James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

7 6 L I L L YW H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (12) K e n tv. Essex. Leyton , August 15, 16, and 17 . Thefirst match between the counties , and, as it proved, one attended with unsatisfactory results for the hometeam. Kent, winning the toss , went in first , and only two of the eleven failed to reach double figures , though Mr. W. H. Patterson (84), Alec Hearne (50), and Mr. F. M. Atkins (47) were re- sponsible for considerably more than one-half of the aggregate . Essex in going in second had the worst of the wicket , and the bowling of Martin andWootton was so well supported bythe field , that Kent had a very long lead throughout . Essexwere beaten by an innings and 105 runs . Kent, 310. Essex, 62 and 143 ; total , 205. Martin(Kent) O v e r s. 5 8 . 1 M a i d e n s. 3 5 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 5 3 7 (13) K e n tv. E s s e x. Tonbridge , August 18, 19, and 20 . This return matchwas played at Tonbridge in place of the original county fixture against Derbyshire , and ended, as in the first meeting, in a hollow victory for Kent. Essex , going in first on a soft wicket , made a poor show against the bowling of Wootton and Martin, whodismissed them for 90 runs . Againstthis Kentaccumulated264, of which Mr. W .H. Patterson scored 127 not out a most perfect innings . A noteworthy incident in this innings was thatn oless t h a nfive K e n tb a t s m e nw e r er u nout. E s s e xdidm u c hbetterintheir second attempt, though they just failed to save the innings defeat . The best show on the side was that of Bastow, who played excellent cricket for 58 (n o t out). W o o t t o nobtained eleven wickets for 118 runs in the match. Essex, 90 and 148 ; total , 238. Kent, 264 . B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. M o s tin a nInns. Atkins, F. M . 4 0 1 1 9 4 2 Average. 29.3 Christopherson , S. 1 3 1 9 6 1 7 8 Friend, Captain 4 0 3 2 1 8 8 Fulcher, A. W..... 6 0 4 7 1 9 7 . 5 Harris,Lord 7 0 1 3 4 5 1 19.1 Hearne,Alec 3 1 4 4 2 2 5 0 15.17 Hearne,Frank 3 1 1 8 2 3 1 4 4 27.13 Hearne, GeorgeG. 1 8 1 3 0 7 5 1 18.1 Hearne, Walter 1 2 2 7 3 2 2 7 . 3 H i c k m o t t 6 1 2 9 *2 0 5.4 Inglis, A.M.. 2 0 1 2 8 6 Ireland, F. S. 4 0 1 0 2 8 7 25.2 K e m p, M . C. 1 0 1 1 5 4 3 5 1 7 . 1 Marchant,F. 1 0 1 1 8 0 4 1 2 0 Martin,F. 2 7 6 1 7 9 2 6 8.11 PattersonW . H . 1 5 1 5 8 8 *1 2 7 4 2 Pattison, W .B. 4 0 4 5 2 7 1 1 . 1 Pawley, T. 2 0 5 5 2 . 1 Pentecost, J. 1 8 5 9 5 2 8 7 . 3 Rashleigh, W . 1 5 0 4 2 3 1 0 8 2 8 . 3 Streatfeild , A. Μ. 2 0 2 8 2 2 1 4 Thornton, A. J. 9 1 2 7 5 1 3 7 3 4 . 3