James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

6 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. E X T R A N E O U S M A T C H E SA T L O R D ' S. (In each case the winning side is placed first .) OpposingClubs. W h e n Played. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y i n n. i n n. i n n. inn. (1) Middlesexv. Kent..... May31, &c. 104 158 83 136 43 runs (2) Australians v. Gentlemen June3, &c. 150 *86 99 136 7 wkts; *3 wkts down (3) Middlesexv. Yorkshire 7,&c. 192*255 237 409 drawn; *4 wkts down (4) Middlesexv. Gloucestershire (5) Northv. South (6) Nottsv. Middlesex (7) Surrey v. Middlesex و و و د ود وو ود 10, &c. 285 *151 228 207 6 wkts ; *4 wkts down 14, &c. 305 *28 195 137 9 wkts ; *1 wkt down 17, &c. 204*236 253 185 5 wkts ; *5 wkts down 21, &c. 261 *221 246 235 4 wkts; *6 wktsd o w n (8) Australians v. Middlesex. 24, &c. 354 *123 259 217 1 wkt ; *9 wkts down " (9) Oxfordv. Cambridge July5, &c. 191 304 156 206 133 runs (10) Etonv. Harrow 9 , 1 0 2 0 2*154 133 220 6 wkts; *4 wkts down (11) Players v. Gentlemen. و د ود 1 2, &c. 201 *60 98 162 5 wkts; *5 wkts down (1 2) Englandv. Australians. 19, &c. 353 121 126 innings and106 runs (13) R u g b yv. Marlboro' .. و د 28, 29 163 240 171 195 37 runs (1 4) EnglandX I. v. Australians Sept. 13, &c. 319 196 296 *13 drawn; *2 wkts down (1) M i d d l e s e xv. K e n t. Lord's, M a y31 and June 1 and 2. Thoughboth sides were well represented , the ground was so muchaffected by recent rainfall that the scoring was muchbelow the average . The highest innings was Kent's second total of 158, and the best individual contributions wereMr. S. W .Scott's 21 and47. WoottonandW e s twerethe most successful bowlers for their respective sides , and each took nine wickets , the former for 52, the latter for 58 runs. W h e nKent went in the second time with 180 to win, Messrs . Hine-Haycock, Tonge, and Frank Hearne played capital cricket , Thelater batsmen, though, only madea poor show, and in the end Kentwas beaten by 43 runs. Middlesex, 104 and 158 ; total , 262. Kent, 83 and 136 ; total , 219. (2) Australiansv. G e n t l e m e n . Lord's, June 3 and4. TheGentlemen, not particularly strong at their best at the present time, were only poorly represented , and the result was hardly ever in doubt . The Australian captain , though he wonthe toss , being of opinion that the wicket would im- prove , resolved to put his opponents in-a judicious policy as it turned out . Four of the Gentlemen's wickets were downfor 50, when Spofforth , trying to take a hard return from Lord Harris , had his right hand so badly injured that he was unable to take further part in the game. Fortunately , however , for the Aus- tralians his bowling was not really wanted, Palmer, Garrett , and Giffen being able to dismiss the Gentlemen without muchdifficulty . The batting , indeed , of the Gentlemen was most disappointing , and the match did not extend into the third day. The longest stand in the match was that of Messrs . Scott and Bonnorin the first innings of the Australians . These two batsmen put on 55 runs for the fourth wicket . The Australians won by seven wickets . Aus- tralians , 150 and 86 (seven wickets ) ; total , 236. Gentlemen, 99 and 136 ; total , 235. ( 3) M i d d l e s e xv. Y o r k s h i r e. Lord's, June 7, 8, and 9. Three days of extraordinary scoring . In all 1093 runs , and only 34 wickets fell , giving an average of over 32 runs for each batsman , The most noteworthy