James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

8 6 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. spare . The hometeam were without W. E. Roller and Bowley, while their opponents missed the assistance of Lord Harris . N oplay took place on the first dayowing to rain , and consequently small scores were the result . Surrey scored 176 runs in their first innings , of which Abel made 32, W . W . Read 5l, and M. Read54. Martin bowled well for Kent on this his first appearance at the Oval, taking seven wickets for 43 runs . Kentgoing in on a fast drying wicket began most disastrously , W . H. Patterson , G. and F. Hearne, all being bowled byLohmannwithout scoring . W. Rashleigh was out after fifty -one minutes ' batting for a single . C. Wilson (55) and F. Marchant (36) came to their county's rescue , and thanks to them the total reached 142, or 34 runs behind . Surrey's second venture amounted to 130 runs , Abel (32), Read (29), and Diver (23) alone getting into double figures . Kent required 185 to win, with three hours andtenminutes in which to get them. This they failed to accomplish , as above stated , though W. Rashleigh played a fine innings of 53. Kent, 142 and 125 ; total , 267. Surrey, 176 and 130; total , 306 . Martin(Kent) Overs. Maidens. 78.1 3 8 (10) K e n tv. Lancashire. Maidstone , August23 and 24. R u n s. 8 6 W i c k e t s. 1 2 Entirely a bowler's match. Only 322 runs were scored for thirty -one wickets (anaverage of under 10½ runs), and none of the three completed innings totalled 90. W . Rashleigh's 28 was the highest individual score until Kentwent in to knockoff the74 required to win, w h e nF. Hearnerattled up 56 not out in fine style . Wootton never bowled better . H e took thirteen wickets at a cost of 64 runs , or an average of under five runs per wicket . H ewas well sup- ported byMartin, who secured seven Lancashire wickets at a cost of 77 runs . This pair bowled throughout the match, with the exception of two overs by A. Hearne. Kent wonby nine wickets . 163. Lancashire , 77 and82; total , 159. Wootton(Kent) Kent, 89 and 74 (one wicket ) ; total , O v e r s. 61.3 M a i d e n s. 3 4 (11) K e n tv. N o t t s. Nottingham, August 26, 27, and 28. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 6 4 1 3 The first match played byKent at Trent Bridge since 1879. Winningthe toss , they made246 in their first innings , of which Lord Harris and W. H. Patterson were responsible for 55 and 124 respectively . Notts followed with 177, Gunn and Shrewsbury, whoput on 127 for the third wicket , playing well for 70 and 66. Attewell proved very destructive on Kentgoing in a second time, andwas credited with seven wickets at a cost of 41 runs , Lord Harris and F. Hearne being the only batsmen to get into double figures . Notts had 173 to get to win in two and a half hours, but at the finish still wanted 92 runs , with seven wickets to fall . Kent, 246 and 104 ; total , 350. Nottingham, 177 and 82 (three wickets ) ; total , 259. (12) K e n tv. Australians. Canterbury , Angust 2, 3, and4. Thehomecounty repeated their performance in the corresponding match of the season of 1884 by a brilliant victory over the Australians . Play was delayed onthe opening dayby rain till late in the afternoon , andthe visitors winning the toss unfortunately , as the result proved, decided to put Kentin. On the first afternoon 118 runs were scored for the loss of five wickets , and this number wasfurther increased next day to 171. George Hearne was chief scorer with