James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

THE COUNTIESIN 1892. 1 2 1 theway-Yorkshire were again largely indebted to two men this time Peel a n dWainwright. Albeit ten different bowlers were tried , the partnership of this pair produced 223 runs in little more than two hours . Incontrast to the younger player's 122 , which was free from chance , Peel's 226 was full of mistakes . Fortunately for the visiting eleven , rain and the giant hitting of C. E. D e Trafford (not out 95) saved them from defeat , and the gamewas drawn. Yorkshire , 509, Leicestershire , 120 and 147 ; total , 267. (9) Yorkshirev. Liverpoola n dDistrict. Liverpool , July 11 and 12. Aheavy-scoring match, and only wonby Liverpool after a fine effort by the county in the follow . Agreat stand was made by Hall (101 ) and Wardall (112)-buteven then , thanks to Ainscough and to a splendid 84 by A. C. McLaren . Liverpool managed to secure a six wickets ' victory . The spectators had an opportunity of witnessing one of Mr. Allan Steel's rare appearances , but hewas only moderately successful . Liverpool and District , 230 and 197 (four wickets ) ; total , 427. Yorkshire , 69 and 354 ; total , 423. (10) Y o r k s h i r ev. D u r h a m . Darlington , July 29 and 30. Thegamebeing confined to two days, resulted in an even drawas the out- comeof someexceptionally high scoring -945 runs being scored in all for thirty wickets . In Yorkshire's second innings , Wainwright and Wardall tied with each other in hitting up 107, though in rather different styles ; while a third three- figure contribution wasT. K .Dobson's not out 117 for D u r h a m. T h eground played admirably throughout . Durham, 352. Yorkshire , 246 and 347 ; total , 5 9 3. (11 ) Y o r k s h i r ev. E s s e x. Leyton , August 4, 5, and 6. Neither side was by any means representative ; and all things considered , Essexmade an exceedingly creditable fight of it. TheYorkshire batting was goodall round, while as for Essex , H. G. Owen's first score of 98 was by far the best of the whole match. Mead's bowling for the same side was undoubtedly the most effective . Yorkshire wonby 106 runs . Yorkshire , 255 and 248 ; total , 503. Essex, 222 and 175 ; total , 397. M e a d(Essex)... O v e r s. 6 0 . 4 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 7 1 5 2 Wickets. 1 2 (12 ) Yorkshirev. Derbyshire. Derby, August 15 , 16, and 17 . In their second " hands," the Yorkshiremen scored at the rate of something like ninety runs anhour, and Lord Hawkewas encouraged to put his opponents in at 355 for seven men. Theresult justified his expectations . Ulyett (19 and 85), Tunnicliffe (75 and 0), E. Smith (12 and 80), and Wardall (5 and 71) hit the hardest for Yorkshire . Storer , with 16 and 51, and Malthouse , 2 and 52, were seen to the most advantage for Derbyshire , who were defeated by 187 runs . York- shire , 193 and 355 (seven wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 548. Derbyshire , 151 and 210 ; total , 361 .