James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

8 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. against which he had to contend , the season was by no meansunproductive . In the later fixtures the eleven showed up well, and their victory over Yorkshire at Sheffield was a compensation for a long spell of ill -luck . Thoughtheir record showed seven defeats and two wins, there was enough to show that whenfairly represented Middlesex was even last year, under trying conditions , able to take its ownpart with the best . Against such bad fortune maybe instanced one good sign in the addition of two new players in Mr. A. E. Stoddart and West, both of w h o mare likely to be useful all -round cricketers . R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches Played , 10 ; Won, 2 ; Drawn, 1 ; Lost , 7. W h e n Club. Opnts. Where played played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd L o r d ' s July13, 14 336 *47 191 Sheffield A g17 1819 169 226 201 188 145 NottinghamA g 2 0 2 1 2 225 144 257 *39 Opponents. Matches Won(2). *K e n t . (2) Yorkshire Matches Drawn(1 ). (3) Notts Matches Lost (7). O v a l L o r d ' s L o r d ' s L o r d ' s L o r d ' s Clifton M a i d s t o n e (1) Surrey *Y o r k s h i r e *Surrey *Gloucestershire. *N o t t s *Gloucestershire. *K e n t . M y21 2223 25 77 166 June4,5,6 231 113 222 125 8,9,10 88 81 120 61 ,, 18,19,20 308 119 250 *180 ود 348 Jy16,17,18 128 133 415 A g2425 26 110 235 ,, 27,28,29 187 143 193 *138 *Seereviews of M.C.C. , Gloucestershire , andKent. (1) Middlesexv. Surrey. Oval, M a y21 , 22, and23. W o nb y 10 wkts ; *now ď 49runs R e m a r k s. *1 wd Lostb y inns& 64r u n s 5 wkts ; *5 w d 12 runs 8 wkts ; *2 w d inns& 154r u n s inns& 3 r u n s 4 wkts ; *6 wd Middlesex was unfortunate enough not to have its full strength , and, in addition . to lose the toss a matter of considerable moment, as the ground was slow after heavy rains . Surrey , who went in first , were able to makea respect- able score of 166-a result due chiefly to Maurice Read, who contributed 69. Beaumontbowled for the first time for Surrey in this match, and with markedsuc- cess . Lohmannand Beaumontwere unchanged in the first innings of Middlesex , and the total was only 25, or twenty from the bat, Mr. Webbebeing the highest scorer with seven . This wasthe smallest innings made by a County Eleven in 1885. Surrey wonby an innings and 64 runs . Surrey , 166 ; Middlesex , 25 and 77; total , 102. Beaumont(Surrey). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 3 3 3 4 8 1 2 (2) Middlesexv. Yorkshire. Sheffield , August 17, 18, and 19 . A victory of which the Middlesex eleven had good reason to be proud. Yorkshire had a lead of 32 runs on the first hands , a success due chiefly to Lee (72) and Peel (71), who were responsible for 143 out of 181 from the bat. W h e n they went in a second time, Yorkshire had 195 to get to win-not a very difficult task on paper. Burton and the colt West, however, bowled with such effect that Grimshaw(37) alone did very much, and Middlesex in the end were able to claim amajority of 49 runs . Messrs . O'Brien (29 and 56) and E. M. Hadow (44 not out and 56) were the principal scorers on their side . Mr. A. E. Stoddart madehis first appearance for Middlesex in this match. Middlesex , 169 and 226 ; total , 395. Yorkshire , 201 and 145 ; total , 346. Preston (Yorkshire ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 6 0 3 0 9 8 1 0