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Two members of .the Sussex County team appeared to signal advantage in the highscoring contest between that county and Cambridge University in the month of June, which the University won by 48 runs. The two were W. Newham and G. Brann (who were both members of Shrewsbury's team that visited Australia in 1887 8), the former scoring 95 and 51 and the latter 88 (not ;out) and 161, or 249 for once hand.

Referring to the matoh, Cricket of Jun e 25 says:— "lt is a matter for regret that the Sussex County ground at Brighton just failed on Saturday to secure what ia termed a world'a record in the highest aggregate for a first-class match. As it was, though as many as 1402 runß were made in the four innings, the total fell nine short of the number scored in the intercolonial match between New South Wales and Viotoria, at Sydney, in 1882, when W. L. Murdoch Boored 321, falling short of W. G Grace's, the beat individual score in a tirat class match, by 23 runs. Still a striot analysis would be in favour of laßt week's performance, as the 1402 runs were the outcome of three days' cricket, while the intercolonial extended into a fifth day. The most curious feature of the game was tbe fact that each of the four innings showed a total averaging between 314 and 366, and that in three of them there wag only a difference of seven runs, from 359 the lowest, to 366 the highest. Not one of the least worthy inoidents, too, was that in a game of snob exceptionally high scoring there should only have been one individual contribution of three figures (Mr G. Brann's second score of 161), and that quite at the end of the matoh." W. Newham also played an important part in a match between Sussex and Oxford University, scoring 134 (not Out) in brilliant style, though he had a fair share of good luck. The Sussex total was 273, to whioh Oxford replied with 123 and 194, Sussex won with nine wickets to Bpare, An exciting finish is reported between Kent and Warwickshire at Graveaend, the former winning by three runs. Kent soored 179 and 83 ; Warwickshire 189 and 70. H. W. Bainbridge gave a grand display in making 70 in the first innings of Warwickshire. Warwickshire made a poor show in the match previous to this one, their opponents being the powerful Surrey team, whose first innings realised 347. The Warwickshire Eleven replied feebly with 120 and 121, leaving Surrey victorious by an innings and 126 suns. Oxford University met with a Bey ere rebuff against Lancashire, who won by an innings and 54. Baker 93 and Barlow 88 were the leading contributors to the Lancashire total of 338. The University Boored 162 and 122. The first matoh of the season between Surrey and Yorkshire, played at Sheffield, was for the benefit of Louis Hall. In it Maurice Read, of the Surrey Eleven, proved to be in great form, scoring 135 out of a total of 296, He gave only one chance, and his hitting is described bh having been brilliant all round. For Yorkshire Ulyett made a gallant struggle, scoring 84 (not out) out of a total of 180. His hitting was judicious and powerful, and not a chance iB down against him. A sticky wicket in the second, 'lnnings put Yorkshire completely out of it, and Surrey won by an innings and 27. Hunter kept wicket remarkably well for York* shire.

M.0.0. and Ground defeated Cambridge University by an innings and 134 runs at Lord's. The decisiveness of the reverse was occasioned by heavy rain, whioh made the wicket altogether against tbe University batsmen, who fell for 36 and 113, as againßt 283 realised by the M.C.C. team, for whom W. L. Murdoch scored 16 and R, J. Pope 31, The cable informed us six weeks ago that the inter-university match was won by Cambridge by two wickets. From the full scores, which have come to hand by the San Francisco mail, it appears that Oxford made an exoellent fight after having lost the toss, and had to follow on in a heavy minority. Cambridge made 210 (A. J. L. Hill 62, E. O. Streatfeild 36, G. M'Gregor 29) and 93 for eight wickets G. P. Foley 41), and Oxford soored 108 (W. D. Llewellyn 38) and 191 (G. L. Wilton 53, E. Smith 32, W. D. Llewellyn 24). At the finish of the match G. F. Barkeley'a bowling for Oxford was remarkable. Ho got five of tbe last wickets at a cost of only 20 runs. The feature of a match between the North and South of England, played in tho last week of June, was the fine batting of Gunn for tbe former team. The match was interrupted by rain, and had in the end to be abandoned. The North scored 292 in their first innings, Gunn carrying out his bat for 125, obtained in his very best style without a chance. Lilley, the eleventh batsman of the team, made 44, L. O. Docker 27, and Attewell 23. The South scored 220, the principal contributors boing O. G. Radcliffe 36, J. J. Ferris 32, Abel 28, Maurice Read 24, Quaife 22, and Diver (not out) 20. Ferris was, however, unsuccessful with the ball, as he failed to take a wicket, while 69 runs were scored from him.

Chatter ton, the Derbyshire professional, gave a masterly display of batting in the return match between his county and Yorkshire, wbioh was not conoluded. Derbyshire Bcored 212 (L. G. Wright 71, Ohatterton 46, Storer 37) and 2L5 for five wickets (Chatterton 106, Storer 35, L. G. Wright 33, Bigahaw 23), and Yorkshire made 225 (Ulyett 76, Wardal 43, Wainwright (not out) 29.