James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1886. 9 5 M I D D L E S E X . OFFICERS FOR 1887. President , Earl of Strafford . Vice -President , Lord G. Hamilton, M.P. Treasurer , W. Nicholson . Hon. Sec ., P. M. Thornton. Assistant Sec . , J. A. Murdoch . Committee , Hon. A. Lyttelton , R. Hender- son, G. Lee, J. Robertson , E. Rutter, G. B. Studd, C. M. Tebbut, M. Turner , C. I. Thornton , G. F. Vernon , V. E. Walker , I. D. Walker, J. G. Walker, A. J. Webbe. MIDDLESEX, though as strong as ever in batting , still suffers materially from the lack of good bowlers . T w obatsmen of morethan ordinary ability were intro- ducedinto the eleven in the persons of Mr. J. G. Walker, the old Oxonian, and Spillman, a cricketer well knownfor manyyears in the neighbourhood of Lon- don. Inits attack , though , Middlesex was very weak. Thebulk of the bowl- ing wasdone by Burton, West, and Mr. Robertson , and the first -named, who delivered nearly a thousand overs , though rather expensive , was of great use throughout. Twopublic school captains of 1886 were tried in the later matches- to wit, Messrs . M. J. Dauglish , of Harrow, and F. G. J. Ford, of Repton , another of the celebrated brotherhood . The forner, nowat Oxford, is a fair bat as well as a wicket -keeper of promise , and maybe of service to the county. Resultsof M a t c h e s. Matches Played , 10 ; Won, 3 ; Drawn, 3 ; Lost , 4. Club. Opnts. Opponents. Where played . played . W h e n 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y i n n. i n n. i n n. inn. MatchesW o n(3). *K e n t MatchesLost(4). E x t r aM a t c h . *Gloucestershire *Gloucestershire MatchesD r a w n(3). *Yorkshire . *K e n t . (3)Notts (1) Surrey *N o t t s *Surrey (2) Yorkshire.. *Australians Lord's Lord's Lord's My31Jul2 104 158 83 136 43 runs Ju101112 285*151 228 207 6 wkts; *4 w d Gloucester A u g91011393 194 112 inns. & 87 runs R e m a r k s . June7 8 9192*255 237 409 *4 wickets down G r a v e s e n d A u1 21 3 1 44 5 7 1 9 6*374 *5 " " Nottingham ود 1 92021 168 73 125 *24 *2 و و L o s tb y O v a l Lord's Lord's M a y2728 J u171819 90 92 215 inns. & 3 3runs 253 185 204*236 " 212223 Bradford A u161718 246 235 261*221 1 2 3 8 2 401 5 wkts; *5 w d 4 wkts; *6 w d inns. & 1 9 6runs Lord's Ju252627 259 217 354*123 lost by1 w; *9 w d * See reviews of M.C.C. , Gloucestershire , andKent. (1) Middlesex v. Surrey. Oval, M a y27 and 28 . Adecisive victory for Surrey the end of the second day. Mr. A. J. Webbe wasunable to play owing to the lamented death of his brother , and Mr. Vernon captained the Middlesex team in his absence . Mr. J. G. Walker (the old Oxonian), Mr. G. W . Hillyard , and Spillman each made their first appearance for the county in this match. Heavyrain on the first morning prevented a