James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

1 0 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. men to bat , as Bowley had been taken ill the first night , and were obliged to follow on. Theyhad all the worst of the wicket , too, andgoing in again , fell short of their first attempt by 13 runs . Sussex lost four batsmen before they got the requisite number of 75, thus winning by six wickets . Surrey, 182 and 169 ; total , 351. Sussex , 277 and 75 (four wickets ) ; total , 352. (5) Surrey v. Hants. Oval, M a y17 and 18. Aweakteam of Hampshire were easily defeated by Surrey in a day and ahalf by an innings and 31 runs. Lohmannwas most destructive , taking seven wickets for 31 runs. L o h m a n n(Surrey) Hants, 69 and 69 ; total , 138. Surrey, 188 . O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 3 6 1 9 (6) Surreyv. Australians. Oval, M a y20, 21, and 22 . R u n s. 3 1 W i c k e t s. 7 Amatchmemorableas the first occasion on which the landlord of the ground , H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, had visited the Oval, and also as the first victory of Surrey over an Australian eleven . The Australians were without F. R. Spofforth , and Surrey , helped by the easy wicket after the rain , managed to account for 171 runs . Lohmannwas top scorer with an excellent innings of 43not out . H ewas equally successful , too , with the ball , as he took six of the tenAustralian wickets for only 36 runs. The latter , indeed , utterly failed with the bat, being all dismissed for the small total of 82 runs. Theydid better in the follow on, Giffen (not out 54), Bonnor (34), and Blackham(43) all showing upwell , especially the first -named. Though a heavy thunderstorm on the last morning interfered materially with Surrey's prospects , by plucky batting against bowling and fielding of the best quality they managed to winwith three wickets to spare . Lohmannagain carried out his bat, showing the greatest judgment at a very critical state of the game. Surrey, 171 and 87 (seven wickets ) ; total , 258. Australians , 82 and 172; total , 254 . L o h m a n n(1st inns. Australians) (7) O v e r s. 3 6 M a i d e n s. 1 7 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 3 6 6 Surrey v. E s s e x. Leyton, M a y31 andJune1. Avery creditable display by Essex . Surrey , substituting Mr. C. T. Roller , Henderson, and Mr. Bowdenfor Mr. J. Shuter , Mr. W . E. Roller , and Jones , were38 runs behind on the first hands . H. G. Owenplayed a fine innings of 58, nearly one-half of the Essex total of 127. F A. Bishop bowled with great success for Essex, taking eight wickets for 39 runs . Beaumontand Lohmann, however, got rid of the hometeam in their second innings for 75, and Surrey wonby four wickets . Surrey , 89 and 114 (six wickets ) ; total , 203. Essex , 127 and 75 ; total , 202. F. A. Bishop(1st inns. Surrey) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 7 . 1 2 0 3 9 (8) Surrey v. Oxford University. Oxford, June 3 and 4. 8 Surrey, without Messrs . W. W. Read and W. E. Roller , suffered defeat at the hands of the University in this the only fixture of last season . It was