James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

1 0 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (5) Surrey v. Derbyshire. Derby, M a y24 and 25. Owingto the long succession of dry weather , the newly -laid pitch at the Derby County Ground played very indifferently -in fact , the bowlers at times were almost dangerous . This robbed the match of much of its enjoyment , though notwithstanding the above drawbacks , Mr. W. W. Read did a very meritorious performance . H ewent in second wicket downand was last out, scoring 86 out of the 147 runs made while he was at the wickets . The Surrey bowling , as the wicket was, proved far too good for the home team , who lost the match by an innings and six runs . Bowley took nine wickets for 59 runs, and Beaumontfive for 14 in the second innings . Surrey , 167. Derbyshire , 115 and46 ; total , 161. Beaumont(2ndinns.Derbyshire) O v e r s. 18.1 M a i d e n s. 1 3 (6) Surreyv. Australians. Oval, M a y14 and 15. R u n s. Wickets. 1 4 5 Maurice Read and Lohmannhad only arrived on the previous night from N e wZealand, and as, in addition , Mr. Roller and Jones were unable to play, the Surrey eleven were handicapped considerably . In the middle of the Australian innings , too , Lohmannhad to leave the field owing to an injury to his toe , and an injury to one of the fingers of his bowling hand, in addition , placed Beaumontpractically hors de combat . This was unfortunate , as with five of the best Australian wickets downfor 146 Surrey had done fairly well , and there seemed every hope of a good match. With the two best bowlers away, though , the Australian tail showed up to great advantage , and Mr. Turner, w h owas only in two hours for his 103 , hit with vigour that was positively refreshing . Surrey's batting was singularly disappointing , as Messrs . Turner and Ferris , unchanged, got the eleven out in anhourandfifty -five minutes for 89in the first innings , and Mr. Keyand Maurice Read were the only batsmen able to get double figures in each innings . The Australians wonby an innings and 174 runs . Australians , 363. Surrey , 89 and 120 ; total , 209 . (7) Surrey v. Leicestershire . Leicester , May 28 and 29. A sall the Surrey amateurs were playing at Lord's for the Gentlemen of Englandagainst the Australians , a strictly professional team had to represent the Southern county in this match at Leicester . Winning the toss , Warren (54) and Wheeler (25) made an excellent stand for the first wicket , but after their dismissal the wicket played very badly-in fact , the remaining twenty-nine wickets only realized 215 runs , or an average of less than eight runs . T h egame resolved itself into a match between the bowlers , and, thanks to the stand re- ferred to above, Leicestershire had just the best of it at the finish , winning an exciting matchby the narrow majority of 11 runs . Leicestershire , 121 and 69; total , 190. Surrey, 81 and 98; total , 179. (8) Surrey v. Essex. Leyton , June 4 and 5. The Surrey executive paid their opponents the great compliment of sending their strongest team to Leyton on this occasion . The result was one only to be expected , though the home team showed to better advantage than in previous years . Abel (76 ), Mr. W. W. Read (129 ) , and Mr. Key (67) were all