James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1898. 1 2 3 (1) Sussexv. Yorkshire. Bradford, July 4, 5 and 6. Sussex, at least , could not extenuate their defeat on the ground of ill -luck . Theyhad, indeed , the good fortune to win the toss , and that they were dis- missed for a comparatively small score of 189 was entirely their ownfault . The only exceptions to the general failure were C. B. Fry(67) and W.N e w h a m(52) , w h ocontributed 119 of 185 from the bat. A t the end of the first day, thanks to Tunnicliffe (42) and Denton(57), Yorkshire had scored 139 for the loss of only three wickets . Later on Lord Hawke(52) and Hirst (38) got runs freely , withthe result in the end that Yorkshire gained a lead of 93. Inthe second innings W . L. Murdoch(90) and G. Brann (85) fairly collared the Yorkshire bowling. But a surprise was in store in the shape of Brown's slows . Brann's dismissal was dueto him, and he took six of the later wickets for only 52 runs. Yorkshire , with 126 to win, found the task very easy, and at the finish had seven wickets to spare . Yorkshire , 282 and 126 (3 wickets ); total , 408. Sussex, 189 and218; total , 407. (2) Sussexv. Yorkshire. Brighton , Aug. 22, 23 and 24 . Withluck to favour them the Yorkshiremen soon made their position secure , at least from defeat . Brownand Tunnicliffe put on 133 for the first wicket , and the former was not out until he had reached 150, the result of three hours and a half's batting without a mistake . Against a big total of 428 Sussex did very well , and succeeded in saving the follow on. Thattheydid so was entirely due to C. B. Fry . His performance was an exceptionally fine one. Goingin first he carried his bat through the innings , scoring 179 out of a total of 311. The wicket was not as good as it hadbeen whenYorkshire wentin a second time. It was unfortunate for Sussex , too , that owing to a strain Blandhadto retire whenhe was bowling well. Tunnicliffe this time wasthe saviour of Yorkshire , and he was in with 83 to his credit whenLord Hawkedeclared . As the wicket was, there were good reasons to doubt the ability of the Sussex Eleven to save the game. Theywere justified , for C. B. Fry and W. L. Murdochwere both bowled without scoring , and the whole side were out for 91. Yorkshire won by 192 runs . Yorkshire , 428 and 166 (7 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 594. Sussex , 311 and 91 ; total , 402. (3) Sussexv. CambridgeUniversity. Brighton , June 20, 21 and 22. O npaper , it hardly looked as if an easy victory for Cambridge could be possible . Yet the result was never in doubt from the start . Cambridge winningthe toss scored largely , at least the earlier batsmen. C. J. Burnup (77) as usual was of use at the outset , but his score was eclipsed by G. E. Winter,whohit well for his 80. Still , a total of 313 , one would have thought , would hardly have frightened the Sussex batsmen at Brighton . Nevertheless , C. B. Fry (42 and54) wasthe only onewhoreally showed anynoteworthy form. Winter's bowling was too muchfor the majority , and the aggregate of their two innings only amounted to 287. Combridge wonby aninnings and 26 runs. CambridgeUuiversity , 313 , Sussex, 127 and 160 ; total , 287. G. E. Winter(Cambridge) Overs. Maidens. 3 4 . 3 5 R u n s. 9 3 Wickets. 1 0