James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

82 (5) Kent 71- Surrey. Maidstone, July' it) and 30. Mr. Fmnk Penn has usually made a mark of the Surrey bowling, and in this match—as in 1x77 at the Oval—he did agreat performance, scorilig Ital—the highest score in a. county mawll—out of 241! made during his s y, by some of the imcsl hittingever seen. Barrett hit hard for lit and 1.1, Beurdl III. a Cult. played gellll cricket form: and I , and the scores of Mr. J. Shuter (41!) and R. Humphrey (in) in second innings, were but]: well got. Surrey' mzide two creditable scores of I?” and 17], but the huge total of - of Kent left them little chance, and Kent Wm! ultimately by ten wicketsl It is worthy of remiirk tha at one time, while Hun. Ive Bligli and Mr. F. Penn were together, Kent scored 00 runs in 20 minutes. Kent 55:53 and "35 (no wickets); total, am. Surrey 1x7 and HI , men, 4.x. (6) Kent 1). Surrey. Oval, August 11), 20, 21. Both sides were fairly represented. though the bowling of Messrs. Lucas and Straehan miglit have been useful to Sui -y as things turned out. Tire Kentish bats-uteri generally made light of the at ' of Surrey. and in the Second inning-9 the scoring in all probability would have reached a very high rate had the batsmen beeii allowed to play their own gzimc. A very Ntcflll't' score of hinut out, by Jupp. alone saved Surrey from the ignominy of a follow cm. but the Kentish amateurs rcveuged themselves hy’ some extraordinarily rapid run gettiii "hen they next get the chance. Hnu.IvnBligh (170),Mr. F. Penn (GT). Hearnc , all contributing well, though Lord Harris‘s first score of KN was the highest. on the side. \Vheu four wickets were dou’n, in second innings. for 2115, the Kcntish batsmen had orders to get out, nml they obeyed the instructions scrupulously, the last six wickets all falling for Zl'.’ runs. \Vith “£117 to will and three hours and five minutes left. Surrey had a pour chance, one that was not impruvell when five of the best wickets were don’u for 72 and still rm hour remained. Then came Sontherton t() the aid of Jupp and the pair played out time, Jiipp being each time not out with 412 and 455. The game was drau'ii. Kent, 2211 and 2“ ; total, 43:7. Surrey, lfxll and ill); tum], 25K. (7) Kent v. Laneashire. Tomi Malling. August, 9" ”1, 21. L’ancashire had not guite its full strength. while Kent had succeerletl in must/raring all its valuah e forces. Tile Hilme Eleven, certainly a strong hatting side. however, all this occasiuii did not show up to anything like their best form, and the slo ' l wling of Barlow and \Vatsen sceme(l to puzzle them altogether. Lord Hair: and IN) alune got double fi ures eacli tiine. and Mr. F. I’cuu‘s first score of D was the highest O!) the Kentish side in the match. Mr. Boyle (741 . Barlou' (IN), and Mr. Applehy _(47). were chief contrihutors for Laneashire, an to their efforts in conjunctinn Wltll the bowling of Barlow and W'atsou must be attributed the deeish‘c defeat of Kent by an innings and 54; runs. Laneashire, 262. Kent, am and m"; total, m. l\I' 'tlens. Runs. Wkts. 21! M 10 as 3-1 1; Barlow Watson (8) Kent t'. Notts. Nettingliaui, Aug "29, 30 and ill, Rain interfered with this match throughout, and finally caused it to be abandoned when Perhaps a few minutes more would have given Nutts the victor)’. Considering the state of the grouiid the Nottin ham Eleven did well to get in: with seven doulrle figures, but Kent, thougli Lor Harris had gut almost if not his full strength, could do very little with the bowling of Alfred Shawland