James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

THE COUNTIES IN 1887. 9 1 (1) Surrey v. Yorkshire. Sheffield , July 4, 5, and 6. Amatch for the benefit of George Ulyett , one of the best all -round players Yorkshire , rich even as it has always been in cricketers , has ever produced . Surrey gained a decided advantage in winning the toss , as events proved , and Yorkshire had all the worst of the luck in the weather, and consequently of the wicket. Of the 292 made from the bat by Surrey , W o o d(70), Mr. W . W . Read(64), Mr. J. Shuter (61 ), and Lohmanncontributed no less than 249. The best stand of the innings was by the two amateurs , who added 111 for the third wicket , though they were closely pressed by Woodand Lohmann, whose partner- ship resulted in anaddition of 105 runs . Heavyrain on the first night did not improve the chances of Yorkshire , and in addition they had to bat on the second day in a very bad light , so much so, indeed , that the game had to be stopped towards the close for about twenty minutes . Having to follow on in a minority of 190 runs , Yorkshire showed to slightly better advantage . Wadein particular played excellent , making 57 of the first 143 without a mistake . Ulyett's bowling , it is worthy of remark , was worthy of the occasion . Hetook five Surrey wickets for 56 runs . Surrey wonby an innings and 15 runs . Surrey, 301. Yorkshire , 111 and 175 ; total , 286. 3 2 W. E. Roller (2nd inns . Yorkshire ) .... 21.3 L o h m a n n(1st inns. Yorkshire). O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 1 9 8 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 4 8 3 5 6 5 (2) Surrey v. S u s s e x. Brighton, August 8, 9, and 10. The best finish of the county season . Surrey were without Mr. Roller , Jones, and Wood, Sussex without Mr. F. M. Lucas . In addition Beaumont broke downin the first innings of Sussex , so that the Surrey bowling was not so formidable as usual . Sussex won the toss , but were thirty runs behind on the first hands, Quaife (111) and Lohmann(115) doing the bulk of the scoring for Sussex and Surrey respectively . Quaife , too , was again the chief contributor in the second innings with 46. H e made 157 runs in the match, and his play fully justified the high reputation he gained during the season as a young cricketer of exceptional promise . Thoughthe wicket had not wornwell, there seemed no reason to doubt the ability of Surrey to get the 149 runs required to win. Mr. Key(73) and Abel(34), too , put the matter apparently beyond a doubt, the score showing 100 with only one batsman out. After this , though , an extraordinary collapse occurred , and Adams, a wicket -keeper who made his first appearance in an important contest on this occasion , had to go in the ninth wicket with still seven runs wanted. As it happened, fortunately for Surrey , Adamsshowed great nerve at the crisis , and, making all the runs wanted, gave Surrey the victory , amidst the greatest excitement , with one wicket to spare . Mr. Smith bowled with great judgment at the finish . His five wickets were got at an expense of only 35 runs . Surrey, 293 and 149 (nine wickets ) ; total , 442. Sussex , 263 and 178 ; total , 441 . (3) Surrey v. Yorkshire. Oval, August18 and 19. Asin the previous match , Surrey had the best of the luck in the wicket , though this time not fortunate enough to have the choice of innings . The Yorkshire captain won the toss , and, as the weather was unsettled , decided to go in on a wicket which bore evident traces of rain . Dismissing their