James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1887. 9 5 face a big total of 385, the Surrey men played up, and some fine cricket by Mr. W . E. Roller (109) andLohmann(79) enabled them to save the follow on. Mr. Roller was over five hours at the wickets for his runs . A tthe finish Surrey wereleft with 216 to win, and Mr. Shuter and Abel began so well that it looked as if they would get them . The later batsmen , though , shaped very badly against the bowling of Messrs . Buckland and Nepean, and Oxford were able to claim a very creditable victory by 82 runs . Owing to an injured finger , Lohmannwas not able to bowl with his usual precision , and Jones broke down about midwayin Oxford's first innings . Beaumontwasthe most successful bowler for Surrey . H etook eleven wickets for 137 runs . Oxford University , 385 and 139; total , 524. Surrey , 309 and 133 ; total , 442 . Mr.Buckland (2nd inns . Surrey ) Mr. Nepean( " و د و د O v e r s. 1 2 8 3 ) ... M a i d e n s. 4 1 9 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 8 2 5 5 5 (12) Surrey v. Essex. Oval, July 18 and 19 . Thoughat the end of the first day there seemed some chance of a good game, the result afterwards was never in doubt. Dismissing Surrey well for 288 , Essex had made62 runs when play ceased on the first night for the loss of only one batsman, Mr. C. D. Buxtonnot out with 41. The bowling of Beaumont and Lohmann, however, worked a great change on the following morning, and the nine wickets left were secured for an addition of 60 runs , Mr. Buxton (79) andFreeman(15) having contributed 94 of 104 from the bat. W h e nthe fifth wicket fell in the second venture of Essex, they still wanted 124 runs to save the innings , and the end seemed near at hand. Mr. C. E. Green (38), however, and the later batsmen played up so well that Surrey had very nearly to go in a second time , Essex being ultimately defeated by an innings and seven runs . Beaumont and Lohmannput on 80 runs for Surrey's ninth wicket . Surrey, 288. Essex , 121 and160; total , 281 . (13 ) Surrey v. Leicestershire . Oval, July 25 and 26. Rainhad affected the wicket considerably on the first day, and the scoring was muchbelow the average . Leicestershire , going in first , lost five wickets for 15 runs , and the innings was all over in an hour and a half for 57, of which 24 came from Mr. C. Marriott . Thoughin a minority of 70, the Leicestershire eleven played up pluckily in their second innings , and the tail did their duty so well that at one time it looked as if Surrey might possibly have some trouble . A s it was, however, Messrs . Shuter (34) and Key(not out 36) hit so vigorously that the 89 runs required to win were got in an hour, and Surrey were able to win with eight wickets to spare . Surrey, 127 and89 (two wickets ) ; total , 216 . Leicestershire , 57 and 158; total , 215. Lohmann(Surrey ) O v e r s. 5 9 M a i d e n s. 2 7 (14 ) Surrey v. Hampshire. Southampton , August 25 and 26. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 7 4 1 1 ThoughHampshire wonthe toss , they madea poor show, and the result was never in doubt. În the first innings of Hants, Baldwin(23) and Mr. F. E. Lacey (17) were responsible for exactly one-half of the aggregate , and in the second the