James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

8 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (2) K e n tv. Surrey. Oval, June 11 and 12. Kentwere unfortunately only able to place a very moderate team in the field for this match, while Hendersonand Mr. Roller were absentees on the other side . Kent wonthe toss , but were disposed of in a little over the hour for 67runs . Surrey were also content with the small aggregate of 145, M. Read (45) and Lohmann(28) getting half the runs . Though Kent did a little better the second time with a total of 107, Surrey always had the best of the game, and the 30 runs required to win were got at a cost of two wickets , Kentbeing thus defeated by eight wickets . Mr. Č. J. M. Fox, who played once for Surrey in 1876, assisted their opponents on this occasion for the first time under the residential qualification . Surrey , 145 and 32 (two wickets ) ; total , 177. Kent, 67 and107 ; total , 174. (3) K e n tv. Notts. Nottingham , June 25, 26, and 27. A most gratifying victory for Kent, several years having passed since their last victory over Notts at Nottingham. Notts batted first , and thanks to Gunn(73), Attewell (50), and Mr. Daft (26), just passed the second hundred , Gunn's 73 a remarkably sound display of batting . Kent lost one batsman (F. Hearne) in the first evening for 38 runs , and, continuing next morning , kept possession of the wickets the entire day. As only 210 runs were added during this time for the loss of nine wickets , the rate of scoring was exceptionally slow throughout , though ten bowlers were tried by Notts. The last m a n, Pentecost , hit more freely on the last morning, with the result that his wicket saw 35 runs added , which brought the total to 283. The two left- handers , Walter Wright and Wootton, bowled so well in the second innings of Notts, that they only totalled 112, of which Gunnwas responsible for exactly one-half, got in first - class form. This left K e n t31 to get to win, and though they lost four batsmen before these were obtained , the match ended in a most creditable victory for them by six wickets . Kent, 283 and 32 (four wickets ) ; total , 315. Notts , 201 and 112 ; total , 313 . (4) K e n tv. Y o r k s h i r e. Huddersfield , June 28, 29, and 30. Kent, after having had considerably the worst of the early part of this match, played up so pluckily that the gamewas drawnlittle , if at all ,to their disadvantage . Rain prevented a start being made till after the appointed time , whenUlyett (56) and Hall (27) madegood use of the wet ground by scoring 82 in the first two hours . Later on, Preston (43) and Wade(20) played a free game, and, thanks chiefly to their stand , the total reached 195. With thirty -five minutes to play out time , Kent were unfortunate enough to lose three of their best batsmen. Only an hour's cricket was possible on the second day, during which time Kent lost four more wickets for 41 runs . O nthe third day they failed to save the follow on by eight , Wootton, whohad played pluckily for 18, receiving such a severe blow in the ribs that he wascompelled to retire altogether from the match. Following on, Kent, with the aid of an excellent display of cricket by Mr. Fox(93) andG. Hearne (50), and a useful 19 from F. Hearne ,managed just to reach the second hundred . Yorkshire , left with an hour to play , wanted 113 runs to win, and of these they obtained 31 for the loss of Ulyett and Hall. Kent, 107 and 200 ; total , 307. Yorkshire , 195 and 31 (two wickets ) ; total , 226. (5) K e n tv. S u s s e x. Brighton , July 5, 6, and 7. Owing to recent rains the Brighton wicket was hardly in its usual run