James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

1 0 4 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. Lancashirev. Derbyshire Manchester , July, 10, 11, and12. Therain was somuchin evidence throughout the matchthat there wasno possi- bility of a definite conclusion . Thanks principally to a fine score of 72 by Bagshaw, Derbyshire had an advantage of 24 at the end of an innings . Whenthe game was finally stopped , too , they were no means in a bad position , being 136 to the good with four wickets to fall . Derbyshire , 166 and 111 (six wickets ,) total , 277, Lancashire , 142. NorthofE n g l a n dv. Australians. Manchester , June, 29, 30, July 1. Avery fine match , keenly contested up to the very finish . Though neither Shrewsbury . Gunn, Peel , nor Wainwright were able to play , the North was fairly strong , at least strong enough to give the Australians a very hard fight . Mr. McLaren and A. Wardwho commencedthe batting gave a foretaste of some generally high scoring . They scored so fast indeed that 121 runs were scored in anhourandtwenty minutes for the first wicket of the North. Ward's batting was the best feature of the match on the side of the North, and his aggregate of 152(93 and 59) was the highest in the match. The Australians for w h o mG. H. Trott hadscored 96 in the first innings had an extremely difficult task before themw h e n they wentin for a second knock. Atotal of 275 takes a lot of getting in a fourth innings , particularly against such bowling as that of Lancashire . Still J. J. Lyons. andBannermanstarted the work well with 102 for the first wicket , and thanks subsequently to a fine stand by S. E. Gregory and H. Graham, who added 94 in an hour and ten minutes, the Australians wona grand match by three wickets only three minutes before time . Australians , 256 and 276, (seven wickets ) total , 532. North, 271 and259, total , 530. E n g l a n d v. Australia . Manchester, Aug. 24, 25 and26. In this case the Australians were fortunate enough to get the choice of innings and they made a good show, at all points . It was more of a batsman's than a bowler's match as can be judged from the fact that the lowest of the three completed innings was 204. Still there was only one score over a hundred , Gunn's 102 not out in the first innings of England. The Notts professional was batting four hours and ten minutes without a mistake . On the other side Messrs . Bruce andBannermanwere the principal scorers , and the former whose aggregate of104(68 and 36) was only second to that of Gunndid not show better form during the season . Fromfirst to last the play was worthy of the occasion and though in all likelihood England would have won had the game been finished , still with 80 to win and six wickets to fall it was by no means a certainty . In any case the Australians deserved the highest praise for the all -round cricket which brought them so close up at the finish . England , 243 and 118 (four wickets ) total , 361 Australia 204 and 236, total 440. First Innings. A U S T R A L I A . A. C. Bannerman , e McGregor , bBriggs .. 19 b Richardson J. J. Lyons, c McGregor, b Briggs G .Giffen, b Richardson G. H. S. Trott, c Grace, b Richardson W. Bruce, c Read, b Richardson H. Graham, lbw, b Mold S. E. Gregory, b Briggs .. H. Trumble , b Richardson R. W. M'Leod, b Briggs C. T. B. Turner , b Richardson J. M ' C. Blackham, not out B5, lb 4 .... Total 2 7 b M o l d SecondInnings. 17 c Brockwell, b Richardson. 9 b M o l d 18 st McGregor, b Briggs 6 0 3 3 1 7 1 2 68 c Shrewsbury, b Richardson 3 6 3 0 11w, b Richardson... 3 3 5 r u no u t.. 8 6 2 7 2 3 B4, lb 4 8 2 3 6 2 c R e a d, b Richardson 0 cM o l d, b Briggs 0 n o to u t.. 9 2 0 4 T o t a l.