James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1878

77 R esu lts of M a tch es .. Opponents. Matches played, 6 ; Won, o ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost, 4. Club. 1st 2nd Inn. Inn, Where played. Matches Drawn. (2) Yorksh ire ....... (3) Nottnghmshire Matches JLost. * Y orkshire........... * S u r re y ............... When played. Opponents 1st 2nd Inn. Inn. (1) Surrey Sheffield A g i 3 14-15 254 \ 125 251 Nottinghm A g i6 17-18 400 192 198 Lord’ s June 4-5-6 203 174 182 230 n J n .n 12-13 149 181 237 *94 Jly. 9-10-11 149 290 3 68 *75 Oval A g . 9-10-11 n o 207I 267 » *52 Remarks. * For 9 wickets Lost by. * Have been treated in previous review of Marylebone Club. (1) Middlesex v. Surrey. Oval, August 9, 10, and 11. Neither county had quite its best eleven, as Messrs. Strachan, Game, and L . A . Shuter were all absent from Surrey, and the absence of Mr. Henderson’s bowling was a great loss to Middlesex. Surrey lost the toss, and at the end of the first day had all the best of it, as after getting Middlesex out for n o , they had scored 78 without the loss of a wicket. The Surrey batting was un­ even, as Messrs. Lindsay, who had played a really good innings of 74, and Read, with a moderately got 93, made 167 of 253 from the bat. A t the end of an innings Middlesex were 157 to the bad, and on the third morning a drawn game seemed inevitable. Mr. I. D. Walker’s 95 was as sound an in­ nings as he has ever played, but with the exception of Mr. A . J. Webbe (46), no one was at home with Southerton’s bowling, and the innings closed for 207. Surrey had only 51 to win, but the number cost them their four best batsmen, Mr.Buckland getting three from his own bowling, and catching the fourthfrom Mr. Stratford. In the two innings of Middlesex amounting to 317 runs, were only two extras, a leg bye, and a bye. Suri'ey won by six wickets. Surrey, 267 and 52 (4 wickets); total, 319. Middlesex, n o and 207; total, 317. Southerton’s slow round bowling for Surrey was remarkable, Overs. Maidens. Runs, Wickets. 1 17 75 93 14 (9 bowled.) (2) Middlesex v . Yorkshire. Sheffield, Aug. 13, 14, and 15. A very close match throughout, spoiled by occasional interference of rain. The Hon. A . Lyttleton, the Cambridge University wicket-keeper, played, for the first time for Middlesex, in this match, and did well, scoring 47 and 21. The run-getting was high in each first innings, as Middlesex got 254 (Mr. A . J. Webbe, 75) and Yorkshire 251, with Ulyett’s 76 as the most important figure. Rain made the wicket treacherous on the third day, and Middlesex only obtained 125 in their second venture, to which Mr. I. D. Walker contributed as many as 56. Yorkshire would have had to go in against 129 to win on a very bad wicket, but rain put an end to the game before Middlesex could take the field, and so the match had to be left at an interesting phase. Middlesex, 254 and 125 ; total, 379. Yorkshire, 251. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Hill (1st inns. Middlesex) . . 219.3 x4 4 ° 6 (5 bawled) A rm i ta g e ............................. 30 19 28 5