James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1888. 1 0 3 intheir best form, and these four accounted for 272 of the runs in Surrey's only innings . For Essex , Burns batted freely in the first innings , while Mr. C. D. B u x t o nplayed in excellent style in the second for 44 not out. T. Russell played for Essex for the first time . Surrey wonby an innings and 173 runs . Surrey, 391. Essex , 106 and 112 ; total , 218 . (9) Surreyv. CambridgeUniversity. Oval, June 14, 15, and 16. Mr. C. A. Trouncer and C. Mills were tried for Surrey in this match, in the places of J. M. Read, who was not well , and Henderson ; otherwise the countyhadits full team. Winningthe toss , Abel and Mr. Shuter again com- mencedwell, and, scoring very fast , had run the total up to 91 runs at the expiry of an hour. At the end of the first day, during which play had been m u c hinterrupted by rain , Surrey had got 272 for half their wickets . Of these A b e lclaimed146 not out. O nthe secondd a ythe weatheronly allowed about fifteen minutes' play, andon the following morning Abel increased his score to 160 - a nadmirable performance , and the highest score he has ever madein a first- class match. TheUniversity commencedbadly by losing half their wickets for 51, but an excellent 47 by Mr. E. M. Butler , and a free contribution from Mr. Woods(19) and Mr. Meyrick-Jones (not out 26), brought their aggregate to 160. Following on, they did hardly as well , though Mr. C. D. Buxton (25), Mr. E. M. Butler , whoadded another well-got 27, and Mr. Woods(33) did their best to stave off defeat . As it was, Surrey won, within twenty-five minutes of time, by aninnings and three runs . Surrey , 312. Cambridge University , 160 and 149 ; total , 309 . (10) Surrey v. Oxford University. Oval, June 25, 26, and 27. Agrand batting performance by the Surrey eleven , and the largest total that has ever been madein an innings in England in a first -class match. The credit of this record is due to Mr. W . W. Read, whogot within six of the best individual score on record-that of 344 madeby Dr. W. G. Grace in 1876 at Canterbury , whenplaying for the M.C.C. against Kent. Surrey batted first on aperfect wicket . They had lost two wickets , Mr. Shuter (24) and Mr. Key (35), when Mr. W. W. Read joined Abel , and these two had added 142 , when the latter was bowled for an admirable 97. M. Read(41) and Henderson (36) both assisted Mr. Readto augmentthe total , and the latter was at last caught in the slips , just as he seemed likely to beat record , for a marvellous display of well- timed and vigorous hitting . H ewas batting for six and a half hours , and, except for two very hot returns to the bowler at the commencementof his innings , hegave no chance whatever. Somevery slow cricket by Messrs . Simp- sonandGressonmarkedthe commencementof the Oxfordbatting, and47 had been got without a wicket whenrain stopped anyfurther play . Surrey , 650 . Oxford University , 47 (no wicket ). (11) Surrey v. Hampshire. Oval, June 28 and 29. Hampshire, without Messrs . H. W.Forster and H. J. Mordaunt, fared badly at the hands of Surrey in this match. Beaumont, bowling well in the first , and Lohmann in the second innings , they were all disposed of for 103 and 58. Avery curious and unusual occurrence took place in the first innings . Youngwas apparently caught at short -slip , and the players , batsmen, and umpires-the latter having removed the bails -were returning to the pavilion , when Mr. Lacey appealed to Pullen (the umpire ) . The reply was that he had given the batsman not out , and, the game being resumed , the score was increased from 70 to 103 .