James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

1 0 4 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (1) Surreyv. Yorkshire. H A L L ' SB E N E F I T . Sheffield , June 30, July 1 and 2. It wasunfortunate that the benefit matchfor Louis Hall, whohas for years been one of the mainstays of the Yorkshire Eleven , should be spoilt by wet weather. Apart from this , too , the first fixture of the season between these powerfulrivals had been looked forward to with interest . A start w a snot possible till 4.30 on the second day, and although the wicket played fairly easy , Yorkshire were dismissed for 110 , of which Ulyett (38) and Moorhouse (32) con- tributed nearly two-thirds . On the third day, Surrey did very little better , four batsmen making 5 runs between them, Mr. Read (31), Mr. Shuter (26), and ✓ Abel(27) doing most of the scoring . Yorkshire commencedtheir second innings , though there was no chance of a finish ; and owing to some good hitting by Peel , had a lead of 52, with six wickets to fall , whenstumps and the match were drawn. Yorkshire , 110 and 71 (four wickets ) ; total , 181. Surrey , 129 . L o h m a n n(1st inns. Yorkshire) P e e l Surrey) ( " R u n s. W i c k e t s. :::::: O v e r s. 3 2 . 4 3 0 M a i d e n s. 1 6 9 4 6 6 0 6 8 (2) Surreyv. Sussex. Brighton , July 10, 11 , and 12. Inthis match the Surrey team outplayed their opponents at all points . Abel stood downin favour of Mr. R. N. Douglas, of Cambridge University , whose first appearance in county cricket it was. Sussex missed the services of the brothers Hide, as Jesse had injured his handin the match between the Austra- lians and the South of England at the Oval, and was unable to play. Surrey lost Messrs . Shuter, Roller , and Douglas for 27 runs , and manythought that the captain had acted unwisely in electing to bat on a wicket that seemed likely to improve. The association of Mr. W. W. Read(80) and his namesake Maurice (56), however, entirely altered the complexion of the game. Their partnership realized 111 runs , and both played brilliant cricket , though " W . W." had two lives . Afterwards , some free hitting by Mr. Keyand Lohmannraised the total to 291. It was not anticipated that Sussex would be disposed of twice for an aggregate of 200 ; yet such was the case . The wicket played queerly during part of the time, and Lohmannand Sharpe got a lot of work on to the ball . Still , it was a most disappointing show, and Mr. F. Thomas (43 and 21) alone showed good form in each innings . Surrey wonby an innings and 91 runs. Surrey , 291. Sussex , 96 and 104 ; total , 200. Sharpe L o h m a n n O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 55.4 €0.3 2 6 2 6 8 0 7 7 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 0 8 (3) Surrey v. Sussex. Oval, July 28 and 29. Surrey had its best eleven , while Sussex was still without Arthur Hide. From the start , Surrey scored freely off the weak bowling , Mr. Shuter (53) and Abel (79) getting 91 runs for the first wicket , Abel and Mr. Douglas (72) 122 for the second . The 200 went up with only one batsman out, though afterwards Jesse Hidebowled so successfully that no further stand was madetill Henderson and W o o dadded 65 for the ninth wicket . Abel's innings was an admirable one, but Mr. Douglas had a little luck . Against a long score of 392, the Sussex batting broke down, and they had to follow on in a minority of no fewer than 301 runs .