James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

T H EC O U N T I E SI N 1 8 8 3. 6 5 throughout , and the best performance with the ball was that of Wootton, who wascredited with thirteen Lancashire wickets at a cost of only 84, an average of under 6½ runs . Kent won by 21 runs. Kent, 92 and 118 ; total , 210 Lancashire ,97 and 92 ; total , 189. Wootton(Kent). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 8 (9) K e n tv. Surrey. Oval, August 27, 28, and 29. 2 3 8 4 1 3 A match evenly drawn, after some heavy run-getting . O n the two first days624 runs were scored for the loss of only sixteen wickets . O nthe third day, though, a complete change took place , and nineteen wickets only realised 257. Mr. Roller (142) and Abel (63) made182 runs while they were together in Surrey's first innings . It was only a plucky stand of the two last batsmen, Woottonand Collins , that enabled Kent to save a follow on without a run to spare . Mr. Christopherson's fast bowling, whenSurrey went in a second time, was the feature of the match. H etook eight wickets in 23 overs at a cost of only 41 runs. The gamewas drawn, Kentwanting 60 to win with five wickets to fall . Kent, 299 and 112 (for five wickets ) ; total , 411 . total , 470. Surrey , 378 and 92 ; B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s ti n Inns. notout. R u n s. I n n s. A v e r a g e. L o r dH a r r i s 2 1 1 7 6 1 1 1 8 3 8 . 1 R e v .R. T. T h o r n t o n 8 3 1 4 8 3 2 2 9 . 3 A .P e n n 7 1 1 1 7 6 6 19.3 M .C. K e m p 4 0 9 3 4 5 23.1 L . W i l s o n 1 4 2 2 5 2 5 9 2 1 G .G . H e a r n e. 2 1 0 4 5 3 7 6 2 1 . 1 2 R .S. Jones. 8 0 1 3 9 8 3 1 7 . 3 H o n. IvoBligh 1 2 0 2 0 6 4 2 1 7 . 2 E .F. S. Tylecote 1 5 0 2 7 1 7 8 18.1 W .H .Patterson 1 2 1 1 5 3 *39 13.10 C.Wilson 1 0 2 9 3 1 7 1 1 . 5 O'Shaughnessy 1 2 0 1 4 0 3 4 1 1 . 8 S. Christopherson. 1 2 0 1 0 8 4 2 9 F.Lipscomb 8 1 5 3 *1 9 7 . 4 F. M .Atkins 4 0 3 5 3 1 8 . 3 H.W .R. Tailyour 9 1 1 5 8 1 8 1 9 . 6 C.Gibson. 7 2 2 9 *1 7 5 . 4 W o o t t o n 1 8 6 7 5 *1 8 6 . 3 L.Bligh 6 2 3 4 *1 0 8 . 2 W .Foord-Kelcey 6 0 2 2 8 3 . 4 Pentecost 5 0 8 6 1 . 3 Thefollowing played in three innings :- F. Marchant, 24, 0, and8; andCollins , 2, 0, and 23. E. H. Hardcastle played in one innings , scoring 53 Capt. Inglis one, scoring 19. B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . S. Christopherson . W o o t t o n O'Shaughnessy Collins A .P e n n. G .G .H e a r n e F .Lipscomb L o r dH a r r i s. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. 365.3 1 6 4 6 3 3 3 8 16.25 482.3 2 0 0 8 4 1 4 2 2 0 . 1 3 0 1 1 6 0 3 2 0 8 5 3 2 1 2 7 6 2 1 . 1 2 5 5 1 1 2 3 8 6 2 2 1 7 . 1 2 4 9 2 . 3 2 4 7 6 3 8 3 1 20.18 221.3 7 3 4 7 0 1 7 27.11 1 7 9 6 3 3 4 2 1 0 34.2 Thefollowing bowled inthree innings :- W. Foord-Kelcey, 113 overs for 242 runs and five wickets ; andL. E. Bligh, 65 overs for 70 runs and four wickets . Thefollowing bowled in two innings :- W. H. Patterson , 8overs for 27 runs. The following bowled in one innings :- L. Wilson , 10 overs for 22 runs and a wicket ; A. C. Gibson , 5 overs for 15 runs ; E. F. S. Tylecote , 6overs for 14 runs ; and C. Wilson , 3 overs for 8 runs. D A