James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

1 2 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (4) S u s s e xv. S o u t hA f r i c a n s. Brighton, July2, 3 and4. The South African bowling was so muchto the liking of Sussex that the county were able to claim 278 as the out-come of their initial innings , Marlow, Bean, and Mr. Brannbeing responsible for 176 of the number. Humphreysand Guttridge then bowled unchanged through-out the visitors ' innings of 71, the first -named's lobs accounting for six wickets at a cost of 34. Following on, the South Africans this time gave a much better display . Mr. Routledge made49, Mr. Sewell 52, andMr. Halliwell not out 48, still , the bowling of Humphreyswas again so successful that on the completion of the innings Sussex wanted only four runs to win, a number which they obtained for the loss of one wicket . Sussex wonbynine wickets . Sussex, 278 and4(one wicket ) ; total , 282. South Africans , 71 and210; total , 281. (5) S u s s e xv. H a m p s h i r e . Brighton, July9, 10 and11. Though the Sussex captain wonthe toss , he elected to send his opponents in, and at first the wisdom of the decision seemed doubtful , for on the completion of aninnings by each side Hampshire had a lead of five runs. Humphreys and Baldwin(five wickets for 27) wereto the fore with the ball for their respective sides , Mr. C. Robson's 45 being by far the largest score for Hants , as was Bean's 37 for Sussex. In the following stage Humphreysagain met with success , and the visitors this time could only reach 117. Wanting123 for victory , Marlow (26), Bean(not out 69), and Mr. Murdoch (not out 29) played so well that the task was achieved at the cost of only one batsman. Humphreys took eleven wickets for 102 runs . Mr. Fry , the Oxford captain , made his first appearance for Sussex in this match. Sussex wonby nine wickets . Sussex , 131 and 126 (one wicket ) ; total , 257. Hampshire, 136 and 117 ; total , 253. (6) S u s s e xv. O x f o r dU n i v e r s i t y. Brighton, June25, 26 and27. Somehigh scoring was witnessed in the course of this encounter , thirty -five wickets realising no fewer than 1101 runs. A total of 258 rewardedthe initial efforts of the Oxonians, w h owentin first andremainedat the wickets three hours andfifty minutes. Five membersof the side obtained double figures -M r. Foster 80, Mr. Mordaunt67, Mr. Bathurst 38, Mr. F. A. Leveson-Gower34, and Mr. R. Palairet 23. T w obatsmenhadmostto do withthe attainmentby Sussex in reply of an innings of 327, Mr. Newhamgot 96 in excellent style , but Guttridge did even better , scoring 114 by cricket of a most attractive character . The University , 69 in arrears , made a rather unpromising commencementin their second venture . W h e nMessrs . Mordaunt andFry got together , however, some admirable batting was seen, the pair adding 153 for the fourth wicket . Mr.Mordauntwasnot dismissed until he had m a d eexactly the century, while Mr. Fry's score subsequently reached 119. Theinnings thensoon cameto a close for 343. Sussexwereleft with 275 to win, andonly sometwo hours anda half for play. A tthe call of time they had obtained 173 for the loss of half their wickets, andthe matchwasleft drawn. Sussex, 327and173(five wickets ) ; total , 500. Oxford University , 258 and 343 ; total , 601. (7) Sussexv. H a m p s h i r e. Southampton , August 16, 17 and 18. Thepitch was not so favourable to run-getting whenSussex went in as it became later in the game, and except for some useful batting by Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Brann, and Parris , the innings of 142 contained nothing worthy of special remark.