James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 4. 1 0 9 (1) Surreyv. Sussex. Brighton , July 10 and 11. The Sussex eleven had been scoring so well just previously that great things were expected of them. Owingto the rain , though, the groundwas not in a very favourable condition for run-getting , andthe scoring was not high on either side . HenryPhillips was left out of the Sussex eleven in this match, and he was greatly missed at the wicket . Messrs . J. Shuter and Bowden wentin at the close for Surrey with 29 to win, and got themin ten minutes off twenty-seven balls . Surrey wonby ten wickets . Surrey 177 and 29 (no wicket) ; total , 206. Sussex, 92 and 113 ; total , 205. (2) Surrey v. Yorkshire. Dewsbury, July 24, 25, and26. Surrey had all the advantage on the first hands, and until very late in the second innings of Yorkshire it looked as if they would have an easy victory . After following on in a minority of 109 , the Yorkshiremen lost their seven best wickets for 172, or 63 on. Amistake byM. Keadat short -leg , however, gave Peate , who had just come in, a life , and he had two more escapes before hewas caught for a vigorously hit score of 95. This altogether unexpected show altered the aspect of the game, but rain prevented its completion , and the drawwas fairly even, with Surrey nine wickets to fall and 159 runs to win. Mr. Horner andW o o dadded 52 for the last wicket of Surrey. Yorkshire , 160 and 204 ; total , 444. Surrey, 269 and 20 (one wicket) ; total , 289. (3) Surrey v. Yorkshire. Oval, September 4, 5, and 6. Rain prevented the wickets being pitched on the first and three days, and whatplay there was on the slow wicket was not of a very interesting kind. Emmett's bowling for Yorkshire was the best feature of the match. A tthe close Surrey were thirteen behind, with all their wickets to fall . Surrey, 110 and 11 (no wicket) ; total , 121. Yorkshire , 134. E m m e t t Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 38.3 2 5 3 7 5 (4) Surreyv. Sussex. Oval, September 8, 9 and 10. Owingto the heavy rains the ground was all in favour of the bowlers , and the play at the finish was sensational . The Surrey captain winning the toss puthis opponents in, and though muchcriticised , the move proved successful . Mr. W. W . Readscored 83 for Surrey, or nine more than the Sussex eleven ; and, though missed three times , considering the state of the wicket , it was a good performance . Sussex , whenthey went in again, had to bat in a very bad light , and were dismissed for 109. Mr. Whitfeld carried his bat through the innings for 41, andhe was altogether three hours and a quarter at the wickets without anything like a chance. Surrey, with 30 to win, made 20 of them withouttheloss of one batsman. T h e nc a m etherot, andMr. W . Blackman bowled so well that six wickets fell before the remaining two were made. Lohmann, a colt of 1884 , bowled with great success for Surrey, whowonbyfour wickets. Surrey, 154 and 32 (six wickets ) ; total , 184. Sussex , 74 and 109 ; total , 183. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Lohmann(Surrey) . 5 6 Mr.W .Blackman(2nd innings Surrey) 1 4 3 2 8 5 8 Wickets. 9 1 1 4