James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

6 4 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. (5) K e n tv. Surrey. Maidstone , July 19, 20, and 21 . Surrey was without Barratt's bowling , and Kent profited by his absence . O nboth sides , indeed , the scoring was high, and in all, 781 runs were recorded for only twenty-four wickets . In Surrey's first innings Messrs . Diver (88) and W. W. Read (61) made 121 runs while together ; in the second , Messrs . Read (77 not out) and Shuter (62) the same number. Lord Harris (65) and George Hearne (57), too, during their partnership , contributed 120 runs ; but the feature of Kent's innings was the stand by Mr. A. Penn (66), who went in tenth, and the last two wickets added 127. In their second innings Surrey got their 182 runs in an hour and fifty minutes . Rain stopped play altogether on the second afternoon , and the game was drawn. Kent, 325. Surrey, 274 and 182 (for four wickets ) ; total , 456. (6) Kentv. Middlesex Canterbury, Aug. 9 and10. O nthe first daysome excellent cricket was shown on both sides , and there seemed every chance of a good match. The absence of Messrs . Christopherson and Penn weakened the Kentish bowling considerably , but still , the eleven w o u l dh a v ed o n ewellh a dM r .C. T. S t u d dnoth a da secondlife. T h a n k sto his score of 105 not out Middlesex claimed a lead of 78, and it was his bowling whichmainly conduced to the collapse of Kent in the second innings . A tone timethe score was 84 for the loss of only a wicket, but after this camethe " rot," and the total only reached 118. Lord Harris had to leave the ground when he had made 32 in the second innings , and the match was finished during his absence . Middlesex was chiefly indebted for its victory to the excellent all -round cricket of Mr. C. T. Studd. Middlesex wonby nine wickets . Middle- sex, 294 and 41 (for one wicket ) ; total , 335. Kent, 216 and 118 ; total , 334. Mr. C. T. Studd (Middlesex). Burton (2nd innings Kent). Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 9 3 . 2 3 0 . 1 4 5 1 8 1 2 4 3 3 1 0 5 (7) K e n tv. Yorkshire. Gravesend , August 16 and 17. The only noteworthy feature of the match on the Kentish side was the brilliant batting of Lord Harris in each innings . In their two " hands " the Kentisheleven secured 277 runs fromthe bat, andof these 159 werecontributed byLord Harris . H ecarried his bat through the first innings for 80 out of 134 from the bat ; in the second he had scored 79 out of 105, whenhe was out, in an hour and five minutes . In the first innings the last seven Kentish wickets only added 18, in the second 45 runs . The Yorkshire batting was by no means even. Their total was 392, but of these Lockwood subscribed 208 out of 297 while he was in. His score was the highest madein a first -class match in 1883. York- shire won by an innings and 94 runs . Yorkshire , 392. Kent, 148 and 150 ; total , 298. (8) K e n tv. Lancashire. Gravesend, August20 and 21. Avery creditable victory for Kent, the result , mainly, of excellent fielding . Thewicket musthave been very deceptive , as the highest of the four innings only amounted to 118 , and Lancashire , with a good batting side , could not reach three figures either time. In all , only 383 runs were scored from the bat for forty wickets , an average of just over 9 runs . It was a bowler's match