James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

5 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. Opponents. N e w b u r y Bridport Cambridgeshire Wiltshire BourtonVale E a s t b o u r n e B e r k s h i r e R E S U L T SO F M A T C H E S-continued. Matches played , 193 ; won, 109 ; drawn , 51 ; lost , 33. Club. Club. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd N.andE. Riding (Yorks .) Whitby I n s. I n s. I n s. Ins. 9 8*9 3 133 5 4209 222 *44 N e w b u r y A u g .9 Bridport A u g .9,1 0 A u g .12, 13 1 1 41 3 9 267 L o r d ' s A u g .17, 18 143 130 250 26 Trowbridge A u g .22, 23 176 132 291 *18 B o u r t o n A u g .22, 23 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 8 E a s t b o u r n e A u g .22, 23 159 133 266 47 R e a d i n g A u g .24, 25 206 72 265 14 Lostby. 35runs; *5 w d 6 wkts.; *4w d Inns. & 14 runs 8wkts.; *2 w d 10wkts.; *n ow I n n s. & 2 6runs 9 wkts.; *1 wd 9wkts.; *1 w d (1) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. Sussex. Lord's, M a y4, 5 and6. Losing the toss spelt Disaster with a big , big D for the County . They did well to get rid of a fairly strong side of M.C.C., including W. G., A. N. Hornby, Gunn, Č. O. H. Sewell , and Davidson (G.), on a moderately easy wicket , for 218. There their hopes ended. Afterwards the wicket was treacherous to the last degree through rain , and with J. T. Hearne, A. E. Trott , and Martin to bowl M.C.C. had a certain win. G. Brann (17 and 12) was, indeed , the highest scorer for the County, and the largest individual score was Bland's second of 22. M.C.C. andGroundwonby an innings and58runs. M.C.C. and Ground, 218. Sussex, 61 and99; total , 160. H e a r n e Overs. Maidens. 4 0 1 7 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 7 2 1 1 (2) M.C.C. andGroundv. Lancashire. Lord's, M a y9 and 10. Another innings victory for M.C.C. This time the side was hardly so strong inbatting . Whatwas of more importance , luck was again with them, andwith the best of the wicket in going in first they wonalmost from the start . Of the Marylebone total of 262 morethanone-half were contributed by Captain Poore (51) and C. O. H. Sewell (111). The latter's was a brilliant display of free cricket , occupying only two hours and forty minutes . With all the worst of the wicket , and J. T. Hearne, Martin, and Meadto face , the Lancashire batsmenhadan unenviable task before them. Cuttell (10 and 34, not out) alone got double figures in each innings . But the best display on the side was Tyldesley's second score of 63, the highest in the matchbar Sewell's 111 already mentioned. M.C.C. and Groundw o nby an innings and25 runs. M.C.C. andGround, 262. Lancashire , 61 and 176 ; total , 237 . J. T . H e a r n e Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 1 8 8 9 5 4 (3) M.C.C. andGroundv. Yorkshire. Lord's , May12, 13 and 14. W i c k e t s. 1 0 Abowler's match throughout . This time the luck of the toss went against M.C.C. , and the position was reversed . Yorkshire began well while thewicket was fresh , Brownand Tunnicliffe putting on 51 before the rain came on . O nthe resumption ten wickets fell for anaddition of 67, J. T. Hearne taking eight of them for 48 runs . In the second innings Yorkshire didbetter, thanks mainly to Wainwright, whose 63 was, under the existing conditions , an excellent performance . At the finish M.C.C. had to get 169 to