James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

Y T H EC O U N T I E SIN1187977 1 7 7 (4) K e n tv. S u s s e x. Brighton , July 3, 4, 5, 1879 . Frequent interruptions from rain interfered with the progress of this match , andhence the scoring did not reach very high figures on either side . A well- hit 51 by Mr. Frank Penn enabled Kent to secure 120 runs at their first attempt , but none of the three subsequent innings got beyond double figures , ardthe highest score on the Sussex side was 24. Brayand O'Shaughnessy in the second innings of Sussex each took five wickets for 24 runs, and the entire analysis of the latter was remarkable especially for a slow bowler . Kent won by 103 runs . Kent, 120 and 96 ; total , 216. Sussex , 60 and 53 ; total , 113 . O'Shaughnessy(Kent) Sharp(2ndInnings,Kent) O v e r s 6 6 . 2 4 2 M a i d e n s 4 4 R u n sW i c k e t s 4 0 1 2 2 5 34H O 6 (5) K e n tv. Surrey. Tunbridge Wells , July 14, 15, 16, 1879. Aground not the most favourable for run -getting was rendered worse by a heavydownpour on the first day. At the outset , the chances of long scores were small , and towards the last the wicket played so badly that no one could have regretted the early conclusion of the game. At the end of an innings Kenthad 24 runs in hand, but Blamires got on a troublesome spot on the second day, and not one of the Kentish batsmen could get double figures , the whole side being dismissed for 38. It was by no means a certainty that Surrey would get the 63 runs wanted to win ; but Kent threw away one of its best chances whenGeorge Hearne missed Mr. Lucas badly at 16, as that batsman, with his 31 not out , won the match for Surrey by eight wickets . Surrey , 111 and 63 (two wickets ) ; total , 174. Kent, 135 and 38 ; total , 173. Blamires(2ndinnings, Kent) R u n s W i c k e t s 7 Overs 2 7 M a i d e n s 2 0 1 5 (6) K e n tv. Yorkshire. Maidstone, July 24, 25, 1879. Lord Harris was unable to assist Kent in this or any subsequent matches of the season , but otherwise Yorkshire , weakened by the absence of E. Lockwood and Hill , had to meet the full strength of Kent at Maidstone . The scoring was remarkably even throughout , as the Kentish totals only varied to the extent of one run, and the four innings were all between 90 and 114 runs. Yorkshire went in a second time with 121 runs to win, but, despite the efforts of Ulyett (43 ) and Emmett (16 not out), they were unequal to the task , and Kent won a very exciting match by only seven runs . Bates was out in rather an unusual manner in the second innings of Yorkshire , andbut for this the Northerners might have pulled through . While Ulyett and Bates were in, two byes were run, and the latter , thinking that the ball had reached the boundary , was off his ground , when the ball was returned and the wicket put down. Kent, 106 and 105 ; total , 211. Yorkshire , 90 and 114 ; total , 204. nineteenoversMaidens Emmett(2nd innings , Kent) .... 3 3 2 4 R u n sW i c k e t s 1 2 2 7 1 5