James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

8 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (3) K e n tv. Notts. Maidstone , June 24, 25, and 26 . Thefirst matchbetween these counties since 1879. Notts managedto secure the victory just by three wickets , though, as Barnes had injured himself , there werereally only two batsmenleft to go in, Kentwonthe toss , and thanks to their usual mainstays , Lord Harris (65) and George Hearne (75), reached the good total of 228. Notts fell short of this by 43 runs , Scotton (53 ) alone making morethan 25. Kentcollapsed entirely in their second innings before the bowl- ing of Attewell and Shacklock , and were disposed of for a total of 113, of which GeorgeHearnemade50. Going in first he was last out, and altogether in the matchmade125 runs a fine performance against the Notts bowling. Notts wanted157 runs to win, and these they obtained with the loss of seven wickets , Gunn(55) and Shrewsbury (53) being the chief contributors . George Hearne took six of the seven wickets at a cost of 34 runs . Kent, 228 and 113 ; total , 341 . Notts, 185 and159 (seven wickets ) ; total , 344 . (4) K e n tv . Sussex. Brighton , July 8 , 9, and 10 . Thoughneither county was able to play its full strength , the batting was strong enough to account for 1063 runs for 36 wickets . The homecounty were fortunate enough to win the toss , but were disposed of for 161, Woottontaking eight wickets at the small cost of 55 runs . Kentmadebetter use of their oppor- tunity , as they totalled 319 , thanks chiefly to Lord Harris (73), Rev. R. T. Thornton (64), G. Hearne (42), L. Wilson (40). Sussex fared much better in their second attempt , and managedto reach 370 runs, a very fine innings byJesse Hide (173 ), well assisted by F. M. Lucas (49) and Humphreys (51), contributing mainly to their success . Kent, with 213 to win, got themfor the loss of six wickets , G. Hearne (71) and his brother Frank (59) doing most of the scoring . Kentwonby four wickets . Kent, 319 and 213 (six wickets ) ; total , 532. Sussex , 161 and 370 ; total , 531 . Wootton(Kent) O v e r s. 4 0 . 1 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 9 5 5 8 (5) K e n tv. Sussex. Tonbridge , July 15, 16, and 17. Neither side was able to play its full strength , and Sussex succeeded in revers- ing the result of the previous match. Tester and Quaife started the batting for Sussex, and the former saw all his side dismissed for a total of 238, scoring himself a very fine innings of 130 runs . Lord Harris (62) and W. Rashleigh (28) commencing Kent's innings scored 91 runs in the first hour, andA. J. Thornton (41) and H. Hearne(26 not out) helped to swell the total to 220. The second attempt of Sussex reached 287, and was chiefly remarkable for the good performance of F. Thomas (73 ), of the Cambridge eleven , who made his first appearance for his county in this match. Wanting306 runs to win, Kentwere not favoured by the weather , rain falling heavily whenthey had lost one wicket . Ona fast dry- ing ground they were all disposed of for the small total of 126. Of these George Hearnewasresponsible for 30, the result of one hour andthree -quarter's batting . Jesse Hidebowled with remarkable success at the last . Sussex wonby 179 runs . Sussex , 238 and 287 ; total , 525. Kent, 220 and 126 ; total , 346 . O v e r s. Maidens. R u n s. J. Hide (2nd innings Kent) ....................... 53.1 3 3 3 9. Wickets. 6