James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

9 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. wicket . Abel was batting for five hours for his runs . Goingin first , he was eighth out, and there was not a flaw in his innings . Warren (43 and 15) was highest scorer for Leicestershire . Surrey wonby 269 runs. Surrey , 168 and 349; total , 517. Leicestershire , 147 and 101 ; total , 248 . (9) Surreyv. OxfordUniversity. Oxford , June 9, 10, and 11 . With Messrs . Buckland and Whitby away, and Mr. Cochrane disabled whenthe first innings had been half completed , the Oxford bowling was not very formidable , and the Surrey batsmen were quite at home. Messrs . Read (118) and John Shuter (111 ) in particular hit awaywith great vigour , and runs were made throughout at the rate of more than a hundred an hour. The chief features of the University cricket were the batting of Mr. Rashleigh (105) in the first , and of the captain , Mr. J. H. Brain (61), in the second . The former made105 out of 157 while he was in, and his innings , which lasted just under three hours , was without a mistake . Beaumontbowled extremely well for Surrey , as will be seen . His analysis wasthe more creditable as the wicket wasall in favour of the batsman. Surrey w o nby an innings and three runs. Surrey , 390. Oxford University , 190 and 197 ; total , 387 . Beaumont(Surrey) . O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 6 0 . 2 3 4 R u n g. 9 8 Wickets, 1 0 (10) Surrey v. CambridgeUniversity. Oval, June 20, 21, and 22. Theout-cricket of the Cambridge eleven did not create a very favourable impression , and indeed in this respect their display was much below the average . Thebowling in particular was very weak, and Surrey, whowent in first , were not dismissed until they had reached the large total of 543. The credit of this performance belonged to three batsmen , Mr. W. W. Read (244 ), Abel (92), and M. Read (68) . The two professionals added 109 for the second wicket , but the sensation wasfurnished by Mr. Read, whocarried out his bat for almost one-half of the aggregate from the bat. His brilliant performance was the more re- markable, as a few days before he had scored 247 against Lancashire at Man- chester . T w osuccessive innings of over two hundred in important matches by the same batsman is a feat , we believe , without aparallel . The Cambridge eleven , Messrs . Marchant (41 and 72) and A. M. Sutthery (72 and 2) in particular , scored freely from the Surrey bowlers , but were never able to get within hail of their opponents , and were beaten by an innings and 67 runs. Surrey , 543. Cambridge University , 251 and 225 ; total , 476 . Jones(Surrey) Overs. Maidens, 4 6 2 7 R u n s . W i c k e t s . 5 9 7 (11) Surrey v. Oxford University. Oval, June 27, 28, and 29 . Thefirst reverse suffered by the Surrey eleven in 1887. Thewicket wasnot upto the best standard of the Oval, and the bowlers towards the end were seen to decided advantage . Five Oxford wickets fell on the first morning , but Messrs . Rashleigh (75) and Buckland (148 ) scored fast against the Surrey bowlers , and the stand of these two batsmen, which resulted in an addition of 183 runs , entirely altered the whole aspect of the game. Though they had to