James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1886. 7 3 second time the Surrey menmadea better show, thanks to Abel (77 not out) andDiver (52) . Theformer's innings wasan exceptionally fine one, considering the state of the wicket . Derbyshire ,with 228 to win, failed utterly whenopposed to the bowling of Bowley, Beaumont, and Jones, and were all out for 68. Beaumontfinished the matchwith an extraordinary bowling performance . H e took four wickets in eleven balls at a cost of six runs . Surrey lost the services of Mr. W. W. Read and Lohmann, who were playing at Manchester for England against the Australians . Surrey wonby157 runs . Surrey, 132 and 228; total , 360. Derbyshire , 135 and 68 ; total , 203 . Mr. G. G. Walker (Derbyshire ) Bowley(Surrey) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 5 6 . 2 1 8 79.3 4 4 R u n s. 1 1 3 8 3 Wickets. 1 2 1 0 (5) Derbyshirev. K e n t. Maidstone , July 29 and 30. Inlosing the toss Derbyshire was placed at the greatest disadvantage , and the wicket on the second morning was so much affected by rain that the Kent bowlers carried everything before them. W. Chatterton was the highest scorer on the side of Derbyshire with thirty as the result of his two innings , and in their two efforts the Derbyshire eleven were only able to realise 195 runs from the bat. Mr. F. Marchant (59) and Hickmott (44) put on 90 runs for the seventh wicket of Kent. Derbyshire were beaten by an innings and13 runs . Kent, 219. Derbyshire , 104 and 102 ; total , 206 . Wootton(Kent) O v e r s. 6 8 . 2 M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 3 5 8 8 1 0 (6) Derbyshire v. Gloucestershire . Derby, August2 and3. Abowlers ' match throughout , owing to rain . Gloucestershire winning the toss madea good start on the wetwicket , but afterwards the bowlers hadall the best of the game, and Painter (31 and 36) for Gloucestershire , and W. Chatter- ton (25 and 26) and Mr. L. C. Docker (1 and 43) for Derbyshire , alone got over twentyruns. Mr. W . G. Grace, Woof, and Davidson, as will be seen , bowled withmarkedsuccess . Davidsontook nine of the tenwickets in Gloucestershire's second innings . Gloucestershire wonby47 runs . Gloucestershire , 131 and94 ; total , 225. Derbyshire , 55 and 123 ; total , 178. W o o f(Gloucester) Davidson(2ndinns. Mr.W .G. Grace(Gloucester) ود ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 6 1 3 2 6 9 9 51.2 2 5 7 6 7 2 9 . 1 1 3 4 2 9 (7) Derbyshirev. Surrey. Oval, August5, 6, and7. A neasy winfor Surrey by an innings and 122 runs . Going in first , Mr. Shuter (86) and Abel (94) scored at a great pace off the Derbyshire bowling , and the total was 186 before a wicket fell . Mr. W. W. Read (115 ), too , was in his best form. H ewas so well supported by the rest of the eleven that the total reached 494 , Woodalone failing to get double figures . Cropper played very fine cricket in Derbyshire's first innings . Going in first , he was eighth out , scoring 93 of 181 runs from the bat. Following in a minority of 300, the Derbyshire eleven madea poor start , though some very steady play by Coupe , a left -handed batsman, whobatted in very promising style for his 32, and some brilliant hitting by Mr. L. C. Docker , who made 64 out of 109 while he was in, improved matters