James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

1 0 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. CountyClub never lost heart , and the reward has been received in the excel- lent form shown by the Surrey eleven just recently . In all , twenty-six matches were played during the summer of 1886 , and of these twenty were won, one drawn , and five lost . In two of the defeats , the return matches with Notts and Sussex , Surrey had the worst of theluck ; but, on the other hand, more than one of the victories were close things . The surprise of the season was Surrey's defeat by Leicestershire at Leicester . The ground was in a very bad state , but still the winners deserve all the credit of a capital performance . Surrey's best record , though , was its double victory over the Australian team, and its total of 501 in the second fixture was the highest ever made against Australian bowling to date. Mr. Walter Read, though he did not begin well , batted in brilliant style in the later fixtures , and to him muchof the county's success was due. Altogether he scored 1487 runs for thirty -four completed innings . Maurice Read, Abel, Messrs . Roller and Shuter also played well , and so did L o h m a n n, w h om a d ea markedadvanceas a batsman. T o Mr. J. Shuter, w h o has captained the eleven for several years , Surrey cricketers owe a heavy debt of gratitude . Lohmann, Bowley, and Beaumontbowled with great success ; a better trio of bowlers it would be difficult to namein a county team last year. Surrey's 494 against Derbyshire was the highest innings in inter -county matches, its 26 against Leicestershire the lowest . R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches Played , 16 ; Won, 12 ; Drawn, 1 ; Lost , 3 . Club. Opts. W h e n Opponents. Whereplayed. 1 s t 2 n d1st 2 n d W o nb y played. i n n. inn. inn. inn. MatchesW o n(12). *Gloucestershire (1) Yorkshire O v a l A p262728 285 *65 195 154 5 wkts; *5 w d O v a l M y242526 56 105 71 63 27 runs *Middlesex . O v a l وو 27,28 2 1 5 9 0 9 2 inns. & 33runs *Lancashire O v a l June7, 8 *M i d d l e s e x . (2) Yorkshire. *Derbyshire Lord's Sheffield 212223 ود وو 282930 Derby (3) Sussex Brighton 1 92021 *K e n t ... B e c k e n h a m ود و و 2 22324 July 5, 6, 7 150 *52 92 109 261 *221 246 235 260 *61 160 157 132 228 135 68 4 wkts; *6 w d 7 wkts; *3 w d 213 *92 97 207 3 wkts; *7 w d 440 *14 248 202 10 wkts; *n o w d 9 wkts; *1 wd 157r u n s w *Derbyshire O v a l Aug.5,6,7 494 1 8 5 1 8 7 *K e n t O v a l 1 92021 176 130 142 125 inns. & 122runs 39 runs *Gloucestershire Clifton و د ود 232425 233 *94 153 173 8 wkts; *2 w d MatchesD r a w n(1). *N o t t s... NottinghamJn141516 282*100 223 *2 wd MatchesLost(3). R e m a r k s . Lostb y *Lancashire Liverpool July1, 2,3 229 168 424 inns. & 27runs *N o t t s.... O v a l Aug. 2,3, 4 99 194 272 *25 7 wkts ; *3 w d (4) Sussex O v a l و و 1 61 718 182 169 277 *75 4 wkts; *6 w d ExtraMatches. (5) Hants Oval M a y17, 18 188 69 69 W o nbyinn& 50 r (6) Australians O v a l و و 2 02122 171 *87 82 172 W o n b y 3w; *7 w d (7) Essex Leyton ,, 31, Ju1 89 *114 127 75 W o nby4 w; *6 w d (8) OxfordUniversity. O x f o r d June3, 4 7 0 63 74 *60 Lostby4w; *6 w d (9) E s s e x O v a l ود 10,11 1 9 7 33 70 W o nbyinn & 94 r (10) CambridgeUniversity Oval 2 4, 25 2 9 3 " 85 154 W o nbyinn& 59 r (11) Leicestershire Leicester July 8, 9 2683 107 *4 Lostby10w;*nowd (12) Australians Oval (13) Leicestershire O v a l (14) Hants....... 185 107 W o ninns & 209 r 120 121 W o ninns & 174 r Southampton Sept. 2,3,4 162 *76 166 71 W o nbyl0w;*nowd *See reviews of M.C.C. , Derbyshire ,Gloucestershire , Kent, Lancashire , Middlesex , andNotts . 293031 501 Aug. 26,27 415