James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

7 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. finely in both innings of Gloucestershire . Kentwonby five wickets . Kent, 341 and 102 (five wickets ) ; total , 443. Gloucestershire , 231 and 209 ; total , 440 . Martin (1st innings Gloucestershire ) Overs. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 2 3 6 2 7 52.4 (3) Gloucestershirev. S u s s e x. Brighton , M a y26, 27, and 28. The Whit-Mondaymatch at Brighton , memorable if only for the magni- ficent batting of Walter Quaife , the youngSussex professional . Gloucestershire hadthe assistance of Messrs . Pullen and Bushin this match, and Sussex played Mr. N e w, of Southwick, for the first time, and Arthur Hide for the first time this season . For the hometeam, Jesse Hide (41 and 75) and Mr. N e w h a m(71 and 13) played fine cricket ; but their performance was completely dwarfedby that of Quaife , who, after scoring 74 the first time , hit up no fewer than 156 in the second , and was still in whenMr. N e w h a mdeclared the innings closed . H e gavebutonechance, andthat towardsthe end. Gloucestershire wereset 370 to get to winin less than four hours ; but against the admirable bowling of Bean and Hide they utterly broke down. The visitors ' batting was on the whole dis- appointing : only Mr. W. G. Grace (58 and 11 ), Mr. Francis (40 and 30), and Mr. Cranston (32 and 22) were seen to any advantage . Sussex wonby 221 runs. Sussex 301 and 295 (seven wickets ) ; total , 596. Gloucestershire , 227 and 148 ; total , 375 . (4) Gloucestershirev. Surrey. Oval, M a y29 , 30 , and 31 . AgainwasGloucestershire represented byonly a weakteam, and Dr. W. G. Grace, owing to an injured knee, was unable to bowl. To add to their mis- fortunes , the visitors lost the toss ; and Surrey were not got rid of until the second morning, whenthey had scored 464 runs. Maurice Read headed the score with a finely -hit 135, andhe was materially assisted by Mr. W. W. R e a d (51), Lohmann(57), W o o d(63), and Lockwood (65). M. Readand Lohmann put on 100 runs for the sixth wicket , and Woodand Lockwood added, strangely enough, exactly the same numberfor the eighth . Owingto the patient play of Mr. Cranston (83 not out) and the brilliant hitting of Painter (65), Gloucester- shire passed the " century " with only two wickets down; so badly, however, did matters go afterwards that they would not have reached 200 but for the stand by Messrs. Cranston and Bushfor the tenth wicket , which added 66. The first -named, indeed , went in first wicket down, and was not out at the close of the innings for 83, madewithout a chance . In the follow - on the Gloucestershire batsmencould do nothing with the bowling of Sharpe, and Surrey had an easy victory . Dr. E. M. Grace failed to score either time . Surrey w o nby an innings and 152 runs . Surrey, 464. Gloucestershire , 238 and 74; total , 312 . Sharpe(Surrey) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 7 2 3 6 8 7 (5) Gloucestershirev. K e n t. Gloucester , June 19, 20, and 21 . Wickets. 1 4 In this match Gloucestershire was well represented , and Mr. C. F. Belcher , a local amateur, madea most successful first appearance for the county . Kent batted one short , as Mr. Fox unfortunately dislocated his shoulder -blade when fielding on the first day. " W. G. " was clean bowled for 0, but " Е. М. ” — whose success , after a long spell of ill -luck , was very popular -was not dis- missed until within four of his hundred , Afterwards Mr. Belcher (not out 60)