James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

THECOUNTIESIN 1888. 1 0 5 Surrey, requiring exactly a hundred , obtained them very quickly , thanks to a very brilliant innings of 60 from Mr. Bowden. Essex disposed of four batsmen , andare to be congratulated on making the best show of the season at the Oval of anyof the minor counties . Surrey , 220 and 100 (four wickets ) ; total , 320. Essex, 117 and 202 ; total , 319 . (15) Surrey v. Derbyshire. Oval, September 3 and 4. The concluding match of the inter -county cricket season . W e t wickets kept downthe scoring , and the bowlers had it pretty well their ownway. Derbyshire opened the game with 89 , of which Davidson was responsible for 33. In Surrey's first innings Mr. Keywith 43, Henderson 28, and Woodnot out 27, were the principal scorers , and through their aid the result was a lead of 44 runs on the first innings . Derbyshire , going in again on a difficult wicket , were all disposed of for 62, and it cost Surrey three wickets to obtain the 19 runs required to win. Surrey , 133 and19 (three wickets ) ; total , 152. Derbyshire , 89 and62; total , 151 . (16) Surreyv. Australians. Oval, September 20, 21 , and 22. Athird match, arranged late in the season , and, as it proved, one productive of a very even and exciting contest throughout . The gamelasted up to within half anhourof timeonthe third day, andthe cricket all roundwasveryinterest- ing. TheAustralians gained a decided advantage in winning the toss , and the county hadmuchthe worst of the wicket at the finish . Bonnor's hitting was quite the feature of the Australians ' first innings . In less than half anhour he got 52 runs , and his score of 87 was by far the best display of batting he gave during the latter part of the tour. Eight Surrey wickets had fallen for 120, w h e nBeaumontjoined Wood, and with 60 wanted to save the follow on, the chances seemed very small . B yreally good cricket the two professionals put on 64 before they were parted , and in the end the Australians were only 48 to the goodon the first hands, Woodcarrying out his bat for an exceedingly well -played 55. Atthe close Surrey had 172 runs to get to win, and the wicket at one end hadwornso muchthat there wasbut little hope. They started so badly, that five of the best batsmen were out for 26, and it was only some remarkably fine hitting by Lohmannthat gave any excitement to the game. Just for a few minutes, while L o h m a n nwasin, there washalf a chance,buttheAustralians had always something in hand, and wonby 34 runs . Australians , 250 and 123 ; total , 382. Surrey , 212 and 137 ; total , 348. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. notout. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. W .W .R e a d. 3 2 3 1 2 8 8 3 3 8 4 4 . 1 2 A b e l 3 6 2 1 1 4 5 1 6 0 33.23 M .P. B o w d e n . 2 8 3 7 9 7 *1 8 9 3 1 . 2 2 K. J. K e y 3 4 4 8 5 9 1 0 8 28.19 M a u r i c eR e a d 3 5 3 8 6 4 1 0 9 2 7 J. Shuter 2 9 2 7 0 6 9 5 26.4 H e n d e r s o n 3 0 5 4 5 9 5 6 18.9 L o h m a n n 3 2 0 5 0 8 8 0 1 5 . 2 8 W o o d ..... 3 0 5 3 6 9 *5 5 14.19 C.A. T r o u n c e r 9 1 1 0 7 4 6 1 3 . 3 W .E. Roller 5 0 3 7 1 6 7 . 2 Bowley 3 1 9 1 6 2 4 5 7.8 B e a u m o n t . 3 1 1 0 1 3 4 *1 8 6 . 8 C.Mills 5 6 1 1 9 *1 3 4.3 0 7 3 1 . 1 Brockwell Thefolowingplayed in two innings -S. Colman, 19-7; Huish,10-3; Jones , 0-1; and Boxall, 0 - 0.