James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

7 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. butthe Yorkshire tail gave them considerable trouble in the second innings , and Mr. L u m b(60 not out) and Emmettadded 82 for the eighth wicket. Surreywentin just before luncheon on the third day with 268 to win, and lost four good wickets for 34. Seven wickers were downfor 113 whenAbel joined MauriceReadand, with 155 still to get, all chance seemed gone. B y very fine cricket , though, the two professionals added 109 before Abel was caught and bowled for 60. and as five minutes still remained with only Mr. Hornerand Barratt to follow , the gamewas most exciting . Theamateur, however, was equal to the few overs left , and the gamewas drawn, Maurice Kead carrying out his bat for 94. H e was missed once , but altogether it was one of the verybest innings he has ever played . Owingto an injured finger , Huntercould not take the wicket in. Surrey's second innings , and Lockwoodmademore than one mistake there , which helped Surrey . At the tinish Surrey wanted 41 to win with two wickets to fall . Surrey. 166 and 226 (for eight wickets ) ; total , 392. Yorkshire , 181 and251; total , 432. (10) Surreyv. Somersetshire. Oval, August 2 and 3. Asplendid wicket, the same on which Surrey made650 against Hants in M a y, and as a result some long scoring to their credit . Somersetshire had a strong eleven , but none of themplayed Barratt with any contidence , and in their twoinnings they only realised an aggregate of 236. Surrey's highest contributor wasMr. Diver with 98, but the lowest score of the other seven who got double figures was 29. Mr. M. P. Bowden, of Dulwich College , not yet 18 years of age, madehis debut for Surrey in this match. H eplayed very promising cricket for his 38, and in Somerset's first innings caught three batsmen at the wicket and stumped one. Surrey wonby an innings and 213 runs . Surrey , 449 . Somersetshire , 84 and 152 ; total , 236. Barratt (Surrey) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 7 . 2 2 0 1 0 5 1 3 (11) Surrey v. Leicestershire . Oval, August 13 and 14. Surrey, with its full strength , madeamends for its defeat at Leicester , and w o nwithplenty in hand. Their start was a very bad one, as they lost five of their best batsmen for 57 runs , and it was only the resolute hitting of Messrs . Diver(84) and Bainbridge (60) whoput on 98 runs in 40 minutes , that enabled themto reach a total of 255. Leicestershire just failed to save the follow on bysix runs, and, with 67 to win, Mr. Diver and Maurice Read knocked the runs off in 35 minutes without the loss of a wicket . Surrey wonby 10 wickets . Surrey, 255 and 68 (for no wicket ) ; total , 323. Leicestershire , 169 and 152; total , 321. (12) Surrey v. Somersetshire. Taunton , August 16 and 17. To Mr. W. W. Read's brilliant batting Surrey was, in a great measure, indebted for its victory , though it was the very effective bowling of Barratt which pulled them through at the finish . Mr. Read carried out his bat in each innings , and he contributed 93 and 86 to the respective totals of 193 and 195, anunusually fine performance . Barratt was credited with 12 Somersetshire wickets , and in the second innings his eight wickets only cost an average of 3 runs , a great bowling feat . Surrey won by 75 runs . Surrey , 193 and 195 ; total , 388. Somersetshire , 228 and 85 ; total , 313. Barratt (1st innings Somerset) O v e r s. 2 5 . 3 Maidens. R u n s. 5 2 8 Wickets. 8