James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

9 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 132. So far the best individual scores had been 57 by the Oxford captain , L. C. H. Palairet , and 50 by C. B. Fry for the same side ; the highest for Lancashire , Suggs' 30. With150 to winat the finish , Lancashire madea good start in the fourth innings , and the score at one time was 120 with only half the side out. Adouble run-out, which got rid of S. M. Crosfield and A. N. Hornby, however, enabled Oxford to dismiss two very dangerous batsmen , with the result that the University won in the end with only seven runs to spare . Briggs ' bowling for Lancashire was one of quite the best features of the match, his twelve wickets cost under six runs a piece . J. B. Wood's lobs , too, were very successful in Lancashire's first innings . Lancashire , 88 and 142 ; total , 230. Briggs (Lancashire ). J. B. Wood(1st innings Lancashire ) Oxford , 132 and 105 ; total , 237 . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 1 2 2 . 8 2 2 0 (14) L a n c a s h i r ev. W a r w i c k s h i r e . Manchester, June 3 and4. 6 6 3 3 1 2 5 Amatchso one-sided as almost to be completed in a day. Warwickshire had the advantage of first innings , but except Pallett , who carried out his bat for 32, and Cresswell , who together put on 51 for the ninth wicket , no one played Mold and Watsonwith any degree of confidence . Lancashire's batting offered a com- plete contrast . In two hours and twenty minutes 172 runs were scored , and of the 164 from the bat the five amateurs contributed 148-A. C. McLaren 53, G. K e m p44, S. M. Crosfield 23, and A. N. Hornbyand A. T. Hemble each 14. Warwickshire were unfortunate , it may be added , in losing the bowling of Cresswell , owing to an injury while batting . In a minority of 83 Warwickshire fared even worse than before , and Mold and Watson were again so effective that the whole side were out for 56, of which J. E. Hill contributed 20. The game only extended one hour into the second day, by which time Lancashire hadw o n byaninnings and 27 runs . Lancashire , 172. Warwickshire , 89 and 56 ; total , 145. Watson(Lancashire) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 4 7 . 2 2 0 6 4 W i c k e t s. 1 0 (15) Lancashirev. OxfordUniversity. Manchester, June 20 and 21. Notonly was the commencementof the gamedelayed byheavy rainfall , but its subsequent progress was considerably interfered with from the same cause. TheUniversity , whowonthe toss , lost half their wickets for 46, and it was only some free hitting by V. T. Hill (28) which enabled them to reach a fairly respectable total of 120. Lancashire found the wicket had dried a good deal on the second day, and Sugg, A. Ward, andA. Smith played so well at the outset that the score was 91 whenWard(41) went, the second wicket . Yates ' 57 not out, later on, was an excellent display of free cricket , but he ought to have been caught twice . Oxford had a hard task before them whenthey went in a second time 134 runs to the bad, and whenrain stopped play, four of the best wickets were down for 48. Showers prevented a start at the proper time on the third day, and whenplay did begin things went so badly with the in side that the remaining batsmenonly added 66. Watsonwas unable to play for Lancashire , and Ellis , of Preston , took his place . Lancashire wonby aninnings and 22 runs . Lancashire , 254. Oxford University , 120 and 112 ; total , 232.