James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

8 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. except Quaife , whose 77 was a highly creditable performance , and Jesse Hide (31), no one could get double figures , and nine of the eleven only made30 runs between them. Shrewsbury and Scotton passed the Sussex total themselves , and the score was172 before the former, who had been batting three hours for his 101, was caught. The partnership of Barnes (160) and Mr. H. B. Daft (87) wasevenmoresuccessful , andwhile they were together the Notts total received an addition of 199 runs . Scotton was dismissed in a peculiar way. H e went awayfrom his wicket believing , wrongly as it proved, that he had been caught , andwasrun out. TheSussex eleven , going in asecond time with 376 runs against them, wereseen to worse advantage than in the first innings , and were all out for 87, Flowers getting four wickets for the same numberof runs. Notts w o n byaninnings and 289 runs. Notts , 515. Sussex , 139 and 87; total , 226 . Flowers(2ndinns. Sussex) (4) Overs. Maidens, R u n s. Wickets. 8 . 3 5 4 4 Notts v. Surrey. Oval, August1, 2, and 3. Amatchproductive of by far the greatest interest of anycounty fixture of late years . On the first day, 24,450 paid to see the play , and in all moneywas taken for 51,607 persons . Notts this time went in first , and though the total was 143 at the fall of the eighth wicket, thanks to the last two batsmen, Richardson (54not out) and Sherwin (34), the total was raised to 248, the tenth wicket adding 79 runs . WhenSurrey's ninth wicket fell they wanted one run to save the follow on; but Wood, in spite of an injured hand, and Bowleymade a good stand , and 44 were put on before the innings closed . Sherwin, it m a ybe added, owing to an injured wrist , did not take the wicket for Notts, and Gunn acted in his stead . ThoughNotts had a lead of 36 runs on the first hands, the supporters of Surrey were still hopeful , and whenShrewsbury was caught for only five runs their chances brightened considerably . The dismissal of Notts in the second innings left Surrey with 205 to win a heavy task for a fourth innings against anybowling . Thanks to the fine cricket of Messrs . Keyand Shuter , the total was 110 with only two batsmen out, and the odds seemed all in favour of Surrey. Barnes, however, quickly disposed of Mr. Shuter , Mr. Read, and Hender- son, and this triple dismissal changed the aspect of the game completely . Maurice Read and Lohmann, however , at the crisis , played with the greatest con- fidence and judgment, and their stand , which produced 71 runs, gave Surrey the victory . Readwas caught whenonly six were wanted, but Lohmannremained in for the final hit, and his coolness cannot be too highly praised . Surrey won byfour wickets . Surrey , 212 and 205 (six wickets ) ; total , 417. Notts, 248 and 168 ; total , 416. (5) Notts v. Yorkshire. Sheffield , August 22, 23, and 24. Aremarkable finish to a well -contested game. Notts, whowonthe toss , were all the first day making 241 runs , to which Shrewsbury contributed 75. The Yorkshire batting was hardly more exciting , andthe following dayonly sawthe dismissalof nineb a t s m e nfor 214runs. S ofar therew a slittle to chooseb e t w e e n the two sides , but Hunter (25 not out) lent Wade(66) such valuable assistance onthe third morningthat Yorkshirewasable to claim anadvantageof seventeen runs, the last wicket adding 64 runs. A tluncheon time, on the third day, there seemed no chance of anything but a drawngame, Notts having then got 74 runs for the loss of only one batsman. Whenthe fifth wicket fell the score was128, butPreston performed with such remarkable success on the tail that only seven runs were added before the innings closed . This left Yorkshire with 119 to win, and an hourand twenty-five minutes in which to get them. Success seemed quite an