James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

7 6 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L . (6) K e n tv. Sussex. Maidstone, July 28 & 29, 1881 . Kenthadnot its best team, but Sussex was even worse represented , and places had to be found for four professionals , to wit , W. andG. Humphreys, Tester, and Skinner, none of them anything like good enough for the best eleven of the County. The Sussex bowling, in the absence of Mr. Bettes- worth, was even weaker than usual , and the fielding in some cases slovenly and discreditable . Mr. Tylecote hit with great vigour for Kent, and his score of 104 was within six runs of the aggregate of the Sussex eleven in their two innings . The wicket played very badly , it must be admitted , and none on the Sussex side could look at the bowling of Wootton or Mr. A. Penn, who were never changed during the match. Kentwonby an innings and222 runs . Kent, 350. Sussex, 56 and 72 ; total , 128. Mr. Penn(Kent) W o o t t o n Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 1 . 2 5 1 2 3 3 4 6 9 5 1 1 3 7 (7) Kentv. Lancashire. Maidstone , August 25, 26 , § 27, 1881. Kentwonthe toss , but lost whatever advantage might have been derivable from first innings owing to the weather, and the result was never in doubt. Thewicket was very false after the heavy rains of the first day, and none of the Kentish batsmen could look at the Lancashire bowling . Barlow (61) and Crossland (38) obtained as many runs as the Kentish team in their two innings , and Lancashire finished up a most brilliant season by an easy victory by aninnings and 129 runs. Lancashire , 228. Kent, 38 and 61 ; total, 99. N a s h(Lancashire) Barlow(2nd innings Kent). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 9 . 1 1 9 3 5 1 3 4 7 1 6 1 2 5 (8) K e n tv. Surrey. Oval, September 1, 2, & 3 , 1881 . T h eweatherw a sfar too cold for cricket, and o n both sides there were notwantingsigns that the fixture was too late in the season . T h ewicket, byarrangement of the Captains , was covered each night with tarpaulin , but occasional showers during the course of the play slightly affected the ground, in spite of this precaution . Mr. W. W. Readin his first innings again punished the Kentish bowlers to the tune of 72, but the batting of neither side was seen at its best . Surrey wonby 78 runs. Surrey, 185 and 118 ; total , 303. Kent, 139 and 86; total , 225. Mr. A. Penn (2nd innings Surrey) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 1 . 3 3 4 8 1 4