James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1878

recorded in n county match. Lockwood acted injudiciously in going in wii-j, he had won the toss for Yorkshire, and seven wickets wcie down for <t> though sonic good batting by Emmett and 1 Till raised tlic total to iy h \ j ' ’ Read's 140 was a most brilliant display of defence and well-timed hittinj/ and Jupp (whose 87 was also a good performance) and he had as many as ,’j- the Yorkshire eleven against them. The first wicket /ell for 206, but the jv> maining batsmen only added 94, as Armitagc’s slow round was so effective that he delivered 10 overs, 7 maidens,8 , 5 York on with 141 against them. When they had made 9 r for one wicket (Lock- wood) on the third day, heavy rain prevented further play, and the match had to be drawn. Surrey, 300. Yorkshire, 159 and 91 (1 wicket); total, 250. Overs. Maidens, Runs, Wicket*, Southerton (1st inns. Yorkshire) . . 3 7 l 9 6 B a t t i n g A v e r a g e s . Inns. Times not out. Runs. Most in an Inns. Most in a Match. Aver. A . P. Lucas.............. II 2 367 i r 5 I32 4O.7 W . H. G am e .......... 8 I 271 81a 134 38.5 L. A . Shuter .......... 8 2 213 89 r r 9 35-3 W . W . R e a d .......... ro 2 327 140 140 32.7 W . Lindsay.............. 8 I 208 74 «3 29-5 Jupp ......................... 21 I 454 93 93 224 S. H. Akroyd .......... 9 0 175 48 62 19.4 J. Carmichael.......... 6 0 119 47 47 r 9-5 G. N. Wyatt .......... 10 0 144 58 66 14.4 Humphrey ............. 14 2 156 26 35 13 A . Chandler .......... 5 0 64 35 38 124 Barratt..................... 18 2 194 30 48 12.2 Poo ley ..................... 13 2 127 25 25 n . 6 G. Strachan............. 17 I , 178 32 ' 44 I I .2 Elliott ..................... 10 1 88 49 49 7 Jones ..................... 14 2 . 78 15a 20 6.6 .Southerton ............. 13 6 45 9 II 6-3 J. Shuter................. 5 0 25 15 20 5 W . A b b o t t ............. 5 0 9 5 5 1.4 The following played in one match only,:--C. C. Clarke, 19; C. A. W Gilbert, 17, 1; F. M. Robertson, 4, 3a. a not out. BOWLING A V ER A G E S . Aver. Runs Overs. Mdns. Runs. VVckts. Wides. per Wkt. A . P. Lucas ......... 127.2 60 159 19 o 8.7 Southerton............. 569.1 311 605 48 o 12.29 Barratt ................. ■ 702.1 280 1197 65 o 18.27 Jones ..................... 456.1 183 731 35 o 20.31 G. Strachan ......... 275.2 143 357 26 o 21.11 4 W . W. Read bowled 10 overs for 31 runs 1 wicket, F. M. Robertson 39 overs for 49 runs 2 wickets, a wide. The following bowled without taking a wicket:— L. A . Shuter, 17 overs 43 runs; W . H. Game, 7 overs 7 runs; J. Carmichael, 3 overs 9 runs.