James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1893. 1 2 9 (2) Yorkshirev. Australians. Sheffield , M a y22 a n d23. Unfortunately for the Australians , Messrs . Blackham, G. Giffen , and Turner were all unable to play, andthe absence of the two bowlers was severely felt on a pitch that would have suited them to a nicety . In going in first Yorkshire undoubtedly got a great advantage while the wicket was fairly easy . Still the Australians h a d in a great measure themselves to thank for the lead their opponents got . Several serious mistakes in the field prejudiced their chances materially , and no doubt influenced the result considerably , as Brown and Tunnicliffe , whomade 70 out of 116 from the bat, were both let off. A s the gameadvanced the wicket got worse, with the effect that in the last three innings there was only one contribution over 16-W. Bruce's first score (30) for the Australians . Fromthis it will be judged that the bowlers had a good time of it. Peel , Wainwright, and Trumble, on the other side , had particularly good figures . Aswill be seen , Yorkshire won by 64 runs. Yorkshire , 137 and 71; total , 208. Australians , 84 and 60 ; total , 144. H. Trumble(Australians ) Wainwright (Yorkshire ) O v e r s. 5 4 3 8 . 2 2 2 1 5 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 0 1 5 8 Wickets. 1 2 9 (3) Y o r k s h i r ev. Leicestershire . Leicester , M a y25, 26, a n d27. TheLeicestershire eleven were out-played at all points in this match. Mr. D e Trafford and Warren opened the batting for them in a promising way, the former with 62, the latter with 23. Excepting Mr. G. E. Rudd, whocarried out his bat for 25 in the first innings , and Holland who made 23 in the second , these were the only scores over 20 on the side in the match. Their bowling , too, did not give the Yorkshiremen generally much trouble . Wardall (94) and Brown(90) put on 174while they were together , but both were outdone by Peel , whowas at the wickets three hours and a half for a faultless score of 121. In Leicestershire's second innings Hirst took five wickets for 28 runs . Yorkshire wonby aninnings. and185 runs. Yorkshire, 422. Leicestershire , 156 and 81 ; total , 237. (4) Y o r k s h i r ev. Australians. Bradford, June5, 6, a n d7. George Giffen , who was unfortunately absent when Yorkshire beat the Australians at Sheffield , was able to play in this match, and with the best results for the side . In spite of the rain just before the commencement, the wicket was in splendid condition , even at the outset , as the Australians proved . The York- shire bowlers at least this time presented no difficulties for the majority of the Australian batsmen. Seven of them, at all events , reached double figures , and five of these scores varied from47 to 171. The credit of the highest figure belonged to G. Giffen . For four hours and ten minutes he had played the varied bowling of Yorkshire , and with only one chance , though that wasat 18. H. Graham, R. W .McLeod, and H. Trumble subsequently played up well , with the ultimate result of a very creditable total of 470. The light was so bad on the second after- noon whenthe Yorkshiremen were batting the first time that the umpires had to stop the gametwice . Even with that disadvantage some good cricket was shown by the earlier batsmen, as well as towards the finish by Ulyett. In the follow -on half the side were out for 73, but Wainwright (62) and Moorhouse (57, not out), stopped what at one time seemed likely to be a defeat for Yorkshire . At the finish they were still 54 behind the Australians total , with four wickets in hand. Australians , 470. Yorkshire , 220 and 196 (six wickets ) ; total , 416. (5) Y o r k s h i r ev. E s s e x. Leyton, June8, 9, and 10. Essex were weakened by the absence of Mr. C. J. Kortright's bowling , which might have changed the whole aspect of the match, to judge by his success in the