James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1894. 9 1 batting was very uneven, for six of the eleven could only account for the same numberof runs. Daft(85) andG u n n(64) betweenthemcontributed 149, andthe former was in four hours for his runs . In Mold's absence Lancashire had only ten mento bat, and Baker (31 and 12), and Tinsley of these alone offered any serious resistance to the Notts bowlers . In the follow- on Flowers was particularly effective , and his bowling was quite one of the best features of the match. Notts w o nbyaninnings and55 runs. Notts, 244. Lancashire, 103 and90; total , 193. Flowers(Notts) .. O v e r s. 3 1 . 1 M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 8 2 1 8 (6) L a n c a s h i r ev. S o m e r s e t s h i r e . Manchester, July17. Amatchbegunand finished in a day. Thewicket was suffering fromthe effects of heavy rainfall , and the more effective bowling of Lancashire stood them in good stead. Messrs. L. C. H. Palairet and P. T. E b d e nput on 16 for Somerset- shire first wicket. Thatprovedto be morethanhalf the total, as Mr. Woodsm a d e seven of the eleven added by the last nine batsmen. T h einnings indeed only lasted fifty minutes , and of the total of 31, five came under the category of extras . Mold, in fortyfive balls took seven wickets for ten runs. H ebowledthe two brothers Palairet and Capt. Hedleywith successive balls . OfLancashire's total of 231 , no less than 155 came from two batsmen, Sugg (105) and Smith (50). The two put on 133 in a little over an hour, and except for two chances after he had got 70, Sugg's brilliant display of free cricket was free from fault . Goingin a second time, Somersetshire m a d ea better show. Still their show of 132 was mainly the work of two batsmen. Messrs . L. C. H. Palairet (69), and G. Fowler made100 of the number, and nine of the eleven could only account for 23 fromthebat. Lancashire w o nby aninnings and68 runs . Lancashire, 231 ; Somersetshire , 31 and 132. Total , 163. M o l d(Lancashire) O v e r s. 2 7 - 2 M a i d e n s. 1 1 (7) L a n c a s h i r ev. S o m e r s e t s h i r e . Taunton, July23 and25. R u n s. 6 0 W i c k e t s 1 3 Rain prevented the delivery of a ball on the second day. Going in first , Lancashire , with the double advantage of a wet ground and ball , scored freely . Mr. MacLaren was out at 35, but A. Wardand Sugg punished the Somersetshire bowlers severely , to the tune of 151 in two hours . Sugg's batting was of the most brilliant description . H emade twenty runs off one over of Tyler, and when rain stopped play on the second evening , his score was 157 not out. H ehad only been in two hours and three quarters , and his hits were five sixes . The Lancashire Captain closed his innings first thing on the third morning in the hope of getting Somersetshire out twice . Rain, however, stopped the game, more than once, and the extent of the cricket was the completion of one innings . The match was drawn. Lancashire , 260 for two wickets (innings closed ) Somerset shire, 168. (8) L a n c a s h i r ev. S u s s e x. Brighton, August13 and14. Mr. M c Laren, the Lancashire Captain , winning the toss , gave Sussex the innings , with good results , as the sequel showed. The Sussex batsmen fared so badly at the outset , against Mold's bowling , that seven wickets were downfor 29, and only some plucky hitting by Parris , who scored 28 out of 32 while he was in, raised the total to 75. Lancashire too, began badly , losing five good wickets for 51. Mr. Tindall (6) wasthe first batsmanto give A. W a r danyreal assistance , and the latters 42 was the best feature of the innings . Bean(32) and Marlow(62) were seen to the best advantage when Sussex went in again , and in the last five