James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

105 Ihe consistently high scoring throughout the match afforded con­ clusive ev idence (,I t lie excellence of the Brighton ground. From start t0 finish the match was a capital one, but, except fora portion of the second uay, the chances were always in favour of Sussex Gloucester­ shire had a better team than in most of the out matches, but Mr. \V. G. Grace had not recovered from his lameness, and was thereby placed at a disadvantage. On both sides the batting was admirable. For the xT A ana Tester made 137 for the first l o r Gloucestershire, Mr. Brain made 2 and 69, Mr. Page 13 and 51, Mr. E. M. Grace 50 and 4, Mr. G. Francis 42 and 16, Mr. Gilbert 43 and 0, Mr. W. G. Grace 0 and 30, and Woof 6 and 28 (not out). June 26, Brighton. 2nd Inns . 302 Total. 430 458 1st Inns . Sussex 128 Notts 458 Notts won by an innings and 28 runs. It was in this match that Shrewsbury and Gunn accomplished one of the biggest performances of the season. They became partners when Nottingham’s score was 124 for 4 wickets, and were not parted until the total had reached 390, thus putting on no fewer than 266 runs while they were together. Shrewsbury made 209—surpassing by two runs his great score at the Oval in 1882—and Gunn 122. Both played splendid cricket. Shrewsbury’s innings — the highest played by an English batsman last season in a first-class match—comprised thirty-one fours, two threes, twenty-three twos, and thirty-three singles. Scotton also batted well for 43, and helped Shrewsbury to score over 100 for the first wicket. On the third day the Sussex men made a plucky attempt to save the match, but by a quarter to six they were beaten. Mr. Newham scored 28 and 85 (a fine but somewhat fortunate innings), Mr. K. T. Ellis 13 and 51, Mr. Wyatt 0 and 59, Mr. Blackman 4 and 38 (not out), Jesse Hide 17 (not out) and 19, and Mr. Whitfeld 30 and 0. Barnes took 4 Sussex wickets for 16 runs and 4 for 57, and Attewell 5 for 31 runs and 2 for 53. In the home team’s first innings, the last 6 wickets fell for 21 r lln<i 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Sussex 270 Kent 219 130 349 Drawn. Kent had lost 7 wickets. Time alone saved Kent from a crushing defeat. Indeed, Lord Hams offered to iro on playing for an extra quarter of an hour to enable Sussex inT p 'cr fe lt wicket. the Kent were all in f°rm « iere ^ n g e.ght scores of over W m » • (not out) and 77 (not out), Tester 22and 80, Mi. Whitfeld 44 ^<1 Mr. Wyatt 0 on d lo .th a t Mi” Wyattand Mr.Blackman scored 109 runs m the second innings that Mi. Wjatt for Kent but in fifty minutes. Lord H am s Datum m m a j •_, . > innings! which lasted two hours and thirty-five minutes,being a splendid display. July 3, Brighton.