James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 2. 7 7 (1) K e n tv. Yorkshire. Sheffield , June 12 and 13 . Kentwonthe toss , but with only a very moderate eleven , and the ground owing to recent rains , all in favour of the bowlers , had little chance. Lord Harris (62) and George Hearne (26) made the game look well at the outset , with 98runs for one wicket . The tail though made a sorry show, and the innings closed for 113 , all the last six batsmen failing to score . Considering their bowling Kentdid fairly well to get the Yorkshiremen out for 172. Onthe second daythough , as the wicket dried the Kentish batsmen , could do nothing with the bowling of Bates and Peate and they were all out in an hour and tenminutes . Peate got three wickets in one over . Yorkshire won by an innings and 20 runs . Yorkshire, 172. Kent, 113 and 39, total , 152. Bates (slow round, Kent 2nd innings ). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 19.3 1 2 (2) K e n t . Lancashire. Manchester, June15, 16 and17. 1 2 6 Asingular contrast to the match with Yorkshire earlier in the week. The ground was in very bad condition from heavy rains , and hence the scoring was low onboth sides . Neither eleven had its full strength , but Lancashire had a good batting side , and Kent was mainly indebted to Wootton's bowling , for getting themout twice for an aggregate of 236. Mr. Tylecote nearly succeeded in bringing Kentoff victorious . W h e nthe fifth Kentish wicket fell in the second innings he was still in and only 28 runs were left to win. Crossland , though , per- formed on the last batsmen with such effect , that only one run was added and Lancashire wona good matchby 26 runs. Mr. Tylecote contributed 94 out of 139, an innings without a fault . Lancashire , 138 and 98, total , 236. Kent, 71 and 139, total , 210. Wootton(fast round left , Kent) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 6 1 . 2 2 8 9 1 1 2 (3) K e n tv. Sussex. Gravesend, June 22, 23 and24. W e a kbowling, madevery much worse by careless and slovenly fielding , contributed to produce a very decisive reverse for Sussex . Kent hadcertainly not its best eleven , but Lord Harris (176) and Lord Throwley (82), helped very muchbybad fielding , found the Sussex bowling so muchto their taste that they put on208 runsbefore the first wicket of K e n t. Thisis the largest numberm a d e for the first wicket in a county match. The Kentish innings (521 ) too, proved to be the highest madeby an English eleven in a good match in 1882. Mr. Greenfield scored 107 in the second innings of Sussex, but otherwise the batting was only moderate . Kentwonbyaninnings and 175 runs. Kent 521. Sussex 128 and218, total , 346. (4) K e n tv. Sussex. Brighton , July 10, 11, and 12 . Despite heavy rains a match productive of somegood scoring . Sussex was well represented , but Kenthad only a weak eleven , with Lord Harris and Mr. Tylecote away in addition to the other absentees of the season . Sussex began badly , losing its eight best wickets for 70 ; but a useful stand by Mr. C. A. Smith, of Cambridge University , and Henry Phillips , who added 95, madetheir total respectable . The first three Kentish batsmen , F. Hearne (31 ), O'Shaughnessy (98), and G. Hearne (90), contributed 219 out of 253 from the bat. The game was drawn. Kent 275 and 33 (two wickets ) ; total , 308 , Sussex , 195 and 247 ; total 442.