James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

8 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. batting , and Mr. Patterson 123 (not out). The partnership of these two batsmen produced 169 runs, and the amateur's success was the morepleasing , as he had scarcely touched a bat during the season , not even in practice . After the first few overs he settled down, and played sterling cricket . Only two overs were bowled on the second day, as it rained heavily . On the third morning Mr. Marchantdeclared the innings closed , thinking there might be a chance of getting Notts out twice on the difficult wicket , when, however, Mr. Dixon, Shrewsbury, Barnes, and Scotton had been all dismissed for 40 runs , the downpourcameon again, and the game had to be abandoned. Kent252 (three wickets ). Notts , 40(four wickets ). (6) K e n tv. S u s s e x. Brighton , July 17, 18, and 19 . A neven more decisive victory for Kent than the previous match, owing partially to the heavy rain . Woottonreappeared after a lengthy absence , as did also the Rev. Cecil Wilson (who had not assisted the county for two years ), Mr. C. J. M. Fox, too , was sufficiently recovered from his injury to assist his side once more . Kent had choice of innings , and thanks to Alec Hearne , who fol- lowed uphis good performance at Nottingham by scoring 67 without a chance , the Rev. C. Wilson (46), Mr. Le Fleming (41), and G. G. Hearne (38), reached the respectable total of 239. On a rapidly -drying wicket Sussex were dismissed for 119, and in the follow on could only get 63. Humphreys(11 not out and 23) alone got double figures twice , and Quaife's first score of 25 was the only other noteworthy feature . Martin bowled splendidly throughout . Kentwonb y aninnings and 57 runs. Kent, 239. Sussex , 119 and 63 ; total , 182. Martin(Kent) Overs. Maidens. 60.2 2 9 (7) K e n tv. Middlesex. Tonbridge , July 21 , 22, and 23 . R u n s. Wickets, 5 8 1 2 Three full days' cricket , and a splendidly -contested game. The Rev. C. Wilsonfailed each time, but George Hearne (4 and 48), Mr. L. Wilson (84 and 56), and Mr. Fox(26 and not out 38), madeup for his failure -Mr. Wilson play- ing a specially fine game. For Middlesex , Messrs . F. G. J. Ford (17 and 60),D e Paravicini (19 and 70), O'Brien (0 and 48), Stoddart (42 and 13), andWest (35 not out and12) were the principal scorers . Kenthad a useful lead of 40 on the first " hands," but Middlesex played up so pluckily whenthey went in again as to set their opponents 241 to win. Mr. Leslie Wilson , however , was missed before hehad scored , and this made all the difference , as Hearne and he added 83. Thefinish wasmost exciting , Kentjust pulling through bytwo wickets . Kent, 188 and 242 (eight wickets ) ; total 430. Middlesex , 148 and 280 ; total 428. (8) K e n tv. Surrey. Canterbury , August 7 , 8 , and 9. G . G . H E A R N E ' S B E N E F I T . Acomplete success in every way. The gate receipts on the first day alone realized £359 , and a collection round the ground for Hearnethe same afternoon produced £81 9s. This was also the first appearance of a Surrey eleven at Canterbury, which lent additional interest to the fixture . Fortheir first total of 177, Kent were chiefly indebted to their later batsmen , Messrs . Marchant (35), Leslie Wilson (34), and K e m p(not out 33) . Surrey responded with 215 , Messrs . Keyand W. W. Read hitting hard for 52 and 35 respectively , while Lohmannand