James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

THE COUNTIES IN 1889. 8 7 (6) Surrey v. Oxford University. Oxford, M a y23 and 24. The Oxford eleven , though they had first use of a fast wicket , made a very disappointing show, and their batting , in particular , fell far short of the general expectations . Mainly through the effective bowling of Sharpe , who took five of the last wickets in 21 overs at a cost of only 5 runs , they were dismissed in the first innings for 98, a total which they only improved on by eight whenthey wentin a second time . Of their second aggregate , too , Mr. Rashleigh contributed 54 by very fine cricket , and four of the eleven failed to score . Mr. Key, indeed , only fell a few short himself of the runs madefrom the bat by Oxford in their double attempt. His contribution to Surrey's total of 387 was 176 not out, and during his innings of three hours and a half he only gave two chances ,both after he had reached his hundred. Surrey w o nby an innings and 183 runs . Surrey , 387. Oxford, 98 and 106 ; total , 204. Sharpe (Surrey ) O v e r s. 3 0 . 3 M a i d e n s. 2 3 (7) Surrey v. Leicestershire . Oval, M a y30, 31, and June 1. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 6 6 Leicestershire , who had to play Mr. S. R. Wright , a fast bowler , instead of Mr. Arnall Thompson, madea creditable fight , and the Surrey bowling wasat times severely punished . Surrey, who wonthe toss , were in three hours and a half for 224, of which Mr. W. W. Read (90) and Lohmann(45) contributed 122 for the fourth wicket . Mr. De Trafford (68) and Warren (26), who opened the batting for Leicestershire , scored at a tremendous rate and with some luck , and the first hour realized 96 runs . At the end of the first day only four wickets weredownfor 130 ; and this was increased by 66 before the innings closed . Surrey's third wicket in the second innings fell at 40, but Mr. Read (87), Mr. Key (71), and Lohmann (50) scored very freely and the total ultimately reached 296. Leicestershire had a very difficult task on going in to get 325, and it was entirely dueto Mr. J. A. Turner that they did so well. Going in first wicket downhe carried out his bat for 82 out of 180 ; an exceedingly sound display of batting , with some free hitting at the close . Large , a colt , kept wicket for Surrey for the first time in this match. Surrey wonby 144 runs. Surrey, 224 and296 ; total , 520. Leicestershire , 196 and 180 ; total 376 . (8) Surrey v. CambridgeUniversity. Oval, June 13 and 14. Theground was still suffering from the effects of heavy rains , and the Cam- bridge eleven , who were without Messrs . Thomasand Butler , had badluck in losing the toss . Runs came so slowly at the start that two hours only realized 95, but Read (63) and Mr. Key improved the pace of the scoring , and the latter , with someslight luck, made62 out of 118 while he was in. The ground helped the bowlers whenCambridge had to go in, and they were only able to make174 in their two innings . Lohmannand Sharpe in the first , and Beaumontand Lockwoodin the second , did great execution , and Mr. Hale, whomade25 and 14, was the only batsman whoshaped really well both times . W o o dwas unable to keep wicket for Surrey , and Adams, of Croydon , took his place . Surrey won byaninnings and 85 runs . Surrey , 259. Cambridge University , 100 and 74 ; total,174. Beaumont(Surrey ) ............ Overs. 30.1 Maidens. Runs. Wickets . 1 2 5 0 Б