 182 126 238 +234 inns& 4 5runs 8 wkts; *2 w d 164 runs *Havebeen treated in previous reviews . + Inningsdeclared. (1) S u s s e xv. Y o r k s h i r e. Bradford, June 2, 3, and 4. Inthis match the Park Avenue Ground thoroughly maintained its reputa- tion for run-getting , and in the three days 1,091 runs were scored for 34 wickets . Sussex were in all the first day for 285 , Quaife (67), Messrs . Newham(50), Smith (40), and W. H. Dudney (40), all scoring well . On Yorkshire taking the bat they topped their opponents ' total by 100 runs , Lee (94), Ulyett (69), Lord H a w k e(65), and Hall (50) doing most of the hitting . Lee was seen to great advantage , and Ulyett and Hall made 118 for the first wicket in seventy minutes . 9、