James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1888. 1 0 1 (2) Surrey v. Sussex. Brighton , July 26, 27, and 28. A ninteresting match, Surrey , after holding a slight lead all through , finishing off in brilliant style with a victory by ten wickets . Sussex commenced b yputting together 163 runs on rather a slow wicket . Of these Mr. J. M. Cotterill , one of the front rank of amateurs as far back as 1875 , made 52 in quite his old form. Surrey totalled 203 , the chief honour resting with Mr. W .W. Read(40), M. Read (64), and Abel (41). The second innings of Sussex realized 157 , to which Humphreys (44 not out) was the chief subscriber . This left Surreywith 118 to get , but it was well into the third day before the weather allowed them to make a start . Whenthey did , the issue was soon put out of doubt , as Mr. Shuter (76 not out) and Abel (41 not cut) knocked off the required number in eighty minutes , and left Surrey victorious by ten wickets . Surrey , 203 and 119 (no wicket ) ; total , 322. Sussex , 163 and 157 ; total , 320 . (3) Surrey v. Sussex. Oval, August 9, 10, and 11 . The record county match of the season as far as the total of a single innings is concerned . The previous best also belonged to Surrey , and curiously enough against the same county at the Oval in 1883. Theythen made 631, so record on this occasion was beaten by no less than 67 runs. Going in on a really fast wicket , Mr. Shuter (95) andAbel (59) soon settled down, and it was not till the total reached 161 that the little professional was disposed of for an excellent 59. It is worthy of notice that these same batsmenfinished off the previous match with Sussex by scoring 119 (both not out) between them, so that they actually put on 280 before they were parted . Theedge being thus taken off the Sussex bowling , Mr. W. W. Readand Mr. Keytreated the spectators to a real leather -hunt, putting on 193 for the wicket . Mr. Bowdenjoined Mr. Read on Mr. Key's (84) dismissal , and the hunt continued till Mr. Readwas caught at the wicket for a splendidly played innings of 171. Large as was this individual score , it was beaten by Mr. Bowden, whocarried out his bat for 189-abeautiful display of free cricket . Henderson played well for 33, and the total reached the tremendous aggregate of 698. After their exertions in the field ,it was hardly to be wonderedat that Sussexshould fail with thebat-in fact, a little over two hours saw them all dismissed for 114 runs . Following on, the first batsmen, Mr. Smith (37), A. Hide (18), and Mr. N e w h a m(24) ran up 80 runs for the loss of two wickets . The remaining players , however , collapsed onLohmanngoing on, and the innings terminated for 99, giving Surrey aneasy win by aninnings and 485 runs . Surrey , 698. Sussex , 114 and 99 ; total , 213. (4) Surreyv. Yorkshire.. Bradford, August 20, 21 , and 22. Another decisive victory for Surrey . Luckyenough to win the toss , and get a day's batting over before the usual rain set in, Surrey got, at the outset , a great advantage, which they never lost . To their large total of 455, Mr. Readcontributed 109 by some brilliant play, Mr. Key 108, Lohmann80, Abel 60, and Mr. Bowden34. Yorkshire having to bat on the second after- noonon a drying wicket and in a bad light , quickly lost seven wickets for 79, and only 22 runs were added before the innings closed . Following on, no one but G. Ulyett (51) made any stand , and Surrey wonthe match by an innings and 228 runs . Lohmanntook thirteen wickets for 119 runs . Surrey , 455. York- shire , 101 and 126 ; total , 227.