James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

6 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. one, as, besides scoring 77 runs, he dismissed fourteen of his opponents , catching two and bowling twelve for 126. Winningthe toss , Mr. Shuter (47) opened well with Abel (94), and with 34 from Mr. Read, 77 from Lohmann, and 33 from W o o d, the side totalled 316. Against this Middlesex could only respond with 114 and 159, and for the latter they had to thank Mr. Robertson for an exceedingly well-hit 62 towards the close . Surrey wonby an innings and 43 runs . Surrey, 316. Middlesex , 114 and 159 ; total , 273 . (10) Australiav. England. July 16 and 17. Raininterfered with the pitch altogether in this the most important fixture of the season at Lord's , and as a consequence the result depended in a great measure on a question of the toss . The selection of the England eleven , it mustbe admitted , did not give general satisfaction , and the omission of Abel and the choice of Attewell caused great discussion . Mr. Shuter's inability to play, however, enabled Abel to get a place in the teamafter all , andAttewell was displaced , the Committee thinking it advisable , in the state of the wicket , to have a hitter , choosing Mr. O'Brien , who was on the spot , to complete the team. Playdid not begin, owing to rain , until afterluncheon on the first day, andbefore the close thirteen wickets hadfallen for an aggregate of 134. As was only to be expected , the wicket was all in favour of the bowlers on the following day, andbetween 11.30 and 4.25 twenty-seven wickets only realized between them 157-an average of under six runs . With a lead of 63 on the first hands the Australians madea very poor show against Peel and Lohmannin their second innings , and on the fall of the seventh wicket the total was only eighteen . Ferris , whohad done good service on the first day, however, again played up pluckily , if with some luck, and chiefly through himthe total after all reached 60. This left Englandwith 124 to win, and, as the wicketwas, there w a sonly an outside chance of success . Mr. Grace and Abel made a fairly good start , but the light got very badtowards the close , and,helped by this additional advan- tage, Messrs . Turner and Ferris proved so successful , that the last wicket fell for 62. The Australians thus gained a very creditable victory by 61 runs . Australia , 116 and 60 ; total , 176. England, 53 and 62 ; total , 115 . (11) Oxfordv. Cambridge. July 2, 3, 4, and 5. The fifty -fourth meeting of the two great Universities will long be remem- bered, if only for the introduction of a newfeature in modern-daycricket-that of amatchbeing extended over the regulation three days. This extension was not, however, madeon account of heavy scoring , but with a laudable wish to con- clude a matchwith which rain had greatly interfered . As it turned out, the first and the fourth days were dies non as far as cricket was concerned , and the result that of all others the most unsatisfactory for the keenest contested match of the year-a draw. O nthe second morning, Cambridge, having wonthe toss , naturally elected to bat on the wet wicket . They lost three good batsmen for 24, whena good stand wasmadeby Mr. F. Thomas (36) and Mr. E. M. Butler (37), Harrowcaptain of 1885, and with an addition of 36 runs for the ninth wicket byMr. R. C. Gosling (29 not out) and Mr. F. Meyrick-Jones (16), the respectable total of 171 runs was reached . Cochrane wasbyfar the most success- ful bowler , securing six wickets for 62 runs . Atthe close of the first day's play there waslittle in the game, as Oxford had scored , thanks to Mr. F. H. Gresson and Hon. F. J. N. Thesiger , 77 runs for three wickets . Rainthe next morning prevented an early start as intended , but whenplay did commenceMr. Woods bowled with such effect , that no one but Lord George Scott was able to offer any real resistance , and Oxford were all out for 124 , Lord George Scott's 32 being