James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1887. 9 3 early part of the second day, when they had to bat in a very bad light . Mr. Wynyard, who had been absent in India for some time , reappeared in the Hampshire team , and with success . In the first innings he contributed 75 of 123 from the bat, but the best batting on the side was that of Mr. F. E. Lacey (24and89), whowas responsible for 113 out of 327 madebyHants from the bat in the match. Mr. W. W. Read(65 and 48 not out) was chief contributor for Surrey, scoring 113 for once out. Roberts , whoplayed for the Surrey Colts a year or so ago, madehis first appearance for Hampshire on this occasion . In Surrey's first innings he had five wickets for 78 runs . Brockwell , too , made his début for Surrey in this match . Surrey won by seven wickets . Surrey , 253 and 92 (three wickets ) ; total , 345. Hampshire, 132 and210 ; total , 342. (6) Surrey v. Warwickshire. Oval, M a y19, 20, and 21 . The first match between these counties , and by no meansan agreeable one, rain preventing a little more than an innings to Warwickshire . The latter , not so well represented as it could have been, went in first , and thanks to a capital display of batting by C. G. Lawton, were able to reach a total of 139 . O f 132 from the bat, the player named scored 97, hitting all round with great vigour . While the weather held up on the second day, Surrey madethe best use of their time, and as rain prevented the delivery of a ball on the third day, there was no chance of finishing the game. Abel (80) andMr. W . W. Read(59), both of w h o mwere not out, scored rapidly , making the last 106 runs in an hour andten minutes . Surrey, in the end, were 39 runs ahead with eight wickets to fall . J. W . Lowles , his first match for his county, kept wicket for Surrey in place of Wood. Surrey , 178 (two wickets ). Warwick- shire , 139. (7) Surrey υ. W a r w i c k s h i r e . Birmingham, June 2, 3, and 4. Rain, as in the previous contest , spoiled the game, andin this case came to the rescue ofWarwickshire opportunely , saving themfrom a certain defeat . Shilton and Jones bowled with great success for their respective sides . The former took eight of the ten Surrey wickets , and his figures , as will be seen , were very creditable . Jones delivered 55 overs for 46 runs and eight wickets , and his analysis was even better than that of Shilton . The longest stand of the Surrey innings was singularly enough by the last two batsmen. Bowley (43 not out) andBeaumont(27) put on 71 runs for the tenth wicket . Mr. H. W. Bain- bridge played for Warwickshire under the residential qualification , though the Marylebone Club subsequently decided he was not yet qualified . At the finish , Warwickshire wanted 57 runs to save an innings defeat with three wickets to fall . Surrey , 225. Warwickshire , 71 and 97 (seven wickets ) ; total , 168 . (8) Surrey v. Leicestershire . Leicester , June 6, 7, and 8. Thoughthe Leicestershire eleven did well up to a certain point , the later stages of the game were disastrous , and Surrey , towards the last , had things all their ownway. Surrey won the toss , but were only able to get a lead of 21 runs on the first hands-an advantage for which they had to thank Mr. W.W .Read(74) and Lohmann(41), who accounted for 115 of 162 from the bat. W h e nthey went in again , the Surrey batsmen showed up better , and nine of the eleven got double figures . Abel (118) , M. Read (41), and Bowley (47) were the chief scorers , and the tail even did well , Jones and Bowley adding 70 runs for the ninth