James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

9 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. 41runs. Surrey's innings opened disastrously , Mr. Shuter, Abel, and Mr. K e y all leaving for 5 runs . W h e nthe two Reads, however, cametogether they fairly mastered the attack , and were not parted until they had added 109 to the score . Mr. Readscored 62, and his namesake Maurice 48, in their best styles ; the only mistake in either display was a sharp chance by the latter to mid-off when he hadgot 14. In a bad light , on the same evening , Middlesex lost five good wickets for 37, and on Saturday morning the rest were disposed of for the addi- tion of 20, leaving Surrey with a brilliant victory by an innings and 2 runs . Surrey , 199 ; Middlesex , 140 and 57 ; total , 197 . Lohmann(Surrey ) O v e r s. 4 4 M a i d e n s. 1 4 R u n s. 6 9 W i c k e t s. 1 2 (2) M i d d l e s e xv. N o t t s. Nottingham, July 24 and25. Though without Richardson and Butler, Notts were able to reverse the result of the previous match, and to win by the same margin as they were defeated b yat Lord's in June. Middlesexwere minusthe services of Messrs. Nepeanand Scott . Mr. Webbewonthe toss , but no one except Messrs . Stoddart (26) and A. K. Watson(31) played Attewell and Shacklock at all confidently . O nNotts going in a great surprise was in store for the spectators , as Shrewsbury was caught off the second ball-his first failure of the season . G u n n(57), Attewell(84 not out), Barnes (39), and Shacklock (35) madefull amends, though, and the total ultimately amounted to only 3 short of 300. At their second attempt Middlesex fared muchbetter , thanks to Messrs . Stoddart , Henery, and Watson (51), the last of w h o m, with Mr. de Paravicini , put on 59 for the eighth wicket . Still , Notts had only 33 to get at the finish , and the winning hit wasmadeat 7.25 on the second evening , it having been decided to play the match out that night . Gunn's runs were madein his usual faultless style , whilst Attewell's not out innings of 84 wasmarkedby vigorous hitting . Notts wonbyeight wickets . Middlesex , 111 and 216 ; total 327. Notts , 297 and 33 (two wickets ) ; total , 330. (3) M i d d l e s e xv. Y o r k s h i r e. Bradford, August 12 and 13. Seeing that heavy rain prevented a start being madeat all on the first day, it wasonly in the nature of things that this match should have to be drawn. Peel andWainwrightdismissed the Middlesex batsmen in an hour and twenty minutes for 60 runs, and then Yorkshire in turn lost three good wickets for 12 r u n s. Thebrilliant cricket of Lord Hawke, whose 74 included two big drives for 6, however, altered the aspect of affairs , and as Brown(not out 31 ) also played well, a creditable total of 169 wasreached . Middlesex , who were in a minority of 109 , started even worse than before , losing Messrs . Webbeand Stoddart without a run. ThoughMr. O'Brien and Rawlinplayed pluckily , their opponents ' total had not been reached whenstumps and matchwere drawn, so that the drawwas all in favour of the northerners . Yorkshire , 169 ; Middlesex , 60 and71 (six wickets ) ; total , 131 . Peel(1st inns. Middlesex) O v e r s. 1 7 7 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 2 6 (4) M i d d l e s e xv. S o m e r s e t s h i r e . Taunton , August 21 and 22. W i c k e t s. 5 This return matchhadbeenlooked forward to with great interest , especially as Somersetshire had w o nvictory after victory since beating Middlesex at