James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

1 0 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (12) Surrey v. Australians . Oval, July 29, 30, and 31. Themost decisive reverse suffered , upto date, by any of the five Colonial teams that had visited England. Surrey's victory was the more creditable , as though the Colonists had the advantage of winning the toss , they were beaten by noless than aninnings and 209 runs . Messrs . Bonnor-who was still lame-and Evanswere left out of the Australian team. There was little noteworthy in the latter's first innings , which reached the total of 185, with the exception of a very fine score of 59 by Mr. G. Giffen . The dismissal of the Australians was chiefly due to Bowley, who took seven wickets for 64 runs a very fine per- formance on a good wicket. Abel and Mr. W. W .Read took the edge off the Australian bowling, and added 135 runs to the score before the latter , the second batsman out, was bowled for 80. With the score at 186 for three wickets Maurice Readjoined Abel, and these two batsmen defied the Austra- lian bowling for the remainder of the day, leaving the score at 427, or 241 for the partnership . Next morning, rain having fallen , the wicket began to assist the bowlers , and Mr. Giffen finished off the innings for an additional 74 runs. A b e ldidnot increase his overnight score of 144 ; a mostremarkable innings , which had lasted six and three -quarter hours . M. Read's score of 186 is the highest individual innings madeagainst an Australian team in England. H epunished the bowling most severely , and was only four and a quarter hours compiling his total . The total of the Surrey innings -501 --was also the largest madeagainst Australian bowling upto date in England. TheAustralians ' only chance was a draw, but though Giffen (39) and McIlwraith (12) did their utmost to avert defeat , they were not successful , and Surrey were victorious by an innings and 209 runs . Spofforth's one wicket cost him 102 runs . Surrey, 501 . Australians , 185 and 107 ; total , 292 . Bowley(1st inns. Australians) L o h m a n n(2nd,, ) O v e r s. 5 7 4 4 M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 3 1 1 9 6 4 5 0 7 6 (13) Surreyv. Leicestershire. Oval, August26 and 27. Surrey had their revenge in this match for their defeat at the hands of Leicestershire earlier in the season . Winning the toss , the Surrey eleven were in a little over five hours, during whichtime they scored 415runs. Mr.A. P. Douglas, captain of the Royal Military Academyeleven , madea most successful début in county cricket , his innings of 47 being got by very steady and sound cricket . A brilliant not-out score of 167 by W. W. Read was, however, the feature of the innings . Leicestershire could only manage 120 and 121 , and suffered defeat by an innings and 174 runs . Pougher took seven of the ten Surrey wickets for 116 runs . Surrey , 415. Leicestershire , 120 and 121 ; total , 241 . (14) Surreyv. H a n t s. f r a n b o l u m e n a Southampton , September 2, 3, and 4. ly ton afgeroAT Surrey finished up the county cricket season by defeating Hants by ten wickets . Thoughonly four runs divided the totals of the respective first ven- tures , Lohmanndecided the issue in favour of Surrey bydisposing of his op- ponents in their second innings for the small total of 71. Hetook seven wickets for 21 runs a great performance . Mr. Bowdenwas very successful in this match, scoring 31 and26 not out. Abel and he got the 76 wanted by Surrey to winin a little over anhour. Surrey , 162 and 76 (no wicket ) ; total , 238. Hants, 166 and71 ; total , 237. Overs. M a i d e n s . R u n s . Wickets. Lohmann(2ndinns . Hants) .......... 38.1 2 4 2 1 7