James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

T H EM A R Y L E B O N E C L U BI N 1889. 4 7 hisbest scores of the time of 101. Atthe finish Middlesex wanted 140 to win, andit looked as if Messrs . Stoddart and Webbemight get these themselves . The first hourproduced 70 runs, but Messrs . Webbeand Hadowwere both got rid of before the winning hit was made, and Mr. Stoddart carried out his bat for a freely -got but rather lucky 68. Middlesex wonby eight wickets . Middlesex , 237and140 (two wickets ) ; total , 377. Gloucestershire , 79 and 297; total , 376. Burton(1st inns . Gloucestershire ) . . . . . . Overs. 1 7 Maidens. R u n s, Wickets. 6 2 1 6 (4) Surrey v. Middlesex. June17 and 18. Mr. Shuter's policy in putting Middlesex in gave rise to considerable dis- cussion , but, as the game went, it proved judicious , the wicket playing much faster for Surrey at the finish of the match . Loose fielding prejudiced the chances of Surrey very considerably , and, but for numerous mistakes , Middlesex ought not to have made anything like such a large aggregate in the two innings as 357. Mr. Stoddart's first score of 64 was a very fine display of free cricket , but the best batting on the Middlesex side was that of Mr. E. A. Nepean, who made108 (44 and 64 not out) for once out-an exceptionally good performance against the Surrey bowling , as the ground was. Surrey had by no means an easy task before them on the second afternoon whenthey went in a second time wanting 214 to win. There were three hours and forty minutes left for play , and as it proved this was far more than enough , thanks to the brilliant hitting of Mr. Key, who finished the game with more than an hour left on the second day. Mr. K e ycarried out his bat for 121 , and as the 214 were got in less than twohours and forty minutes , it will be seen that runs were made at an average of over eighty an hour. His only possible chance was one of stumping , after he got his hundred , and a better display of well-timed all -round hitting was not seen during the season . Surrey wonby six wickets . Surrey , 144 and 214 (four wickets ) ; total , 358. Middlesex , 177 and 180 ; total , 357 . Lohmann(2nd inns . Middlesex ) . . . . . . . . . Overs. Maidens. 4 7 2 1 R u n s . W i c k e t s : 8 6 8 (5) Middlesexv. Yorkshire. June 20, 21, and 22. T H EL A R G E S T A G G R E G A T E I N A NI M P O R T A N T M A T C H . Amatch productive of some consistently high scoring , and, at the same time , of one of the most remarkable finishes ever recorded . It was, indeed , an extraordinary game in more than one respect , and for variety of incident and frequency of changes was sensational to a degree . The Yorkshiremen , winning the toss , were fairly well dismissed for a total of 259 , of which Hall (85 not out) and Lord Hawke(44) were accountable for 129-just one -half . Hall carried his bat through the innings , which lasted four hours and aquarter , without an actual chance . Nine of the Middlesex eleven got double figures , but the chief feature of their first " knock " was the determined hitting of Messrs . O'Brien (92) and Vernon (86), who, while they were together , scored 112 runs in fifty -six minutes . Going in a second time, 109 to the bad, Yorkshire madean un- promising start , losing Ulyett with only eight on. Peel and Hall , however , introduced a wonderful change into the game. Inthe three hours that remained on the second day they added 214, and fifteen more were got on the following