James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

C R I C K E TR E C O R D S . 2 3 UNITED STATES V. CANADA RESULTS.-O f the twenty-four matches played the United States have won 14, Canada 8, and 2 have been drawn. TheUnited States w o n: 1853, at Haarlem, by 34 runs ; 1856 , at Hoboken, by 9 wickets ; 1858 , at Hoboken, by 4 wickets ; 1859 , at Toronto , by 4 wickets ; 1860 , at Hoboken , by 5 wickets ; 1869 , at Ottawa , by 5 wickets ; 1881 , at Hamilton , by 10 wickets ; 1882 , at Philadelphia , by 8 wickets ; 1883 , at Toronto , by an innings and 46 runs ; 1888 , at Toronto , by an innings and 87 runs ; 1890 , at Philadelphia , by an innings and 31 runs ; 1891 , at Toronto , by 36 runs ; 1892 , at Philadelphia , by an innings and 222 runs ; 1893 , at Toronto , by 5 wickets . Canada won: 1854 , at Toronto , by 10 runs ; 1857 , at Toronto , by 4 wickets ; 1884 , at Philadelphia , by 100 runs ; 1885, at Toronto, by 35 runs ; 1886, at Seabright , by 97 runs ; 1895, at Toronto , by 140 runs ; 1896 , at Philadelphia , by 40 runs ; 1897 , at Toronto , by 8 wickets . The matches in 1880 and 1894 were not finished . N o matches were played in 1855 , 1861 , 1862 , 1863 , 1864 , 1865 , 1866 , 1867 , 1868 , 1870 , 1871 , 1872 , 1873 , 1874 , 1875 , 1876 , 1877 , 1878 , 1879 , 1887 or 1889 . I n the match at Lord's in 1896, between M.C.C. and Groundand Cambridge University , the 'Varsity went in to get 507 runs to win, and obtained themfor the loss of seven wickets . This is the only occasion on whicha side has w o nafter being set 400 or more to win in the fourth innings. R E S U L T SO F M A T C H E SP L A Y E DB Y E N G L I S HT E A M SIN A U S T R A L I A .-1st Team, H. H. Stephenson's , in 1861-2 : won 6, lost 2, drawn 4. 2nd Team, George Parr's , 1863-4 : won 10, lost 0, drawn 6. 3rd Team , W. G. Grace's , 1873-4 : won 10, lost 3, drawn 2. 4th Team, James Lillywhite's , 1876-7 : w o n11, lost 4, drawn8. 5th Team, Lord Harris's , 1878-9 : won 6, lost 3, drawn 4. 6th Team ,, Alfred Shaw's , 1881-2 : won 6, lost 3, drawn 9. 7th Team, Hon. Ivo Bligh's , 1882-3 : won 9, lost 3, drawn 5. 8th Team, Alfred Shaw's, 1884-5 : w o n 16, lost 2, drawn 15. 10th Team, G. F. Vernon's, 1887-8 : w o n 11, lost 1, drawn 14. 11th Team, Shrewsbury's, 1887-8 : won14, lost 2, drawn6. 12th Team, Lord Sheffield's , 1891-2 : won 12, lost 2, drawn13. 13th Team, A. E. Stoddart's , 1894-5 : won9, lost 4, drawn10. 14th Team, A. E. Stoddart's , 1897-8 , has not yet concluded its t o u r. RESULTSOF M A T C H E SP L A Y E DB YAUSTRALIANT E A M SIN E N G L A N D.-1st T e a m, D. W . Gregory's , 1878 : won18, lost 7, drawn15. 2nd Team, W . L. Murdoch's, 1880 : won21, lost 4, drawn12. 3rd Team, W .L. Murdoch's , 1882: won23, lost 4, drawn11. 4th Team, W. L. Murdoch's, 1884 : won 18, lost 7, drawn7. 5th Team, H. J. H. Scott's , 1886 : w o n9, lost 8, drawn22. 6th Team, P. S. M'Donnell's , 1888 : won19, lost 14, drawn7. 7th Team, W . L. Murdoch's, 1890 won 13, lost 16, drawn9. 8th Team, J. M'C. Blackham's , 1893 : won 18, lost 10, drawn 8. 9th Team, G. H. S. Trott's , 1896 : won19, lost 6, drawn9. ENGLISH TEAMS IN AMERICA AND CANADA.-- 1st Team, George Parr's , 1859 : won 10, lost 0, drawn 6. 2nd Team, Edgar Willsher's , 1868 : won 5, lost 0, drawn1. 3rd Team, R. A. Fitzgerald's , 1872 : won7, lost 0, drawn 1. 4th Team, Richard Daft's , 1879 : w o n7, lost 0, drawn 1. 5th Team, Gentlemenof Ireland , 1879 : won 9 , lost 0, drawn 3. 6th Team, E. J. Sanders' , 1885 : won6, lost 1, drawn1. 7th Team, E. J. Sanders ', 1886 : won 8, lost 0, drawn1. 8th Team, Gentlemen of Ireland , 1888 : won 5, lost 2, drawn6. 9th Team, Lord Hawke's, 1891 : won 6, lost 1, drawn1. 10th