James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

5 8 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 1 gamewasvery nearly begunand ended in one day. It was, however, drawn- very fortunately so for Sussex , whowere indebted to the cool cricket of Beanat the finish . Lancashire , 133. Sussex , 45 and 48 (six wickets ) ; total 93. Briggs (1st innings Sussex) M o l d( و د " ).............. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 6 1 5 . 4 7 8 3 0 1 1 5 5 (3) Lancashirev. Yorkshire. Bradford, June 15 , 16, and 17 . Ahandsomewin for the Lancastrians , the more creditable as they werenot in full strength . Mr. Crosfield scored 82 (not out) a fine hitting innings , Yates 49, Mold40, and Sugg 37, the result being a good total of 278. Yorkshire , though scoring fairly well each time, were beaten by eight wickets . Ulyett (55 and18), Hall (13 and 48), and Wardall , the colt (29 not out and 51), played the best cricket for Yorkshire . Lancashire , 278 and 72 (two wickets ) ; total , 350. Yorkshire , 181 and 168 ; total , 349 . Briggs (Lancashire ). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 9 121 1 1 8 3 (4) L a n c a s h i r ev. N o t t s. Nottingham , June 25, 26, and 27. Amatchmarkedby some excellent all -round cricket . A stand by Flowers (53) and H. B. Daft (27 not out ), gave Notts a useful lead of 33 on the first innings . Lancashire at their second attempt succeeded , curiously , in tieing their first total . Nottingham had 123 to get , and thanks to Mr. Dixon's brilliant 48 and Barnes' (not out) 47, these were madein two hours. Notts w o n b y seven wickets . Notts , 188 and 123 (three wickets ) ; total , 311. Lancashire , 155 and 155 ; total , 310. (5) L a n c a s h i r ev. S o m e r s e t s h i r e . Taunton , July 9 and 10. In the first innings of Lancashire , the new professional , A. Smith, hit well for 59, as did Briggs for 68, and Mr. Hornbyfor 32. The two first namedadded 105while together. Neither side were in full strength, a n dit w a sdue to the splendid bowling of Moldthat the homecounty hadto follow on. Nordid they do anybetter on going in again ; indeed , the best scorer in either innings was Mr. L. C. Palairet (37) in the first , and Mr. S. M. J. Woods(not out 38) in the second . Lancashire wonby nine wickets . Lancashire , 210 and 51 (one wicket) ; total , 261. Somersetshire , 128 and 132 ; total , 260, M o l d(Lancashire) Overs, Maidens. R u n s. 51.8 8 1 3 1 (6) Lancashirev. Middlesex. Manchester , July 16 and 17. W i c k e t s. 1 5 Amagnificent batting performance by Mr. A. E. Stoddart , backed upby the bowling of J. T. Hearne and some good fielding , gave Middlesex a highly meritorious victory . Mr. Stoddart's grand innings of 215 (not out)-the highest of the year in first -class matches-was markedby splendid hitting . H ecarried his bat through the entire innings , which lasted just over five hours. H e