James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

92 never the ghost. of a chance. Armitage (71), U1yett(67), and Greenwood (61), all punished the Surrey bowling severely. aided, it must be admitted, by fielding gene— rally loose. Surrey went in in a. bad liglrt z tthe end of the day, and after lasing fuur wicket f - une run, ultimately reached a total of 78. Considering the team they had, 51; of Ts mid 1:37 were perha " is much as could be expceml from the Surrey Eleveii, and Yorkshire's ictoryby an innings and Jlllrnnseould hardly be teriucll a surprise. Yerksliire, 5109. Surrey, 75 and 127 ; total, 11.0?) Overs. Maidens. Runs, “Hokets. Ulyett (1st inns, Surrey) ..................... “10 ‘J :}IJ 7 ‘ (2) Sm‘rey 2'. Sussex. Brighton, July 21:3 and 2:1. Against the nut particularly formidable buwling of Hurray the Sussex Eleven might have been expecterl to have made something of a fair show. but they displayed tlie same weakness with bat as witll hall, and after the innings of Surrey the rcslilt could not have been in doubt. Everyone was pleased to see Mr. Straehan, net the must luckyv 01 batsmen. head the Surrey score witli a finely hit eighty-four ; and this, witli Barratt‘s howling. condueed greatly to the easy win of Surrey. Jar es Phillips, with H and 33, was the chief scorer. for Su ex, but the batting was Very tame, and . irroy' won by an innings and -17 runs. Surrey 271. Sussex, 110 and 111 ; total], .:. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wicketsx ‘ 10 Barrett (Snrrey) ,,,,, .. .. .................. M 25 NF) (3) Surrey 0. Yorkshire. om, July' as, 20, and 27 Surrey suffered severely by' the absence uf Mes Lucas, head while Yorkshire lust i most useful all-round player Ulyett. Rain prevented any play till three o‘clocl: on'the first afternoon, and. all things considered, Yorkshire ilid well tu make 17() ru . The lyrnthers Shutcr, with Jupp and Humphrey. made; \ excellent start f Surrey, but the tail collapsed utterly, and the last seven wickets only realLing 21) the Yurksln'remen were unexpectedly five runs in the goal at the end of an innings. Haggas. with 27 not out and 13, was chiel’ scurer [or Yorkshire, and M L. A. film ' (13 and 17), and Humphrey (»11 and 47) did most executierr fur . v. Yorkshire put their opponents in to make INII runs or; a very treacheruris t, and though Mr. L. A Shuter played tine cricket the odds were all ng;ii Sari and the last seven wickets unly added eight runs, Bates atone time deli - eel] ball. or (me run and live wick Yorkshire twin] by 7“: runs. . 170 and 177; tutal, 317. Surrey, 1b. and 107 ; u a , ZZT_. Overs. Maidens. Runs. W" >ketsl -’ 9 an ) - ii 11; :: Bales (2nd innings, Nurre 1111] (2nd innings, Surrey) (4) Surrey e. Sussex. Oval. Aug. 51, U, and 7. Sussex was this time very fairly represented but the r "AI“. \\'il.3 ulmuei ' ‘ trons as in tlre previoiis matcln The wicket at first slow fruru h but despite this some goucl scorirrg was dune dur g the match. Thar well played an by Mn H, Whitfield, of inihridge University managed to milke its heat score Of the year (18.7), but in the Iseeond innings they went utterly to piece and Mr. Anstrnthei wlu» secretl- -_>:; not out was the only batsman who 11 ed the bowling of B. att and Seutherton with the slightest; pluclt. Jupp pl yed one of his ohl patientinnimrs of SIS for Surrey, and in Athe second ML JxShuter punished the Sns x howling. his -11 nut nut containing aclean ofi-drlvc for 7 from Lilly ‘llltt, Surrey won by nine ¥§k°t& Surrey, 216 and (575 (0110 wicket) ; toia 1. Sussex, 15.3 and 51:5 ; tutal, 4 . a