James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 5. 7 5 (1) K e n tv. Yorkshire. Sheffield , May 25, 26, and 27. Ahighlycreditable victory for K e n t, the moreso in the absence of L o r d Harris , Rev. R. T. Thornton, and Mr. C. K e m p. The wicket was slow from recent rains , and hence the scoring was muchbelow the average . The York- shiremen, with the one exception of Hall, could do nothing with the slow round-armbowling of A. Hearne, and it was to this that Kentmainly owed its success . In second innings of Yorkshire Hall went in first , and carried out his bat for 32 out of 81. F. Hearne's 37 in first innings of Kentwas the highest score of the match. Kentwon by eight wickets . Kent, 105 and 63 (two wickets ) ; total , 168. Yorkshire , 86 and81; total , 167. A. Hearne(Kent). Overs. 5 6 . 2 Maidens. 3 2 R u n s. 4 8 Wickets. 1 3 (2) K e n tv. Lancashire. Manchester, M a y28, 29, and 30. Neither side was quite represented at its best , though the presence of Lord Harris and Mr. Mackinnonmadethe eleven of Kent stronger than at Sheffield . A singularly even gamethroughout , and one productive of excellent all -round cricket . The brilliant batting of Briggs for Lancashire was one of the best features of the match. Altogether he was credited with 173 out of 384 made by Lancashire from the bat. In the second innings he scored 115 out of 180 while he was at the wickets , in two hours and twenty-five minutes . Mr. R. S. Jones (21 and 60) was the chief scorer for Kent-the latter a display of great merit . Lancashire w o nby 42 runs . Lancashire , 108 and 288 ; total , 396 . Kent, 141 and 213 ; total , 354. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 3 4 1 6 Mr. Christopherson (1st innings Lancashire )...... 27 (3) K e n tv. Sussex. Gravesend, June 4, 5, and 6. Amatchproductive of moderate scoring -not usually the experience of the Gravesend Ground. Though neither county had its full strength , the run- getting was surprisingly low, and thefirst day only produced an aggregate of 250for 25wickets . Humphreysand Juniper added 66 of a total of 106 for the last wicket in first innings of Sussex . Kent, whenthey went in a second time, had to make 165 to win, and, thanks to the good batting of Mr. T. R. Hine- Haycock-his first appearance for Kent-(42), and Rev. R. T. Thornton (59 not out), got them for the loss of half their wickets . Kentwonby five wickets . Kent, 97 and 165 (five wickets ) ; total , 262. Sussex , 106 and 155 ; total , 261 . Juniper(1st innings Kent) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 1 1 0 2 6 5 (4) K e n tv. H a m p s h i r e. Southampton , July 20, 21, and 22. Though Hampshirewent in second, they hada lead of sixty runs on the first hands, and the game looked then to be muchin their favour . Mr. Mar- chant (62 not out), the brothers A. J. and R. T. Thornton, and Mr. R. S. Jones, though, punished the Hampshire bowling heavily whenthey went in a second time, the first -named in particular hitting with great power. The wicket was considerably worn whenHantswent in to make 238 to win, and Wootton, with this advantage, bowled with extraordinary success . Mr. H. Armstrong played capital cricket for 41, but the rest of the team only added 58 from the