James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1887. 5 5 (1) Colts of Southv. Colts of North. M a y9 and 10. Oneof the most exciting finishes of the year, and at the same time a rather unexpected victory for the South . Recent rains had madethe ground very heavy, and the pitch favoured the bowlers altogether . U p to the fall of the ninth wicket in the second innings of the South the game was altogether against them. Atthat period , indeed , they were only eleven runs on, but some useful cricket byWingfield , of Middlesex , and the captain , G. G. Hearne, altered the game altogether , and practically won it for the South. As it was, Birch , of Middlesex, and Walter Hearne, of Kent, bowled so well that the Northerners wereunable to get the 67 wanted to win, and were beaten by three runs to spare . North, 92 and 63; total , 155. South, 46 and 112 ; total , 158 . Birch(Middlesex) Hulme(Derbyshire ).... O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 55.1 3 1 3 0 2 0 5 3 2 4 W i c k e t s. 1 0 7 (2) Middlesexv. Surrey. M a y26, 27, and28. Thoughwell represented , and fortunate enough, in addition , to winthe toss , Middlesex did not show to advantage at any point . There wasplenty of batting on the side , but only two of the eleven , Messrs . J. G. Walker (11 and37) and O'Brien (19and19) wereable to reach double figures in each innings against the bowling of Bowley, Lohmann, Beaumont, and Jones . Surrey, too , made a very indifferent start , andwith five of the best wickets downfor 91, it did not seem as if they would beable to claim a long lead . Mr. Roller , whohad gone in on the fall of the first wicket, however, was fortunate enough to find a valuable ally in Lohmann, and these two added 105 before they were separated . Mr. Roller was only batting twohours and a half for his 118, and there was not a mistake until he had got 89. This , we mayadd, is the first hundredhe has madeat Lord's . Lohmann's 76 was a well -hit and most useful innings . N oplay was possible on the second dayowing to rain , andthough the earlier batsmen of Middlesex did well on the third morning, the tail gave so little help that the result was never in doubt. Thelast five wickets , indeed, only added thirty runs , Bowley getting four of themfor less than five runs apiece . Surrey w o nby an innings and 79 runs. Surrey , 294. Middlesex , 81 and 134 ; total , 215. (3) Elevenof North v. Elevenof South. M a y30. I n Amatchfor the benefit of Walter Price , a professional who has served the Marylebone Club faithfully for nearly twenty years as a ground bowler. Unfor- tunately for him,with most of the principal counties engaged, the sides were very weak, and indeed Mr. A. N. Hornby, the Lancashire captain , wasthe only one of the twenty-two who would have been selected in thoroughly representative teams. In addition , owing to recent rains , the ground wasaltogether against high scoring , andthe match was all over in a day-a very rare occurrence . all , thirty -four wickets fell for an aggregate of 288-an average of only a little over eight and ahalf runs and the highest score of the matchwasMr.J.S.Russel's 23 in the second innings of the South. In the two innings of the North, T. Mycroft got six batsmen at the wicket , five of them caught and one stumped . Richardson, whoplayed subsequently for Notts , made his first appearance at Lord's , we believe , in this match. North w o nby six wickets . North, 99 and 46 (four wickets ); total , 145. South , 61 and 82; total , 143 . Rawlin (North) .. Richardson(North) Burton (South) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 52.2 3 1 5 3 Wickets. 9月 54.2 3 1 6 4 9 4 5 1 6 4 8 0 1 0