James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

8 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. byA. Hearne (28), Martin (10), and Wright (8 not out), they were able to total 103, or just double the Sussex score . The bowling of A. Hearne and Martin proved too muchfor the Sussex men, and the tenth wicket fell at 96, Mr. Gresson beingagain chief scorer with 18. Kent, requiring only 45 runs to win,hadobtained 41 of these for the loss of four wickets . Tate being puton to bowl, however, clean bowled the next five men, and when Martin , the last m a n, joined Mr. K e m p, twomorewere still required . These were soon stolen , and Kent returned the winners , after a most exciting finish , by the narrow majority of one wicket. Tate's performancewasoneof the mostremarkableever chronicled in a nim- portant match. In sixteen balls he clean bowled five batsmen for only one run. Kent, 103 and45 (nine wickets ) ; total , 148. Sussex , 51 and96 ; total , 147. Tate(2ndinnings Kent).. Overs. Maidens. 4 3 (9) K e n tv. L a n c a s h i r e . Canterbury , August 9 and 10. R u n s. 1 Wickets . 5 This return fixture was the concluding match of the Canterbury Week, and ended, as its predecessor between the same counties , in a victory for Kent. The latter hadtheir best team with the exception of Wootton, and in this they had the advantage of their opponents , who were without Mr. A. G. Steel , Robinson , and Jowett. Winningthe toss , Kent up to lunch -time had lost six wickets for 89, though , thanks to an excellent batting display by Mr. Fox (61 not out ), a careful 27from W. Wright, and a well -hit 39 by Mr. ManleyK e m p, the total ultimately reached 210. Their opponents falling short of this by 114, had to follow on, and though at their second attempt they somewhat improved, they were unable to get the length of the Kentbowling, Briggs , whomade56 out of the total of 135, alone showing to advantage . This poor performance left Kent with22 to get, andthese were obtained for the loss of one wicket . Kent, 210 and23 (one wicket); total , 233. Lancashire , 96 and 135 ; total , 231 . (10) K e n tv. Middlesex. Gravesend, August 20 and 21 . Middlesex were without Messrs . O'Brien and Vernon, and found a place for the first time for Mr. J. C. L. Shenton, of Guy's Hospital . Kentwonthe toss and kept possession of the wickets for a little under four hours , in which time they scored 203, Mr. Patterson 47, Mr. Fox 36, W. Wright 39, LordHarris 30, Wootton 15 (not out). Middlesex utterly failed before the bowling of Wootton , A. Hearne, and Martin, and were only able to make98 and 64 in their two ventures . Mr. Paravicini (44 not out), Mr. F. G. J. Ford (24) in the first , and Mr. Webbe (26) in the second , were indeed the only batsmen to make anything of a stand. There-introduction of Woottoninto the Kentteamhadm u c hto do with the result , his all -round play being of a very high class . Kent won easily in aninnings and41 runs . Kent, 203. Middlesex , 98 and64; total , 162 . Wootton(2nd innings Middlesex ). A.Hearne( ).. و و وو Overs. Maidens, R u n s. Wickets 2 2 . 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 8 1 7 (11) K e n tv. Y o r k s h i r e. Maidstone , August 23 and 24. 5 4 This match brought the Kentseason to a close . It was originally arranged to play it at Blackheath , but the executive very wisely changed the venue to Maidstone , after the experience of the Gloucestershire match earlier in the season . Yorkshire madefull use of their good fortune in being able to bat first , and their aggregate amounted to 192 , Hall with 49, Wainwright 43 (not out ), Lee 32, G. Ulyett 26, doing most of the run-getting . Kent responded with 120 , of which Mr. Patterson accounted for 58-an innings worthy of the greatest