James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

6 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (11) K e n tv. Notts. Beckenham, August 29 and 30. Aremarkable match , and one having an important effect on the position of Notts, robbing it, in fact , of the first place among the leading counties , a n d placing it on an equality with Surrey and Lancashire . The ground at Beckenham hasnot hitherto worn well, and as a consequence , first innings was a matter of moment, particularly as the ground at the outset was slow . This piece of luck fell to Notts , and they made fairly good use of their opportunities , having scored 61 at luncheonfor the loss of three of the best batsmen. In the after- noon, however, the bowlers began to get some help from the wicket , and though Gunn(40), played with the greatest care , the total was a little more than doubled , the last seven wickets only adding 73. During the hour that remained on the first day, Kentmadea good start , Lord Harris and Mr. Patterson scoring 44 for the loss of the former's wicket . Onthe second morning , though ,Attewell proved to be almost unplayable , and six batsmen fell for an addition of only 29 runs. ThencameMr. K e m pto the rescue of the side , and his score of 28 not out, w a s an exhibition of plucky and judicious batting worthy of the highest praise . A t theluncheon interval on the second dayNotts were 40 on with eight wickets to fall , and as the wicket was, this was a good score . O nthe resumption, though , a remarkable collapse took place , and Martin and Wright proved so irre- sistible that in fifty minutes the eight remaining wickets were secured for an addition of only eleven runs. Theground was helping the bowlers very con- siderably whenKent entered on their second innings , and though they only wanted52 to win, the odds seemed to be in favour of Notts. Attewell and Flowers, too , bowled with great judgment, and whenthe sixth wicket fell with the total only 26, avictory for Notts seemed imminent . Twenty-seven were still . wantingwhenBarton joined George Hearne, and whentwo of them had been added the formerescaped an easy chance of running -out, through Sherwin failing tohandle the ball . After this neither batsmangave a chance , and the matchwas w o nbyKentamidst the greatest excitement with four wickets to spare . Mar- tin's bowling for Kent had much to do with the victory . His eleven wickets cost 68runs. Attewell's figures for Notts were as noteworthy. H etook ten wickets for 60 runs, and his bowling at the close of the match was remarkable as will be seen . Kent, 118 and 53 (six wickets ) ; total , 171. Notts , 134 and 35 ; total , 169 . Martin (2nd innings Notts) Attewell( ,, " K e n t) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 2 2 . 1 1 5 2 5 2 1 1 8 7 7 4 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. notout. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. L.Wilson. 1 0 0 3 6 0 1 3 2 3 6 F. Marchant 2 3 0 6 6 9 1 7 6 2 9 . 2 W .H. Patterson 1 6 1 4 2 2 1 1 5 2 8 . 2 GeorgeG.Hearne 2 3 4 4 2 0 1 0 3 2 2 . 2 C .J. M .F o x 2 3 1 8 5 4 6 3 1 6 . 2 M .C. K e m p 1 4 2 1 8 8 5 1 15.8 A l e cH e a r n e 2 2 5 2 6 8 4 2 15.18 L o r dHarris 1 2 1 1 5 5 *3 4 1 4 . 1 F r a n kHearne 1 9 0 4 2 3 8 5 3 12.10、 J. L eFleming 6 0 7 5 3 0 1 2 . 3 V .B a r t o n 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 2 W .Rashleigh 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 7 1 0 . 4 J. N. Tonge 4 0 3 4 1 7 8 . 2 Wright 2 1 4 1 0 7 *2 2 6.5 M a r t i n 2 1 7 9 1 1 4 6 . 3 Pentecost 5 1 2 1 9 5 . 1 W o o t t o n 4 0 1 1 5 2.3 H. Nuttall played in three innings , 0-0-1. The following played in two :- W. B. Hawkins, 67-13; G. H. Kibble , 3-6; P. Northcote , *2-21; A. Young , 20-*2; and the following in one innings :- F. M. Atkins , 6; W. F. Best, 10; P. Christopherson , 11 ; Col. Fellowes , 4, andJ. F. Reynolds , 19.