James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1 8 9 6 1 3 9 Sussex had only a poor outlook . A wonderful performance by Ranjitsinhji saved them . He scored 100 and 125 not out , a feat which has only been achieved by five other batsmen in first -class matches . In the second innings Mr. Fry (42), Killick (not out 53), and Marlow (30) also scored well , so that theresult w a sa fine total of 260for two wickets. A tthe finish Sussexwere44 onwith eight wickets to fall . Sussex , 191 and 260 (2 wickets ) ; total , 451 . Yorkshire, 407. O v e r s . Mr.E. Smith (1st inns. Sussex) .. 15.4 Maidens. 4 R u n s. Wickets. 4 2 5 (3) Sussexv. CambridgeUniversity. Brighton , June 22, 23 and 24. TheCambridge Eleven were seen to great advantage at all points in this match. In the first place it was a good performance to get Sussex out on a good wicket for 129. But in batting they did even better . The captain , F. Mitchell (110), and W. McG. Hemingway (104) both hit freely , but both were outdone in the pace of the run-getting by G. L. Jessop , whomade93 in anhour and a quarter . Sussex had a hopeless task on going in 385 to the bad, and though seven of the side got double figures the highest score was W. L. Murdoch's 55. Cambridge wonby an innings and 136 runs . Cambridge , 514 . Sussex, 129 and249 ; total , 378. (4) Sussexv. Oxford University. Brighton , June 26, 27 and 28. TheSussex Elevengave another remarkable illustration of their ability in playing an up-hill game. The captain on each side was the chief scorer in the first innings -H. Leveson-Gower with 73 for Oxford , and W. L. Murdoch with53 for Sussex . The Oxford captain , who scored 118 in the matchfor once out, received useful assistance from P. F. Warner (22 and 77), and C. C. Pilkington (5 and 67). Thebest cricket of the match was at the finish . Sussex for the fourth innings had 339 to get in three hours and a half, and they very nearly accomplished a very brilliant achievement . While Bean (67) wasin with Ranjitsinhji (171 not out) they seemed certain to win. As it was , w h e ntime was up only ten runs were wanted with four wickets to fall , andwith Killick (not out 44) well in, Ranjitsinhji and he would have soon settled the matter . Oxford University , 244 and 292 (9 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 536. Sussex , 198 and 329 (6 wickets ) ; total , 527. (5) Sussexv. Australians. Brighton , Aug. 13, 14 and 15. Thoughbeaten easily at the end Sussex made a good fight up to a certain point . Ranjitsinhji (25 and 74) was their mainstay with the bat , still this time hewas outdone by C. B. Fry, whose aggregate amounted to 107 (92 and 15), and Killick (54) in the first innings was the highest scorer . Eight of the Australians got double figures in the first innings -four of them over 50. The four were Giffen (84), Graham (60), Trott (52), and Donnan (51). The Austra- lians were left with 118 to get in two hours, and got themfor the loss of four wickets with twenty minutes to spare . Trumble took ten Sussex wickets at acost of just over 14 runs apiece . Australians , 352 and 119 (4 wickets ); total , 471. Sussex,221 and 248 ; total , 469.