James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

1 3 0 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. return match. In this case Meadand Pickett , whohad to bear the brunt of the attack against the Yorkshire batsmen , were only moderately successful . Seven of the Yorkshiremen , at all events , got over 25 runs , and three of them over 40, though the highest contribution in the total of 303 was Tunnicliffe's 48. Hirst , thefast bowler, was not playing for Yorkshire , who also tried a new wicket- keeper (Earnshaw) in place of Hunter. Some very fair batting was shown by Essex, but still not enough of it to extend the Yorkshiremen, who wonwith all their ten wickets in hand . Yorkshire , 303 and 27 (no wicket ) ; total , 330 ; Essex . 184a n d144; total , 328. (6) Y o r k s h i r ev. Leicestershire. Halifax, June22, 23, a n d24. Owing to rain , no play was possible after luncheon on the second day, so that the match had hardly commenced its second stage . As far as it went, the advantage was with Leicestershire , who had an advantage of 54 runs on the one innings played . For this they were indebted to Mr. Hillyard , Finney, and Hassall , whowere between them responsible for 125 of 158 from the bat. Leicestershire's success wasthe more noteworthy as they were without Mr. De Trafford , their captain , and Tomlin. Leicestershire , 159 and 4 (no wicket ) ; total , 163. Yorkshire , 105.1 (7) Yorkshirev. W a r w i c k s h i r e . Birmingham, June26 and27. Yorkshire's bowling was of course only a shadow of its usual strength , withPeel and Wainwrightboth away. Still Warwickshire did well in any case , to get their opponents out twice for a aggregate of 277, though here too, the absence of Peel and Wainwright was greatly felt . Whitehead was of great use to Warwick- shire , with bat as well as ball . Besides carrying out his bat for 34, he took eight wickets in Yorkshire's first innings , at a cost of only 49 runs . Pallett's all- round cricket was of equal service to the side , his score of fifty was, with the exception of Tunnicliffe's 51 in Yorkshire's second innings , the highest of the match. Warwickshire's victory by nine wickets was a very creditable perform- ance , more especially as they were without Messrs . L. C. Docker, and J. E. Hill . Warwickshire , 257 and 21 (one wicket ) ; total , 278. Yorkshire , 92 and 185; total, 277. (8) Yorkshirev. Australians. Leeds, July10 a n d11. Another match reduced by the heavy rain just before the start to a mere question of luck, at least so far as the batting was concerned . In winning the toss the Australians , who were without their big hitter , J. J. Lyons, of course got a great advantage . Asit was, even their total , to which Graham, Bannerman, and McLeod, contributed 93, would have been considerably less had the fielding only been up to the mark. Yorkshire's innings was slightly lengthened , too, from the same cause , for Peel , who proved himself to be the mainstay of the side , was missedsoon after he camein. Theearly batsmen, w h e nthe Australians wentin a second time did little , but the tail made full amends , particularly Turner , who hit in fine style for his 41, the highest score of the match. Yorkshire , whohad 194to win, performed so badly against the bowling of Bruce and Turner, that the total wasonly eleven whenthe eighth wicket fell . Peel, Hirst , and Hunter, how- ever, improved matters a little , so that 37 were added before the innings closed . TheAustralians wonby 145 runs. Australians , 142 and 146 ; total , 288. York- shire , 95 and 48; total , 143. C. T. B. Turner (Australians ). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 0 1 0 3 7 1 5 (9) Yorkshirev. Derbyshire. Derby, July 17, 18, and 19. A Amoral victory for Derbyshire though rain deprived them of an actual win. Going in first the Derbyshire Eleven were able to secure a lead of 180 runs on the