James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

7 6 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. bat, and Kent wonby 132 runs . Kent, 133 and 297 ; total , 430. Hants, 193and105 ; total , 298. Wootton(2nd innings Hants) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 28.1 3 9 8 (5) K e n tv. Surrey. Gravesend , July 23 and 24. 9 Oneof the most exciting finishes of the season . Thewicket did not wear at all well , andKent, in winning the toss , had a great advantage . Thetail of each teamdid good service in the first hands, the last six wickets of Kentcon- tributing 195 to the total of 213, the last four of Surrey 125 out of 177. Surrey , whenthey went in a second time, had 154 to win a very difficult task as the ground was. Messrs. ReadandK e yput on 63 for the third wicket , but eight batsmenwere out for 98, and there were only Beaumont, Lohmann, and Mr. Hornerto go in. W h e nMr. Horner, the last m a n, joined Lohmann, 32 were still wanting, and Surrey's chances seemed hopeless . Lohmann, though, con- tinued to play capital cricket , and Mr. Horner and he won the match for Surrey , amidst the greatest excitement , by a wicket . Lohmannwas (not out) 34, Mr. Horner (not out) 12. Five batsmen in Surrey's second innings failed to score . Thegamewas continued on the second day beyond the time arranged , and it was 7.35 before the winning hit was made. Lord Harris and Messrs . М. С. K e m pandPatterson were absent from Kent; Mr. W. E. Roller and M. Read from Surrey . Surrey , 177 and 154 (nine wickets ) ; total , 331. Kent, 21.3 and 117; total, 330. Beaumont(Surrey) . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 8 5 . 1 4 9 1 1 5 (6) K e n tv. Yorkshire. Canterbury , August 3, 4, and 5. Wickets. 1 2 Theopening match of the Canterbury week, and the first appearance of the Yorkshire eleven in that city . Rain interfered materially with the game, and Kenthad all the best of the wicket throughout . Winning the toss , they were not out till the second morning-a result chiefly due to the excellent batting of Mr. Patterson (67), Mr. Mackinnon (57), and George Hearne (71) . Yorkshire had to bat first on a drying wicket , and Ulyett , who made 77 out of 132 from the bat, was alone able to play Mr. Christopherson and Woottonwith con- fidence . Hall's defensive play was of immense use to Yorkshire on the third day; and, indeed , had he not kept up his wicket as the ground was, Kent wouldhave had a good chance of winning. H ewas in two hours and three- quarters for his 12 (not out). The match was drawn, Yorkshire wanting 75 to save the innings with six wickets to fall . Kent, 312. Yorkshire , 138 and 99 (four wickets ) ; total , 237 . (7) K e n tv. Sussex. Brighton , August 10, 11, and 12. Inlosing the toss , Sussex had the worst of the wicket , which did not play particularly well after the first day.. Kent's total of 399 was mainly due to three batsmen-M r. Patterson (143), George Hearne (66), and Rev. К. Т. Thornton (59)-whowere responsible for 268. Mr. Patterson , though he ought to have been caught the first ball he received , played very fine cricket . H e wasat the wicket four hours and three -quarters . ThoughSussex had a good batting side , their show was only a moderate one, and Jesse Hide, Humphreys, andMessrs . N e w h a mand F. M. Lucas alone lent any real assistance . Kent w o nb yaninnings and 66 runs . Kent, 399. Sussex , 176 and 157 ; total , 333. Wootton(Kent) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 9 1 . 3 4 4 1 3 3 1 1