James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1886. 6 5 scorers were the Hon. M. B. Hawke, Ulyett , Hall, and Peel for Yorkshire ; and Mr. S. W. Scott , Mr. J. G. Walker, and Spillman for Middlesex . Spillman , w h ohad only played for his county once before , played remarkably fine cricket . H egot his 50 runs in the samenumberof minutes . Ulyett did somefast scoring whenYorkshire went in a second time, contributing 75 out of 106 in anhour and a half . Hall (91 ) and Peel (75) punished the weak Middlesex bowling ; the former was in five hours for his score . The match was drawn. Middlesex , 192 and 255 (four wickets ) ; total , 447. Yorkshire , 237 and 409 ; total , 646 . (4) M i d d l e s e xv. Gloucestershire . Lord's , June 10, 11, and 12. Gloucestershire waswithout Mr. Page,Mr. Brain, andWoof, and the bowling of the professional was very muchmissed , as Middlesex had a strong batting side . Gloucestershire , who went in first , made a very respectable total of 228 , to which Painter (65), Mr. Hale (44 not out), and Mr. Greene (32) contributed morethan one-half . The Gloucestershire total was, however, insufficient for this occasion , and through the good cricket of Mr. Scott (66), Spillman (63) , and Mr. J. G. Walker (53), Middlesex were 57 runs ahead at the end of an innings . Themost remarkable incident of the match, though, was furnished by Mr. Rad- cliffe in Gloucestershire's second innings : he saw the whole of the eleven retire , and carried out his bat for 104 out of a total of 190 from the bat, with only one chance, before hehad scored . Inthe first innings of Middlesex Mr. Hale, anamateur colt , got seven batsmen at a cost of 90 runs . Middlesex wonby six wickets . Middlesex , 285 and 151 (four wickets ) ; total , 436. Gloucestershire , 228 and 207 ; total , 435. (5) Elevenof Northv. Elevenof South. Lord's , June 14 and 15. A sNotts , Surrey, Yorkshire , Kent, Lancashire , and Sussex were all engaged, the Whit- Mondaymatchat Lord's wasunfortunately played with two moderate elevens . Still some interesting cricket was shown, and the contest gave rise to some sensational incidents . The first was the stand made by White, a new player of Notts , and Parnham, the Leicestershire bowler, whoput on 157 runs for the tenth wicketof the North-thelargest numberof runs, w ebelieve, m a d e bythe last two batsmen in an important match. Henderson, the young Surrey professional , whohadbeen absent from first -class cricket for two years , wasthe highest scorer for the South ; his first innings of 64 wasan admirable display of cricket . The North wonby nine wickets . North , 305 and 28 (one wicket ) ; total , 333. South, 195 and 137 ; total , 332 . (6) N o t t sv. M i d d l e s e x. Lord's , June 17, 18, and 19 . Avery interesting match, Middlesex being only beaten , after a hard fight , by five wickets . Spillman , whohadrecently been very successful as a batsman, owing to a badknee was unable to play in this match, but with this exception Middlesex was represented at its best . Middlesex , whowent in first , had an advantage of 49runs on the first hands-a result due chiefly to the spirited stand of Mr. Ver- non (78) and Burton, who put on 105 for the ninth wicket. Notts went in a second time with 235 runs to win, and, as they hadto bat on a wicket a little affected by the morning's rain , it was by no means a certainty that they would get them. Four wickets , too , were downfor 113 , and then the gamewas, if any- thing , in favour of Middlesex . Gunnand Selby , however, added 75 before another batsman went, and the latter was in whenthe matchwaswon, having played extremely well for his 58 (notout). Notts wonby five wickets . Notts, 204 and 236 (five wickets ) ; total , 440. Middlesex , 253 and 185 ; total , 438 . 6.