James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

9 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N C A L. minutesthe pair put on 83 without the loss of a wicket. Overnight, rain had effected the wicket prejudicially , and on the third morning, in two hours , the Sussexeleven were all dismissed for an addition of 77 runs. W i t h95 to win, and an improving wicket, Lancashire's success was fairly assured . Paul carried out his bat for a useful 47, and the runs were got for the loss of four batsmen. Sussex won by six wickets ; Lancashire , 161 and 96 (four wickets ) ; total , 237, Sussex , 75 and 160, total , 235 . M o l d(Lancashire O v e r s. 5 1 - 2 M a i d e n s. 1 9 R u n s . 8 7 (9) Lancashirev. Yorkshire. Bradford, August7. W i c k e t s. 1 5 Amatch for the benefit of R. Peel, the Yorkshire bowler , and, fortunately , a great success , from every point of view. The wicket at the outset was slow, and as it was, Yorkshire did well to reach a total of 183. The free scorers were naturally the most successful , andTunnicliffe (56) and Mr. E. Smith (52) accounted for 118 out of 173 from the bat . The two batsmen put on 98 in forty five minutes , and Mr. Smith's 52 were got in sixteen hits , two of which were from Briggs over the football pavilion . Mr. Mc Laren and Albert Ward put on 91 for Lancashire's first wicket , but as the other batsmen did not quite double that score , Yorkshire had an advantage of two runs on the first hand. In Yorkshire's second innings , Mr. Jackson and Brownadded 72, while they were together , and Mr. Smith, with a life , the first ball he had, managed again to make68. At the finish , Lancashire wanted 220 to win, and after over-night rain , their chances were considerably lessened . As it was, Baker (39 ) alone made any stand against the Yorkshire bowlers, andas the total only reached102, Yorkshire w o nwith117 runs to spare . Yorkshire , 183 and 217; total , 400. Lancashire , 181 and 112 ; total, 293. Peel (2nd innings , Lancashire ). O v e r s. 7 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 4 1 4 (10) Lancashire Surrey. Oval, August17, 18. W i c k e t s. 4 Themost exciting finish of the season . Thewicket , owing to the heavy rainfall which prevented a commencement on the first day, was never in a condition favourable for the batsmen, and Surrey in going in first really gained no advantage . A s it was Street alone played the bowling with any confidence , and he got 48, or exactly half of the runs from the bat . Lancashire in their turn fared so badly that six of the best batsmen were out for 16. Some resolute hitting by Mr. S. M. Tindall (49), however, changed the whole aspect of the game so that Lan- cashire after all got a lead of fifty runs . Withfour of their best batsmen out in the second innings for 41, Surrey began the third day in a very unfavourable condition . Mr. W. W. Read, Street , and Ayres, though , improved matters to such an extent that the total eventually reached 124. As the wicket was, with 73 to win, Lan cashire hada difficult task before thein, andwith seven out for 26 their chances were not very hopeful . At this critical point Tinsley and Smith became partners and better or more plucky cricket has rarely been seen . Thirty were added and then Smith was caught from Hayward, who had just re-placed Richardson , the first change of bowling . Mr. Bardswell added eight of the ten wanted to win, andwas caught by the wicket keeper standing back. Moldcame in with one run to tie , andhalf a chance to Brockwell in the slips gave Tinsley that run. was caught by the wicket -keeper so that the game ended in a tie . Tinsley (19 not out) played with great nerve and judgment at a very trying time. Surrey, 97 and124 ; total , 321. Lancashire , 147 and 74 total , 321 . M o l d Briggs(Lancashire) Lockwood(2nd inns. Lancashire O v e r s. 6 2 . 4 1 4 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 2 7 9 3 W i c k e t s. 1 3 4 3 0