James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

8 6 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. slow at the outset , and run -getting was never really easy at any period of the game. Yorkshire obtained a great advantage in winning the toss , and were able to claim a lead of 24 on the first hands, a result due chiefly to the exception- ally good hitting of Moorhouse, the ninth batsman, who played with great confidence andjudgment . Hall (33 ), Lee (32), and Peel (22) opened the second innings of Yorkshire most auspiciously , the total being 75 when the second wicket fell . Lohmann, however, proved very successful whenhe came on a second time at 96, and the innings came to a speedy close , the remaining eight wickets only increasing the total by 66. Yorkshire had only ten men to bat in their second innings , owing to a severe blow to Lord Hawke's hand, and as Maurice Read, in catching the Yorkshire captain , had also injured his hand so badly that he could not field andhad only been able to use one handto bat in the first innings , Surrey were also practically one short . Theymade an ex- tremely bad commencement, too, and four of the best batsmen were out with the total only 43. Alucky throw-out, further , got rid of Mr. Key (35) just as hewaswell set , and as Lockwood and Woodwere soon dismissed byWainwright, Yorkshire's prospects were apparently very favourable . Henderson , however , found a trusty ally in Sharpe , and the latter played the game well , keeping up his wicket while Henderson scored . Thirty were still wanting whenBeaumont came in, and four more had been added when the time to draw (6.15) had arrived . Still , both captains , with a view to finish if possible that night , agreed to go on for half-an-hour, and that expired with the game still unfinished , fourteen more still being required to win. Once more, though the gas -lamps round the Oval were alight and darkness wasfast coming on, the captains con- curred in a continuance , and just before seven o'clock the winning hit was made. There was great excitement whenthe matchwas over , and Henderson was heartily cheered . Abetter display of batting at a crisis has never been seen . Heplayed with consummatejudgment as well as confidence , and his play towards the last and in the fading light was marked by exceptional tact . H e wastwo hours and three quarters at the wickets , and his 59 not out was free fromanything approaching to a chance. The Yorkshiremen bowled andfielded u pwithgreat pluck to the last , and the cricket all round was of the very highest character . Highpraise , too, wasdue to Beaumont for his careful play at the finish . Surrey wonby two wickets . Surrey , 114 and 166 (eight wickets ) ; total , 280. Yorkshire , 138 and 141 ; total , 279 . (5) Surrey v. Essex. Oval, M a y20 and 21 . Asthe Essex eleven were unfortunate in losing the services of Messrs . A. P. Lucas, R. C. Gosling , and H. G. Owen, it was hardly a surprise that they failed , in the absence of their best batsmen, to makea good show. Their highest score , in fact , wasLittlewood's 20 in the second innings , and their aggregate for the twenty wickets was only 180 from the bat. Maurice Read, who went in first , made78 with only one chance , but the best batting wasat the end of the innings . Sharpe was the last batsmanandwhenhe came in Lohmann, whowas seventh onthe list , had not scored ; the two, though, added 149 for the tenth wicket, andof this score Lohmannhad made105 , a remarkably fine display of fearless resolute hitting , with two chances . Sharpe and Lockwoodplayed for Surrey for the first time in this match, under the residential qualification . Surrey , who were, by the way, without Mr. W. W .Read, w o nby an innings and 100 runs. Surrey, 302. Essex, 79 and 123 ; total , 202. Sharpe (2ndinns . Essex )............ Overs. 4 2 Maidens. 2 0 R u n s. Wickets. 4 9