James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

94 Ju ly 30.—-Derby.— Sussex v. Derbyshire.— (See Derbyshire Review.) let Inns. 2nd Inns, Total Aug. 20, Sussex 174 105 279 Brighton. Yorksh ire 331 — 331 Yorksh ire won by an innings and 52 runs. Charlwood’s benefit match. On the first day Sussex had somewhat the best o f the game, but on the second there was a great change, and Yorksh ire gained an easy v ictory . H a ll went in first and carried his bat through the Yorksh ire innings for 124. His defence was admirable and his h itt in g clean and hard. His best supporters were Hon. M. B.' Hawke 47, Hunter 37, Emmett 28, and Mr. E. Lumb 19. There was some good batting in the first innings of Sussex, but in the second the resistance offered to Bates and Peate was very feeble. Jesse Hide made 43 and 1, H. Ph illips 24 and 4, Mr. McCormick 18 and 12, Tester 26 and 5, Mr. W h it fe ld 23 and 4. Bates took, in a ll, 11 wickets for 112 runs. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Aug. 27, Sussex 178 145 323 Brighton. Notts 248 159 407 Drawn. Sussex had lost 4 wickets. A result that was in every way creditable to Sussex. The visiting county made an excellent start, and for a long time the Sussex men could play for nothing but a draw. In this, however, they proved thoroughly successful, the batting being consistently good. A t the close Sussex had 85 runs to make to win, w ith six wickets to fall, so that the draw was very even. Eor Sussex, Mr. W y a t t scored 31 and 43 (not out), Humphreys 43 and 23, Jesse Hide 27 and 32, Mr. Newham 39 and 0, Tester 7 and 20, and Mr. H. Wh itfeld 1 and 18 (not out). The last two batsmen played w ith great patience in the second innings, and never attempted to force the game. Gunn made 52 and 68 for Notting­ hamshire, Flowers 71 and 4, Barnes 14 and 24, and Selby 19 and 16. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Sept. 3, Sussex 269 74 343 Brighton. Derbyshire 156 216 372 Derbyshire won by 29 runs. One of the most remarkable matches of the season. For a day and a ha lf Derbyshire had a ll the worst of the game, and when 6 wickets had fallen in the second innings) 73 runs were required to avert a single innings defeat. Then Chatterton and Mr. W . W. Evershed played splendid cricket, and put quite a different appearance on the match. The two men added 98 runs wh ile they were together. The last few batsmen rendered some useful assistance, and in the end Sussex was left w ith 104 runs to get to w in. Under ordinary circumstances this would have been an easy task, but ow ing to a night’ s rain the wicket became false and treacherous. The Derbyshire men made the best use of their advantage, and bowled and fielded as they had seldom done before. Marlow proved most effective, and took 6 wickets for 27 runs, Mr. W h it fe ld being the on ly batsman to play him with any confidence. The Derbyshire E leven were warm ly congratulated on winning a matoh that had at one time appeared hopeless. The chief scores for the visitors w e r e C h a t t e r t o n 22 and 61, Mr. Evershed 2 and 56, and Foster 58 and 0, while for Sussex Mr. W h itfe ld made 42 and 26 (not out), Mr. W ya tt 52 and 6, Mr. Newham 61 and 0, and Jesse Hide 40 and 10.