James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1886. 8 5 (6) K e n tv. Surrey. Beckenham, July 22, 23, and 24. W o nbySurrey by ten wickets two minutes before time . This wasthe first county match ever played at Beckenham , and was a success financially as well as from a run-getting point of view. Surrey madethe best of their advantage inwinning the toss , and completely collared the homebowling , scoring 440 runs , of which Lohmanncontributed 107, W. E. Roller (not out) 102, W. W. Read 87, and M. Read67. This was the first three -figure innings Lohmannhadmade. Kentcommencedwith 248-Lord Harris 43, and an excellent hard-hit 96 from F. Marchant being the chief items . 202 runs , to which F. Marchant was 65. Kent, 248 and 202 ; total , 450 . Following on they again did well , making again chief subscriber with a well -played Surrey , 440 and 14 (no wicket ) ; total , 454 . (7) K e n tv. Y o r k s h i r e. Canterbury , August 5, 6, and 7. TheKenteleven followed up their victory over the Australians by defeating Yorkshire with six wickets to spare . Winning the toss they totalled 335 runs at the first attempt , of which C. Wilson and George Hearne were responsible for 244, the former scoring 127 runs to the professional's 117. Both played in most brilliant form . The last batsmen , however , collapsed entirely , and six wickets fell for 31 runs, all captured by the veteran T. Emmettat a cost of only six runs a truly remarkable performance . Yorkshire totalled 172 and 226 runs in their two innings . Thechief honours rested with Hall , who carried his bat through the first innings for 74, and going in two wickets downin the second innings was not out at the close with 75 runs. H ewas well supported by Emmettwith 48 and 10. Kent wonby six wickets . Kent, 335 and64 (four wickets ) ; total , 399. Yorkshire , 172 and 226 ; total , 398 . (8) K e n tv. Middlesex. Gravesend , August 12, 13, and 14. Aboutthe heaviest scoring match of the county season . A sm a n yas 1,027 runs were totalled for twenty -five wickets , giving an average of over 41 runs . Another noteworthy fact was that two batsmen on each side got three figures . TheKentteam deserve the greatest credit , as after being at the end of the first innings 261 runs behind , they were at the finish 113 on, with five wickets still to fall . Kentwonthe toss and made 196-by no means a large total onsuch a perfect wicket against the Middlesex bowling . Thebrothers Hearne were responsible for 101 -George , 53; Frank, 47. Middlesex soon collared the Kentbowling, which was muchweakened by the absence of Alec Hearne. A. J. WebbeandA. E. Stoddart (the first batsmen) were not parted till they had compiled 205 runs . Theformer scored 103, and the latter his first century for his county (116) ; while J. G. Walker(79) and T. C. O'Brien (not out 88) were the other largest contributors to the total of 457. O nKent going in again the brothers Hearneplayed most brilliantly , outdoing the long stand above mentioned b y21 runs. Frank Hearne's score of 142 runs was his first century for his county. Georgewas batting six hours and twenty minutes for his 126. They wereably backed up by Lord Harris (76), whowith G. Hearne added no less than 168 runs for the third wicket . Of the 543 runs scored byKentfrom the bat, the three last -mentioned made no less than 471. Kentlost five wickets in their second innings . Kent , 196 and 374 (five wickets ) ; total , 570. Middlesex , 4 5 7. (9) K e n tv. Surrey. Kennington Oval, August 19, 20, and21 . The return match between these homecounties produced an even and exciting contest , Surrey eventually winning by 39 runs , with only three minutes to