James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

6 2 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. in 1887. Lancashire was represented at its best , but Kent, on the other hand, had not anything like its full batting strength , with Lord Harris , Messrs . Patterson , K e m p, and Rashleigh , all absent . Losing the toss , Kent did well to get three good batsmen out for 16, but the tail gave considerable trouble , and the last four wickets contributed 102 of 197. Of this total 132 were madeb y three batsmen , Ward (57), Sugg (44), and Mr. Steel (31) ; although the most useful of the three innings wasthat of Ward, whowas batting two hours and tenminutes. Kentmadea poor show against the bowling of Watsonand Mold, w h obowled unchanged, and eight of the eleven between them could only account for 26 runs. I nthe follow on, FrankandAlec Hearneh a dm a d e50 without a wicket at luncheon on the second day, but the later batsmen failed to maintain this promise , and Watsonand Mold again divided the wickets . Lan- cashire wonby nine wickets . Lancashire , 197 and 14 (one wicket ) ; total , 211 . Kent, 84 and 123 ; total , 207. Kibble , of the West Kent Wanderers , played forK e n tforthefirst timeinthis m a t c h. Mold(Lancashire) Watson( " ) Overs. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 6 4 . 3 3 1 63.4 3 5 8 9 9 7 W i c k e t s. 1 1 9 (2) K e n tv. Sussex. Gravesend , July 8, 9, and 10 . Thoughthey wonthe toss Sussex failed to take advantage of their chances , andwere all out for 143, a result due, in a great measure, to the effective bowling of Walter Wright, whotook seven of the ten wickets at a cost of but42 runs. Kent, on the other hand, found the pitch exactly to their liking , particularly Mr. Marchant and George Hearne , who achieved a remarkable performance , adding 249 runs while they were together . Both batsmen played exceptionally goodcricket , if the styles were different . Mr. Marchant's hitting was of the mostbrilliant character , and amonghis hits were twenty fours . H ewasbatting three hours and a quarter , while Hearne, whoseinnings was without a flaw ,was five minutes longer at the wickets for his 103. Jesse Hide (66), and Mr. New- ham(43), were seen to advantage when Sussex went in again , but rain on the third morningprevented the tail improving muchon their poor showof the first day. Inthis case the last five wickets added but eight runs , and in the second innings they fared little better , being dismissed for an addition of 35. Kent w o nb ya ninnings and 95 runs . Kent, 410; Sussex 143 and 172 ; total , 319 . Wright(1st innings Sussex) Martin(2nd ) " " Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 2 3 7 2 0 5 5 5 0 2 9 (3) Kentv. Yorkshire. Maidstone , July 15, 16, and 17. Wickets.. 7 7 7 Lord Hawketried the dangerous experiment of taking the field onwinning the toss , thinking that the wicket , which was slow from recent rain , would improve . As it happened , the policy was not a wise one , as the ground played fairly easily at the outset , and Yorkshire had, later on, all the disadvantage of batting on apitch that favoured the bowlers . The Kent eleven , too , took full advantage of first use of the wicket , and six of the eleven scored well . Mr. Marchantmade38 out of 40 while he wasin, but the best showof all wasthat of George Hearne . Going in second wicket down, with the total 12, he was still at the wickets whenthe innings closed for 239. Thoughhe only scored 64 out of 227 he was batting for four hours and forty minutes , and there was only one chance , whenhe had made forty , to mar an otherwise faultless display of