James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

July 10. JJrigiltoil 2 n d i n n s . Xot-> 113 205 29 20C , 1st Inns. Sussex 02 Surrey . 177 Surrey won by 10 wickets. Rain fell on tlie first day, and Surrey bad the best of the wicket, but theSussex men played far below their form, and ought certainly to Lave done better. There was nothing remarkable in the match, the Surrey men having the advantage from the start. Mr. Horner and Barratt had a good deal to do with winning the game, the former taking 8 wickets for 43 runs, and Barratt 8 for 01 runs. Abel made 50 and Maurice Read 45 these being the best scores obtained. For the losers, Jesse Hide scored 19 and 23, Mr. Wyatt 31 (not out) and 4, Mr. Whitfeld 22 and 3, and Humphreys 0 and 23 (not out). July 17.—Tonbridge.—Sussex v, Kent.— (See Kent Review.) July 24.—Brighton.—Sussex v. Australians.—( See Australian Renew.) July 28.—Derby.—Sussex r. Derbyshire.—( Sec Derbyshire Revieiv.) 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Sussex 327 88 Derbyshire 175 236 Sussex won by 7 wickets. The Sussex men owed their easy victory in no small measure to the Aug. 11, Brighton. Total. 415 411 mistakes of their opponents. Had the chances offered been accepted, the total of 327 obtained by the winners would have been materially reduced. Pluekily as they played afterwards, the Derbyshire eleven could never make up for their early blunders. When Sussex went in a second time with 85 to get to win, the wicket was still in capital order, and the runs were hit off in an hour and a quarter. Allowing for the luck on the first day, the Sussex hatting was extremely good. Mr. Newham scored 69 and 16, Mr. McCormick 28 and (not out) 39. Mr. Blackman 45 and 22, Tester 34 and 4, and there were several other double figures. For Derbyshire, Mr. Docker made 53 and 13, Mr. Barrington 50 and 16, F. H, Sugg 15 and 33, Mr. S. H. Evershed 3 and 50, and Wood-Sims, 0 and 43. • 9 ; I 1st Inn s . 2nd Inns . Total. Aug. 21, Sussex 359 — ■ 359 Brighton. Yorkshire 164 176 340 I Sussex won by an innings and 19 runs. Apart, perhaps, from the remarkable game played against the Australians, the victory in this match was the greatest achievement of the Sussex team last season. The honours of the triumph rested chiefly with Mr. Newham, Mr. Whitfeld, and Walter Humphreys. Messrs. Whitfeld and Newham became partners on the first day, when Sussex had scored 31 for one‘wicket, and when they were separated the total had reached 190. Both gentlemen played splendidly, but in very different styles, Mr. Newham scoring 100 out of 159, and Mr. Whitfeld only 89 out of 241. When stumps were drawn on the first evening, the Sussex score was 25G for 3 wickets. On the second day, the Yorkshiremen, had , they held the catches, might have finished off the innings for less than 359. Yorkshire,on going in to hat made a very fair start, hut the last six or seven men could do little or nothing against Humphreys, the lob bowler taking 7 wickets for 57 runs. With an advantage of nearly 200 runs on the first innings, the Sussex men had the maich in hand, and on the third day they bowled and fielded to admiration, scarcely