James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1887. 8 5 (4) Middlesexv. OxfordUniversity. Chiswick Park, June 23, 24, and 25. Amatchof historic interest , memorablefor an extraordinary stand by two Oxonians, Messrs . H. J. Keyand H. Philipson -the longest , in fact , ever recorded in animportant match. Becoming partners with the score 104 for six wickets , thetwoamateursraised it to 444 before Mr. Philipson wascaught an addition of 340 runs . Mr. Philipson's 150 was by far the best thing he has ever done, and though he might have been caught whenhehadgot 24, he deserves all the credit of an exceptionally fine performance . Mr. Keyought to have been caught in the slips whenhis score was only ten, but afterwards his play was free from an actual chance , and his score of 281-the highest of the year in first -class cricket- wasin every waya remarkable innings . H ewassix hours in all at the wickets . Thechief features of the Middlesex batting were the play of Mr. A. J. Webbein the first , and of Messrs . S. W. Scott (64) and Welman(41 not out) in the second . M r .W e b b ew e n tin first a n dcarriedo u thisb a tfor6 3outofa totalof 119. H e did this twice for Middlesex , it maybe added, in 1887. Messrs . Robertson and W e l m a nput on 60 runs for the last wicket in the second innings of Middlesex . Oxfordwonby aninnings and 229 runs . Oxford, 555. Middlesex , 119 and 207; total, 326. Mr.Whitby(1st inns. Middlesex) 2 6 . 2 O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 1 3 R u n s. 4 3 W i c k e t s. 5 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . t T i m e s I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. M o s tin a nInns. Average. A. J. W e b b e 2 0 4 8 2 0 *243 51.4 S. W .Scott 1 3 1 3 5 4 9 9 2 9 . 6 T. C. O'Brien 1 9 2 4 4 3 8 3 2 6 . 1 A .P. L u c a s... 8 2 1 5 2 4 7 2 5 . 2 F .G . J. F o r d 6 0 1 3 1 5 8 21.5 A .E . Stoddart 1 9 0 3 9 1 8 5 20.11 J. G . W a l k e r 1 7 2 2 9 1 5 9 19.6 G .F.V e r n o n 1 0 1 1 6 0 5 6 17.7 W e s t .... 1 6 1 1 7 5 2 7 11.10 B u r t o n .. 1 7 5 1 3 2 2 5 1 1 J. R o b e r t s o n 1 4 2 1 2 8 *2 9 10.8 F. T. W e l m a n 1 4 4 6 7 *4 1 6 . 7 Dunkley 9 1 3 3 1 1 4 . 1 B i r c h 4 1 6 4 2 P. J. de Paravicini played in three innings and scored 0, 20, 15. The following played in two innings :- H o n.A. Lyttelton , 5, 40; E. A. Nepean,71 , 29; W. J. ston , 0, 10. E. H. Buckland played in one innings and scored 34. Soppitt , 5, 10; A. S. John- F.G . J. F o r d A. J. W e b b e J. Robertson B u r t o n Dunkley W e s t A.E . Stoddart B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . t O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Average. 91.1 3 8 1 9 1 1 2 15.11 224.1 1 2 7 2 7 4 1 5 18.4 5 0 2 2 0 1 8 0 6 4 2 1 9 . 8 6 7 7 3 1 8 9 2 4 4 5 20.24 2 9 8 1 3 5 4 9 7 2 0 24.17 358.3 1 6 9 6 3 5 1 8 35.5 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 Thefollowing bowled in two innings :- E. A. Nepean, 65 overs , 20 maidens, 137 runs , 5 wickets ; E. H. Buckland , 53 overs , 21 maidens,100 runs, 3 wickets ; A. E. Stoddart , 31 overs , 7maidens,74 runs, no wicket ; A. P. Lucas , 29 overs , 10 maidens, 48 runs , no wicket ; Birch , 59 overs , 24 maidens , 95 runs , 2 wickets ; T. C. O'Brien , 15 overs ,5 maidens,43runs, no wicket . W. J. Soppitt bowled in one innings -64 overs ,20maidens, 159 runs, 5wickets . + IncludingtheOxfordmatch. 1