James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1886. 7 7 than whenhe wasdoing duty for Gloucestershire . Of twelve matches only three werewon, and one of these two the majority was under fifty runs . In Mr. O. G. Radcliffe , who played for Somersetshire , Mr. W. G. Grace received a valuable addition to the batting of his side , and he had the distinction of the highest aggregate of the year. Mr. Brain , who was out of form in 1885, batted in his best style , particularly in the later matches, and his average was the best of the summer. Mr. H. Hale, an Australian by birth , madea promising début for the county , and as he is young and painstaking will probably be of service to Gloucestershire. R e s u l t so fM a t c h e s . Matches Played, 13 ; Won, 3 ; Drawn, 4 ; Lost, 6. W h e n Club. Opnts. 1 s t2 n d 1st 2 n d Where played . played . inn . inn . inn . inn . W o nb y Opponents. MatchesW o n(3). (4) Sussex *Derbyshire (11) Lancashire (3) Notts (5) Lancashire (6) Yorkshire (7) Notts MatchesLost(6). (1) Surrey (2) Sussex . *Middlesex.. (8) Middlesex. Gloucester Derby Clifton July1, 2,3 293 197 224 160 105 runs Aug.2, 3 131 94 55 123 47 runs ,, 26, 27,28 116 226 182 129 31 runs MatchesD r a w n(4). R e m a r k s. Mretn- in-M s hJu28,29,30 242 1 2 44 3 0 Manchester Jy 22,23,24 119 1 8 4142 Sheffield " 26,27,28 177 *90 210 204 *5 wktsd o w n *3 ود L'ost by (9) Yorkshire (1 0) Surrey E x t r aMatches. (12) Australians (13) Australians Nottingham 29,30,31 321 *343 Oval Brighton Lord's Gloucester C h e l t e n h a m Clifton Clifton A p26,27,28 195 154 285 *65 June7,8,9 147 219 349 *19 و د 10,11,12 228 207 285 *151 A g. 9,10,11 194 112 393 و د و و 19, 20 85 131 167 *52 23,24,25 153 173 233 *94 A u g5, 6, 7 220 358 211 *173 5 wkts; *5 w d 10wkts ; *no w d 6 wkts; *4 w d inns& 87 runs 5 wkts; *5 w d 8 wkts; *2 w d D r a w n; *5 w a Cheltenham 16,17,18 74 133 119 114 Lost by 26 runs و د * SeeReviewso M.C.C. andDerbyshire. (1) Gloucestershirev. Surrey. Oval, April 26 , 27, and 23. Thefirst inter -county matchplayed , as far as weknow, during Easter week. Fortunately , too , the weather was muchmore favourable than might have been expected , and as the ground was in good condition some good cricket was wit- nessed . Bothsides were well represented , the only noteworthy absentees being Messrs . E. M. Grace and Moberly from Gloucestershire , and Mr. W. E. Roller from the Surrey eleven . Thematch wasremarkable for an innings of a hundredon each side -M r. Townsend's 106 for Gloucestershire , andAbel's 110 for Surrey . Mr. Townsend's runs were got without a fault , while Abel's first mistakewasa hardchanceto mid-on w h e nhehadgot 60. T h elatter wasfour hours and a quarter at the wicket . Considering that all the players were necessarily out of practice the cricket was distinctly good. O n the first day, BankHoliday , 13,788 persons paid for admission to the ground . Surrey won by five wickets . Surrey , 285 and 65 (five wickets ) ; total , 350. Gloucestershire , 195 and 154 ; total , 348. Woof(2nd innings Surrey O v e r s. 1 7 M a i d e n s 6 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 3 1 5