James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

T H ECOUNTIES IN 1886. 7XTAXE 8 7 apatient innings of 53 ; he went in at the end of the first over , and carried out his bat. Thebowling of Woottonand G. Hearne, and the wicket -keeping of M. C. K e m p, were too good for the Australians , whowere compelled to follow onafter a poor show of only 79 runs in their first hands. A. Hearne and Wootton disposed of them a second time for 123, leaving Kent 32 to win . These they obtained without the loss of a wicket, gaining thereby the distinction of being the only county to beat the Australians in both 1884 and 1886. Kent, 171 and35 (no wicket) ; total , 206. Australians , 79 and123 ; total , 202. (13 ) Australians v. South of England. Gravesend , August 30, 31, and September 1. Thoughthe Southerners were in a minority of 129 on the first hands, in the follow on they played up so well that at the finish they were 321 runs on. All the first eight batsmen on the Australian side scored double figures , though by far the largest contributor was Mr. Palmer with 93. W h e nthe South went in a second time, Frank Hearne (111 ), M. Read (109), and Mr. W. W. Read (87) punished the Australian bowling severely , and the two professionals added 191 runs for the second wicket. At one period of their partnership 115 runs were scored in anhour and twenty-five minutes . Thegamewas drawn. South, 170 and450 ; total , 620. Australians , 299. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s I n n s. n o tout. R u n s. M o s tin a nI n n s. Average G .G .H e a r n e. 2 9 5 9 8 7 1 2 6 41.3 L o r dHarris 1 8 0 6 2 7 7 6 34.15 C.W i l s o n 8 2 3 7 1 2 7 29.5 W .H . Patterson 1 3 1 3 2 5 1 2 4 27.1 L. W i l s o n 9 1 2 0 0 *4 8 2 5 F r a n kH e a r n e 3 0 2 6 7 5 1 4 2 24.3 F .M a r c h a n t 1 1 0 2 6 3 9 6 23.10 A. J. T h o r n t o n ..... 1 0 4 1 2 4 4 1 2 0 . 4 Rev.R. T. T h o r n t o n 1 6 3 2 6 0 6 4 2 W .Rashleigh 1 1 0 1 8 8 5 3 1 7 . 1 A.M .Streatfeld 4 0 4 2 3 3 1 0 . 2 T. R. Hine-Haycock 5 1 4 1 2 3 1 0 . 1 A .H e a r n e 2 2 8 1 3 7 *2 7 9.11 S. Christopherson 1 1 1 8 8 2 0 8 . 8 J. N. Tongo 1 2 0 1 1 7 4 0 9 . 9 M . C. K e m p 1 4 2 1 1 9 3 8 9 . 1 1 H .H e a r n e . 5 1 3 4 *2 6 8.2 R. S. Jones 8 0 6 0 1 6 7 . 4 K .McAlpine 4 0 2 8 1 0 7 W o o t t o n 2 4 1 1 3 0 3 3 5.15 M a r t i n 9 Pentecost 9 2 2 2 3 7 1 0 5.2 2 4 7 4 . 4 Hickmottplayed in 3innings for 44runs; CaptainFriend in 2 innings for 38 runs; and A. W .Fulcher1innings for 15runs. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Average. F. Martin.. 2 7 6 . 2 1 4 8 3 0 3 2 9 10.13 J. N. Tonge 8 3 . 3 4 5 8 3 6 1 3 . 5 W o o t t o n 1204.3 5 4 2 1 7 2 6 1 1 0 15.76 A .H e a r n e 842.2 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 5 2 19.24 G .G .H e a r n e 3 5 8 1 7 2 4 6 4 2 3 2 0 . 4 F .H e a r n e 6 3 2 2 1 1 5 5 2 3 H .H e a r n e 1 4 3 5 7 2 4 5 9 2 7 . 2 S. Christopherson 336.1 1 3 4 5 8 6 2 0 2 9 . 6 A. J. T h o r n t o n 146.1 J 3 3 3 2 1. 7 45.6 L o r dHarris 3 7 8 3 7 4 - T. R. Hine-Haycock 3 0 4 Rev. R. T. Thornton bowled 4 overs for 18runs ; F. Marchant , 20 overs for 33 runs and 1 wicket ; W. H. Patterson ,12 overs for 39 runs ; andC. Wilson, 8 overs for 14 runs,